100: Chapter 100: One Must Not Forget Their Roots 100: Chapter 100: One Must Not Forget Their Roots The atmosphere in the car suddenly turned solemn.
Su Lu remained quiet, sitting in the backseat.
Su Yi, seated in the passenger seat, had a sowhat pale face; he was a preterm baby, and his health had always been fragile since childhood.
Su Lu doted on him, so even when they lost their parents and were in the orphanage, she would always make sure he had whatever little food or items there were first.
As he grew up, his constitution did improve so, but in monts of emotional arousal, his pallor was still evident on his face.
Su Zhe remained silent, driving quietly.
After pressing his lips tightly together for a while, Su Yi finally spoke in a low voice, “Why does it have to be like this?
Brother, why do we have to live in such constant family discord?
Wouldn’t it be better if we were all harmonious?”
Su Zhe glanced at him, “Sotis I really don’t know if you are naive or stupid.
Maybe it’s because Lulu has always indulged you too much, and that’s why you’ve turned out this way.”
Su Yi’s lips quivered, but he said nothing.
Su Zhe continued, “Our family has never had harmony.
The undercurrents beneath the sea have never stopped.
Everyone can see it—I know it, Su Yukan knows it, Zhu Xinyan and Su Jiao know it, Su Lu knows it.
Only you don’t, or pretend not to know.
If you want to play the fool, you can keep playing, but we’re not obligated to keep acting out this charade of familial harmony with you.”
Su Zhe paused, then added, “I find it nauseating.
It’s always been revolting, and five years ago, it beca unbearable.”
Su Yi opened his mouth but still couldn’t speak, or rather, he couldn’t refute Su Zhe’s words.
His emotions, however, were bottling up, ready to explode.
So, after a brief spread of silence, his emotions did burst forth, but not towards Su Zhe; instead, at Su Lu.
He suddenly turned his head from the passenger seat and glared at Su Lu.
Su Lu was taken aback, locking eyes with his bloodshot gaze.
Every syllable in Su Yi’s voice sounded as if he were gritting his teeth.
“Su Lu, this is all your fault!
Why must you linger like a cursed ghost!
Every ti there’s conflict or disharmony in our family, it’s always related to you!
You’re already married, so why do you still have to haunt us?!
Five years ago, it was because of you that Brother and Dad fell out!
And now, it’s because of you that Brother is in this ss with the family, isn’t it?”
Each biting syllable that Su Yi uttered was incredibly sharp.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to liken them to a sharp knife.
But Su Lu still sat there with a calm expression, no tears, and not much fluctuation in her facial expressions.
From her deanor, it wasn’t hard to see that she had grown used to it, these cutting words that should have caused intense pain were sothing she had long beco accustod to.
Even if this was coming from the mouth of her only close blood relative, it seed that after enduring so much pain, these barbs could no longer harm her.
But just because Su Lu was indifferent, it didn’t an Su Zhe could be.
“Screech—!” A piercing sound of brakes.
Su Zhe slamd on the brakes violently, stopping the car on the ergency lane of the expressway leading from the airport to Feng City.
“Get out.” Su Zhe said coldly, his face like one soaked in frost.
Su Yi: “Brother!”
“Get out!
You ingrate!” Su Zhe lashed out furiously.
But Su Yi pursed his lips tightly, refusing to get out of the car, his voice tinged with resentnt, “Why do you always take her side?
She’s clearly the outsider of this family!”
Su Yi was highly emotional, obviously starting to speak without regard for the consequences.
Yet these words did not kindle greater fury in Su Zhe, but instead…
Su Zhe laughed.
He looked down, chuckling softly to himself as if he had heard sothing particularly amusing.
With a low laugh laced with a hint of mockery, he said,
“An outsider?” Su Zhe raised an eyebrow coldly at Su Yi, “The outsider of this family has never been Su Lu.”
He paused, then spoke deliberately, “It has always been you.”
Su Yi trembled.
Su Zhe said, “I’m not sure where you picked up this habit of always elbowing outwards, but it’s quite ridiculous.
No matter how much I detest Zhu Xinyan, it’s indisputable that she’s the lawful wife Su Yukan genuinely married, and Su Jiao is truly Su Yukan’s offspring, a sibling related to by blood.”
“And Su Lu, it was her bone marrow that cured my chronic illness.
Frankly, to so extent, she and I are connected by blood as well.”
Su Zhe looked indifferently at Su Yi, “And you?
You are nothing more than an accessory to Su Lu.
At that ti I needed Su Lu, and my parents decided to adopt her because she could save , which had nothing to do with you originally.
It was just because Su Lu was worried about you, she made it a condition.
Initially, my father disagreed, but it was my mother who took charge and agreed to this matter, allowing you to co to the Su Family with Su Lu.”
Su Yi’s complexion turned even paler.
Su Zhe didn’t care whether his face was looking bad or pale.
His temper was never good, and this was no secret in the Feng City circle.
He, Su Zhe, had even kept his distance from Su Yukan, which shows that he has never been a patient man.
Su Zhe continued, “So from the very beginning, your arrival at the Su Family had nothing to do with your now warm and cozy ‘family’—Su Yukan, Zhu Xinyan, and Su Jiao.
If it weren’t for your sister’s insistence and my mother’s decision, who knows whose child you would be right now.”
The final words of Su Zhe were delivered calmly, but each word rang with finality, “One should never forget the well-digger when drinking water, Su Yi.
A person must not be ungrateful.”
Su Lu sat serenely in the back seat, silent.
Not bothering to say more.
After all these years, it was impossible not to feel disappointed in Su Yi.
Anyone who is kindheartedly feeding a thankless dog would feel let down, would feel cold.
Yet no matter what, considering the vast world they lived in, she only really had one true blood relative left, so she has endured many things upon reflection.
And compared to the vexing trio of Su Yukan’s family, Su Yi hadn’t really done anything excessive, nor had he ever bullied her like Su Jiao did.
The most he ever did was to never stand by her side.
Su Zhe urged Su Yi, “Get out of the car, don’t wait to be invited.”
But Su Yi stubbornly made no move, clutching the seatbelt tightly, refusing to budge, not intending to get out of the car.
Su Zhe then unbuckled the seatbelt, preparing to get out and pull him.
Before even opening the door, Su Lu finally spoke up, “Brother, let’s go.
It’s not safe to stay stopped in the ergency lane for too long.”
Su Zhe gave Su Yi a sidelong glance.
Upon hearing Su Lu’s words, Su Yi’s eyes reddened further, and his lips looked ready to bleed.
Looking at Su Lu in the rearview mirror, Su Zhe spoke as if to chastise the irresolute, “You’re as disappointing as ever.”
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