My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn-Chapter 242 - 45: Flee in Panic_2

"Do you really think this matter can’t be uncovered?" Shen Chi paid no attention to her sophistry and sneered, "You’re now parading around as a mysterious niece at the Yu Family residence, and looking so much like Yu Bingliang, do you really think everyone in this world is as stupid as you?"

"People don’t mention it out of respect for Yu Bingliang, but who are you to covet Wanwan’s place?" he glared at Lu Rong darkly, "What do you think would happen if I were to expose your cloak of shame, resulting in Yu Bingliang being expelled from the Party and the military, driven out of the compound? Would he not hate his illegitimate daughter to death?"

The tone and content of his speech terrified Lu Rong; trembling, she said, "What are you going to do? You can’t do this, I... I like you so much, how can you treat me this way?"

"Let’s see if I can," Shen Chi sneered, "Stay away from me in the future, and don’t bother my beloved, or else..."

He didn’t finish his sentence, but Lu Rong had no trouble imagining the rest. Frightened, she fled in a panic, not daring to look back.

By the time the family of three finally returned home, the teddy bear was already filthy and Little Niangao was a sweaty, disheveled mess. Letting out the breath he’d been holding, he burst into tears—

"Mommy, Little Niangao’s arm is so sore..."

Lin Xiaoguai sighed, placed the teddy bear aside, lifted her son, and without a word of comfort, started to massage his arm with just the right amount of pressure.

Shen Chi carried over a cup of water and set it before him. Little Niangao’s throat was parched, and seeing water, he paid no mind to his sore arm and eagerly grabbed it, gulping it down in one breath.

"Little Niangao is so tired, mommy and daddy didn’t help me," sniffled Little Niangao, feeling aggrieved.

"Didn’t Little Niangao see mommy and daddy’s hands were full?" Lin Xiaoguai gently patted his back.

"But..." Little Niangao still felt wronged; he worked so hard, and his parents neither comforted him nor helped him as they used to.

"Did Little Niangao know beforehand that bringing the teddy bear back alone would be very tiring?" Lin Xiaoguai coaxed.

"I knew," Little Niangao whispered, looking down.

"Then why did you still buy it?"

Little Niangao fell silent.

"Because you thought mom and dad would help, right?"

Little Niangao, somewhat embarrassed, nodded slightly.

Lin Xiaoguai touched his head and said softly, "Next time Little Niangao does something, he needs to think it through first, only take on as much as you can handle."

"And you must keep your promises, you can’t always expect others to help, understand?"

"I understand," nodded Little Niangao, who then caught a glimpse of the now-dirty teddy bear, and the tears that had just dried up threatened to overflow again.

"But the bear is dirty..."

"It’s okay," Lin Xiaoguai smiled, "mommy will wash it clean, make it look just like it did in the department store."

"Really?" Little Niangao’s tears turned into a smile. ƒreewebɳovel.com

"Really," Lin Xiaoguai laughed as she pinched his nose.

That evening, Lin Xiaoguai sat by the window cutting fabric, while Shen Chi read her newly written manuscript.

—In this life, Lin Xiaoguai wrote less prose and focused more on short and medium-length social commentaries, or reviews of delicious food, beautiful scenery, and even historical relics. Occasionally, when inspired, she also wrote novels about emotions, ethics, and reflections of reality. Different from her previous life, her literary style had changed; it remained sharp and precise, but the sentences now flowed with a casual serenity and the wording was more understated and peaceful, reflecting a harmonious and unyielding spirit in her writing. Therefore, Shen Chi found all her articles quite enjoyable to read.

"How come so many are unpublished?" Shen Chi asked in surprise after finishing.

"I just focus on writing; I’m not short of money, so I’m not insistent on that front," Lin Xiaoguai, who was never one for fame, had even refused interviews from television stations until her retirement in her previous life, simply because she disliked being the topic of discussion wherever she went.

Luckily, back then her reputation as an old-timer provided some leeway – television stations, after all, had to show a measure of respect to the pens of literary figures, especially the older generation like her.

"Saying such nice things, but isn’t it just laziness on your part, not even able to bother with sticking a stamp on an envelope to drop in the mailbox?"

Shen Chi’s words pulled Lin Xiaoguai back from her memories, and she chuckled, "I don’t write for the sake of publication, so why bother with that?"

In her previous life, editors from magazines would come to collect her works every so often.

"By the way, is Lu Rong really an illegitimate daughter?" Realizing she was drifting into the past again, Lin Xiaoguai changed the topic.

"Do you remember Mrs. Huang from last time?" Seeing Lin Xiaoguai nod, Shen Chi continued, "She clearly doesn’t like Lu Rong. If Lu Rong weren’t her husband’s illegitimate daughter, would she have come begging to our door?"

Lin Xiaoguai caught a certain meaning in his words and widened her eyes in surprise, "Were you bluffing her earlier?"

"What else?" Shen Chi reached out to help her straighten the cut fabric, "I’m not idle enough to investigate such trivial matters." From Mrs. Huang’s attitude last time, he had some guesses; if Lu Rong hadn’t been acting increasingly out of line, he would not have confronted her so directly.

"What does Lu Rong’s father do? Could he cause trouble for you?" Lin Xiaoguai frowned slightly.

These days, someone so blatantly raising an illegitimate daughter without any repercussions seemed implausible – Lu Rong’s father wasn’t just a nobody in her eyes.

She wasn’t afraid of brainless Lu Rong herself, but the worry was that picking on the lesser might provoke the greater. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com) by casting a recommendation or monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)