Li Wenbo was stumped by Li Xiyue's question, especially by her icy eyes, which were like millennia-old ice. Just one glance from her made him feel as if he had been frozen awake.
He paused for two seconds, his expression slowly darkening. He turned back to look at Mu Jiuhong and said, word by word, "Xiaohui isn't that kind of person. She wouldn't hit Xiaoyan!"
Xiaoyan, tell me the truth, how did you get the injury on your arm?!
Mu Jiuhong stared wide-eyed, standing there in astonishment, unable to process what Li Wenbo had said for a moment.
That's it...
That's it?!
She never expected that Li Wenbo would believe Cheng Xiaohui without reservation with just one sentence from Li Xiyue!
She shoved Li Yan and said, "Tell me, who hit you? Tell me now! How did you get these bruises on your arm?!"
Li Yan's eyes darted around, looking at Li Wenbo and then at Mu Jiuhong.
Her lips twitched slightly as she said, "Mom, please stop asking. It really wasn't Auntie who hit me, it really wasn't. Please believe me!"
Li Xiyue crossed her arms over her chest, sneered, and said, "Since it wasn't my mother who hit you, then tell me how you got this injury."
You're so cunning at such a young age, are you deliberately trying to make everyone misunderstand my mom?
"Ha, a little viper playing tricks here, pretending to be a little girl?!"
Li Yan looked at Li Xiyue with an innocent expression, tears streaming down her face, and choked out, "No... I didn't think that... I really didn't think that!"
Li Xiyue's cold laughter was like a glass wind chime being blown by the wind carrying snow in December. "Hehe! You didn't think that way, but you did it this way? You deliberately injured yourself, didn't you?"
See, now you can't pin the blame on my mom, and you can't find anyone else to take over for you, so you can't make up anything!"
The crowd of onlookers erupted in an uproar, discussing the matter animatedly.
"She did it herself, didn't she? She's so young, I never expected her to be so vicious!"
"Her mother was vicious. Like begets like, and old sayings are always true!"
"That's exactly right! They seem like such well-behaved kids, but why are they so cunning!"
"An 80-pound child with the mind of a 79-pound person!"
Li Yan's face turned pale and then dark. She never expected that Li Xiyue would expose her true colors with just one sentence!
A bead of cold sweat trickled down her forehead. Once the mystery was solved, it would be like a magician removing the lid from the table, revealing all the hidden mechanisms beneath...
Her eyes darted around, and the next moment, she lowered her head slightly and sobbed, "I hurt myself... This morning, I saw Auntie busy cleaning, and I wanted to help her tidy up the attic."
As a result, I lost my balance and tumbled down the stairs from the attic, leaving a large bruise on my arm.
I didn't dare say it, not because I wanted others to misunderstand Auntie, but because I was afraid my parents would worry about me.
Li Wenbo hurriedly took two steps forward, pulled Li Yan to his side, and tenderly examined the bruises on Li Yan's arm.
He scolded, "Why didn't you tell your father you were injured? I would have worried if you hadn't told him!"
Li Yan looked up at Li Wenbo with a wronged expression, and said in a tearful voice, "Dad... I didn't mean for others to misunderstand Auntie. I never said that Auntie was the one who caused the injury. I didn't..."
Li Wenbo gently stroked Li Yan's forehead with his large hand, "Daddy knows, Daddy knows you're a good child."
He looked up at Mu Jiuhong, "Have you made enough trouble?! You came all this way just to ruin my remarriage with Xiaohui, haven't you?! Haven't you caused enough trouble?!"
"Mu Jiuhong, don't think I don't know the truth about what happened back then. I'm only doing this for Xiaoyan's sake, not wanting to leave a record in her file that her mother is a criminal. Don't push me to the extreme! Don't make me hate you!!"
Mu Jiuhong's face was as dark as a storm cloud. She wanted to defend herself, but Li Wenbo's threatening words were like a thorn piercing her heart, making her afraid to say a word!
An old woman pushed her way through the crowd. "Jiuhong! I knew you'd come here! Why are you so disobedient, child?!"
Upon suddenly seeing her mother, Mu Jiuhong could no longer hold back her tears. She bit her lip so hard that it bled.
Li Xiulan squeezed through the crowd, her brows furrowed in worry. She walked up to Cheng Xiaohui and Li Wenbo and said, "Jiuhong is being unreasonable. I apologize on her behalf! I'll take her home right now and won't cause you any trouble!"
She turned to Li Yan and called out, "Xiao Yan, at home you must listen to your aunt and father, and you are not allowed to be naughty or willful, understand?"
Your mom sometimes doesn't think clearly, so if she does something wrong, you should try to persuade her.
Li Yan nodded understandingly, "Grandma, I understand..."
Li Xiulan bowed deeply to Cheng Xiaohui again, then turned and walked to Mu Jiuhong's side, pulling Mu Jiuhong out of the crowd.
Li Xiyue could clearly see that Li Xiulan's back was hunched, and the image of Li Xiulan from her previous life came to mind.
In her previous life, Li Xiulan was very healthy, and all four of her children were outstanding, living very well.
Li Xiulan is very kind. Even though Mu Jiuhong refuses to see her and Mu Jiuchun slanders her in various ways, Li Xiulan always defends her and speaks up for her, without being swayed by Mu Jiuhong and Mu Jiuchun.
Mi Bao's voice came from inside the space, "Li Xiulan is such a pain! Raising such a daughter! I don't believe this is all a misunderstanding!"
Li Xiyue said, "I don't believe it either! Don't I have silver needles in my space? You go back with them and give Mu Jiuhong a few acupuncture needles so she won't speak for the next few days!"
Honey blinked his big, round eyes and said with a wicked grin, "Haha! Puncture her speech acupoint! I'm an expert at that!"
It set up a spatial passage for itself, and came directly to Mu Jiuhong's house through the spatial passage, waiting for Mu Jiuhong.
Mu Jiuhong hasn't needed to speak for the past few days!
After watching the spectacle, the onlookers went home, discussing it amongst themselves.
Li Wenbo invited his family to get in the car, and to his surprise, Li Xiyue also got in the car.
His face was beaming with joy. Had his eldest daughter forgiven him?
Although his eldest daughter has never called him "Dad" before, at least today, when he and Cheng Xiaohui held their remarriage banquet, his daughter was willing to go home with them.
As soon as Cheng Xiaohui got home, she busied herself boiling water and calling on her family to wash up.
Li Wenbo followed Cheng Xiaohui around happily, helping her with this and that.
Cheng Xiaohui's face was filled with a happy smile. Li Wenbo believed her without her having to explain a single word today. Li Wenbo's feelings for her must be real!
As soon as Li Yan got home, she ran back to her room. Li Xiyue followed her in and closed the door behind her.
A look of terror flashed uncontrollably across Li Yan's eyes as she asked warily, "What...what are you going to do?!"
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