"Mom! Brother scolded me because of her. Are you going to scold me because of her too?"
Leng Wanqing angrily accused Xia Sanghuan in front of Mrs. Leng.
"Because of her, brother has scolded me twice. No one in the family likes me."
"Even because of her, brother made me wash the dishes at home, claiming it was to let me exercise myself!"
Facing Leng Wanqing's accusation, how could Mrs. Leng not know what kind of person her daughter was.
"You! You never tell the whole story when you talk about things."
"Accusing others out of thin air like this, don't you think I don't know what kind of person you are?"
"Wanqing, you're grown up now. I thought you would learn a lot during the five years abroad. It seems you've disappointed me again."
Mrs. Leng slowly pulled her arm out of Leng Wanqing's hand and looked at her coldly.
"Mom, I'm not..."
Leng Wanqing didn't finish her sentence when she was directly interrupted by Mrs. Leng.
"Okay, Wanqing. Let's put an end to these things."
Caught in the act, Leng Wanqing looked at the interaction between Mrs. Leng and Xia Sanghuan in a daze. She blushed with shame and anger and ran directly back to her bedroom.
Just as Mrs. Leng was about to continue caring about Xia Sanghuan, she was interrupted by an unexpected guest.
"So this is Aunt Leng!"
"Hello, Auntie. My name is Xia Anying. I'm Huanhuan's older sister!"
How could Xia Anying miss the opportunity to get in touch with Leng Chuanjin's mother?
After learning that Leng Chuanjin's mother had returned to the Leng family, she had tried on several sets of clothes and finally chose the most expensive one, which was why she was a bit late.
Looking at Xia Anying in a high - end custom - made dress, Mrs. Leng couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"Sangsang did give birth to a girl back then. Huanhuan, who is this?"
"Auntie, this is the daughter of my adoptive father.
"When I went back home, my adoptive father passed away. He entrusted me to take care of my older sister. Now the situation of the Fu family is complicated, so I had to bring her to the Leng family to stay for a while."
After hearing Xia Sanghuan's explanation, Mrs. Leng suddenly understood.
"So you're Huanhuan's older sister from the countryside. Thank you for taking care of Huanhuan all these years."
Mrs. Leng politely thanked Xia Anying. After all, she just wanted to care about Huanhuan and didn't want to have too much unnecessary contact with others.
But Xia Anying didn't understand Mrs. Leng's meaning and just sat down beside her.
"It's not hard. As an older sister, it's my duty to take care of my younger sister."
"I've prepared for a long time after hearing that Auntie was coming today. I didn't expect Auntie to be so young."
Xia Anying flattered Mrs. Leng non - stop, thinking she could leave a good impression.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Leng could see through her just by her over - assertive and obsequious attitude.
After all, as the mistress of the Leng family, who had seen so many ups and downs, she could tell what kind of person a girl was at a glance.
"Miss Xia, you can go out for a walk if you're free."
"I just want to sit here and chat with Huanhuan without any interruption. Do you understand?"
Unable to bear Xia Anying's chattering any longer, Mrs. Leng gave her an order to leave without hesitation.
Xia Anying felt embarrassed after such an obvious dismissal and could only leave dejectedly.
Witnessing the whole process, Xia Sanghuan felt elated that such a decisive rejection and dismissal had taken place.
"We've really wronged our Huanhuan. Just look at your older sister. You must have suffered a lot all these years."
"No, Auntie. My adoptive father was very kind to me."
Xia Sanghuan nestled in Mrs. Leng's arms following her gentle movement.
This warm and fragrant embrace made Xia Sanghuan couldn't help but think of the gentle and beautiful woman in the projection, her mother.
Mrs. Leng hadn't been back at the Leng family for long. She was in a hurry to go back to the hospital to take care of Jing Zhan.
But before leaving, she still warned Leng Wanqing to behave herself.
"Humph, she's just a country girl. Why does brother and mom care so much about her!"
Leng Wanqing was very unbalanced because of Mrs. Leng's scolding and was determined to cause some trouble for Xia Sanghuan.
At this time, Xia Sanghuan didn't notice others' mood changes. She was completely immersed in the study of Jing Zhan's medical records.
"Knock, knock, knock—"
It was not until the third knock on the door that Xia Sanghuan was pulled out of her thoughts about the medical records.
"Coming!"
When Xia Sanghuan opened the door and saw Leng Chuanjin standing outside, she instantly became a bit reserved.
"Mr. Leng, is there something?"
"This was given to me by Ling Shi to pass on to you."
Leng Chuanjin took out a huge teddy bear, about 1.8 meters long, from behind and handed it to Xia Sanghuan.
"From big brother?"
Xia Sanghuan's eyes lit up when she saw the huge teddy bear.
Seeing Xia Sanghuan's lively expression, Leng Chuanjin finally let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm glad you like it. Go to bed early."
After saying this, Leng Chuanjin left quickly. There was a hint of fleeing in his back view.
This was no gift from Fu Ling Shi at all.
It was clearly some person's impulse to coax a little girl.
Sure enough, the appearance of this teddy bear eased the atmosphere between Leng Chuanjin and Xia Sanghuan.
On the rest day, Leng Chuanjin stayed at home to deal with company documents, Xia Sanghuan was in her bedroom organizing Jing Zhan's medical records, while Leng Wanqing and Xia Anying went out shopping out of boredom.
Xia Sanghuan was so engrossed in her research that she forgot about meal times. In the afternoon, she felt a bit hungry, so she went downstairs to have some afternoon tea.
While making small cakes, she saw Leng Chuanjin coming downstairs to take a break.
She was slightly stunned and didn't know how to address him for a moment, so she subconsciously called him "Mr. Leng".
Leng Chuanjin was wearing simple home clothes. His handsome eyebrows showed a hint of tenderness. He walked towards Xia Sanghuan without looking at her and just said indifferently, "According to seniority, you can call me second brother."
Xia Sanghuan's hand froze. She couldn't see any other expression on Leng Chuanjin's face.
Was he deliberately drawing a clear line?
"Why second brother?"
Out of the blue, Xia Sanghuan asked this question.
"I'm not the eldest child. But my elder brother got seriously ill and died at the age of three. However, the outside world never knew about it. Ling Shi and I are about the same age. It's reasonable for you to call me second brother."
Xia Sanghuan felt a bit sad and nodded, "Okay, second brother."
Then, Leng Chuanjin sat in front of Xia Sanghuan and waited to taste her cooking.
"Although I don't often make desserts, don't worry. It should taste better than the lean meat congee."
After self - adjustment, Xia Sanghuan could now face Leng Chuanjin's past teasing calmly.
But when she really put the dessert in Leng Chuanjin's hand, she still couldn't help feeling a bit nervous.
"How does it taste?"
"Um, it's not bad."