Return to the City: The Strongest King
Chapter 584 - 585: Innate Arrogance

Chapter 584: Chapter 585: Innate Arrogance

Su Chengquan glared at Song Xiaodong, sneering, "Boy, don’t think that just because you know some Kung Fu, you can kill Sun Zi’ang without consequences. Without our Su Family backing you up, you wouldn’t even know how many times you would have died by now. Even Qingqing and Xuanxuan would be implicated. And now, you’re still so arrogant."

Su Yuya shook her head and sighed, "Do you know how much pressure our Su Family has been under? You don’t understand the struggles between the big families, so you’ll never get it."

Miao Xuanxuan and Miao Qingqing were originally full of confidence, but the words of these two made them both look at Song Xiaodong.

Song Xiaodong didn’t disbelieve that the Su Family was under pressure from the Sun Family. After such a big loss, the Sun Family naturally wouldn’t let things go easily, and with the pressure from higher ups, they couldn’t do anything to Song Xiaodong for the time being.

Weren’t Miao Xuanxuan and Miao Qingqing Song Xiaodong’s women? That was the main reason for the conflict between Song Xiaodong and Sun Zi’ang. As for Miao Xuanxuan, she was the one intended for marriage alliance with Sun Zi’ang by the Su Family. It was natural for the Sun Family to look for the Su Family for this matter.

As for the Su Family holding up against the Sun Family to prevent them from acting against them, Song Xiaodong didn’t believe it at all. Even though these big families had significant influence, how could a country’s system be manipulated by these families? The ambiguous intention from above made Song Xiaodong suspect that they wanted to use this incident to knock these big families down a peg.

So it was really the people from above who were pressuring the Sun Family, not the Su Family.

Gripping the hands of Miao Xuanxuan and Miao Qingqing, Song Xiaodong said indifferently, "Then there’s no trouble for the Su Family, after all. As the man of Xuanxuan and Qingqing, I’ll bear this burden myself. If your Su Family were to bear it, wouldn’t that mean I’m not qualified as a man? So please withdraw your hands, and let me perform properly to make Qingqing and Xuanxuan like me even more."

Su Chengquan was truly enraged and, with a stern face, said, "Boy, you really don’t know how high the sky is or how deep the earth is. Do you really think you can withstand it if our Su Family steps aside?"

Song Xiaodong shrugged his shoulders, "I have that much confidence. It’s only the Sun Family; they can’t do much to me. I can’t accept the Su Family’s kindness. I don’t want you to sell my wife off someday."

"You..." Su Chengquan stood up abruptly, then with a fierce wave of his hand, said, "Fine, fine, those are your words. I originally came here to help you all for the sake of my fifth sister, but you fail to appreciate kindness, turning good intentions into an insult. From now on, our Su Family will not stand up for Miao Xuanxuan and Miao Qingqing; they will no longer be part of our Su Family."

Miao Xuanxuan retorted without hesitation, "We never considered ourselves as part of the Su Family."

"You will regret this yourselves," Su Chengquan dropped the words and strode towards the door.

Su Qingyuan glanced resentfully at Song Xiaodong and left without saying anything.

"Third Brother, you guys go first; I’ll sit here a little longer," Su Yuya said to Su Chengquan without leaving and remained in her seat.

Observing the three of them, Su Yuya shook her head again, "Xuanxuan, Qingqing, we know you have grievances against me, thinking that I deceived you, forcing Xuanxuan to marry Sun Zi’ang."

Miao Qingqing and Miao Xuanxuan didn’t say anything, but their silence was undoubtedly an acknowledgment.

Su Yuya sighed, "The women of our big families, which one of them isn’t like this? Like your mother, my fifth sister, she fought hard, but in the end, she had such a miserable fate. On the other hand, those who were unwilling at first ended up living quite well."

Miao Xuanxuan immediately said, "Is it really that good? Living with a man you don’t like, can that be considered good?"

Su Yuya replied, "Feelings are cultivated. Between a man and a woman, after being intimate a few times, feelings naturally grow closer. After living together for a while and having children, their hearts naturally tend to work together. Look at our grandparents’ generation; which of them had dated by themselves? Wasn’t it just their parents deciding and then living together? But look how many of them have golden and diamond anniversaries. Aren’t they living well?"

This argument seemed to make sense, and Miao Qingqing was somewhat at a loss for how to refute it. Miao Xuanxuan, however, felt differently and immediately said, "That was a different era. Back then, people were happy just to survive; they had no such aspirations. Now what we pursue is happiness for a lifetime. Without being with the man we love, what’s the point of living? Auntie, let me ask you, are you really content with your marriage? Deep down inside, do you really feel so at peace, without any other thoughts?"

"I..." Su Yuya’s face changed slightly when asked by Miao Xuanxuan, and then she gently shook her head, "As a couple, when you’ve been together for a long time, the romance fades and what remains is affection. Shared children, a shared career, what else do you need?"

Miao Xuanxuan countered, "It’s not right. If a man and woman love each other, no matter how much time passes, their life together will always be full of passion, unlike you, looking so listless, devoid of any enthusiasm."

Su Yuya’s mouth twitched, and then she let out a snort of laughter, "Xuanxuan, you really can talk. Maybe what you say is true. But this time, the pressure on the Su Family is genuinely huge. We came here to officially integrate Little Song into our Su Family, so we could stand firm with clear justification. But you turned things into such a mess."

Miao Qingqing replied, "Auntie, we really can’t handle your kind intentions. As you saw, what was the attitude of my fifth cousin? If we let Dongzi join the Su Family, how would the people of the Su Family look at him? They would see Dongzi as someone looking for a backer, they would mock and ridicule him, depriving us of any dignity in living."

Miao Xuanxuan chimed in, "Exactly, we would rather die with dignity than live on our knees. Our Dongzi is a true man, and there’s no way he can bring himself to live off others’ favors."

Seeing their response, Su Yuya couldn’t help but give a wry smile, knowing that the Su Family’s intention to win over Song Xiaodong had completely failed. This was not only related to the aloof attitudes of Su Qingyuan and Su Chengquan but even more so because Song Xiaodong was truly an exceptional figure, not so easily swayed.