She is the Side Character! — Watch Her Change her fate!-Chapter 294 - 293: Her Husband Married Her While Waiting for Another to Transmigrate (5)
"It’s just right that you came over today. I was planning to ask you in a few days whether you wanted red, white, or some other color?" Bai Huimei asked.
Preparing a scarf for her husband, naturally she wouldn’t forget her only daughter.
"Both white and red would look good, but let’s go with red. Red is more vivid," Ah Chen said.
Bai Huimei was pleased at heart: "Then I’ll crochet the red one for you first, and if there’s still time, I’ll make a white one for you as well."
Because she has to prepare for everyone at home, even if some aren’t appreciative, they can’t be forgotten.
It was rare for her daughter to be interested in the things she made; she sensed the change.
Perhaps it’s because she’s married now, matured.
Or maybe she has someone she loves, someone who makes her realize that some sentiments money can’t buy, nor can luxury replace.
People have been saying her daughter has indeed been more settled recently.
Bai Huimei didn’t oppose her daughter’s pursuits, but they certainly lacked confidence. As her mother, she wasn’t able to provide those things. She knew her daughter was mocked and unwelcome in this circle. While she could ignore the glances, her daughter was still young, unable to bear these things. To have ambitions and to want to assert them was normal.
She was already trying her best to guide her daughter, attempting to make her understand the reasons, but conversations weren’t always smooth when it came to these topics.
If she hadn’t chosen to marry Lu Mingxue back then? She doesn’t think things would be better now.
Back then, she was in her early twenties, coming to the city from a remote place to work. She plunged headfirst into love, got pregnant before marriage, eagerly anticipating registering the marriage with her lover to build a cozy little home and fight for their future together, but her lover suddenly vanished without a trace. Without any skills, she couldn’t go home, even if she did, given her parents’ character, they’d likely immediately find someone else for her. Why did she leave there? She wanted to change her predetermined fate.
At least not be arranged, to choose a path she wished to follow.
Unexpectedly, fate played a joke on her.
She thought her lover left because something urgent came up, after all, during those months they spent together, they were so loving, and he was exceptionally considerate.
So she decided to give birth to the child and wait for his return.
A year after giving birth, there was no sign of him returning, and since then there hadn’t been any news; she understood that he wasn’t coming back.
She wanted to know why, but there was no one to ask.
Holding her one-year-old child, she began to struggle for survival, facing repeated setbacks, not only in living but also from threats posed by fellow humans.
Her beautiful appearance was pleasing to the eye but also brought her danger.
With nowhere else to turn, Lu Mingxue appeared before her, expressing that he liked her and had fallen for her at first sight, asking if she was willing to go with him, to marry and live together, saying she could bring her child along, and that he had two children as well.
It was these words from him, along with his extraordinary presence, that made her go with him.
He said he liked her but there wasn’t any passionate pursuit; at that moment she truly didn’t need it, only urgently needed a stable place to survive with her child. Had he come a little later, she might not have made it.
Lu Mingxue’s two children didn’t like her, disliked her a lot, and had conflicts with Lu Mingxue numerous times because of this.
Even when being coldly treated and verbally abused by them, saying they hated her, she often wanted to leave with her daughter yet she stayed.
Because only here could she survive.
Once stepping out of this door, she didn’t know what fate awaited her and her daughter.
Lu Mingxue’s two children said it was because of her that their mother divorced their father and left. She didn’t know the truth but felt some guilt.
At least she and her daughter did disturb these two children here.
So she only sought a stable place, not yearning for much, often compromising.
Because Lu Mingxue provided her such a stable place, not letting her worry about anything, it was significantly better than the previous days.
Thus life went on like this.
Lu Mingxue was very considerate towards her too. Life may have been plain, but he should like her, otherwise, why would he marry her in such circumstances, even though his two children didn’t like her?
Over the years, he remembered their special days.
Even if not loved, she didn’t feel regret.
Her only regret was that she couldn’t teach her daughter well. With her daughter growing up, it became increasingly hard to maintain the right mindset, which frustrated her.
Actually, they gained quite a bit at the Lu household and should be satisfied; taking an inch and taking a mile easily makes people dislike you.
She recalled many arguments with her daughter about why she didn’t let her change her surname to Lu and follow Lu Mingxue back then.
A one-year-old stepdaughter, changing her surname wouldn’t be hard.
If Bai Chen became Lu Chen, it would be different too.
How would it be different? Even if her surname was Lu, Lu Chen couldn’t be Lu Mingxue’s biological daughter. Given her daughter’s current thoughts, she was rather glad she didn’t change her surname.
"What is Mom thinking about?" Ah Chen asked abruptly as Bai Huimei had been pondering for quite a while.
Bai Huimei, fiddling with the yarn, also returned to her senses. She said, "Thinking about why you’re behaving so well today."
Ah Chen sat beside Bai Huimei, wrapping her arm around hers: "If I’m always well behaved like this, will Mom be happy?"
Bai Huimei hesitated for a moment, then asked: "But like that, will Chenchen be happy?"
She certainly hoped her daughter would understand and be obedient, but she couldn’t bear seeing her unhappy either; it was indeed a contradiction.
"As long as Mom cares about me, I will naturally be happy," Ah Chen said, her eyes smiling, looking genuinely obedient, which made Bai Huimei dazed as she hadn’t seen her daughter like this in years, except when she was very young. Since when did her daughter start rebelling and competing with the Lu family brothers?
It started from school, from interacting with outsiders, which she knew was inevitable. As she grew older, her daughter became more aware of the gap between her and the Lu family brothers, especially given that the Lu brothers were cold to her publicly, allowing everyone to see their attitude, thus knowing how to treat the Lu family’s stepdaughter.
But to avoid all these, you couldn’t keep your daughter from going out, right?
Once out the door, there’s no controlling what one sees and hears outside.
Bai Huimei sighed inwardly, holding Ah Chen’s hand: "Mom always cares about Chenchen."
"I know," Ah Chen replied.
In the commissioner’s life, only Bai Huimei, her mother, consistently cared from beginning to end. When Bai Ying transmigrated into this body, the person immediately sensed something was amiss. Whenever Bai Ying appeared, only Bai Huimei worried where her daughter went.
Of course, now that she transmigrated into the commissioner’s body, having a contractual relationship, it’s easy to deceive a normal person; hence the person didn’t notice it. Once she withdrew the disguise, Bai Huimei would undoubtedly be the first to sense something was wrong.
"Were you wronged at the Yu Family?" Bai Huimei stopped handling the yarn, holding both of Ah Chen’s hands, her eyes reddening.
