"You can never be too careful around others. Why do you always make your big brother worry?"
"It's all because I didn't teach you properly, so you don't even have this basic sense of caution.
"Luckily, nothing happened these past two years. Otherwise, even if I went down there, I'd have no face to meet our father and mother."
"..."
Saying right in front of the giver that the food they had brought was poisoned.
Like this.
And she still wanted to teach her?
Besides, hadn't she only done this because things had become too awkward between them, and leaving them at an impasse would have been bad?
Did he really think she had been tempted by the fragrant roast goose and those beautiful, delicious crystal meatballs?
Su Qiao was troubled, too.
"Brother, it's fine. He won't hurt me."
"Besides, I haven't eaten roast goose in a very, very, very long time. I haven't had any since something happened to Father."
Su Qiao looked at him pitifully with her clear, large eyes.
Su Baiwen's heart nearly melted, and he instantly felt a pang of sorrow. "Little sister, I'm sorry. It's all because your brother was useless. I couldn't rescue you back then."
Hadn't his little sister always eaten and worn the very best things since she was young?
Yet for the past two years, she had been alone in this palace that devoured people. She couldn't even get a roast goose. Who knew how much suffering she had endured?
It was all because her eldest brother was too useless and too negligent.
"No, you can't be blamed for this, Brother. You can only blame the people who harmed our family." Su Qiao didn't want him to blame himself too much.
Su Baiwen sniffed. "That's right. We can only blame the