Chapter 662: 662 Unspoken Promises
In any case, the three men of the Xiao family, including Su Qingyue, were all in a fog.
Xiao Yuchuan squinted at Xiao Ailiu, “Big sister, did you go out and talk bad about my wife?”
“As heaven and earth are my witness!” Xiao Ailiu slapped her thigh, “Chuan, you can’t just say whatever you want. As family, I would only say bad things about Qingyue, I would never say anything untrue about her. You must not falsely accuse me!”
“Really?” Xiao Yuchuan was somewhat skeptical, “You’d better not let me catch you bad mouthing my wife, or else…”
Xiao Ailiu was scared by his fierce gaze and secretly relieved she didn’t lead the commotion in their house earlier, otherwise, Yuchuan might have beaten her to death. She put on a forced smile, “I definitely wouldn’t say anything bad about my family. But I did hear some unpleasant words.” She glanced at Su Qingyue, “They were related to Qingyue, but I didn’t take it to heart.”
Yuchuan’s handsome face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, “What did they say?”
“I don’t believe it.” Xiao Ailiu saw that her third brother didn’t know what was going on and had a biased attitude in favor of Su Qingyue, “If you want to know, you should go and ask around the village.”
Xiao Yuchuan was about to go outside the courtyard when Xiao Yishan said, “Third brother, your body is weak and you still need a dose of medicine. Let me go instead.”
Xiao Ailiu saw her second brother had walked away and maliciously glanced at Su Qingyue. Before she could take her gaze back, she was caught by Su Qingyue.
“Big sister seems to think that when the second brother comes back, I’ll be in trouble?” She asked softly.
“I didn’t say that.” At least she had learned to be obedient.
Xiao Yuchuan moved a desk to sit opposite Su Qingyue, “Wife, no matter what happens, don’t be afraid, third brother will back you up.” He stretched his arms, his bones making a powerful “crack” sound, “After I take one more dose of medicine, the poison will be completely cleared. My body is almost recovered. Whoever dares to bully you, I, your husband, will make sure they’re picking up their teeth all over the floor!”
Xiao Ailiu listened to the sound of her third brother’s powerful bone cracking and was once again thankful for her decision to be reasonable. When her third brother had beaten her before, his strength hadn’t yet recovered and his limbs were weak. If he had beaten her again now, she might not have survived.
Su Qingyue gave a faint smile, not saying anything.
Xiao Qinghe sat in his wheelchair under the eaves, glancing sideways at his wife’s ordinary face and feeling a bitter taste in his heart.
He actually wanted to promise to protect her like his third brother…
Xiao Yuchuan looked up and saw that it was almost noon. He pinched Su Qingyue’s cheek, “Wife, third brother is going to kill a chicken and make a soup for you at noon. You…” He looked her up and down, “You’re still too thin.”
“The time is almost right. You should cook your last dose of antidote.” She said.
He beamed, “Are you concerned about me, dear?”
She pursed her lips and didn’t speak.
He cheerfully hummed an off-tune melody, went to the kitchen to heat up water in the pot, and cooked the last dose of medicine on the stove.
Xiao Ailiu took advantage of the empty master bedroom and went in to rummage around again.
Xiao Qinghe turned the wheel and watched her rummaging through the cabinets, “Big sister, what are you doing?”
“I’m looking to see if you have any clothes that need to be changed?” She lied naturally, “I’m planning to find all your dirty clothes and wash them.” She had searched the room twice, the storage room, the secondary bedroom, and the kitchen, but she couldn’t find a single copper coin. She really didn’t know where the remaining over two hundred taels of silver were hidden…