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

After listening to Cuihua's words, Su Shiyan thought for a moment and nodded:

“Cuihua, you are so thoughtful. I suppose my parents aren’t in a good mood today. Why don’t you go and warm up some more white wine? I’ll have a drink with them.”

Upon hearing this, Cuihua immediately responded happily and ran to the backyard to get busy.

Su Shiyan went to the courtyard to tidy up. With the New Year approaching, the house and the courtyard needed to be thoroughly cleaned. He didn't have much time on weekdays, so he could only do it little by little when he came back from the market.

After the meal was prepared, Su Shiyan first brought Lianhua's food into the house. Only after watching Lianhua finish eating did he bring the empty bowl out and sit down to eat with Wang Guihua and the others.

“Father and Mother, I’m sorry to have troubled you today because of my mother-in-law and the others. I feel ashamed as your son. But Lianhua is a good girl, and I don’t want to let her down. I also don’t want you to have any complaints about Lianhua. If you are angry or upset, just take it out on me.”

As he spoke, Su Shiyan got up, took out a wine pot, and poured a cup for Wang Guihua and Su Hanzhang, then poured one for himself.

"Father and Mother, let me toast you. It has been so hard for you to take care of Lotus for me."

As he spoke, Su Shiyan picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all in one gulp.

Seeing this, Su Hanzhang quickly spoke up to advise:

"Drink slowly, and have some food with it, so you don't feel uncomfortable later."

Upon hearing this, Cuihua quickly picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks and placed it in Su Shiyan's bowl.

"Yes, Brother Shiyan, eat some vegetables to calm your nerves, don't drink too much and ruin your health."

Wang Guihua, standing to the side, looked at her son with heartache and said:

"Lianhua is a good girl, that's obvious to everyone. She's perfect as our daughter-in-law. It's just a pity that her family is so dishonest. They're always up to some shady tricks to swindle our money. But thankfully you came back in time today, and with Xiao Wei's help, we chased them out. I'm sure they won't dare to cause trouble again before the New Year. Sigh, what a hassle!"

Upon hearing this, Su Shiyan quickly poured Wei Kezhi another glass of wine.

"Brother Wei, thank you for today."

Wei Kezhi took the wine glass and took a small sip.

"No need to thank me. I just couldn't stand that man bullying Banxia. If he weren't a guest of your family today, he wouldn't be able to leave this courtyard alive just because of those few words he said."

Su Shiyan's expression stiffened upon hearing this. He knew that Wei Kezhi had shown leniency out of consideration for him. The thought that he, as the older brother, hadn't even protected his own sister, and that Fu Bao had repeatedly spoken rudely to Su Banxia, ​​filled Su Shiyan with guilt. So, Su Shiyan poured himself another full cup and toasted Wei Kezhi.

“Brother Wei, I also bear responsibility for what happened today. Fu Bao had spoken rudely to Ban Xia long ago. It was my fault as her older brother for not protecting her properly, which is why he dared to bully her again and again. I really want to thank you today for protecting Ban Xia for me. It was my incompetence as her older brother.”

After saying that, Su Shiyan downed the wine in his cup in one gulp. Su Banxia tried to stop him.

Su Shiyan flung Su Banxia's hand away and poured himself another cup.

"Banxia, ​​I want to toast you with this cup of wine. If it weren't for you, our family wouldn't be living such a good life, and I wouldn't have been able to marry such a good wife as Lianhua. It's my incompetence as your older brother that I failed to protect you and take good care of our family, causing you to suffer. I'm sorry, brother!"

After saying this, Su Shiyan downed the wine in his cup in one gulp. Wang Guihua, seeing her son like this, felt a pang of heartache and spoke up:

“Shiyan, I know you’re suffering, but you can’t drown your sorrows in alcohol. If you keep drinking like this, your health will collapse.”

Su Hanzhang sighed.

“He has unspeakable suffering in his heart, and he is also in pain. Our son usually doesn’t drink a drop of alcohol, but if he wants to drink today, let him drink to his heart’s content.”

Upon hearing Su Hanzhang's words, Wang Guihua lowered her head again and secretly wiped away her tears.

The meal was unpleasant for everyone, except for Su Shiyan, who got completely drunk. After Su Banxia helped Su Shiyan into the house, she and Wang Guihua cleaned up the dishes and went back to their room to sleep.

In the middle of the night, Su Shiyan felt the urge to urinate, so he groggily got out of bed and went to the courtyard in the dark.

Cuihua had deliberately brought up the drinking tonight, hoping to get Su Shiyan drunk so she could make her plans easier. So, after entering the room, she hadn't slept, only wearing her nightgown and sitting on the edge of the bed waiting. Hearing the noise from Su Shiyan's room, she quickly got up and tiptoed out.

Seeing that no one was in the courtyard, and that Su Shiyan had awkwardly made his way to the outhouse, Cuihua pulled her cotton-padded coat down further and unbuttoned three or four buttons of her nightgown.

Cuihua was squatting in the corner, waiting for Su Shiyan to come out so she could pretend not to know anything and walk out.

A moment later, Su Shiyan, supporting himself against the wall, emerged from the outhouse. Seeing her opportunity, Cuihua got up and walked around the corner, bumping right into Su Shiyan's arms.

"Oh dear, Shi Yan, are you alright...?"

Su Shiyan was already drunk, and now he was so intoxicated that he couldn't stand up. When Cuihua bumped into him, the two of them fell straight to the ground.

Su Shiyan felt something pressing down on him, and a soft sensation against his chest. Before marriage, he had never experienced the pleasures of a woman, but now that he was married and had tasted those pleasures, he wanted to spend time with Lianhua almost every day.

Unfortunately, Lianhua was pregnant and wouldn't let Su Shiyan touch her, so Su Shiyan had to endure it every day. Right now, Su Shiyan was a little tipsy and felt a woman on top of him, calling him "Brother Shiyan" in a soft, sweet voice. He instinctively thought it was Lianhua touching him.

So he immediately began to happily pat her all over, mumbling indistinctly:

"Lotus, lotus, my dear lotus, I've missed you so much..."

Cuihua initially thought that Su Shiyan's insistence on holding her meant she had fallen for his trick, but she never expected that Su Shiyan would mistake her for that bitch Lianhua. He was currently holding her in his arms, still muttering about Lianhua's reputation.

Cuihua felt a surge of anger rising within her, so she lay down on Su Shiyan and bit his earlobe hard, whispering in his ear:

"Brother Shi Yan, take another good look at who I am?"

Su Shiyan was bitten by Cuihua and immediately jolted in pain. When he managed to open his eyes and looked into his arms by the moonlight, he was startled. He immediately kicked Cuihua off him and scrambled to his feet.

"You, you! How could it be you! You..."