It seemed that after being reborn, she was able to stay with her daughters with a completely new identity.
She saw the rebellious and anxious side behind the gentle and filial Tang Youyou. She saw the painful darkness hidden under the glorious appearance of the lively and naughty Tang Keke. She saw that the always optimistic Tang Qianqian was also wearing a false mask in the eyes of outsiders.
She is the person who knows them best, but also the person who knows them least.
After thinking all this through, looking at Jiang He now, it seemed as if I saw the confident self again.
She didn't know what kind of family and growing environment Jiang He had experienced, which was why he had become the type who needed to control Xiao Miao in every detail.
Yes, not protection, but control.
"I'm not imagining things, I'm stating the facts." Tang Li said, "Xiao Miao is not your vassal. She has her own life."
"Have you ever wanted to know what kind of life Xiao Miao wants?"
"What kind of life do you want?" Jiang He interrupted Tang Li irritably.
"I provide her with the best life. Would she like a worse option? A life without parental supervision?" She stared at Tang Li closely, and suddenly felt a strong sense of vigilance in her heart.
For some reason, she always felt suppressed when facing Tang Li.
Obviously, Tang Li didn't have the aura of a superior, but whenever she faced her, she always felt awkward like a junior facing an elder.
This feeling made her very uncomfortable and made her subconsciously want to resist, so even if it was an argument that didn't need to be cared about at all, she still wanted to prove that she was right in front of Tang Li.
In theory, this kind of cheap competitiveness should not appear in her who has been honing her skills in the business world for many years.
But Tang Li's indifferent look even when she was lecturing her reminded her of the time when she questioned her mother why she left her behind to pursue her so-called ideals, and her mother also spoke almost heartless words with the same indifferent expression.
It was precisely this indifferent expression that she wanted to shatter no matter what!
Jiang He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists unconsciously, the anger in his chest almost bursting out.
"Please stop pretending that I'm doing this for your own good!"
"Who do you think you are? Even if you are my parents, you have no right to act like that!"
"People like you think you know a lot, but in fact you are just self-righteous."
"It seems that what he said makes sense, but in the final analysis, he just wants to satisfy his vanity in the name of preaching."
"You say you're doing it for the children, but in the end you're only doing it for yourself!"
"You selfish people should look in the mirror and see your ugly faces—"
"elder sister!"
A crisp voice from her arms interrupted Jiang He's words. She lowered her head in a daze, only to see Jiang Miao's angry eyes.
"I like my sister very much. She is very kind to me."
Jiang Miao bit her lip lightly, looking a little scared, but still looking straight into Jiang He's eyes and continued speaking.
"But Sister Tang Li is a good person. She and I really want to be friends. Sister Tang Li has no other purpose. She doesn't even know that my sister is you!"
"I don't want to do the things I want to do, and I can't make the friends I want to make. I don't like that canary-like life at all!"
"I want to make a cake. I want to make it for my sister myself, so I asked Sister Tang Li to teach me how to do it."
"I was scared by my sister just now, so I knocked over the oil pan. Sister Tang Li helped me block the splashing oil, so I didn't get hurt."
"Sister Tang Li not only didn't blame me, she even showed concern for whether I was injured, even though she herself was burned by the oil!"
"I like Sister Tang Li very much...but you...are scolding her without any reason...it's like, it's like..."
"Like a shrew! I don't like a sister like that!"
Jiang Miao's childish words were like a heavy hammer hitting Jiang He's heart.
Her face turned pale and her body fell backwards involuntarily. She subconsciously took half a step back before she could stabilize herself.
A... a shrew?!
These two words kept echoing in her mind, and she felt like the sky was falling.
I... in Xiaomiao's eyes... I am just an unreasonable and irrational shrew?
Jiang He suddenly realized that after she snatched her sister from Tang Li's arms, she did not find any signs of injury on her sister's body. Instead, Tang Li looked in pain and had no strength to resist her actions.
Her gaze turned to Tang Li who had been standing there. Even though Tang Li noticed what they were talking about and subconsciously put her arms behind her back, she could still vaguely see the glaring red marks on her fair arms, and even the expensive evening dress was stained with traces of dirt.
Jiang He's eyes suddenly felt painful, and so did her heart.
What does she do?
No matter who was responsible for the incident, it was an indisputable fact that Tang Li used her body to protect Jiang Miao in the critical moment. However, as Jiang Miao's sister, she not only did not express her gratitude, but instead came up to question and condemn her indiscriminately.
The words just now were clearly meant to sarcastically attack Tang Li, but now they were all used to slap her in the face.
Perhaps in Xiao Miao's eyes, she is the truly self-righteous, ugly bad person at this moment.
"I...I'm not..."
Jiang Miao suddenly panicked. She was afraid that her image in her sister's mind would change. She was afraid that in Jiang Miao's eyes she would be no different from the parents she hated. She was afraid that she would change from a princess captured by the dragon to a new dragon.
But when the words to explain came to her lips, she couldn't say anything.
Because no matter what she said, she truly became the role of a bad sister in this matter, and any explanation was just quibbling.
"I'm sorry... I spoke without asking for the details."
Jiang He lowered his head and suddenly said.
She spoke very slowly, as if she was saying words that she had never said before.
"Thank you for protecting Xiao Miao. I apologize for my recklessness."
"To express my gratitude and apology, I am willing to provide you with the best medical services and guarantee that no scars will be left. We can discuss relevant compensation issues later. I will do my best to meet your needs."
As the current helmsman of Jiang Group, it is rare for Jiang He to show such a gesture. Tang Li even feels that Jiang He is very unfamiliar. It is obvious that he has never bent his waist since he was a child.
