The next day was Saturday.
Su Chaoxi got up early.
When she saw Xie Tianyin at the breakfast table, she hesitated for a moment but still decided to try to ease the awful relationship between them.
She spoke up, "I need to go back to my parents' house today. Do you... want to come with me?"
Xie Tianyin was drinking coffee when he heard this, and his eyebrows twitched.
Su Chaoxi always had a dark expression on her face wherever she went.
Always alone.
This was the first time she had taken the initiative to speak to him.
Xie Tianyin felt a bit strange inside and looked at her, "Do you want me to accompany you?"
"Uh," Su Chaoxi got choked up, thought for a moment, and said, "I was just thinking, since it's the weekend and if you're not busy, we could go for a meal, but if it's not convenient for you, then never mind."
After finishing, Su Chaoxi immediately regretted it.
After all, Xie Tianyin had no good impressions of the entire Su Family. How could he agree to go?
It was just embarrassing herself!
Xie Tianyin was about to agree when he saw Su Chaoxi turning around to leave without any hesitation.
She was actually going to leave?!
Xie Tianyin's face darkened instantly.
What did she mean by this?
Was she making a fool of him?
'Slap'
Xie Tianyin set down the coffee cup abruptly.
Su Chaoxi's heart skipped a beat.
As expected, he got angry.
She shouldn't have brought it up!
Su Chaoxi's footsteps were swift, and she dashed out in no time.
Before heading to the Su Family, Su Chaoxi also made a trip to the Yiwu market.
When carrying bags big and small to the Su Family Villa, it was already past ten o'clock.
As soon as Su Chaoxi got out of the car, she saw Su Aolong riding a scooter, following two college girls in short skirts, laughing and chatting.
His eyes were glued to the girls' fair and slender legs, nearly drooling.
Su Chaoxi's gaze slightly hardened as she smiled faintly at the driver, "You go ahead and bring these gifts up first. Just say, I argued with Xie Tianyin this morning while preparing these gifts for them, and ask them to wait to unpack them until I arrive."
The driver understood instantly and replied, "Alright."
Su Chaoxi walked towards Su Aolong and called out, "Longlong."
Su Aolong looked up and saw Su Chaoxi, his eyes lighting up.
He rode his scooter over, "Sister!"
Su Chaoxi's face was full of affection as she gently wiped his sweat away, "Look at you, all sweaty from playing."
In a soft voice, she asked, "Did mom and dad scold you last night?"
Su Aolong was clearly annoyed, "Yeah, it's all your fault for not caring about me. If you had let that little bitch stay, Mom and Dad wouldn't blame me. It's all your fault, all your fault!"
Su Chaoxi almost wanted to crush his skull!
But she quickly calmed herself down and said, "How can you say that? You've made so many drawings, and with such talent, I just wanted Mom and Dad to see and nurture you properly... ah, in the end, they still favor big brother a bit more."
Su Aolong's expression changed, "Big brother?"
"Yes, think about it, big brother's painting is so terrible, he can't even compare to half of your talent, and yet they spent so much money sending him abroad to study art—that's favoritism, isn't it?"
Su Chaoxi felt somewhat indignant, "You're so talented, and they still don't nurture you properly. But if they won't, your sister will."
Su Aolong's eyes lit up, "Sister, you're so nice!"
Su Chaoxi smiled even more indulgently, "Who asked you to be the little prince of our Su Family? Remember, our family has plenty of money, the Su Family can always back you up, so do whatever you want to do, as long as you're happy, that's all that matters, got it?"
Su Aolong nodded happily with a bright face, his gaze shifting back and forth between the two college girls who were chatting and laughing.
Su Chaoxi watched all this with a particularly radiant smile, "Go have fun, but remember to come home later."
"Got it!" Su Aolong cheerfully rode away on his scooter.
Su Chaoxi watched as his courage seemed to grow, as he went straight towards the two college girls.
She turned around and headed for the Su Family Villa.
The driver had already brought the gifts over.
But when Su Chaoxi entered, she saw that these gifts had all been piled up in a corner.
"Sister's back!"
Su Nuannuan rushed out in a hurry, her face full of anxiety, "Hey, why did you only come now? You promised you'd come last night but you didn't, and Mom, Dad, and Grandma waited for you all night. They're furious now!"
As if to confirm Su Nuannuan's words, an angry voice came from inside: "You still know to come back! Unfilial daughter, kneel down!"
Su Zhiguo's face was full of rage, looking like he was about to lose his mind.
Su Chaoxi's face was full of grievance, "Dad, what did I do wrong?"
"You still have the audacity to ask?" Su Zhiguo scolded, "Your son caused such a big mess yesterday, and in the end, you cleared yourself completely, terrifying your brother like that. Is that how you act as an older sister?"
Su Chaoxi looked puzzled, "Wasn't it my brother who scratched those fifty-plus cars yesterday? What does that have to do with my son?"
"Would Longlong do such a thing if it weren't for your son's instigation?" Yang Yingrong joined the fray, angrily accusing, "Your son is just like his father, born bad, and now he's even learned to lie and deceive! Will he start murdering and arson next?"
Su Chaoxi looked hurt, "Born bad? When you made me marry him for the company, you never said he was born bad."
Su Zhiguo's eyelids twitched fiercely, "What did you say?"
The daughter who'd always been compliant was talking back like this?
Su Chaoxi's eyes reddened quickly, "I know it's because I was switched at birth and wasn't recognized by the Su Family until I was fifteen, so you've always looked down on me."
"But Tianyin is the husband you picked for me yourselves. You said he was the best husband you could find for me, and that's why I married him. Why have you changed your story now? Or did you already know he wasn't a good person when you made me marry him?"
Su Chaoxi spoke tearfully, looking at them sorrowfully.
Yang Yingrong and Su Zhiguo were left speechless by her questions, immediately feeling somewhat awkward.
Su Nuannuan was startled, thinking to herself, how did the topic veer off course?
Weren't they supposed to agree that after her brother suffered such a loss yesterday, Su Chaoxi should compensate a bit?
Su Nuannuan hurriedly steered the conversation back, "It was all an accident back then. You had an affair with your brother-in-law first, and Mom and Dad just helped you catch him, didn't they? Surely you haven't forgotten? They did it all for your own good."
With Su Nuannuan's intervention, the faces of Mr. and Mrs. Su Zhiguo looked much better.
"For my own good?" Su Chaoxi looked puzzled, "But at that time, wasn't it you who drugged me?"