Marrying a White Snake Wife is Super Cool-Chapter 45: Why Is It So Cringey Watching My Own Sister Act Cute?

Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Why Is It So Cringey Watching My Own Sister Act Cute?

"Why so glum?"

Lu Yuan sat on the kang bed, blinking curiously as he watched Su Liyan, who was squatting on the floor to put his shoes on for him.

Snapping out of her daze, Su Liyan looked up at her man and smiled.

"It’s nothing, I’m just a little sleepy..."

Hearing this, Lu Yuan didn’t think much of it.

’Right. My wife was probably worried about me last night and didn’t sleep soundly at the inn.’

Once Su Liyan had finished putting on his shoes, Lu Yuan hopped off the bed, pinched his wife’s exquisitely beautiful cheek, and couldn’t help but smile.

"Get a good night’s sleep tonight. I won’t wear you out."

Hearing this, Su Liyan was absolutely mortified with shyness.

Her incomparably stunning face instantly flushed bright red.

Lu Yuan chuckled and turned to leave the room.

’Besides, we’re at the in-laws’ house. We can’t even sleep together, so I couldn’t wear her out even if I wanted to.’

After stepping outside, Lu Yuan looked at the people in the courtyard and greeted them all with a smile.

Everyone looked back at Lu Yuan and started talking to him.

When Su Liyan’s mother saw that Lu Yuan was awake, she quickly called for her family to start the fire and prepare a meal.

Lu Yuan, however, looked over at Su Changliang, who was squatting on the threshold of the main house eating a flatbread, and said with a smile:

"Changliang, you’re that hungry?

Why are you eating that? Didn’t we buy some peach crisps? Those are delicious. Go eat those."

Su Changliang’s eyes lit up at the mention of peach crisps, but then he glanced at his sister standing behind his brother-in-law.

His face fell as he said:

"My sister won’t let me. She said we have to wait for the banquet to eat them..."

Huh?

Hearing this, Lu Yuan turned to look at his wife, who was following right behind him.

He immediately raised an eyebrow and smiled.

"We bought so many. If it’s not enough, we’ll just buy more."

Su Liyan didn’t say anything, only tugging at her man’s collar with both hands and shaking it a little.

The young wife was acting cute for her husband.

Then, Lu Yuan smiled at Su Changliang and said:

"So where are those peach crisps?

Your sister won’t let you have any, so your brother-in-law will get them for you."

Su Changliang jumped to his feet excitedly.

"They’re on the table in the west room."

Lu Yuan nodded and immediately went inside to get the peach crisps.

The moment Lu Yuan left, Su Liyan’s expression darkened.

She raised her hand as if to hit Su Changliang, scolding:

"How dare you tattle on me!"

Seeing his sister’s hand about to strike him, Su Changliang knew his parents couldn’t save him now.

He quickly ran after Lu Yuan toward the west room, yelling:

"Brother-in-law, Brother-in-law, my sister’s going to hit me!"

...

「At the table in the west room of the main house.」

Lu Yuan and Su Changliang were eating peach crisps.

Following Lu Yuan’s instructions, Su Liyan took some of the peach crisps outside.

She gave them to the adults of the family and the village aunties who had come to help.

"Did you write this?

Your handwriting is pretty good."

On the table, besides the peach crisps, there were also some sheets of paper that Su Changliang usually used for practicing his calligraphy.

Lu Yuan casually flipped through them while eating a peach crisp.

Su Changliang, who was focused on eating his peach crisps, was well aware that his brother-in-law was a genuine scholar.

While still munching on a crisp, he asked curiously:

"Brother-in-law, do you have a lot of books at your home?"

Lu Yuan nodded.

"Quite a lot."

So many that Lu Yuan was thinking of selling them as scrap paper.

’Hmm...’

’Though I say scrap paper, they’d actually be worth quite a bit of money if I really sold them.’

Then Lu Yuan said:

"If you want to read them, I’ll have someone send some over after we go back."

When Su Changliang heard this, he was scared out of his wits.

He looked at Lu Yuan in terror, waving his hands frantically and whispering quickly:

"No, no, no, no, Brother-in-law, please don’t..."

Looking at Su Changliang’s reaction, Lu Yuan felt like laughing.

’This behavior...’

’He’s just like I was back in school...’

As the two were talking, Su Liyan returned after distributing the peach crisps.

When Lu Yuan saw his wife about to seal up the remaining crisps in the oil-paper wrapper, he immediately raised an eyebrow.

"Why aren’t you eating any?"

