Transmigrated Into the Vicious Stepmother in a Historical Novel - Chapter 222

Lu Yi was unwilling to let Shen Qin suffer such harsh treatment. Unfortunately, Li Pandi’s rudeness left Lu Yi with no choice but to stand up and confront her about splitting the family.

But Li Pandi stubbornly refused to back down, and everyone urged Lu Yi to calm down, saying that that a mother and son shouldn’t hold grudges.

The first attempt to split the family failed, but Lu Yi became more vigilant and kept a close eye on Li Pandi all the time.

He even enlisted the help of his two children as informants. If Li Pandi bullied their mother, the children would inform Lu Yi.

As a result, Li Pandi quieted down for a while.

After all, even though Lu Yi was her son, he was the one in charge.

Li Pandi was hesitant to escalate the situation too much. But after a month or two, old grievances resurfaced. Li Pandi, being someone who didn’t care about feelings, began to stir trouble again, claiming that Shen Qin was sowing discord between them. She insisted that Lu Yi should abandon Shen Qin.

At that time, Shen Qin had just given birth to Lu Yu.

She was in her confinement period, which typically required the care of a mother-in-law or her own mother.

For those without money, they had to endure the confinement period on their own.

Although Shen Qin had a mother-in-law, her relationship with Li Pandi was strained. So Lu Yi and Shen Qin decided to bring Shen Qin’s mother over to help her during confinement, excluding Li Pandi.

Li Pandi was definitely not willing to help. When she heard Lu Yi and Shen Qin’s decision on asking Shen Qin’s mother to come and help take care of Shen Qin during the confinement period, she looked down on it.

Confinement was hard and tiring work, and Li Pandi was unwilling to serve Shen Qin. But when she heard that Lu Yi and Shen Qin would pay her mother for her help because it was her working hard, Li Pandi was outraged. Lu Yi’s earnings were his own. Even if she didn’t care for Shen Qin, Lu Yi was the child she had given birth with great difficulty. It was only right that the money of her own child should go to her, not to Shen Qin’s mother.

So Li Pandi cried and caused a scene.

However, after her outburst, Lu Yi ignored her. He had become immune to her tricks.

In the past, Li Pandi would often cry and make a fuss, but she would stop after a while. This time, Lu Yi refused to indulge her behavior and outright denied her demands.

He stated that no matter how much she fussed, he wouldn’t soften his heart.

Seeing that her tricks weren’t working, Li Pandi had to come up with another plan.

Eventually, she decided to adopt a soft approach.

Since Lu Yi was someone who responded better to soft words than hard ones, she stopped opposing Shen Qin and Lu Yi. Instead, for several days, she cooked delicious food for Shen Qin, saying that she had been confused in the past. She also promised to treat Shen Qin like her own daughter-in-law from now on.

After all, she was carrying her grandchild.

Li Pandi’s change of heart came quickly and dramatically.

This left Shen Qin and Lu Yi feeling somewhat puzzled. But since she was family, even if Lu Yi had doubts, he didn’t ask about it. He thought that perhaps Li Pandi had truly turned over a new leaf this time.