"Warm Light in the Palm" - Who Will Redeem the Entertainment Godmother (Part 3)...
The system wanted to scream again.
Although the original story also involved Qiu Yi returning to her father's side after her mother's death, it feels a little different!
I never paid much attention to He Xinxin, this NPC, before, but now I realize, how come she's been passing through the whole world!
Nine-year-old Qiu Yi sat in the back seat with a blank expression.
The Qiu family did raise her until she was three years old, but children don't have much memory of what they have before the age of three. So Qiu Yi's only memories are of the days she spent outside with her mother.
At that time, Qiu Hui was busy with work, and it wasn't appropriate to bring the child to her workplace all the time, so she locked the child at home and sternly scolded, "Don't run around! Don't move around! Do you understand!"
Children love to make a fuss, but they also know their place. If they know their mother really doesn't want them to make a fuss, they'll stop and obediently nod.
Qiu Hui goes out in the morning, locks the door, and rushes back during her lunch break. When she gets home in the evening, she is exhausted and has to deal with her daughter's day's affairs.
Life was incredibly difficult, but thankfully Qiu Yi was growing up day by day, and she understood some things on her own without needing to be told, which made things a little easier for Qiu Hui.
Just as things were gradually getting back on track, Qiu Hui passed away unexpectedly.
Qiu Yi is already nine years old. Children don't understand anything, but it's just that adults look down on them. In fact, she already knew what death was when she was six years old.
The wicked stepmother lured the child to a crate of apples, then dropped the crate, causing the child's head to roll off and the child to die.
The subsequent resurrection was a story. Although Qiu Yi enjoyed watching it, she instinctively knew the difference between stories and reality. She only liked the interesting plots and wouldn't take the stories seriously.
So she knew that her mother had died simply, not like the child in the story, and that she would not be brought back to life.
For her, all she had to do was accept that her mother wouldn't come back on time; that was something she needed to accept, and her mother wouldn't be bothered by it.
Since Mom has completely disappeared from this world, vanished without a trace, of course there's no trouble with someone who no longer exists.
Qiu Yi chose to go home with her father.
She had never actually met her father, but she could understand everything the Qiu family said.
She listened to the arguments about buying a big house and whether it should be given to her eldest uncle or her youngest uncle, but didn't pay any attention to them. Her attention was entirely focused on the several pairs of chopsticks crossing back and forth in front of her.
When her mother was home, she would put all the delicious food in her bowl and watch her eat it all. She would get angry if she didn't eat it.
But the new uncle's family took over their entire house as soon as they arrived. They wouldn't even think of her when eating, and they wouldn't share a single banana with her, not even when they bought a bunch.
If they don't even share a banana with her, they certainly won't remember to give her anything else, so of course she won't let them touch the money her mother gives her.
As she left the courthouse, she ran into the aunt she had met by chance again.
If it really is just a child who doesn't understand anything, He Xinxin doesn't want to take care of it.
A child who cannot take control of their own life, once they lose their mother, will inevitably fall into a miserable situation.
There are too many miserable people in the world. If you always think of yourself as a savior, you will live a very tiring life. He Xinxin does not have that kind of savior complex.
But the child's unusual calmness touched her heart again.
She works in the legal profession; for her, her words are both the most valuable and the least valuable thing.
Asking her to be a mother to a strange girl is impossible, but it's not difficult for her to do so with just a few words.
"Don't trust anyone except yourself. If anyone tries to touch the money your mother left you, don't agree, including your father. If anything happens, go to the police, understand?"
Qiu Yi looked at her and nodded.
Both were strangers she had only met once, but she was more willing to believe this unfamiliar aunt who had no connection to her whatsoever.
This aunt likes to discuss conditions upfront, while her "relatives" prefer to discuss conditions later.
They didn't dare put it in front of them; what good could it be? Qiu Yi picked up her schoolbag and followed her "dad" home.
Qiu Yi's father's family lived in a small county town nearby. They had an old shop selling hardware. They weren't exactly rich, but they were better off than most families.
So Qiu's father went to the city to try his luck, but found that he couldn't earn as much as he could living off the family's savings, so he went home to inherit the family business.
Over the years, he's lacked ambition and gained a lot of weight. He waddles home with a big belly, and as soon as he walks in, he shouts excitedly, "Look who I brought back!"
It was summer vacation, and the Shen family was all there.
The small county town still retains the appearance of a combination of urban and rural areas, and the Shen family still lives in a large, single-story house with a courtyard.
However, the Shen family had some financial resources. Although the house was old-fashioned, it had been renovated. It was a long row of bungalows with neat white tiles on the outside and the plumbing and electrical systems had been modified inside. There were two doors for people to enter and exit.
The steps were built very high, covering the glass entrance hall.
The exterior wall tiles on the doors and windows are a bit old-fashioned, but a vibrant spider plant in the foyer makes up for the weariness.
The courtyard walkway is paved with patterned bricks. On one side of the walkway, there is a garage and a storage shed, while on the other side, a small garden with a brick wall is built to grow vegetables. At this time of year, cucumbers are climbing all over the trellis.
The Shen family members were all doing their own thing and were not making any noise. When they heard someone at the door, they all stopped what they were doing, looked over, and fell into an eerie silence.
Qiu Yi stopped in her tracks. She was always very sensitive to danger, and this strange standoff made her instantly alert. She looked back with the same expressionless face.
The air entered a strange vacuum, which quickly returned to normal.
Shen Junjiao, the youngest daughter of the Shen family, is now in college. When her former sister-in-law was alive, they got along well, but after so many years, they have forgotten all their feelings for each other.
She quickly washed the cucumber she had just picked, took a bite, and went inside; she couldn't be bothered with any of that.
