Liang Xinhe tried to stop him at the door, but Liang Xinzhou was almost hit by a car.
Even though he was blocking the doorway, Liang Xinzhou stepped on the gas and rushed forward. If Liang Xinhe hadn't run fast, he probably would have been seriously injured.
Then he suddenly realized that when his older brother was angry before, it wasn't really anger; at most, it was just bluffing.
He was truly angry this time; his face was so dark it looked like ink could be poured out.
After leaving the Liang family's old house, Liang Xinzhou and Yu Wan could not be reached by phone or replied to messages, and the two were out of contact.
At 3 a.m., Liang Xinhe tried to contact Liang Xinzhou but couldn't reach him.
Shortly after the two left the old house, Qiu Zimin got so angry from arguing with Liang Xinzhou that she cried until she fainted. She was taken to the hospital for examination and received an IV drip until she woke up in the morning.
Liang Xinhe spent the night at the hospital. In the morning, he rushed home, took a quick shower, and went to the company to catch his older brother, intending to apologize or something. However, Liang Xinzhou simply abandoned the project.
They didn't even come to the company.
He spent the morning frantically dealing with documents and was extremely frustrated. At noon, he went downstairs for some fresh air and bought a cup of coffee.
On his way back, he happened to run into Liang Shi.
//
Liang Xinhe vividly described the "bloody storm" that had occurred at the Liang family last night.
Liang Shi listened as if he were listening to a story, and could even sense the intensity of the previous night through his words.
It was indeed a wonderful show.
After Liang Xinhe finished speaking, she slumped into her chair, rubbed her face, and sighed, "Do you think our family didn't pray to the gods this year? Why are we so unlucky?"
Liang Shi: "..."
She replied righteously, "Feudal superstition is unacceptable."
Liang Xinhe: "?"
Liang Xinhe said helplessly, "Only you can contact my older brother. Send him a message and ask if he can come to work. There are piles of documents. He has three meetings today. I really can't attend them. My brain is about to rust. There are also a lot of messes at home. I can't concentrate on the meetings."
Liang Shi obediently sent a message to Liang Xinzhou, asking if he was still coming to work.
Liang Xinzhou replied succinctly: 【No.】
Liang Shi showed the text message to Liang Xinhe, indicating that he was innocent.
As Liang Xinhe was looking at the message, Liang Xinzhou sent another one: "Don't talk to your second brother. Just ignore these things."
Liang Xinhe: "?"
He asked Liang Shi with a dejected look, "What did I do wrong? Is my brother targeting me?"
Liang Shi shook his head: "I don't know."
After a moment, seeing Liang Xinhe's grief-stricken appearance, she couldn't help but remind him, "Big brother just doesn't like you trying to smooth things over."
“Me?” Liang Xinhe pointed to his nose, looking incredulous. “Me, try to smooth things over? What else? Should I argue with Mom like him, move out, and just quit the company? What would the Liang family become? Losing a manager in a single day? People would laugh at us.”
"So you think you're even better at playing the business game than your older brother?" Liang Shi retorted.
Liang Xinhe was taken aback, then shook his head: "That's impossible, I could never beat my older brother in this lifetime."
Liang Xinhe is very self-aware.
If we categorize people's talent in business into levels 1-10, Liang Xinzhou would be at level 7, while Liang Xinhe would only be at level 3.
Under Liang Xinzhou's leadership, Dongheng Group has been steadily rising in popularity. In this environment of constant market pressure, Liang Xinzhou has outperformed his father.
Therefore, Liang Xinhe greatly admires his older brother.
But this time Liang Xinhe felt that his older brother was being prejudiced, which was why he was going against everyone at home.
After Liang Xinhe finished speaking, Liang Shi stared at him intently.
“You’re still my sister,” Liang Xinhe quickly added. “I just think we’re all adults. Her coming back is just about dividing the family property. At worst, we can all take less and give her a share. We don’t usually keep in touch, and we can just have a meal together during holidays. There’s no need to make things so awkward. After all, we’re all family.”
“Look at you, you used to be always running around and almost never home, right? You’re not much different now.” Liang Xinhe sighed. “I don’t know why you’re so stubborn.”
Liang Shi stared at him, still without saying a word.
Liang Xinhe tapped the table with her fingers. "Just say what you have to say, don't play the big brother game with me. Also, I'm telling you all this because I treat you like my own sister, really! I don't think that person will be better than you when he comes back. It's mainly to make Mom and Dad happy. They're not young anymore, what kind of place is it if the family is always arguing?"
“I know,” Liang Shi said. “I didn’t think of anything else.”
"Then why did you keep looking at me like that? What does that mean?" Liang Xinhe asked.
After thinking for a moment, Liang Shi said in a deep voice, "Do you think my elder brother might bring shame to the Liang family?"
Liang Xinhe immediately denied it: "Impossible."
"So why don't you trust your elder brother?" Liang Shi said, "Your elder brother always does everything perfectly, so why is he suddenly acting strangely in this matter? You should think about that too."
Liang Xinhe: "..."
For no apparent reason, he felt like he had been lectured.
“My brother thinks that you won’t have a place in the family after that person comes back.” Liang Xinhe said, “But you are still our sister, and that hasn’t changed.”
“That’s not important,” Liang Shi said. “What I am like, what my status is in the Liang family, is not important.”
“How can it not be important?” Liang Xinhe’s eyes widened immediately. “You are the third young lady of the Liang family, without a doubt.”
