The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Wei Siyu thought they hadn't heard what he said, so he cleared his throat and shouted again, "Mother, sisters, little sister, I'm back."

This time, none of the people in the pavilion paid him any attention.

He walked into the pavilion and went to his mother's side, but the people there acted as if they hadn't seen him at all.

"Mom's really lucky today, she's won several rounds in a row," Wei Siyu's eldest sister, Wei Yuting, said to their mother.

"Yes, Mom, you've almost won all my allowance." Wei Siyu's younger sister, Wei Yuxin, pouted, somewhat unwilling.

She didn't win a single hand all afternoon.

Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Wei Siyu waved his hand in front of everyone, but still received no response.

He rushed out anxiously, intending to stop a maid and ask her something.

Just as he turned around, the four people at the card table covered their mouths and laughed.

"We'll proceed according to plan in a moment," Wei's mother said first.

"Take my cough as a signal."

"Hurry, hurry, he's coming."

Wei's mother glanced to the side, made a gesture, and resumed her previous posture.

"Mom, are you just teasing me?"

"I've prepared a lot of gifts for you this time."

He walked up to Wei Yuxin and said, "Little Wei, I remember you kept saying you wanted a pair of jade bracelets, and some kind of brocade dress, what was it again?"

When Wei Yuxin heard her brother mention her favorite thing, her eyes lit up with joy and she almost couldn't hold back. Fortunately, Wei Siyu's second sister, Wei Yuzhu, took the opportunity to remind her while playing a card.

Fearing things might go wrong, Wei's mother, seeing that the time was ripe, immediately coughed to signal to those around her.

As soon as Mother Wei finished coughing, the three Wei sisters immediately stood up and surrounded Wei Siyu.

The servants and maids nearby quickly came over and tied Wei Siyu up with rope.

In the main hall of the Wei family, Mother Wei sat upright in the main seat, her face serious.

Wei Xiaomei stood next to her mother, while the two sisters, Wei Yuting and Wei Yuzhu, sat on the chairs to the left. Everyone looked at Wei Siyu, who was tied up in the middle.

Mother Wei spoke first, "Wei Siyu, tell me, how long has it been since I sent you this message?"

"You're only coming back today. Aren't you afraid you'll miss your mother's funeral?"

Hearing her mother's words, Wei Xiaomei patted her hand and said, "Mother, that's going too far. How can you curse yourself like that?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Siyu immediately feigned innocence, "Mother, aren't you wronging your dear youngest son?"

"Mom, you're so healthy! Do you still practice boxing every morning?"

"Of course, how can you not practice boxing? If you don't practice your kung fu for a day, won't it all go to waste?" Wei's mother answered Wei Siyu's question about boxing reflexively. By the time she realized something was wrong, the words were already out of her mouth. She straightened up, coughed a few times, and tried to cover it up.

"You unfilial son, still calling me 'darling'? Bah! Don't try to change the subject."

“Mom, look at you, you practice boxing every day, you’re so strong you could kill an ox, how can you just fall ill like that?”

"I understand Mother, that's why I wasn't in a hurry. I took care of everything over there before coming back!"

"Hmph, try to make excuses for me."

Wei Yuting, who was standing to the side, smiled as she watched her younger brother and mother, then slyly reminded them, "Mom, didn't Wei Jie say in his letter a few days ago that the matter had already been resolved?"

Wei Siyu was about to convince her mother, preparing to play the victim and get her mother to feel sorry for her temporarily, but unexpectedly, her older sister...

He looked at his eldest sister with a sorrowful expression. Ever since she got married, he was no longer her favorite younger brother.

The eldest sister added fuel to the fire.

Wei Yuting avoided Wei Siyu's gaze; this was quite a show, and it couldn't end so quickly.

After being reminded by Wei Yuting, Wei's mother also realized what was happening, "You unfilial son, are you trying to drive your mother to her death?!"

"What good things does Xin'an County have that would make you abandon even your own mother?"

