"What do you mean?" Zhu Xi looked at Fu Wenwen warily, not understanding her words. What did she mean that she and her were the same?
"You know my family's conditions are not bad, right?" Fu Wenwen chuckled. Zhu Xi nodded; she had heard from her father that Fu Wenwen's family was well-off.
"My father and mother are both working professionals. I have an older brother. I'm the only and youngest child in the family, so Mom, Dad, and my brother all doted on me. Whatever I wanted as a child, they would fulfill it for me. Just like you, I was also spoiled and raised with care," Fu Wenwen said with a smile. "If it weren't for Liu Zihua and Su Xiaoxiao, I would probably be working in some big factory in the city by now!"
Fu Wenwen sighed lightly. "So life is unpredictable. I never expected that I would marry Lin Feng, and even become a stepmother."
"Why are you telling me all this?" Zhu Xi raised an eyebrow, but thinking from Fu Wenwen's perspective, she was indeed like a phoenix from the heavens falling into a chicken coop, the difference was too vast.
"I want to tell you that you were also raised with your family's love. Put yourself in my shoes, if you were me and encountered the same situation, what would you do?" Fu Wenwen looked at Zhu Xi earnestly.
"...I..." Zhu Xi paused slightly, hugged her legs, and remained silent for a long time. She imagined herself in Fu Wenwen's place and thought about what Fu Wenwen had gone through.
First, she was tricked by friends and the person she liked into going to the countryside, leaving her loving family. She arrived in an unfamiliar place, couldn't work, and was helpless. She encountered hooligans and was almost violated. In the end, she was forced to marry into the village, become someone else's stepmother, and her husband returned to the army shortly after their marriage.
The more she thought about it, the gloomier it became. Zhu Xi suddenly felt that Fu Wenwen was truly pitiful.
She had been speaking ill of her behind her back, calling her a vixen, and saying she seduced men everywhere...
Zhu Xi didn't know how Fu Wenwen felt, but when she imagined herself in such a situation: first being tricked to the countryside, then leaving her parents, not knowing how to do anything, and having to take care of a child she wasn't close to...
"Dad, Mom!!!" Zhu Xi's eyes turned red, and she suddenly ran out.
"Hey! Here, here! Right here!" Aunt Liu heard Zhu Xi's sorrowful cry and thought the two had started fighting. She quickly rushed in from the yard.
Upon seeing Aunt Liu, Zhu Xi immediately threw herself at her, hugging her waist with her eyes red.
"What's wrong? Xi'er?" Zhu Xi's appearance startled Aunt Liu, who quickly asked nervously.
Zhu Xi shook her head and remained silent, burying herself in Aunt Liu's embrace, feeling this love. She was not Fu Wenwen; she had not left her mother.
"Educated Youth Fu, what's wrong with Xi'er?" Aunt Liu looked at Zhu Xi for a long time, but Zhu Xi wouldn't say anything. She could only look pleadingly at Fu Wenwen, who had walked out of the room.
Fu Wenwen smiled faintly. "I just wanted her to think about what she would do if she were me and encountered my situation..."
Hearing Fu Wenwen's words, the village head and Aunt Liu, who had walked over, were stunned for a moment. Then they understood Fu Wenwen's intention. Aunt Liu sighed and hugged Zhu Xi tighter. "Silly girl, don't be foolish again in the future!"
"Educated Youth Fu, my backyard has some scrap wood. Take whatever you can use," the village head said to Fu Wenwen with a smile.
Fu Wenwen nodded and followed the village head to the backyard.
"My daughter is a bit spoiled, but her heart is good. This matter was indeed the village's fault, causing Educated Youth Fu to suffer," the village head said, regretting it slightly.