"Did Mommy tell you that?"
Swedum nodded solemnly.
"Mommy lied to you. I am telling the truth. Mommy's face is ruined. She will always keep the red spots on her face. Do you mind?"
Johny looked at his son calmly.
"No, I don't," said Swedum as he looked at his daddy seriously.
"Don't answer me so quickly. If Mommy's face is no longer the same as before, your classmates will ask about it in kindergarten, primary school, middle school, or university. They may even mock you and alienate you because of this."
Johny's words were cruel, but the reality was even crueler.
"Then I won't play with them anymore." Swedum thought about it carefully.
"Why is that?"
"The teacher said that we shouldn't judge people by their appearance. If they are like that, they are not good people, so I should stay away from them." Swedum shrugged as if he didn't care.
Johny was very satisfied with his son's answer. "Okay. But there is another problem now. Mommy has low self-esteem. Do you know what low self-esteem is?"
Swedum nodded again.
"Mommy doesn't care about the red spots on her face. She is worried the red spots on her face will cause trouble for you and me. She is worried that your classmates might laugh at you. Moreover, Mommy is a woman. Women care about their appearance very much."
"Then I will go to tell Mommy that she will always be the most beautiful Mommy in the world! Daddy, don't dislike Mommy!"
Swedum stared at Johny seriously. Swedum thought that the one who should worry about this was Johny.
Johny felt much more at ease after listening to his son's words.
"If one day you are bothered with what they say about Mommy, come to Daddy. Daddy will help you find a way."
"Okay! Daddy, you have to promise me that if anyone says that your wife is not beautiful, you must beat him up!"
Johny was speechless.
His son thought too much.
"Come here. You need to do as I say at home."
Soon after he got home, Swedum immediately plunged into Ceres's arms.
"Did you have fun today?" Ceres picked up Swedum.
"Not really." Swedum pouted and seemed to be full of anger.
"Why not?"
"Daddy was not fun at all. He didn't play any games with me!"
Johny sat on the sofa and took out his mobile phone to start dealing with some emails. "Those games were too childish."
"Children's games are childish. How could you do this?" Ceres could not help but scold him.
"Come with me next time, Mommy. I don't want Daddy to accompany me anymore! I would have won first place if Mommy came with me today!"
Swedum glanced at Johny angrily. "Mommy, do you know how capable her mommy is? Her mommy can do everything. She even made us a birthday cake last time!"
"Who are you talking about?" Ceres remembered some kids in Swedum's class.
"It's Elsie Wynn. Her mother has a scar on her neck. Have you forgotten?"
Ceres recalled that girl, whose mother had a scar on her neck. It was said that that mother had undergone an operation due to her thyroid cancer.
Elsie's mother looked ordinary. It was said that she was from an ordinary family. Many people were talking about her when she married into a rich family.
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