"Oh dear, did you get hurt while helping Yangyang? Yangyang's hand is also scraped. Auntie will rinse it with some medicine for you, okay?"

Shi Tou was about to pull his hand back, but seeing that Shu Ying didn't think much of it, he felt relieved.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiulan and Zhang Hongxia exchanged a glance and simply shook their heads helplessly.

These are the visible scars on the child's body, but what about the unseen ones?

The child's father was away from home most of the year, so he had to live under Lü Jie's roof. Even though it was his own home, he had to be extremely careful in everything he did, as if he were a stranger.

Shu Ying took her cup, which contained pre-filled spiritual spring water, and carefully rolled up the child's sleeves.

"Auntie, please be gentle. If you hurt her, you can tell me."

Little Stone nodded and saw Shu Ying wash him with "medicine".

The water had no taste or color, unlike any medicine he usually saw. The child was skeptical, but he was very obedient.

Shu Ying felt a pang of sadness. What had this child, who was only a few years old, done wrong?

"Stone, you can come to Aunt Liu's house to play often after school. Aunt Liu has lots of delicious food here."

Liu Xiulan held the meat pie in her hand and looked at the child with a smile.

Perhaps because she didn't have children of her own, she couldn't bear to see children suffer.

The little ones are so adorably mischievous, how could adults really bring themselves to discipline them?

Zhang Hongxia gritted her teeth inwardly, "This Lü Jie is simply too much. She doesn't even have a child herself, yet she can't tolerate Shi Tou. What will happen if a child actually pops out of her belly one day?"

She spoke softly, and Liu Xiulan quickly stopped her, saying, "Don't let the child hear what you're saying."

After washing the wound with the spiritual spring water, Shi Tou's pain was indeed greatly reduced. He stared at Shu Ying with bright eyes, feeling that it was very magical.

These were all whipped by my stepmother with a very thin rattan cane last night.

Shu Ying moved very gently, and after rinsing the stone, she carefully applied medicine.

"The wound may itch a bit when it heals tomorrow, so you must resist the urge to scratch it."

Shu Ying squatted down and patted his head, her face full of tenderness. "Auntie wants to thank you for your justice and courage in protecting little brother Yangyang and little sister Yueyue today. You are the bravest child I have ever met."

Shi Tou was a little embarrassed by the praise. He touched his head with one hand, and his little face turned slightly red. "It's nothing. They were the ones who were wrong first. Yueyue and Yangyang didn't do anything wrong either."

Shu Ying took his hand and sat him down, saying earnestly, "It may be a small thing for you, but it is a very important thing for your aunt."

Her expression was serious, and Little Stone felt a sense of accomplishment in being needed. His little heart felt nourished, and his eyes gained a bit more confidence.

Shu Ying continued, "Your younger brother and sister haven't been here for very long, and Auntie has been worried about whether they can adapt to the new environment. Now you are the first to accept them, and in the future, more children will be willing to play with them. So you have helped Auntie a lot."