Grandma Jiang glanced at it, then bent down to pick green beans from the large basin, while Grandpa Shen continued tinkering with his old bicycle.
However, Qiu's father's second wife, Ma Cixin, greeted the father and daughter with a joyful smile and said warmly, "Oh my, this must be Xiao Qiu. She's so cute!"
Qiu's father had yelled in the hopes that someone would take the child away, since he didn't know how to take care of a child, but to his surprise, no one paid any attention to him.
"My wife is so thoughtful," Qiu's father thought to himself, and pushed Qiu Yi towards Ma Cixin. He then said to Qiu Yi with a loving father's expression, "From now on, this is your mother. Call her Mom."
Qiu Yi stumbled from his push, glanced back at him, then looked down again, remaining silent.
Her expression was probably the kind of look that adults find most irritating, and Qiu's father immediately lost his temper, wanting to demonstrate his fatherly authority, and raised his voice, saying, "I'm talking to you! Didn't you hear me! Shout it now!"
Qiu Yi stumbled again after being pushed by him, and finally got a little angry, turning around to look at him.
"Did you beg me to come, or did I beg you to come?"
Autumn's father: ...
In his mind, even if Qiu Yi didn't want to, she could at most cry a few times; what could a little kid like her possibly do?
But the way Qiu Yi looked at him seemed to show no respect for him whatsoever, as if she didn't consider him her father. Qiu's father immediately lost his temper and hit her with his pestle again: "What did you say?"
Having learned from her previous experience, Qiu Yi was prepared. She strode up the steps and looked at him coldly: "I said if you don't want me, send me back. You said you came because you were good to me, and if you're not good to me, I'll leave!"
Autumn's father: ...
The person who was originally thought to be easy to deal with suddenly showed a troublesome side, leaving Qiu's father stunned.
But adults won't give up on asserting their authority over children. Qiu's father immediately got worked up, rolled up his sleeves, and was about to teach her a lesson: "Your mother is gone, and you still dare to provoke your father!"
Qiu Yi had never met an adult who liked to use their hands before, but that didn't stop her from having a solution.
He snatched the bicycle chain from Old Man Shen and lashed it at Qiu's father, yelling, "You dare hit me! You dare hit me! I'll beat you to death!"
Although she was short, the chain she was using was powerful enough, and with the added height of the steps, Qiu's father was immediately slapped in the face, staggering backward and looking at her in disbelief.
"You brat, you've gone mad!"
Qiu Yi is developing very well. At nine years old, she is already 1.3 meters tall. Standing on the steps, she swings the chain, like a one-woman army that can hold off ten thousand.
Grandma Jiang and Grandpa Shen never expected her to do such a thing. They scrambled away from the chain wind attack and looked at their granddaughter, whom they had brought back, in disbelief for the first time.
What is that?
Qiu's father was humiliated and embarrassed, but the chain hitting him was really painful. He could only stand there speechless, not knowing what to do.
Fortunately, Ma Cixin reacted quickly and went to check on the injury on his face. She then turned to Qiu Tianyi and scolded, "What are you doing, child? How could you hit your father!"
Qiu Tianyi's eyes darted around, and she looked at her: Hmm?
Ma Cixin: ...
She and her current father, Qiu, do look somewhat alike; both are chubby and have plenty of fat to withstand a beating, but she doesn't want to go up and get beaten up...
Seeing this, Ma Cixin's eyes darted around, her voice softened, and she said earnestly, "Oh dear, what's going on? We're father and daughter, can't we talk things out? Why are you resorting to violence!"
Qiu Tianyi retorted without backing down: "He moved first!"
Ma Cixin immediately smiled and said, "Your dad doesn't mean to fight you. He just has a loud voice and looks scary!"
"Everyone in this village knows your dad has a good temper, he's just kind-hearted but has a sharp tongue."
"As his daughter, you should be more understanding of him. And you, why are you talking to your daughter like that? Can't you talk to her properly?"
Qiu's father covered his face, unable to believe what had happened.
He had just brought his biological daughter home when she beat him up, while his stepmother mediated the situation.
This can't be right! There's no way something like this could happen! Something must have gone wrong somewhere!
He originally wanted to demonstrate his fatherly authority, but he gradually lost ground and has now become a clown on the sidelines.
Qiu's father was both angry and at a loss for what to do, so he could only cover his face and stubbornly say, "I think this child has been spoiled by her own mother. If we don't teach her a lesson, she'll think she can fly!"
Qiu Yi didn't care about that. As soon as he spoke, she swung the chain and glared at him menacingly. For some reason, her petite figure carried a hint of threat.
On the surface, Ma Cixin was trying to persuade him, but inside he was practically laughing his head off.
As a stepmother who came into the family after her second marriage with a child, it's one thing if her current husband's ex-wife's child isn't around, but if the child is, she's the first to be affected.
Her situation in this family was already delicate; her parents-in-law were all there, along with her sister-in-law, and the whole family treated her like a thief.
If I had a new child with my new husband, that would be fine, but right now the child isn't even here yet, and my husband's biological daughter has come back first.
Now there are several family members, and only she and Tingting are outsiders. If this family unites, there will be no place for the mother and daughter to stay.
Before the "young lady" returned, Ma Cixin racked her brains every day trying to find a solution, but as soon as the "young lady" got home, she beat up her own father.
Haha, what a wonderful thing!
People love to watch the drama unfold when it doesn't concern them.
Ma Cixin secretly grinned as she shouted, displaying her stepmotherly love—
"Calm down, everyone! Calm down!"
"Why can't we sit down and talk? We're all family!"
"Hahaha!"
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