Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties-Chapter 32 - Lin Aiguo

32: Chapter 32: Lin Aiguo

32 -32: Lin Aiguo

Day and night you guard, but against a thief within the house, guard is hard!

Must they be constantly on guard, unable to live peacefully even for a moment?

If they really moved out, Lin Xia had confidence that Lin Qiu and Lin Dong would definitely listen to her, they would go wherever she went.

But what about the eldest brother?

He was so filial, could he agree to leave this home with them?

Additionally, she wanted her eldest brother to go to a different place, although he hadn’t given an answer yet, she could see that he really was considering it!

After her big brother left, whether he could change the fate of his previous life, she couldn’t guarantee either!

But, as long as one tries their best in everything, there would be nothing to regret!

However, if they really went to try, and in the end, didn’t succeed, that would be another problem.

It seemed she needed to think things over carefully, she fell into deep thought…

Qian Chunli finished work at the food factory and just as she walked out the main entrance, she saw her daughter Lin Yu beside a tree, with a bicycle.

Upon seeing Qian Chunli, Lin Yu happily pushed the bike up to meet her, “Mom!

You’re finally off work!

I’ve been waiting for such a long time!”

Qian Chunli felt something was amiss and asked, “What’s this about?

Why didn’t you go straight home today and instead, come here to find me?”

Lin Yu had thought it through all afternoon, she dared not go home by herself after school.

In case Lin Xia got home and found out they had sneaked into the Western House to rummage through things and had even pushed Lin Qiu over, she would definitely seek to settle accounts with them.

If this were before, she wouldn’t have been afraid at all!

But ever since Lin Xia recovered from her illness, she had become quite malevolent, and Lin Yu felt a bit scared.

However, facing her mother’s question, she certainly couldn’t tell the truth.

“Mom!

Isn’t it just that I wanted to meet you after work?

What’s wrong?

You don’t like it?”

Qian Chunli smiled, “How could I not like it!

Let’s get on the bikes and talk while we ride.”

Although she tended to favor her son Lin Qiang in many things, she had always doted on her daughter Lin Yu.

Lin Yu responded and followed Qian Chunli, hopping onto the bike.

Neither of them needed to rush home to cook, as they would eat what was ready, so they were not riding quickly.

Lin Yu talked about school for a while, but halfway through the ride, remembering the situation she might face when they got home, she felt she needed to give her mother a heads-up.

“Mom!

Today, Lin Qiang and I, we got into a fight with Lin Qiu!”

“What?” Qian Chunli frowned at her, “Your brother didn’t hurt anyone too badly, did he?

Why would he start a fight now, especially now that your dad’s returning?

Is he trying to make a statement?”

She wasn’t worried about her own son, since he was a strong, capable young man, not likely to come out worse off.

Today, Lin Aiguo was supposed to come down from the mountain to handle some work-related matters for Lin Qiu.

It would be fine normally, but it would not look good for him to see such things.

No matter how much he looked down on those children, they were still his own.

Lin Yu shook her head, “Mom!

It’s just that Lin Qiu was pushed over, she should be okay!” At the time, it seemed to her that Lin Qiu just bruised her arms and hands a bit—nothing serious, otherwise she couldn’t have gotten up by herself.

“As long as it’s nothing serious, that’s okay!” Qian Chunli was somewhat relieved to hear that nothing serious happened and couldn’t help but ask, “But what on earth were you fighting about?”

Lin Yu hesitated, not knowing if Lin Qiang had any other plans to get back at Lin Xia, after all, they had not yet gotten hold of the scarf and money.

So, it’s better not to tell Mom for now, otherwise if she finds out and tells Dad, and it gets extracted from Lin Xia under pressure, wouldn’t they have been busy for nothing and end up without any benefits?

Lin Yu’s eyes shifted as she began to exaggerate, “Mom!

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That Lin Xia brought back some tasty treats from a wedding out of town and sneakily hid them, eating with the others without sharing a bit with us.”

“Lin Qiang and I discovered it by accident, then Lin Qiang thought he’d check what else they had in their room, but Lin Qiu caught us, and then she had to falsely accuse us of stealing, calling us thieves…” She said this deliberately to exonerate themselves.

