Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All

Chapter 1577: Chapter 1276_4

The bedside lamp on one side of the bed was still on; by its light, Kang Li stared steadily into Luo Yanqing’s dark eyes.

”Your parents all call you Li Bao, but in my eyes and in my heart, you’re my precious baby.”

Hearing this, Kang Li’s cheeks instantly burned hot.

”I’m just me, I am not some precious baby of yours.” With a tsundere edge in her tone, Kang Li avoided Luo Yanqing’s gaze and asked, ”Do I treat my family like they’re grass or something?”

”Of course not.”

Luo Yanqing’s lips curved into a faint arc. ”Don’t overthink it.”

”Fine, I won’t overthink it.”

Kang Li was silent for a moment, then said, ”Luo Yanqing, even if everything that Fifth Sister-in-law said is true, what does any of it have to do with her? My family dotes on me, circles around me, treats me like a treasure—that’s my parents’ choice. What is she jealous about?

Besides, she herself told me that as long as she’s at home, her parents and her brothers all surround her, fussing over her and pampering her like a little princess. How is she any different from me, who grew up surrounded by my parents and brothers?”

”She’s not right in the head. She feels it’s perfectly normal for her own family to circle around her and treat her like a treasure, but it’s not okay when it’s someone else. Seeing your parents and older brother pamper you from childhood to now makes her uncomfortable, so she inevitably harbors resentment toward you.”

”Your analysis is a bit off, but my gut tells me that’s exactly what Wang Pan is thinking.”

She’s got a screw loose!

Yes, her surname is Kang, not Wang. What’s wrong with being doted on by her own family?

Luo Yanqing said, ”All right, now that you know what kind of person she is, just cut down on contact with her in the future.”

Kang Li said, ”I naturally won’t interact much with her from now on, but with such an unreasonable wife by his side, my brother’s days probably aren’t very pleasant.”

”Since they’re already married, they should try to be more tolerant of each other. If he really can’t stand it, your brother can choose to get a divorce.”

Life is something you live out day by day, but if a couple’s values are fundamentally incompatible, in his view, there’s no need to keep forcing it.

...

The next day was the first day of the lunar year. After Kang Li’s family got up early to wish Jiang Hongfa and Jiang Boya a happy New Year, they stayed to have breakfast with the two of them, and then Kang Li and Luo Yanqing said their goodbyes to Jiang Hongfa and Jiang Boya.

”Grandpa, Dad, we’re heading out.”

”Be careful on the road.”

Jiang Boya reminded them.

”Got it.”

Kang Li replied.

”Don’t forget to come over early in the morning on the third day.” Seeing Kang Li holding Guoguo and about to get into the car, Jiang Boya reminded her again. Hearing this, Kang Li smiled a bit helplessly, turned her head to look at this ”discount” father of hers, and said, ”I won’t forget. Our whole family will come early on the morning of the third day.”

Jiang Boya nodded in satisfaction.

He watched the car drive out through the gates before finally pulling his gaze back.

”Dad, let’s go sit in the living room.”

”Mm.”

Jiang Hongfa nodded, and with Jiang Boya supporting him, went back to the living room.

”You have something to say to me?”

Sitting down on the sofa, Jiang Boya found himself being stared at unblinkingly by Jiang Hongfa, which for a moment gave him the feeling he’d done something wrong. But Jiang Boya had good control over his emotions, so nothing showed on his handsome face.

”She came looking for you again yesterday. Even though you didn’t go out to see her, her turning up at the door every few days like this still has a bad impact.” The ”she” in Jiang Hongfa’s mouth was undoubtedly Fang Su; what he was referring to was Fang Su showing up at their door to look for Jiang Boya.

”...”

With his eyelids lowered, Jiang Boya stayed silent.

”And, since you haven’t told Lili about her repeatedly coming to the house, if Fang Su feels it’s hard to start with you, she’ll definitely go looking for Lili. That way, if Lili suddenly runs into her, there’s no guarantee she won’t suffer a loss.”

