In name only: In the name of Zhao Mengsheng's son!

Li Kangjian played with several children until ten o'clock. He noticed that Zhao Miao and Zhao Zhongxin were both incredibly generous and magnanimous. As for Qi Wenjie, they were just two kids; comparing his own children to others made them seem like greenhorns!

That evening, Li Kangjian brought back a few children who had a great time playing. Li Kangjian also mentioned them briefly.

"Little ball, don't tell your grandma about this. She's old; don't let her get upset! Understand?"

"I understand, Uncle Kang! Goodbye!"

Little Rubber Ball seemed to understand, then turned and went home. He then escorted Zhao Miao home, chatting with him. He quite liked the child; he spoke slowly, clearly having thought things through beforehand, not just blurting things out. The Zhao family truly were exceptional individuals.

Li Kangjian didn't think much of this ability in adults, because he was like that too, always thinking before he spoke! But he couldn't do that when he was fifteen; at fifteen, he only had eyes for Zhong Xiaoai.

He wished his child could be like Zhao Miao, but then he thought that wouldn't be good. It's not good for a child to be too mature. When it's time to play, he should play!

"You're back?"

Zhao Zhongxin sat on the sofa, looking at his son who had done the same thing as him when he was young. He was both amused and exasperated. The two father and son did the same thing: stand up for their younger brother and burn people with cigarette butts. The only difference was that one succeeded and the other failed. However, he himself had been severely beaten by his grandfather back then, while Zhao Zhongxin had no intention of beating him!

He understood his son's feelings. As the eldest brother, if you don't step in, who will? Hmm? After all, we're both in the same boat!

"Go back, wash up, and go to bed!"

"knew!"

Zhao Miao thought his father would give him a lecture, but he got away with it so easily? He was a little puzzled, but he still went upstairs to take a shower and go to bed!

Aren't you going to say anything about him?

Zhang Wanxin looked at Zhao Zhongxin with a puzzled expression!

"Why are you talking to him? He wasn't bullying or harassing anyone; he was standing up for his little brother. If he were bullying someone, I'd show him what cruelty is today! Boys should be able to use some violence for justice!"

Zhao Zhongxin said with a smile! Zhang Wanxin rolled her eyes at him!

"I know you don't want your son to end up like you. I remember that day I came to your house to play, and I saw your grandfather chasing you up a tree with his belt!"

"No? How old were you then? How did you remember that?"

Zhao Zhongxin was a little confused. Zhang Wanxin had never told him that the reason his grandfather beat him was because Zhong Jianjun's father had died in the Sino-Vietnamese War and was a martyr. His grandfather's original words were, "You can't even touch the child of a martyr!"

If Zhong Jianjun were also a martyr, then Zhao Zhongxin would have beaten his son too. It's not an act; their father sacrificed his life for the country. If you bully him, you bully him, and there's no excuse! So Zhao Zhongxin understands why his grandfather beat him back then!

"I was seven years old at the time, how could I not remember? It was my grandfather who pleaded for you and got you released!"

Zhang Wanxin remembers it clearly!

"So you know everything about me!"

Zhao Zhongxin was speechless!

"How could I not know?"

Zhang Wanxin smiled!

"Hey, where's Xiaoying? She's not staying here tonight?"

Zhao Zhongxin suddenly asked about Zhao Ying.

"No, she went home to pack her things. She said she's going to Luzhou for fun tomorrow!"

Meanwhile, on the Zhong family's side, Zhong Xiaoai heard that her nephew had almost been burned on the head with a cigarette, so she rushed over and started scolding Zhao Zhongxin with her sister-in-law! Zhao Zhongxin really has no way of raising his son; he's just like he was when he was young!

Moreover, he felt that Zhao Miao was even worse than his father. Zhao Zhongxin and Zhong Jianjun were at least about the same age and in the same grade, yet Zhao Miao bullied someone younger than him!

Don't they realize that Zhong Zijun wasn't bad when he bullied two elementary school students? Zhong Xiaoai is alright because he doesn't know what happened at all, just like back then, he didn't know why his cousin got burned on the butt by Zhao Zhongxin's cigarette butt!

Zhong Xiaoai has been a bit simple-minded since she was little. She believes everything she sees and hears from her sister-in-law! She even learned from her sister-in-law that Li Kangjian had actually sided with the bullies. Zhong Xiaoai was furious and immediately called Li Kangjian, but he was busy playing with his child and didn't hear her. Zhong Xiaoai stormed home, demanding an explanation from Li Kangjian: "Whose side are you on?"

So when he got home, Li Kangjian brought his son and daughter back with him!

Zhong Xiaoai didn't want to argue in front of the children, so she told them to go upstairs to sleep!

"Li Kangjian, what do you mean? Zijun was bullied by Zhao Zhongxin's son today, and my sister-in-law told me you were siding with the bully? What are you trying to do? Are you my family or Zhao Zhongxin's family? Zijun is such a good kid, what do you want from him?"

As soon as the child left, Zhong Xiaoai lost her temper and roared angrily!

Li Kangjian glanced at her, then at the child sticking his head out from upstairs, and simply said calmly!

"Do you know what happened? It's true that Zijun was bullied, but he also bullied Chen Hai's child and Tong Wei's son. Did your sister-in-law tell you? He's a 15-year-old junior high student, and those two are only twelve! Dragging someone down the stairs, is that something a normal kid would do?"

At this point, Li Kangjian paused!

"And look at this, why don't our sons and daughters want to play with their cousin Zhong Zijun? Because they're afraid. Little Qi Wenjie is terrified, so is it wrong for him to go to his brother Zhao Miao for help? From beginning to end, Zhao Miao never laid a hand on him! You're telling me this is bullying?"

"You, you! You've changed, Li Kangjian! Even if Zijun is here and things are bad, Zhao Miao shouldn't burn his butt with a cigarette butt!"

Zhong Xiaoai said, at a loss for words!

"As for the cigarette butt, was it burned? The cigarette belongs to your nephew. Zhao Miao doesn't smoke, so don't listen to your sister-in-law's nonsense!"

Li Kangjian also directly criticized him, saying that he really hated this cousin. Both his father and his father sacrificed their lives during the Sino-Soviet confrontation. They were in the same company and were comrades-in-arms. After his father's sacrifice, he lived an honest life, but Zhong Jianjun relied on his grandparents' favoritism towards him, and his second uncle Zhong Zhengguo's pity for him became more and more outrageous!

(This is the second chapter today; the third chapter will be posted later!)