Chapter 45: A Bunch of Selfish Brutes

When Su Jingxuan came out, she did not hear any sounds of quarreling, which made her feel a little surprised.

Could it be that the Su family was so easy to talk to this time? That certainly did not sound like their usual style!

"Husband, what's wrong?" Luo Yunhe looked at Su Jingxuan and noticed that his expression was not very good, which inevitably made her feel a little worried.

Su Jingxuan took a deep breath, looking at his young wife who was wearing an expression full of concern, yet he did not know how to break the news to her.

"What on earth is wrong? Tell me quickly, did they make things difficult for you again? Or did they ask you to do some heavy labor you shouldn't be doing?" Luo Yunhe asked anxiously.

She was genuinely worried that Su Jingxuan would be bullied by the Su family. If that were truly the case, she would definitely go and demand justice for him.

"No way, I'm going to go find them!" Luo Yunhe said, setting off toward the main room, but she was pulled back by Su Jingxuan. She turned her head and looked at him in confusion.

"Wife, don't be impulsive." Su Jingxuan quickly explained, "I'm fine, it's just..."

"Just what?" Luo Yunhe pressed further.

Su Jingxuan simply pulled her straight back into the room: "Wife, I've let you down!"

Luo Yunhe: "..." Out of the blue and making no sense, why are you apologizing to me? Just tell me straight, what did they say to you in the main room just now? Don't leave me hanging in suspense, okay?"

"Mother and the others have bought the courtyard next door, and younger sister-in-law said her room is rather small, so she wants to knock down the wall and connect it with our room..."

Su Jingxuan's voice grew smaller and smaller. Once he finished speaking, he lowered his head, seeming not to dare to face Luo Yunhe.

Luo Yunhe blinked her eyes, quickly processing what his words actually meant.

They bought the courtyard next door and wanted to break through this wall—what did that have to do with her and him?

Wait, or rather, if they were going to knock down this wall and connect it to that room, where were she and her husband supposed to live?

"Husband, do you mean we don't even have the right to live in this room anymore?"

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault for being useless. If I were of any use, they wouldn't have pushed us to this point..."

Luo Yunhe understood now. Zhang Lingling thought her own room was too small, so she wanted to demolish this wall and join it with their room. That way, her room would be big enough, but they hadn't considered for even a second where she and Su Jingxuan were supposed to live. The house was only so big; surely they couldn't expect the two of them to sleep out in the open, could they?

"Did you ask them what they are actually thinking? Do they want to split the family finances and separate households, or do they want to kick us out, or do they want to kick us out without splitting the family so we still have to give them money every month?"

Splitting the family would be wonderful; she wished they would divide the household immediately right this instant. But wanting to kick them out without separating the household, while still trying to milk benefits from them every month—that was absolute delusion and out of the question.

Su Jingxuan felt even more guilty: "The second possibility!"

"No way! They expect to take all the advantages while we end up being the fools who foot the bill?

I absolutely will not agree to let them knock down this wall!" Luo Yunhe stated firmly.

"Right, it cannot be knocked down!" Su Jingxuan raised his head. "Wife, you're right. We can't keep indulging them blindly; otherwise, we're always the ones who get hurt, and that would just be foolish!"

"Right, absolutely not!"

Su Jingxuan and Luo Yunhe walked out of the room and headed toward the main room.

Before they even stepped inside, they could hear the babble of discussing voices coming from the main room.

"First sister-in-law, once that wall is knocked down, your room will be huge. I'll have the second brother build some extra cupboards for you then!"

"Father, Mother, let's also make a doorway at this spot in the courtyard when the time comes. That way, it'll be much more convenient to go next door!"

"Fine, fine, fine..."

As Luo Yunhe listened to their scheming words, which completely disregarded her and Su Jingxuan, she grew more and more furious.

"I don't agree!" Luo Yunhe's strong and overbearing voice rang out right at the entrance as she pulled Su Jingxuan inside with her.

Her declaration instantly interrupted their discussion, and one after another, they turned their heads to look at them.

"First brother, didn't we already agree on this just now? Why do you disagree now?"

"That's right! Second sister-in-law wants a bigger room, so what? First brother, don't be so selfish!"

"Eldest, if I say it has to be agreed upon, then it must be agreed upon. Your disagreement counts for nothing. And as for you, wasting your days outside not knowing what mischief you're up to, not doing a single chore around the house, yet you still have the nerve to stand here and say you don't agree? What face do you have to disagree?"

Faced with their joint accusations and criticisms, Luo Yunhe simply could not comprehend their twisted logic.

"Fine, then let me spell out why I don't disagree!

First of all, if you're going to knock down that wall, where are Su Jingxuan and I supposed to live? Have you thought about that? I suppose none of you ever crossed your minds, did you?

Second brother, exactly who is being selfish?"

Upon hearing this, Su Jingxuan's younger brother immediately wore an embarrassed expression on his face. Indeed, he had never considered that point at all.

Zhang Lingling grew impatient: "Where you live—what does that have to do with us? Go ask Mother! Anyway, I just feel my room is too small so I'm going to knock down this wall. It's not like the two of you get to call the shots in this household anyway!"

Madam Su and Su Shan frowned. "...Eldest, what did I just say?" Su Shan asked.

Su Jingxuan looked at their self-righteous expressions and shifted his gaze to Su Shan: "Father, can the place you mentioned even be lived in by human beings?

If you feel that place is fit for living, you and Mother can move right over there, and let my younger brother and his wife move straight into your room. Wouldn't that be much brighter and more spacious?"

"First brother, what kind of language is that? Why shouldn't Father and Mother live in the main room? Are you trying to make outsiders point fingers and curse at our spines?" Su Ruyi glared at Su Jingxuan.

"Stop!" Seeing that their argument was drifting further and further off course, Luo Yunhe called a halt, then looked at them with a beaming smile: "You want to live in a bright and spacious room? Fine, no problem, that's only human nature.

You want your younger son and daughter-in-law to live comfortably? That's normal too. But not only do you not want to split the household, you want to kick us out while still reaping benefits from us every month—how can there be such a wonderful deal in this world?

As for tearing down the wall, I will never agree to it even if it kills me. Let me tell you all right now: either we divide the household and split up, or this wall stays intact. Whoever dares to tear this wall down, don't blame me for not being polite with you!

Think about it yourselves: are we splitting the family, or are we keeping the wall? I've never seen such shameless people in my life.

When accusing others of being selfish, you ought to look in the mirror and see what kind of virtue you yourselves possess!"

With that, Luo Yunhe pulled Su Jingxuan and made to leave.

"Eldest, is that your attitude as well?" Su Shan asked with a cold face.

"That's right! I am also a member of this household. Either you split the family finances with me right now, or you are forbidden to touch anything in my room!

After all, none of you want outsiders pointing fingers at your spines either, right?"