Wife, please behave yourself.

Chapter 98 Dad and I will always protect you

Shen Ruzhi, who was sitting at the dining table, suddenly stood up.

Peeking towards the doorway.

Liu Songyan stood blocking the doorway, still sporting the displeased expression he had when he opened it.

Standing outside the door, Lin Wanran was carrying a box of pure milk. She seemed a little surprised, but more so after seeing Liu Songyan with his hair cut off, she felt a sense of unfamiliarity with her son.

Although Lin Wanran, as a mother, did not care much about her two children, they were still the children she had carried for nearly ten months and finally gave birth to.

In her view, her son Liu Songyan was well-behaved and sensible when he was young, but he became more and more rebellious as he grew older.

Even after entering junior high school, she kept a hairstyle that made her, a jewelry designer, feel disgusted just looking at it.

Before Liu Songyan changed his hairstyle, his mother, Lin Wanran, would at least say a few words to her son.

After the other person changed their hairstyle, she completely lost the will to communicate with her son.

Lin Wanran considers herself very fashionable, but her two children don't understand any of that.

My daughter looks like her father. Although she is very cute, I always feel that her appearance is not stunning enough.

Her son had a strange hairstyle, and even looking at him made Lin Wanran, the mother, feel physically uncomfortable.

Seeing Liu Songyan cut off that ugly hairstyle, although the hairstyle still lacked any aesthetic appeal, his handsome face, now fully exposed, truly changed Lin Wanran's opinion of him.

She was so shocked by this that she didn't even hear what her son said after he opened the door.

After being stunned for a long time, he finally came to his senses.

"Finally got my hair cut. It should have been done a long time ago."

"..."

Upon hearing Lin Wanran's words, Liu Songyan immediately realized that she hadn't heard what he had just said at all.

His furrowed brows made him feel irritable even if he stayed at the door for just one more second.

He simply turned and closed the door without saying a word.

This scene caught Lin Wanran's eye, and she immediately stuffed half of the whole box of pure milk she was carrying into the door.

This conveniently stopped Liu Songyan from closing the door.

Why are you closing the door?

"Then I'll say it again."

Hearing the question from outside the door, Liu Songyan suppressed his disgust and continued to repeat himself.

"The door lock was changed after you and my dad divorced, and don't even think about coming back after you leave this house."

Liu Songyan gripped the doorknob tighter and tighter, turning his gaze to the figure standing outside the crack in the door for the first time.

"Did you understand? I don't want to say it a third time."

"How dare you talk to your mother like that?"

Lin Wanran, standing outside the door, exclaimed in surprise. Although she, as a mother, had not spoken to Liu Songyan for a long time, in her memory, her son was clearly a very well-behaved and sensible person.

Hearing the other party's tone, which sounded like they were dismissing a beggar, she immediately felt dissatisfied and adopted a motherly stance.

Liu Songyan, inside the door, still had a furrowed brow.

I looked out the door at my mother, who was still looking radiant and made up.

"Late autumn!"

"Shut up!"

Before Liu Songyan could speak again, Lin Wanran, who was standing outside the door, suddenly called out to the room.

Liu Songyan felt a sudden urge to turn around and look at his younger sister's tightly closed room.

Or perhaps Liu Wanqiu inside the room heard someone calling her, and after a few seconds, the door opened from the inside.

When Liu Wanqiu, who was standing at the door, saw the figure standing outside, her confused expression immediately froze.

He stared blankly toward the doorway, then slowly looked away.

"mom……"

"Open the door for Mom quickly, I brought you milk."

"Go back inside!"

Before Liu Wanqiu could respond, her brother's command came from the direction of the door.

Liu Wanqiu, who had lowered her eyes, looked up again and gazed at her mother, who had blocked the door with a whole case of pure milk.

"Hurry back to your room!"

"..."

This time, Liu Wanqiu didn't remain in a daze. She was already standing at the door, so she took one last look at Lin Wanran outside the door who was calling out to her.

With a downcast expression, he avoided eye contact and slowly closed the door again.

Only after seeing this scene did Liu Songyan's anxious mood ease somewhat.

He glared at his birth mother outside the door.

"I told you, if you dare to hurt Wanqiu, I will never let you go."

"How did I hurt her? Even though your father and I are divorced, I still have the legal right to come back!"

Hearing the response from outside the door, Liu Songyan was too lazy to argue with her any further.

He held the doorknob of the security door with his left hand and raised his right leg.

He kicked the whole carton of pure milk that was stuck in the door out.

Without any obstruction from foreign objects, the security door can be closed easily.

He turned the latch below the doorknob and locked the door from the inside again.

Hearing the banging on the door from outside, and Lin Wanran shouting to open it.

Liu Songyan seemed not to have heard anything at all, silently turned around again, and returned to his seat at the dining table.

He sat back down and picked up his pen to continue writing.

"Bang bang bang!"

The banging on the door continued, and Shen Ruzhi, who was also present, was the only one who was unrelated.

The gaze that had been directed towards the door slowly returned to Liu Songyan, who had sat back down at the table.

This was the first time she had ever seen the other person show an angry expression.

The shouts to open the door continued outside, but the banging on the door grew quieter.

