Become a stepmother and save the male protagonist of the painful literary school

Tong Ruixiao shook his head: "Perhaps because I often go abroad, I prefer a laissez-faire education. Children know what they want when they grow up, so it is useless to interfere."

Jian Yan thought of "ruthless" and suddenly said, "Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered something."

"what's up?"

"Did Xiao Mu ever get kidnapped when he was a child? What you said to the kidnapper was very cruel, and he heard it all."

"I don't think that's your style. I guess you said that to put the kidnapper off guard, since the police arrived soon after."

Tong Ruixiao denied the reason she came up with unusually calmly: "No."

Jane Yan was surprised.

Is everything Tong Huaimu said true?

She was in a daze.

Then she heard the man open his mouth and say something she had not expected: "It's normal for him to hear it, because he was the one who planned the so-called kidnapping."

"I was discussing an important project and didn't want to waste my time playing this game with him, so I hung up the phone."

Jian Yan was dumbfounded and could hardly think.

How could this be?

It turned out that Xiao Mu planned it himself?

I couldn't help but ask, "Did he call the police?"

"Well, I didn't care. Apparently he only told you half of this?"

Tong Ruixiao pushed his rimless glasses with the tips of his index finger and thumb, hiding his expression for a moment. His sharp eyebrows and starry eyes looked particularly gentle, yet a little suppressed:

"I can tolerate other mistakes, but I can't accept that he was so naughty as to hire someone to pretend to kidnap him. This is extremely bad! I was very angry at the time, but I was too busy to punish him."

Jian Yan immediately understood the misunderstanding between the two people.

She frowned: "Is it possible that he is not being naughty, but is trying to test your love for him?"

"what?"

Tong Ruixiao was stunned, then calmly denied it.

"I am skeptical about your guess."

"Xiao Mu's personality... He and I have never been close, and he would never spend time on such things. And why would he test this for no reason? We are blood relatives."

He expressed his opinion.

Jian Yan leaned back in his chair and sighed: "Tong Ruixiao, do you really understand Xiao Mu? What do you think his personality is like?"

"On the good side, he is motivated, focused, and determined. Once he decides to do something, he will definitely complete it. On the bad side, he is rebellious, stubborn, undisciplined, and unstable."

"What you said is very superficial, and in your mind his shortcomings outweigh his strengths."

Jian Yan pointed out mercilessly.

Tong Ruixiao stopped talking, with a bitter look on her face. She could always guess what her boss was thinking, and he was almost transparent in front of her.

"I proved to you a long time ago that Xiaomu loves and respects you, but you still used such a terrible word as 'disobedient' when evaluating him."

"Love? Respect?"

Tong Ruixiao recalled the scene of the quarrel between the two in the study room, and suddenly laughed angrily: "He wanted to hit me in the face with his fist. I was already giving him face by saying that he was disobedient! He fought with his own father over a disagreement. Do you think he has respect in his heart?"

"Xiao Jian, I know you want to ease the relationship between the two of us, but there is no need for you to tease me like this."

He pursed his lips and looked unhappy.

Jian Yan choked. It was true that children beat their parents...

But it’s not incomprehensible.

After all, in Tong Huaimu's heart, this father was an evil man who did not arrive before his mother's death. He was an indifferent person who hated his birth and did not care about his life.

Almost hateful.

"Maybe he has been dissatisfied with you for a long time," she said seriously, "love turned into hate."

"Xiao Mu once said that he knew his life experience when he was twelve years old, and that he was born because of his mother's calculations."

Tong Ruixiao's expression changed almost instantly: "How did he know that!"

"His mother told him everything herself, and said that he was a stain that you would never be able to erase. Therefore, he always believed that you did not regard him as your own child, but as a disgusting burden."

"How is it possible? There is no such thing... I don't know anything about it..."

He could hardly believe it.

He muttered to himself, his expression becoming increasingly worse.

"He is innocent. How could I hate him because of something that happened more than ten years ago?"

"After all these years together, I have always treated him as a child and never had such thoughts."

Her words struck him as if he had been struck by lightning, and he felt flustered and at a loss.

Because he was horrified to find that if he followed her instructions, everything would fit in perfectly.

This can explain the boy's ambiguous attitude towards him, his inexplicable resentment and hatred, and his sometimes unexpressible closeness.

He has been claiming to be smart for so many years, but he has never thought about this side of things!

Xiao Mu actually knew all this a few years ago...

It may not seem like a big deal at first, but it may seem like a big deal to a child.

"He arranged the kidnapping because he didn't believe what his mother said at the time. He wanted to test your feelings in this way, but he didn't expect your attitude to be so cold."

"He thinks you don't love him because all you show is indifference and boredom."

Tong Ruixiao stared at her, his lips turning pale.

His breathing was unsteady: "I didn't expect it to be like this..."

Jian Yan: "One thing has many sides, and everyone sees it differently. You can't expect that he wants to test your love, just like he doesn't know that you have already seen through him and kidnapped himself."

"You two misunderstood each other, and because neither of you is good at expressing yourself, the misunderstanding has only deepened."

When he was stunned with a pale face, she suddenly changed the subject.

"You pointed out so many strengths and weaknesses in Xiao Mu's personality, but you actually didn't grasp the most essential characteristic, which is the common point between the two of you - restraint."

Tong Ruixiao couldn't help but frown, and his eyes were dark and indistinguishable under his long eyelashes.

Reserved.

Such a subtle yet precise word.

Jian Yan said, "You two have been able to misunderstand each other for so long because of your introverted personalities. Especially you, you rarely express your emotions. Many times, even I can't tell whether you are angry or not."

"If you keep chewing over your bad emotions, what can you come up with? Won't it make things worse?"

"I told Xiao Mu before that love needs to be expressed, otherwise the other person won't know."

"I want to say the same thing to you here."

She stood up and held his hand: "If you don't say anything, no one else will know. By the time others find out, you will be in a terrible mood."

“It might be better to try to change.”

"I'll just say this about you and Xiao Mu. As for what to do next, it's up to you." She smiled, "After all, I am me. I can't replace you."

After a long pause, Tong Ruixiao nodded slowly and seriously.

The two talked in the room until late at night and did not notice a figure outside the half-open door.