Simple's heart sank. Could it really be true?
"Why did she come into my house? There's no one in my house who plays with her."
Seeing that Jian Dan's complexion was getting worse, they stopped playing with the child.
"What are you playing around with? She's taken a liking to your brother and wants to marry him. Otherwise, why would she be trying to get close to you?"
"My brother?"
"My brother?"
"Yeah, haven't you noticed that every time she comes over, it's when your brother is around? It's been years since the last time, and it happened when your brother came back. She saw him then. Back then, you and Xiao Rui were the two boys following your brother around. Do you remember?"
After a quick blink, it belatedly dawned on me that the person was talking about Cheng Chao, not Cheng An.
I slapped my head in frustration. I was just scaring myself. My train of thought was really going off on a wild goose chase.
However, the thought of someone as virtuous and upright as Cheng Chao being targeted by someone who couldn't stand seeing others succeed and might even be plotting against him made her feel extremely uncomfortable. If they really succeeded in their scheme, she would be heartbroken.
Cheng An frowned, thinking for a long time but still couldn't remember the matter. However, she did remember that Cheng Chao had returned, after all, they blindly worshipped this older brother.
"Hey, it's normal not to remember. How old were you guys back then? Your brother hasn't been here for years, so it's normal not to remember."
"Grandma Wang, are you saying that from that time on, she started to have feelings for my brother? And wanted to marry him?"
Grandma Lin slapped her thigh,
"I remember now. For more than ten days in a row, she came here every day, sneaking around and trying to ambush Dr. Tang. Was it that little girl?"
"It's her. We've lived here for so many years, who doesn't know her? How often do we actually see her?"
Look, as soon as Cheng Chao came, she came out again.
Listen to what she just said to Xiao Anzi. What's her relationship with that person? Doesn't she need to be so formal?
Cheng An's face turned red with anger. His parents had said at home that his brother was old enough to be married long ago, and they knew he would have a sister-in-law sooner or later, but this was too much.
It wasn't that Cheng An was picky; he had met Yu Hongyan a few times. She always relied on her brother-in-law being a regimental commander, speaking harshly and acting arrogantly towards many family members in the compound, as if her brother-in-law was the only leader in the compound.
The same goes for children. It's a bit better for them, since they're ranked by rank. Cheng Zhuo is her brother-in-law's superior, so his attitude towards the two brothers is quite good.
She was ruthless towards other children, shoving and hurling insults at them at the drop of a hat. Cheng An knew that many children had been brought to tears by her verbal abuse.
There's a lot more that Cheng An doesn't know. Some children finally manage to get some food, but if she sees it, she can't keep it. She even threatens the children not to tell their parents when they get home.
Some children were obedient, while others went home and told their families. But when they heard it was her, they all swallowed their grievances. Yu Hongyan knew this, and most people wouldn't dare to offend her brother-in-law easily, which made her even more fearless.
Later, the children in the family compound all looked at her as if she were a demon.
Seeing that the two old ladies still wanted to talk, she simply made an excuse that she was tired, got up, and took Cheng An for a stroll back.
Cheng An is a boy. It's enough to let him know how treacherous people can be and to make him wary of others. There's no need to expose him to all those tricks and schemes. Go back and talk to your second aunt, and this matter won't fall through. Tang Sumei hasn't been here for nothing all these years.
"We'll just keep it to ourselves. We'll be more careful in our daily lives, so that it doesn't turn out that our brother will actually get involved with her. That would be disgusting."
You should also talk to Xiao Rui and tell him to stay far away from her in the future, and not to think about avenging his brother.
Ultimately, they have absolutely no connection with our brother or our family now. They might be thinking about our brother, but we have no proof, right? If we go out and say or do anything, we'll be in the wrong.”
Cheng An was angry, and his face was stern.
"Sis, how could she be so mean?"
"Hehe," he simply ruffled his short hair.
"When you grow up and start a family, everyone goes through this stage. It's normal to have feelings for the opposite sex. What she did wasn't bad. After all, she didn't do anything and it didn't affect us. We can pretend we don't know anything."
Actually, if those two grandmas hadn't mentioned it, we wouldn't have thought of it that way, would we?
After thinking about it, I decided to simply ask the child first.
Why don't you like her?
"Sister, you don't know, her brother-in-law is a regimental commander in the Third Brigade. She has been living with her sister since she joined the army, staying for several months a year. She is also domineering and unreasonable. I heard that since she came, her sister's children have not been able to get enough to eat."
Realizing he had gone off-topic, Cheng An paused for a moment and then steered the conversation back on track.
"This has nothing to do with us, but she's just a snob."
Not many people in this residential compound liked her.
She's so old, yet she still bullies children. She'll snatch a piece of candy from them if she sees it, and when she's in a bad mood, she'll hit and yell at them.
Jian Dan's face turned cold.
"Did she bully you?"
"No, not at all."
Cheng An pouted.
"She wouldn't dare. Whenever she sees my mother, she always greets her with a smile. She only bullies those who are of a lower rank than her brother-in-law."
She looked down not only on the children, but also on the older women, saying they were rural women who should stay in the countryside and farm, and shouldn't be in this residential compound. She even called them ugly, said they were a disgrace to the compound, and told them to go back to the countryside.
Simple frowned more and more; this person seemed to really have some kind of problem.
She can't let someone like that mess with her brother.
"Isn't anyone going to talk to her brother-in-law? He's a regimental commander, and he can't even manage his family?"
"They're all lower in rank than Commander Han, and it's not too serious. They don't want to offend Commander Han over this, so nobody dares to go. Now everyone's avoiding her."
I initially thought it was just a little girl's jealousy, but it turns out she's not someone to be trifled with.
"Sis, don't you like her either?"
After finishing speaking, the child quickly sought validation, even though it was simple and he genuinely didn't like it.
"I don't know what kind of person she is, but first impressions are very important. Although it's not absolute, that natural feeling you have about someone is sometimes very accurate."
In particular, look at the eyes; a person's eyes can reveal a lot.
The first time I saw her, she was looking at me, but her eyes weren't polite; they were filled with intense jealousy. I guess it was about my appearance, my clothes, or perhaps it was directed at my close relationship with you all—it was blatant, without any attempt to hide it.
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