After all, although her uncle was related by blood, he was, in the end, a grown man.
He simply didn’t understand what a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl liked or cared about.
But her aunt knew all about these things; she was even like a good confidante, secretly sharing so little secrets with her, and telling her so tips about life and romance.
Su Muxue had lost her mother at a young age, and didn’t have any sisters, but her aunt made her feel both cherished by an elder and like soone with whom she could whisper confidences.
Su Muxue also thought that since her aunt and uncle had a good relationship, she could be good relatives with her aunt for a lifeti.
But then—
"Auntie, I’m sorry! I, I—"
Su Muxue bowed deeply, her voice thick with emotion, as she solemnly apologized to He Tiantian.
"Muxue, why are you apologizing to ?"
He Tiantian’s voice was gentle, even carrying a hint of confusion.
"Little Uncle, he, he... and ! Auntie, you were so kind to us, but Little Uncle, he—"
Su Muxue couldn’t go on, her delicate face turned red with embarrassnt, wishing she could just disappear into a crack in the ground.
"Zhao Yongkang’s mistake, what does it have to do with you?" He Tiantian said lightly.
Before Su Muxue could say sothing like "he is my Little Uncle," He Tiantian continued, "Muxue, you’re a smart girl."
"You should have felt that, at the beginning, I didn’t like you!" This was the original owner’s fault; I, He Tiantian, won’t take the bla.
Su Muxue looked up; her face showed no embarrassnt or indignation, as if the person being told "I don’t like you" wasn’t her.
She nodded understandingly, "I know!"
When she first ca to her aunt’s ho, her aunt indeed didn’t like her and was only polite out of familial courtesy.
"I love Zhao Yongkang, but I didn’t love him to the point of indulgence."
He Tiantian looked into Su Muxue’s eyes and slowly said, "By the sa token, I will not dislike you, or take my anger out on you, because of him!"
Suddenly, a light burst forth in Su Muxue’s eyes, "Auntie, you, you an—" you really don’t bla ?
Not because of what Little Uncle did, you want to distance yourself from ?
"I like you, for the simple reason that I like you as a person, who you are doesn’t matter all that much!"
He Tiantian’s lips curved into a gentle smile, "Muxue, you’re a very good girl, kind but not a Holy Mother, delicate but not weak..."
He Tiantian went on and on with praise until Su Muxue felt sowhat embarrassed.
"Auntie, how can I be that good?"
She was just an ordinary high school sophomore, at most only prettier and with a more tragic background.
He Tiantian: ...Little one, already so adept at humblebragging. Tsk tsk, you have potential.
"You are certainly good enough, otherwise, I wouldn’t like you!"
He Tiantian deliberately rolled her eyes at Su Muxue, "Or do you think my taste is bad?"
Su Muxue’s mouth opened slightly. You’ve encountered a scumbag, can your judgnt still be considered good?
Although Little Uncle was one of the few relatives she had left, this ti, Little Uncle really owed an apology to his wife.
Su Muxue couldn’t just blindly take Little Uncle’s side.
To be honest, Su Muxue hardly recognized her Little Uncle anymore, and the once perfect image she held seed to be crumbling bit by bit.
"Uh, well, Zhao Yongkang doesn’t count!"
He Tiantian shrugged her shoulders, "Muxue, don’t always look so guilty and apologetic, I’m not as distressed as you and the netizens imagine!"
"I’m not saying I’m not hurt at all, but what’s done is done, I won’t punish myself for soone else’s mistakes!"
"Besides, I’m not as pitiable and tragic as the netizens say, because in this marriage with Zhao Yongkang, I haven’t lost much!"
Su Muxue was stunned, looking incredulously at He Tiantian.
"Auntie, you don’t hate Uncle?"
"Of course, I hate him, he had an affair, he colluded with outsiders to plot against my He Family, of course, I hate him."
"Then, then you said, you said you’re not that upset, and you don’t see yourself as a victim?"
"That’s right, I did say that. My lack of distress doesn’t conflict with hating Zhao Yongkang," He Tiantian said quite casually.
Su Muxue was more confused than ever about He Tiantian’s point of view.
Seeing her perplexed look, He Tiantian thought of her own plans and continued to guide, "I can’t let Zhao Yongkang’s betrayal negate the happiness of the past two years."
Su Muxue seed to understand a little.
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