Han Rou shook her head. "I didn't ask. Look around, it probably can't get far."
Han Shuo was a little angry when he heard this: "Such a young child, going out to play alone, don't you ask? What if something happens? Aren't you worried?"
Han Rou: "There's nothing to worry about. This is a military family compound, and there are constant patrols. You can't get out. Don't worry."
"Am I being overly concerned, or are you not?" Han Shuo said angrily. "I noticed the last time I came here. Your kindness to this stepdaughter is completely superficial. You seem to be kind to her, but in reality, you just want to save her trouble. As long as she doesn't cry or make a fuss, and you give her enough candy, you feed her one after another without any regard for moderation. Aren't you afraid that the child will get rotten teeth from eating too much candy at such a young age?"
Han Rou argued, "She likes to eat candy. I am willing to satisfy her wish and be nice to her. Is that wrong?"
"Whether you're wrong or not, you know it in your heart." Han Shuo questioned her, "Ask yourself, is what you did something a mother who truly wants the best for her child would do?"
Han Rou muttered softly, "She wasn't born by me, I'm not her mother."
Han Shuo was furious when he heard this. He pointed at Han Rou's nose and cursed, "It's true that she's not your daughter, but you married her father. If you're not her mother, who is? What does that mean? A stepmother isn't her mother anymore?"
"Han Rou, do you feel guilty when you say this?"
Han Rou turned her head away, pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Earlier, when you wanted to marry her father, I advised you that being a stepmother wasn't easy and that you weren't cut out to be one. But you didn't listen and insisted on marrying me. What are you trying to do now by saying and doing this?"
"Are you pregnant? Are you going to have your own child? So you think this child is an eyesore?"
"Han Rou, don't forget, you coaxed the child and made him like you, so that his father agreed to marry you. You can't just marry him to win him over and then abandon the child and ignore him."
"Han Rou, you must act according to your conscience. You chose your own path, and you must shoulder the responsibility."
Han Shuo really couldn't figure out what was going on in Han Rou's mind.
Now he looked at Han Rou's face and felt that this sister was becoming more and more unfamiliar.
They used to have such a good relationship as brother and sister, but now when they meet, they start quarreling after just a few words.
Han Rou lowered her head and said nothing, her hands unconsciously touching her belly, allowing Han Shuo to scold her.
Han Shuo looked at her refusal to communicate, and the anger in his heart burned even more fiercely.
"Han Rou, how did you get here when you were a child? Have you forgotten?"
"You keep saying you look down on Gu Tingyu, but what's the difference between marrying the girl you gave birth to and Gu Tingyu?"
"Han Rou, think carefully about what I said and think carefully about how you should treat Qingqing from now on. Don't let me look down on you."
After saying that, Han Shuo gave Han Rou some time to think it over, then turned around and left, ready to look for the child nearby.
He was not familiar with the family compound and had no plans to go far. He thought where could such a young child run to? It would probably be somewhere where other children gathered, or the homes of neighbors with children nearby.
Han Shuo didn't know Han Rou's neighbors, so he went to the square where the children gathered first.
When I got closer, I suddenly saw Xiong Qingqing squatting next to a group of older children, watching them play glass beads.
She was so focused on watching that she didn't notice anyone approaching from behind.
Until Han Shuo gently called her name: "Qingqing."
Xiong Qingqing suddenly turned her head and saw Han Shuo. She was stunned at first, then a look of surprise appeared on her face: "Uncle Han."
After not seeing each other for three months, Xiong Qingqing still recognized Han Shuo.
She stood up from the ground and took Han Shuo's hand. There was a flattering look in her eyes and a cautious tone: "Uncle Han, you haven't been here for a long time. Qingqing missed you so much."
Han Shuo felt a little sad. Through Xiong Qingqing's flattering eyes, he seemed to see Han Rou more than ten feet away.
When his mother was young, Han Rou was about the same age as Qingqing is now.
At that time, his grandparents and his relatives became enemies and the two families were quarreling fiercely.
He secretly went to his uncle's workplace to find him without Han Rou's knowledge. Han Rou also said to his uncle in such a cautious tone, "Uncle, you haven't been home to see me for a long time. I miss you."
Memory and reality overlap, but his lovely sister has already changed beyond recognition and has completely forgotten the path she once took.
Han Rou touched Xiong Qingqing's head with mixed feelings and said gently, "Qingqing, dear, uncle misses you too. How have you been recently?"
Xiong Qingqing didn't quite understand what this meant, and nodded in confusion: "Okay."
Han Shuo pursed his lips and asked her a different question: "Why did you run out to play alone? You're still young, so when you go out, you have to tell the adults at home where you're going, okay? Otherwise, we won't be able to find you."
Xiong Qingqing whispered, "I told Mom when I came out, but maybe she didn't hear me."
"Then speak louder next time so she can hear you."
Han Shuo took Xiong Qingqing home and handed her the gift he brought.
It's a handful of White Rabbit milk candy.
"Uncle knows Qingqing likes to eat candy, but she can't eat too much candy. She can only eat two pieces a day at most, otherwise worms will grow on her teeth and eat them away, causing her teeth to hurt."
"Listen to your uncle and take one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Don't take more than that, okay?"
Xiong Qingqing nodded and said, "Then Mom, can you give me some other candy? Can I have some?"
"No, no matter what kind of candy it is, you can only eat two a day. Can you do it?" Han Shuo tempted him at the right time: "If you can do this, your uncle will come to see you in the next semester and buy you a new skirt as a reward, okay?"
When Xiong Qingqing heard that there was a new skirt as a reward, her eyes lit up immediately and she nodded vigorously: "Uncle, Qingqing can do it."
"Then let's make a pinky promise."
"Hook and hang for a hundred times and don't change."
"If you can't do it, turn into a puppy."
*
On the other side, Feng Juan led Zheng Wenjing to Yunqiao's house.
He pushed open the door and entered the yard, first put the old chicken into the chicken coop, took some water to wash his hands, and then took Zheng Wenjing into the house.
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