Chapter 32 The Image of a Virtuous Wife and Loving Mother
Xia Yutong, wearing cotton pajamas, sat in front of the dressing table with her hair down, her long, curly hair hanging down.
"I'm done washing up, you should go too, don't catch a cold."
"Won't."
Su Yuanzheng didn't go to take a shower right away. First, he wiped the water off her from the bathroom to make sure she wouldn't slip on it.
He quickly grabbed a hairdryer and dried her hair.
"I'll do it."
"I'll do it..."
He might feel awkward in that situation, but he's quite good at things like blow-drying hair and taking care of women.
Downstairs, Luo Caixia was cooking in the kitchen. "She barely ate anything. She ran outside as soon as it got dark. And you still say she wasn't sincere about the expedition?"
"If that little girl hadn't come and made a scene, I wouldn't have known she was so popular in the city. She wouldn't marry any rich second-generation heirs, but only liked our Yuanzheng. What a wonderful girl. I don't believe she doesn't love Yuanzheng."
Su Qinglian sat to the side, "Love or not, in this day and age, why talk about these things..."
"What era are we living in?"
Luo Caixia glanced back at her, and Su Qinglian muttered, "Anyway, at your age, it's strange to say you don't love someone."
"What's strange?"
"How old are you?"
"I'm too old, but I still have a childlike heart, is that not allowed?"
After Su Qinglian returned, she was afraid that Luo Caixia would scold her for not serving her well. But after waiting for a while, she realized that Luo Caixia did not intend to scold her, so she couldn't help but complain.
"If you cook something nice for her, she won't eat it. Instead, she insists on going out to fawn over you. If it's pouring rain, can you stop her?"
Luo Caixia glanced at her, and Su Qinglian became even more excited. She took a freshly sliced tomato from the cutting board and put it directly into her mouth. "You're just a troublesome ancestor. It would be so much better if you stayed at home."
Luo Caixia frowned. "No wonder you can't get along with Liu Yaozong's mother."
"So she's fine then? You don't know his mother..."
"I won't listen! I won't listen!"
Luo Caixia shook her head. "Stop finding fault with others and think about your own problems."
Su Qinglian frowned unhappily, "She just relies on her good looks and the fact that men like her, as if our family has wronged her. She grew up in our Aji since she was little, Yuanzheng treated her well, so what if she married Yuanzheng? You all make it sound like she's some kind of goddess!"
Luo Caixia shook her head and continued chopping vegetables. "Let me tell you, Su Qinglian, if Yutong hadn't gone there today, Xu Lei and the others would probably have moved their things into that tin shack. She's the one who asked Xu Lei to borrow a shed to cover them up."
"A normal person would think of this..."
"The rain was pouring down, who could react so quickly? This is the first time anyone in the village has done something this big. If I were you, I would do more and talk less!"
Su Qinglian was rebuffed. "Now you treat her better than me, you're closer to her than to me!"
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Because Su Qinglian is eight years older than Su Yuanzheng and is the eldest sister in the family, she rarely has anything in common with Su Yuanzheng and Su Qinglian, and the older one doesn't like to play with the younger one.
Most of the time, Su Yuanzheng acted like an older brother and played with Xia Yutong, while Xia Yutong was very dependent on Su Yuanzheng and had almost no feelings for him.
When she was a child, Su Qinglian even threw tantrums for several years when Su Yuanzheng was just born.
When she was an only child, all the good food and drinks were given to her, and the family house belonged to her alone. Her parents only doted on her and spoiled her...
With Su Yuanzheng around, everyone only treats the younger brother well. Sometimes when the younger brother cries or falls, they even ask her why she didn't take better care of him.
When Su Qinglian was in her teens, her parents went to work in the fields and asked her to take her younger brother to watch people fish by the river.
At that time, three-year-old Su Yuanzheng was at his most mischievous.
Su Qinglian was engrossed in watching the fishing when she suddenly heard a thud; her younger brother was gone.
In that instant, all sorts of thoughts popped into her head. She even thought, maybe... maybe I shouldn't see it at all. My little brother is only three years old; he probably won't feel any pain.
Even if her younger brother is gone, she will still be the family's darling, and her parents will only treat her well.
But then, Su Yuanzheng suddenly reached out, and water gushed out. Su Qinglian then shouted, "My brother has fallen into the water!"
With someone's help, the person was rescued, and Su Yuanzheng hugged her and cried, "Sister, sister..."
Deep in Su Qinglian's memory, she desperately wanted to forget this incident. She didn't want to recall it because at that time, she had genuinely considered the possibility of her younger brother dying.
But Su Yuanzheng remembered it for a lifetime.
Su Yuanzheng would often criticize her, especially because of Xia Yutong, he would criticize her mercilessly, making her question her existence.
But if anyone says anything bad about her, Su Yuanzheng immediately turns hostile.
Liu Yaozong once spoke ill of her in front of him, saying, "Your sister has a very strong personality, like a tigress."
"They make a fuss over me when I lose a little money. With that kind of mentality, they'll never amount to anything."
Su Yuanzheng laughed and said, "My sister is usually very gentle, how come she's become a tigress in your eyes?"
The people next to him suddenly laughed, and Su Yuanzheng said again, "My sister is so bad, why don't you divorce her? Is it because you can't find someone better, or is there something about my sister that makes you unable to leave her?"
"If you can't make it work, then get a divorce. What's the point of talking about it behind my back?"
Liu Yaozong was so embarrassed that he was stunned. He forced a smile and said, "I was just saying."
“My sister gave birth to your child, Xiaomi, who is so cute. If you don’t want her anymore, that’s fine. Just get a divorce, sign the papers, and my sister won’t have trouble finding a husband.”
Liu Yaozong apologized and never dared to mention the matter again.
Su Qinglian heard this from someone else; Su Yuanzheng never used such things to claim credit.
On one occasion, Su Qinglian, puzzled, asked him, "I wasn't very nice to you when we were little. Sometimes I even hit you when you misbehaved. Don't you hate me?"
Why would I hate you?
Su Yuanzheng shoveled rice into his mouth, "When I was three years old, if you hadn't saved me, I might have drowned."
Su Qinglian immediately broke down, put down her chopsticks, and went outside to cry for a long time.
It was only then that she realized how clearly he remembered things from when he was three years old.
From then on, Su Qinglian looked at her younger brother with new respect and couldn't bear to see him suffer. Knowing that he liked Xia Yutong, she also tried to bring them together.
However, Xia Yutong was ungrateful and had previously looked down on Su Yuanzheng, which greatly angered Su Qinglian, who treated her coldly, causing Su Yuanzheng to also feel disgusted with her...
Now that they've finally gotten married and have a child, Su Qinglian hopes that Xia Yutong can treat Su Yuanzheng better, serve him more, and act like a virtuous wife and loving mother.
Instead of having her younger brother doting on her, which annoyed her.
When Xia Yutong came downstairs, she was wearing a pink cotton nightgown with a jacket over it. This gentle and playful pink suited her very well, and the style was also nice.
Putting everything else aside, her every smile and gesture exuded elegance. The moment she descended the stairs, holding onto the railing, Su Qinglian almost thought her family lived in a high-end villa.
She has a distinctly aristocratic air about her...
"I was just talking about you."
Su Qinglian said unhappily, "What were you doing there? How much trouble did you cause for the expedition?"
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