After listening for a while, Li Ye quietly went over to the lakeside.
This time, he really did light a cigarette.
The older the children at home grew, the more the man supporting the family had to worry.
A child in elementary school was like an adorable little pet. Tell him to go east and he would not go west; tell him to eat and he would not drink gruel. Obedient and fun.
Once the child entered middle school, the nightmare began.
After coming home, he would shut his door and stay in his room all day without coming out. You had no idea what he was doing inside.
But things were still all right at that stage. As long as you supervised him strictly and made sure he went to school and came home on time, there was not much to worry about.
But once they passed twenty, that was enough to cost you your very life!
With boys, you feared they would be hurt by girls. With girls, you feared some blond-haired punk would lure them away. The key was that when you wanted to ask carefully and help them figure out whether the other person was suitable, they got annoyed instead, insisting on taking charge of their own fate.
What kind of decisions could a bunch of brats who had just stepped into society possibly make?
Take Li Juan right now. Someone had already gone asking around among her classmates, yet she did not know?
Was she slow to react? Or was she wise enough to play dumb, deliberately hiding it from Li Ye?
Logically, parents should worry about this sort of thing. But Li Kaijian was far away in Qinghe, and he was only her stepfather. How was he supposed to worry over Li Juan?
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