"Grandpa, I didn't..."
Li Muchen wanted to defend himself, but was interrupted by the old man, "If you had focused more on your studies, you wouldn't have caused so much trouble. Even if the bracelet really hurt you, you deserved it. Why did you touch Yanbao's bracelet for no reason? Didn't your mother teach you that you can't touch other people's things without their permission?"
The old man made no attempt to hide his favoritism towards the third wife and that little girl, which filled Liang Xunling with resentment.
She grabbed Li Muchen's arm and pulled him aside, saying sarcastically, "Muchen, you're not allowed to touch that bracelet again! It's someone else's valuable stuff, we can't afford to touch it!"
In the old man's eyes, only the third branch of the family truly suited his tastes. As the eldest branch, they deserved all the glory and prestige...
In order to win the old man's favor, Liang Xunling made a lot of efforts. The old man liked his granddaughter, so she tried to find a way to have her sister's daughter adopted into the Li family. However, the old man completely disregarded her feelings and refused on the spot.
This has caused her to feel indebted to her elder sister in her maternal family to this day.
Liang Xunling, who already harbored resentment towards the third wife, felt her resentment deepen with the arrival of Xiao Xinyan.
Old Master Li, however, was too lazy to pay attention to his eldest daughter-in-law, who was always causing trouble. He turned to look at Xiao Xinyan, his expression instantly becoming kind and gentle. He smiled warmly and said:
"Yanbao, quickly put your bracelet away. Since it is your mother's keepsake, you should keep it safe and not show it to others easily in the future."
"Thank you, Grandpa." The sweet, soft voice always brings a sense of relief and joy.
Xiao Xinyan reached out and picked up her bracelet. It was still warm to the touch, and there was no stinging sensation as her second brother had described.
She held it in her hand and looked at it, wondering if it was just her imagination. The bracelet didn't seem so black anymore; in fact, under the sunlight, it even had a faint greenish tinge, and the base color seemed more translucent...
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