"Absolutely! It makes no sense!"
"Have you figured out what happened? Don't just stand here gossiping. Don't think we're easy to bully!" Zhang Cuihua was just as fierce as these military wives, and she stood up to protect Liu Shengrui. "Xiao Rui, tell Grandma what happened?"
"He was disobedient, that's why I hit him," Liu Shengrui explained.
"Hey, you're here again, aren't you? What's it to you whether my son is obedient or not?" Lin Zixin retorted.
"I'm the dad, so I can hit him!" Liu Shengrui said stubbornly, not thinking there was anything wrong with what he was doing. He had just explained the same thing to the other kids, and then nothing happened.
However, when he said this, the adults were completely baffled.
"What? He's the father?"
It was the older child who was in charge who stepped forward and took the initiative to explain the whole story to everyone.
“We were playing house, and he was playing the father. Then he said that the son, who was playing the father, was being disobedient during his birthday celebration, so he hit him to discipline him. I just reminded him that disciplining someone doesn’t necessarily mean hitting them, but he still hit him.”
After his explanation, everyone understood what was going on.
Zhang Cuihua immediately straightened her back.
Her eldest grandson is very clever. He's just playing a game. Since he's playing the father, what's wrong with hitting the kid playing the son?
Isn't this perfectly reasonable?
It's just that these people are making a mountain out of a molehill.
“Did you all hear that? The kids were just playing a game. Isn’t it normal for there to be some friction when playing games? Our Xiao Rui didn’t mean to hit your son. He was just disobeying you, so he was disciplining him. In the end, our Xiao Rui was just taking the game too seriously!” Zhang Cuihua said.
"That's just sophistry!" Lin Zixin was even angrier, trembling with anger. "What nonsense are you spouting? Taking games too seriously? Bah! I think it's just that your family doesn't know how to raise children. How can you hit someone like that while playing games? Look! Qingsheng's arm is all red from being hit!"
"Yeah, this goes beyond the scope of playing games. Playing house is just pretending to hit someone, but you guys are going to do this, making someone's arm red and then saying it was just a joke. Aren't you just trying to upset people?"
"Sister, you can't educate your child like this; you'll spoil him!"
"What's it to you?" Zhang Cuihua wouldn't listen at all. She felt that her eldest grandson was innocent. Like a mother hen, she stood protectively in front of Liu Shengrui and said to all the military wives, "Let me tell you, my eldest grandson did nothing wrong in this matter. Don't even think about touching my eldest grandson!"
"You—" Lin Zixin was furious. She wished she could roll up her sleeves and fight this older woman.
But they are still civilized people and would never actually resort to violence.
"You're being unreasonable! You must apologize today!" Lin Zixin said, patting her son's head and coaxing him to stop crying.
"Waaaaah..." Liang Qingsheng's arm hurt so much. How could a child know how to control his emotions? He felt wronged and couldn't stop crying.
“You cry over such a small thing, and you have the nerve to say that we don’t know how to raise a child? I think it’s your family that’s not raising him well, he’s so spoiled! Our Xiao Rui, don’t apologize!” Zhang Cuihua said.
"Sister, you've gone too far!" A military wife couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up for justice.
"I said, what's it to you? Why are you getting involved? What right do you have to make my grandson apologize? Hey, I won't apologize today, I won't apologize, let's see what you do then!" Zhang Cuihua said arrogantly, she didn't believe that Lin Zixin would really dare to make a move.
"You shameless woman!" Lin Zixin was furious, but she was completely subdued by this old woman, unable to advance or retreat, and she was extremely annoyed.
"Qingsheng's mom, don't get entangled with this unreasonable person, or she might cause you trouble later!" a kind-hearted military wife advised.
Everyone was speaking up for Lin Zixin, but Zhang Cuihua resorted to her shameless tactics, and no one could do anything about it. The more they argued, the angrier they became.
In the end, Lin Zixin had no choice but to take Liang Qingsheng home.
“Son, let’s not play with that kid anymore. He’s Chaoxiong, and he loves to hit people. His parents don’t discipline him properly. People like us who are reasonable will definitely suffer when we run into them. Don’t play with him anymore, okay?” Lin Zixin said, feeling sorry for her son.
"Waaah... Okay, Mom, I understand," Liang Qingsheng said tearfully, his arm still aching terribly.
"I'm so angry! This family! The eldest has no manners, he only cares about giving birth but not about raising the child, and the youngest is sick, yet he's always out here causing trouble for other people. It's too much!" Lin Zixin said.
Seeing her son's arm, red from being beaten, she felt a surge of anger rising within her, and the more she thought about it, the more she couldn't help but rush back to fight Zhang Cuihua.
"Mom, please, don't be angry." Liang Qingsheng wiped away his tears, still remembering to comfort his mother.
It's all his fault; he shouldn't have hung out with Liu Shengrui.
If we hadn't played together, this wouldn't have happened.
"Next time I see him, I definitely won't play with him again," Liang Qingsheng said, adding that there was no lesson more severe than the two slaps he received today.
"Happy birthday, my sweetie!" Lin Zixin stroked her son's round head and coaxed him, "When we get home today, Mom will make you something delicious, your favorite braised pork!"
“Okay!” Liang Qingsheng said.
As soon as they left, the other military wives also left with their children.
This game of pretend play, which was only halfway through, just fell apart.
"Why did they all leave?" Liu Shengrui wondered, as he was still planning to continue playing house.
It's great to play a dad; you can even spank your son.
He wants to play house again and try to become a father.
"Hmph! They're all opportunists, ptooey!" Zhang Cuihua spat at the departing backs of the military wives, but having protected her eldest grandson today, she felt she had won a victory and was quite pleased with herself. "Xiao Rui, it's alright, we'll come out to play again tomorrow!"
Zhang Cuihua didn't grasp the seriousness of the situation at all. She simply thought that since the children were playing with Liu Shengrui today, it meant that they no longer believed Su Yueya's rumors, and Liu Shengrui wouldn't be ostracized by everyone anymore.
Little did he know that Tian Feixiang was only temporarily blinded today. After this incident, Tian Feixiang would no longer believe that Liu Shengrui was not scary.
Furthermore, Zhang Cuihua made a scene with Lin Zixin in an unreasonable manner, so the other military wives had to pay attention.
They not only reminded their own children again, but also reminded each other not to be fooled again.
"Look at Aunt Zhang's attitude, do you think an ordinary person can win an argument with her? No wonder she's Mo Youyou's mother-in-law, her whole family is a handful!"
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