The old lady's expression was serious, and her words were forceful and clear, which immediately frightened Xue Ningnan.

The person she fears most in this family is her grandmother, who is also the most powerful person in the family. What is her grandmother going to do?

"Grandma, Grandma."

"I want you to kneel down!"

"I, I," Xue Ningnan stammered, but still bent her knees and knelt down.

Xue Ningnan instructed Xue Ningyu again, "Bring out our family rules."

Upon hearing this, everyone else was shocked; the old lady was about to punish Xue Ningnan with a stick.

Xue Yanchen and Luo Jingyan heard it through the door from inside the house. Xue Yanchen said, "Grandma is going to stand up for you."

Luo Jingyan then realized the old lady's true intention; it turned out that the old lady had no intention of favoring Xue Ningnan at all.

Xue Ningnan had sensed something was wrong earlier, and when she heard the words "family discipline," she couldn't help but tremble.

Because she was often punished by her grandmother's family rules when she was young.

Both she and Xue Yanchen had been scolded by their grandmother many times.

Xue Yanchen was naughty since childhood and was often scolded by the old lady. She didn't think she had done anything wrong. Her grandmother would also scold her, but her older sister had never been hit. She always felt that the old lady was biased.

Xue Ningyu hesitated for a moment when she saw Xue Ningnan. The old lady said when she saw that she didn't go, "Never mind, I'll go get it myself."

She went to her room and took out a wooden stick about the thickness of a thumb, then walked up to Xue Ningnan.

"Ning Nan, you're familiar with this wooden stick, aren't you? You and Yan Chen often made mistakes when you were little and got beaten a lot. But after you grew up, Grandma never hit you again."

When Yanchen was a child, he was naughty and often got into trouble, so he was often beaten. Fortunately, he gradually matured and joined the army. Not only did he stop causing trouble, but he also became the best officer in the army and the pride of our Xue family.

And what about you? Tell me what you've done all these years. Let's not talk about the small things. You went to your father's factory, made mistakes, and dragged our whole family down with you. We took the blame for your mistakes. Your brother even took out part of his allowance to help you pay off the compensation. Without the help of your family, you would be sitting in prison now.

You're in trouble, and your family is helping you, but how have you repaid them? Your brother finally found someone, and you've been scheming to cruelly break them up. How could our Xue family have produced such a wicked child?!

The old lady spoke with a mixture of gritted teeth and disappointment, as she finished her sentence.

"Ning Nan, as the saying goes, 'Spare the rod and spoil the child.' Grandma is disciplining you today in the hope that you will remember this lesson and correct your mistakes."

Xue Ningnan didn't want to be hit, so she quickly begged Grandma Xue for mercy: "Grandma, don't hit me, don't hit me."

"You've already made a mistake. Do you think it'll do any good to plead with me?" Old Mrs. Xue was unambiguous and had no intention of backing down in the slightest.

Xue Ningnan knew that her words wouldn't carry any weight with the old lady, so she quickly sought help from others.

"Mom, Mom, please don't let Grandma hit me. Grandma's hitting hurts so much."

"I didn't even hit you a third as hard as you hit your brother," Old Mrs. Xue muttered under her breath.

Xue's mother hardened her heart, turned her head to the side, and refused to look at her.

Xue Ningnan then turned to her father for help: "Dad, please don't let Grandma hit me. Dad, I was wrong. I came here today to reconcile with my brother and sister-in-law. I will get along well with them and will never do anything to hurt them again."

"It's too late for you to change. Even if you do change, you still have to pay the price for what you've done," Mrs. Xue added.

Mr. Xue frowned for a while, then sighed and turned to go back to his study.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Xue's mother also went back to her room and closed the door.

Seeing that no one was helping her, Xue Ningnan suddenly looked at the old lady: "Grandma, do you know why I don't want them to be together? Grandma, that, that Luo Jingyan, her, her family is a black five category, if she marries Yanchen, it will implicate Yanchen. Grandma, I'm doing this for Yanchen's sake, for the sake of our family."

It would have been better if she hadn't said that; before she could even finish, the old woman's cane had already struck her.

Snap!

"Xue Ningnan, who taught you to be so snobbish?"

Snap!

"Who taught you to be so heartless?"

Snap!

"Who taught you to be so selfish and a habitual liar?"

Snap!

"Who taught you to be so ungrateful and heartless? Their dating and marriage are their own business, why do you need to worry about it? You don't care about Yanchen's feelings at all, you just want to separate them, is this for Yanchen's good?"

Clap clap clap!

The old woman struck Xue Ningnan dozens of times, showing no mercy with each blow. Xue Ningnan rolled on the ground in pain, begging for mercy repeatedly.

"Grandma, Grandma, I was wrong, I know I was wrong. I will never do it again, I will never do it again."

Grandma Xue then stopped holding the stick.

“Ning Nan, our Xue family has always been honest and upright in our conduct, with a clear conscience, and we have always lived up to the expectations of others and the heavens and earth. But you have disappointed your grandmother too much.”

She often heard people say that children are a reflection of their parents, and she believed it herself.

Good children and bad children are raised by adults of different character.

Children grow up in different environments, and the people who have the greatest influence on them are their own families. Many of a child's behaviors are learned by imitating adults, and what they know is mostly taught by their parents through words and deeds.

But now she's starting to doubt that claim.

Because Xue Ningnan successfully shattered her preconceived notions about this.

The most striking contrast is Xue Ningyu. Xue Ningyu was obedient, sensible, and hardworking from a young age. She was the good girl in the family and the object of praise from others.

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