"Dad, let me help you."
Lin Wanwan quickly followed her father into the kitchen.
The kitchen is filled with the aroma of various foods. Lin Daniu cut the vegetables skillfully, and the meat slices on the chopping board flew under the knife.
Lin Wanwan sat quietly by the stove and helped light the fire, looking at the busy Lin Daniu with complicated eyes.
The flames licked the bottom of the pot, and the stew bubbled in the pot.
Lin Daniu was cooking while chatting with Lin Wanwan about home affairs, making Lin Wanwan giggle from time to time.
Lin Daniu also had a rare smile on his face, as if this warm scene temporarily diluted Lin Wanwan's inner worries.
Lin Wanwan did not tell her father about her encounter with Gu Yishen today. She was afraid that her father would blame her and be unhappy.
Night falls, and there is a silent darkness outside the window.
"The food is cooked, bring the dishes out." Lin Daniu called to Lin Wanwan.
"Okay, Dad."
Lin Wanwan responded, picked up the steaming dishes, and carefully brought them to the dining table.
By this time, the stepmother Zhang Chunhua and Lin Dazhuang had already sat at the dining table waiting to eat.
"Looking at how clumsy you are, you can't even hold the dish steady."
Zhang Chunhua glanced at Lin Wanwan, with a mocking smile on her lips.
She gently moved the chopsticks in her hand, as if she were playing a silent piece of music, trying to make things difficult for Lin Wanwan's clumsiness.
Lin Dazhuang, on the other hand, had an indifferent attitude, his eyes wandering among the dishes on the dinner table, and he kept picking up the dishes with his chopsticks.
Lin Wanwan watched her father, Lin Daniu, walk towards the dining table, feeling an inexplicable sadness in her heart. Zhang Chunhua's contemptuous eyes made her feel that the original owner was a superfluous person in this family.
But now she was Lin Wanwan, how could she let Zhang Chunhua bully her.
"Dad, stepmother, she, she, she said I was clumsy and couldn't do things well, and she even said she would kick me out of the house." Lin Wanwan added some jealousy.
"I didn't. I just said something. I didn't say I wanted to drive her away." Zhang Chunhua's face changed and she immediately denied it.
Lin Daniu was silent for a moment, looking at Zhang Chunhua with complex eyes. "If you really said such things, then apologize to Wanwan." He said lightly.
Zhang Chunhua was stunned, obviously not expecting Lin Daniu to say that. She gritted her teeth and said unwillingly: "There is no reason for a stepmother to apologize to her children. I should say a few words to her. After washing clothes for a day, she might have been fooling around with some man."
Lin Wanwan's heart suddenly sank, and she felt an inexplicable panic. She raised her head and looked at Lin Daniu, "I didn't, you are talking nonsense."
"Yes, you know it very well, so you don't need me to explain it so clearly!" Zhang Chunhua showed a proud smile, as if she knew everything.
Lin Wanwan felt a little guilty, she was just catching fish with Gu Yishen. In ancient times, you wouldn't be called fooling around!
Lin Wanwan gritted her teeth, knowing that she could not just let Zhang Chunhua slander her. She stared at Zhang Chunhua's triumphant face with her eyes wide open, trying to find some flaws in that face.
Suddenly, an idea occurred to her. She stood up suddenly and said: "You will talk about me, then let me ask you, is the child in your belly..."
Zhang Chunhua was startled, and her face instantly turned pale. She didn't expect that Lin Wanwan would dare to speak to her like this.
She was stunned for a moment, and then interrupted her with a scream: "You little bitch, how dare you say that to me! No matter how big or small, you dare to question me. Daniel, look at your good daughter, she They doubt me, I’m not alive anymore, I think I’m redundant in this family.”
Zhang Chunhua felt aggrieved and cried while saying: "Daniu, listen to what your daughter said! How could the child in my belly be..."
She stopped suddenly, with a look of horror on her face, as if she had thought of something.
Lin Wanwan looked at her coldly, secretly amused in her heart. Of course she knew what Zhang Chunhua was thinking.
Zhang Chunhua became more and more excited as she spoke, and looked at Lin Daniu with tears in her eyes, "Daniu, you have to make the decision for me! Wanwan doubts the child in my belly, isn't she trying to force me to death? I am innocent. Yes, I have never done anything sorry to you!"
As she said that, she knelt down on the ground, covered her face with her hands, and cried so hard that she seemed to have been greatly wronged.
