"I'll pay."
Su Ya Ni bit her lip and quickly pulled a small wallet from her bag.
Wu Chunlian glared at her angrily. "You should be the one paying in the first place."
"Your sister is so rich. She owns several houses, and she even has a shop in the Wholesale Market. Who knows how much rent she collects every month. Are you really going to make us pay for this little meal?"
Mother Wu glanced at the gloom covering her eldest son's face and gave Wu Chunlian a forceful tug. "Say less."
Wu Chunlian was unhappy, but she still shut her mouth.
After a moment of silence, Wu Haishan lowered his head and looked at Su Ya Ni. "What exactly did your sister say?"
Wu Chunlian snorted. "So what if she disagreed? Could she really force a cow to drink water and drag her sister-in-law back to lock her up?"
As long as Su Ya Ni loved her brother and wanted to be with him, that old woman could do nothing to them. She could only obediently satisfy their demands.
Wu Haishan shot her a dark look. "Shut up."
Mother Wu hurriedly pushed her daughter aside, making her move farther away.
Wu Haishan drew a deep breath and suppressed the fury roiling in his heart, forcing himself to calm down.
"Ya Ni, does she still disagree?"
"She... she..." Su Ya Ni looked at Wu Haishan, hesitating, unsure how to explain the matter to him.
Wu Haishan tugged at the corners of his mouth with great effort, trying to force out a gentle smile, but he failed.
"It's all right. She disagrees for now because she still doesn't know what kind of person I am or how sincere my feelings for you are. Once some time has passed, she'll definitely