Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 167: A Little Person Is Jealous

"No, my father said he was going but he didn't. He was lying."

Tianxiu threw his schoolbag onto the sofa and complained to the mother about what Er Lao had done. Er Lao, who followed him in, said in defense, "How could I lie to you? I came back with you."

"Come back together? You promised me to go to school, not to come back together. And I just met you when I arrived at the door." Tianxiu pouted and said aggrievedly, his eyes already a little wet.

The second brother lifted the bags in his hands and explained: "Hey, I'm going to buy milk powder for your sister. You too, it's enough to have your uncle accompany you, why do you have so many requests?" After that, he took the things and went into the room.

The mother touched Tianxiu's head and comforted him, "Everyone is busy, how can they have time to watch your performance? Only your uncle is so free, it's OK if someone else goes on his behalf." Tianxiu still looked unhappy, "Everyone used to watch my performance."

The mother smiled and said, "There was no baby before."

"BB is so great." If you don't mention BB, it's okay, but once you mention BB, Tianxiu will get even angrier.

At dinner time, Xianglan's mother took advantage of Tianyou's sleep to come out and eat with everyone, but she wanted to go back to see Tianyou after just two bites. No matter how the mother persuaded her, she couldn't stop her and had to let her go. Not long after she walked out of the dining room, she screamed "Oh my God!"

"What happened?" Everyone came to the eldest sister-in-law's room. "Tianyou is missing." Xianglan's mother said anxiously.

"Gone? Impossible." Everyone looked over and saw that the child was indeed gone from the crib. "Everyone, look for him separately, quickly." The old man ordered.

"By the way, second brother, go back and see if Siyu is in the room." Kang Qirui reminded the second brother that Siqi was there and was holding Zhu Wanling.

When Er Lao heard this, he immediately ran back to his room. "She's gone, Siyu is gone too." Er Lao's excited voice was heard soon, and Er Shao fainted when she heard it. Diana and Sachiko quickly helped Er Shao to sit down beside Xianglan's bed, letting her calm down first.

"Both children are missing. I suggest calling the police immediately." The old man was relatively calm. A-Zu immediately took out his phone and was about to call 110, but A-Yao quickly held him down and said, "Don't call yet. What if it's a kidnapping? Calling the police will kill them in a matter of minutes." Xianglan and the second sister-in-law almost fainted again when they heard the word "kidnapping".

"Wait a minute, there seems to be a sound." Kang Qirui no longer hid the truth from everyone and said directly: "Don't make any noise, do you hear the sound of a baby?" He asked everyone to be quiet and listen carefully, and sure enough, they heard the sound of a baby crying.

"Attic." Big Brother Guang was the first to recognize the voice coming from the attic, and everyone rushed up there. In the attic room, everyone saw Tianxiu coaxing the two children to stop crying, Xianglan immediately hugged Tianyou in her arms, and the second sister-in-law also immediately picked up Siyu.

"Grandpa, grandpa, how did you find the child when I asked you to?" The nanny scolded Grandpa. Actually, it was not Grandpa's fault. No one had lived in the attic since the Kang family's big houses were merged and connected. Therefore, no one looked there when they were looking for the child just now.

The second brother pointed at Tianxiu and said angrily: "You must have carried your brother and sister up here, right?" Tianxiu didn't admit it, of course, but the facts were before his eyes, and it was not his turn to deny it. "You poor boy, why do you play with this when there are so many other things to play with? You almost killed your mother, and you really didn't beat her enough." The second sister-in-law was also very angry and was about to come up and beat Tianxiu.

"Forget it, forget it, it's fine as long as we find it." The mother stopped the second brother and his wife, but she also taught Tianxiu: "Tianxiu, I'm telling you, don't do this kind of thing again in the future."

"What about the future? I will throw you on the street and let a kidnapper pick you up." The second sister-in-law threatened Tianxiu.

"It's him who should be thrown into the street." Tianxiu pointed at Tianyou in Xianglan's arms, "He doesn't even look like a member of our Kang family. Look at him, with small eyes, a flat nose, a short chin, and he's fat and short. Dad and Mom always say he doesn't look like uncle, but more like Brother Niu." Tianxiu was so careless with his words that he blurted out what the second brother and his sister-in-law had said in private.

"What? I mean like Da Lao Gong." Second sister-in-law corrected Tian Xiu subconsciously, and after she said it, she remembered that they were not chatting in her room, so she quickly covered her mouth. At this time, Xianglan and Da Lao Guang looked unhappy.

The second brother immediately distanced himself from the matter and scolded his second sister-in-law, "What are you talking about, you silly woman?"

"What are you talking about, you bad boy." The second sister-in-law immediately threw the blame back to Tianxiu. They really are a couple.

The second brother held Tianxiu down and wanted to beat him up. Kang Qirui quickly stopped the second brother from getting angry and said unhappily, "What does he know as a kid? How could he have made up those words if you hadn't said them?"

Kang Qirui asked Ayao and Azu to take everyone down to the living room, while he and Tianxiu stayed in the attic. After they all left, Kang Qirui took Tianxiu to sit on the bed and said, "Xiuzi, talk to Uncle Yao, what do you think?"

"I hate them. As soon as they were born, my family treated them like treasures and me like grass. They all hate me." Tianxiu cried about his family's behavior. "In the past, anything delicious or useful at home would be given to me. In the past, if I had any problems, my family would all come to see me. But now? Just because there is a baby at home, no one cares about me, not even my dad and mommy care about me." Kang Qirui touched Tianxiu's head and sighed, "They are really wrong."

