Da Bao, with a cold face, adopted the airs of an elder brother and said sternly, "That won't do either. Si Bao, if you admit you were wrong and promise never to call her 'mother' again, we'll forgive you."
The four children had never seen their eldest brother so serious before, and their second and third brothers were the same; they were all on their eldest brother's side.
The little cub panicked immediately, tears welling in its eyes as it reached for its eldest brother's hand, but the eldest brother stepped back and avoided it. The fourth cub then tried to grab its second and third brothers, but was also avoided.
"Brother!" Little Sibao's tears fell instantly.
Her brothers are ignoring her now, boohoo.
Sanbao felt a little soft-hearted and secretly glanced at her older brother, wanting to plead for her sister. However, Dabao remained cold-faced, his attitude different from usual. Sanbao felt a little scared and silently swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
Da Bao hardened his heart and said to Xiao Si Bao, "You said you were wrong."
Little Sibao silently shed tears, his face full of confusion: "But she is our mother."
Seeing that Xiao Sibao not only refused to admit her mistake but also continued to call the female beast "mother," Da Bao was furious. She gave up trying to communicate with Xiao Sibao and instead ordered her two younger brothers: "Er Bao and San Bao, remember this: never play with Sibao again unless she admits her mistake."
Both kids agreed in unison.
Little Sibao cried his eyes out, pitifully toddling behind him with his short legs, calling out, "Brother, don't ignore Sibao, Sibao will be good."
“You’re not good at all. We’ve told you not to call her ‘mother,’ but you just wouldn’t listen. You were the one who abandoned your brothers first.” These were the words of the second child.
Shen Miao came out at this moment, and the children were all startled when they saw her.
Da Bao still habitually pulled Xiao Si Bao over to protect her behind him, while he stood at the front, wary of Shen Miao.
Shen Miao sighed silently in her heart. She had actually been listening for a while. Because she felt that the kids were acting strangely and Xiao Sibao was even crying, she secretly approached them. Only after listening did she realize that they were talking about her.
The first to let her guard down was Xiao Sibao, which didn't surprise her. Xiao Sibao was the youngest and a girl, so she was naturally kind-hearted.
What saddened her was that, apart from the four little ones, the other children were actually quite hostile towards her.
Just one word, "Mother," and they stopped even paying attention to their fourth child.
"Why are you eavesdropping on our conversation?" Erbao said angrily.
Shen Miao raised her eyebrows: "If I hadn't listened, I wouldn't have known that you little rascals were thinking so much."
Then, her face darkened, and her tone became stern: "Do you think that just because you don't call me that, I'm not your mother? Let me tell you, whether you call me that or not, I'm still your mother!"
The little brats were furious.
Sanbao shouted, "You're wrong! Mothers don't starve their babies, and they don't beat their babies every day. The babies of cat-beast people never get beaten by their mothers."
The kids had always wondered why their mother was different from everyone else's.
They all dream of having a gentle mother.
The babies were all very upset.
Something inside Shen Miao was struck, and her voice softened involuntarily. She bent down to look her children in the eye and said, "This is my first time being a mother. I don't know what to do and I will make mistakes. I'm trying my best to be good to you and to Daddy. Can't you give me a chance?"
The children had never been treated so sincerely by Shen Miao before, and were a little at a loss for words.
Seeing this, Shen Miao deliberately said dejectedly, "I understand. Alright then, after your father recovers, I'll have him find you a new mother. Anyway, you all hate me, so I'll just leave."
Erbao and Sanbao clenched their little fists tightly and eagerly retorted, "That's not how it is!"
"Hmm?" Shen Miao looked depressed, as if the fact that her children didn't recognize her as their mother had dealt her a huge blow.
Erbao said fiercely, "You were the one who refused to accept us first. You wouldn't let us call you Mother. You said we were a burden, that we only knew how to eat and wasted food."
Shen Miao was greatly shocked. Was this something a human would say?
She rummaged through her memories and found that it really was what the original owner of the body had said, and more than once. Whenever she got annoyed or didn't like the kids, she would scold them and tell them not to come looking for her, because she didn't want to be their mother at all.
The babies were still small then, and when they were hungry or uncomfortable, all they could do was call for their mother.
The original owner was very impatient. To prevent them from coming to her again, she would hit them every time they called. The children were so frightened by the beatings that they never dared to call again.
All of this misfortune was of her own making.
Shen Miao rubbed her temples, her head aching. Ever since she transmigrated into this body, there had been surprises waiting for her every day.
She desperately wanted to tell them that she had amnesia and couldn't remember anything from before, so they could start over. But in this world, there was no such thing as amnesia, and the children didn't understand.
Ultimately, Shen Miao chose to face it; people always have to gradually become stronger through various setbacks.
“My child,” Shen Miao said sincerely, “I was bewitched back then and did many wrong things. Now I have realized my mistakes and will never treat you like that again.”
The children looked at her suspiciously.
Sanbao questioned, "Are you really going to change?"
Being questioned by a little kid about whether he could change things made Shen Miao, an adult, feel a deep sense of shame.
Her lips twitched, and she said, "Of course, hasn't Mother stopped treating you like that lately?"
The cubs thought about it and realized that the vicious female beast had changed a lot recently, but she had been too cruel before, which made the cubs unable to believe it.
Because once you believe, you'll be hurt again once the illusion takes hold.
The little boy didn't speak, but his face showed some emotion. Shen Miao was slightly relieved; it seemed that her efforts had been effective.
Afraid that her children would bring up her embarrassing past again, Shen Miao quickly changed the subject, "Wasn't what Mommy did in the past very annoying?"
"How annoying!" the kids exclaimed in unison.
Shen Miao coughed awkwardly, then said firmly, "Then the kids mustn't learn from that, okay? Swearing, lying on the ground and acting like a child, those are all bad, very embarrassing, you know?"
The children all said they wouldn't do it, but Da Bao looked at her suspiciously and questioned, "You know it's embarrassing, why do you still do it?"
This little darling is really not cute at all.
Shen Miao unilaterally withdrew her maternal love for five seconds.
"My dear child, you don't understand. Adults also have their own difficulties. Sometimes they have no choice in the matter." Shen Miao cursed herself in her heart for a minute. She really would do anything to clear her name.
But she quickly added, "However, Mother promises that it will never be like before again."
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