Chapter 335 The Orphanage's Lies: The Handsome Flower Boy 35
Lu Jinnian remained silent, his nails digging into his fingers. How could his mother know about his past...?
Shen Ci's voice naturally carried a sense of pity. If it weren't for the adults' misdeeds, would the child have developed such a distorted set of values?
"Look at you now, you don't have to fake a smile for anyone, and you don't have to rack your brains to say things against your conscience."
Whatever you want, Mom can give you. You can buy anything you really need and like on your own.
On the eve of the Lunar New Year, with your mother around, you don't have to fend for yourself.
I want to be your source of confidence, so that you can live with dignity and do as you please!
Seeing that you clearly don't like that classmate Xu, yet you still say those ambiguous things to her that cause her to misunderstand, hurts me deeply.
It hurts a lot.
I feel sorry for my son, why should I make myself suffer like this?
"Is it because I trusted the wrong person that my son turned out this way?"
Shen Ci pointed to his heart.
Lu Jinnian could no longer hold back. These words exposed his self-righteous methods and the vulnerability beneath his strong exterior.
He suddenly raised his head, tears streaming down his face, but he stubbornly clenched his teeth and didn't cry out.
He didn't cry when he was abandoned, because he knew it would be useless.
He grew up stumbling and falling, but he never cried, because tears are the most useless thing.
But his mother's love, as hot as tears, made him cry; his mother saw through him.
"Xiao Nian, look at your mother and tell me honestly, do you like that classmate Xu in the classroom today?"
Set aside all external factors and only ask your own heart.
If you like someone, you shouldn't just say things to make them happy; you should be serious about relationships.
Lu Jinnian immediately shook his head vigorously, afraid that if he spoke too slowly, Shen Ci would misunderstand.
"I don't like her! Mom, I really don't like her!"
I... I just think her family is well-off, and if... if I can get along well with her, maybe in the future..."
"Maybe it will come in handy? Maybe I can continue to get benefits from her?"
Shen Ci finished speaking for him, saying the rest of the unspeakable words. Her tone contained no accusation, only a knowing understanding that she had anticipated Lu Jinnian's thoughts.
Lu Jinnian was so ashamed that she wanted to disappear, and she buried her head even lower.
Shen Ci didn't want to suppress him or make him feel guilty; she just wanted him to know his mistake.
Don't wait until you've made an irreparable and irreversible mistake to regret it.
Forgiveness is possible because there is still time and no major disaster has yet occurred.
If he has truly committed a grave mistake, then Shen Ci can only apologize and then take drastic measures against his own son. He can't let his mistakes go unpunished just because he is my son.
"Little New Year, raise your head."
Knowing you're wrong and realizing the problem is the beginning of change, and there's nothing shameful about that.
Mom will be proud of you because you've realized your mistakes and can now distinguish right from wrong.
She placed her hands on Lu Jinnian's shoulders, making him look at her directly.
When facing your closest family members, there is no need to be afraid, ashamed, or timid. Family members are always people you can confide in.
"A truly powerful and truly wealthy person is first and foremost someone who is independent and open-minded."
If you don't like it, you should clearly refuse.
If you're unsure, don't offer vague hopes.
Exploiting others' feelings for profit is the cheapest and most hurtful transaction in the world; it taints their sincerity and degrades your own character.
"If you want a good life, Mom can give it to you."
If you want to earn it through your own abilities, Mom will support you and teach you.
But the one thing you absolutely cannot do is take this seemingly easy path, which is actually a one-way road leading to a precipice.
It will make your heart increasingly empty and cold.
Ultimately, you'll find that besides the cold, hard things you obtained through scheming, you won't have a single person around you who truly cares for you.
It may be comfortable to be a kept man, but if it were the right thing to do, people wouldn't object to it or look down on you.
While being a kept man may be tempting, personal independence is far more valuable. We have the potential to become better people, so why should we crave a life of luxury?
Lu Jinnian grew up figuring things out on his own; no one taught him these things. And the headmistress, taking care of so many children, couldn't possibly attend to the emotional development of every single one of them.
"Mom believes in you; you're a good child at heart."
It's just that no one taught you before, or the way they taught you was wrong.
From now on, learn to rely on yourself and on your mother.
Be brave enough to say no to people and things you don't like.
Strive for what you truly desire through legitimate and upright means.
This is the kind of son my son, Lu Jinnian, should be like.
The reason for building high walls in one's heart is that there is no one to support one's beliefs.
At that moment, the high wall in Lu Jinnian's heart collapsed, and he couldn't help but throw himself on his mother's shoulder and cry.
Like a real child, dare to show your vulnerability.
His tears were not just tears of fear and grievance, but tears of gratitude for being understood and guided.
The road to redemption is difficult, but he is not alone.
He has everything he wants at home, so why would he want to humble himself and fawn over outsiders to get even the smallest benefit?
Shen Ci felt that if she wanted to correct the problem, she had to be more careful in the future after taking strong measures today. This child was like a greedy creature, only taking in but never giving out.
So she increased Lu Jinnian's allowance by 200 yuan a month and tried to divert his attention to help him correct his behavior.
"Ding-dong! Mission complete!"
Salvage value +15%.
Current rescue value: 52%.
One overseas precision electronic component production line.
One imported Mercedes-Benz W126.
It's here, it's here!
To find out if a child has truly changed, all that's needed is for the system to verify their behavior. However, due to communication difficulties between parents and children, there's no way to know whether the child has actually changed or not.
That's good. The system has verified that Lu Jinnian really knows he's changed.
Shen Ci didn't rush to check the corresponding reward, but instead thought of something else, and someone else.
The reason Lu Jinnian ended up like this is not only because the original owner trusted men too easily, but also because of his biological father.
He didn't want to raise the child anymore, so he could have sent him back to the countryside, but he just abandoned him. He even picked a good day, choosing a cold winter day with heavy snow to abandon the child.
If Dean Lu hadn't discovered it just in time, the next day we would probably have seen a corpse. That's why Shen Ci never made Lu Jinnian change his surname.
Dean Lu is like his second parent.
For so many years without parents, Dean Lu took on both roles, acting as a second parent.
He married in the countryside, divorced, deceived the heart of an innocent young girl, abandoned his wife and children, returned to the city to seek wealth and luxury, and finally even threw his child away. All of this was done by that despicable man.
Just because the original owner trusted the wrong person doesn't mean they can become a murderer instead of a victim. The murderer's sins cannot be shifted onto anyone else.
Now that I have the ability, and I'm correcting Lu Jinnian's bad habits, it's time to settle things!
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