The next day, at the military base
As soon as Li Hanting finished training and was about to turn around and go home for breakfast, he saw Liu Yang rushing over with a very strange expression on his face.
"Reporting to the commander."
As he straightened his sleeves, he asked, "What's wrong?"
"Chief Li called." He then added, "He sounded a bit angry."
Li Hanting's eyes darkened, and he vaguely guessed what was going on.
"I understand. Go have breakfast first."
Back in his office, he picked up the phone and calmly dialed back.
After two beeps, the call was connected.
"dad……"
On the other end of the phone, Li Yuan's face flushed with anger, and his voice turned colder, "You still remember I'm your father? I heard you punished An'an yesterday?"
Li Hanting frowned, but answered calmly, "Dad, since you made this call, you should know what An'an did yesterday."
"Hmph... He's just lying on the ground playing marbles. He's still a child, why can't he be naughty?"
Li Yuan offered a dismissive rebuttal: "In my opinion, An'an is much more sensible than many children."
He blurted out out of the blue, "Dad, you didn't raise my brother and me like this when we were little."
Li Yuan paused, his expression slightly off, but his second son couldn't see it.
"Don't you know what 'grandparental affection' means? You can't just punish those two kids like that anymore."
He made no attempt to hide his favoritism.
“Your mother just went over there. If An’an feels unwell anywhere, I’ll never forgive you.”
He hung up the phone after saying that.
Li Hanting hesitated for a moment before hanging up the phone.
As soon as I got back to the apartment building, I ran into my mother.
He nodded to his mother and took the bag from her hand.
The two went upstairs together.
Chen Shufang raised an eyebrow. "Did your dad tell you I was coming today?"
"Um."
Li Hanting was a man of few words.
After hesitating for a moment, she continued, "Then your dad won't scold you, will he?"
"No." Just two simple words.
Chen Shufang couldn't figure out Han Ting's true thoughts for a moment.
The door was then opened, revealing a round and adorable head.
Her eyes lit up instantly, "Dad, Grandma..."
"Oh." Chen Shufang's heart softened, and she picked up the little one and walked inside.
Upon hearing her daughter's voice, Su Jingjing quickly untied her apron and went over.
"Mom, what brings you here?" she exclaimed in surprise.
My mother-in-law went over early in the morning, which seemed a bit unusual.
"I brought you some things."
Chen Shufang instructed her son to take the things into the kitchen and put them away. She looked around and asked in confusion, "Where's An'an?"
"Mom, I'll have An'an go downstairs and pick two chili peppers."
An'an came in from outside at this moment, and had the same reaction as Yuanyuan, "Grandma."
Chen Shufang put Yuanyuan down and couldn't wait to check An'an's body. "Let Grandma take a look quickly. Is there anything wrong with your body?"
An'an glanced at her parents, her eyes filled with confusion.
Su Jingjing exchanged a glance with the man and learned from his helpless look why her mother-in-law had come to visit.
Her eyes flickered. Had the news already reached the old house so quickly?
She coughed lightly. "Mom, An'an is fine."
An'an chimed in, "Grandma, I'm perfectly healthy."
Chen Shufang straightened up and sighed, "I heard about what happened yesterday. They're at the age where they're playing around, and it's inevitable that they'll be careless sometimes. We can't just scold or beat them."
"Mom, we understand. We'll be more careful in the future."
Su Jingjing chuckled awkwardly.
Li Hanting put his arm around his wife's waist. "Mom, it has nothing to do with Jingjing. I'm the one who punished her."
Chen Shufang rolled her eyes at her son, "How could I not know that? Jingjing wouldn't dare to lay a finger on the child."
An'an cautiously tugged at Chen Shufang's sleeve, "Grandma, it's not Dad and Mom's fault, it's all because I was naughty."
"Alright, alright, Grandma won't blame anyone. Grandma brought you some delicious food. You can eat it after breakfast."
Su Jingjing chimed in, "Mom, you haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Come and eat with us."
Now that you mention it, I am actually a little hungry.
There were dumplings and noodles on the table, making for a fairly substantial breakfast.
*
"Waaaaah..."
The baby's cries echoed throughout the small room.
Jin Ju lay on the bed, feeling utterly hopeless. She looked down at the ugly scar on her stomach and disgustedly put down her clothes.
But at least he survived.
Thinking of this, her expression became more serious. She had a difficult childbirth that day, and the Li family chose to save the baby. If she hadn't been lucky, she might not even be buried in the ground now.
Zheng Yilan, her head throbbing from the noise, pushed the door open and came in. "Are you deaf? Can't you soothe the child?"
"You gave birth to a girl and you still have the nerve to lie in bed? Get up and cook!"
He then pulled back her blanket.
Jinju remained silent, clenched her fists tightly, swallowed the grievances in her heart, and said ingratiatingly, "Mom, I'm still in pain. Can I do the work again in a few days?"
Zheng Yilan snorted, "No way, there's still so much chores to do at home. Do you want to work this old woman to death?"
Before having children, she had been annoyed by Jinju countless times, and now she was going to give her a good beating.
"Let's calm the child down before we come out."
Jinju glared maliciously at the old woman's retreating figure, wishing she could rush up and punch her a couple of times.
"Crying, crying, crying, all you do all day long is cry, it's so annoying."
She turned her head and looked down at the child who was crying his heart out.
She looks a lot like Wang Hui. Sooner or later, the Li family will realize it. What will they do then?
No, she can't let the Li family find out, or she'll be kicked out.
In the evening, the Li family sat on the sofa eating sunflower seeds and watching TV, while she cleaned up the mess on the dining table by herself.
She finally had a moment of peace, but then her baby started crying again. She quickly tried to breastfeed the baby, but during her postpartum period, she hadn't eaten anything good, so she didn't have any breast milk. The baby cried loudly from hunger.
"If you can't even soothe a child, what else can you do?"
Zheng Yilan spat out the sunflower seed shells and turned to curse.
"Mom, I don't have breast milk."
Annoyed by the noise, Li Haoxuan said, "Can't you go make some rice cereal?"
Jinju dared not disobey Li Haoxuan.
I quickly made some rice cereal for the child, and that calmed him down.
I wish you were a boy.
Li Haoxuan went straight to bed and fell asleep as soon as he got back to his room.
Jinju's eyes remained fixed on him.
She forced out two tears, "Brother Haoxuan, are you upset that I didn't give you a son?"
“Even if she’s not a boy, she’s still our child, and you’ve never held her.”
Li Haoxuan opened his eyes and turned his head, his tone ruthless, "Didn't you swear before that you would have a son? I bragged about it, and now everyone is laughing at me for only being able to have daughters."
He was being kind by not strangling her.
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