Although the truth of these words could not be verified, Xiao Yunying knew that the original owner did not like them asking about her affairs.
Moreover, after spending the past few days with them, she felt that these children were quite sensible and unlikely to repay kindness with enmity.
She was blinded by anger and unable to think calmly.
After a few days of calming down, she had calmed down and believed about 70% of what Luo Yang had said.
Xiao Yunying's face felt a little hot.
At first, she was somewhat disheartened by how Luo Chen and the others treated her, feeling that she was insignificant in their eyes, that they couldn't be close to her, and that her sincere efforts had been in vain.
Thinking about it from another perspective, since I don't have that memory, my first suspicion is about these children. I've never considered other possibilities. Isn't this a kind of biased thinking that arises from my prejudice against them?
“Stepmother, you don’t know, my elder brother and Ali haven’t been eating or sleeping well these past few days. They both know they were wrong and feel very guilty. They don’t dare to disturb you while you’re recovering, for fear of upsetting you. Ali only dared to talk to you after seeing you go out today.”
Xiao Yunying smacked her head: "After all that, do you want me to stay and live with you?"
"yes."
“I already said I will provide you with food and lodging until you grow up or Luo Sheng comes back. If you are not at ease, we can draw up a written agreement.”
"It has nothing to do with money."
Xiao Yunying said bluntly, "Do you all know that I am not the original Xiao Yunying?"
"Only my older brother and I know."
"Is it your idea to make me stay, or his?"
"It is the meaning of all of us."
Xiao Yunying frowned: "Aren't you afraid of me?"
Luo Yang said seriously and earnestly, "Don't be afraid. I believe that my stepmother will not harm us. I can feel that you treat us very well. Apart from Father and Grandmother, no one will treat us as well as you do."
"Stop, don't flatter me."
After hearing Luo Yang's story, Xiao Yunying understood why Luo Chen had said that night that she also disliked them as a burden and didn't want them.
The word “也” is quite intriguing.
That was the shadow left by their biological mother.
Xiao Yunying turned and walked towards her parents' home: "Luo Yang, there are some things your older brother doesn't understand, but you should understand. I am not the original Xiao Yunying. I don't like Luo Sheng, and I can't live with him. Regardless of whether he comes back in the future, the thing I want to do most right now is to sever ties with him."
Luo Yang quickly caught up with her and said rapidly, "I know my stepmother doesn't like my father, so he probably won't be back anytime soon. Even if he does come back, if my stepmother doesn't like him, she can just let him move out on his own."
Stepmother, Xin'er is still young. She doesn't understand what you're saying. She doesn't even know what "stepmother" means. She's always treated you like her own mother. She'll only feel that you've abandoned her. Stepmother, can you really bear to hurt Xin'er?
Xiao Yunying glanced at him: "In this respect, you are just like your older brother, thinking that you have grasped my weakness and using it to threaten me."
Luo Yang pinched his palm, reminding himself not to be too hasty, lest it backfire.
“Stepmother, I’m not threatening you. I just don’t want Xin’er to experience the feeling of being abandoned by her mother at such a young age, just like me.”
My eldest brother is a bit stubborn. He knows we're not Dad's biological children. Although he doesn't say it, he's always worried that Dad deliberately abandoned us. That's why he was so agitated that night and said some things he shouldn't have.
Xiao Yunying was really annoyed: "Don't you think Luo Sheng abandoned you on purpose?"
Luo Yang shook his head: "Father won't abandon us. Even if we're not his biological children, we're still of the Luo family bloodline. Even if Father doesn't want us, Grandmother won't. They must have encountered something that prevented them from coming back, and the situation is very unfavorable for them. They can't even send back a letter."
“You’ve thought things through quite clearly, even more so than your older brother.” Xiao Yunying suddenly stopped and bent down: “Your father, he wouldn’t be plotting a rebellion, would he?”
"Huh?" Luo Yang saw that she asked seriously and didn't seem to be joking: "I don't think so."
Xiao Yunying turned and walked towards her parents' home: "As long as you don't rebel, that's fine. There are crimes of collective punishment here, and I don't want to be implicated by your unlucky father."
Luo Yang stood there stunned for a moment before he understood what Xiao Yunying meant. He jogged to catch up with her and asked, "Stepmother, do you agree to let me stay?"
Xiao Yunying had to admit that Luo Yang was truly eloquent; every word he uttered struck the softest spot in her heart.
It would be a shame if he didn't become a lawyer in modern times.
Luo Yang seemed to have figured out that she was only responsive to gentle persuasion and not to force, so he would always intentionally or unintentionally show her a pitiful state, making it impossible for her to refuse him.
Fine, she'll just play the role of Guanyin Bodhisattva, the savior of those in distress.
“Let’s live together for now. It will snow by the time we finish building your house, and there won’t be time to build a second one. I can’t stay at my parents’ house forever; it wouldn’t look good if word got out.”
Luo Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Unlike his usual composed and calm smile, he had a more lively and cheerful expression that belonged only to his childhood: "Don't worry, stepmother, I will tell my older brother and Ali that they will never make you angry again."
Xiao Yunying responded with an "Mmm," but the corners of her mouth unconsciously curled up.
In fact, she had been feeling quite heavy-hearted these past few days, especially worried about Luo Xin, and didn't know how to tell the little girl.
Now that everything has been explained clearly, she has nothing left to be upset about.
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