Chapter 5: Rice with Spices
Wan Jiayin quickly stepped forward and took Yaya from Yue Mingyuan's arms, and coaxed her softly, "Be good, Yaya, don't cry, don't cry."
Yaya stopped crying instantly, and even deliberately angered Wang Fengqin, and giggled at Wan Jiayin.
Wan Jiayin teased Yaya, then raised her eyes and glanced at Wang Fengqin: "Mother-in-law, you have been busy for a long time, take a break, there are so many of us, we can just look after Yaya."
Wang Fengqin looked unhappy and grumbled aggrievedly, "Why is this child not close to me? How did I offend her?"
[What a great actor!] You want to kill me, and you scheme against my mom time and time again! I still kissed you, as if I were crazy! 】
[You added blood-activating herbs to my mother's millet porridge, and added that kind of medicine to my father's pie, trying to help that ugly freak! snort! Evil old witch! 】
She didn't remember much from her short one month life in her previous life, but she remembered this incident particularly clearly.
Because of the added ingredients in the millet porridge, my mother's health was getting worse, so the old witch took this opportunity to suggest taking my mother home to take care of her.
The ugly girl had the opportunity to seduce Dad, but she failed. She deliberately told Mom, causing the relationship between Mom and Dad, which had eased because of her birth, to drop to freezing point in an instant.
Thinking of these things, Yaya was so angry that she waved her little fists vigorously, wishing she could send the old witch and the ugly monster into outer space with one punch.
Yue Mingyuan was about to pour a bowl of millet porridge for Shen Zhiqiu, but Yaya's words in his mind made him pause and put the thermos bucket back.
Turning his head and seeing Shen Zhiqiu looking at him, Yue Mingyuan tightened his fingers, not knowing how to explain to her.
Shen Zhiqiu and Shen Liya don’t have a very good relationship, but he respects his stepmother Wang Fengqin very much.
"Mingyuan, I'm a little tired and want to sleep for a while."
Yue Mingyuan helped Shen Zhiqiu lie down, and Shen Zhiqiu held Yue Mingyuan's hand: "If you are not hungry, wait for me to wake up and eat together, okay?"
Yue Mingyuan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Okay."
"Zhiqiu, if you said you didn't want to eat, that's fine, but why don't you let Xiaoyuan eat?"
Wang Fengqin got anxious when she heard this and called to Yue Mingyuan: "Xiaoyuan, don't listen to her, just eat it! This pie will collapse if it's left out for too long and won't taste good anymore."
“That’s right, sister, how can you be like this!” Shen Liya chimed in: “You don’t sympathize with your brother-in-law at all.”
Yue Mingyuan replied to Wang Fengqin coldly: "Mom, I'm not hungry. I'll wait for Zhiqiu to wake up before eating."
"Let him wait for Zhiqiu. Zhiqiu has been tired for a long time, but he didn't do anything."
Wan Jiayin stood up and called everyone: "Let's go to the living room and let Zhiqiu have a good rest."
Upon hearing this, everyone else walked out, and naturally it was not appropriate for Wang Fengqin and Shen Liya to stay any longer.
Seeing that everyone had gone out, Shen Zhiqiu pulled Yue Mingyuan down, his eyes full of pleading: "Mingyuan, please! Take good care of Yaya, she is my life! You must not let my family get close to Yaya!"
"Ya Ya is our daughter, and she is my life!"
Yue Mingyuan stuffed Shen Zhiqiu's arms back into the quilt, tucked in the places where there might be air leakage, and patted her gently: "Zhiqiu, you can sleep without worry, I am here."
"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, please don't mind it. It's us who spoiled Zhiqiu."
In the living room, after everyone sat down, Wang Fengqin smiled apologetically at Yue Guohuai and Wan Jiayin: "Zhiqiu's mother passed away early. As a stepmother, it is difficult for me to force some things, and her father is a hands-off boss."
"Besides, Zhiqiu is like her mother. She has been pretty since she was young, and she is very popular with little boys. I remember when she was in junior high school, there were often boys waiting for her at the door of our house."
"Yes, yes, I remember it too." Shen Liya curled her lips: "I also saw my sister holding hands with Dashachun..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Why would your sister like Dashachun?" Wang Fengqin glared at Shen Liya: "The boys your sister likes all have good family backgrounds."
"Mother-in-law, what you said is really interesting."
Wan Jiayin looked at Wang Fengqin, then turned his gaze to Shen Liya, and pointed it out directly: "This woman's reputation is the most important. Her family can't protect her in time. This is the first time I've seen someone throw dirty water on their own child."
"Or... are you doing this because it's not your child?"
Wan Jiayin stared into Wang Fengqin's eyes and said, "Mother-in-law, would you say this about your own daughter?"
"Oh my, this is really unfair to me."
Wang Fengqin quickly stood up and explained in a panic, "Mother-in-law, please don't misunderstand me. I said this because I was afraid that you and your father-in-law would be angry with my Zhiqiu."
"Zhiqiu has been my childhood friend, and I know her best. She is a good kid, but a little too willful."
"Look, I'm making things worse."
"My broken mouth really can't speak!"
Wang Fengqin raised her hand and slapped her mouth. Seeing Yue Mingyuan coming out of the room, she changed the subject: "Xiaoyuan, I can stay here tonight. You can go back now."
"Mom, I didn't see you like this when I gave birth." Shen Liya pouted, very dissatisfied: "My sister gave birth to a child, look at how busy you are, who is your biological child?"
"Your sister is!"
Wang Fengqin raised her hand and poked Shen Liya's forehead, gritting her teeth and hating her: "Compare everything with your sister, can you beat her?"
"Your sister is already a pillar of the art troupe, but you are still just a handyman."
"I don't expect you to be like your sister. If you were half as capable as your sister, I would be able to close my eyes when I die."
"I'm really no match for my sister. My sister had Chen Can protecting her before, and then she found my brother-in-law. I'll never be able to learn this skill in my lifetime." There was undisguised sourness in Shen Liya's tone.
"It's not that you can't learn, or that you don't want to learn, but that you can't learn. After all, you don't have the innate conditions."
Yue Mingyuan stood in front of Shen Liya, looking down at her with a gaze that was cold and filled with undisguised disgust.
"Brother-in-law, how did I offend you? Why do you say that to me?" Shen Liya's self-esteem was severely frustrated, and she couldn't help but break down and yell.
"Wow——" Yaya pretended to be frightened and burst into tears.
Yue Guohuai was so distressed that he coaxed Yaya softly: "Don't cry, dear baby. Don't cry, dear baby."
"Xiaoyuan!" Yue Guohuai scolded Yue Mingyuan coldly, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was dissatisfied with Shen Liya.
"Mother-in-law, you've been tired all day. Go back and have a rest. We will take good care of Zhiqiu and the baby here." Wan Jiayin had a very unhappy look on her face and ordered them to leave.
Wang Fengqin wanted to say something, but glanced at Yue Guohuai and didn’t dare to speak again, so she had to pull Shen Liya away.
When the two of them walked to the door, Yue Mingyuan's voice came: "Your sister needs to have a good rest. Don't come to disturb her in the next few days."
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