"But if that's the case, won't he grow up psychologically unhealthy?"
The woman frowned slightly, her eyes filled with concern.
"His dad has no idea where he's off enjoying himself, and the two of us are the only ones raising him. How mentally healthy do you think he'll be when he grows up?" Sun Ying sneered again, her tone laced with faint resentment. "We'll just make do and raise him!"
"The only reason I'm even willing to raise him to adulthood is out of consideration for you..."
"And the more I look at this brat, the more he resembles Lu Li... Hmph, maybe one day when I'm in a bad mood, I might accidentally beat him to death!"
As she spoke, Sun Ying deliberately raised her palm and menacingly gestured toward the little boy's butt.
The boy squealed in fright and burrowed desperately into the woman's arms.
"All right, stop joking. You're scaring the child..." The woman's expression turned completely serious as she held the boy and took half a step back.
Seeing this, Sun Ying awkwardly withdrew her hand.
With that shift from initiative to passivity, the little boy's situation took a complete one-eighty.
Seeing stern Mama Sun get shut down, the snot and tears on the boy's little face immediately vanished, and he broke into giggles.
"See? This little guy knows exactly what's going on!"
"He knows you spoil him, and he knows he has a powerful backer to rely on, so he's completely fearless!"
"When it comes to scheming, he really does take after that bastard father of his!"
"He's just a child. What child isn't mischievous?" The woman smiled gently, completely unconcerned by how quickly the little boy changed his expression.
She wiped the snot and tears from his little face, set him down on the