Chapter Nineteenth: Life or death, both are pitied by others

  After finishing breakfast, Su Yisuo looked at her father's serious face and couldn't help but shiver. She immediately picked up the phone on the tea table and walked out, "I still have things to do at school, I'll be back when there's nothing going on at home..."

  Su Yu didn't seem pleased and said in a low voice, "Since you're all back, it doesn't matter if it's a little earlier or later. Sit down, I have something to talk to you about."

  Su Yixin froze on the spot, slowly turned around, and smiled more miserably than crying, "Dad, is... there something that needs to be so serious?"

  Su Yisu saw that the situation was not right, and in order to avoid being affected by the cold air emanating from her father's body, she said rather unrighteously: "I'll go to the kitchen to help Mom wash dishes!"

  Su Yixin shot her a resentful glance, but Su Yisou pretended not to see it and ran away quickly.

  "Sit down."

  Upon hearing Su Yu's calm command, Su Yi Xing couldn't help but shrink his neck again, carefully sitting down and looking at him with a frightened heart. Isn't it the most terrifying when there is no emotion?

  Su Yu sat opposite Su Yi Xing, glanced at him lightly and said: "Relax."

  "Dad, I...I'm not nervous."

  "That's best. Let's discuss your study problems."

  "Dad..." As expected, Su Yixin hastily spoke out to stop him, his heart racing as he said: "I, I just wasn't in the right state of mind, it was a momentary lapse..."

  "But I heard that your scores in several mock exams were very poor?"

  "I...I..." Su Yi Xin was nervous and hesitant, stuttering and unable to say anything.

  Su Yu sighed and said worriedly, "Ah Xin, I know your level and understand your tolerance. You're not the kind of person who gets a bad attitude just because you're in high school. Tell me, is there something on your mind?"

  "Dad, I'm sorry...I made you worry..." Su Yixin lowered his head, his face full of guilt.

  "So you're going to keep me worried and won't say anything?"

  Su Yixin was tongue-tied and finally kept silent.

  "Alas," Su Yu sighed again, "A Xin, you've grown up, and Dad can't control you anymore. As long as you know what you're doing and what else needs to be done, I won't interfere."

  Upon hearing this, Su Yixin lifted his head and said firmly: "Dad, don't worry, I won't waste my studies. I will work hard to improve myself and come back to help you in the future."

  Su Yu comfortingly smiled and said: "I don't force you to do anything, as long as you and Su Su are healthy and happy, I am satisfied."

  Su Yixin didn't notice that his eyes had reddened, thinking of the man in front of him who was not yet fifty years old, often with a serious face, running a small factory. He should be enjoying life at this time, but he has two children who are still young and need to be taken care of. He himself was attacked, slandered, and beaten, but didn't say a word, and still had to take care of his children's emotions, forcing a smile in front of them, struggling to make ends meet. A strong man doesn't easily shed tears, but who can know the fatigue in his heart?

  Before long, Su Yu changed the subject again, and his words were full of concern.

  "I don't know if it's too early to bring this up now, Ah Xin, have you taken a good look at which university?"

  Speaking of this, Su Yixin suddenly felt a surge of ambition, "I've long determined my goal, it's in the University of Science and Technology in Yin City, I haven't considered my major yet, I'll think about it later."

  Su Yu nodded and praised: "Not bad, very decisive. Yincheng University of Science and Technology is said to be a well-known brand, do you have confidence?"

  "Dad, don't worry!" Su Yixin confidently patted his chest and guaranteed, "Your son is awesome!"

  "Look at you!" Su Yu couldn't help but pour cold water on him. "Next time, prove it to me with the mock exam results."

  "Take a walk and see."

  He didn't ask Su Yi Xin about the reason for his poor grades, so Su Yi Xin had nothing to be afraid of. To be honest, Su Yu wasn't a serious person, he just wasn't good at expressing his emotions, so unless it was something big, he always had that calm and collected face, which made him seem unapproachable to outsiders, and intimidating in the eyes of Su Yi Xin. However, once the two grandfathers started talking, they easily fell into their usual pattern of joking around, and this happened every time, without exception.

  At this time, Shen Xiulan and Su Yisu finished the work in the kitchen and walked into the living room. Su Yisu hid behind Shen Xiulan, stretched her head to take a look, and found that there was no gunpowder as she had imagined, so she quietly let out a breath of relief, stood aside with ease, and teased: "I thought someone was going to be in trouble, how come it's so harmonious?"

  Shen Xiulan put down the plate of apples on the tea table, smiling and shaking her head, with a look of doting in her eyes. "Are you still worried that the world is not chaotic enough?"

  Su Yi's face turned pale and she stuck out her tongue, speechless.

  "It's just right that everyone is at home, let's have a family meeting."

  When Su Yu heard this sentence, Su Yi was startled and said: "Dad, what's so serious that we need to have a family meeting?"

  "Sit down," Su Yu said sternly, his face serious. Seeing Shen Xiulan peeling an apple, he softened his tone, "Xiulan, you come sit over here too."

  Su Yisu pouted, "Dad is being unfair."

  Su Yu glanced at her lightly, and Su Yi Su immediately didn't dare to speak. But Su Yi Su wasn't afraid of Su Yu at all, she knew her father too well, what sternness, it was all put on, if you stripped away that skin, you would find that inside was a passionate and innocent child's heart. The fear now was just going along with him.

