Chapter 10 Returning Home
In the kitchen, she lifted the lid of the pot and saw three dishes on plates inside, both meat and vegetables, still steaming.
Zhong Niannian ran in from outside, "Aunt, eat quickly! These dishes are delicious!"
Zhong Xuexi wrinkled her nose and turned to look at her, "You were bought by her so quickly? What's the point of her cooking delicious food? When she has a child in the future, she will kick you out sooner or later."
Zhong Niannian's eyes turned red, "I didn't! I wasn't bribed by her!"
Zhong Xuexi snorted coldly, "Then you should perform well tonight."
"But grandma said..."
"I don't want to know these. Anyway, whether you can stay in this family depends on you." After saying that, she picked up the bowl and started eating.
Zhong Niannian looked at her with tearful eyes, and as if she had mustered up all her courage, she asked in a choked voice, "Aunt, do you hate me too?"
As she spoke, she reached out and grabbed the corner of Zhong Xuexi's clothes, "I will listen to you in everything, aunt, can you please stop hating me?"
Because she has been living with others since she was young, Zhong Niannian is more sensitive than other children of the same age.
In fact, ever since she could remember, she had felt that her aunt didn't like her and her brother, so after they moved into the Zhong family, they had always been very cautious. She thought that she could please others if she tried hard to be well-behaved.
But after all this time, her aunt still didn't even smile at her and her brother.
Zhong Xuexi paused as her chopsticks paused, a hint of impatience flashed across her eyes, "What is there about you that I like?"
Zhong Niannian bit her lower lip, unable to control her emotions any longer, and burst into tears.
Li Guixiang, who heard the noise in the room, hurried out. Seeing Zhong Niannian crying so sadly as if she had done something wrong, she held the little girl in her arms. "What's wrong with you again?"
Zhong Xuexi didn't even raise her head, her tone was extremely disdainful, "She's just like her last mother! She thinks that if she sheds a few tears, everyone will coax her and give in to her, right?"
"Zhong Xuexi!"
Zhong Heyang rushed over after hearing the news and stood in front of the kitchen door, his face as cold as ice. "For a man, you even ignored your own relatives?"
Zhong Xuexi screamed, "Relatives? She is your relative! All of you protect her and care about her, but I am just an extra outsider!"
Lin Ziqiu, who came down with Zhong Heyang, was afraid that they would quarrel, so she tried to stop them: "We are all family, so let's talk it out..."
“Bang—”
Zhong Xuexi threw the bowl to the ground, and porcelain pieces flew everywhere.
"Who are we family with? What do you have to do here? Do you need to pretend to be a good person?"
“Pah—”
Li Guixiang couldn't bear it any longer and raised her hand to slap Zhong Xuexi in the face.
Zhong Xuexi covered her face which was numb from the pain, her pupils shrank in disbelief, "At the beginning you only knew how to protect Zhong Xueyuan! Now you beat me up for a country bumpkin you just married into the family, good! Very good! If you don't love me, why do you still support me?"
"I--"
Li Guixiang regretted the beating and wanted to reach out and hug her.
But Zhong Xuexi wouldn't let her touch him at all and stayed far away. "Since this family can't accommodate me, it's okay for me to leave, right?"
After saying that, she ran out crying.
“Xiao Xi——” Li Guixiang wanted to chase after her, but was stopped by Zhong Heyang, “Grandma! Let her go!”
"That's your own sister!"
Zhong Heyang did not let go. He rarely got angry at home, but what Zhong Xuexi had just said was really annoying!
"She is so stubborn. Do you think you can protect her forever? Look at what she said. What kind of person is that!"
Li Guixiang slowly closed her eyes.
Lin Ziqiu picked up Zhong Niannian and coaxed her in a low voice: "Be good, Niannian. You're crying like a kitten. Your brother will laugh at you later!"
Hearing her gentle voice, Zhong Niannian sniffed, wrapped her arms tightly around her neck, and hid her face in it.
"I'll carry her upstairs first." Lin Ziqiu raised her eyes and looked at Zhong Heyang, "It's dark outside, and it's not safe for my little sister to be a girl. Brother Zhong, no matter how angry you are, you have to consider her safety."
Zhong Heyang frowned slightly, as if he was awakened by Lin Ziqiu's words.
After going upstairs, Lin Ziqiu put Zhong Niannian on the bed and took out some White Rabbit milk candies from the cupboard.
She stuffed the candy into Zhong Niannian's shirt pocket, peeled the remaining one and handed it to her mouth, "When you are unhappy, you should eat sweet things, so that you won't feel bitter."
Zhong Niannian's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she opened her mouth and swallowed the candy.
The aroma of milk spread on the tip of her tongue, sweet, and she didn't seem so sad anymore.
"Mom, do you know why my aunt hated my last mom?"
Lin Ziqiu was stunned. In fact, she didn’t know much about the Zhong family.
But as far as I can remember, Zhong Heyang never married in his life. His godsister Zhong Xueyuan devoted herself to art after her divorce, and after retiring from the art troupe, she went to film.
As for Zhong Xuexi, there is very little information about her. We only know that she later married a teacher, whose surname seemed to be Wei.
Last name Wei!
She took a deep breath and asked seriously, "Nian Nian, what's your father's name?"
Zhong Niannian was stunned for a moment, "My father's name is Wei Zhihe."
His last name is really Wei!
No wonder Zhong Heyang said that Zhong Xuexi ignored her own relatives for a man.
It turns out that the two sisters fell in love with the same man, but if Zhong Xueyuan really loved Wei Zhihe, why did they end up getting divorced?
In this era, divorces are very rare. Many couples will not reach the point of divorce even if they have a disagreement, as they think divorce is a shameful thing.
Not to mention families like the Zhong family and the Wei family.
Something else must have happened.
Zhong Niannian clutched the corner of her clothes tightly with her hands, tears welling up in her eyes, looking extremely pitiful, "Mom, why are you asking this? Do you hate me too and want to send me back to Dad's house?"
Lin Ziqiu quickly comforted him, "That's not the case. This is your home. You can stay here as long as you want."
"As for your aunt, she definitely likes you in her heart, but she has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Besides, our Nian Nian is so well behaved, who wouldn't like her?"
Zhong Niannian blinked doubtfully.
At this time, Zhong Siyu walked in with a bag on his back. He took Zhong Niannian's hand and pulled her out without saying a word.
"Brother! Where are you taking me?"
Zhong Siyu pursed his lips, his handsome face full of stubbornness.
Although he couldn't speak, he was conscious and knew that his sister had been wronged, so he wanted to take her away.
After all, brothers and sisters are connected by heart. Zhong Niannian quickly understood what he meant. She stopped and said, "Brother, we can't leave. This is our home too." "Besides... we can't go to Dad's house... Grandpa and grandma don't like us."
Zhong Niannian took out some candy from her bosom and gave half of it to Zhong Siyu, "Brother, I'm fine. Auntie didn't bully me. I was just a little unhappy... I miss my mother..."
Zhong Siyu looked at his sister quietly, his eyes slightly red.
People are made of flesh and blood. In this life, she originally just wanted to raise her baby in a Buddhist way, but now she is a little moved.
After such a commotion, the two children were tired and finally rested in Lin Ziqiu's room.
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