Su Xiaotian’s small face stiffened, her almond eyes wide open.
“People say that once a man marries a wife, he forgets his sisters. Second Brother, you haven’t even brought your wife home yet, and you’ve already forgotten me, your sister!”
Su Xiaotian put on a show of being very angry, which instantly flustered Su Ciliang and Li Jianhong.
“Xiaotian, he didn’t mean it like that…” After saying this, Li Jianhong felt that it wasn’t quite appropriate.
So, she quickly stopped talking.
Su Ciliang also quickly explained, “Xiaotian, no, even if I get married, I’ll still be your second brother. How could I forget you?”
“But, you were fierce with me!” Su Xiaotian adopted the demeanor of a difficult sister-in-law.
“No, I was just saying…”
The unconvincingly spoken second brother of the Su family was truly flustered.
Why wasn’t Xiaotian this difficult when their eldest brother was dating?
Now that it was him, what was going on?
“Second Brother, tell me, who is more important in the future, me or Jianhong?” Su Xiaotian then threw out a life-or-death question.
Su Ciliang’s forehead started to sweat.
How had he never realized that his little sister was so unreasonable?
How was he supposed to answer this?
He hadn’t even won over his wife yet. If he said his sister was more important, and his wife got angry, what would happen?
If he said his sister wasn’t important, and Xiaotian got angry, his grandparents would break his legs!
Why was it so difficult for him?
Su Xiaotian stared at Su Ciliang with a stern face for a long time.
Su Ciliang became increasingly unsure of how to answer.
At this moment, Su Xiaotian directly pulled Li Jianhong’s arm and said, “Jianhong, I’m telling you, you can’t have a man like this. Dump him, and I’ll introduce you to someone better!”
What?
Li Jianhong was stunned!
Su Ciliang was stunned!
The other classmates were stunned!
What kind of talk was this?
Did someone talk about their own brother like this?
“Jianhong, a man’s first priority is to protect his wife. In a family, the marital relationship is paramount! A man who can’t do this is not worth having!”
These words were spoken with such confidence and without any ambiguity.
To Su Ciliang’s ears, it was like a thunderclap.
Wasn’t his own sister trying to set him up?
And right in front of him!
He had doted on this little girl all these years for nothing.
“Second Brother, weren’t you asking me? Tell me, how should I answer?”
Su Ciliang felt very wronged. He thought that it was normal for him not to be able to answer, and if he could answer such a question, it would be a real problem, and he would definitely be lying.
“Second Brother, don’t feel wronged. You should have answered immediately, saying Jianhong is more important than me!”
This answer was clearly unexpected by others.
Everyone knew how much Su Ciliang doted on Su Xiaotian.
Although Su Ciliang wasn’t Su Xiaotian’s biological brother, he doted on her even more than her own brothers.
Even Su Xiaotian’s own brother, Su Wu Rang, couldn’t compare to Su Ciliang, the second brother.
But now, Su Xiaotian was saying that Su Ciliang should answer that Jianhong was more important.
Li Jianhong quickly grabbed Su Xiaotian’s hand and said anxiously, “Xiaotian, even if I and… in the future, you will still be the most important!”
Su Xiaotian smiled and said, “Future Second Sister-in-law, you’re thinking about this the wrong way. Luckily, I’m a kind and generous good sister-in-law. If you met someone difficult, with your way of thinking, wouldn’t you be taken advantage of?”
In a family, how could the sibling relationship be placed above the marital relationship?
This was a deformed family relationship.
It was precisely because Su Xiaotian understood how much Su Ciliang doted on her that she specifically said these words.
If Su Ciliang wasn’t made to establish this idea, and continued to spoil her, even if she and her future second sister-in-law had no conflicts, some relationships would slowly change.
Li Jianhong fell silent.
Su Ciliang smiled and said, “Xiaotian, I understand what you mean. Don’t worry, your second brother isn’t someone who can’t distinguish right from wrong.”
He knew what kind of person Xiaotian was. If Xiaotian had any good qualities, he couldn’t spoil her like this.
In fact, in Su Ciliang’s heart, he had always believed that even if he got married in the future, he should have someone who doted on Xiaotian even more.
But now that Xiaotian had clearly stated this matter, he needed to be more careful.
“We’re going to eat. Second Brother, you and Jianhong shouldn’t follow us!”
Having said this, Su Xiaotian no longer intended to linger there as a third wheel and waved goodbye, intending to leave.
Li Jianhong was about to follow, but Su Ciliang stopped her.
“The two of us will go eat. We’ll eat at a small restaurant outside, not in the cafeteria.”
Su Ciliang had been enlightened by Su Xiaotian just now and felt that some things indeed needed to be discussed properly.
Jianhong was a good person, and Xiaotian was also a good person. It wouldn’t do for these two women to cause conflict over some unnecessary matters in the future.
Su Xiaotian and the other girls returned to the dormitory to get their lunchboxes.
“Xiaotian, what did you mean by what you said today?” Zhao Hongmei had been thinking about it all the way, and still couldn’t figure it out.
Why did Xiaotian emphasize that in a family, the marital relationship was the primary one?
In many families, the marital relationship was ranked after other relationships.
“In a family, the relationships between other people are maintained by blood ties, but the newly married wife is not.”
“If a husband cannot prioritize the marital relationship, then as a wife, she will feel very wronged in this family!”
“But isn’t it normal for a wife to feel wronged in the family? Our ancestors have all lived like this, and my mother also told me so,” Qian Xiaobei said somewhat confusedly.
Su Xiaotian’s theory was different from what her family had instilled in her.
“Xiaobei, what did your mother tell you?”
Qian Xiaobei had always been more introverted and more family-oriented than the others.
Su Xiaotian had thought about asking about Xiaobei’s family situation, but hadn’t had the chance.
Today was a rare opportunity.
“My mom said that sending me to college was so that I could better take care of my younger brother and older brother in the future!”
Hearing Qian Xiaobei say this, Chu Yue asked in surprise, “Then why didn’t they just let your brother and younger brother study?”
Sending their daughter to college so that she could take care of her brothers’ lives in the future, what was this situation?
“My brother and younger brother don’t like to study. I’m the only one in the family who likes to study. Originally, my parents didn’t plan to let me study. Later, someone must have said that college was free and you could get a job after graduation, so my parents let me study,” Qian Xiaobei said with a slight blush.
In the past two years, especially in the last six months, she had also been very confused about this.
She didn’t know if this was the right thing to do, but what her parents said should be correct, right?