After standing for a while, Shen Ruzhi quietly returned to her seat.

Although there was a workbook in front of me, I had only solved half of the problems on my draft paper.

But now she clearly had no interest in studying, and instead looked at the boy beside her with worry in her eyes.

"Are you alright... outside the door?"

"..."

As Liu Songyan wrote his summer homework, he wrote harder and harder until he pierced the paper. At the same time, he heard a worried question from the person next to him.

Remaining silent, after a few seconds, I heard the knocking continuing.

"Don't worry about her, she'll leave soon." "..."

Shen Ruzhi had never seen anyone hate their mother to such an extent.

Although the two were classmates, she knew nothing about Liu Songyan's past.

If it weren't for the summer vacation, because of her mother, she would often be able to stay at the other party's house. As the number of meetings increased, although the other party's words were still very irritating, they could be considered to have some communication.

Otherwise, even normal communication with Liu Songyan would probably be impossible.

Liu Songyan used to have a terrible personality.

It seems that in his eyes, apart from his father, he only cares about his younger sister, and he doesn't care about anyone else.

Somewhat selfish and self-centered.

Shen Ruzhi should have disliked someone with that kind of personality.

However, as the number of times they met during the summer vacation increased, they also had more and more opportunities to communicate.

Gradually, she discovered that the other person wasn't the kind of person who was difficult to communicate with.

To be precise, in Shen Ruzhi's view now, Liu Songyan is more like someone who has suffered psychological trauma, who clearly longs to communicate with others but doesn't know how to express it, and simply handles interpersonal relationships in ways he thinks are correct.

It looks like a puppy that once had an owner but was tragically abandoned.

Faced with a harsh living environment, they forced themselves to pretend to be someone not to be trifled with.

Realizing this, Shen Ruzhi no longer disliked the other person.

She even felt a little sorry for Liu Songyan in front of her.

The voices outside the door also disappeared. Just as Liu Songyan had predicted, Lin Wanran didn't have much patience.

From start to finish, only five or six minutes had passed.

After looking away from the summer homework on the desk, Liu Songyan silently glanced towards the door.

It lasted for two or three seconds, and then, as if expected, he looked away again.

His hands, resting on the table, were clenched tightly.

A warm hand suddenly reached out and gently placed on his clenched fist.

The girl's palms were warm.

"You must be very sad..."

"..."

Liu Songyan slowly raised his gaze from the summer homework and looked at Shen Ruzhi, who had said those words, with surprise.

Seeing the inexplicable worry on the other person's face, he simply remained silent as usual.

Shen Ruzhi's hand tightened slightly as she reached out to say something.

But the door to Liu Wanqiu's room opened once again.

Upon realizing this, Liu Songyan immediately withdrew his hand, turned around and stood up from his seat, looking nervously behind him.

Liu Wanqiu, who was doing her homework in her room, came out again.

He walked up to the water dispenser as if nothing had happened.

Under his brother's watchful eye, he placed his cup on the water dispenser tray and operated it, silently staring at the water being poured into the cup.

With a "glug-glug" sound, the cup was quickly filled.

After turning off the water, Liu Wanqiu did not choose to take the cup back.

Instead, he stood there with his face down, not saying a word.

After an unknown amount of time, she suddenly turned around and ran towards her brother who was standing behind her.

Open your arms and hug the other person.

"elder brother……"

"..."

"I'm afraid..."

Liu Wanqiu never wanted to go back to those days.

If she had never seen the light, she could have continued to endure the darkness.

But as the days went by, their family's life got better and better.

When her mother was still at home, Liu Wanqiu, as the youngest member of the family, didn't even dare to speak loudly.

Whenever her parents argued, she would retreat to her room as if trying to escape.

It's as if closing the door will prevent the argument from happening.

The siblings occasionally quarreled and disagreed on some points.

But her brother will always be her brother.

Even if you call her stupid on a regular basis, even if you bully her occasionally.

But whenever this happens, he always becomes his sister's strong shield, protecting her from any harm.

Feeling the embrace getting closer and closer, Liu Songyan, as the older brother, gritted his teeth and endured the pain of his bones feeling like they were about to break.

He casually raised his hand, as if to comfort himself, and gently stroked his sister's head.

He spoke in a relaxed tone, speaking softly.

"Don't worry, Dad and I will always protect you."

"Um……"

The raised hand landed on the younger sister's head.

Liu Songyan continued to endure, letting his uneasy younger sister continue to hug him.

Since his father decided to divorce, Liu Songyan, as the son, has noticed the changes in his father.

The father who used to have eyes only for his mother has disappeared.

With the culprit that caused the depression gone.

Even if it's just the three of them in this family, they will live happily ever after.

Life is gradually getting back on track, and my father has his own career now.

Liu Songyan had no idea what the future held; all he wanted was to simply maintain the status quo.

Their father had promised the siblings that he would make their family live a good life.

As a son, he trusted his father.

This trust has never wavered.

Shen Ruzhi, who was sitting in her seat, also witnessed this scene.

Looking at the brother and sister embracing tightly in front of him, his gaze slowly shifted to the hands on the table.

Looking at my hand that he had just flung away...

My mood is inexplicably low.

(End of this chapter)