Chapter 99: 99 burned the rice while cooking for second brother.
Translator: 549690339
Once the two of them left, the atmosphere in the yard became peaceful. Xiao Yishan approached Su Qingyue, using his sturdy hand to brush away a few strands of hair on her cheeks that the wind had scattered. “I will find a highly skilled doctor to treat you. Don’t worry.”
She wanted to say, there’s no rush, no need to go to the trouble, she could treat herself. Yet, her internal injury had just healed, and for safety during acupuncture treatment, her body still needed a few more days of rest before treating her ears.
But seeing the look in his eyes… Pity mixed with tenderness…
Clearly, it was the gaze of a man looking at a woman.
Just a few days ago, she was thinking that given the age gap between her and the second brother, he might cherish her as a little sister, or because his third brother fancied her, he was nice to her with the hope that she could become his sister-in-law.
Now it seemed that was clearly not the case.
The second brother was obviously fond of her too.
What was wrong with these two brothers’ minds? Why did they pursue such an ugly woman to be their wife?
Her expression naturally turned cold.
As for the petty cat, she could reject him straightforwardly without feeling guilty.
But the second brother… she wouldn’t deny… she had always been grateful to him.
Gratitude is not love.
She didn’t have the mindset of ‘a girl who could repay only by offering her body’. This just didn’t apply to her, she knew clearly, only love could bring two people together.
The words she was about to say were swallowed back down.
Since the second brother was also fond of her, she didn’t want to hurt his feelings. The best way was to make him give up willingly.
Any man, even a crazy one, wouldn’t want a woman who is deaf, mute, ugly, lazy, and hard to get along with, right?
The second brother and his younger brother seemed clever too.
Then she would just act like a woman they would dislike now.
Pushing away the second brother’s hand, she stood up and walked into the kitchen.
Just a few days ago, she felt awkward living in someone else’s house, eating cautiously. Now, she simply pushed the half bowl of roasted venison to her side of the table, eating rice and venison with chopsticks, exhibiting a selfish manner of not allowing others to eat the meat.
Xiao Yuchuan watched and laughed, “Second brother, look at your wife, she’s finally treating herself as part of our family.”
“How so?” Xiao Yishan asked, clearly puzzled about why he might have upset his wife.
“You don’t know, a few days ago, I always felt like she considered herself a guest in our house. She was very restrained when eating meals and serving herself. Now, she is so active, she’s starting to behave like the mistress of the house.”
Upon hearing that, Xiao Yishan’s previously heavy heart relaxed a bit, “I was afraid my wife was feeling hopeless after losing her hearing.
“She’s been deaf for more than ten days. If she wanted to harm herself, she would have done it long ago. She wouldn’t wait until now…”
Before he finished speaking, he received a sharp look from the second brother and tactfully shifted his speech, “Second brother, my sister-in-law is really good to you. Since coming to our house, she never does any housework. When you went to Doctor Sun, she even made a meal specifically for you…”
Smelling a burnt smell, “Oh no, the rice is burnt.” Going to the stove to lift the pot lid, the outer layer of the rice in the pot was black and yellow, truly burnt, “Second brother, if the rice is burnt it will taste bad. How about, I’ll eat the burnt rice…”
“The food my wife made for me, how could I let you eat it.” Xiao Yishan glanced at Su Qingyue, felt a faint warmth in his heart. He scooped a bowl of rice from the pot and ate several mouthfuls, one bowl after another, until the pot of cooked rice and the burnt residue at the bottom were all consumed..