While Xiao Wangshu was relaxing, Lin Shuang took a quick step forward and hugged her.
"Okay, okay, don't cry anymore, mom is here."
Xiao Wangshu felt exhausted in the water when he was held, and he wanted to struggle free.
Lin Shuang sensed Xiao Wangshu's agitation and immediately used some strength, but she did not dare to use more strength, fearing that her excessive strength would hurt her.
Xiao Wangshu suddenly broke free and bit Lin Shuang.
"Hiss, bite me!"
But she didn't resist. If this could help calm her down, then that was fine.
After about an incense stick of time, Xiao Wangshu slowly fell to the ground.
Lin Shuang felt that the strength in her hands was gone, and looked down at Xiao Wangshu who had fallen down.
"Xiao Ce, let's put Wangshu to bed."
"Okay." Everyone felt a little depressed.
Xiao Jingyu went to the kitchen alone to cook porridge for Xiao Yi. He couldn't find the rice and thought that his stepmother had saved it.
He ran to Lin Shuang with great momentum.
"Where did you put the rice? Did you hide it? You just want to starve my father to death. How can you be so cruel?"
"When grandpa and grandma come back, I'll let them sell you. You were bought by my family anyway."
Xiao Jingyu said everything he was thinking. He also wanted to see Lin Shuang crying.
Unfortunately, he was destined to be disappointed. Not only did Lin Shuang not cry, but no one could understand the expression on her face.
He looked at Xiao Jingyu with a serious look.
"Are you done? Have you said enough?"
"That's all. Humph, just wait. It won't be long before you're sold out."
Lin Shuang nodded angrily, gnashing her teeth, and looked around until she saw a thin bamboo.
He immediately came up with an idea and picked up the small bamboo stick and hit Xiao Jingyu with it.
"Xiao Ce, hold him back for me."
Xiao Ce didn't move.
Lin Shuang glanced at Xiao Ce with a sneer on her face, "Why? I can't call you anymore."
Xiao Ce stepped forward hesitantly and grabbed Xiao Jingyu.
"Brother, what are you doing? Let me go, let me go."
"Are you still my elder brother? You actually help this bad woman." Xiao Jingyu began to get scared and felt a little panicked.
"Jing Yu, you shouldn't have said that just now."
Lin Shuang simply pulled down Xiao Jingyu's pants and started whipping him.
"Ah, you vicious bad woman, you just want to beat me to death now, you will not die well, you will go to the eighteen levels of hell."
“Ah! Ah!”
"Alright, I'll go to hell. Looks like I didn't hit you hard enough."
He increased the force and hit her a few more times.
"I told you not to learn your lesson. No matter what I did before, did I disappoint you today?"
"Did I hit you? Did I abandon you when we met the wild boar in the mountains? Did I deny you food at night?"
"You really are. It seems like you ignored what I said this morning. Even if you don't believe what I said, you should believe what I did instead of making arbitrary conclusions here."
"You're going to sell me off, you're so bold! You're treating me like a servant, right? You can sell me off whenever you want."
"Even if your father bought me back before, I was married and married. I can't be sold off with just a word from you. Do you know what will happen to me if I'm sold off?"
"Am I raising an ungrateful person?"
"Ahhh, wuwu." Xiao Jingyu kept crying. His butt was covered with red marks, but it didn't hurt much. When he was tired of beating her, he threw away the small bamboo whip in his hand and went back to the room without looking back.
"You are a bad woman." Xiao Jingyu was still crying and cursing.
"Third brother, shut up." Xiao Ce's face was gloomy and his angry look scared Xiao Jingyu.
"Brother, what are you doing? It hurts."
"You are really outrageous. How could you say such a thing? Have you forgotten what I said to you when I left home today?"
"Besides, today's stepmother is obviously different. Why do we have to irritate her?"
"I just feel that she has bad intentions." Xiao Jingyu curled his lips.
"Don't you have good intentions? Didn't you eat the food she cooked?"
"Wow, brother, you bullied me." Xiao Ce carried Xiao Jingyu directly to their woodshed instead of going to Lin Shuang's room.
"You stay here first, little sister. Stay with him. Keep an eye on Wangshu and Jingyu."
"Brother, don't worry. As for the stepmother..." Xiao Nanxin didn't know what to do. On one side was the stepmother who was showing kindness to him, and on the other side was his third brother, whose brows were furrowed like a caterpillar.
"Let the stepmother stay alone for a while, I'll go check on her later." Xiao Ce didn't know what to do. He didn't want to see this mess.
"Yeah." Xiao Nanxin looked at his second sister and third brother with disappointment. Why were they fine in the afternoon, but now it has only been a short time and they have become like this.
With his brows furrowed like a caterpillar, he walked over to the two of them.
Xiao Ce sighed, turned around and went back to the kitchen to see where the rice was.
After searching everywhere, I still couldn't find any trace of rice, and my doubts grew.
He had no choice but to leave the kitchen and walked to Lin Shuang's door. He hesitated, wanting to knock but not daring to. His stepmother must be angry. If he were the stepmother, he would also be angry when his third brother said such harsh words.
I didn’t know what to do for a moment.
Looking at the door in front of him, Xiao Ce lowered his head in disappointment, turned around, and prepared to go to his father's room to check.
Just then, the door creaked and some light shone out, lengthening his shadow.
"Here's some rice. Go make some porridge for your father."
Lin Shuang's cold voice sounded behind him. Xiao Ce was startled, his eyes widened in shock, and he quickly turned around to look at the scene in disbelief.
The stepmother kept holding the small cloth bag in her hand towards herself, with no extra emotion on her face, but Xiao Ce could feel her disappointment in them.
I don’t know why, but looking at the appearance of my stepmother in front of me, I feel a little uncomfortable and have an indescribable feeling.
"Take it." The cold voice sounded again. Xiao Ce pursed his lips, but still took it reluctantly.
"Thank you, stepmother. I'm sorry for what happened today." Xiao Ce said and bowed.
Lin Shuang lowered her eyes and looked at the 9-year-old boy in front of her who was bending over and bowing 90 degrees. His eyelashes trembled slightly, and his tone softened a little, which she didn't expect.
"You don't have to do this. Whoever did something wrong should admit it. You can't admit it on their behalf."
"We should all be responsible for our actions and words. I know that any harm caused to others cannot be offset by a simple apology."
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