Haiyan Media's annual celebration had just ended the day before yesterday. Originally, Ye Huanyan had invited Gu Chi to spend the New Year with her, but he had insisted on staying in the city center. He had said that he wanted to keep an eye on the box office of Remaining Life during the New Year to prevent anything from happening.
Now, he was here to give his New Year greetings to his parents, which was a tradition at the Four Seasons Villa every year.
"My brother is still busy with the wedding, so he asked me to come. I can't break the rules."
Gu Chi put down the New Year gifts and bowed respectfully to Gu Heng and her husband.
Gu Heng smiled. In her arms was a red packet that she had prepared a long time ago. She put it together with Wen Yi's and handed it over.
"You're making it sound so nice. You're here for a red packet, right?"
Ling Li, who was next to him, curled her lips with a look of disdain.
Gu Chi didn't react. He looked at Ling Li as if he was looking at an insensible little girl. Ling Han, on the other hand, glared at Ling Li and asked in return,
"You didn't ask for one?"
Ye Huanyan hurried to the kitchen to get a set of cutlery and forced Gu Chi to sit down for lunch. At the dining table, Ling Li and Gu Chi stared at each other, looking like they didn't get along.
The two of them would argue for a long time over what to eat.
Ling Han was very dissatisfied with his sister's lack of etiquette. He threw a warning look several times, but it was ignored.
Later, Ling Li and Gu Chi got into a fight. For some reason, she overturned the wine glass in front of her and spilled milk on Gu Chi.
The crowd was in chaos. Ye Huanyan hurriedly helped Gu Chi stand up. Ling Xue, who was next to them, happened to pass a tissue to him to wipe.
"Ling Li." This time, it was Chris who lost his temper. "It's the New Year. What are you doing?"
Ling Li's expression changed, and he immediately deflated.
The atmosphere at the table suddenly became tense. Gu Chi was tactful. He pushed away Ling Zhan's hand with a smile and said that he would go to the bathroom to take care of it. Ling Zhan was about the same size as him, and they had a good relationship during this time. She pointed in the direction of her bedroom and asked him to change his clothes.
"There's a closet on the right side of the door in my room. There are clean clothes in there. If you don't mind, Brother Gu Chi, you can change into my clothes first."
"That would be troublesome."
"It's no trouble at all." Ling Zhan quickly stood up. "Let's go. I'll take you there."
Seeing that his son was polite, Chris's expression eased up a little.
She had given birth to so many children, but the one that worried her the most was the second daughter, Ling Li. She didn't know if it was because this name was not right, but the things that she did every day were sparks and sparks, which made her angry.
Ling Li had always been afraid of Christian. Even at this age, it was still the same. After being scolded, he immediately shrank his neck and didn't dare to speak again. He couldn't bear to lose face, so he had an awkward expression and looked like he had been wronged.
Ye Huanyan knew that the little girl was thin-skinned, so she quickly helped to smooth things over.
"Why are you so serious? Second Aunt, it's just the younger generation playing around. Gu Chi is an adult, and he has known Ling Li for a long time. They are just playing around. "
"I've never seen a girl as noisy as her."
As soon as these words came out, Ling Li's face immediately darkened. She slammed the table and stood up, almost roaring.
"Yes, I'm noisy. I can't compare to your other children. I'll leave, okay?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the people around her couldn't hold her back. She opened the door curtain and ran out.
Ye Huanyan hurriedly gave Gu Min a look, asking her to follow her out.
"Second Aunt, why bother?"
Ye Huanyan frowned, puzzled.
Chris was usually a very gentle person. She was very kind to Ling Zhan, Xue 'er, Little Bean, and even Fu Yingxiang, her daughter-in-law who had not married into the family yet. However, she was at odds with Ling Li and had been scolding him since they were young.
Chris frowned and felt a little helpless when he heard that.
Ye Huanyan gave Ling Han a look, and Ling Han tried to smooth things over. "She's just throwing a tantrum. She'll be fine in the afternoon. Let's eat."
After that, Ling Dongyu told another joke, and the atmosphere at the table gradually warmed up.
Ye Huanyan left the table and pulled Chris into the room to chat. After closing the door, they were separated from the noise in the room.
"It's not that I want to say this, Chris. Look at you. You're always so kind to other people. Why are you so strict with Ling Li since she was young? She's just a little more mischievous than other kids. She's already grown up."
Chris furrowed his eyebrows and didn't express any opinion.
"Yan Yan, it's not that I'm strict with her. It's just that she's different from other children since she was young. I have to discipline her."
"How is she different? My Naonnao's temperament is always different from other children. I don't think she's different from other children."
"It's not that. It's Ling Li. She doesn't have a correct sense of right and wrong since she was young. She's a little evil. If we leave her alone, she'll go astray."
This was the first time Ye Huanyan heard a mother say that her own child was a little evil. She was puzzled and even a little amused.
"Chris, don't tell me you've read her fortune."
"No," Chris sighed. "It's all because of the things that happened when we were young. Look at the burn on Xue 'er's hand. When she was young, Ling Li burned her hand with a pair of tongs."
"What happened?"
Ye Huanyan's expression changed.
"In order to snatch the doll, when Lingli was five years old, I bought her a doll. Xue 'er was still young at that time and refused to let go of the doll, so that girl took out a pair of tongs and burned her hand."
"I remember that Ling Li doesn't like dolls …" Ye Huanyan was in disbelief.
Not to mention dolls, she didn't even hold something that made a little girl angry.
"You liked her when you were young, but you never saw her again. That child is too possessive and vengeful. You watched her grow up. When you were young, you were always teased by her. Every single time, it was because you had a little conflict with her. Let's not talk about the distant things, let's talk about the recent things. Look at the matter of you asking your mother to help her with the design drawings. You only said a few words to her, but she still remembered it until now. She took a roundabout way to get revenge and asked your mother to do something for her.
These words seemed to have been in Chris's heart for a long time. She poured out her grievances to Ye Huanyan and sorted out all the wrong things that Ling Li had done over the years. For a moment, Ye Huanyan almost believed that Ling Li really had the blood of an avenger in her bones.
However, after all, she had known Ling Li for so many years. She probably knew more about her than Chris, who had always ignored Xue 'er's mother. She was not a person who could be convinced with just a few words.
"Chris, I think you may be thinking too much. In my impression, Ling Li is a kind child. Sometimes, you still need to communicate with her more."
Chris gradually calmed down and sighed for a long time.
"I really don't know what to do with her."
On the other side, Ling Zhan had just led Gu Chi into the bedroom to change clothes.
"My sister has a bad temper. Please forgive her."
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