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

Chapter 255 I will definitely treat you well in the future

When Su Shiyan saw that Lotus had suddenly started crying for no reason, he panicked. He didn't know what he had said or done wrong that had made Lotus angry.

At that moment, Lianhua was looking at him with red eyes, so Su Shiyan quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe away the tears from the corners of Lianhua's eyes.

"Lotus Girl, what's wrong? Did I do something wrong and make you angry? Just tell me and I'll change, okay?"

Seeing Su Shiyan's nervous expression, Lianhua couldn't help but chuckle. He looked at Su Shiyan, shook his head, and said:

"Brother Shiyan, you did a great job. No one has ever treated me as well as you have, so I'm a little touched and I can't stop the tears. I'm so sorry that you had to see this."

Hearing Lianhua's words, Su Shiyan felt a pang of sympathy. He thought about how Aunt Luo hadn't seemed like a kind person that day, and how she probably didn't treat Lianhua well. That's why Lianhua felt increasingly wronged and started crying in front of him.

So Su Shiyan grasped Lianhua's hand tightly, looked into her eyes, and said:

"Lotus Sister, if you don't mind, I will treat you well in the future, and only you. Don't worry, as long as I have food, you will have food too. Listen to me, we'll buy whatever you like today, and make up for everything you lacked before, okay?"

Lotus was suddenly grabbed by the hand and said those words by Su Shiyan. She didn't know what to say, and just stared at Su Shiyan for a while before nodding to him and saying:

"Okay, Brother Shi Yan, then I won't stand on ceremony."

As she spoke, Lianhua suddenly gave Su Shiyan a bright smile, grabbed his hand, and ran towards the food stall.

"This, this, and this—wrap them all up for me! I want to try them all!"

Seeing that the lotus flower had finally relented, Su Shiyan was very happy and said to the shopkeeper:

"Boss, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and wrap them all up for us. Didn't you hear my sister say we have to try them all?"

Seeing that a big customer had arrived today, the boss naturally didn't dare to neglect him, so he quickly replied with a smile:

"Okay, okay, I'll wrap it up for you right away. It's best to eat it while it's hot."

The shopkeeper quickly and efficiently wrapped up all the food and handed it to Su Shiyan. Su Shiyan unwrapped the lotus leaf containing the food, presented it to Lianhua, and smiled.

"Lotus Girl, try it while it's hot and see if it suits your taste. If this place isn't good, we'll go to another one. Just tell me what you want to eat."

Lianhua smiled gently at Su Shiyan, then nodded emphatically. She picked up her chopsticks, grabbed a piece, and put it in her mouth. She had wanted to eat this since she was little, but her mother always bought it for her younger brother, and she could only watch and smell it from the side.

Every time Lianhua tried to reach out and taste a piece, her younger brother would run to their mother with the food, crying and complaining.

Aunt Luo naturally wouldn't give Lianhua a kind look. Normally, she wasn't too bad to Lianhua, but if it involved her younger brother's interests, she would definitely use a stick to teach Lianhua a lesson.

No matter what, Aunt Luo always insisted that Lianhua put her younger brother first and that everything should be done with him in mind. Even after Lianhua married into her husband's family, she was still expected to frequently return home to help her younger brother.

Even before Lianhua met Su Shiyan, Aunt Luo kept nagging about it, fearing that after Lianhua got married, she would leave her control and stop caring about her family.

Aunt Luo naturally knew that her son was a good-for-nothing who had been spoiled by her and never did any housework. If Lianhua got married in the future, the family would lose a capable helper.

Therefore, Aunt Luo often reminded Lianhua that even after she married into her husband's family, she should remember to frequently return to her parents' home to help with farm work, and that during busy farming seasons, she should prioritize her parents' work. So Lianhua could only listen silently.

Because Lianhua felt that she had no one to rely on. Before she got married, she could only stay at her parents' home, and Aunt Luo was her biggest support.

After she gets married, she doesn't know what kind of family she will marry into, but now it seems that Su Shiyan is really good to her, and the whole Su family is very kind, even that girl Banxia is very friendly to her.

So, in her heart, Lianhua thought that if she could marry into the second branch of the Su family, she would definitely sever ties with her own family and never go back to her parents' home again. She would no longer need to help her good-for-nothing brother, nor would she have to live at the mercy of Aunt Luo, so that she wouldn't have to be a slave to her parents' family every day and not get any benefits in return.

Thinking this, Lianhua felt her steps become lighter. She had been holding Su Shiyan's hand tightly ever since, refusing to let go. Logically speaking, their marriage wasn't settled, and their relationship wasn't even defined; holding hands like this while strolling through the streets was truly unseemly.

But Lianhua didn't care. She felt that Su Shiyan was the only salvation in her life. If she couldn't hold onto Su Shiyan tightly, she was afraid she would never be able to climb out of the quagmire of her mother's family again.

Therefore, Lianhua must seize this opportunity and finalize the marriage with Su Shiyan as soon as possible, so that she can escape the hellish place of her maternal family and never have to face the faces of those people again.

Thinking this, Lianhua turned to look at Su Shiyan and said softly:

"Brother Shi Yan, what do you think about me marrying you?"

Su Shiyan never expected that Lianhua would bring this up herself. After all, Lianhua was a girl, and she should have taken the initiative in this matter. In fact, Su Shiyan had long wanted to finalize their marriage.

Ever since that day when he met Lianhua, Su Shiyan had fallen in love with her at first sight. These past few days, he had been thinking about Lianhua constantly, always planning to visit her family home when he had some free time.

But with so many things to do at home, and feeling too embarrassed to slack off, he kept putting it off day after day. Unexpectedly, Lianhua came to his house today.

Now that Lianhua has taken the initiative to propose marriage, Su Shiyan is naturally overjoyed. He hurriedly and awkwardly grabbed Lianhua's hand and nodded, saying:

“Lotus Sister, if you want to marry me, that would be wonderful. I should have been the one to say that first, but I didn’t expect you to beat me to it.”

As he spoke, Su Shiyan tightened his grip on Lianhua's hand, looked steadily at her, and continued:

"Lotus Sister, don't worry. After we get married, I will listen to you in everything. I will make sure you live a good life with me."