After the replacement of the military officer, the soft stepmother won

Under the moonlight, Shen Li's voice was very gentle, giving people a very reassuring feeling.

Xuanxuan had been holding these negative emotions in her heart for too long. Her emotions had reached their limit and she wanted to find an outlet.

"Do you really want to listen? None of it is good." She choked and cried.

"Well, I'm willing to listen. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone a word about your affairs," Shen Li said in a soft voice, "You can think of me as your tree hole."

This was the first time Xuanxuan heard the word "tree hole", but she could understand what it meant.

"Then let me tell you about Ji Qingping and I." Xuanxuan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said with a sob.

Xuanxuan originally grew up in the countryside, carefree. When she was a child, her mother died of uremia.

Her father raised her since she was a child.

Her father was worried that her stepmother would bully her, so he remained a bachelor and never married.

The father and daughter depend on each other.

Although her family was poor, her father gave all his love to her. He worked on the farm during the busy farming season and went to work in the city during the slack season.

Later, Xuanxuan's father went to the city to work in a machinery factory.

Coincidentally, Ji Qingping's father is the director of this machinery factory.

Xuanxuan didn't know Ji Qingping at that time.

On this day, the machinery factory was facing reform and had to lay off some old employees. These old employees rioted and even held knives to force the factory director to give them some bonuses and severance pay. At that time, Xuanxuan's father rushed forward, but died while protecting the factory director.

Before his death, Xuanxuan's father was covered in blood. He looked at the factory director weakly and begged, "Director, I am the only relative my daughter has. If I die, my daughter will be without a father..."

"Can you please take in my daughter because I saved you..."

"Okay, I promise you!" The factory director agreed with tears in his eyes.

From then on, Xuanxuan was taken in by the factory director and moved from the village to the city.

That year, Xuanxuan was 16 years old.

She appeared at the factory director's house wearing rustic clothes and carrying a small bag.

This was her first time in the city, and the factory director’s house was really big.

Xuanxuan felt very insignificant when she appeared here. She was at a loss and very restrained.

"Qingping," Director Ji said with a smile, "Come downstairs quickly. Dad has some news for you."

At this time, a man in a sky blue T-shirt and white trousers walked down from the stairs step by step.

The man has a cool and noble temperament, handsome features and a handsome profile.

Lin Xuanxuan raised her little face and looked at Ji Qingping who was walking down the stairs leisurely.

This was the first time she met Ji Qingping, and this scene has been deeply imprinted in Lin Xuanxuan's heart.

She was very young at the time, but she could also hear her heart beating.

Not only Ji Qingping, but Ji Qingping's mother Li Xiumei also came downstairs.

"Why did you bring back a girl? Is she from the village? She's so dirty, must she have not taken a shower?" Li Xiumei looked down at Lin Xuanxuan with disgust, her face full of the arrogance of a city dweller and contempt for country people.

"I... I took a shower." Xuanxuan lowered her head, and awkwardly tapped her too-small sandals with her toes as she spoke in a soft voice.

"How dare you talk like that!" Director Ji glared at Li Xiumei. "This is the daughter of an employee in my factory, Lin Xuanxuan. Her father died to save me, and she has no relatives. I promised her father that I would take her in."

When Xuanxuan mentioned her father, her eyes became hot and wet, and she tried hard not to let the tears fall.

"From now on, Lin Xuanxuan will live in our house." Director Ji looked at the mother and son and said, "Xiumei, Qingping, you two have to be nicer to her from now on, understand?"

Li Xiumei's face was full of impatience and irritation, as if "it's so troublesome" was written all over her face.

Seeing the expression on Li Xiumei's face, Lin Xuanxuan felt extremely embarrassed for a moment. She clenched her trouser legs tightly with awkward little hands, and was so nervous that she wished she could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

It was 23-year-old Ji Qingping who walked up to her.

Lin Xuanxuan was extremely nervous.

She saw a clean, slender, big hand stretched out towards her.

"Hello, my name is Ji Qingping, you can call me brother from now on."

The man's voice is clear and pleasant.

This was the most beautiful sound Lin Xuanxuan had ever heard in her life.

She raised her wet eyes and looked at him timidly, a soft and flattering smile bloomed at the corners of her lips, and she said cautiously, "Hello, brother."

She tentatively stretched out her little hand and held Ji Qingping's hand.

The man's palm was very broad and warm, and the moment she held it, she felt at ease.

"You really shook hands with her. There are so many bacteria on the hands of country people. They are so dirty!" Li Xiumei frowned in dissatisfaction.

"Stop talking!" Director Ji said dissatisfiedly, "If it weren't for Xuanxuan's father, I would have died a long time ago! You should thank him!"

Li Xiumei muttered, "Then letting her live in our house is a bargain for her."

After saying that, Li Xiumei left.

……

Xuanxuan knew that Aunt Li didn't like her, so she tried her best to be diligent to please Aunt Li. She studied hard and took care of all the housework at home.

After Xuanxuan was born, the maid in the house was fired.

Director Ji is usually very busy and has to work in the factory. He doesn't go home until very late every day. Most of the time, Xuanxuan spends time with Ji Qingping and Li Xiumei.

Xuanxuan studies very hard. She knows that it is not easy to have the opportunity to study, so she absorbs the knowledge in the books like a dry sponge.

But the educational resources in the village are limited, and the teachers teach differently from those in the city. When she first transferred here, she couldn't adapt at all. She couldn't learn those math problems at all, and she couldn't understand English at all.

No matter how hard I study, my grades are always among the worst in the class.

Xuanxuan finished all her work during the day and closed the door and turned on the light to study at night. But when she saw the failing test paper, she still lay on the table sadly and cried while suppressing her voice.

At this moment, a man's magnetic and pleasant voice came from outside the door.

"Xuanxuan?"

When these two words came out of his mouth, Xuanxuan's heart trembled, and she was so scared that she stopped crying immediately.

"Xuanxuan, what happened?" the man said, his usually cold voice revealing concern.

"...Nothing...nothing." Xuanxuan's voice was flustered.

"Open the door." The man's voice contained an irresistible sense of pressure.

Xuanxuan has been very well behaved since she moved in. She is afraid of being kicked out if she does something wrong, so she listens to them and does what they say.

She wiped the tears from her face and trotted to open the door.