I Bacame the Mother of His Child-Chapter 120: She Won’t Spare You

"Zhao Nan you motherless wild child, you think I’m dying to have you as my brother?" Shi Tao bared his small, decayed teeth, clearly a result of eating too many sweets, and angrily raised his hand to greet Zhao Nan’s face with a slap, "My mom said you have to let me have my way with everything, or she won’t let you off the hook. Give me the canned fruit now." After hitting Zhao Nan, Shi Tao crossed his arms, issuing his threat with smug pride.

He was banking on the belief that Zhao Nan wouldn’t dare do anything to him.

Zhao Nan’s eyes reddened with anger and humiliation, but his grip on the can of fruit tightened, unwilling to let go. The canned fruit was given by Aunt Xiu Xiu for him and his younger brother to share, not for him alone; his brother Cheng Guang also had a share, and he couldn’t just give it away to Shi Tao, the little bully.

"I won’t give it." Zhao Nan took a deep breath, turned his face away, and refused Shi Tao’s demand.

"You dare to refuse! Give it to me now, or I’ll beat you up," Shi Tao said angrily, his eyes bulging as he reached out to snatch it.

Zhao Nan quickly tried to dodge and move the can of fruit away, but in the scuffle, it fell onto the floor. The glass jar didn’t break, but the fruits inside spilled out all over the ground.

"Hmph, serves you right, if you won’t give it to me, then no one gets to eat," Shi Tao said, watching the canned fruit fall to the floor without a shred of guilt, on the contrary, quite pleased with himself.

"Smack!"

Just then, Song Cheng Guang stood up from the couch, his tiny form moved towards Shi Tao, and his little fleshy hand slapped Shi Tao’s face with a smack, full of dominance, "That’s for bullying my brother!"

Shi Tao was momentarily stunned by Song Cheng Guang, glancing between him and Zhao Nan, realizing that he shouldn’t offend Song Cheng Guang, he started yelling at Zhao Nan with narrowed eyes, "Fine! Zhao Nan, you actually let him hit me, I’ll beat you to death." Shi Tao charged forward, cursing and kicking at Zhao Nan.

Zhao Nan was bent over, heartache written all over his face as he looked at the spilled can of fruit on the floor. Faced with Shi Tao’s beating and kicking, he seemed torn between resisting and fearing, able only to clench his teeth as Shi Tao viciously scratched and kicked him several times.

Song Cheng Guang, not one to be taken advantage of, saw Shi Tao strike Zhao Nan, and the little guy started pounding Shi Tao with his fists, his thin lips tightly pursed and serious. Song Cheng Guang’s blows weren’t light, and Shi Tao instantaneously stopped from the blows, seized by a fear of being hurt.

"It seems the children are having some minor friction!" Xu Xiuxiu, with her sharp eyes and ears, had already noticed something was amiss on the other side. She had initially not wanted to get involved; after all, Zhao Nan was the biggest among the children, but clearly, the previously bold and imposing Zhao Nan was now being bullied by Shi Tao, a child who couldn’t hold his own, bullied to the point of being unable to react.

With mixed feelings of heartache and anger, Xu Xiuxiu thought about how Zhao Nan had lived with her for a few months, and she knew the little guy’s temperament to some extent. He had changed so drastically that she noticed it immediately – couldn’t Zhao Jian Country see it? Guo Cuiping, the stepmother, was clearly the wicked stepmother from Snow White!

As she thought this, Xu Xiuxiu saw her own son also get involved in the incident. By now, Guo Cuiping had also heard the noise of the children quarreling and immediately stood up with a face full of rage, heading straight for the sofa: "What’s the matter with you, boy? How could you just watch him hit our Taotao?" Guo Cuiping pointed at Zhao Nan’s little nose and yelled, her gaze fierce and menacing: "Nannan, how do you even call yourself a brother? When a stranger hits your brother, you don’t even try to help, and now do you even want to eat dinner tonight?" she accused, reaching out to poke Zhao Nan’s head.

Guo Cuiping’s words were obviously all about protecting her own son, and without looking into the matter, she blamed Zhao Nan, clearly feeling that Shi Tao had been bullied and taking her discomfort out on Zhao Nan.

Zhao Nan stood there aggrieved, letting Guo Cuiping scold him loudly, his silent expression tugging at one’s heartstrings.

Xu Xiuxiu stood next to Guo Cuiping and saw the instigator, Shi Tao, crying loudly, his mouth agape. She saw Zhao Nan lowering his gaze, holding back, looking resigned yet not retorting, and her heart wrenched in response. Then she saw her own precious son, Song Chengguang, at this moment standing arrogantly with his little hands on his hips, his little overlord demeanor glaring at Guo Cuiping, looking unwilling to bow down to evil forces. Xu Xiuxiu immediately frowned: "Cheng Guang!" This bratty child – after hitting someone, still so arrogant? Don’t you know how to back down? How about crying like usual?

Just as Xu Xiuxiu was looking at Song Chengguang with exasperation, Song Chengguang also looked towards her. As if sensing her thoughts, the next moment the little one cooperated extremely well by tilting his head and wailing: "Mommy, that bad person bullied Brother Nan, and he wanted to steal our fruit too," Song Chengguang cried, his little finger pointing at Shi Tao.

The little one always called canned fruit "fruit," and he was particularly fond of the peach-flavored ones.

"I clearly saw you and Zhao Nan both bullying Shi Tao; you can’t just lie and falsely accuse my Taotao!" Guo Cuiping immediately refuted Song Chengguang’s words loudly.

Xu Xiuxiu heard this and immediately frowned: "Sister-in-law, let’s not hurry to conclusions about the children’s matters. First, let’s ask clearly about what happened and see who’s right and who’s wrong. Come here, Nannan, you’re the oldest here, you’re the big brother. Tell Auntie what exactly happened. Why did you start fighting?" Xu Xiuxiu walked forward and wiped the tears from Song Chengguang’s cheeks, then lifted her hand and touched Zhao Nan’s little head, her eyes filled with trust and comfort.

"Auntie!" Zhao Nan looked up at Xu Xiuxiu with red rims around his eyes, as if hesitantly, then glanced at Guo Cuiping beside him: "Just now, after Shi Tao finished his portion of the fruit can, he saw that my brother and I still had some left, and he wanted me to give it to him. I refused, so he started fighting over it with me, and when he couldn’t get it, he knocked it over. Then Chengguang saw him bullying me and wanted to stand up for me, which made Shi Tao angry," Zhao Nan explained, trying hard to maintain a calm demeanor.

After listening to Zhao Nan, Guo Cuiping found it a bit embarrassing in front of Xu Xiuxiu and slapped Shi Tao’s arm with a smack: "You child, why are you so greedy? Isn’t one jar enough for you?" Then she raised her head and gave Xu Xiuxiu an awkward smile: "I was a bit hasty just now, don’t mind it, sister-in-law! I didn’t know it was my Shi Tao being unreasonable." Guo Cuiping was someone who was very good at appearances; she had been somewhat hasty in her yelling at Song Chengguang, and now she naturally knew that it might be Shi Tao’s fault, not having the upper hand she immediately showed contrition.

"Oh! Then Shi Tao, why did you try to take their fruit can?" After hearing this, Xu Xiuxiu ignored Guo Cuiping’s apology and directly looked down at Shi Tao, who had stopped crying, and gently asked.