"Xiaochu? Xiaochu, I'm mom!" Wu Shichu and Qi Daiyuan came back from swimming in the swimming pool. When they walked to the street outside their home, they were suddenly grabbed by the arm of a middle-aged woman who rushed from the side.
At first glance, Wu Shichu saw that it was really her biological mother Chen Xue, who had not been seen for a long time. Chen Xue rarely visited Wu Shichu's biological daughter since she married Li Junrong. Sure enough, no matter how much she loved her when she left, Daughter, it seems that this daughter will not be important at all after she remarries. Just like the original owner in her life, Chen Xue's love for her daughter only exists in words, but not in action at all. She treats her stepson much better than her biological daughter. .
"Oh, it's mom? Mom, why didn't you call me first when you came? Have you been waiting here for a long time?" Wu Shichu asked her with a smile, and then turned back to Qi Daiyuan without waiting for her to answer, "Brother, You go home first, mom and I have something to talk about."
Qi Daiyuan looked at Chen Xue, nodded, and said, "Then please pay attention to safety and go home early."
"Mom, let's find a place to chat first. By the way, have you eaten? If not, let's go to the restaurant to eat and chat." Wu Shichu said to Chen Xue. It was noon, and she herself She didn't have a meal, and she didn't want to delay her meal because of Chen Xue. After all, Chen Xue didn't deserve her hunger.
"No, then mom will treat you to dinner." Chen Xue shook her head and said, then smiled at Wu Shichu cautiously, as if she wanted to pull her daughter's hand, but did not dare to do so. She could already tell that Wu Shichu was unfamiliar and polite to her. , she has ignored this daughter for so long that she doesn't even have the confidence to get close to her daughter.
Wu Shichu took Chen Xue to a relatively luxurious restaurant nearby and chose a private room. Chen Xue hesitated to speak while she was talking to the waiter, and couldn't help pinching the bag she was carrying.
Wu Shichu saw her actions from the corner of his eye, but didn't pay attention to it. Chen Xue looked like she was not living a good life now. Her clothes were simple and her face was haggard. She was no longer the young and beautiful woman she was when she was divorced. She is much older and seems to be very unaccustomed to appearing on such occasions. It is conceivable that her life in the Li family must have been difficult these years, otherwise she would not have become timid and petty now.
"Mom, what do you want to eat?" After entering the private room, Wu Shichu gave Chen Xue the menu.
Chen Xue ordered a meat dish and a vegetable dish, then returned it to Wu Shichu and said, "Mom has ordered it, you can order it."
After Wu Shichu took the menu, he unceremoniously ordered several big dishes and hard dishes that he wanted to eat. Chen Xue was so frightened that he immediately held down her hand: "Xiaochu, can the two of us finish it after ordering so much? Isn't it too much?" Luxurious?"
"Don't worry, Mom. I went swimming in the morning and consumed a lot of food. I can finish my meal. This is not a luxury at all. I can afford the bill. Dad gave me a lot of pocket money, and he is still very generous to me." Wu Shichula Open her hand and say.
Chen Xue suddenly became uncomfortable and said: "How can I ask you to pay the bill? You are a child. No matter how much money you have, if you eat with your mother, your mother will definitely pay the bill. And my mother has not seen you for so long, how can I tell you Do you still have to pay for a meal?”
When Wu Shichu saw that she had said this, he stopped arguing with her. As a biological mother, it was natural for her to treat her underage daughter to dinner.
The mother and daughter had dinner, and after probably spending some time together, Chen Xue found some feelings for her daughter, and began to ask about Wu Shichu's situation at home.
"How are you doing at home? Did your stepmother bully you?" Chen Xue knew that Wu Shichu had remarried a long time ago, so she asked this question.
"No, I'm so old, how can she bully me?" Wu Shichu shook his head and replied.
"That's good. How is she treating you?" Chen Xue asked again, "After all, you are not her biological child, so she may not care much about you. If she treats you coldly on purpose, you have to tell your dad. After all, I only have a daughter like you, and I won’t ignore you.”
After hearing this, Wu Shichu looked at her intently and asked, "What about you? You are also someone else's stepmother. How do you treat your stepsons? Do you treat them as your own?"
Chen Xue suddenly choked and was speechless by Wu Shichu's questions. Yes, she herself is someone else's stepmother, so how is she doing as a stepmother? How should she answer her daughter's questions?
If she says that she treats her stepsons as her own and is an example of a good stepmother, what will her daughter think? She has ignored her biological daughter for so long, but is so kind to her step-son who is not her biological daughter. How can she have the face to care about her daughter at this time?
If she says she treats her stepson just fine, what's the difference between her and her daughter's stepmother? I don’t have the nerve to ask the stepmother if she treats her daughter well.
Chen Xue only felt that her face was burning, very hot, her eyes were twinkling, and she did not dare to look into her daughter's black and white eyes.
After a while, she covered her face, sobbed a few times, and asked with a choked voice: "Xiaochu, are you blaming your mother? Blame your mother for not being with you these past few years? Blame your mother for being someone else's stepmother?"
Wu Shichu sneered and said, "Don't say that. I don't blame you. It's your own decision to divorce and remarry. I have no right to interfere or stop it. That's your freedom.
I won't blame you. After all, Wu Chengyue is really not a good husband. He has remarried and is also flirting with women outside. You are right to divorce him. As for the fact that you are not by my side, I don't care that much. I have lived well in the past few years. Wu Chengyue is not a responsible father, but he has not lacked my food and drink, and he has been generous with money. "
"Xiaochu, just don't blame mom." Chen Xue sobbed, picked up the tissue on the table and wiped her tears: "Mom has also had a hard time these years. There have been a lot of troubles in your stepfather's family, especially My three step-sons are very hostile to me. They try to sow discord between me and their father all day long, and the troubles get more and more extreme..."
Chen Xue seemed to have been holding it in for a long time, and she actually complained to her daughter. She probably didn't have the opportunity to talk to anyone about the troubles in her marriage life. Now when she mentioned it to her daughter, she talked endlessly about the various difficulties after remarriage. thing.
"You don't know that the three boys from the Li family are too much. They even asked me to have a miscarriage, which ruined my body and will never allow me to get pregnant again! I still want to give you a younger brother, even if he doesn't have the same father, but After all, with my relationship, you can support each other in the future..." Chen Xue didn't seem to notice that Wu Shichu's face was already ugly, and he actually said such words.
Wu Shichu couldn't bear to interrupt her: "Stop! Do you think that you are pregnant to give birth to a brother for me? Do I want you to give birth? Don't impose your own wishes on me, and call it "letting". I have a younger brother to support you. Are you sure you don’t want me to support your child unilaterally? You’re not having a good time in the Li family and you can’t get along with your stepson, so you want your own biological child. If you want it, can’t you be more honest? ? You obviously want it for yourself, but you have to say it’s for me, how on earth can you say it?"
