Zhou Zhaodi felt depressed. She didn't understand why her father was so different from the one she remembered after starting over.

Didn't he teach the three sisters to be honest? But now?

Zhou Lao Er had no idea what Zhao Di was thinking. He just told her, "Remember what I told you. If anyone asks you later, just say you misread it. Do you understand?"

Zhou Zhaodi remained silent, a silent form of resistance.

Zhou Lao Er raised his hand, looking at the stubborn Zhao Di, "You child, why are you so insensible? Yes, you and your aunt are close, but she's fine now, isn't she?"

Zhao Di couldn't help but retort, "It will be too late when something happens. If I hadn't blocked it back then, I'm afraid we would be in trouble now..."

She still feels scared when she thinks about it now. She has a feeling that if she hadn't blocked it, everything would have been over.

"Don't talk to me about these things. As long as everything is alright now, that's all that matters. Do we really have to drive someone to their death?" Zhou Lao Er became increasingly disapproving, feeling that his sister-in-law was heartless. He knew that Zhao Di had gone to see her, so why couldn't she consider everyone's feelings?

Zhao Di looked at her father with disappointment, "Father, have you forgotten? If it weren't for Aunt, Pan Di would be an idiot by now."

"You're talking nonsense again. It's just a minor cold. How could it be as serious as you're making it out to be?"

Zhao Di couldn't tell her father that she had been reborn, but seeing her father's indifferent attitude, she felt as if she were immersed in cold water, her bones chilled to the bone.

"Alright, if anyone comes to ask you something tomorrow, remember to speak politely. Well, it's getting late, and we still have work to do tomorrow."

Zhao Di refused.

Just as Zhou Lao Er had put it down, he raised it again. "Do you really want to get beaten? Zhao Di, don't force me to hit you. Why can't you be more obedient? If I had known it would turn out like this, I shouldn't have let you and your aunt go to learn those things. Look at you, you haven't learned anything, and you're becoming more and more disobedient."

Zhao Di cried, her face covered in tears and snot.

Zhou Lao Er ultimately didn't go through with the abortion. After all, it was his first child, and although it was a girl, he had been filled with anticipation.

Realizing he couldn't control her, he said, "Mother, you come and talk to Zhaodi. This is clearly for the good of the whole family."

"Okay," Li Erya said, always listening to her husband. Besides, she also felt that there was nothing wrong with what she was doing.

Holding Zhao Di's hand, he gently wiped away her tears with his sleeve and said earnestly, "Zhao Di, your father is right. You should listen to her. Look at your grandmother and the others, they are getting old. We can't let them worry anymore."

Zhao Di stopped crying, but her voice choked with sobs, "Mother, Grandpa and Grandma don't care about our second branch at all, we—".

Li Erya interrupted her sharply, "Zhaodi, those are your own grandparents. You are the younger generation, how can you speak ill of them? Do you know that this is unfilial? If outsiders find out, who knows what they will say about you? Then, where will you go to find a good family?"

Zhao Di was stunned. "Mom, I'm still a child."

Li Erya realized she had misspoke, but these were words she had heard since she was a child, and she just blurted them out without thinking.

“Zhaodi, I know you’re still young and might not understand, but you need to know that I won’t hurt you. We’ll all be family from now on, so we can’t be too calculating. As for this matter, your aunt didn’t suffer any losses, and they’ve already offered to compensate us, so we should give them a chance.”

Zhao Di felt something was wrong, but she also knew that her mother would never harm her.

However, her aunt was not only her aunt, but also her mentor.

"Mother, I don't want to lie, I will never tell anyone no matter what."

“Why are you so stubborn? Do you really want your grandma to whip you with bamboo sticks? Your father and I won’t be able to protect you then, Zhaodi. I’m begging you, okay? You know, I’ve never given you a younger brother. If you were in someone else’s family, you would have been sent back to your parents’ home long ago, and then you wouldn’t have a mother anymore.”

Zhao Di felt something was wrong, but she couldn't find the words to refute it.

Although she had a second chance, she had always lived in Zhoujiazhuang before marrying the abusive man, and she didn't even know how to read many words.

Now, she is learning to read with her aunt and teaching her younger sisters. These things bring her immense joy, and she doesn't want to lose them.

"Mother, can you let me go and ask my aunt?"

“No, Zhao Di, do you really think I, as your mother, would harm you? Do you only care about your aunt now? Do you think that we, as your parents, would harm you?” Li Er Ya actually didn’t like her sister-in-law.

She was beautiful and highly educated, and her older brother listened to her. He even did women's chores for her. Deep down, she didn't approve of it.

As a woman, one should be virtuous and diligent, but my sister-in-law has none of those qualities.

Now, she's even more remarkable; she's the only doctor in their village, and even important figures come to her for treatment.

When she learned that Zhao Di was learning from her aunt, her first reaction was to forbid it. What if she picked up all the bad habits of her sister-in-law? What good family would want to marry Zhao Di in the future?

But then she wondered, if Zhao Di learned her aunt's skills, could she also become a respected person like that in the future?

Li Erya was truly conflicted, and in the end, the latter option prevailed.

“Zhaodi, trust your mother. I won’t hurt you. This matter has not caused any loss to your aunt either. Besides, you know that if it weren’t for your father protecting me, I would have been sent back to my parents’ home by now. You know what’s happened to your uncles.”

Zhou Zhaodi fell silent.

Seeing this, Li Erya said, "Zhaodi, don't worry, your grandma will definitely compensate your aunt and uncle for the job and the money."

“Mom, what if Uncle Gong An asks me why I said I saw someone being pushed, but then there was no one, and says I lied to them and wants to arrest me?” Zhao Di thought of this.

Li Erya had already heard from her in-laws that, "It's okay, you're still a child, they won't blame you."

Zhao Di slumped her shoulders helplessly. She felt that even if she could do it all over again, she couldn't change herself or her parents.

In an instant, Zhao Di began to doubt the meaning of her rebirth.

She wanted to separate from the family, but because she was young, her parents thought she was just being ignorant and talking nonsense.

My aunt taught me things, but my parents made me an ingrate.

Do we really have to do that?