If you really want to lower your posture and beg for forgiveness from others, you must be humble and even a little humble. When she was begging for forgiveness from everyone for Coco, her waist was bent stiff.
However, Jiang He's attitude is like that of a rebellious girl who made a mistake but was unwilling to admit it due to her youthful arrogance, and finally reluctantly bowed her head under the authority of her parents.
Tang Li couldn't help but sigh.
Ever since her rebirth, there always seem to be problem girls like this around her. It's okay for her own three daughters, but other people's children are also a worry.
But she did not mean to blame Jiang He. After all, Jiang He was just a girl in her twenties. It was already very good that she could take care of herself and the company. How could she expect her to be a perfect sister or mother?
She could see that Jiang He really wanted to be the mother in her sister's mind. She hoped to prevent her sister from experiencing the loneliness and pain she had experienced as a child without her parents.
However, she herself had never experienced true family love since she was a child, and no one specifically taught her what to do, so she went astray in the process of trying.
She wanted to provide her sister with what she lacked, but she had never experienced it herself, so how could she give it to others?
Therefore, what is finally manifested is that doting is mistaken for maternal love, and control is mistaken for protection.
"I don't need you to provide me with medical care and compensation. It's just a few drops of hot oil. It will be fine in a while."
She was a little tired of standing, so she took a few steps back and found a clean edge of the closet to lean against, then she softly said the words she had prepared in her heart.
"Xiao Miao and I are friends. Since she calls me Sister Tang Li, it is only natural for me to protect her. I don't need any extra compensation."
"You're right. I'm not your father or mother, so I have no right to tell you what to do. But as Xiao Miao's friend, I still have to warn you."
"As parents, we should take on the responsibility of accompanying and guiding our children in their growth. If we cannot do this, we are not worthy of being called parents."
"But on the other hand, before children become children, they are first of all individuals, individuals who will be independent in the future, rather than puppets of their parents."
"Therefore, as parents, we should learn to respect, learn to humble ourselves, and learn to...let go."
"I understand that you want to provide Xiao Miao with the family love that you once lacked."
"But family love isn't supposed to be like this. What you're giving her now is not family love, but a morbid desire for control."
Tang Li's voice is very soft, like the gurgling of water by your ear, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
But such a beautiful voice said words that sounded merciless to Jiang He, making her a little dazed.
It’s not family affection…but a pathological desire for control?
Jiang He subconsciously wanted to refute Tang Li's words, but she, who was very eloquent at the negotiation table, had no idea how to refute at this moment, as if she was subconsciously agreeing with Tang Li's words.
She lowered her head unwillingly, trying to seek the answer from her closest and most beloved sister.
"Xiao Miao...Is she, your sister, really like she said in your eyes?"
"No, no, no!"
Jiang Miao shook her head very decisively, and the small braids on both sides swung back and forth like rattles.
"Sister...Sister is not sick! Sister is very healthy!"
Jiang He listened to his sister's irrelevant answer, the corners of his mouth twitched and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Jiang Miao has been with her day and night for more than ten years. How could she hide her hidden emotions from her elder sister?
Tang Li was right. The family affection that she thought was right had already deteriorated at some point and turned into a pathological desire for control.
Jiang Miao was still young and didn't understand the problem. She just thought her sister was too strict. Didn't she, an adult, understand? Without Tang Li's reminder, she would only make more mistakes and eventually push herself and her sister into an abyss of no return.
It would be good if the sisterhood broke down at that time. What should she do if Jiang Miao turned against her for freedom?
She almost suffocated and fainted when she thought of the future scene where her most cherished sister looked at her with hatred.
"You're right..." she muttered to herself in despair.
"Maybe I really did something wrong and turned Xiao Miao into a canary in a cage..."
"elder sister……"
Jiang Miao grabbed Jiang He's clothes with some fear, and looked up at her pitifully.
In fact, Jiang Miao also felt that what Sister Tang Li said was right. Although her sister always wanted to play the role of a mother, she had never regarded her sister as a mother.
In her opinion, a mother should be like Sister Tang Li, who has a gentle personality, can take care of her, answer her questions, be willing to accompany her to do what she wants to do, and then protect her.
She felt that she had gotten used to a life without her parents and with only her sister by her side, but if she needed a mother, she hoped that mother would be Sister Tang Li.
But having said all that, Jiang He will always be her sister, and she doesn't want to lose her sister no matter what.
Alas, is this the trouble of having two relationships at the same time?
Xiaomiao can finally understand Cheng Ge's difficulties.
Alas, is there any way to get both sisters to stay with Xiao Miao and pamper her?
Just as Jiang Miao was daydreaming, Jiang He fell into a state of disarray. She rubbed Jiang Miao's head and a forced smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Xiao Miao, go play first. Sister is a little tired."
"elder sister……"
"It's okay, I just want to go to the balcony to be quiet, I'll come back to find you later."
Jiang He smiled and turned to look at Tang Li.
This plump and voluptuous girl looks very young, but when she talks, she acts like a middle-aged person who has experienced many hardships and rich experience. The strong contrast is fascinating.
She didn't like her own mother, so she hated all women who exuded maternal love.
But it was this girl in front of him who, no matter how many lecturing words he said, he could not hate her.
Although it still doesn't make her feel like she likes it.
"Thank you very much for your reminder. I will remember this kindness."
She said it, but she knew it in her heart.
She and this girl are not from the same world, and perhaps they will not have much in-depth communication in the future.
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121. Are you here to take a shit?
Jiang He relaxed a little only after he watched Jiang Miao leave the kitchen and return to the banquet hall, looking back every step of the way.
The banquet hall was full of bodyguards and waiters, and she also specifically instructed them to keep a close eye on Jiang Miao's movements, so basically nothing would go wrong.
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