Qiao Xiuli pushed open the car door and got out. "I just want to come here and have a good talk with my dad about who exactly he saved."
The younger brother followed him down. "Kindness is kindness, and affection is affection; you can't confuse the two."
Qiao Xiuli stared at her younger brother and said, "People have to be alive before they have the right to talk about feelings. If you don't even have a life, what's the point of talking about feelings?"
Younger brother: "What...what do you want from my older brother? Money? Power? Or do you want both money and power?"
Qiao Xiuli: "Don't try to insult me with those words. I swear to God, the only reason I wanted to marry your brother was because it was my father's dying wish."
Qiao Xiuli stopped and looked at her older sister and younger brother. "Do you think my father did this to save your brother? My father did it for me. My father always wanted me to marry your brother. So, whenever your brother was in danger, my father rushed over. Do you think my father did this to save your brother? My father did this to save his son-in-law."
The older sister and younger brother were both stunned.
Qiao Xiuli continued, "My father risked his life for me, how can I not let him have his way?"
The younger brother and older sister exchanged glances.
Brother: Sister, is she really doing this to fulfill her father's last wish?
Sister: It seems so.
The younger brother looked at Qiao Xiuli in surprise. "Sister, is this what they call blind filial piety?"
The older sister pointed to her chest, then to her head. This implied that Qiao Xiuli had suffered a psychological trauma, which had affected her intelligence.
Younger brother: What should we do then?
The older sister glanced at the nearby cemetery. The implication was: she became like this because of her father. So… the one who tied the knot must untie it.
Brother: Can the two of us manage?
Sister: Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, we'll go find Grandpa Shang.
Brother: Okay. But it's daytime now.
The older sister thought for a moment and said, "Then let's stay here until night."
The younger brother glanced at Qiao Xiuli. The implication was: "Does she dare stay with us until night? This isn't just her father's grave."
Sister: There's no way around it. I think if we don't wake her up soon, she'll go mad.
Brother: Then let's drag it out until tonight.
Sister: Mm.
Qiao Xiuli saw her older sister and younger brother looking at each other without saying a word, so she coldly snorted. "Nothing to say, huh? If you have nothing to say, then let's go. I'm going upstairs to see my father."
Sister: "Since we're here, let's go up and pay our respects to your father."
Qiao Xiuli sneered. "You still have the nerve to go and pay respects to my father?"
Younger brother: "My brother isn't marrying you for your own good."
Qiao Xiuli: "For my own good? How dare you say that? Humph!"
Sister: "We're telling the truth. My brother doesn't have anyone he likes right now, but maybe he will in a few days. If my brother does find someone he likes, will he divorce you or not?"
To buy time, the older sister added, "If we don't get a divorce, can't my brother find another family outside? If we do get a divorce, won't you go from a single girl to a divorced woman?"
Qiao Xiuli looked at her sister and said, "Stop exaggerating. If it weren't for you, your brother would never have changed his mind. As long as your brother doesn't change his mind, I can make him fall in love with me. As long as he falls in love with me, neither of the two scenarios you mentioned will exist."
Sister: "Many women think they can make someone who doesn't love them fall in love with them. But how many women can actually do it?"
Qiao Xiuli: "I can."
The older sister looked at Qiao Xiuli. "How can you be so sure?"
“Because…” Qiao Xiuli stopped after saying only two words. “Why am I telling you all this? Your whole family doesn’t want me to marry your brother. To cover up his broken promises and ingratitude, your brother even slandered my father, saying that my father already had a terminal illness. He also said that he could have dodged that bullet himself, and that my father deliberately took the bullet for him so that he would marry me.”
Qiao Xiuli stared at her older sister and younger brother and said, "Don't you feel ashamed to slander my father like this?"
The older sister and younger brother exchanged a glance.
Sister: So that's how it is.
Younger brother: Parents' hearts are always full of love and worry.
Qiao Xiuli: "Do you still have the face to go and pay respects to my father?"
The older sister looked at Qiao Xiuli and said, "Neither my family nor my brother have ever done anything to wrong your father."
The younger brother added, "If you don't believe me, then we'll sit in front of your father's grave all night. Let's see if he comes out and scolds us."
Qiao Xiuli: "You are not worthy to sit by my father's grave."
The younger brother glared at him. "I'm going to sit here anyway. Let's see what you can do about it."
Qiao Xiuli's face darkened even more with anger: "If you dare to sit by my father's grave, I'll call the police."
The younger brother looked at Qiao Xiuli defiantly and said, "It's no use calling the police. I didn't dig up your father's grave."
"You...you..." Qiao Xiuli was so angry she could barely speak. "You're a scoundrel."
Sister: "How can you call us scoundrels? We just wanted to go and pay our respects to your father."
Qiao Xiuli gasped for breath in anger. "Is this a memorial service? You're just making my father miserable."
The older sister frowned as she looked at Qiao Xiuli. "How can your thoughts be so dark?"
Brother: "Sis, we don't need to say so much to her. Since she won't let us go up to pay our respects, then..."
Qiao Xiuli thought her younger brother would say, "Then let's not go." But her brother said, "Then let's go find it ourselves."
Sister: "Okay."
Qiao Xiuli was so angry she almost fainted: "You...you've gone too far!"
Sister: "How did we bully you?"
Younger brother: "You're not afraid to let us go up, are you?"
Qiao Xiuli: "Why wouldn't I dare let you go up? I just don't want you to go up."
Younger brother: "I don't think you'll dare."
"You!" Qiao Xiuli took a few deep breaths. "Fine, since you insist on going up, then I'll take you up. I want to see if you dare to bully me in front of my father!"
Sister: "We didn't bully you."
Younger brother: "Why do you always feel like we're bullying you? Do you have paranoia?"
"You...you...humph!"
To avoid being driven crazy by her older sister and younger brother, Qiao Xiuli stopped talking.
The older sister and younger brother didn't want to provoke Qiao Xiuli either.
The three of them walked silently up the mountain.
Twenty minutes later, Qiao Xiuli stopped in front of a tombstone. "Father, I've come to see you. Father, I'm useless. I couldn't seize the opportunity you gave me with your life. Father, please don't blame me. I really tried my best. But... but he regretted it as soon as he went home. Father, I've disappointed you. Father, Father..."
As she spoke, Qiao Xiuli squatted down on the ground and started crying.
The older sister and younger brother stood in front of Qiao Xiuli's father's grave and bowed three times.
The older sister first told Qiao Xiuli's father who she and her brother were. "Uncle Qiao, I know you really want to match my brother with your daughter. But..."
Before the older sister could finish speaking, the younger brother pointed at the tombstone and said, "Qiao Xiuli, now I know why you didn't dare let us come up to pay our respects to your father."
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