Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All

Chapter 1656: Chapter 1296:

"Are you quite happy?"

Fang Su suddenly said.

"Happy about what?"

Kang Li looked utterly bewildered.

"My daughter doesn’t acknowledge me, my son doesn’t acknowledge me, and I’m sick. You think this is karma." Fang Su stared at Kang Li without blinking, trying to detect any odd expression on Kang Li’s face.

Unfortunately, she saw nothing.

Kang Li lightly shook her index finger, saying indifferently, "You’re overthinking. I have my own principles; I won’t kick someone when they’re down, nor will I gloat behind their back."

Fang Su looked directly into Kang Li’s eyes, noting that Kang Li’s gaze was steady and unwavering. Her heart was a mix of emotions at the moment: the person in front of her was clearly her daughter, even sitting there she seemed to radiate, but in her eyes, there was no space for her biological mother, none at all.

Because she couldn’t see any ripple caused by her presence in Kang Li’s eyes.

Does she regret her actions back then?

Fang Su didn’t know; she only knew she couldn’t endure hardships and just wanted a good life.

"How is your dad?"

"Hmm?" Kang Li picked up her cup and took a sip while glancing at Fang Su upon hearing her words. "Thank you for your concern, Lady Fang. My dad is perfectly fine."

Fang Su’s face showed a flash of discomfort, and she quickly added, "You don’t need to talk to me like that. I know there’s no future for your dad and me, and I have no intention of seeking him out."

"Lady Fang has come to terms with it, that’s good."

Kang Li’s tone was light, devoid of visible emotion.

"Is Feng Yi’s partner the one he goes out with?"

Fang Su shifted the topic back to Feng Yi.

"Lady Feng can ask Xiao Yi herself if she wants to know." Kang Li checked the time on her wristwatch. "I need to pick up my child soon, should Lady Fang be leaving now?"

"I need to have a good talk with Feng Yi."

Which implied she wouldn’t be leaving immediately.

While Kang Li’s expression didn’t change, her words were still sharp: "Are you planning to wait at my place until Feng Yi returns?"

Fang Su remained silent, but her decision not to move was an indirect response.

"Since Lady Fang plans to wait here, let me ask you a few questions, if you don’t mind?" Kang Li met Fang Su’s gaze, her eyes calm and serene, yet seemingly able to penetrate Fang Su’s innermost thoughts.

Fang Su took a long moment to respond.

Finally, Kang Li asked directly, "There’s a societal bias against stepmothers, many see them as inherently bad, yet Lady Feng is a good stepmother, almost too good. Can you explain why? Why would you neglect your biological children and focus solely on your stepchildren? What is your thinking behind this?"

"..."

Fang Su opened her mouth but struggled to utter a word.

"Even though it was the stepson who hurt someone over a romantic dispute, why did Lady Fang falsely accuse Xiao Yi before the police officers, wanting your own son to take the fall for your stepson?"

"..."

"When Xiao Yi finally came back from the farm, why did you say such hurtful things and drive him out of the house?" Kang Li steadfastly stared at Fang Su. "Is it difficult to answer, Lady Fang?"

"You are a stepmother too, so you should know how hard it is to be one. I just wanted to secure my position, so that Feng Yi could live more comfortably at home."

Fang Su finally spoke, and Kang Li chuckled aloud at her response, "Is that so? Yet you framed Xiao Yi, making him take the fall for your stepson; how do you explain that?"

"..." Fang Su frowned, thinking Kang Li was meddling.

"You’re generous with others, fulfilling this noble stepmother’s role, but have you considered the deep harm you’re inflicting on Xiao Yi with your actions?"

Kang Li’s clear voice carried a slight chill: "He was only sixteen that year, how could you bear to falsely accuse Xiao Yi, how could you bear to watch him being taken away by the police officers?

During his time on the farm, did you ever go to see him? No, you never did, and when Xiao Yi finally returned home after completing his term, you showed loathing because he seemed dirty, because his leg was crippled, and you felt he embarrassed you, so you drove your own flesh and blood out of the house.

Lady Fang, if you were Xiao Yi, what would you think after being treated this way by your mother?"

Fang Su: "It’s all in the past now, I think there’s no need to bring it up again."

"Some things can fade away with time, but some things won’t be forgotten because of the passage of time, especially the harm a mother causes to her own child. It will only leave a scar in the child’s heart that never truly goes away. Once touched, causing the scar to peel, it will become bloody again, painfully piercing to the core!"