"Shut up!" Chen's mother roared. "You're not eating today. You'd better reflect on your actions!"
Chen Xue pouted, her face full of resentment.
Looking at Chen's mother who was protecting her, Xiao Tuantuan felt a warm current in her heart: "Grandmother, it's okay, Tuantuan is not sad, and Grandmother is not sad either."
Looking at the obedient Xiao Tuantuan, Chen's mother felt extremely sorry for her.
Upon hearing this, Li Dandan rolled her eyes. She really knows how to flatter!
Chen's mother took Xiao Tuantuan's hand and walked outside. Seeing this, Li Dandan whispered a few words to Chen Xue, and then said, "You are the one with the Chen family bloodline. I don't believe they would wrong you for the sake of outsiders!"
Xiao Tuantuan followed behind Chen's mother with her short legs, a faint smile in her eyes.
"You silly girl, you're laughing even though you've been bullied?" Chen's mother stopped and looked at Xiao Tuantuan, who was jogging alongside her, with a hint of annoyance and heartache in her eyes.
Chen's mother took Xiao Tuantuan for a stroll outside. Just as they reached the gate, they saw a carriage.
"Mother!" Xiao Tuantuan, with her sharp eyes, spotted Chen Zhixiu and quickly ran over.
Chen Zhixiu turned around and hugged Xiao Tuantuan.
Xiao Tuantuan exclaimed in surprise, her eyes wide with astonishment: "Mother is so beautiful!"
"That's right, look who did it!"
"My aunt is so beautiful!" Xiao Tuantuan exclaimed, her eyes sparkling.
"You have such a sweet tongue!" Nan Nian jumped off the carriage, lifting her skirt. A bright smile graced her oval face, dazzling and captivating.
Xiao Tuantuan turned her head and looked at Chen Zhixiu again.
Today, Chen Zhixiu wore a white long dress with petals embroidered with gold thread, which shimmered in the sunlight and looked exceptionally beautiful.
Her hair was also styled, with her jet-black hair held in place by a jade hairpin, and the strands of hair on her forehead fluttering in the breeze, adding a touch of messiness.
Chen Zhixiu has delicate features, and her oval face is only the size of a palm, making her instantly captivating.
If Nan Nian is a blooming peony, then Chen Zhixiu is a lily in the rain.
"Tuanzi, have some candy!" Nan Nian grabbed a handful of candy and put it in Xiao Tuanzi's pocket. Looking at Xiao Tuanzi's clothes full of patches, her heart ached. "Auntie bought Tuanzi new clothes. How about you try them on later?"
Xiao Tuantuan turned to look at Chen Zhixiu: "Mother..."
Chen Zhixiu patted Xiao Tuantuan's little head: "Quickly thank your aunt."
"Thank you, Aunt! You're a good person!" Xiao Tuantuan said quickly, her cheerful voice filled with satisfaction.
Nan Nian smiled and fed a piece of candy to Xiao Tuantuan: "Eat it."
The sweet taste filled her mouth, but Xiao Tuantuan was stunned.
In her previous life, she had never worn new clothes or eaten candy with such beautiful packaging in the past fifteen years.
“Delicious…” Xiao Tuantuan said indistinctly, her almond-shaped eyes shining brightly.
"I want candy too! This is my family's candy!" Li Dandan, who had been eavesdropping, was furious and pushed Chen Xue away.
Chen Xue couldn't hold back any longer and rushed straight to Xiao Tuantuan, trying to snatch the candy away.
Xiao Tuantuan instinctively covered her pocket, took two steps back, and looked at Chen Xue warily.
Chen Xue glared angrily at Xiao Tuantuan: "You little bastard! Give me back my candy!"
"Chen Xue!"
Nan Nian shouted, her smile vanishing completely: "What little bastard? Where did you learn that?"
"She's a bastard! A bastard that Dad didn't want!" Chen Xue shouted, her neck stiff. "My aunt is biased! She won't give me candy! My aunt is a bad person!"
