CH 16.2

Chapter 16.2 – Going Home

After the siblings changed their slippers, the family of four went to the living room.

Mrs. Su, Su Yan’s grandmother, was sitting on the sofa, peeling walnuts.

Ever since Su Yan entered the door, she hadn’t looked up. She was holding a walnut in her left hand and a walnut clip in her right hand, carefully peeling the walnuts out of their shells and putting them in a transparent, airtight jar next to them.

Only when Su Yan came into the living room with her parents and brother, she glanced at Su Yan with a frown. “Oh, isn’t this the great hero of our family? Are you finally willing to come home?”

Su Yan, who was familiar with her grandmother’s attitude towards her, didn’t take her words to heart and pretended that she didn’t hear them.

Unexpectedly, the younger brother and mother spoke at the same time.

“Grandma!”

“Mom!”

Both of them were dissatisfied and even condemned.

The old woman became furious and abruptly tossed the walnut clip out of her hand. The iron clip hit the glass coffee table, making a dangerous muffled sound, but her anger was not directed at her precious grandson but at her daughter-in-law. “This little loser you gave birth to can’t win a man’s heart! Let our family lose such a big man! I can’t say a few words about her.”

Once more, Liu Xiang’s eyes were hot, and she glared angrily at old lady Su, asking, “How can you say that about Yanyan?”

The old lady, Su, snorted coldly. “There’s nothing wrong with her grievances! After living for so many years, you can’t even hold a man, useless trash!”

“Mom! Don’t say anything, please!” Su Jianan spoke at this point. Even though he had always followed the moral code that “the grace of childbearing was bigger than the sky,” this time he truly felt sorry for his daughter, so he no longer could bear up with his mother’s constant reprimands. “Yanyan is also feeling bad,” he said.

Su Zhan, who was no longer as patient as his father, said angrily to the old woman, “Why do you scold my sister so often? In this matter, is my sister to blame?”

Mrs. Su was speechless.

Su Yan did not speak. She actually wanted to get into a heated argument with this irrational old woman, but she was worn out. She knew it would only make her exhausted at the end.

“I’m going upstairs first.” After she finished speaking, she walked towards the stairs.

Two rooms were located on the first floor, and three rooms were located upstairs in their duplex house. Grandma Su lived on the first floor with her parents, she and her younger brother lived on the second floor, and the remaining room upstairs was kept as a guest room.

There were only two bathrooms upstairs: one was in the master bedroom, and the other two rooms had to share the remaining bathroom. 

The master bedroom with a bathroom and cloakroom was given to Su Zhan because he was a son. Although it was unreasonable, Su’s family didn’t think that way.

Another thing was that, three years ago, their parents bought the younger brother a single-story villa of 200 square metres in a high-end community. Now that it had been renovated, they only bought her a single-story duplex of 120 square metres last year, and it still hadn’t been handed over to her.

Compared to most people, she was already very lucky. After all, she had a house at a young age. Although her parents also favour Su Zhan more than her, she didn’t feel very sad. At least her parents had bought her a house, and compared with many other patriarchal families that did not treat their daughters as human beings, she was lucky.

After closing the door, Su Yan changed into her pyjamas first and then threw herself on the bed. Smelling the familiar smell, she felt relieved, but also tired at the same time.

Remembering the things that happened in the past few days, she became reckless, so she closed her eyes to sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a sudden knock on the door. “Yanyan? What are you doing?”

It was her mother’s voice, with a cautious tone in her tone, as if she was afraid of irritating her.

“Nothing.” Su Yan sat up from the bed at once, put on her slippers, and opened the door for her mother. “What’s the matter?”

After entering the room, Liu Xiang didn’t talk right away and shut the door. Su Yan was dragged inside the room by the arm after the door was once again locked.

Su Yan was puzzled about her mother’s sudden change in demeanour and perplexing query. “What’s wrong with you?”

Liu Xiang pursed her lips, then stared at her seriously, and asked in a low voice, “You and Xie Yu, is that done?”

‘That?’ What is that?’

Su Yan was a little confused. “What?”

Liu Xiang was a little anxious, and her face was a little red. “Is it just that… have you done that thing?”

Su Yan was stunned for a moment, and when she understood her mother’s question, her face turned red. ” No!”

After hearing her daughter’s answer, Liu Xiang was not relieved and asked again, “Really?”

In reality, her husband was also interested in knowing the answer to this question, but he decided to let her inquire because he felt too embarrassed to approach his daughter personally. 

Su Yan was forced to emphatically respond. “No!”

Even if she thought her mother’s way of thinking was outdated, she was still slightly affected by it. She had also lived in her hometown until she was fourteen, so she had developed a different view of sex. Somewhat conservative.

She actually wanted to do it several times when she was dating Xie Yu, but she vehemently objected and insisted on leaving for the first time after getting married. Thankfully, they never did it.

Liu Xiang exhaled in relief after receiving a conclusive response and remarked, “If you didn’t, that’s okay too. Because of this, your father and I have been concerned that you won’t be accepted when you get married in the future.”

Su Yan was unable to cry or laugh. “Our family has outdated ideas.” 

Liu Xiang retorted, “That’s not necessarily true, what if you meet someone who cares? “

Su Yan sighed and stopped talking since she couldn’t make sense of her mother anyway.

Liu Xiang continued to exhort: “In any case, you should stay until you get married to do that kind of thing. Fortunately, you are obedient this time, otherwise, you will be ruined by Xie Yu?” 

Su Yan: “…” ‘It makes sense…’

“Be careful in the future. Don’t hand yourself over easily. Girls are easy to suffer,” Liu Xiang emphasised once again.

“Okay, okay!” Su Yan said, “Mom, is there anything else to ask? If not, I want to be alone.”

Liu Xiang: “Wait…!”

Su Yan: “What’s the matter?”

Liu Xiang: “Which friend’s house did you live in these days? Male or female? What does your friend do? Even given your brother a bear? Does your friend run a zoo?” 

Su Yan: “…”

End of chapter 16