At the dining table, a little girl with twin ponytails and wearing fashionable children's clothes was already sitting there.
The sound of leather shoes tapping on the ground attracted the little girl's attention, and she looked towards the dining room door.
I saw her stepfather walking in slowly with her stepsister. Her stepsister had a chubby, rosy face and was looking up and saying something to her stepfather, and her stepfather responded with a patient smile.
.......It's really an eyesore.
Chu Mingzhu jumped off the stool, flew over and hugged her stepfather's thighs, and said sweetly:
"Dad! Good morning~"
"Good morning." Chu Qi looked down at her stepdaughter.
In the original novel, her methods of bullying Chu Le were more sinister than her mother's.
He called on his classmates to isolate Chu Le and bully her.
At home, he said one thing in front of others and another behind their backs, playing the double-faced role and accusing Chu Le of bullying him. He then pretended to be pitiful in front of his stepfather, making his stepfather feel more pity for him and dislike Chu Le.
A big reason why Chu Le was so eager to change schools was that he wanted to escape the persecution of his stepsister.
Fortunately, Chu Le has changed schools now and no longer needs to be afraid of Chu Mingzhu's moves.
They are not together. She is just a seven-year-old elementary school student. Can she grow wings and fly to Chu Le School to harm her?
The three of them sat down in turn, Chu Mingzhu sat on Chu Qi's left and Chu Le sat on the right.
"Yesterday...why didn't I see my sister going to school?"
Chu Mingzhu swallowed a mouthful of sandwich, stared at her stepsister with her big, blinking eyes, and spoke softly.
Little Chule felt scared when he thought of his stepsister's horrible expression that night. He could not help but shrink to the side and hide next to his father to avoid being seen by his stepsister.
She whispered, "I didn't go to school yesterday."
"Why?" Chu Mingzhu asked with concern: "Sister, are you feeling unwell? But I see that you seem to be fine.
"Being lazy and not going to school is not a good thing for a child."
She spoke as if jokingly, but she was always paying attention to her stepfather's expression out of the corner of her eyes.
Little Chu Le pursed his lips and hugged Chu Qi's arm tightly as if asking for help.
"Your sister has transferred to another school." Chu Qi spoke up to help.
Chu Mingzhu's heart sank, but she asked aggrievedly: "Why didn't you tell me about the transfer? I want to go to the same school as my sister..."
"Mingzhu," Chu Qi said in a serious tone, "Dad thought you should be a strong and independent child."
When Chu Mingzhu heard this, she immediately raised her head proudly. Was her father praising her?
"Yeah!" She nodded excitedly. Her father said she was a good child!
Really happy.
Unexpectedly, Chu Qi changed the subject in the next sentence and said more seriously:
"Strong and independent child, stop clinging to your sister. You need to learn to play by yourself. You know? Your sister used to play by herself. You can't be inferior to her."
The sugar-coated bullet plus the contrast stimulation made Chu Mingzhu dizzy.
She couldn't help but feel a sense of unwillingness to admit defeat: if her sister could do it, she could do it too, and do it better!
Thinking of this, Chu Mingzhu focused on eating breakfast and stopped asking Chu Le which school he was in.
At least, not in front of Dad.
The three of them had almost finished their breakfast when Lin Nuannuan arrived late.
She put on thick makeup to cover her red and swollen eyelids and purple cheeks to prevent her husband from noticing anything was wrong.
"Good morning, Mom~" Chu Mingzhu smiled sweetly.
When little Chu Le saw Lin Nuannuan, she subconsciously shrank her neck. Chu Qi silently held her hand to comfort her and encouraged her:
"Le Le, say hello to your Aunt Lin."
Xiao Chule was encouraged, and his fear was relieved. He said softly:
"Good morning, Aunt Lin."
"Hey~ Good morning, Xiaole."
Lin Nuannuan pretended to be affectionate and tried to touch little Chule's head, but the latter's body stiffened and his smile became ugly.
Chu Qi asked in confusion: "Nuan Nuan, why do I feel like Le Le is afraid of you? Did you... bully her behind my back?"
Lin Nuannuan's expression froze: "How is it possible... I think Xiaole is just a little shy and introverted. Xiaole, you should learn more from your sister. She is not afraid of people and will take the initiative to say hello to uncles and aunts when she meets them."
On the one hand, this statement both elevates Chu Mingzhu and on the other hand, it belittles Chu Le.
Lin Nuannuan spoke fluently, as if she were very familiar with it.
Chu Qi frowned slightly, took three seconds to organize his words, and said slowly:
"After a year together, Lele is still afraid of you. This is not a personality issue. Lele is just a child. How can she understand anything?
"You haven't been able to get along well with Lele for a whole year, and this is wrong of you as an adult.
"Nuan Nuan, I'm so disappointed in you. Are you really qualified to be the wife of the Chu family? I wanted to let you go to the main house to meet the elders this year, but now... let's talk about it later!"
"I won't say any more. Lele is going to be late for school."
Chu Qi took little Chu Le and left slowly, while Lin Nuannuan stood there digesting Chu Qi's words.
This year, we are planning to let her return to the main house to meet the elders...
Isn't this what she has always dreamed of?
When she met the elders, she was the legitimate Mrs. Chu, and no longer suffered the cold shoulder from people in the circle...
But now, just because I didn’t have a good relationship with my stepdaughter, this opportunity is gone?
No, she couldn't just watch the opportunity slip away...
Lin Nuannuan gritted her teeth, sat next to Chu Mingzhu, looked into her eyes and said:
"Mingzhu, the plan has changed. I don't know why your father suddenly favors Chu Le. You have to work hard to build a good relationship with Chu Le and make a good impression in front of your father, understand?"
"......knew."
Chu Mingzhu bit her lip unwillingly. She didn't want to have a good relationship with the person who stole her father.
But since her mother said so, Chu Mingzhu decided to just be nicer to Chu Le.
.....
Chu Qi donated a building to Xiao Chule's new school. The principal was so happy that he personally brought people to the school gate to welcome Xiao Chule early in the morning.
His words and deeds were full of assurance that he would take good care of little Chule.
After sending the people to school, Chu Qi, accompanied by the principal, went to the new class with little Chu Le.
Grade 1 (3) Class.
Only after seeing with her own eyes how little Chu Le got along well with his new classmates did Chu Qi feel at ease to leave the school.
After taking a tour of the company and having a cordial conversation with the third-in-command, Chu Qi went to the mental hospital where his deceased wife was staying to look for clues.
Qingshan Mental Hospital.
This is a historic mental hospital with complete facilities and dozens of staff members to take care of the mentally ill.
The first level is where the lowest level of mental patients are cared for, and the second level is where the slightly wealthier mental patients are cared for.
The third floor is where the original owner’s deceased wife lived.
Led by the female nurse, Chu Qi came to the ward where Chen Yue once lived.
The female nurse told Chu Qi some gossip about Ward 306.
It is said that after Chen Yue's death, a woman in hospital gown would appear in her ward every midnight, sitting on the window balcony of the ward and singing unknown songs.
The woman's hair was disheveled and her face could not be seen clearly.
The balcony of the ward is sealed.
It is impossible for a normal person to break through...
That is to say.
That woman is most likely Chen Yue...
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