Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All

Chapter 382: Chapter 382: Actually, It’s Not That Complicated

Su Man was performing a sorrowful act, because she didn’t want and surely couldn’t bear the blame for Wen Yue’s scalding today.

Why?

She feared that once Wen Siyuan found out, he might, in a fit of anger, propose divorce.

After all, she had taken a taxi alone to visit her relatives, leaving the three Wen sisters at home, which indeed was an improper thing to do. If Wen Siyuan seized on this to reason with her, she would truly struggle to defend herself.

”Auntie Su, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have angered you, I know it was wrong, please don’t be sad anymore, I promise I won’t lose my temper again.”

Wen Yue walked out of the room and now stood in front of Mrs. Qi and Su Man, tears welling up in her eyes as she spoke in a tender voice, ”It wasn’t your fault I scalded my hand with hot water today, Auntie Su, it was my own carelessness, you don’t have to blame yourself.”

Her timid gaze shifted to Mrs. Qi, ”Granny Qi, please don’t blame Auntie Su, it’s all my fault. Auntie Su only started making me learn to cook by myself during the winter holiday, and that’s why she didn’t take me, Little Yi, and Little Fish out today. I’ve thought it over now and I won’t throw tantrums at Auntie Su anymore...”

Tears rolled down her cheeks as Wen Yue choked up, ”Granny Qi, could you talk to Auntie Su and ask her not to be mad at me anymore? Little Yi, Little Fish, and I will listen to her from now on, we won’t be picky eaters, we’ll eat our meals properly.”

”...” Mrs. Qi didn’t speak up for a long time, quietly watching Wen Yue, feeling that the child’s action was not merely an apology to her stepmother but also showing Su Man that she was wise to her.

Honestly, Mrs. Qi’s feelings were quite complicated at that moment; she could hardly believe that a child of six or seven could be so thoughtful.

Yet, this might not necessarily be a bad thing.

Since Su Man was selfish and now had her own child, if the young girl in front of her wasn’t a bit cunning, Su Man might revert to her original attitude after today, treating the three girls kindly only in the short term. But as time went on, there was no guarantee she wouldn’t return to her old ways, or even worsen her treatment of the three stepdaughters.

This was not Mrs. Qi overthinking; the future was unpredictable.

And as for people’s hearts, they are hidden behind flesh. In a remarried or blended family, it is usually the case that parents will favour their own biological children over stepchildren when it comes to allocating family resources.

Of course, someone like Fang Su was an exception, and there were others who acted similarly as mothers and fathers.

There are indeed those who can treat everyone equally, but they are likely in the minority.

These were Mrs. Qi’s thoughts because, in her view, even within families with both biological and stepchildren – from second marriages or blended households – it is hard to avoid bias, let alone within families where all the children are sired by the same parents. Even then, parents tend to show favoritism towards their preferred children.

In short, in a family, to treat everyone absolutely equally is challenging.

All the more so in a family like Wen’s.

That’s why Mrs. Qi didn’t dislike Wen Yue, the thoughtful young girl; she even thought the girl knew how to protect herself, which was wise.

Well then, speaking of which, Wen Yue’s current act actually did not match exactly with what Mrs. Qi had in mind.

The young girl, at only the tender age of six or seven, could hardly think of all the ins and outs. She had merely pondered Kang Li’s words and decided to temporarily bow to her stepmother, Su Man. Later on, when she was grown up, she would go to find her birth mother.

Along with her sisters, they would find their birth mother and would no longer have to put up with their stepmother.

”Yueyue, you...”