  "The town is too small, I want to take this opportunity to expand the small factory and improve the production line. If it goes well, we can also introduce other food processing. I've discussed with Uncle Li and Second Aunt, they agree too. It's not satisfying to stay in Jiang City all one's life. Yin City is economically developed, later we'll go there for investigation, if there's a market, we'll develop there in the future. Ashin happens to be studying university there, when he has time, he can also go and gain some experience."

  Su Yixin's face was filled with disapproval. "Dad, this is too risky... and what about my sister? She's still in high school, are you going to make her transfer schools?"

  Su Yisu was so frightened that she shook her head repeatedly, "I won't transfer schools!"

  "You guys, you're still young and haven't even started your lives yet, but you're already thinking so far ahead." Shen Xiulan couldn't help but chuckle and said, "I've also discussed it with your father, if we really move to Yin City, I won't go for the time being. Firstly, I'm not willing to leave this place, secondly, it's also good to accompany Suxi until she finishes high school."

  "Mother..." Su Yisu emotionally hugged Shen Xiulan.

  Su Yu sighed: "Alas, this matter will still take a long time to grind together, and it can't be moved in a short period of time."

  "Why must you go to Yin City?"

  Su Yu sighed and said, "A few years ago, I had a long-term cooperation with a client in Yin City, but it ended due to some minor issue. However, there are still some connections left in Yin City, so moving there won't be too difficult."

  "You have your own great ambitions, so go ahead and do it, we won't hold you back."

  "Ah Ma," Su Yisou shouted again, "you are really a good Chinese wife!"

  "Sycophant!"

  "Ah Ma!" Su Yisou didn't back down one bit, "He said you're a horse... um... " Seemed like something was off?

  "Hey, you two, people say that a loving couple can fight every day, but you two are fighting nonstop too. Are you really siblings?"

  "Mother," Su Yixin said with a strange expression, "don't you know how many children you've given birth to yourself?"

  "It's just because I gave birth to it myself that I'm in doubt; if someone else had given birth to it, I would have suspected it directly."

  "Xiulian, you're spoiling them too much." Su Yu couldn't help but speak up. He was also completely helpless against this brother and sister pair.

  "Are you not pampered?" Shen Xiulan also smiled.

  "We love each other." Su Yisu said with a smile.

  "Alright." Su Yu stood up, "No more idle chatter, I'll go back to the greenhouse and take a look."

  Shen Xiulan also stood up, "Is that it? You're always busy running around every day, and the child is still at home..."

  Su Yu looked at Su Yi and her brother with a glance, and said calmly: "They should also go back to school."

  "...". Su and Yisu both silently covered their foreheads. How long had they been back home?

  It seems that Su Yu saw through the thoughts of both of them, and he said: "It's already midday, aren't you going to have a late self-study tonight? Go early, rest for a bit, don't be too busy. Especially Susu, as soon as she gets on the bus, she starts to feel drowsy, I really don't know how you still have so much energy."

  "I don't know either." Su replied truthfully. Probably because she was too tense all the way back.

  After seeing Su Yu off, Su Yi Su looked at the flowers in the courtyard and suddenly had an idea. She turned around and shouted to Shen Xiulan: "Mother, let's plant another stone orchid! It symbolizes father's firmness, closeness and majesty. I think it's just like Dad!"

  "What about me?"

  "Oh dear, Mother..." Su Yisu grasped Shen Xiulan's hand and coquettishly said: "Then can we also plant carnations?"

  Shen Xiulan looked at her with profound meaning, "It's not us, it's you. This is something you have to cultivate yourself."

  "Ahhh......" Su Yisuo wailed, "They will die!"

  "As long as you're sincere enough, they'll be moved and live a good life. It's decided then." Shen Xiulan walked towards the kitchen with a pleasant mood, ignoring Su Yisu.

  Su Yi silently mourned for herself. When did Ah Ma become so cunning?

  Su Yixin's blunt voice floated from behind, "Flower, flower, flower, flower idiot!"

  "Dislike me? Then I'll dig out your eyeballs."

  "Su Yisu, is this how you treat your sister?"

  "There's no one as good at being an older brother as you."

  Su Yixin shrugged indifferently and walked back a few steps, pulling over a small stool from the yard to sit down, not intending to speak again.

  Su Yi Su didn't want to bother with Su Yi Xin anymore, so she carefully took out a pair of scissors from the shelf in the corner of the courtyard and began to trim some unnecessary branches. This shelf was specially made by Su Yu for her small garden, convenient for placing tools that needed to be used.

  Gazing at those blossoming flowers, Su Yisou's spirit was stirred.

  "I wish our family will be together forever, till death do us part, heaven and earth as witness."

  Upon hearing this, Su Yixin couldn't help but tease her again, "You still have the nerve to say you're good at language arts? Your words are inconsistent and you misuse idioms."

  Su Yisu gave him a white eye and said, "What's it to you!"

  Shen Xiulan came out of the kitchen again and said helplessly, "You're still making noise, hurry up and clean up, go back to school, listen to your father."

  The two of them exchanged a glance, silently, without a word.