Chapter 1188: How Could You Bring Yourself to Do It

After watching for a long while as the child still cried, Miao Yiqiu also came over: "What's wrong? Did he have a nightmare? Maybe pinch his ears to see if that calms him."

Xia Qiu had no experience either, so she did as Aunt Miao said, but Junjun wouldn't have it and kept crying until he was gasping for breath.

Suddenly, both of them grew tense.

Miao Yiqiu reached out to hold the child's small hand, meaning to check if he had a fever, but she accidentally noticed red marks on the child's arm. Out of curiosity, she pushed the sleeve up further. One look was enough to reveal several bruises on the child's arm.

Xia Qiu, who had been watching her son closely, was startled by this: "What is going on?"

Without waiting to soothe the child, she immediately pushed up the sleeve of the other arm. Fortunately, there were no bruises there.

She then hurriedly checked the rest of his body and found a few more marks on his side and lower legs. Even with her normally patient nature, Xia Qiu could no longer hold back. Her eyes instantly turned red, and she gritted her teeth: "Xiao Chun Xiao, how dare you?"

Miao Yiqiu never expected Chunxiao would vent her frustration on a four-month-old baby. Her expression immediately turned cold: "Xia Qiu, calm the child first. I'll go find Chunxiao."

She didn't want to get involved, but if Xia Qiu went to confront Chunxiao now, the two sisters would likely fight right then and there, and their mother was still in confinement.

Xia Qiu's face darkened severely. She never imagined that her sister, whom she had protected with all her heart, would do such a thing. How could she bring herself to do it?

Miao Yiqiu stepped out and walked straight toward Chunxiao's room.

The door was latched from inside: "Chunxiao, open the door."

Chunxiao knew she had done something foolish and was now a bit afraid: "Aunt Miao, I'm not feeling well. I want to lie down for a while."

Before Miao Yiqiu could say anything more, Xia Qiu had already arrived at the door.

Before Miao Yiqiu could react, Xia Qiu raised her hand and slapped Chunxiao's door: "Xiao Chun Xiao, open the door!"

Hearing Xia Qiu's angry voice, Chunxiao dared not open it even more: "Big Sister, I'm not feeling well. I want to lie down for a while."

Xia Qiu would not listen to her nonsense: "Xiao Chun Xiao, stop making excuses. Open the door immediately."

Xiao Fu had just come back from the restroom. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw his eldest daughter standing angrily before his youngest daughter's door, with Aunt Miao standing there too. He walked over a few steps: "What's wrong now?"

Even with her good temper, Xia Qiu's son was her bottom line: "Ask Chunxiao what she did!"

Only then did Xiao Fu notice his eldest daughter's red eyes, as if she had been crying: "What exactly happened?"

Hearing her father's question, Xia Qiu said: "Chunxiao secretly pinched Junjun. How could she bring herself to do it?"

Hearing this, Xiao Fu was stunned: "What are you saying? Chunxiao pinched Junjun?"

He was about to say "That's impossible," but seeing his eldest daughter's red, angry eyes, he ultimately couldn't say it. Instead, he raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Chunxiao, open the door."

Even if Chunxiao was unwilling, she no longer dared to keep the door closed.

As soon as the door opened, before Xiao Fu could ask his question, Xia Qiu raised her hand and slapped Chunxiao: "Xiao Chun Xiao, that is your own nephew! He is only four months old. How could you bring yourself to do it? Huh? Tell me, how could you bring yourself to do it?"

Chunxiao knew she couldn't deny it and that she was in the wrong, so she simply kept her head down: "Then hit me. Consider it venting your anger for him."

This was an indirect admission. Xiao Fu shouted in accusation: "Did you really pinch Junjun?"