Chapter 21: I Took Off My Brother's Green Hat

Feng Wanyi felt embarrassed, especially when she saw her daughter's innocent and protective look. The hidden shame in her heart made her feel uncomfortable.

"Shushu, go find your grandma. Mom has to go now," she said with difficulty.

Ji Shu turned around: "I don't want to play anymore either, boys are annoying."

"You fatso, I'll get my uncle to beat you up!"

The child immediately ran away when she heard her mention her uncle, saying that her uncle was the fiercest and even hit children.

"Shushu, if Daddy and Mommy make up, the other kids won't laugh at you anymore." Feng Wanyi squatted down: "Go back and tell your dad you miss Mommy."

"I want to go out and play with Mom. Mom will take you to eat ice cream."

“Mom, if you did something wrong and want Dad to forgive you, you have to apologize yourself. Shushu can’t do that.”

Ji Shu remembered telling her uncle that she wanted her parents to reconcile.

My uncle replied that whether or not they make up is an adult's business, and we have no right to interfere with other people's decisions. Similarly, once we are adults, no one has the right to interfere with the decisions we make.

Feng Wanyi watched her run to Ji's mother, took a deep breath, and turned to leave.

Ji's mother glanced at her retreating figure: "She's gone? Are you still going to play?"

Ji Shu shook her head: "Grandma, Xiao Pang said my mother is a human trafficker who cheated on me, and that my father is being cuckolded. He's lying."

Ji's mother's expression suddenly fell, and the little fat man's grandmother next to her suddenly felt awkward: "Hehe, this little fat man probably heard something from someone. I'll go back and talk to him about it in a bit."

Mother Ji: "Is it what you said?"

"Sister Pang, why are you saying these things in front of the children? What did our family do to offend you?"

People around her tried to persuade her, saying that what the fat woman did was wrong.

"No, I didn't expect him to listen to me. I'm so sorry, I'll definitely talk to him when I get back."

Mother Ji: "You really should feel embarrassed. Take care of your own family first. My Huaijin is unlucky to have met a good wife, but isn't it your son's fault for not being good enough?"

"All he does is play cards all day long; he doesn't even have time to educate his children."

After saying that, Ji's mother turned to the children opposite her and shouted, "If you kids ever talk nonsense in front of my granddaughter again, I'm going to go to your house and ask your parents how they raise their children!"

Perhaps feeling that their intimidation wasn't enough, they shouted again, "And my Huaizhi loves Ji Shu the most! If you bully her, be careful your Huaizhi brother will come after you!"

After saying that, he took his granddaughter and left.

The older woman, looking embarrassed, called the chubby boy over and dragged him home with a displeased expression.

As he left, he was still saying that he had no self-control.

Everyone here has lived in this old neighborhood for many years, so we all get along quite well.

No one can hide their troubles from others, but even if people gossip about other people's affairs, they won't do it in front of the person in question.

Otherwise, it's easy for an argument to break out.

Ji Shu stayed at home obediently. She was about to start kindergarten, and Ji Huaizhi bought her a small notebook with numbers and pinyin so that she could flip through it whenever she had free time.

Ji Shu was very happy to see her uncle riding back on his bright bicycle.

She went up to her uncle and told him that she had played with her mother today.

What did you say?

After hesitating for a moment, Ji Shu said, "My mother told me not to tell her and to keep it a secret for her."

Ji Huaizhi: "Then let's not talk about it."

Ji Shu followed her uncle around, saying, "Why didn't you ask? Grandma asked me for a long time today, and she got upset when I didn't tell her."

"I won't ask, didn't you say it was a secret?"

Ji Shu pursed her lips: "I actually wanted to tell you."

After washing his face, Ji Huaizhi said, "Actually, I could guess even if you didn't say it. Your mother wants to reconcile with your father."

"Uncle is so smart." Ji Shu tilted her head.

Ji Huaizhi ruffled her hair as his head sank: "Your father and mother are now independent individuals. Whether they reconcile or not depends on their own wishes."

"I know, I just feel uncomfortable. I feel like when Mom says she misses me, she actually misses Dad." She doesn't really miss me.

Ji Huaizhi lowered his head; the child longed for the love of his parents.

"What does it matter whether she really misses you or not? She's still your mother. We have to accept that we might not be liked by everyone, so let's be more carefree and spend more time with whoever makes you happy."

"If someone makes you unhappy, just stay away from them."

It's actually very cruel to say these things to a child.

But Ji Shu seemed to be very precocious. Other children would have cried long ago if they heard that their mothers didn't like them or if they hadn't seen their mothers for so long.

But she remained quiet and well-behaved.

To prevent her from getting worked up at night, Ji Huaizhi felt it was better to just tell her the reasoning behind it.

"Uncle, I like being with you." Ji Shu hugged Ji Huaizhi's leg softly.

Ji Huaizhi smiled and pinched her cheek.

She grew taller, and Ji Huaizhi didn't carry her as often. There were too many men in the house; they couldn't let her develop a habit of frequent intimate contact.

After Ji Shu started kindergarten, Feng Wanyi would often pick her up from the kindergarten.

Once, she picked up Ji's mother early but didn't see the child, and her whole body felt cold.

Finally, she was warned that she could have contact with the child, but she could not take the child away. Even if the child was sent back to the Ji family, it was not her place as an outsider.

At the time, he didn't give Feng Wanyi a kind look at all.

Ji Shu was also frightened. Ji Huaizhi told her that her family would be worried if they couldn't find her, thinking that something had happened to her or that she was lost.

He placed a safety charm on her: "When your uncle isn't around, you must be careful of cars."

"Especially large vehicles."

Ji Shu nodded, bewildered.

Feng Wanyi is getting more and more anxious.

Now she has nowhere to go, and Chen Xiuli thinks she's shameful and won't let her go back.

In addition, she is currently arranging blind dates for her son, Feng Chaoyang. If others find out that he has such an older sister, it will be even more difficult for him to get married.

Therefore, Feng Wanyi can only live with her biological father now.

Feng's father and his lover lived in a very old neighborhood, a cramped and chaotic place, which made Feng Wanyi feel uncomfortable.

Especially the woman next to my father, she has a son who is even younger than Feng Chaoyang.

Feng Wanyi disliked the mother and son very much, but there was nothing she could do. She had nowhere to go, so she could only go out during the day and come back to stay at night.

I just occasionally see my father being so nice to this woman and her son, and I find it ridiculous.

He neglects his own two children and raises other people's children outside.

Pushing open the rusty, dusty iron door, a damp smell hits you as soon as you enter the room.

The woman looked up and scooped the last clump of rice from the pot into her son's bowl: "Oh dear, I didn't expect you to come back so suddenly. You didn't even tell me beforehand. I didn't cook for you."

Feng's father: "Have you eaten? If not, cook yourself a bowl of noodles."

Feng Wanyi didn't stand on ceremony and went straight into the kitchen to get two eggs.

The woman pursed her lips and rolled her eyes.

"How's it going with your remarriage to Ji Huaijin?" Feng's father asked.

"It's not a good idea for you to stay here any longer; you can see how crowded it is."

“You’re not comfortable sleeping on the sofa by yourself. If it’s really not comfortable, go to your mother’s house. If she doesn’t open the door for you, just bang on it.” Feng’s father finished the last bite of his meal.

"Are you trying to kick me out?" Feng Wanyi looked at the only woman on the table: "Is it that you can't tolerate me, or that others can't tolerate me?"

"Hey, this is my home! So what if I can't tolerate you?" The woman had a very bad temper.

The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were more pronounced because of her anger, but you could still tell that she had a good figure when she was young.