Wen Xiayue was focused on playing a mobile game. When she sensed someone approaching, she didn’t even look up.
Wen Rou stopped about two steps away from her and motioned for Fu Chongming to stop as well.
“Little sister.” Wen Rou spoke first. “I’m really sorry about what happened last time. I truly didn’t know Su Yan would lay his hands on you. It was my fault—I failed to stop him.”
“Little sister, Su Yan and I are already over. I won’t be with him anymore. Don’t worry. We’re sisters. We’re the ones who should stand together.”
Wen Xiayue made a mistake while operating the game. The two little characters on the screen immediately fell down.
Game over.
She was a little annoyed and raised her eyes to look at Wen Rou.
“Are you finished?”
“I know I was largely responsible for what happened, but didn’t you also get your revenge? My health has always been weak. After I fell into the sea, I came back and immediately got a fever.”
“So?” Wen Xiayue asked. “Do you think that means we’re even now?”
Wen Rou lowered her head. “That’s not what I meant…”
“Second Miss Wen.” Fu Chongming couldn’t stand watching anymore and wanted to defend Wen Rou. “Wen Rou is your older sister. Isn’t your attitude a little too harsh?”
Wen Xiayue smiled.
“What? You broke up with Su Yan and found someone else so quickly?”
The moment those words left her mouth, Wen Rou still had tears hanging on her face. She choked for a moment, unable to even continue crying.
Fu Chongming’s expression darkened.
“Second Miss Wen, please watch your words!”
“Did I say something wrong?” Wen Xiayue tilted her head. “Don’t you like Wen Rou? Oh! I understand now. So you aren’t sincere either.”
Wen Rou bit her lip.
“Little sister, you… don’t say things like that. Chongming and I are completely innocent.”
Fu Chongming’s face turned cold.
“Second Miss Wen, the relationship between Wen Rou and me has nothing to do with you. You have no right to question us. You and Wen Rou are sisters, so I’m giving you some respect and not arguing with you. Wen Rou is kind-hearted. Even though you have repeatedly targeted her, she still wants to get along with you. Don’t you feel any guilt at all?”
There were always people who loved standing on the moral high ground.
Wen Xiayue wasn’t the original owner.
Regardless of whether the original Wen Xiayue had really done terrible things or bullied Wen Rou, those were the original owner’s actions.
Was he asking whether she had a conscience?
If she truly was a completely evil person, then that day she should have let Wen Rou drown in the sea.
Wen Xiayue curled her lips into a smile.
“Conscience? I don’t have one. What can you do about it?”
She stood up and walked toward Wen Rou.
Seeing her approach, Wen Rou instinctively wanted to avoid her.
But Wen Xiayue directly placed her hand on the armrest of the wheelchair.
Wen Rou let out a startled cry.
Fu Chongming wanted to protect Wen Rou.
Wen Rou, frightened, shrank back into the wheelchair, her face turning completely pale.
Fu Chongming instinctively reached out to stop Wen Xiayue.
But before his hand could touch Wen Xiayue’s arm, another hand firmly grabbed his wrist.
“Fu Chongming, behave yourself.”
No one knew when Qi Lanzhou had come downstairs. At that moment, he was standing beside Fu Chongming, his fingers wrapped around Fu Chongming’s wrist.
The strength was neither heavy nor light, but Fu Chongming’s hand remained frozen in midair, unable to move even an inch forward.
Behind him stood Wen Xiayue’s father.
“What are you all doing?” Wen’s father shouted angrily.
At this moment, Wen’s mother came out from the direction of the kitchen.
“What… what happened?” she asked.
Wen Rou’s body was already weak. Now, after being frightened, she had no trace of color left on her face, and her body trembled slightly.
The scene of Wen Xiayue pushing her into the ocean on the cruise ship was still vivid in her mind.
Wen’s mother quickly walked over and pulled Wen Xiayue away.
“You girl, you’re bullying Rou Rou again! Can’t you just stop causing trouble?”
She hadn’t even asked what happened.
She had already decided Wen Xiayue was the one at fault.
These were the original owner’s biological parents.
Wen Xiayue was pulled back a step by Wen’s mother. Her calf hit the edge of the coffee table, causing a brief flash of pain, but she quickly steadied herself.
“Mom.”
Her voice was cold.
“You didn’t even ask what happened, yet you already know I was bullying her?”
Wen’s mother froze for a moment, then frowned.
“Does that even need to be asked? Since you came back to this family, when have you ever not…”
She stopped herself before finishing.
Wen’s father looked coldly between Wen Xiayue and Wen Rou.
“Today is a family dinner. What does all this noise look like? Eat first!”
“I think we don’t need to eat anymore. Your family can eat by yourselves.”
Qi Lanzhou spoke. As he said this, he turned around and prepared to leave with Wen Xiayue.
Wen’s father hurriedly stopped him.
“Lanzhou, what are you doing? Let’s talk things out.”
Qi Lanzhou stopped and looked at him.
“Wasn’t it your side that refused to talk properly first?”
“This…”
Wen’s father was speechless.
He looked at Wen’s mother and Wen Rou.
“Wen Rou, what exactly happened just now? Explain clearly.”
His tone was extremely serious.
Wen Rou’s body, which had finally calmed down, trembled again.
“Why are you being so harsh with the child?” Wen’s mother glared at him reproachfully.
“Wen Rou, tell us. Did Wen Xiayue bully you?”
Wen Rou’s eyes flickered, and she accidentally looked at Wen Xiayue.
She thought of what happened on the cruise ship.
She felt that if she said even one wrong thing now, Wen Xiayue would definitely teach her another lesson.
She didn’t dare.
Fu Chongming couldn’t stand seeing Wen Rou suffer.
“Uncle Wen, Auntie Wen, Wen Xiayue verbally provoked Wen Rou and even frightened her.”
Someone spoke up for Wen Rou, and Wen’s mother immediately turned toward Fu Chongming.
“Chongming, is what you said true?”
“Of course…”
“No! That didn’t happen!”
Wen Rou hurriedly interrupted.
“Chongming ge, this is a matter within our family. It has nothing to do with you. You don’t need to stand up for me. I wasn’t wronged.”
Wen Xiayue let out a soft laugh.
“So she can talk.”
She turned to Qi Lanzhou beside her, her voice suddenly sweet and gentle.
“Husband, I’m hungry. Can we eat first before leaving?”
“Right, right, right. Let’s eat first! No matter what happens, eating is more important.”
The Wen family’s dinner was extremely lavish.
Everything had been personally supervised by Wen’s mother. The table was filled with dishes, from braised fish to steamed crabs, from mushroom chicken soup to several delicate stir-fried dishes.
Only the plate of sweet and sour pork ribs was placed far away from Wen Xiayue, right beside Wen Rou’s chopsticks.
Wen’s mother had specifically arranged it that way because Wen Rou loved eating it.
But Wen Xiayue loved it too.
Qi Lanzhou noticed.
He stood up, stretched out his long arm, picked up the plate of sweet and sour pork ribs, and placed it directly in front of Wen Xiayue.
The movement was so natural, as if this were his own home.
The table fell silent for a moment.
Wen’s mother’s smile froze. She looked at the plate of ribs, then at Qi Lanzhou. Her lips moved slightly as if she wanted to say something.
But Qi Lanzhou had already sat back down and calmly picked up his chopsticks.
Qi Lanzhou said to Wen Xiayue:
“Eat.”
Wen Xiayue nodded and prepared to start eating.
Wen’s mother looked somewhat embarrassed.
Wen Rou gave her a glance.
After seeing it, Wen’s mother took the initiative to serve Wen Xiayue a bowl of chicken soup.