Lin Daniu frowned, looking at Zhang Chunhua's pitiful look, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
He stretched out his hand to help Zhang Chunhua and said softly: "Okay, don't cry. Lin Wanwan, how can you doubt your mother like this? It's not easy for her to bring you up after all her hard work. Sometimes she is a bit fierce, but at least she is. Your stepmother! You shouldn’t doubt her like this. Am I stupid for you to think of me as your father? Do I not know whether he is my child or not?"
When Zhang Chunhua heard this, she immediately burst into tears and smiled, a trace of pride flashed in her eyes, "Lin Wanwan, you heard me, if you slander me in the future, I won't spare you."
"You also know it's a slander, so why did you open your mouth to slander me? I'm a girl who has not yet left the government. Don't you want to ruin my reputation by saying this?"
Lin Wanwan asked back.
Zhang Chunhua was stunned, but she didn't expect Lin Wanwan to dare to refute her. Her face darkened, and when she was about to speak, she was interrupted by Lin Daniu.
"Okay, stop arguing." Lin Daniu frowned and looked at the two women, "Zhang Chunhua, don't go too far. Wanwan is still a child. She just said something suspicious. You Why be so excited?"
When Zhang Chunhua heard this, she immediately became unhappy. She glared at Lin Wanwan and gritted her teeth and said: "Lin Wanwan, don't think that with your father's support, you can be lawless. I am your stepmother, and you must know how to respect your elders. "
Lin Wanwan sneered and said disdainfully: "Who do you think you are! You are just a stepmother, who have the right to discipline me. My mother would not talk to me like this."
Lin Wanwan's words stimulated Zhang Chunhua, making her face turn livid. Anger burned within her, jealousy and resentment boiled inside her. She stared at Lin Wanwan, with a vicious light shining in her eyes, as if he wanted to devour her.
"You ungrateful girl!" Zhang Chunhua roared angrily, "I am your elder, your stepmother! I have the right to discipline you. How dare you be so rude, it is simply treason!"
Lin Wanwan was not afraid, she straightened her back and looked at Zhang Chunhua. There was no fear in her eyes, only determination and determination.
"I don't need your discipline!" Lin Wanwan said coldly. "You are just a stepmother, and you are not qualified to replace my mother. My mother will respect me and will not be unreasonable like you."
Lin Wanwan's words were like a sharp knife, piercing straight into Zhang Chunhua's heart. Her face turned pale instantly, as if she had been slapped hard.
Her eyes were wide with anger and jealousy. Her hands were clenched into fists tightly, as if she wanted to beat Lin Wanwan.
But Lin Daniu was present, so she didn't dare to have an attack easily. The rage in her heart burned brightly, as if it was about to engulf her.
Lin Wanwan was not afraid, she straightened her back and looked at her stepmother Zhang Chunhua. There was no trace of fear in her eyes, which was completely different from Lin Wanwan before.
"I won't eat, you can eat!"
Lin Wanwan stood up, said something and left the table.
"How can this child not eat? We are all a family, so we can just say less. Why do we have to be so serious?"
Lin Daniu looked at Lin Wanwan and said.
Zhang Chunhua looked at Lin Wanwan's leaving figure with a sneer on her lips. She glanced at Lin Daniu, secretly thinking about how to use this opportunity to drive a wedge between their father and daughter.
Lin Daniu sighed helplessly, looking at the table full of food, feeling irritated. He picked up a bowl of rice and picked up a few chopsticks, but found that he had lost his appetite.
He put down the bowl and chopsticks, looked at Zhang Chunhua and said, "Stop making trouble, the child is still young, just say a few words and let her pass. Don't act like an elder in front of the child."
When Zhang Chunhua heard this, she immediately became unhappy. She pouted and said, "What do you mean by that? I am doing it for her own good and educating her on the right path. She is so presumptuous and will never rebel again. I am still pregnant with your child!" As a sister, she doesn't even know the most basic respect. How will she get along with her husband's family when she goes to her husband's house in the future? People will say that her mother didn't teach her."
After saying that, Zhang Chunhua sat down on the chair, her face full of grievances and dissatisfaction. Her hands caressed her belly, which had not yet swollen, and her eyes were full of motherly love. However, this maternal love failed to cover up the jealousy and resentment in her heart.
It was a kind of resentment at being ignored and despised, a kind of anger at being contradicted by a stepdaughter.
