That's not how it was written in the novel.
You're supposed to write a White Lotus heroine, and her mother should be a gentle White Lotus who gets bullied, too.
Later, during Lilith's time, Lynn understood what kind of situation Leticia had been in back then.
She couldn't be weak. If she was, people would look down on her and bully her.
Not only could she not be weak, she had to beat her opponents into submission.
The first time you hit someone, it's justified self-defense. The second time, it's revenge. Only the third time counts as bullying. If you hit them every day, that's harassment.
If you weren't tough, people would walk all over you.
Dania was completely different.
Dania had been raised by her father, so she took after him. With someone looking out for her, she didn't have to be so strong-willed.
Leticia's true nature really did resemble her mother's. When she was gentle, when she was tough, when she was lively—that was the classic Feng Aotian.
And when she was threatening, too.
Was that why Leticia couldn't bring herself to hit him when Lilith turned back into Lynn?
She was actually softhearted. If she were a little more hard-hearted, she probably would have hit him.
Leticia blushed, completely unable to compare the Lynn she'd secretly watched yesterday with the one in front of her now.
And then there were Lilim and Yuffie.
Lynn still treasured this innocent girl.
After helping her fix her hair, he leaned in from behind and breathed against her ear. "Why are you acting so strange today?"
"No, don't say that." Leticia's fork had been spearing a sausage, but she stopped dead.
Seeing this, Lynn picked up the fork and began feeding her. "Here, eat."
"No, no—" The scene from yesterday flashed