Song Shishi's expression became increasingly ugly.
"Xu Li, your kindness had better be shown to the right person. If you sympathize with that mother and son, then move out of my house and from now on, we will pretend that we have never met. Do you know who my mother acted like that that day because of? I treat you as my own sister, but you helped them accuse me?"
This was the first time Song Shishi said such harsh words to Xu Li.
Xu Li was completely stunned.
She just... just thought that the child was innocent. Is that wrong?
Xu Li didn't understand why Song Shishi was so angry.
She must be on Song Shishi's side. She never thought of speaking for the mother and son.
But what she said just now obviously hurt Song Shishi.
"Sister, I was wrong, please don't chase me away. I just said the wrong thing, I don't mean to blame you, I just...just..."
...
...
Xu Li was anxious. For a moment, she didn't know how to justify what she had said.
But there is one thing she is very clear about: to her, Song Shishi is her relative.
Seeing Xu Li like this, Song Shishi finally softened her heart towards her.
"I don't want to hear words like today from you again. Otherwise, I will keep my promise and I am definitely not trying to scare you."
"I know, I promise, I won't say it again. Don't be mad at me, sis."
Xu Li was so scared that she almost cried.
Tears welled up in my eyes, but I didn't dare let them fall.
Song Shishi nodded, sighed, turned and left the west wing.
She treats Xu Li as her own sister, but if Xu Li continues to be confused, she will definitely not be soft-hearted.
Relationships between people are mutual, and she believes that she owes nothing to Xu Li.
Song Shishi didn't say anything and went straight to the main house.
Xu Li followed behind and came out of the west wing.
"Lili."
Just as Xu Li was about to follow to the main house, she heard Qiao Yanxin's voice coming from the opposite side.
Xu Li looked up and saw Qiao Yanxin waved at her, "Come here."
Qiao Yanxin pulled Xu Li into the east wing and closed the door.
"What's wrong? Sister Yanxin."
Xu Li was still in a daze and hadn't recovered from the emotion just now.
Qiao Yanxin raised her hand and tapped her on the forehead.
"You silly girl."
"I was just about to call you and Comrade Song to dinner, and I accidentally overheard what you said.
How can you be so naive? How can you sympathize with that child in front of Comrade Song? "
Xu Li felt very aggrieved, but she didn't dare to show it in front of Song Shishi.
Now even Qiao Yanxin blamed her, and the tears that she had been holding back welled up again.
"I... I don't mean that. I just... I just think that these things should be directed at adults, not children. I..."
Xu Li didn't finish her words and started crying with her face covered.
Xu Li became even sadder when she thought that Song Shishi might not want her anymore because of this.
"The child is innocent? Do you know what Sister Zhang said today?"
Qiao Yanxin sighed and did not comfort her. She just stated the facts to Xu Li.
"What?" Xu Li's eyes, covered with tears, stared straight at Qiao Yanxin.
Qiao Yanxin took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, saying patiently, "Sister Zhang said that the child, relying on his father's high status, often bullies the children around him, and everyone dares to be angry but not to speak out."
"Ah?" Xu Li was a little surprised.
She recalled the last time she went there with Song Shishi, and saw Song Ping'an holding a stone and preparing to hit someone on the back of the head.
At that time, she just thought that Song Ping'an was called a bastard and he was so angry that he did something extreme. She didn't expect that Song Ping'an was like that in his daily life. No wonder the children around him didn't want to play with Song Ping'an.
"But in their situation, how dare they make their affairs known to everyone?"
Seeing that Xu Li stopped crying, Qiao Yanxin breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly, "How would anyone know? It's just a guess. It's just that one time Song Ping'an pushed a child into the river, and when the other parent found out, they slapped Song Ping'an. When Song Ping'an's mother found out, she went to the family to argue, but was beaten by the child's father. Everyone thought that the matter was over, but unexpectedly, within two days, the family moved away overnight. Since then, everyone has stayed away from the mother and child, neither provoking them nor trying to please them."
Xu Li didn't expect so many things would happen.
She felt a little guilty about what she had just said to Song Shishi.
"You are not Comrade Song, so you cannot understand her feelings. Her father's betrayal caused her mother to become ill. I heard that it was quite dangerous that day. Aunt Zheng almost never woke up again. No one would forgive this."
Qiao Yanxin heard some noise in the yard and lowered her voice.
"Don't make such a mistake again. She treats you as her own sister and you know how good she is to you. She may not ask you to help her with something, but at least don't make sarcastic remarks."
Xu Li lowered her head and replied in a muffled voice: "I understand. Thank you, Sister Yan Xin."
"Miss Qiao, Lili, come out for dinner."
Song Shishi's voice came from the yard.
"Hey, here I come." Qiao Yanxin replied loudly.
As Qiao Yanxin walked out, she turned back to remind Xu Li: "Wipe your tears, don't let Aunt Zheng find out."
Xu Li nodded, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, took a deep breath, and then followed him out of the house.
I don’t know if it’s because Zheng Peilan started to get busy taking care of the children’s meals every day, and she stayed in the courtyard all the time and didn’t contact Song Zhenhua.
So Zheng Peilan's mood has been very stable these past two days. She no longer couldn't eat because of a bad mood like before.
During the meal, Song Shishi didn't say a word.
Xu Li kept her head down, didn't pick up any food, and just kept eating the rice in her bowl.
Zheng Peilan keenly noticed something was wrong between Song Shishi and Xu Li. Just as she was about to ask, she heard shouting from outside.
"Song Shishi, open the door for me."
Song Shishi frowned when she heard the voice.
Seeing Zheng Peilan was about to get up to open the door, Song Shishi put down her bowl and chopsticks, "Let me go, you guys continue eating."
Xu Li looked back with some worry at Song Shishi who was walking towards the Chuihua Gate.
Could it be that he was discovered?
But Song Shishi was not panicked at all. After she walked through the hanging flower gate, she deliberately slowed down her pace, just to let Song Zhenhua stand outside the door for a while longer.
Since she moved into this courtyard house, Song Zhenhua has never come here once.
Even though Zheng Peilan had lived here for a few days, he had never come to visit her.
But Song Zhenhua went to Chunyang Street very diligently, almost every day.
Standing inside the gate of the house, listening to Song Zhenhua's anxious footsteps walking back and forth, Song Shishi could only sneer in her heart.
When Song Zhenhua stopped and wanted to knock on the door again to urge them, the door was opened from the inside.
Song Shishi stood inside the door, looking at Song Zhenhua without saying a word.
"What's wrong with you? I've been calling you for a long time but you didn't even respond."
Song Zhenhua's first reaction when he saw Song Shishi was to blame her.
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