Su Liyan was taken aback and quickly said:

"Dear, you guys go ahead. I don’t really like them~"

In response to Su Liyan’s words, Lu Yuan’s eyes widened.

"What do you mean you don’t like them? This stuff is delicious!

It’s oily and sweet.

Hurry up, open your mouth!"

Su Liyan glanced at Su Changliang next to her, but in the end, she shyly parted her red lips.

Lu Yuan then popped the peach crisp he had already taken two bites of directly into his wife’s mouth. Then he added:

"These ones you have left, eat every last one of them today.

How many times have I told you? Our family isn’t short on money. You can be frugal about anything but food.

Eat them all."

How could Su Liyan not know how much her man doted on her? In that moment, she wrapped her arms around him and said coquettishly:

"Dear~~"

Su Changliang, watching this from the side, blinked.

Then, he shivered.

HSSS...

’How should I put this...’

’Just... watching my own sister acting all lovey-dovey... why... why is it so cringey?!’

’I’m getting goosebumps...’

Everyone said his sister was beautiful, but Su Changliang was truly baffled.

’What part of my sister is beautiful?’

He’d been looking at her for seventeen or eighteen years and still couldn’t see what was so beautiful about her.

Su Changliang felt that his sister wasn’t even as pretty as Wang Erya from the next village.

’But then again, my brother-in-law really does dote on my sister...’

[Ding! Congratulations, Host. Su Changliang’s Multiplication Factor has increased to 6. Reward: "Alchemy"]

Huh?

The sudden voice made Lu Yuan freeze.

HSSS...

’Something’s not right!!’

’What’s going on?’

Lu Yuan could understand the increase in the Multiplication Factor.

’It must be because Su Changliang saw how well I treat his sister and has accepted me as his brother-in-law.’

’But the problem is...’

’Su Changliang is just a simple farm boy. Why would he have such a high Multiplication Factor??’

’What the??’

’To be honest, I still haven’t figured out my mother-in-law’s Multiplication Factor either...’

’Could it be because of her half-human, half-snake identity?’

This left Lu Yuan completely baffled.

However, that was something to think about later. For now, Lu Yuan hugged his wife and said:

"When we get back, I’ll teach you how to read and write."

Huh?

Su Liyan, who was in the middle of eating the peach crisp, paused.

After blinking her beautiful eyes, she pursed her lips slightly and glanced towards her mother outside the window.

"I...

They say women shouldn’t study...

That it’s not good to study..."

Hearing his wife’s words, Lu Yuan’s eyes widened.

"Nonsense.

Reading helps you understand reason and learn more things.

Even though I don’t plan to study for the imperial exams anymore, that doesn’t mean studying is a bad thing!

Stop listening to their nonsense. They don’t know shit.

You’re my woman, so you just have to listen to me. As soon as we get back, I’m going to teach you how to read and write!"

At this, Su Liyan also hugged her man and said in a sweet, coquettish voice:

"Mhm~~ I’m your woman~~ I’ll listen to you~~"

In the courtyard, the women were sitting on small stools, taking a break and eating the sweet, crumbly peach crisps.

They heard the conversation from the west room clearly.

After all, they were sitting right under the west room’s window.

From Lu Yuan telling Su Liyan to eat the peach crisps to him now saying he would teach her to read, they had heard it all.

The family’s Second Aunt and Third Aunt both looked towards Su Liyan’s mother.

Generally speaking, if a family was poor and could only afford to educate one child, it was normal for the son to study, not the daughter.

There was nothing unusual about that.

But Su Liyan’s family was a bit strange. Logically, if the son was studying, it should have been fine for the daughter to watch and learn from the side, right?

But no.

Su Liyan’s mother absolutely would not let her daughter study.

She claimed that if a woman learned to read and understand reason, she would just argue with her husband.

At this moment, the Second and Third Aunts looked at their sister-in-law, wanting to see her reaction.

After all, the son-in-law had just said things like "nonsense" and "don’t know shit."

But Su Liyan’s mother just kept her head down, embroidering the red bridal veil.

She didn’t make a sound and showed no expression.

However, it seemed she finally couldn’t hold it in anymore. Su Liyan’s mother slowly raised her head.

A faint smile appeared on her face as she said:

"My son-in-law is so good. He’s really different from other men."

...

Back in the room, Su Changliang watched his sister, who had a piece of peach crisp dangling from her mouth while she clung to her brother-in-law, acting cute.

He shivered again.

’Seriously...’

’Why is it so cringey to watch my own sister act all cutesy?!!’