Huang Suzhen had indeed been having it too easy these past years; her vigilance had lowered, even becoming somewhat arrogant, which is why it was not difficult for Lu Jianshe to get a rise out of her with a few words.
Lu Wanli looked at Huang Suzhen speaking with Lu Jianshe alone, and her words made him feel as if something were stuck in his chest.
Huang Suzhen did have a strategy for such a scenario; she had anticipated this moment, so she said to Lu Wanli, "I admit, I haven't been very good to my stepson. How many stepmothers can treat their stepchildren the same as their own sons? I favor my own children. If there's a fault to be acknowledged, I'll acknowledge it."
Her words were cleverly chosen. Now, all she had to do was play the role of the evil stepmother; after all, the children were grown up, and she had her own sons and grandchild. What expectations could she have of a stepson?
