"What are you doing..." Tao Bao's voice was hoarse and tears were in his eyes.
This is Si Minghan’s cell phone. It says that Si Minghan allowed Liu Xiaozhi to video chat with her.
We're not meeting at Hanyuan. Isn't this kind of meeting a big compromise?
She didn't know why Si Minghan was interested in the video. Maybe he had a change of heart?
"Mom! I saw you!" Xiaojun held the phone tightly, facing his face.
"Mom, why isn't Nijie fatter?" Ji asked with a tearful smile.
"Mommy doesn't even come..." Dongdong cried.
"Mommy, Fatty, wow..." Jingjing cried.
"Mom, you need to work, can I come to see you?" Ximei cried until her face turned red.
"Mommy, I want mommy..." Mangzi cried sadly, tears rolling down his face.
"I..." Tao Bao choked up as she spoke, almost crying. She could only hold back her uncontrollable emotions and took a few deep breaths before saying, "I'm sorry, Mommy's been a little busy lately and hasn't been to see you guys, but I should be back soon. I'll be back as soon as I'm done, okay?"
"Mom, it doesn't matter. I can go see you!" Ji said with a smile.
"Well, I can send a few!" said Ximei.
"Mom, I'm the biggest, I'll take him Meng with me!" said Xiaojun.
Tao Bao's tears were welling up in his eyes. He wanted to laugh, but a tear fell.
They were so sensible, but she was so powerless. She was not a competent mother at all...
Si Minghan looked over and saw Tao Bao in the video wiping away tears from his face, trying hard to hold back a smile while talking to the child. His dark eyes were deep and bottomless.
"You have to be obedient. Listen to your dad at home and your teacher at school. Do you understand?" Tao Bao didn't know what else to say except this. Without Si Minghan's permission, she could not see the children.
Since we can't meet, any promise will only become a lie.
"Mommy..." The six little ones were crying in the video, their tears falling one by one as they longed to see their mommy.
Tao Bao pressed the phone to his chest, unable to stop crying. What should he do? What should he do?
She misses her children and wants to see them!
Si Minghan, is your heart made of stone? Why do you treat me like this? Even if you punish me, the six little ones did nothing wrong!
"Xiaobao, what are you doing here?" Tao Shiming and She Huizi came over and asked.
Tao Bao turned around, hung up the video, wiped away his tears, and said, "Nothing."
"Nothing? I saw you crying sadly just now. What happened?" She Huizi wanted to know what happened.
"Has something happened? Tell your dad if there is anything. Maybe he can help you." Tao Shiming said.
"No, I just thought about the sad things in the past and cried. It has nothing to do with you." Tao Bao turned around and was about to leave.
She Huizi stopped him and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Tao Bao looked at her coldly, "Do you have anything else to say?"
"Tao Bao, look at you. We are all family, why are you so distant? You are so angry when you see us. People who don't know would think we have a grudge against each other." She Huizi said sarcastically.
"There's no grudge, but we're not that close either, right?" Tao Bao asked.
She Huizi gritted her teeth and looked at her arrogantly.
Of course, in this family, the person who really calls the shots is She Huizi, and Tao Shiming is just an accessory.
Not to mention Tao Bao.
Her only value is that piece of land in the southwest area!
"Distance can foster emotional closeness! Don't you agree?" She Huizi looked at the phone in her hand and asked, "Who are you talking to on the phone?"
"Is it your business?"
"I was wondering if it was Si Minghan who called you? To break up with you?"
Tao Shiming looked at Tao Bao sensitively and asked, "Is he the one looking for you?"
"It's him, and it's not him," said Tao Bao.
"We don't understand what you are saying." She Huizi said sarcastically.
"My child used Si Minghan's phone to video chat with me. I looked at the child and thought of Aunt Qiu. I felt sad and started crying. Is there a problem?" Tao Bao looked at Tao Shiming.
Tao Shiming felt guilty and said quickly, "So that's how it is. When Aunt Qiu was alive, she took care of six children together. It's normal for the children to miss her."
"Even so, I'm curious why Si Minghan hasn't come to see you after you've been here for so long?" She Huizi asked. "How about this? Tell Si Minghan that we want to invite him over. How about that?"
Tao Bao looked at She Huizi. How could she not guess what he was thinking?
"Could it be that he won't agree to such a small request?" She Huizi asked.
Tao Bao was calm and said, "I don't want him to come."
"Why?" She Huizi was puzzled.
"I'm afraid he'll suffer in such a shabby place." Tao Bao sneered and said, "I'm not going to meet him soon."
She Huizi's face turned green. "Look at what she said. I'm your wife, not her stepmother. Do you know what an elder is? You were raised by your mother but not taught by her!"
"Keep your voice down..." Tao Shiming lowered his voice.
She Huizi didn't say anything, she just wanted Tao Bao to hear it.
He's just a child who was abandoned and grew up, what kind of person can he be!
Tao Bao paused and stayed there, listening to every word She Huizi said.
Without thinking, he turned around and went back to She Huizi.
"What's wrong? Are you still busy..." She Huizi hadn't finished her words.
Tao Bao raised his hand and slapped She Huizi in the face with a loud slap, without mercy.
"Ah!" She Huizi's head was buzzing from the beating. She covered her face and looked at Tao Bao in disbelief, "You dare to hit me? You actually dare to hit me!"
Tao Shiming stood there in a daze. He didn't expect Tao Bao to start hitting people directly, and he didn't react for a while.
Tao Bao looked at her fearlessly, his back straight. "It's true that I didn't have a mother's education, but I believe my mother must have been a bitch. So, don't curse me, don't you understand? I don't care whose wife you are or whether you are my elder!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
"You, you, you!" She Huizi pointed at Tao Bao's back, her hands shaking with anger.
"That's outrageous!" Tao Shiming comforted She Huizi, "Just wait, I'll go teach her a lesson now!"
Then he chased after Tao Bao.
Tao Bao did not go back but went somewhere else. When he heard footsteps coming from behind him, he knew who it was without turning around.
Tao Shiming caught up with her, "Xiaobao, are you going too far? She is your elder after all! No matter how angry you are, you should at least control yourself a little."
Tao Bao looked at him without regret, "I have restrained myself."
"You..." Tao Shiming was speechless.
"Besides, this slap I gave you wasn't just for me. It was for you, too."
"For me?"
"Isn't life as a son-in-law tough? You're watched by your own wife like a criminal all day long, without even a chance to breathe. She's always fussing and scolding you, and I'm just venting my anger for you!"
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