Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All

Chapter 206: Chapter 206: Feeling Good About Myself

But were they the kind of obedient and sensible children?

Clearly not!

Ever since she stepped into this family, Wen Yue never once called her ”mom.” Wen Yi did, but with her older sister Wen Yue watching over her, each time she called her ”mom,” it wasn’t heartfelt.

Only the youngest, Wen Yu, would call her ”mommy” again and again. However, the little girl was really timid; if Su Qing just raised her voice a bit, Wen Yu would shrink away, as if Su Qing had done something terrible to her.

It really infuriated her, leaving her with a bellyful of anger.

And speaking of which, had she not tried to educate those three young girls properly? Putting aside other times, just in this summer vacation alone, wasn’t there a day when she didn’t make them practice their writing and take out their books to study?

It was Wen Yue and Wen Yi who didn’t really listen to her, merely going through the motions to appease her, sneaking off to play however they wanted behind her back, and she was just a stepmother. Saying things in a gentle and kind manner was one thing, but once it came down to physical punishment or scolding, she would inevitably be labeled — the evil stepmother indeed!

At this moment, Su Man’s heart was filled with complex emotions. She knew before she married into the family and usurped her older sister Su Qing’s marital affair, that being a stepmother was tough, but now that she had truly become one, she experienced it firsthand!

As a stepmother, you had to constantly endure the criticism and judgment of others.

But if the children were her own, and they did something wrong or she saw something she disliked, criticism and education, or even a scolding or two, would be no big deal. After all, the child was her own flesh and blood — couldn’t a mother strictly discipline her own child?

However, when it came to stepchildren, physical punishment was out of the question, and even if she said something harshly, it could lead to criticism. Plus, if the stepchild was sensitive and someone with ulterior motives fanned the flames, a minor incident could easily be turned into a major one. They’d assume the stepmother was unkind, looking for trouble and deliberately making life difficult for the children.

As these thoughts churned through her mind, Su Man felt a bitter and heavy sorrow. She couldn’t deny that she hadn’t treated the three girls in her family with the same affection as her own children, but she hadn’t treated them badly, had she?!

They had food and clothes, and she cared about their education as well. Could she say she hadn’t treated them well enough?

”You... you just calm down,” Wen Siyuan said.

Wen Siyuan had no idea what was going through Su Man’s mind. Seeing her expression change, he became very irritated and couldn’t help but get up and walk towards the study.

Gathering her thoughts, Su Man said, ”I am quite calm!” He always seemed so gentle and refined, but lately, he had been acting like a different person. In her opinion, it was all because of that woman next door with the surname Kang.

If it weren’t for her appearance, would Wen Siyuan have compared Su Man to her at every opportunity, would he have retorted her with just a word?

In the yard, Wen Yue stopped hearing noise from behind the neighboring wall and couldn’t help but daydream.

”Sister! Sister, what are you thinking about?”

Wen Yi nudged her sister and asked in a small voice.

”Let’s go, let’s go outside and play.”

Standing up, Wen Yue took the hand of her second sister Wen Yi and their youngest sister Wen Yu, and the three young girls left the house in no time.

There were no children under the big banyan tree at that moment.

Wen Yue squatted down on the ground, and her sisters Wen Yi and Wen Yu followed suit, squatting across from her.

”Sister, the stories Aunt Kang tells are really interesting.”

That was Wen Yi’s voice.

”Interesting.”

Wen Yu echoed her sister Wen Yi.

”No matter how interesting, they’re not being told for our sake.” Wen Yue’s lips pursed, making her look listless. ”But we did hear them,” Wen Yi tilted her head and spoke up, her eyes shining brightly.

Wen Yue didn’t respond, just took a small twig and began drawing aimlessly in the dirt.