I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Just as the three were arguing heatedly, Su Banxia's voice suddenly came from not far away.

"What? My older brother doesn't try to coax others, so does he expect to coax you instead?"

As she spoke, Su Banxia stepped forward and stood in front of Daya, shielding Lianhua behind her, and glared angrily at Daya.

"Don't meddle in my brother's business. My family doesn't know you well to begin with. Now that we've built a house, a yard, and separated from the Su family, and our lives are getting better and better, you're trying to curry favor with my brother. Let me tell you, don't even think about it! If you want to set foot in our house, there's no way you'll get a foot in the door! I know perfectly well how you looked down on our second branch of the family before, and no amount of pretense will change that now!"

Da Ya was surprised by Su Banxia's sudden appearance. She knew that Su Banxia had become quite sharp-tongued ever since she was struck by lightning, something Su Tao had often mentioned to her. Now, facing Su Banxia, ​​Da Ya was genuinely a little intimidated.

"I was talking to your older brother, what are you doing here? As his younger sister, it's not proper for you to interfere in your older brother's marriage, is it?"

Su Banxia snorted coldly upon hearing Da Ya's words.

"As my younger sister, I can't interfere in my older brother's marriage. Do you think I'd let an outsider like you interfere? What good can you possibly do by interfering? Let me tell you, Daya, as long as I'm here, you can forget about ever marrying into our family! Stop trying to pull any tricks and get back home!"

Seeing that Su Banxia showed her no mercy and had spoken so bluntly in front of Lianhua, Da Ya felt too embarrassed to stay and suffer any longer. So she pointed at Su Banxia's nose and cursed:

"You ungrateful Su Banxia! You're just like that, not a good person at all. You'll ruin your brother without even knowing it. We'll see!"

After saying that, Daya turned around and stormed off.

Seeing that the young girl had finally left, Su Shiyan breathed a sigh of relief, but then looked at Su Banxia with lingering fear.

"Sister, you were really too harsh with your words just now. We live in the same village, after all. If word gets out, who knows what people will say about our family..."

Su Banxia glared impatiently at Su Shiyan. Her future sister-in-law was standing right there, and he was still speaking up for Da Ya like that—he was truly a pig-brain!

"Brother, don't meddle in these things. I'll handle Da Ya's situation myself; it has nothing to do with you. Even if she spreads this around, people will say that Da Ya is shameless. Besides, it was me who scolded her, not you. People won't say you lack magnanimity; they'll just say that I have a grudge against Da Ya. That doesn't matter. I'm not going to become related to Da Ya by marriage or anything. What difference does it make if I have a grudge against her?"

Hearing Su Banxia's words, Su Shiyan could only nod helplessly, then looked at the explanation of the Lotus Novel standing to the side and said:

"Lotus Sister, this is my eldest sister, Su Banxia. There are three of us siblings. We also have a younger sister named Su Mo, who isn't living with us right now. She's getting married after the New Year. I'll introduce you all to her another time..."

When Su Banxia came out, Lianhua thought that Da Ya hadn't figured things out yet, and that another new girl had come and was getting entangled with Su Shiyan. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, Su Shiyan introduced her, and Lianhua realized that Su Banxia was his younger sister. So she smiled shyly at Su Banxia.

"Sister Banxia, ​​judging from your appearance, I'm older than you. I'll call you 'sister' too, just like Brother Shiyan does. Please don't mind. Thank you so much for helping me out of that situation earlier..."

Su Banxia turned to look at the shy Lotus Girl standing to the side. After carefully examining her, she found the girl to be quite pleasing to the eye, much better than that Daya.

Yesterday, Da Ya loitered around our door and deliberately kept Su Shiyan company for a private talk. She probably had ulterior motives and had been eyeing this unmarried Su Shiyan for a while. I was really careless before.

If my elder brother really married this girl without thinking, wouldn't the second branch of the Su family be in constant turmoil because of her?

Thinking this, Su Banxia quickly stepped forward, took Lianhua's hand, and said affectionately:

"Right now, your marriage to my brother isn't settled yet, so I'll just call you 'sister.' I think we're kindred spirits, and we'll definitely get along well. Everyone in my family is easygoing and not fussy. Don't take what happened earlier to heart. You saw that my brother isn't good with words and can't explain things clearly. He wanted to explain to you, but he didn't know where to begin. He has nothing to do with this girl; she's just dragged him into this relationship. Think about it: if my brother really had something to hide with this girl, my mother wouldn't have gone to all that trouble to ask Grandma Sun to act as a matchmaker for him."

As she spoke, Su Banxia glared at Su Shiyan, then patted Lianhua's hand softly and said:

"Sister, don't worry, this is all just Da Ya's wishful thinking. What makes her think she can compare to you? We live in the same village, and I know her best! Any family that marries her will be incredibly unlucky!"

Seeing that Lianhua was no longer as stern as before after what she had said, and was only smiling gently with her head down, Su Banxia waved her hand and looked at Su Shiyan.

"Alright, let's not talk about that unlucky person anymore, lest we ruin our good day. It's time for Mother to start cooking. Come on, let's go inside and sit down. Dinner will be served soon."

Lotus, who had originally intended to turn around and leave, understood after hearing Su Banxia's explanation that the blame couldn't be entirely placed on Su Shiyan.

Su Shiyan's family background is now unparalleled in the surrounding villages. Which young woman of marriageable age wouldn't be envious and tempted by him? It's understandable that he attracts many unwanted suitors.

Fortunately, Su Shiyan seemed to be an honest man and hadn't done anything shameful with that girl. Perhaps, as Su Banxia said, it was all just wishful thinking on the part of that girl.

If I run away now, wouldn't that be doing Da Ya's bidding? Wouldn't I be ruining this perfectly good marriage?

Thinking this, the lotus flower smiled and nodded at Su Banxia, ​​saying:

"Banxia, ​​hearing what you said makes me feel much better. As long as Shiyan doesn't have ulterior motives, I can continue to get along with him..."