Wei Yuzhu asked casually, "Does your younger brother have someone he likes in Xin'an County?"

When Wei's mother heard that her son actually had someone he liked, her eyes lit up immediately. What kind of blind girl could have taken a liking to her son?

She quickly ran to Wei Siyu's side, ready to untie Wei Siyu.

To everyone's surprise, Wei Siyu immediately denied it upon hearing her second sister's words, "Second sister, don't talk nonsense, I don't have any sweetheart."

"Your younger brother is still young."

Hearing Wei Siyu's words, Wei's mother patted him hard on the shoulder.

Wei Siyu immediately felt as if a jack had been placed on her shoulder, and she was instantly crushed to the ground.

"Sorry, I lost control. Yuxin, help your brother up."

Wei Yuxin went over and helped Wei Siyu up.

Wei's mother pointed at Wei Siyu and said, "You have no shame. You're already twenty. Do you know that the wife of Old Wang next door is the same age as me? Her grandson can already do boxing, and my son is still not married."

"Are you trying to drive me crazy?"

After saying that, she picked up a handkerchief and pretended to wipe away her tears, "Do you know how hard it was for me? Marrying such an unromantic man like your father..."

Wei Siyu pouted and muttered habitually, "Father, I risked my life to give birth to a son for the Wei family, hoping that you would continue the Wei family line. Otherwise, I would be ashamed before the ancestors of the Wei family when I die."

"You brat, shut up! You dare steal my words!" she said, throwing her handkerchief at Wei Siyu.

"Mom, you've said that countless times. I'm sick of hearing it."

"They keep pressuring me to get married. I want to get married too, but I haven't met a girl I like yet."

The three Wei sisters watched this drama, which was repeated every now and then, without saying a word, and simply enjoyed the show.

"Why didn't you go to meet the girl I found for you?"

"Mother, I..." Wei Siyu was about to argue, but when she thought of her mother's endless chatter, she resigned herself to her fate and lowered her head.

"Mom, I was wrong. I'll definitely go next time, okay?"

When Wei's mother saw that her son had agreed, she quickly had him untied. She thought it would have been better if he had agreed earlier; there wouldn't have been so much trouble.

Wei Siyu had just stood up when she saw her father walk in.

Wei Chen, the current head of the Wei family, had just finished dealing with some matters when the butler told him that his son had returned.

He rushed home, eager to see the show, only to find it was already over.

Wei Siyu knew, of course, that her father wanted to see her make a fool of herself. "Dad, why don't you do something about your wife? She's always watching me. I'm so afraid of being watched that I don't want to get married."

"I listen to your mother when it comes to things at home. She's the one who takes care of me." After saying that, he walked up to Wei's mother eagerly, looking for praise.

Wei Siyu rolled her eyes at her father. Well, there wasn't a single person in this family on his side.

"You brat, do you think I want to take care of you? I'm just worried that you won't be able to find a wife, and then the Wei family line will end."

"Don't forget what you just promised."

Wei Siyu, now free, quickly ran out, saying, "Okay."

He only agreed to go, but didn't say when.

"Wife, I don't mind you controlling me, I love it when you control me." Father Wei held Mother Wei's hand and confessed his love, completely ignoring the three Wei sisters standing beside him.

The three Wei sisters shuddered at the nauseatingly sentimental words of their father.

"Little sister, didn't you say you had a piece of jewelry you wanted us to see?" Wei Yuting quickly made an excuse to leave, so as not to get a sty later.

"Yes, yes, eldest sister, second sister, it's in my room, come with me to see it." Wei Xiaomei quickly pulled her two older sisters away.

Her parents would pull this stunt in front of them from time to time; if they weren't already used to it, they would have definitely thrown up on the spot.

His father is such a serious person in public, but who knew he would be like this in front of his mother?

Mother Wei scolded Father Wei in a sweet voice, "Look at you, you've scared all the children away."

"What kind of child is he? He's already married, yet he still comes home every day, constantly disturbing our time together."

The three Wei sisters [...]