Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 116 - 115: No Right to Complain

Chapter 116: Chapter 115: No Right to Complain

Qian Chunli desperately clung on, "Lin Xia! No matter what happens, you are still his own children! How can you just leave like this? What if something happens... we..."

She couldn’t finish her sentence, faced with Lin Xia’s eyes, cold as shards of ice.

Lin Xia no longer struggled, but scoffed, "His own children? When has he ever treated us as his own? If anything, he’s treated your children as his own more like!

Just perfect, he’s always been so nice to you, and now’s the time to show it, isn’t it? Take good care of him!"

Now, Lin Aiguo lay unconscious in the hospital bed, and Lin Xia actually didn’t feel good about it, but after so many years of beating, scolding, and past torments, she couldn’t possibly stay and demean herself by caring for him.

Moreover, she was acutely aware that even if they all stayed to take care of Lin Aiguo, when he woke up, he wouldn’t be grateful; instead, he’d likely scold and beat them, maybe even more fiercely than before!

Why should she bother doing thankless things and suffer for nothing? Better to leave quickly and move on with whatever needed to be done!

"Lin Xia! What kind of thing is that to say! We will of course take good care of him, but you three can’t just abandon him, can you?

No matter what it’s been like before, he still gave birth to you and raised you. How else did you grow so big? How can you be so heartless and just leave at a time like this? At least wait until he wakes up and is okay!"

Qian Chunli only hated that at this hour, the hospital had few people; otherwise, she would have cried out loud and grasped Lin Xia, letting people’s spit fly as they tried to convince her to stay.

Anyone hearing this would take her side—how could a child leave an old parent bedridden without care?

Lin Xia looked at Qian Chunli derisively, "Talking about heartless? I’m not heartless enough! You should talk about Lin Qiang from your family being heartless!

Lucky fellow, knocked him down with one blow! Even if it’s a stepchild, you can’t be that ruthless, right? And yet he always treated him well!"

She truly didn’t understand why Lin Qiang had done it, but seeing the slap mark on Qian Chunli’s cheek, she guessed a bit of the reason.

Upon hearing Lin Xia speak like this, Qian Chunli subconsciously let go. She didn’t dare compel Lin Xia to stay any longer, worried what Lin Xia might say if Lin Aiguo woke up, fueling the fire even more.

But she couldn’t just let Lin Xia talk like that, as the hospital still required her attendance.

Her tears came readily as she cried out loudly, "Qiangzi didn’t mean to do it! He was just helping his dad, who would have thought he’d accidentally hit him?

Your own father was fighting with him! If it wasn’t for you lot causing trouble and Lin Chun leaving the house, none of this would’ve happened!"

Lin Xia flicked her hand dismissively and snorted, "Qian Chunli! You don’t need to make a scene with your crying now, there’s nobody here to watch your performance. How things are between him and us is none of your business! Just mind your own business!"

With that, she walked away with Lin Qiu and Lin Dong, this time Qian Chunli did not dare to stop them.

Qian Chunli wiped her tears and glared venomously at their retreating figures, "Just you wait!"

Only then did she slap her thigh, realizing that she hadn’t seen Lin Qiang all this while!

Qian Chunli became frantic, "Qiangzi! Qiangzi!"

She finally found Lin Qiang in the corner next to Lin Aiguo’s hospital bed.

There he was, squatting on the ground, head in his hands like a fool.

Tears streaming, she dragged Lin Qiang to the stairwell in the hallway, where, taking advantage of the lack of people, she scolded him in a low voice.

"Why did you have to do that? Do you realize you almost caused a huge disaster?"

Fortunately, Lin Aiguo was unharmed; otherwise, his son would have had to pay with his life!

If Lin Aiguo had been disabled, they would have had to take care of him! Lin Xia’s group of bullies wouldn’t care.

Lin Qiang moved his lips, "Mom... Is he really okay?"

He had been truly frightened earlier! If he had actually killed Lin Aiguo, he wouldn’t have had a chance!

Seeing Lin Qiang’s trembling, Qian Chunli quickly reassured, "It’s okay! It’s all right now! Son, don’t be afraid!"

Calmed by Qian Chunli’s reassurance, Lin Qiang cried and said, "Mom! I didn’t mean to kill him! I just wanted to teach him a lesson! Who told him to hit you!"

Qian Chunli cried with him, "Mom knows! Mom knows everything! But, Qiangzi, you can’t do this again next time! We still have a long life ahead of us, why must we immediately have Lin Qiang return the favor?"

She knew why her son had done it, it was because Lin Aiguo had slapped her earlier, and there was also the issue about the succession.

Lin Qiang cried as if he had survived a catastrophe, "Mom! I know I was wrong! I won’t do it again! I actually thought about just hitting him on the back to teach him a lesson, but he kept moving around, and I ended up hitting the back of his head..."

"It’s okay! It’s okay! Mom knows!" Qian Chunli took the opportunity to instruct, "But you remember, if he wakes up, you must insist that it was Lin Xia and the others who did it! It was chaotic at the time, and he might not even know! You must stick to that story!"

Lin Qiang felt uncertain, "But would he believe that?"

"He has to believe it! Otherwise, what do we do? Can we really leave that family and not live with him anymore? How would we have the face to go back to your grandma’s house?"

She had come out of the village with her children, changed their household registration to the town’s and were receiving rationed grain; now her son had also gotten a job in the lumberyard, many people envied them the last time they went back.

How could she possibly go back there with her tail between her legs?

Lin Qiang gritted his teeth, "Right! I’ll remember! It was Lin Xia and them! It actually was because of them that this happened!" He clenched his fist in anger, "It’s all because of them! Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been hit, and I wouldn’t have hit him!"

"Exactly! That’s the way it is! If they had behaved properly, we wouldn’t have gone after them, and there wouldn’t have been any issues... Alright! Wipe your tears!"

Qian Chunli and her son placed all the blame on Lin Xia and his group.

When Lin Xia and the other two returned home, their mood was somewhat somber.

Lin Qiu cautiously asked, "Sister! You don’t think he’s seriously hurt, do you?"

The one who had always beaten and scolded them had just collapsed so stiffly; she felt incredibly conflicted.

"He should be fine! Didn’t the doctor say so!" Lin Xia didn’t know how to describe her feelings; when Lin Aiguo had come to the factory gate to find her, there was a moment when she really wanted to stab him.

But now seeing him lying in the hospital bed, he looked quite pitiful! Yet, people with pitiful aspects often have detestable ones, and Lin Aiguo was certainly no pitiful person!

Lin Dong pursed his lips, "Big sister, why do you think Lin Qiang wanted to hit him? The situation was chaotic, but Lin Qiang definitely didn’t do it by accident; he had a clear intention to target him!"

He pondered over and over and still couldn’t understand why.

Lin Xia shook her head, "I haven’t figured it out either! It might be due to some conflict! Didn’t you see the palm mark on Qian Chunli’s face? No need to say, it must have been Lin Aiguo who hit her!"

Lin Dong felt disheartened, "Then it might be because he hit Qian Chunli, and Lin Qiang wanted to take revenge! If that’s the case, Lin Qiang shows some spine! He’s stronger than me and big brother!"

In this regard, they, the brothers, were not as good as Lin Qiang! When their mother was beaten...