The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 319 - 323: The Tampered Life (Part 5)

Chapter 319: Chapter 323: The Tampered Life (Part 5)

Qiao Xiaohong just happened to be coming back from the kitchen with a rag to wipe the table when she heard these words and felt quite unpleasant.

She wanted to step forward and talk to her uncle but didn’t dare.

Her uncle’s temperament was inherited from Granny Su; both were difficult to deal with.

She was furious, angry at her uncle for not acting like an elder, and at her own husband for not standing up for her.

Turning her head, she saw Su Li watching his brothers start to unpack the boxes with great interest.

Qiao Xiaohong held back her emotions and then realized that her naive sister-in-law seemed a bit different now.

Taking advantage of the others not paying attention, Qiao Xiaohong pulled Su Li aside.

"Do you mean that I shouldn’t install the fan and should send it back?"

Su Li smiled playfully, "This thing is quite expensive; it cost Granny and Grandpa quite a bit of money."

A flash of resentment crossed Qiao Xiaohong’s eyes, but she still waved her hands repeatedly, "Sister-in-law didn’t mean that. Since it’s already bought... sending it back would be laughable."

"Sister-in-law means, you see your second brother, he works so hard every day, comes back drenched in sweat, as if he’s been fished out of water, you should show some understanding for your brother’s difficulties..."

Su Li replied, "Okay, then I’ll have my brothers install the fan in the main hall, so everyone can use it."

"I also think that Granny having the fan installed in my room is a bit too selfish."

Her sister-in-law’s implication was precisely this.

Qiao Xiaohong was satisfied and nodded her head, "Only you understand your sister-in-law in the family. Everyone else always thinks I am sharp-tongued, but all my heart is devoted to the Su Family."

As long as the sister-in-law spoke up, the matter was pretty much settled.

She didn’t want Su Li to benefit from this.

Grandpa and Granny’s money is like everyone’s money; in the future, they will still rely on the men in the family for support.

Yan Nizi and Xu Xiaomiao were willing to please their in-laws; they were foolish, but she was not.

Now that the fan had been bought, Qiao Xiaohong was thinking about how she too should get some benefits from this.

"Brother, don’t carry the things into my room, put them in the main hall."

Su Jun quickly said, "Put it in the main hall? Put it in your bedroom, you’ll sleep better at night."

Qiao Xiaohong panicked and desperately winked at Su Li.

Su Li bit her lip, "But sister-in-law said not to be too selfish."

"I think so too, considering the elders and brother and sister-in-laws in the family, they all work hard outside."

"Let’s just put it in the main hall, where I can feel it, and everyone can feel it."

Turns out someone was causing trouble again, Su Jun angrily glared at his second brother Su Mo, "Just see to it yourself, don’t let Granny and Grandpa find out or they’ll flay you."

"And uncle won’t let you off either."

Su Gen sympathetically looked at his second brother; marrying such a troublesome wife was really bad luck.

Qiao Xiaohong was dumbfounded; she hadn’t anticipated the situation would develop like this.

What was Su Li saying, all these harsh truths?

She thought the sister-in-law was selfish, but she hadn’t asked her to voice it out loud.

"I already know," Granny Su stood outside the main hall with a stern face, her voice menacing, chuckling with rage, "You all think I’m dead, don’t you? That my words don’t matter?"

"Do you all feel the same way, thinking I’m biased?"

Granny Su’s favorite tactic was to punish everyone for one person’s mistake; she’d take her anger out on everyone for the smallest issues.

The innocent Su brothers and the two daughters-in-law immediately glared at Qiao Xiaohong.

Granny Su felt that her beloved Li Bao was being wronged and was deeply distressed.

She quickly took a piece of sugar wrapped in a handkerchief from her pocket and stuffed it into Su Li’s hand.

"Don’t be afraid, Granny will stand up for you; let’s eat some sugar, Li Bao."

In such scorching weather, the sugar cubes, being trapped in the pocket, had already started melting. Even through multiple layers of handkerchief, the sugar juice seeped out, sticky and messy.

Su Li didn’t mind at all and carefully peeled it open. She stuffed the sugar cube into her mouth.

The sweet taste greatly improved her mood.

"Granny, it’s so sweet."

Granny Su’s face bloomed into a smile like an old chrysanthemum stretching out, "Next time, Granny will buy you more."

She was still treating Su Li like a child.

Turning her head toward the Su brothers, her expression became stern again.

No matter how many times she had seen it, Su Li was still amazed by Granny Su’s ability to change expressions.

In the end, the fan was forcibly installed in Su Li’s room by Granny Su, who exhibited an irrefutable attitude, making everyone else clearly state their position.

It spared the family’s most treasured Li Bao from feeling guilty.

Su Li couldn’t disagree, for Su Mo was almost ready to kneel before her.

Su Mo, "Li Bao, don’t listen to your second sister-in-law talking nonsense, just agree."

Otherwise, he was afraid he wouldn’t survive the day. Granny was staring at him with eyes glowing green, as fierce as a wolf.

Su Li pretentiously refused a bit more, but finally agreed with apparent reluctance.

"Second sister-in-law won’t be upset, will she?"

Qiao Xiaohong, "...please, just do the good deed, and stop talking."

Qiao Xiaohong wanted to cry, really wanted to cry...

But she dared not run back to her parents’ house anymore.

Without her younger sister-in-law’s help, if she ran again, she probably would end up staying at the Qiao Family forever.

Su Mo had sent her a final notice not to stir up trouble anymore.

Qiao Xiaohong, with drooping corners of her mouth, "No, second sister-in-law isn’t upset. You misunderstood me before, I was..."

Su Li cocked her head, "But you look unhappy, no smile on your face."

Under Granny Su’s piercing gaze, it was indeed stressful.

Qiao Xiaohong summoned her strength, forcing a slight upward turn of her lips, "See, second sister-in-law really isn’t mad."

She felt like screaming, like exploding on the spot.

There were so many times she had been unhappy, why was this time so relentless?

Su Li nodded. "As long as you’re not upset."

The little ancestor finally let her be. With Granny Su’s deadly gaze shifting away, Qiao Xiaohong felt she could finally breathe.

She couldn’t tell if Su Li had become smarter or sillier.

It was her first time realizing that appeasing her was not at all easy.

Su Li actually didn’t care where the fan was hung, but seeing Granny Su and her silly father insist, she didn’t refuse anymore.

If there was something bad about this situation, it was just too luxurious a habit; suddenly being thrown into such an environment was a bit uncomfortable for her.

The first half of the night was really tough, hot and stuffy, sweat rolling down beneath her cleavage.

It only got better in the latter half of the night, when she managed to doze off.

Having a fan was good, it made the night easier.

But Su Li didn’t take it for granted. She took out the private money she had saved from childhood from under her pillow, "Granny, consider the fan as bought by me, take this money and ask Dad to buy another one, install it in the main room so everyone can use it."

Granny Su was startled, then burst into laughter, pinching her granddaughter’s cheek, "How can my Li Bao be so adorable."

"Really, they should see, they say I spoil Li Bao, but such a lovable girl deserves to be doted on, doesn’t she?"

"Alright, keep the money, Granny still has some. I’ll have your dad bring another one tomorrow."