Reborn in the 80s: The Smart Wife with a Secret Space Chapter 501: Overwhelmed by Shame

However, it didn’t take long before Xinyan noticed a change in Wu Shengfang’s expression, realizing she had co to understand.

At this mont, Sun Zhenling squeezed in: "Cousin, let tell you, a few days ago I ran into Ji Xiaolei."

Xinyan was montarily distracted and found herself a bit dazed, murmuring: "Ji Xiaolei?"

Sun Zhenling saw her expression: "He’s Ji Xiaowen’s younger brother."

Previously, Xinyan hadn’t t the Ji Family face to face, so when she first heard the na Ji Xiaolei, she didn’t imdiately recall who he was.

However, upon hearing Ji Xiaowen, she imdiately understood.

Sun Zhenling whispered: "I heard he’s no longer attending school now, trying to find work, but he’s too young, and no place dares to hire him, so he’s picking up odd jobs behind the departnt store."

Thinking of sothing, Sun Zhenling sighed: "Actually, in that family, he’s the most innocent one."

When Xinyan heard Sun Zhenling’s words, she didn’t get angry; after all, for the past dozen years, Sun Zhenling had treated Ji Xiaolei like her own cousin, had only an average relationship with Ji Xiaowen, but got along fairly well with this cousin.

However, Sun Zhenhai, who was behind her, was not pleased, and directly patted his sister’s shoulder: "Sis, no matter how innocent Ji Xiaolei is, it wasn’t caused by us, plus Qiu Chunli and Ji Xiaowen previously benefited from our families, didn’t he also benefit?"

Due to his anger, his voice wasn’t restrained, and as soon as the words ca out, everyone chatting in the living room stopped and looked over.

This made Sun Zhenling extrely uncomfortable: "I... I didn’t an anything else, I just feel a little sympathy for Ji Xiaolei’s situation."

She truly didn’t think much about it, but at this mont Han Jingchen calmly spoke: "In the future, you don’t need to talk to your cousin about these things."

Though the tone wasn’t heavy, it clearly stated his stance.

Sun Zhenling looked up at her second uncle, a bit at a loss, she wasn’t foolish, she sensed the displeasure in his words.

Sun Baowei sighed lightly, gave his daughter so tasks, then got up and followed, seeing her look of regret, he quietly said: "Do you know where you went wrong?"

Sun Zhenling looked at her father: "Dad, I didn’t say anything, why does it feel like second uncle is unhappy?"

Sun Baowei patted his daughter’s head, blaming themselves for protecting her too simply: "Lingling, Dad knows you’re a kind child. Growing up with Xiao Lei, you had a decent relationship before.

Seeing him having a hard ti now, your sympathy shows your kindness, but you have to understand, what his mom did hurt your second uncle’s family, and very seriously.

He reached this point, and it’s only because he has a mother who’s cruel and ruthless, it’s his mom who hard others and herself, that’s why the Ji family ca to this point, everyone can understand your sympathy for Ji Xiaolei.

But you shouldn’t say these things to your cousin because she’s a victim, the suffering she endured in the countryside might not be sothing you can imagine."

Sun Zhenling’s face looked very uncomfortable: "Dad, I didn’t think that far, I didn’t an to upset second uncle and cousin, what should I do?"

Sun Baowei patted his daughter’s shoulder: "You don’t need to do anything special, your second uncle and cousin know your nature, they won’t hold it against you, but through today’s incident, you should self-reflect, in the future when similar situations arise, not everyone will be as forgiving as your second uncle and cousin, and not hold it against you."

Sun Zhenling had just been well protected, but she wasn’t dumb: "Dad, I know my mistake, I’ll definitely pay attention in the future."

Sun Zhenling truly realized her mistake now, even though Ji Xiaolei was implicated by his mom, she had a lot of sympathy considering they grew up together, but second uncle was hard by his mom’s selfishness and ruthlessness, suffering half a lifeti.

If it weren’t for second uncle never giving up in his search, coupled with Qiu Chunli’s self-destructive acts and clever tricks, it’s unknown how long it would’ve taken to find cousin and reconcile.

And cousin, if not for her good grades and fortunate encounter with Granny Zhang, might not have what she has today, the more she thought, the more she felt she had acted foolishly.

Sympathizing with Ji Xiaolei in front of second uncle and cousin was like rubbing salt in their wounds, she felt utterly ashad.

So she walked back to the living room, approached second uncle Han Jingchen, and said: "Second uncle, I’m sorry, I... I didn’t an it."

Han Jingchen was indeed sowhat uncomfortable inside due to his niece’s words, worried these words might remind Xinyan of the past, which is why he spoke as he did.

But seeing his niece’s regretful expression, and noticing his daughter was unaffected by the words, concerned his niece might not let go of the matter: "In this world, for every cause, there is an effect, think thrice before acting."

He stopped there, as his brother-in-law surely had already spoken to her, he believed she knew where she was wrong.