Chapter 102 Aunt told him to please his godmother
After saying this, Xiang Chu's tears fell with a "plop".
Xiang Jingheng's heart was broken. He quickly got out of the driver's seat, went to the back seat, and comforted his son.
"Your mother won't abandon you, and neither will your godmother. Adult matters have nothing to do with children; they both love you very much."
Xiang Chu shook her head. "No, that's not it. Grandma said that after you divorce her, she won't be my mom anymore, and you'll find me a new mom. I'm scared. Many of the kids in kindergarten whose parents are divorced, whether they have a stepfather or a stepmother, are unhappy. I don't like stepmothers, and I don't want a stepmother. My aunt said that my godmother will become my new mom in the future, and that I must please her to have a good life."
As he spoke, the child started crying again, feeling that his life was really too difficult.
He greatly admired Shao Yun.
Shao Yun was just an adopted son of the Shao family, but he got along very well with everyone, and they all liked him very much.
Yu Yan likes him, and he likes her too.
He doesn't need to please anyone; he's always so smart and so cool.
He tried so hard to protect his grandmother and please his godmother. He just wanted the people who loved him to not abandon him. Why was that so difficult?
Hearing Xiang Chu's words, Xiang Jingheng felt as if a steel knife was being plunged into his lungs. He placed Xiang Chu on his lap and asked coldly, "Your aunt said you should try to please your godmother?"
Xiang Chu was so frightened by her father's ashen face that she stopped crying and dared not say another word.
Xiang Jingheng's eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth.
“A bunch of lunatics!” he cursed.
No wonder Xiao Chu always listened to Gan Xiaoxing so well. He did whatever Gan Xiaoxing asked him to do, and he was incredibly obedient. Xiang Jingheng thought that the two of them got along well and that Xiao Chu admired his godmother.
But if you think about it carefully, what is there to admire about Gan Xiaoxing? It's all just a fabricated persona, nothing more than a facade.
It turns out that his sister was secretly helping Gan Xiaoxing by giving him advice and scaring the child!
It's the same as when he was a child, his aunts told him not to have conflicts with his half-brothers, to get along with them peacefully, and to learn to share good things with them.
Essentially, it's all about exploitation, using others as tools for personal gain!
Xiang Jingheng guarded against all sorts of outsiders, which made him live the reclusive life he has today. But he never expected that his son would follow the same path he had when he was a child and be fooled by his own aunt.
"Xiang Chu, listen to me clearly."
Xiang Jingheng said to Xiang Chu with a serious expression, "You don't need to please anyone. You need to work hard to become strong. When you are strong, everyone will come to you. If you are too weak, it's useless for you to please anyone, and life will not be easy for you."
Xiang Chu opened her phoenix eyes, which were blurred with tears, and listened to her father's words with a mixture of understanding and confusion.
Xiang Jingheng patted his son's head, becoming even more determined to stay away from the Xiang family. He had to find a way to send Xiao Chu to the Yu family so that he could get closer to his mother's side of the family.
He must never let his son repeat the mistakes he himself made!
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Gan Xiaoxing was at home putting on makeup to prepare for her live stream when she received a call from Xiang Jinglan.
She answered lazily, "What's up? Missing me?"
Xiang Jinglan and she have been best friends for many years. She is a well-known love-obsessed girl who loves dating and is determined to follow in her mother's footsteps and marry into a wealthy family to become a kept woman.
Although Gan Xiaoxing looked down on her from the bottom of her heart, she and Xiang Jinglan did get along very well, so well that they could sleep in the same bed and talk about men all night.
Gan Xiaoxing knew everything about Xiang Jingheng from Xiang Jinglan; she even knew how many scars and moles he had.
All of Xiang Jinglan's wealthy boyfriends were introduced to her by Gan Xiaoxing.
In this respect, the two best friends each got what they wanted.
Just as Gan Xiaoxing was about to complain to Xiang Jinglan about Xiang Jingheng's betrayal, Xiang Jinglan started crying on the phone, saying that her brother went crazy as soon as he got home and threw a huge tantrum at her.
"He blamed me for letting you and Xiao Chu get too close, but isn't it good that you two are close? Anyway, you'll marry Jing Heng sooner or later, and Yu Yan is just a stepping stone. You don't want to have children, so Yu Yan is the perfect solution for you. And Xiao Chu is willing to be close to you, isn't that a good thing? You're so open-minded, but Jing Heng, I don't know what got into him, actually scolded me for this. It makes me so angry..."
Xiang Jinglan launched into a long tirade of complaints, but Gan Xiaoxing sensed something was amiss.
"He got angry with you because of Xiao Chu? Did he mention Yu Yan?"
"I already said it, that Xiao Chu could never have a stepmother, and that Yu Yan would always be his only mother. Isn't that nonsense?"
Xiang Jinglan scoffed, "With my mother around, Yu Yan will never have the chance to rejoin the Xiang family. You know how ruthless my mother is; any daughter-in-law she doesn't like will have no chance of survival. Jing Heng still wants to remarry Yu Yan? Dream on, unless he wants to create chaos at home, with mother-in-law and daughter-in-law battles every day. In my opinion, he just doesn't understand why he didn't marry you sooner. Everything would have been fine. In what way are you not better than Yu Yan?"
Gan Xiaoxing snorted coldly and continued to draw her eyebrows.
"I've seen through it all now. Men change their minds faster than flipping through a book. Affection is nothing in the face of self-interest. We women have to stand up for ourselves. I need to get back to my career now, I'm not talking to you anymore."
Gan Xiaoxing was still confident. In any case, Xiang Jingheng and Yu Yan could not remarry. With Xiang Jingheng's temper, no other woman could stand him.
Sooner or later, he will obediently return to her side and will not be able to escape her grasp.
Gan Xiaoxing didn't waste time internally; she tidied her makeup and started the live stream.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the live stream started today, netizens flocked to it, and the number of viewers in the live stream skyrocketed. Gan Xiaoxing couldn't help but glance upwards, her heart filled with joy. Was she about to become famous?
I just didn't expect that all these fans came for "Yu Yan"...
The comments were all asking her what she thought of Yu Yanxin's newly published paper, wanting her to analyze it from her professional perspective, and asking why she hadn't published any significant papers in several years, wondering if she couldn't come up with anything new.
Those lines of comments were glaring and hurtful; Gan Xiaoxing couldn't ignore them even if she wanted to, and her professional smile gradually crumbled.
"I've been so busy lately. I know Yu Yan's paper is trending again, and I'm really happy for her. But you know how it is with trending topics. Scientific research is still a relatively niche field, and it doesn't cost much to get on the trending list, hahaha, just kidding."
"However, I only glanced at that paper, and it was indeed very well written. It could not have been written without more than ten years of scientific research experience. I have to say, Professor Shao is really amazing!"
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Yu Yan was kneading dough at home, while Shao Yun wanted to make zucchini, egg, and shrimp dumplings. The two of them were busy in the kitchen.
"Auntie, the phone."
Shao Yun had just finished washing his hands and handed the phone to Yu Yan. Yu Yan, with her hands still occupied, saw that it was her senior sister Cheng Yun calling and told her to just press the call button and put it on speakerphone.
"Yu Yan, go check out Gan Xiaoxing's live stream."
"Why are you looking at her?"
"She openly spread rumors in the live stream that your paper was fabricated, and also spread erotic rumors about you and Professor Shao. Professor Shao personally went to the live stream and confronted her!"
Yu Yan and Shao Yun exchanged a glance: Huh?
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