Chapter 378: Chapter 7: Child-Rearing Strategy (7)

You messed up her bedroom like that, yet you still have the nerve to blame her for being stingy, saying she’s stingy but still offered your niece delicious carrot juice?

They heard from the wife of the Ye Family that the carrot juice was sweet, surely with sugar added. Sugar, that’s a precious thing.

If she’s stingy, would she share candies when encountering kids?

Saying she bullied you, how did she bully you? She just asked you to leave, didn’t curse or hit you. You, on the other hand, showed no sincerity, evaded responsibility, and didn’t even clean up properly.

You dare to try this at my house, and if you don’t clean my room thoroughly, dare to say I bully you, believe it or not, I’ll throw poop in your house. Or I’ll come to your house, let the child poop on your kang and step all over your room. Isn’t that disgusting?

She’s inconsiderate. The fact that she didn’t ask for compensation already shows how generous she is, and those were all good things too.

As a result, people in the town have a somewhat negative view of Tao Xiaoxiao. People at this time are fairly simple-hearted, with fairly upright values. Such matters, if you properly supervise the child, an accidental mess would be understandable, since kids are small and uncontrollable. The problem is, you went to her house, didn’t supervise your child, let them waltz into her bedroom, made such a mess, and then blamed the host. That’s a bit much, anyone would get angry.

The woman lives with her child, already having a hard enough time; Tao Xiaoxiao behaving this way, isn’t that damaging the town’s image?

Later, when Tao Xiaoxiao calmed down, she thought it over and went to apologize, but Li Shuning didn’t even open the door.

Tao Xiaoxiao felt a bit down, wondering what she actually did wrong. Was a child’s mess worth so much fuss?

She already tried her best to get close to this woman, so why is the woman treating her like this?

In the storyline, Li Shuning helped Tao Xiaoxiao, giving money and gifts, even taking her in to live there.

That’s why people in the Tao Family uniformly believed Tao Xiaoxiao should stay by Li Shuning’s side, flatter her, stick with her to lead a good life and have money to spend.

But now, Tao Xiaoxiao has not only offended Li Shuning but has also made the townspeople view the Tao Family differently.

It was said that the military was always watching over Li Shuning.

Firstly, Li Shuning’s husband was out on a secret mission, not to be disclosed, and even now his fate was uncertain. Li Shuning had just given birth and was raising the child alone. If anything happened, it would be a disgrace to her comrades. Secondly, the Li Family and Li Shuning’s husband’s background were too powerful. She, a fragile woman living in town, must be watched, lest something occur, unable to be accountable.

Thus, when the military learned some news about Li Shuning, they were a bit upset. Their soldier’s wife was being bullied?

Something must be up; how dare someone come to bully her at her own door? Naturally, someone from the military got in touch with the townspeople.

Tao Xiaoxiao’s father immediately felt the pressure and, helplessly, he packed Tao Xiaoxiao up and sent her to the neighboring town, taking Tao Lele along to apologize.

As for the old father, Li Shuning didn’t leave the door closed nor was she aggressive, just said the matter was over, urging the father not to worry. However, she and Tao Xiaoxiao could not be friends anymore, and she urged her not to bother her in the future.

Tao Xiaoxiao went round in circles, seemingly back to square one.

Returning to the neighboring town, she was bound to encounter that delinquent.

She didn’t want to live the old kind of life again.

But she had no money, what could she do?

Her resentment toward Li Shuning grew stronger.

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before the delinquent set eyes on Tao Xiaoxiao, pestering her relentlessly.

Tao Xiaoxiao thought it over and realized she couldn’t continue like this. This delinquent ruined her life, so she hated him too. Since Li Shuning had strong backing, maybe they should fight it out, and she could watch from behind, see who ruins whom.

“Zhang Cheng, I don’t know what you see in me. There are plenty like me in our town. I’m still young and don’t want a relationship.”

Zhang Cheng, the delinquent, paused and said, “Xiaoxiao, don’t use my chasing you as an excuse to say these things. I don’t believe it. You are the most beautiful woman in my heart, and no matter how beautiful others are, I wouldn’t like them. I only like you.”

“Oh, is that so? Well, that’s because you haven’t seen anyone really good-looking. I’m telling you, there’s a woman in our town who looks like a Heavenly Immortal. Just one look and you won’t forget it, but unfortunately, she’s had a child and her child’s father hasn’t been around. I think, such a woman…”

Tao Xiaoxiao didn’t finish her sentence but entirely caught Zhang Cheng’s interest.

He had no feelings for Tao Xiaoxiao, just spoke sweetly.

Because Tao Xiaoxiao was the most attractive woman he’d seen alone, he dared to pursue her like that.

If there truly was a woman as described, who led a chaotic private life and was attractive, he was willing to give it a try.

Tao Xiaoxiao’s words led him to assume, thinking that the father of the child never appeared, likely the woman had an affair, got pregnant, and the man ran away irresponsibly. Would such a woman be upright? Surely, she couldn’t stand loneliness.

He’s young now and doesn’t plan on finding a woman to support; he doesn’t have money for that.

But if there’s a woman who’s frivolous, he wouldn’t mind a fling.

While he sweet-talked Tao Xiaoxiao, his thoughts already drifted far away.

Tao Xiaoxiao secretly sneered, she was all too familiar with Zhang Cheng from a past life, knowing he was lustful, lazy, and extremely irresponsible. If they dated, he might think about money, and if he was ever broke, he’d have her entertain guests. Could such a person be good? Sneaking around wouldn’t be a problem for him.

He might even think his skills are great, arousing women to the point where he could trick some money out of that flirtatious woman.

So her words would definitely tempt Zhang Cheng.

Sure enough, while chatting, Zhang Cheng asked, “Xiaoxiao, is there really such a beautiful woman? I think you are the prettiest of all. I can’t believe it. Why don’t you tell me her address, and I’ll go check? How could my Xiaoxiao possibly be inferior to her?”

Tao Xiaoxiao was clear-headed but didn’t show it: “Oh, she’s just at the entrance of our town, the only blue house there. You’ll know it when you see it. The woman is quite wealthy but rather lonely with a child. She must be very lonely. I once considered accompanying her, but my dad made me work, so I had to give up.”

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng grew even more eager.

Very wealthy, such a flirtatious and lonely woman, he has his ways with them; perhaps he could even get some money out of it.

After flattering Tao Xiaoxiao for a few more moments, Zhang Cheng left.

It was already dark today, so he planned to prepare first and visit the neighboring town early tomorrow.

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