Chen's mother grabbed Chen Xue's arm and pulled her in front of Xiao Tuantuan, angrily demanding, "Apologize!"
"Why should I apologize! I didn't do anything wrong! Grandma's a bad girl! Waaah!" Chen Xue cried loudly, "I want candy! I want candy!"
With a stern face, Chen's mother said coldly, "If you don't apologize today, don't even think about eating anything!"
"Waaah!" Chen Xue plopped down on the ground, crying and begging for candy while kicking her legs and acting like a brat.
Nan Nian was furious: "I bought the candy, I can give it to whomever I want, what's it to you?"
"They're all my candy! They're my candy!"
"What are you doing? How can you bully a child!" Li Dandan quickly came over and helped Chen Xue up with heartache. "Sister-in-law, it's just a piece of candy, why are you being so stingy?"
Nan Nian laughed angrily: "Is this about the sugar? Li Dandan, is this the child you raised? What bastard? You better explain yourself!"
Chen Zhixiu was stunned. She never expected that someone would call Tuantuan a bastard!
For a moment, I felt as if two hands were tightly gripping my heart, making me feel like I was suffocating.
"Wow, this fabric must be expensive, right?" Li Dandan didn't answer Nan Nian's question, but instead looked at Chen Zhixiu with jealousy and said dismissively, "Why would someone who's been divorced dress so nicely?"
"Dressed like that, no wonder she got dumped."
"Could it be that she's having an affair with someone at her husband's house?!"
"Smack!"
Chen's mother slapped Li Dandan across the face: "Shut up!"
Li Dandan covered her face, looking even more aggrieved: "Mom, I was just saying, it's not true, why did you hit me?"
"Heh." Nan Nian looked at Li Dandan with sarcasm. "I think you're itching for a beating after three days, aren't you?"
"You, you're all ganging up on me!" Li Dandan wailed.
Li Dandan's wailing, combined with Chen Xue's sobbing, made everyone present's ears ache.
"What did we do wrong? Why are you treating me like this? Just because my husband isn't home, you're all ganging up on me to bully me?"
Chen Zhixiu pursed her lips, her expression somber: "Sister-in-law, Mother, let them in. I'll find a place to move out as soon as possible..."
What are you doing?
A strong voice rang out, and Li Dandan's eyes lit up. She quickly gave Chen Xue a look, and Chen Xue scrambled to her feet and rushed towards Chen Luo: "Grandfather, Xue'er has been bullied, waaaah! Grandfather, you must stand up for me!"
Chen Luo frowned: "What's going on?"
"Xiao Tuantuan ate all the candy! She didn't give me a single piece!"
Chen Luo glanced at the quiet Xiao Tuantuan and said in a deep voice, "Is that so?"
Li Dandan instantly became smug, glanced at Chen Zhixiu provocatively, and then said with feigned grievance, "Dad, it's okay, Xue'er just got cravings after seeing Tuantuan eat eggs today."
Li Dandan's words were simply telling Chen Luo that Xiao Tuantuan not only ate candy but also eggs, while Chen Xue ate nothing. Chen Luo, who is always fair, would definitely blame others for this, which would also negatively affect his impression of Xiao Tuantuan.
"How many eggs did you eat?" Chen Luo asked his mother, puzzled.
“There was only one when we saw it, but who knows if it had been eaten before…” Li Dandan said quickly before Chen’s mother could answer, with a smug look on her face.
Chen Luo nodded, his tone reproachful: "How can a few eggs be enough? That's not nutritious enough. Kill a chicken to supplement Tuantuan's diet."
"Yes, what did Dad say...?" Li Dandan snapped out of her daze and froze.
Xiao Tuantuan looked at her stern grandfather, feeling a warmth in her heart, but...
The next second, Xiao Tuantuan raised her head, crying, "Grandfather, Tuantuan isn't a bastard, Mother didn't cheat on me, waaaah..."
Tell on me!
Who can't do that?
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