The male god of the vicious stepsister wants to tease me, how can I break it?

Cao Yihui guessed Cheng Xi as soon as she opened her mouth, which was beyond Chen Yan's expectation, but also within his expectation.

After all, the existence of "Cheng Xi" was frequently mentioned in front of Cao Yihui in a short period of time: I didn't wait for the bus today, a friend sent me back; I won't go home on weekends, I want to go out with friends; I went back to school after dinner, and a friend came to pick me up on the way; Cheng Xi was still thinking about the meals you made, especially the chicken and crab pot, he liked it...

Chen Yan did not have outstanding communication skills, nor did he have a huge social circle. From the day Cheng Xi sent him home and met Cao Yihui, all the "friends" Chen Yan mentioned to Cao Yihui before were automatically referred to as "Cheng Xi". Names have been completely replaced - and this is not surprising.

Chen Yan hesitated for a moment, but still chose to confess directly to Cao Yihui: "Well..."

This succinct answer seemed particularly heavy to both Chen Yan, the person who "speaks", and Cao Yihui, the person who "listens".

Chen Yan pursed his astringent thin lips, and the skin on his lips was slightly peeled. It was only then that he remembered that he hadn't drank water all afternoon. No wonder his throat was so hard that even his heart panicked.

Cao Yihui frowned tightly, and the dimples at the corners of her lips were deeper than Chen Yan's, but she was not smiling at this time, but pursed her lips into a line.

Cao Yihui was sad and heartbroken, she held Chen Yan's hand tightly, and asked seriously: "Tell me honestly, are you... planning to move in with Cheng Xi?"

When Cheng Xi had dinner at their house last time, Cao Yihui heard Cheng Xi mention that his family bought him a high-end apartment in this city, and he lived there by himself for the time being.

Hearing this, Chen Yan nodded in a daze, and then hurriedly explained: "It's just a temporary stay for a few days, and I will soon go out and rent a house by myself..."

As soon as Cao Yihui saw Chen Yan nodding and admitting, she could no longer listen to Chen Yan's other words, and said to Chen Yan with a bit of hatred: "Chen Yan, listen to my mother, even if you are... we have to rely on ourselves. Self-improvement, only financial independence has the right to speak, look at my mother is a living example..."

Cao Yihui is choked up in her throat. She has lived to her early forties, and only two words can run through her life: in the first half of her life, she was afraid of being "poor", and in the second half of her life, she was afraid of being "weak".

A young woman took a few-year-old child to avoid debts everywhere. The fear that haunted her day and night almost crushed her last spiritual support.

The appearance of Chen Boyuan can be said to be the only ray of dawn in those dark days, even though she has to endure endless darkness for this short dawn.

Cao Yihui recalled all kinds of things in the first half of her life, and she still has lingering fears, and often wakes up with nightmares in the middle of the night.

She rubbed her temples on her forehead in pain, her thin lips trembled, trying hard to get out of the memory.

It is also because Cao Yihui has experienced the trough of life at a young age, and has seen the ugly face of her family forcing her to abandon the child and remarry. At that time, she realized with horror: If the child is left in that small town, in that family, Let Chen Yan be immersed in such a low-education and low-quality environment since she was a child, she was afraid that her child would not recognize her as a cruel mother, and she was even more afraid that her child's future would be dark.

Cao Yihui took Chen Yan to marry Chen Boyuan, not to mention whether she chose the right one or not, her starting point was indeed for Chen Yan.She wholeheartedly wanted to take Chen Yan away from all the pitiful things in the small town, so that Chen Yan could have the opportunity to broaden his horizons in the big city and receive higher education.

She doesn't ask her children to be able to stand out, but she wants to be knowledgeable instead of ignorant and insensitive to live a lifetime...

but--

Cao Yihui is now a little dazed and at a loss. She doubts whether the decision she made back then was a better choice.

Yes, she never had a "best" choice, only between "bad" and "better".

a long time.

Cao Yihui covered her face, choked with pain and helplessness, and said, "It's your mother who hurt you..."

Chen Yan felt sour when he heard that, he got up and hugged Cao Yihui into his arms, patted her on the back lightly, and said softly: "Mom, you didn't hurt me, I'm fine, everything is fine, really."

Cao Yihui couldn't help crying anymore.

Cao Yihui watched Chen Yan grow up, and what she was most worried about was that Chen Yan's personality would be distorted since he was a child, which would affect his physical and mental health.But after her close observation, except that Chen Yan talked less and didn't like to join in the fun, his words, deeds and behaviors had never been outrageously extreme... It wasn't until Chen Yan's college entrance examination was over that she felt a little relieved.

Who would have thought that what Chen Yan distorted was not his personality, but his sexual orientation...

Cao Yihui's heart ached, she didn't complain about Chen Yan's words, she only felt extremely guilty.

Cao Yihui huddled in Chen Yan's arms, sobbing intermittently: "You can like anyone, as long as you don't feel wronged... If you want to move out of that family, then do it, move today..."

Chen Yan couldn't hear Cao Yihui's crying voice. When she was a child, she hid outside the kitchen and peeked at her mother silently wiping her tears. She had never seen her so heartbreaking and sobbing.

After a while, when the waiter knocked on the door to serve the food, Cao Yihui's mood had calmed down a lot.

She wiped her tears carefully with a tissue, and said to Chen Yan: "Mom still has some spare money on hand, I will find you a house in the next two days, you can go to school with peace of mind, don't worry..."

Chen Yan raised his head and smiled: "Mom, don't believe me, I'm really rich, and when I work hard to save more, I'll be able to pay back the down payment."

Cao Yihui took the hot soup Chen Yansheng gave her, but still didn't let go.

Although Cao Yihui didn't say it clearly, she still believed in her heart that Chen Yan took all the money from Cheng Xi, and she herself had deeply experienced the helplessness of "taking people softly".

Although Cao Yihui and Cheng Xi don't have much contact, it's not hard to see that Cheng Xi's family background is very good: College students who drive sports cars to and from school and live in high-end apartments by themselves are not unusual these days, but they are very rare.

Cao Yihui blew the bowl of hot soup with a spoon, and put it in front of Chen Yan.

Cao Yihui picked up the chopsticks, looked at the untouched dishes on the table, and turned to Chen Yan with a thought, "It's still early, ask Cheng Xi if he has eaten, if he hasn't eaten yet, Let him come over and eat together."