Chapter 459: Chapter 387: Is the Birth Mother Indifferent like a Chrysanthemum? The Young Miss Turns the Tables with a Reckless Move 27_3
“I… I don’t know…” Su Tianci moved his lips, glaring fiercely at Su Zhiruan and then at Zhu Manqing. However, he was still young and did not know how to hide his gaze. Coupled with the fact that his looks were too targeted, they were all caught by Su Qin. In an instant, his dissatisfaction with Ning Fu grew stronger. After all, Su Tianci was his son too, and since his son was still young, Ning Fu was the only one who could have been teaching him.
Just then, a noise suddenly came from the door, followed by a string of voices—someone was back. As the person opened the door, Su Zhiruan, Su Qin, Zhu Manqing, and Su Tianci all turned their heads to look.
—The newcomer was none other than Ning Fu.
When she saw the scene before her, she couldn’t help but be startled, but then she saw her nemesis, Zhu Manqing, with her hand on her lower abdomen, looking obedient and biting her lip, standing next to Su Qin, the very picture of a pitiable, delicate flower.
“What are you all doing?” Ning Fu struggled to suppress her disgust, moving her gaze away from Zhu Manqing and Su Zhiruan, focusing intently on Su Qin. Her tone was cold, but she pursed her lips while speaking, leaving one somewhat unclear about her true intentions.
“What are we doing?! I want to ask you what you’re doing?! You took everyone away, even the driver! Today is Ruanruan’s college entrance examination! Why did you take all the drivers away? If I hadn’t sent someone to pick her up, did you want her to walk back?!” Su Qin had reached the limit of his patience. He felt that he had become much more irritable, but this irritability had a source. He wouldn’t feel this way when dealing with his loving daughter Su Zhiruan or the gentle and attentive Zhu Manqing, but facing Ning Fu made every word he spoke feel especially aggravating and filled with loathing.
After his outburst, the drivers and servants behind Ning Fu were frightened.
For a moment, no one spoke.
“Tianci, come here,” Ning Fu raised her manicured hand, pursing her lips to beckon Su Tianci over, and Su Tianci, with red-rimmed eyes, hurried to her upon seeing her.
Then, Su Tianci loudly complained, “Mom, Mom, I really didn’t do anything, I just wanted to see if something I lost was in Su Zhiruan’s room.”
As Su Tianci said this, Zhu Manqing casually tucked a lock of hair behind her ear, her voice weak and dainty, “Sister, I didn’t know this is how you educate children in your home? A younger brother openly calling his sister by her full name, and judging from his attitude, he usually doesn’t treat Miss Su well either! Lying habitually and slandering Miss Su.”
“Miss Zhu isn’t thinking of interfering in our family matters as well, is she?” Ning Fu glanced at her out of the corner of her eye.
“Sister, you must be kidding. If this counts as interfering in your family’s affairs, then it’s obvious you treat Miss Su very poorly on a regular basis. I’m merely making a suggestion, yet you’re so easily rattled,” Zhu Manqing spoke in a volume that was neither loud nor soft, her tone unfluctuating, yet it stirred waves of anger in Su Qin’s heart.
“Enough! Is this how you usually teach the children?!” Su Qin was now completely impatient, his gaze coldly fixed on Ning Fu, “What a good son you’ve raised—not respecting his sister, mistreating Ruanruan, and you even let Su Tianci sneak into his sister’s room, god knows doing what in secret. Is this your idea of parenting?!”
“Tianci, look, this is your father!” Ning Fu did not respond directly, instead hugging her precious son, bowing her head to weep. She squatted down, her tears rapidly hitting the ground, and then she murmured as if talking to herself, “Innocent remain clear of guilt; if that’s what he thinks, then there’s nothing I can do.”
“Ning Fu, for all these years, you just keep repeating this one sentence. Do you think I’ve been mistreating you? Over all these years, ask yourself, how have I ever wronged you in any way?! I trusted you with the children, believing that they are our children and that you would treat them well, which is why I worked hard outside without worry! And you?! Is this how you treat them?!”
Su Qin had lost his temper completely. He might have previously coddled Ning Fu, but now, having the gentler Zhu Manqing by his side and the sweet-talking Su Zhiruan, he could see Ning Fu’s true uselessness.
“Sister, you’re in the wrong here. You are so much older than me; how could you fail to understand? You don’t like Miss Su, and you haven’t raised her with care. As a woman yourself, you’ve treated Ruanruan harshly in every way, criticizing her; your son, the apple of your eye, disrespects his elders and, like a little thief, sneaks into his sister’s room when no one is watching. Sister, even though you have two children, you should still look through some books on education every now and then. You can’t possibly not read a single word!”
Zhu Manqing stood behind Su Qin, displaying the posture of a victor.