Qian Chunli was fuming with rage, how could her children, whom she had raised through hardship, be wronged like this!

Clenching her teeth, she roared, “Those brats!

They’re getting insolent, lawless even!

That Lin Qiu really dares to speak, what does she mean by thieves?

What valuable things do they have!

Just wait, we’ll see about that!

Just as Lin Aiguo returned home, I must have a proper talk with him!

How dare they label you as thieves!

How much further will they bully?

Once this reputation spreads, how will you ever get by?”

Having raged her heart out, Qian Chunli began to pedal her bicycle furiously, wishing she were already home to deal with Lin Qiu, completely forgetting that her own children had pushed someone over!

Lin Yu didn’t expect such a vehement reaction from her mom Qian Chunli after what she had said; stunned for a moment, she quickly pedaled to catch up.

“Mom!

Wait for me!” Was it wrong for her to have said that?

Could it backfire?

Qian Chunli arrived home furiously, like Zhang Fei charging into battle, pushed her bicycle into the yard, kicked the stand down, and stormed into the house.

On her way, her mind wasn’t preoccupied with anything else but how to settle the score with that little wretch Lin Qiu once she saw her!

However, the person cooking in the kitchen wasn’t Lin Qiu but a grim-faced Lin Xia.

Lin Xia was chopping cabbage with a kitchen knife.

When she saw Qian Chunli, she gave a cold smile.

Qian Chunli felt suffocated, as if she couldn’t breathe; she swallowed her saliva, thinking that she must remain assertive—she was in the right, so what did she have to fear?

With one hand on her hip and the other pointing at Lin Xia, Qian Chunli shouted, “Lin Xia!

Where’s your sister Lin Qiu?

Huh!

Call her out, you’re bullying too much!

Accusing my Xiaoyu and Qiangzi of being thieves!

Why would you say that about us!

What could we possibly steal from you?”

It’s not that she looked down on them, but what valuables could there be in that house?

Lin Xia slammed the knife onto the cutting board with a clang and began to confront Qian Chunli, “Who’s bullying whom?

Your lovely children have twisted my Xiaoqiu’s arm out of socket!

What are you blustering about?

What false accusation!

They clearly were stealing, messing our room into chaos, and they think they’re in the right to beat people too?”

She didn’t know if Qian Chunli was practicing the thief shouting to catch the thief, or if Lin Yu and Lin Qiang had given her a distorted version of the events, but righteousness doesn’t rely on loudness.

She wasn’t afraid to argue back, and if pushed too far, she was prepared to fight.

At this moment, Lin Qiu heard the commotion from the Western House and came out, seeing Qian Chunli at the threshold and her sister Lin Xia standing by the large pot, the two in a standoff.

Qian Chunli took the opportunity to scrutinize Lin Qiu up and down and scoffed with mockery, “Yeah right!

I just don’t believe it!

Just fell over, and now there’s a dislocation?

Trying to scam us, is that it?”

Her initial reaction was to think that Lin Xia was exaggerating and lying, and now seeing Lin Qiu only solidified that thought.

These kids have grown up, sprouted wings, and now they think they can defy her one by one!

“What are you squabbling about in there?

It’s loud enough to hear outside!

What’s all the fuss about!” A burly man with a buzzcut, round face, thick brows, small single-lidded eyes, thick lips, and a mouth full of yellow teeth barged in—not Lin Aiguo, who else could it be!

The moment Lin Xia saw Lin Aiguo, she felt as if blood rushed to her head.

Before her eyes flashed scenes from a past life:

Lin Aiguo forcing Lin Qiu to marry that man and endure humiliation;

Lin Aiguo adamantly refusing to let Lin Dong go to school and forcing her to work after junior high;

Lin Aiguo brandishing a willow switch, lashing Lin Dong’s face till it bled, and finally disfiguring her…

Seeing Lin Aiguo, Lin Qiu shivered involuntarily, for he was who she feared the most; even now as an adult, those memories of being beaten and scolded were all too vivid.