Chapter 12.2

“What is all this…” Su Muran bent down and rummaged for a bit, then frowned in disgust, “Besides nutritional products, it’s just clothes and pants, can’t you buy something valuable?”

“You wish!” Su Yan came over at some point, a thick sarcasm hanging from the corner of her mouth, “She’s now part of the Jin family, why should she spend money on you!”

“Enough, let’s eat. Your sister has finally come back once, why do you have so much to say!”

Mother Su slammed the plate onto the dining table, and glared at them with a stern face.

The living room was silent for a moment, Su Qian leaned against the window, and her sharp gaze swept over their faces one by one.

This family, to say nothing else, really has the same look in their eyes.

Like a group of fierce hungry wolves, staring intently at their prey.

Su Qian raised the corner of her mouth indifferently, walked over boldly, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Today, she was going to see what kind of Hongmen Banquet^[1]鴻門宴(Hóngményàn) = Hongmen Banquet, is used metaphorically to refer to a social gathering (e.g., a party or meeting) with a conspiracy against its guest, a malicious invitation, or a trap. this was.

Apart from the sound of eating, the dining table was silent. Father Su opened a bottle of white wine, sipped it little by little, and soon the drunkenness climbed up to the corners of his eyes.

“I see you brought back so many things, you must have made a lot of money, right?”

Su Qian said frankly, “I bought those things just to show my respect to you.”

“Tch, that sounds nice.” Su Yan scoffed.

“If you don’t speak, no one will think you’re mute. Since you’re so dissatisfied with me spending money on things, I won’t buy anything in the future.” Su Qian’s eyes were rather cold, but the corner of her mouth hooked up slightly, “Mom, since Su Yan is worried about me spending money, in the future if you want anything, just ask her directly.”

“I didn’t…”

“Enough!” Mother Su glared at her fiercely, “Can you stop interrupting when I’m talking to your sister?!”

Su Yan stiffened her neck and hummed, then threw her chopsticks and went back to her room.

Bang——

The living room was quiet for a moment. Su Muran wanted to get up, but was quietly stopped by Mother Su.

Su Qian lowered her head to pick at her nails, pretending to see nothing.

After eating for a while, Father Su left the table and lay on the sofa, snoring loudly. The thunderous snoring sounded like thunder.

Mother Su closed her eyes in patience, and forced a smile: “You didn’t eat much, are you full?”

Su Qian: “I have a small appetite.”

Mother Su looked at her, feeling a thousand emotions. Indeed, wealth can nurture people. Since marrying into the Jin family, Su Qian seems to have become more and more beautiful.

“How is the Jin family treating you?”

“Just so-so.” Su Qian glanced at the time, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back first, the maid is off today.”

She guessed that there must be something for them to suddenly call her back. But these people, besides being sarcastic, didn’t mention the main point at all, and Su Qian gradually lost her patience.

This home, as described in the book, lacks any warmth of a family.

As soon as Mother Su heard that she was going to leave, she immediately became anxious. She hurriedly said, “Don’t leave yet, there’s something I want to discuss with you.”

“Ah, Mom, why are you beating around the bush with her, just say it directly!” Su Muran said impatiently.

“You shut up!” Mother Su glared at him, then turned to Su Qian and said, “The thing is, in a few years your younger brother will be of marriageable age, and the family is planning to buy him a bigger house.”

Su Qian pretended not to understand and nodded, “Then buy it.”

“You say it so easily, then you give me some money.” Su Muran said as a matter of course, “Brother-in-law’s family is so rich, they probably wouldn’t care about a few hundred thousand. If it really doesn’t work, you can just let your brother-in-law give me a set.”

Ha, you don’t look so great, but you sure have grand ideas. A paper house would be more like it for you.

“The money in your brother-in-law’s family is their business, what does it have to do with you?” Su Qian immediately cooled her face, this is not a home, it’s a wolf’s den, “Wasn’t the large amount of betrothal gifts you received when we got married enough?”

At the beginning, they extorted the Jin family for more and more betrothal gifts. That day when she checked the original owner’s small treasury, all her money was either saved from work or given by the Jin family. The betrothal gifts were all taken by the Su family, she didn’t get a penny.

Mother Su understood that Su Qian was indirectly refusing to give money for the house, and her face immediately turned ugly, “Don’t we need money to live? You pull a face when I ask you for some money, you’re really an ingrate! If it weren’t for me giving birth to you at a good time, could you have entered the gates of the Jin family?!”

“The house you’re living in now is about sixty thousand per square meter, right? Have you calculated how much the total price of one hundred and eighty square meters can sell for? If I remember correctly, this house seems to be bought by me.”

Indeed, some things, once compromised, will be compromised countless times.

“That’s what you should do!”

“I didn’t spend a penny when I got married, and you even made a lot of money. Where is that money now?” Su Qian crossed her arms and looked straight at Mother Su, “It’s my duty to buy you a house and support you in your old age, and I did it. It’s your duty to buy a house for your son when he gets married, what does it have to do with me?”

Mother Su held her breath in her chest and shouted, “How is it not related, he is your brother!”

“Is he missing a hand, a foot, or is there something wrong with his brain? He’s twenty-three or four years old, can’t he earn money if he wants it? Am I supposed to support him now, and when he gets married, am I supposed to support his wife and children too? Actually, it’s not impossible for me to support him.” Su Qian sneered, “Let’s talk about it when he’s completely paralyzed and can’t move.”

“You stinky woman, you dare to curse me!” Su Muran’s face turned red and his neck thickened, and he stood up with a bang, “Su Qian, I’m telling you, if you don’t give me money, I’ll expose your dark history online. Then you won’t have a good time either!”

Su Qian laughed, looking at him losing his temper with a calm face, “Go ahead, post whatever you want. After all, if I’m ruined, it’s the Jin family that will be offended. By then, you won’t get a penny.”

Mother Su originally had full confidence to persuade Su Qian to take out this money, but she didn’t expect her to be so tough today as if she had taken the wrong medicine.

She rolled her eyes and suddenly covered her face and started crying, “I can’t live like this anymore! I raised a white-eyed wolf for over twenty years! She can’t even spare a little money for me. Boo hoo hoo… I’m so pitiful!”

Su Muran cooperatively hugged his mother and said angrily, “Su Qian, our mother has been the best to you, you’re so heartless.”

“That’s right, my conscience was eaten by a dog.” Su Qian remained unmoved and started to critique directly, “It’s like thunder without rain, your crying act lacks some heat. The foreshadowing was too sudden, it doesn’t resonate.”

Seeing that she still wasn’t hooked, Mother Su gritted her teeth and wiped her face, and pointed at her with a trembling hand, “Su Qian, you white-eyed wolf^[2]白眼狼 (bái yǎn láng) = white-eyed wolf. It’s a term used to describe an ungrateful person, especially someone who shows no gratitude to those who have helped them., you’re really something!”

“Only the insatiable ones are white-eyed wolves.”

A mosquito was constantly hovering above. The buzzing sound was annoying to Su Qian. She casually picked up a magazine next to her and slapped it on the wall with a bang. A red mark was left on the white wall.

“There was a mosquito.” She threw away the magazine, clapped her hands, and raised her eyebrows slightly at the mother and son, “Bloodsuckers should be killed like this.”