Chapter 342: Who is Really Favored?

Chapter 342: Who is Really Favored?

After Cheng Lanying finished her complaint, Cheng Yunshuo turned around.

"Cheng Suying, did you do it?" Cheng Yunshuo asked.

The moment their eyes met, Cheng Suying's heart sank to the bottom.

Her father clearly believed Cheng Lanying's words.

"It wasn't our young lady!" Cai He, flustered, spoke up and explained, "When we walked over, the kite was already on the ground, trampled by someone. We didn't even touch it!"

"Still trying to make excuses! If it wasn't you, then who was it? A ghost?" Cheng Lanying leaned on Cheng Yunshuo's shoulder, smug. "So many people saw it. No matter how much you explain, it's pointless!"

"It really wasn't us, it really wasn't!" Cai He was on the verge of tears.

"Enough," Cheng Suying said, pulling Cai He back. "He won't believe us anyway."

In the entire Marquis's Mansion, only her mother was fair and strict, always dissecting the truth meticulously, leaving no room for doubt. Her foolish father, even if he wanted to be fair, didn't have the intelligence for it!

In this situation, she had no advantage and no way to prove her innocence.

Besides, he always favored Cheng Lanying.

Cheng Suying didn't want to waste any more breath.

Hearing that Cheng Suying wasn't defending herself, Cheng Lanying was overjoyed, both inwardly and outwardly. "Dad, did you hear that? She admitted it! Punish her now!"

Cheng Suying hung her head, waiting for her father to announce her punishment. But then, a voice came from the other side.

"It's just a kite. Why are you being so petty and giving your sister such a hard time?"

"Dad?!" Cheng Lanying looked at her father in disbelief. "She ruined my kite! She did something wrong!"

Cheng Yunshuo's face hardened. "Lan Ying, she's your sister. Who taught you to be so aggressive?"

Cheng Lanying: "..."

Cheng Lanying was about to speak again, but Cheng Yunshuo set her down and scolded, "And last time, you ruined her kite too. This time, it's even."

Cheng Lanying: "..."

For the first time, she witnessed her father's incredible ability to smooth things over.

He even used the same words he had once used to scold Cheng Suying, now turning them against her.

Cheng Lanying was momentarily speechless, a sense of indescribable frustration building in her young heart.

She didn't know it yet, but that feeling was resentment.

Cheng Yunshuo wasn't one to solve problems, but he was great at smoothing things over.

He'd smooth things over here and there, and as long as everyone was calm, that was fine.

But it was enough to drive someone mad.

Little Cheng Lanying was furious with him for the first time.

After scolding Cheng Lanying, Cheng Yunshuo turned to Cheng Suying in front of him. "It's okay, you can go back now."

Cheng Suying: "......"

Cheng Suying stared at her father in disbelief.

Because she didn't understand what Cheng Yunshuo was doing.

She understood the situation better than Cheng Lanying, knowing that Cheng Yunshuo was brushing things off, because she had always been the one he dismissed before.

In the past, Cheng Lanying was always the one who started trouble, unlike now where she would set up schemes to harm her, leaving her to suffer silently, so she was always the one Cheng Yunshuo told to be patient.

But what she didn't understand was why Cheng Yunshuo was taking her side this time, dismissing Cheng Lanying.

Logically, since Cheng Lanying had come up with such a clever plan, shouldn't Cheng Yunshuo favor her more and punish her severely?

She was completely confused, as she subtly sensed a hint of... favoritism.

But her father couldn't possibly favor her!

He had always favored Cheng Lanying!

"What's wrong? Do you want to fly kites with Daddy too?" Cheng Yunshuo walked up to her, squatted down, and looked at her. "If you also want to, we can fly kites together."

Hearing this, Cheng Suying felt a sharp pang in her heart.

At this moment, Cheng Lanying, left speechless by Cheng Yunshuo, rushed over, waving her arms wildly.

"Daddy!"

"You’re still going to fly kites with her! She ruined my things, and you're still going to play with her!"

"I won’t let you, I won’t let you!"

When women get angry, they tend to lash out. Regardless of age, Cheng Yunshuo took two punches from Cheng Lanying to the face.

Cheng Yunshuo’s face darkened immediately. "Cheng Lanying! You claimed you’ve learned manners, but I see you haven't made any progress in the past half month! Go back! Stay in confinement! Copy the family rules again!"

Cheng Lanying, who was waving her little fists, immediately stopped in her tracks, staring at her father in complete shock. "You’re punishing me again because of that bitch Cheng Suying!"

"Slap!" Cheng Yunshuo's palm landed directly on Cheng Lanying's face.

The slap made Cheng Suying’s heart skip a beat as she looked in shock at the beaten Cheng Lanying in front of her.

Cheng Lanying, after this slap, turned red with anger, her eyes filled with resentment, jealousy, and disappointment as she looked at Cheng Suying, then turned her angry, disappointed, and hateful gaze towards Cheng Yunshuo. "You hit me for her! You're all bad people! Bad people!"

"You dare to talk nonsense! Where are the nannies for the Second Miss! Take her away immediately!"

Several nannies stepped forward to take the furious Cheng Lanying away. As Cheng Lanying was being taken away, tears poured down her face.

When had she ever suffered such humiliation!

No mistake, this time was even more humiliating than the last!

Last time, she was simply jealous, seeing Cheng Yunshuo talking to Cheng Suying and looking at her, so she threw a tantrum at her father, and was confined for half a month, with her mother coming to her room every day to tell her she was wrong.

She finally realized that she was indeed wrong, she had angered her father, and that's why he treated her that way, punishing her.

But this time!

Cheng Yunshuo clearly favored Cheng Suying!

He didn't punish her for the kite incident; instead, he criticized her and even scolded her in front of her!

How could she endure such humiliation?

It's so unfair!

But Cheng Lanying never considered the times she manipulated Cheng Yunshuo to favor her, while Cheng Suying endured such grievances daily.

After Cheng Lanying was led away, Cheng Suying stood there, stunned.

"Sù Yīng, you should go back first," Cheng Yunshuo's voice reached her ears.

Cheng Suying nodded at her father's words.

She walked back with Caihe, feeling not happy but rather an inexplicable discomfort.

After returning to Lu Lingyun, she recounted the day's events to her mother.

After hearing the whole story, Lu Lingyun found it absurd and ridiculous. She chuckled and said, "Forget it. Since your father has dealt with it, let it be."

Although Cheng Yunshuo tried to mediate, the outcome was the same. Cheng Lanying's scheme backfired, and she deserved it!

That young girl didn't realize Cheng Yunshuo's true affection was never for her. She tried to use favoritism to plot against Cheng Suying.

But she didn't know that once the core issue was touched, her biased father would immediately side with the child he truly loved.

Even if Cheng Suying had done it, he would still favor and protect her to the end.