“You’re right. Mom thinks you’re not wrong. He said those things because he’s jealous of you.”
“His mother is jealous of your mother, and then he is jealous of you, son. People with different values should not associate with each other. If they say anything unpleasant in the future, just pretend you didn’t hear it.”
Suti seizes every opportunity to instill correct ideas in them, fearing they might be influenced by others.
Chaochao and Hehe didn't understand the concept of "different paths, different goals"; they only understood that their mother was praising them, so they must not have done anything wrong.
When Li Baichuan returned, he ran right into the Deng family and their group who were about to go and apologize.
"Comrade Li, look at the mess this has made, I'm really sorry, it's all because my child spoke without thinking."
The youngest son of the Deng family gave Deng Xiaojiu a push, telling him to go and apologize to the person.
Li Baichuan had no idea what had happened. Since they had come to apologize, it must be related to his family.
He hadn't heard anything about anything happening at home these past two days. His wife had just returned. What were these people doing? Thinking this, his expression became very stern.
Deng Xiaojiu was already resentful, and he thought that if he went home and complained to his parents, they would feel sorry for him.
She would have protected him, but unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, she got angry and beat him up.
He didn't know why, even though they were the ones who said that Li Tengyuan and the others' mother didn't want them anymore, they were now denying it.
He was even asked to apologize, but when he actually saw Li Tengyuan's father, he was so frightened that he couldn't say a word.
Why isn't his father as tall and capable as Li Tengyuan's father? Why isn't he as good as Li Tengyuan's father?
"I was wrong, I will never do it again, waaaah..." Deng Xiaojiu was really scared now, afraid that Li Tengyuan and his father would hit him.
Uncle Li is different from his father. He will protect Li Tengyuan and the others, unlike his father who is so cowardly.
"You don't need to apologize, we forgive you, just don't say those kinds of things again."
Hearing the noise at the door, Chaochao and Hehe came out holding their mother's hand, with their grandmother following behind, worried that their children might be bullied.
"What's wrong? Who bullied you?" Li Baichuan picked up the two children, his usual stern demeanor replaced by unusual gentleness.
“Dad, we solved it ourselves. Mom said we did nothing wrong, that they said the wrong things. We’re not angry.”
“So there’s no need to apologize, as long as they don’t say those things again.” Chaochao and Hehe didn’t tell their father, because they felt that it would hurt him.
Suti shook his head at Li Baichuan, telling him not to ask any more questions.
"Um, Comrade Li, look at this..." The youngest son of the Deng family looked at his family, and finally turned his gaze to Li Baichuan, waiting for a straightforward answer.
"Since Chaochao Hehe has said so, then we'll let it go." Li Baichuan understood; it must be a conflict between the children.
He may not know other people's children, but he knows what his own child is like.
If something could make them angry, it must have been something they couldn't accept. But Chao Chao and He He both said they weren't angry anymore, so he wasn't angry either.
"Alright, alright, it's just that the child is being ignorant." Deng's youngest son was relieved to hear this and pulled Deng Xiaojiu back home.
As Deng Xiaojiu walked, he kept glancing at Li Tengyuan and Li Chenxiao behind him.
They sat on their father's shoulders, one on each side, their faces beaming with smiles. Even Uncle Li, who had been so fierce just moments before, bounced around a little.
This made the two of them laugh out loud. Their mother watched from the side, but she still couldn't understand the expressions on their faces.
But now he truly felt that his mother was wrong; Li Tengyuan's mother wouldn't leave.
He really envied Li Tengyuan and his family; everyone in their family was so wonderful.
They had a successful mother, a capable father, and great-grandfathers and other relatives who all loved them dearly.
But their family was different; his grandmother doted on his eldest uncle's cousin and his youngest uncle's cousin.
His parents favored his younger brother and always made him give in to him.
Because he's older, he should give way to his younger brother. If he says no, his father will hit him.
His brother would just make faces at him and then look at him smugly.
But Li Tengyuan's family wouldn't do that. He's also the older brother, but his family never tells him to give way to Li Chenxiao.
Everything in their family is always served in pairs, and there's also Li Chenxiao, who's very domineering outside.
But he's easy to talk to as long as his brother likes it, and he even protects his brother. If anyone says anything bad about his brother, he'll get angry and throw a tantrum.
Li Tengyuan is even more so; he doesn't like to talk, but if anyone targets Li Chenxiao, he immediately changes his expression.
He was really envious. Why wasn't his family like that?
Deng Xiaojiu walked very slowly, wanting to remember this scene. He felt he would never forget this day for the rest of his life.
"Hurry up, do you still want to eat?" Dad's urging voice rang out, not even leaving him a trace of envious memories.
His memories are filled only with the sounds of his parents arguing, his grandparents cursing, and his siblings playing around.
"Quick, Dad, come inside! I'm so hungry! Great-Grandma cooked lots of delicious food. Mom said she'll wait for you to eat together."
“Yes, Mom really does love Dad the most, we were right.” Chaochao and Hehe struggled to get down from their father’s shoulders.
Li Baichuan wasn't embarrassed at all after hearing their words; in fact, he thought they were right and looked smug at the two children.
"Alright, hurry up and go inside, the food's getting cold." Su Ti looked at the father and his two sons with a helpless expression.
After the family finished their meal in a lively atmosphere, they all went back to their own rooms.
Neither of them mentioned what had happened. Chaochao and Hehe were whispering to each other in the room, seemingly discussing something.
"Wife, what happened?" Li Baichuan asked after entering the house, afraid that Chaochao and Hehe had been wronged.
Suti didn't hide anything and recounted what had happened that evening.
“I think they’re just envious of us. That’s why his wife ran away. Chao Chao Hehe is right, my son is smart.”
Li Baichuan listened to his wife's words in astonishment and felt that those people must have something wrong with their eyes.
His wife loves him so much, how could she possibly leave him? And his son is so good, his wife went through so much hardship to give birth to him, how could she abandon him?
Why would they say that? This joke isn't funny at all.
"Yes, I also think they have problems. My husband and son are so good, I would never leave them."
Suti nodded in agreement.
"No, Chaochao and Hehe are still young. They'll definitely take it to heart. They might seem fine on the outside, but they'll probably be crying under the covers from worry. I have to go check on them."
Li Baichuan became anxious upon thinking about this and hurriedly went to Chaochao Hehe's room.
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