Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 156 - 155: White Shirt

Chapter 156: Chapter 155: White Shirt

"Big sister! I know, haha!" Lin Dong’s laugh was sly, as if he might have a brother-in-law soon.

Lin Xia raised an eyebrow, "What do you know? Do you realize we have exams coming up? Don’t get distracted by these things.

I’m looking at you, and it seems like you don’t have much drive for studying lately, am I right?"

With the middle school exams only a few days away, she felt herself becoming involuntarily tense.

Her elder brother had an incident before, and she’d been gone for so long, Lin Dong’s mood must have been affected.

Lin Dong scratched the back of his head and chuckled, "No! Big sister! I’m still full of motivation now, my goal is the No. 1 High School! Not just for myself, but for all of you, I have to work twice as hard!"

It hadn’t been easy for them to leave their home and move to the city, and for him to be able to attend his current school.

The best thing he could do to repay his brothers and sisters was to get good grades!

So he was determined to make it into the No. 1 High School! He wouldn’t be satisfied with just getting into No. 8 Middle School!

Lin Xia smiled and patted his shoulder, "Big sister believes you can do it!" She looked at her brother, whose features had matured and who had grown sturdier, and felt very relieved.

After Lin Dong left for school, Lin Xia finally opened the letter.

Lu Zheng had written a normal inquiry in the letter about Lin Xia’s recent situation, then he talked about himself. It was only a sheet of paper with a few words, but his neat handwriting that seemed to penetrate the paper made Lin Xia quite envious and admiring.

She wished she could write as well as that.

They say handwriting reflects the person, and his writing, like himself, was tall and serious with an impressive aura.

Lin Xia pondered how she should reply to Lu Zheng’s letter.

She picked up her pen and began to write meticulously, talking about her own circumstances and inquiring about his. Then she realized there wasn’t much else to say.

After all, the two weren’t very familiar with each other, and they hadn’t yet discovered any common ground to talk about.

But as she was about to put the letter into the envelope, Lin Xia suddenly remembered that everyone in their department knew that her siblings’ names were the four seasons;

So, if she wrote her name as Lin Xia blatantly, wouldn’t anyone who handled it potentially know it was Lin Chun’s sister writing to him? If that caused some undesirable implications, it wouldn’t be good.

So, on a whim, Lin Xia changed her name, writing it as Xia Lin.

Little did she know that this impulse would almost lead to a comical situation later on.

After that, she wrote a letter to Lin Chun, telling him not to worry about them as they were all doing quite well.

Once the envelopes were sealed and stamped, Lin Xia left for her stall, dropping the letters into the post box on the way. Afterwards, she exhaled, as if she felt much lighter.

In the afternoon, while setting up her stall, Lin Xia was conversing and selling to customers when Sister He suddenly came over and nudged her, "Xiaolin! Just now there was a woman in a white shirt, staring at you nonstop!"

She had just come over to tell Xiaolin when the woman swiftly walked away.

Lin Xia looked in the direction Sister He pointed, but there were too many people to know which one it was.

"Which one was it?"

Sister He tried to identify, but there were too many people wearing white shirts at the moment.

"I don’t know which one it was!"

Yet, Lin Xia was concerned about it. Even though they had moved to the city, it wouldn’t be surprising if relatives or friends from the Lin Family happened to come by.

"Sister He, what did the woman look like? How old was she?"

Sister He recalled, "She was young, not too tall, neither fat nor thin. I didn’t really notice what she looked like; by the time I wanted to take a closer look, she had turned and left."

"Sister He! Watch the stall for me, I’ll go have a look!"

"Okay! Go ahead!"

Lin Xia hurried through the crowd, eager to see who it was.

Right now, the Lin Family didn’t know she was out here with a street stall, and once someone saw her and told them, she knew without thinking that her peaceful days would come to an end.

But as she walked halfway down the street, all she encountered were several women in white shirts, none of whom she recognized.

Lin Xia’s heart was restless, not knowing who it could possibly be.

Yu Hongmei and Lin Yu were both quite tall, ruling them out first.

After all, Lin Yu should be frantically revising right now and wouldn’t have time to be out and about.

Could it be Lin Fang? Was it her?

Lin Xia sighed internally, feeling like the Lin Family loomed over her head like a guillotine, ready to fall at any moment.

When could they completely get rid of those people and live without constantly looking over their shoulders, enjoying carefree, comfortable days?

When Qian Chunli left her workplace and saw her niece Qian Jie standing next to a big tree, she frowned subconsciously.

Qian Jie was Qian Chunsheng’s daughter, the one who had ended up taking most of Xiaoyu’s clothes, yet she was never satisfied.

This year during the New Year, when they went back home and didn’t bring any clothes for her, she threw a tantrum, causing quite a scene. Why was she coming to the workplace to find her today?

"Aunt!" Qian Jie, noticing her aunt’s displeased expression, hurriedly said, "I didn’t come to you for favors! After I tell you, you’re definitely going to thank me!"

She knew how desperately her aunt wanted to find Lin Xia and the others.

During the New Year, she had overheard her dad talking about it at home with her mom.

"What is it?"

Qian Jie played coy, "Guess who I saw today?"

"Who?" Qian Chunli’s heart skipped a beat.

With a smile of triumph, Qian Jie said, "Lin Xia!"

"Where did you see her?" Qian Chunli asked urgently. She had been verbally and physically attacked the last time she ran into that wretched girl at the hospital. Since then, there had been no news of her, and even Lin Aiguo’s repeated trips to the city had turned up nothing. The sudden knowledge of her whereabouts thrilled her.

Not keeping her aunt in suspense any longer, Qian Jie confessed, "I saw her at a street stall downtown! I was afraid I was mistaken, so I observed carefully for a while, and it was definitely her!"

What she didn’t mention was the great change in Lin Xia’s appearance. If it weren’t for her unchanged voice, she would have hesitated to recognize her at first.

Her demeanor was like a different person’s, nothing like the awkward girl who only knew to work silently whenever she visited her aunt’s house in the past.

"That wretched little thing! She really thinks she’s capable, doesn’t she!" Qian Chunli cursed through clenched teeth, wishing she could confront Lin Xia right then and there.

She absolutely loathed Lin Xia, believing their dire situation would never have occurred without her. How could she, her two daughters, and her sister have fallen on such hard times?

Lin Aiguo wouldn’t contribute a dime to household expenses, and her son Qiangzi had to hand over every cent he earned from his backbreaking work of lifting heavy logs to Lin Aiguo.

Now they had to rely on her salary for daily expenses!

If it weren’t for her daughter being at a critical juncture, she would not have tolerated it this long!

Eager to please, Qian Jie chimed in, "Exactly, Aunt! I saw that she was selling clothes, each for several bucks. She must have made a decent amount of money!

Aunt! If you want to settle the score with her, I’ll take you there! And I don’t need much – just give me two pieces of those clothes!"

She had her eye on Lin Xia’s clothes right away, otherwise, she might not have recognized Lin Xia whose voice remained the same.

Qian Chunli’s eyes narrowed slightly, "Alright! Then don’t go up today. Stay home! Tomorrow we’ll bring your brother Qiangzi to settle accounts with her!"

She was resolute, intent not just on giving Lin Xia a severe beating but on smashing her stall to pieces!