Chapter 32 Is he trying to force his own sister to her death?
"Brother, what brings you here so late?"
Seeing that she remained calm and composed since he entered, sitting upright in her chair without any intention of getting up to greet him, Dou Mingxiu's anger immediately surged.
His gaze was sharp as a knife. "Dou Wenyi...you have quite the airs!"
Dou Wenyi slowly stood up. "Brother barged in without waiting for an announcement. Is this how men and women should be separated? You were just as unruly in your third sister's room?"
Dou Mingxiu's forehead veins bulged. "No wonder everyone says you're eccentric and arrogant. I even spoke up for you. It seems I was wrong after all. That's right, you don't even respect Xie Guidu, so how could you possibly respect me as your elder brother?"
"What does this have to do with Xie Guidu?" Dou Wenyi frowned, watching him ravage his madness in silence.
Dou Mingxiu angrily rebuked: "Whenever Xie Guidu has something good, doesn't he always give it to you first? Take the shad that was delivered today, for example. It's so rare and precious. There are no more than ten of them in the entire Tianning City, and he sent two of them to the Dou family alone."
"And you? You're heartless, ungrateful, and treacherous. Xie Guidu's stomach and heart disease flared up again recently, and you didn't even bother to visit him. No wonder your parents don't like you."
"Isn't it your own fault that they've always disliked you?"
Sure enough, family members are the ones who can truly hurt you!
He was the one who acted improperly, yet he had the nerve to come and question me?
Why do you insist on finding fault with her? Do you think that standing on a moral high ground gives you more reason to judge others?
Dou Wenyi took a deep breath and gestured to Cuizhi to quickly go and invite someone. Cuizhi understood and hurriedly walked out of the house without making a sound.
Dou Mingxiu continued his tirade, "And today, Shuang'er is just a pitiful orphan. You wouldn't help her, but why did you have to kick her when she's down? How could you be so heartless as to humiliate a woman like that?"
Dou Wenyi curled her lips into a mocking smile. "I just don't understand what you're saying. I gave her more than enough money. She refused it herself and insisted on extorting the Dou family. You don't blame her for being dishonest, but instead you blame me?"
Dou Mingxiu's anger grew. "Is giving money enough? The Dou family has always had a good reputation for charity, and our parents have taught us to do good deeds. Why can't you tolerate a pitiful person?"
Dou Wenyi chuckled, "That Shuang'er is quite charming, with fair skin. She's clearly not a village woman, yet she insists on lying and saying she is. There are so many pitiful people in the world, why shouldn't I save someone even more pitiful, instead of saving a suspicious person who's hiding something?"
"I think you're delusional!"
Dou Mingxiu was somewhat guilty, and paced back and forth a few times. His tone softened a bit, "Your Yilan Courtyard is quiet. As long as you agree to let her enter the mansion and become your tea and water maid, I will no longer hold it against you, and this matter will be over."
Dou Wenyi almost laughed in anger, "Mother also agreed to let her enter the mansion?"
"You don't need to worry about this." Dou Mingxiu had already discussed it with Dou Mingyan. As long as Dou Wenyi agreed, Dou Mingyan would plead for her, and it would be a matter of going with the flow for Madam Gu to keep Shuang'er.
He's the one who asked her to do something, yet he expects her to be grateful?
absurd!
What does he consider himself to be?
For his hypocritical family affection, would you kneel down and beg for mercy like a dog?
Dou Wenyi showed no mercy, saying, "I am selfish and narrow-minded. Third Sister is kind-hearted and compassionate. Lanyue Pavilion is also bigger than my Yilan Courtyard. You should ask Third Sister for help."
"What did you say?"
Dou Mingxiu couldn't believe it. In the past, his fourth sister had always been very accommodating to him. No matter what good things he wanted, she would share them with him without hesitation.
She once had a priceless white jade chessboard, which he glanced at once, and Dou Wenyi handed it to him with a smile.
For example, he coveted Zhang Zifeng's cursive script, and when she found out, she somehow managed to get two genuine copies for him.
How could she refuse such a small thing?
"I'm sorry, I can't help you," Dou Wenyi said, enunciating each word clearly.
Dou Mingxiu found the contempt in her eyes particularly irritating and became furious. "How dare you! Today you deliberately picked out some flashy but impractical things in the Treasure Pavilion, intentionally disobeying Mother and disrespecting your elder brother. I think you are incredibly arrogant and don't know your own limitations!"
Before she could finish speaking, a sharp palm strike came hurtling towards her.
Dou Wenyi subconsciously took a step back, but he was a martial artist after all, and his movements were quick. A clear, red, swollen palm print appeared on her fair face.
Dou Wenyi's face burned with pain, but the pain on her face paled in comparison to the grief and indignation in her heart.
She once regarded him as her most important family member, but in return, they ruthlessly gave her away to barbarians.
Now, unable to argue with her, he uses the pretext of disciplining his mother and doing it for her own good to commit violence.
Dou Wenyi suddenly grabbed the scissors from the table and pointed them at her neck.
She stared into his eyes and said, word by word, "I'd rather end it myself and tell the world that my brother was about to kill his own sister to stand up for a stranger."
The large hand that was about to strike her again froze in mid-air.
Dou Mingxiu's face turned pale, completely stunned by her imposing aura. He was both shocked and furious. "You... I didn't!"
He stared at his hands in astonishment, a sense of annoyance welling up inside him.
I don't understand why I would be so heartless as to do it.
He became enraged and said, "You are unfilial and disrespectful to your elders; I am teaching you a lesson!"
"Where am I being unfilial and disrespectful to my elders? Or is she so special to you that even my discussion of her is disrespectful to my sister-in-law?" Dou Wenyi sneered mockingly.
Dou Mingxiu's pupils dilated in shock, unable to meet her eyes. "What...nonsense are you spouting? I only felt sorry for her!"
He didn't know why she could guess so accurately. Since she guessed it, why couldn't she help him?
They're deliberately trying to oppose him!
Isn't she his own younger sister?
Even Dou Mingyan, who has no blood relation to him, would think of him. How could she be so insensible, standing idly by and not taking care of herself?
The third sister wouldn't treat him like that; she would genuinely consider his feelings... So it's no wonder he always favors the third sister!
"Then dare you swear to heaven that there's no affair between you two?" Dou Wenyi retorted without any politeness.
With such an aggressive attitude, it's no wonder he couldn't control his anger and wanted to teach her a lesson.
My parents were the same way; they were so angry with her every day that they couldn't help but want to hit her!
She only has herself to blame.
It seems that the slap I gave you just now was too light.
"You dare to talk back?" Dou Mingxiu's temper flared up again, and he subconsciously raised his hand once more.
"You wicked child! What do you think you're doing?" A stern, cold rebuke came from the doorway.
When Dou Bochang heard that something had happened here, he rushed over in a hurry. He didn't hear the whole conversation they had just had, only a few sentences.
Dou Bochang flew into a rage, "Do you want to force your sister to her death?"
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