Chapter 38
"Huo Rui, what's your attitude!" Master Li was so angry that he yelled, "Your mother was so kind and caring about you, but you are so rude to her, you naughty boy..."
Luo Chaoyan wiped away her tears again and said softly: "Master Li, don't be angry. Xiao Rui'er just speaks his mind and has no ill will towards me." No way!
Huo Rui was shocked by her pretentious attitude. This woman must be too immersed in the role. It gave him goosebumps.
"Madam, your constant pampering of him will only harm him," said the clan leader.
Luo Chaoyan hesitated and said, "Patriarch, this... I..."
The clan leader immediately understood what she meant. She was Huo Rui's stepmother. It has been said since ancient times that being a stepmother is not easy. If you are too strict, people will say you are mistreating your stepson. If you ignore her, you will be considered unvirtuous, and if you spoil her, you will be considered as overpraising her.
He sighed and said, "How about this, I will go with you to your house today and talk to Huo Jin about his teachings."
That’s a great feeling! This is exactly the effect she wants. If Huo Jin knew what happened today, I wonder how he would punish Huo Rui, hehe! By then, I'm afraid the old lady at home will not be able to protect him. After all, what happened today violated the family rules of the Huo family. The consequences of not following the rules will be serious!
"This, this is too much trouble for the clan leader." Luo Chaoyan said in embarrassment.
"Clan leader!" Huo Rui only now realized what this woman had in mind. She knew that if she went to complain to her grandmother, she would definitely protect her. But if the clan leader went, it would be different.
He looked at the clan leader pitifully and said, "Clan leader, I was wrong today. I will never dare to do it again. Please forgive me this time." On weekdays, if he didn't complete his homework, Master Li would come to complain, and his father would punish him by making him kneel in the ancestral hall. But if the clan leader goes to tell his father about what happened today, he is afraid that his father will be furious, and then he will be in trouble.
What he feared most was not corporal punishment, but that his father would lock him up and not allow anyone to talk to him. He would also confiscate all the toys in his room, leaving him so bored that he wouldn't even have the chance to play with his toys. When he thought of the days he was imprisoned, his scalp began to tingle. For an active boy like him, this was simply torture.
Master Li saw that he seemed a little scared and snorted coldly, "Humph! If you do something wrong, you must have the courage to bear the consequences."
"Master Li is right!" said the clan leader, and asked someone to help him go back to rest and see a doctor.
The two servants walked up to Master Li. At first they thought he was too heavy and could not lift him up. When they tried to lift him up, they heard a "swish" sound.
When everyone heard the sound, they looked and saw Master Li's clothes being torn apart. There were two holes in his coat, and two round pieces of cloth were clearly stuck to the chair.
"Huo Rui!"
After Master Li roared, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
Everyone was shocked!
The patriarch quickly had him carried back to see a doctor.
"Huo Rui, you really are..." The clan leader was really angry this time, and he had already found some words to scold the child.
He swung his sleeves angrily and walked out.
"Boss!"
Huo Ze looked at Huo Rui uneasily.
"Xiao Rui, you are so naughty. How can you treat Master Li like this!" Luo Chaoyan said angrily.
Huo Rui glared at her with gritted teeth, "Woman, stop pretending. Isn't this the result you wanted to see?"
Luo Chaoyan spread her hands, "Xiao Rui, what are you talking about? In order to accompany you to study, I got up early and went to school, and I left An An behind and couldn't serve my grandmother. Isn't it too heartbreaking for you to say this now?"
"Or are all these tricks you used today actually aimed at me?"
Huo Rui glared at her, "Humph! You ask even though you know the answer."
Luo Chaoyan had a look of "disbelief", "You...you brat, I am still your elder after all, how can you treat me like this."
"Woman, the clan leaders are not here, who are you acting for?" Huo Rui said, "Do you think my friends don't know that you are my stepmother?"
"What's wrong with stepmother? Isn't she your elder? Can you trample on her at will?" Luo Chaoyan pinched her waist and said.
Huo Rui rolled his eyes at her. He was too lazy to argue with her anymore. He couldn't escape the punishment today anyway.
Luo Chaoyan looked at Huo Ze and the other children, feeling somewhat distressed, and said, "Children, Huo Rui is naughty, but I think you are all very well-behaved children. How come you are all being led astray by him? If your parents knew about what happened today, do you know what the consequences would be?"
"Children, if Huo Rui lets you play around again in the future, you must stay away from him. Don't let him play around and get you punished together."
What is this woman doing, trying to encourage his friends to carry him? Huo Rui glared at her and said, "Woman, stop stirring up trouble here. Our friendship is something you, a woman, cannot possibly understand."
Luo Chaoyan snorted coldly and said, "If you hadn't selfishly wanted to play a trick on me, what happened today wouldn't have happened, and they wouldn't have been punished together."
"you……"
Huo Ze was a little timid and said, "Husband...my dear, we are good friends. Good friends will stick together and bear the hardships together."
Huo Rui gave him an approving look. Then he looked at Luo Chaoyan proudly.
"Good boy, it is a good thing to share a friend's troubles. But if this friend wants you to do something bad, then if you really want to do it for his own good, you have to persuade him. Otherwise, you would be aiding and abetting the evil. Isn't there a saying that goes 'He who keeps company with vermilion becomes red, and he who keeps company with ink becomes black'?" Do you also want to be like him? "Luo Chaoyan said.
"Woman, stop exaggerating. My friends will not be fooled by your sweet words." Huo Rui said.
Luo Chaoyan smiled and said, "Then let's get practical. If you really feel guilty towards your friends, then you can copy their punishment for them. This way you can appear to be responsible and make them submit to you, the child king."
What! This damn woman is so bold. He didn't even know if he could finish copying tonight.
Seeing other partners looking at him with some interested eyes, what is this? These guys didn't really want him to copy for them, did they?
He gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Woman, you really have bad intentions. The clan leader said that if he finds out that someone else copied for him, he will continue to impose penalties. You want me to help them now. Aren't you trying to harm us?"
Luo Chaoyan looked at the children and said, "Alas! I just feel sympathy for these children who have been implicated by you." Regardless of whether the morale of these little kids has been shaken, they still feel uncomfortable when they hear her words at this time.
"You!" Huo Rui gritted his teeth in anger.
Huo Ze and the others also thought about the book they had to copy fifty times today, and they looked exhausted.
"Huo Rui, what did I say? Be careful not to lose the rice while trying to steal the chicken!" Huo Yu said.
"Stop making sarcastic remarks. If it weren't for your bad mouth, we wouldn't be punished."
Luo Chaoyan smiled and said, "So there is someone who understands this."
She walked up to Huo Yu and said, "Kid, can we be friends?"
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