Tianxiu asked: "So, Uncle Yao, you also think I'm right, right?"

"No, you're wrong, Tianxiu." Kang Qirui shook his head and explained to the puzzled Tianxiu: "What they did was wrong, but it doesn't mean you can make fun of your brothers and sisters, understand? Just like when the fat kid in your school bullies you, you can be angry with him and even bully him back, but you can't bully his sister just because he bullies you."

"Uncle Yao, do you mean that the disaster should not affect the family?" Tianxiu thought about it and came up with a word he saw in the Hong Kong movie "Ashes of Time".

Kang Qirui tapped Tianxiu's forehead with his finger and said unhappily, "That's about what I mean. Let me tell you, you can watch that kind of movie, but don't learn from it, or even your uncle can't save you."

Tian Xiu nodded. He now thought that Yaoshu was the best. During this period of time, Yaoshu was the only one who treated him the same as before, and had not changed. Therefore, he now especially cherished the relationship with Kang Qirui. Kang Qirui said again: "So now you know you did something wrong, right? Let's go downstairs and apologize to everyone."

Tianxiu looked reluctant, but was afraid that if he refused to apologize, he would lose the only family member who was still kind to him. He had no choice but to follow Kang Qirui downstairs and come to the living room, saying to everyone: "Grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunt, dad, mom, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have secretly taken my brother and sister to the attic, causing everyone to worry and be sad, please forgive me this time."

Tianxiu is a man who knows how to speak. The mother was moved after hearing this. She pulled Tianxiu over and patted him on the back, saying, "Okay, okay, it's enough that you know you're wrong. You're just a kid, so don't take it too seriously." The last sentence was said to Big Brother Guang and Xianglan.

Xianglan was also a soft-hearted person, so she immediately said, "Tianxiu, it's okay, it's okay." Da Lao Guang wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Xianglan.

"Okay, we've finished talking about Tianxiu. Let's talk about everyone else's business." Seeing that Tianxiu's apology was accepted by everyone, Kang Qirui started the next topic.

"What's the matter with us?" The second brother played dumb.

Kang Qirui looked at the second brother speechlessly and said, "Since the second brother asked, let's start with the second brother and his wife." The second brother and his wife looked at each other, and Kang Qirui continued, "First, they secretly framed the eldest brother and his wife. I won't repeat those words. Secondly, they ignored the eldest brother after they had the second brother."

The second brother and his wife wanted to explain, but Kang Qirui stopped them, "Don't quibble, don't say you're busy and don't have time. I just want to ask you one question, before Siyu was born, you didn't go to Tianxiu's school event? Why? Weren't you busy before? Did you have a lot of time?"

In the past, the second brother and his wife would rather not open the stall and attend Tianxiu's various activities. The so-called busyness is just an excuse, it's just a matter of whether they care or not. "Families with two children, especially those like Tianxiu who have been an only child for so many years, are very sensitive. Rejection is a normal instinctive reaction. As parents, we should allow children to express rejection appropriately and guide them to choose rational ways to vent."

Kang Qirui can understand why Tianxiu took Tianyou and Siyu to the attic. In psychology, there is a special term for his behavior: "sibling competition". It means resentment or competitive behavior towards younger siblings. For example, competing with younger siblings for the love and company of parents/elders, and showing deliberate destruction or aggressive behavior towards them. In fact, it is not that he really doesn't like his younger siblings, nor is he really selfish, he is just afraid.

It takes a learning process and time for him to understand his own identity and the responsibilities he needs to bear. At this time, the attention and education of parents/elders are very important. The behavior of the second brother and his wife who ignore him and shout and beat him at every turn will only increase his anxiety and make him do more serious things.

After teaching the second brother and his wife a lesson, Kang Qirui looked at the eldest brother Guang Xianglan again, "Big brother and sister-in-law, don't take the second brother and his wife's words to heart, they just speak without thinking." Then he changed the subject, "But, I have to say a few words to you, especially the eldest brother, I understand very well that you are nervous about having a precious son in your forties.

"But we should be careful about extremes. Madam Xianglan and her family are so experienced. They have raised so many children that you can't even count them on your hands. Why are you worried about them? Weren't you and my sister-in-law also raised by them? How could they lead your precious son astray?"

"Isn't it funny that family members have to take medicine before taking care of a child? Can a family still act like a family?" Kang Qirui's words were very harsh. Zhu Wanling beside him kept winking at him, but he pretended not to see anything.

He really felt that this family was becoming less and less like a home. He said earnestly, "Logically, I am the youngest in the family, and I have no right to stand here and lecture everyone. But as a member of the Kang family, when I find a problem, I have the responsibility to raise it, analyze it, and solve it."

"Actually, it's easy to solve." Although Kang Qirui felt that these problems were serious, they were not difficult to solve. He named, "Second brother and second sister-in-law," and they looked at him obediently. They had now come to their senses and realized that they had indeed neglected Tianxiu at this time. "Treat them equally and fully participate. What does it mean? It means that we should treat both children equally, and not just care about one and ignore the other. Secondly, we should let Tianxiu fully participate in the process of taking care of his sister, so that he can feel that he also has a certain responsibility."

"As for the boss and his wife, it's also simple, three words: keep a calm mind." Kang Qirui looked at the boss Guang and Xianglan again.

After that, he led Zhu Wanling back to the room. Being taught a lesson by the youngest brother in the family, both the eldest brother Guang and the second brother needed some space to adapt.

(End of this chapter)