Seeing that the two were scolded in public, Cheng Maixiang was afraid that they would be beaten when they returned home. She didn't want to push him too far. After all, he was Wei Lingcheng's subordinate, and they would see each other every day in the future. It would not be a good thing if the relationship became too strained.
Cheng Maixiang looked up at Lin Jiayu and saw him nod. She knew that he had the same idea as her and did not want to make too much trouble.
"Okay, you know you're wrong. Just correct yourself and don't do it again. You're good kids. Don't blame me for being ruthless. My mother once told me a story. In ancient times, there was a man sentenced to death. On the execution ground, he said that the first time he robbed someone, he used a paper kitchen knife, but it was that knife that scared everyone and allowed him to succeed.
Later, he became more and more daring and finally embarked on the path of killing. If someone had taken his knife during his first robbery, his life would definitely have been different.
My mother said that when children make mistakes, they must be disciplined properly. If parents are too lazy to discipline their children, then society will naturally discipline them on their behalf in the future. However, by that time, it will no longer be the parents' turn to intervene.
When I was a child, I made a mistake and was whipped by my mother. The pain was so painful that I will never forget it and I will never dare to make that mistake again.
Cheng Maixiang didn't say this to the two siblings. They were young and spoiled, so they naturally didn't understand other people's good intentions.
But she believed that Lu Chengyi understood and naturally would not blame her.
Sure enough, Lu Chengyi smiled bitterly and said, "I've read so many books in vain, but I still can't understand this truth. Comrade, thank you, you are the one who took the knife from these two children!"
As he spoke, he came to Wei Lingcheng and was about to say something, but Wei Lingcheng waved his hand to stop him, "Don't say anything, every family has its own problems, who doesn't have the debt of children!"
Lu Chengyi burst into tears and nodded gratefully.
Finally, Wei Lingcheng asked driver Hu to take Cheng Maixiang and Lin Jiayu home first, while he took Lu Chengyi's car home. As for the damaged car, the Lu family would naturally deal with it.
Early the next morning, Cheng Maixiang was reading in the classroom when someone suddenly sat down next to her and said softly, "Maizi, I'm really sorry about what happened yesterday."
Cheng Maixiang looked up and saw Lu Chengcheng looking at her apologetically. She couldn't help but shake her head, "I told you yesterday that it wasn't your fault, there's no need to apologize. That incident that day had nothing to do with you. Why are you apologizing on behalf of your two bastard brothers and sisters?"
Lu Chengcheng shook her head. "I'm not apologizing on their behalf. I'm apologizing to you for myself. You and Peiling treated me as a friend and told me everything about your family, but I've never told you about my family."
"If that's the case, then there's no need to apologize. Your family matters are your privacy. If you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to, even with friends."
Lu Chengcheng listened in a daze. After a long while, she smiled bitterly and said, "Maizi, thank you for being so understanding. I lost my mother when I was young, and no one at home really cared about me. Only you, like an older sister, taught me the truth and told me what I should do."
It turned out that she lost her mother at a young age. No wonder her two younger brothers and sisters were so arrogant and domineering. It seemed that their father was busy with work and had no time to take care of his children's education, so the three children were either extremely inferior or full of spoiled habits.
"Then your father rarely cares about you three siblings, right?" Cheng Maixiang asked cautiously.
Lu Chengcheng sneered, "My dad is really busy at work on weekdays. After get off work, he's always pestered by Aunt Lan and my younger siblings. He doesn't have time to pay attention to me, and I won't be so tactless as to disturb them. At home, I hardly say a word."
Cheng Maixiang looked at Lu Chengcheng in surprise, "You, you mean..."
"That's right," Lu Chengcheng's face showed a sad look, "My mother passed away a long time ago. She and my father were engaged in the countryside. Later, my father was admitted to university and came to the city, and she followed him to the city, but not long after, she fell ill and passed away.
A year later, my dad met Aunt Lan, the nurse who took care of him while he was in the hospital. Not long after, they got married, and then Fangfang and Genggeng were born. Because they were twins, a boy and a girl, my dad was very happy. From then on, my dad doted on Aunt Lan even more, and Fangfang and Genggeng also received more attention from him.
Lu Chengcheng narrated calmly, as if these things had nothing to do with her. She was just a third party standing outside and watching all this.
And from these words, Cheng Maixiang discovered that she had no sense of existence at all. Whether it was her father remarrying or their life after marriage, she had no sense of existence, as if she was not a part of this family at all.
"So, how does your Aunt Lan treat you?" Cheng Maixiang thought about it and chose this question which was relatively less irritating to her.
"She was very polite to me, even more polite than she would be to a guest. She even took the initiative to suggest in front of my dad that I just call her Auntie Lan, not Mom. I only have one mom, and she didn't want to replace my mom in my heart. My dad even praised her for being so magnanimous."
This woman is quite scheming.
Cheng Maixiang had heard countless such stories in her previous life. The wives of many senior cadres were often either their secretaries or the nurses who took care of them when they were hospitalized. It cannot be said that these women were deliberately trying to curry favor with them, but it cannot be denied that there were indeed quite a few who relied on this to change the destinies of themselves and their families.
The Aunt Lan that Lu Chengcheng mentioned was undoubtedly a leader. From the fact that they got married shortly after they met, it could be seen that she was also a capable person.
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