Jiang Hongfa had a strong aversion to Fang Su. The last few times she’d come by, he thought that after repeatedly hitting a wall she would give up her improper thoughts. Who knew that even on New Year’s Eve, she’d show up again in the mid-afternoon.

It was downright maddening.

”When we go pay a New Year visit to Uncle Xi, I’ll sit down and talk with her current husband.”

Dreaming if she thinks she can cling to him!

A sharp glint flashed in Jiang Boya’s eyes, then his gaze returned to normal. He looked at Jiang Hongfa and said, ”With her husband keeping her in line, I imagine she’ll stop her shameless behavior. As for why I didn’t tell Lili about that woman coming to our door, I just felt that it’s the New Year; there was no need to affect Lili’s mood over something so trivial.”

Jiang Hongfa said, ”It’s still best to tell Lili, so she doesn’t get caught off guard when that woman comes looking for her.”

”...All right, I’ll tell her when she comes over on the third day.”

Jiang Boya nodded, only to see Jiang Hongfa giving him a ”hate to iron that won’t become steel” look as he said, ”Back then I said no matter what, I wouldn’t agree to you being with that girl Sumei, but you were dead set on her, like you’d swallowed a steel beam, and even let yourself be talked into eloping. Tell me, how were you so stubborn back then?”

”Dad, can you stop dragging up the past?” Jiang Boya felt his face heat and said, ”I was young and clueless then; getting duped wasn’t something I wanted either.”

Jiang Hongfa glared. ”Then why didn’t you listen to advice?”

”Dad... you call that advice? The moment you saw me, you started scolding, saying ’you’re not allowed’ on the left and ’I don’t agree’ on the right. I was right in the middle of my rebellious phase, so of course I couldn’t listen. All I could think was, the more you forbid me from doing something, the more I wanted to do it. If you’d sat down and talked to me properly back then, I don’t believe I would’ve gone against you.”

”Fine, let’s say my approach was wrong. But what about your mother? Didn’t your mother talk things through with you properly?”

”My mom was just following your instructions...”

”Was she wrong?”

”You kept stressing how important ’being well-matched in social status’ was, but I hated that so-called ’being well-matched,’ especially when I thought about the days my mother spent with you. That made me even less willing to follow your arrangement and marry some socially compatible woman.”

”What was so wrong with the life your mother and I had?”

Jiang Hongfa glared.

Jiang Boya said, ”You treated each other with polite respect, so polite you were like two very familiar strangers living together. I couldn’t see a trace of affection between you. Given that, how could I accept a ’well-matched’ marriage like yours?”

His expression serious, Jiang Boya met Jiang Hongfa’s eyes and continued, ”Of course, I’m not saying that a socially compatible marriage is inherently wrong. But at the very least, the man and woman should have some contact, and if after getting to know each other they feel they’re suitable,

then that kind of ’well-matched’ marriage would naturally be a good match. Similarly, even if the two families aren’t well-matched, as long as the two people involved are mutually fond of each other,

and the family from the lower-status side has good character and upbringing, then a match between those two families, in my view, is also a fine marriage. Dad, what do you think?”

”...”

Jiang Hongfa said nothing; he knew what Jiang Boya was saying made sense.

A high-status family marrying into a low-status one didn’t automatically mean it wasn’t a good match.

The main thing was character and family values.

That said, the children raised in low-status families generally did have some gap in horizons compared to children raised in high-status families.

Then again, children from high-status families weren’t necessarily all good either.

”But I really was blind back then, not seeing that woman’s true nature and letting myself be duped like an idiot. Still, you bear some responsibility for that too.”

”What does that have to do with me?”

”Dad, aren’t you the one who’s bad at judging people? If you’d seen through Steward Fang’s true colors earlier, would I have gotten into that accident abroad that year?”

”I...”