We shouldn't have too high expectations for children.

“Xiaoyuan, An'an, I don’t blame you for what happened today, but I also want to tell you that violence is wrong,” Su Yueya said.

"Sis, do you want them to get beaten up again? Last time, Liu Shengrui pinched Xiaoyuan's face until it was swollen. I don't think it's wrong to fight back today—"

Su Yueya immediately glared at Qiao Xinruo, forbidding her from talking nonsense in front of the children.

“Xiao Yuan, An An, it’s not wrong to use violence to protect yourself in special circumstances, but if we have a better way, we should never resort to violence, understand?” Su Yueya said.

The two little ones nodded as if they understood, then shook their heads.

"Mom, what does 'fighting violence with violence' mean?" Lu Si'an asked curiously.

Su Yueya: "..."

“I told you, sis, you can’t explain such profound truths to them now. I think as long as they can protect themselves, they’ll understand when they’re older,” Qiao Xinruo said, pinching the two children’s cheeks. “Our Xiaoyuan and An’an are straight saplings, they’ll never grow crooked, right?”

Lu Siyuan and Lu Si'an didn't understand anything about straight saplings, but... their aunt must have been praising them, so the two nodded like chicks pecking at rice.

"Auntie is right!" Lu Siyuan chimed in.

Qiao Xinruo winked at Su Yueya with a smug look on her face.

Su Yueya: "..."

Okay.

However, what Qiao Xinruo said also makes sense. Lu Siyuan and Lu Si'an are still too young. Even if Su Yueya tells them that violence is wrong, they may not understand.

Furthermore, with adults watching over them, there's no fear that the two little ones will go astray; they'll naturally understand more as they grow older.

"If you ask me, that's the downside of living in a big compound," Qiao Gaoyang said with a hint of disdain.

Liu Shengrui is a super-dangerous person, which is very dangerous. The whole family knows this and has thought about trying to avoid him as much as possible, but in practice, it is indeed very difficult.

The compound is only so big. Unless Lu Siyuan and Lu Si'an are never allowed to go out to play again, there is still a chance they will run into each other again.

And once they meet, there is a chance of conflict.

Therefore, things like today cannot be completely avoided, and it is very likely that the same thing will happen again.

“Indeed.” Qiao Shouyan nodded, his brows furrowing slightly. He was also very dissatisfied with what the two little ones had experienced today. “Although the Liu family lives in a different direction from us, we are still in the same compound. How far away can it be? It’s too easy to run into them.”

"Isn't that exactly what happened?" Qiao Xinru spread her hands, looking quite helpless. "Whenever we take them out for a stroll, it's very easy to run into that family... Sister, you don't know, that old woman mistook me for you today and even tried to lecture you. But I didn't give her a good look and just yelled back at her. She thinks she can act like she's older and more important to me? No way!"

"Auntie is so amazing!" Lu Siyuan said immediately.

Today, Auntie fiercely protected them and even argued with that mean mother-in-law, establishing a towering image in the eyes of the two little ones.

"Auntie is amazing!" Lu Si'an clapped.

"Alright, you two, your mouths are so sweet, you're always making your auntie smile." Su Yueya laughed.

"Who told me to be the best aunt in the whole world?" Qiao Xinruo said smugly.

Because Liu Shengrui was mentioned again, and it was said that today's dispute started because of two kittens, Lu Si'an immediately thought of the poor little kitten.

"Mom." Lu Si'an tugged at Su Yueya's legs, climbed into her mother's arms, settled down, and then voiced her guesses and worries.

"I saw another kitten today, the one that's the rascal's kitten."

"Oh? What happened to his cat?" Su Yueya asked, gently tidying her daughter's hair with her hands.

“His kitten is from the same place as Milk,” Lu Si’an said in a childish voice.

"From the same place?" Su Yueya sometimes needed to make connections when communicating with the two kids. She guessed, "An'an means that you saw that kitten where we buy milk, right?"

“Hmm!” Lu Si’an nodded and praised, “Mom is so smart! But… his kitten is very, very thin, very small, and so pitiful.”

Lu Siyuan immediately added on behalf of his sister.

"Milk is very lively and not afraid of the other children in the yard. She can play with everyone, but that kitten is afraid to look at us and always looks like it is trembling."

“I remember,” Qiao Xinruo chimed in.

Today she was mainly battling the old woman, but she also kept an eye on the two little ones.

Incidentally, I glanced at the kitten a few times.

"I saw Chaoxiong holding a kitten. It looked very thin and weak, not like a kitten the size of a milk carcass. It didn't seem to be well cared for, and it didn't look like it was being treated well."

Su Yueya: "..."

After hearing her sister's words, she remembered the scene when she bought the milk.

If I remember correctly, the person who sold the cat said that the kittens in this litter were born around the same time. If Milk could be raised to this size, then theoretically, the kitten shouldn't be that different from Milk.

Moreover, both the two little ones and Qiao Xinruo mentioned that the kitten's condition was not right...

Liu Shengrui is truly outstanding!

He can treat Feng Xiangxi like a toy and manipulate his arm, let alone a kitten that can't be separated from its owner!

Su Yueya could foresee that the kitten probably wouldn't have a good time in the Liu family.

Zhang Cuihua, Mo Youyou, and Liu Dekai are all adults; they wouldn't abuse a kitten. Of course, Su Yueya wouldn't assume any malice from them, but it's hard to say about Liu Shengrui.

Liu Shengrui is just a child with superhuman genes. Can he really treat kittens well?

"Sis, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly so quiet?" Qiao Xinruo asked, wondering if Su Yueya was angry about the two kids' fight earlier that day.

"I was thinking that the kitten must be quite pitiful," Su Yueya said, snapping out of her reverie.

"That's for sure. It would be strange if he didn't feel sorry for being with Chaoxiong." Qiao Xinruo's words were full of disdain whenever she mentioned Liu Shengrui.

"But after all, the Liu family spent money to buy this kitten. Even if it's not doing well, we can't just take it away from them. It's just a pity that the kitten has to live such a miserable life forever..." Su Yueya felt sorry for it, but she really couldn't think of any good solution.

"Well, everyone has their own fate, no, cats have their own fate! Being bought by the Liu family, this little cat is just unlucky," Qiao Xinruo said.