“It’s not important,” Liang Shi said. “What’s important now is how you all conduct yourselves at home. Why do you think it was your elder brother’s fault last night? He’s already been very accommodating, hosting a welcome banquet and having the whole family eat together.”
Liang Shi offered a very objective assessment of last night's farce, attempting to analyze it for Liang Xinhe.
“Dad doesn’t manage the company much anymore, right? Big brother handles everything, big and small. Admittedly, you can help a lot, but for Big Brother, it’s just a drop in the ocean. You experienced the intensity of Big Brother’s work today, how was it?” Liang Shi asked him.
Liang Xinhe: "...Very tired."
“My brother is so tired, has anyone in the family ever shown him any understanding?” Liang Shi asked. “Besides, hasn’t he always been like this since he was a child? You all say he’s especially good to me, but have you ever seen him smile at me?”
Liang Xinhe: "...No."
“That settles it then. He treats everyone equally,” Liang Shi said coldly. “He only smiles at clients occasionally; he’s never made an exception for anyone. Why should she have to put on a smiling face for him the moment she comes back?”
As Liang Shi spoke, he began to project his own feelings onto the conversation, and suddenly he became a little angry.
Incidentally, even Liang Xinhe, who had been trying to smooth things over, seemed a little annoyed.
"Just take their three-day trip out of town for example, didn't it keep my brother busy with everything?" Liang Shi's words carried a hint of accusation and displeasure. "Not only is no one grateful for his hard work, but he's expected to smile and fawn over them? Do they deserve it? Do they deserve it?"
Liang Shi asked twice, making Liang Xinhe feel guilty.
It took Liang Xinhe a while to realize that the question "Do you deserve it?" was also an insult directed at him.
Does he deserve it?
He doesn't deserve it.
Liang Xinhe slapped his forehead, feeling extremely regretful after Liang Shi's words. He should have stood up for his older brother back then.
He didn't realize there was a problem at the time, and just thought his older brother was making a mountain out of a molehill.
The atmosphere, which had been relatively peaceful, was suddenly shattered.
He even got slapped for it.
That's two slaps at most.
From childhood to adulthood, I have always been my parents' proudest child, a person who is like the pride of heaven. When have I ever suffered such injustice?
Liang Xinhe also felt uncomfortable.
But at the time he thought, wouldn't it be fine if his older brother just admitted his mistake?
After Liang Shi said that today, he felt like he was a complete scoundrel.
He was so embarrassed that his ears turned red.
"Big Brother works tirelessly and never complains about how hard he works, right? That group of people are enjoying the fruits of his labor while constantly causing trouble. If we beat him up, then..."
Liang Shi's eyes reddened as she spoke, her voice choked with emotion, "I don't understand you."
Liang Xinhe: "...I don't understand myself either."
Liang Shi snorted lightly, "Now you can keep busy and experience your older brother's life. Let's see if you can still maintain your older brother's temper when you go home."
Liang Xinhe: "..."
“I’ll call my older brother right now and kneel down to apologize, okay?” Liang Xinhe took out his phone. “I didn’t realize it last night.”
"So it's all about whoever cries first is right, right?" Liang Shi scoffed. "Then why don't you go home tonight and let Lingdang wail and cry? That's just... that's really outrageous!"
Liang Shi said this through gritted teeth, and then got angrier and angrier until she stood up and said, "I don't want to talk to you anymore."
Liang Xinhe: "...?"
//
When Liang Shi got off the elevator, he wanted to call Liang Xinzhou again, but he canceled the call when he pressed the screen.
It's better to let him calm down.
But after Liang Shi returned to the magazine department, he greeted each of his colleagues and then sent a text message to Liang Xinzhou while sitting at his workstation.
"Big brother, you really don't need to worry about me. Zhu Zi and I have moved out, and we have money on hand. I'll be starting filming next week, and I'll be looking for an agent and assistant. The film I'm going to be in was introduced to me by Zhao Ying. My relationship with Zhao Xuning is pretty good now; I'm renting the apartment from her. You and sister-in-law should just take this opportunity to relax and unwind. Don't think about all these awful things at the company. Anyway, with your second brother here, such a big company won't go bankrupt in a day or two. You've been busy for so long, so give yourselves a short break! Everyone needs a moment when they can live for themselves. At this moment, you're not anyone's son, nor anyone's brother; you're simply yourself."
After she sent the message, she sent another WeChat message to Liang Xinzhou.
WeChat Red Envelope
[Sister, please treat you and sister-in-law to milk tea! (PS: In this weather, wearing a coat and buying two hot drinks for a walk in the park is very comfortable! Don't buy milk tea for sister-in-law!)]
By the way, congratulations to my brother and sister-in-law! I told my sister-in-law to take good care of herself during her pregnancy; nothing else matters, her well-being is the most important thing!
Liang Shi had already learned from Liang Xinhe that his sister-in-law was pregnant, and he was quite happy for Liang Xinzhou.
Of all her relationships with the Liang family members, she still preferred the eldest brother, as there was an innate sense of intimacy between them.
It felt like I'd seen it many years ago.
Perhaps she spent a significant portion of her time in this world with her older brother.
Although Liang Xinzhou was strict, he was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.
Only those who have spent time with each other truly understand.
Soon, the fifty-yuan red envelope was claimed, and Liang Xinzhou sent her an OK sign.