Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 31: Everyone Coveting Her Good Job
"I’m not injured, it was just four human traffickers; they couldn’t harm me," Su Yijia explained quickly, facing the envious glances from some younger relatives.
However, Lin Jiayao still looked worried. He examined her closely, making her spin around a few times before reluctantly letting his guard down.
"Cousin, you’ve had such good luck recently. This job at the supply and marketing cooperative is so highly sought after that others are practically fighting over it," Lin Jianbin said, his tone filled with envy.
"Do you want this luck? Would you like to have it?" Su Yijia retorted with a sarcastic smile. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
Her retort silenced both sides of the family, and no one dared to say anything more.
Su’s father sighed, then spoke with a heavy heart, "Yijia, after you marry Kaize, you can’t go to work. How about we give this job at the supply and marketing cooperative to your younger sister?"
"Are you daydreaming, or is she daydreaming in broad daylight?" Su Yijia was shocked.
Their relatives chimed in, nodding in agreement, "Exactly! Su Xinyue is going to marry into someone else’s family. They say that a daughter married is like spilled water, how can we let someone else benefit from our family’s job?"
"Yijia, how about giving this job to your cousin instead? Your cousin is just a few months younger than you, he graduated from high school too. With a job, he can find a good wife. Once you have a good cousin-in-law, the two will surely treat you well," Su Yijia’s second aunt smiled and tried to flatter her.
"No! Uncle and aunt, your family has always considered me a burden from a young age, so why change your tune now? I’d prefer if you continued to think of me that way," Su Yijia rejected them bluntly.
She couldn’t believe that even in this situation, her family still wanted her to be a doormat and be bullied by others.
"What kind of language is that? Have you no respect for your elders? You don’t get to decide this job; let your cousins draw lots, and whoever gets chosen, gets the job," Su Hongfeng scolded, pounding the coffee table heavily.
Su Yijia walked up to him and kicked the coffee table hard. The table crashed into Su Hongfeng’s leg, causing him to wince in pain.
"This job was obtained with my life on the line. Besides me, no one has any say in it. If you all think that your daughter is worthless and that once she’s married, she’s no longer part of the family, then I’ll be blunt. I went to get my marriage certificate yesterday morning and caught the human traffickers in the afternoon. In terms of the time I acted heroically and the time I got the job, neither has anything to do with the Su family," Su Yijia said firmly, hands on her hips, her eyes defiant.
The elders in the Su family raised their hands, ready to give her a slap.
Su Yijia couldn’t say she wasn’t afraid; after all, her limited fighting skills couldn’t take on a dozen people at once. However, she had always believed in standing her ground. If you had the ability, go ahead and beat her to death; if not, she’d make sure to retaliate later.
So, even though her heart was pounding, she raised her chin defiantly, "If any of you lay a hand on me, try it. See if my husband will let you off easily."
Su’s family knew that this daughter-in-law, married into another family, had support from her husband’s family, and her husband’s family couldn’t easily mess with her.
Grinding their teeth, they reluctantly lowered their hands.
"Now, it’s obvious that you can’t take this job. If you’re not willing to give it to your family, then you need to make some arrangements for yourself," Su’s father sighed and asked with a heavy heart.
