TMLFDN 77

Xie Siqi returned home and happened to see Xie Siyun on the ground floor. She was sitting on the sofa, humming a tune while playing on her phone.

At first, Xie Siqi didn't pay much attention to Xie Siyun until he noticed the necklace around her neck. It wasn't the one he gave her last night; this one was much more luxurious.

Xie Siqi wasn't oblivious; he could naturally recognize the price of the necklace she was wearing now. Starting from seven figures and nearing eight figures, it wasn't particularly expensive, but it was the extent to which Shen Xiyue had to strive to afford it.

Approaching Xie Siyun, Xie Siqi looked down at her. "Why aren't you wearing the one I gave you?"

Xie Siqi hadn't brought it up until now, but when he did, she became angry. After her friends left today, she was still curious. She went to open the gift her brother gave her last night, only to find a worthless necklace. Thinking about how important her birthday was and how her brother only gave her such a cheap necklace, she was instantly furious.

Unable to hold back, Xie Siyun rolled her eyes. "Brother, are you serious? How much does that necklace cost? You actually gave me such a cheap necklace as a birthday gift; that's too much!"

Xie Siyun was also boiling with anger. Seeing his sister behaving so stubbornly and thinking about how hard Shen Xiyue had worked to earn money for the necklace, he couldn't help but feel furious.

"If you don't like it, give it back to me! You have no idea how much effort Xiyue put into giving you a birthday gift!" His tone unintentionally rose, his fists clenched tightly, looking terrifying.

He didn't notice that Xie Siyun's eyes were filled with disbelief. "She doesn't have any money, do you? You're giving me a necklace worth tens of thousands of dollars. If I wore it out, people would think our family had gone bankrupt the next day! And that's too embarrassing!"

"You're simply unreasonable, just like a wolf!"

Xie Siyun was going crazy. Who was really being unreasonable here?

While the siblings were arguing, Xie Li and Jiang Yuying had already come downstairs. It was the first time Jiang Yuying had seen her son like this. Usually dignified and generous, his eyes now showed suspicion, while Xie Li's face was dark, his good mood ruined for the day.

He simply didn't want to see scenes like this at home.

Xie Li really felt that anything involving the male and female protagonists would be exceptionally troublesome, and he didn't want to see scenes of quarrels and arguments.

"Alright, are you done arguing?"

Xie Li's voice was not loud, but it sounded like thunder in the winter, especially harsh. Both of them fell silent, but their subsequent actions were completely different.

After a few seconds of silence, Xie Siyun suddenly burst into tears. Being scolded by her brother for no reason made her feel wronged. Seeing her parents, who had been exceptionally loving to her recently, magnified her grievances infinitely, making it unbearable.

The little girl cried and rushed into her mother's arms.

"Mom, Brother scolded me!"

This broke Jiang Yuying's heart.

Jiang Yuying opened her arms and hugged Xie Siyun, who nestled in her arms, sobbing. Normally, Xie Siyun didn't cry much, although she was a child who would get candy if she cried. But her father didn't spoil her, except for material things, he rarely showed her affection.

However, recently her father had been spoiling her a lot, which made her more delicate. Feeling a little wronged, she couldn't help but cry.

Jiang Yuying favored Xie Siyun a little more. Although she also loved her son, daughters were inevitably more cherished, and her husband favored Xie Siqi a little more, so naturally, she favored Xie Siyun a little more.

Seeing her daughter in tears, Jiang Yuying's heart felt tight, and she couldn't help but cast a blaming look at Xie Siqi.

"Siqi, how could you treat your sister like this?"

Xie Siqi looked somewhat resentful, his fists clenched tightly.

He retorted, "It's not like I want to treat her like this; she's just too much. Although the necklace was cheap, it was Xiyue's heartfelt gift, and she saved up for a long time to come up with ten thousand. If I were to give it myself, I wouldn't give such a gift, but this was Xiyue's first time giving her a gift. Instead of being grateful, she despises the cheapness of the gift, disrespecting someone else's heartfelt intention."

In fact, Xie Siyun's reasoning wasn't entirely unreasonable. It was indeed a sincere gift from Shen Xiyue, both emotionally and logically. She was sent over like this, only to be despised, it was no wonder Xie Siyun would be angry.

But.

Xie Li pinched his brow. He really hated arguing, especially when both people were speaking so loudly, it gave him a headache. Again, he was particularly averse to trouble. Moreover, Jiang Yuying and Xie Siyun were now under his protection. If Xie Siqi caused trouble for Xie Siyun like this, Xie Li couldn't just stand by.

Moreover, Xie Li's ability to find loopholes was indeed top-notch.