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Su Xi pointed at Xie Yang, sarcastically saying, “Is this what you call knowing you were wrong?”
“I don’t know why you dislike her, Dad. But Xie Yang is good, isn’t she? Why do you dislike her so much?” Su Qin said helplessly.
Regardless of family background or appearance, what was it that Xie Yang lacked compared to Su Yu?
“Is a woman avoided by Xiao Yu like a snake and scorpion worthy?” Su Xi looked at Xie Yang coldly, his words exceptionally cutting.
Xie Yang looked pale as she listened to Su Xi’s words. His words made her involuntarily think of her pursuit of Su Yu.
For so many years, as long as she knew where Su Yu was, she would catch up to him. She always thought she could ignore these things. However, when the old man spoke so frankly, Xie Yang couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.
“Dad, no matter what, I will help Su Yu settle this marriage.” Yang Shanshan completely ignored Su Yu’s thoughts and Su Xi’s advice, insisting stubbornly.
“Why don’t you try setting a date?” Su Jiu walked in from outside and said coldly.
When facing Su Xi, they could still be somewhat self-righteous. However, when Su Jiu appeared in front of Yang Shanshan, her eyes were full of guilt. “You treated me like this before. Now you want to do the same to Xiao Yu, right? I wonder if maternal grandfather knows about all this?” Su Jiu looked at Yang Shanshan and spoke coldly.
Su Xi frowned at Su Jiu. “What’s going on with Xiao Jiu? Is there something you haven’t told me?”
Su Jiu suddenly spoke up, looking at Su Xi. “Grandpa, do you know why I’ve been unwilling to get married all these years?”
“What?” Su Xi had a bad premonition.
“Do you remember six years ago when I had someone I really liked, and we were at the point of discussing marriage? Grandpa, do you remember that during that time, I was in a daze for a while? Since then, I’ve lost all feelings for Yang Shanshan,” Su Jiu asked with a faint smile.
Su Xi carefully thought for a moment and realized that there might be some truth to what they were saying.
Before that, he remembered that his grandson had always been happy.
But suddenly, one day, it seemed like his grandson’s world had collapsed.
“I remember.”
“Grandpa, at that time, I already wanted to bring the person I loved back to meet you, and let you preside over our wedding. But what did my good mother do?” Su Jiu looked at Yang Shanshan with a sly expression, intending to mock her.
“Xiao Jiu, your mother has already apologized to you for that matter. There’s no need for you to keep harping on it,” Su Qin, who knew about the incident, said with a furrowed brow as he looked at his wife’s anxious expression.
Su Jiu laughed, genuinely amused by Su Qin’s frustration.
“Apology? Can an apology bring back my beloved? She’s a murderer.” Su Jiu’s eyes gradually reddened, and nobody could understand the emotions he felt when he joyfully went to find his beloved, only to see her lying lifeless on the bed. What was his state of mind at that moment?
“Xiao Jiu, you need to explain clearly. What exactly happened?” Su Xi asked through gritted teeth.
Su Jiu tugged at the corner of his lips. “Rou Rou is just a girl with a very ordinary background. She’s an orphan with both parents deceased, managing a teahouse all by herself. She’s truly good and gentle.”
“That’s enough, Su Jiu. This has been going on for years. Are you only happy when you create chaos at home?” Seeing that Su Jiu was about to reveal the story, Yang Shanshan angrily interjected.
Her angry tone seemed more like a guilty conscience.
“Xiao Jiu, continue,” Su Xi said, observing Yang Shanshan’s guilty demeanor. He knew this matter was not simple.
“Do you know, after I fell in love with an ordinary girl and wanted to marry her, my loving mother went to Rou Rou and asked her to leave me. When Rou Rou refused, she sent her to another man’s bed. Rou Rou, unwilling to accept it, committed suicide that night. Grandpa, it’s not that I don’t want to get married; it’s that the person I most wanted to marry was killed by her,” Su Jiu’s eyes were red, shimmering with tears.
He covered his eyes with his hand, preventing the tears from falling.
So many years had passed, but whenever he thought of Rou Rou, his heart still ached. He had thought he could let go after six years, but now he realized he had never truly moved on.
Su Xi’s heart was greatly horrified, shaking with anger. He turned to look at Xie Yang, who stood there somewhat at a loss. “Miss Xie, my family will not host you. Please leave, and don’t come again. My family’s Su Yu is not worthy of you.”
Xie Yang wanted to say something, but seeing Su Xi’s uncompromising attitude, she could only leave.
“Zhong, go call Su Long and Mingche over,” Su Xi said in a cold voice.
“Yes.”
Soon, Su Long and Su Mingche were brought over by Su Long. Seeing Su Xi’s furious expression, Su Long frowned and glanced at Su Qin. “Second brother, what did you do to anger Dad?”
“I…”
“Su Long, please administer family discipline and give these two animals a good beating. They are worse than beasts,” Su Qin’s words were cut off by Su Xi before he could finish. Su Xi looked at the couple with disgust in his eyes.
Su Long was taken aback. “Dad, what happened?”
“These two animals actually forced the girl that Xiao Jiu liked to death. Even knowing she was the one our son liked, Yang Shanshan could still send her to another man’s bed,” he exclaimed. How did his Su family end up with such a heartless woman? And Su Qin, supporting such cruelty, was simply incomprehensible.
Su Long looked at his younger brother and sister-in-law in disbelief, his brows tightly furrowed.
“Why hasn’t Xiao Jiu gotten married even though he’s in his twenties? The girl he loves was forced to death by them. How can he still get married?” If Su Xi hadn’t taken good care of his body on Wang Jinhe’s side, he might have been directly affected by the anger.
Su Long reached out to support Su Xi to sit down. “Dad, don’t be angry. Let me handle this matter.”
“Brother, What is the third ancestral rule of our Su family?” Su Long asked Su Qin coldly.
“The third ancestral rule of the Su family is that the main line of the Su family does not form alliances through marriage. Marriages are decided by individuals after friendship is formed, regardless of the other party’s background, only focusing on their character,” Su Qin said after a long silence.
The Su family’s ancestral rules do not include the prohibition of alliances through marriage; but as long as they belong to the main line, they are eligible to marry the person they like.
“Very well, you still remember the ancestral rules. Su Qin, Yang Shanshan violated the ancestral rules, administer family law with fifty lashes, go and fetch the punishment,” Su Long was genuinely angry.
Especially when he saw Su Jiu with red eyes, looking utterly dejected.
Soon, the punishment arrived. Yang Shanshan wanted to say something, but Su Long coldly spoke, “If my sister-in-law thinks I’ve done wrong, we can leave this matter to Old Master Yang to handle.”
Yang Shanshan immediately had nothing to say. She knew that if this matter was handed over to her father, she would be in serious trouble. Especially if her father found out about her actions towards Su Yu and Su Jiu, he might not just punish her but might severely harm her.
Seeing Yang Shanshan speechless, Su Long took matters into his own hands, and with fifty lashes, Yang Shanshan’s back was left bloody and torn.