Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 160 - 159: Asking for Money

Chapter 160: Chapter 159: Asking for Money

Lin Aiguo arrived at Lin Dong’s school the next day, but he didn’t make it past the security guard at the gate.

Despite his furious ranting and raving, he just couldn’t get through the school gate.

In the end, Lin Aiguo had no choice but to wait outside the gate like stalking prey, not believing that Lin Dong wouldn’t leave the school.

As it turned out, Lin Dong didn’t leave the school at all.

Lin Aiguo had waited for two whole days without catching a glimpse of him.

He had also circled the nearby bungalows of Second Middle School, but couldn’t find Lin Xia or Lin Qiu either.

Having nowhere to stay in the city, he had no choice but to head home while the buses were still running.

When he got to his doorstep, there was Liu Shuqin sitting on the bluestone slab.

The gate was locked tight, and none of them, including Qian Chunli, had come back.

"Mom! How come you’re here?" Lin Aiguo asked with surprise, not expecting to return full of anger only to find his mother at his doorstep.

Liu Shuqin stood up, brushing off her pants as she looked at him, "How could I not come? I heard you went looking for Lin Xia and the others again? What were you planning to do when you saw them?"

She had rushed over as soon as she heard about it.

With the eldest son causing such a commotion, as his mother, she had to intervene and offer guidance. If this kept up, it would be like ’chickens flown, eggs broken’ – nothing gained at all!

"What else could I have done! I was going to give them a good beating and bring them all back home!" Lin Aiguo led the old lady inside, poured himself a glass of water and drank it down eagerly, his thirst unbearable!

Liu Shuqin sat on the edge of the kang, "Even if you bring them back, what’s the use? You’re not always home because of work and being up in the mountains; if they want to run away, it’s on them, isn’t it? They can just leave as they please."

"Mom! Don’t meddle! There are things you don’t know about!"

Lin Aiguo didn’t mention the humiliating beating he received at the Xu Family’s house earlier that year, as neither the old lady nor Lin Aiye knew about it, so naturally, he couldn’t bring up that disgraceful matter now.

Liu Shuqin dared not mention Lin Xia’s stabbing of his older brother again; the last time she brought it up at Lin Aijia’s house, it caused a huge upheaval that only settled down around New Year’s.

She brought up what she had heard, "Eldest son! There are indeed things I don’t know! But let me tell you, I heard something!"

"What is it?"

"It seems Lin Xia is making money now. Even your second sibling and neighbors from next door saw Lin Xia selling clothes in the city, saying the business was really good!

To have such a money-making child, why must you scream and shout, and resort to beating and threatening every day? You should hurry and make amends..." Even she hadn’t expected Lin Xia, who was timid as a child, to now have the boldness to earn money.

Lin Aiguo interrupted Liu Shuqin before she could finish, cursing, "What does it matter if they earn a bit of money? Just a low-level peddler, am I supposed to support her now? What is she worth!"

In Lin Aiguo’s eyes, even if Lin Xia could make some money, he dismissed it as worthless – just like her dead mother, "You! What good is there to say about you! If you want to curse, do it at home! Now with Lin Chun gone, you’re at odds with them, like fire and water! Who will you rely on when you’re old? You think you can count on those two brought by the second wife?"

Lin Aiguo didn’t say a word, knowing they were unreliable. Lin Qiang, that sorry excuse for a son, dared to defy him already – what would happen when he was no longer able to move? He’d probably get a kick. And Lin Yu was useless too! Qian Chunli, that old hag, was already keeping her distance from him...

Seeing the change in his expression, Liu Shuqin continued, "Let me tell you, son, none of them will do, you have to rely on Qian Hang... Did you not think over what I said to you in private over the New Year?"

Lin Aiguo’s brow was furrowed tightly, and he remained silent.

"Eldest son! They’ve eaten your food and drunk your drink for years, so if they want to leave and live on their own, that’s fine! But they need to bring back money! That’s only fair and right..."

It wasn’t until Lin Dong finally finished taking his middle school exams that Lin Xia and Lin Qiu genuinely relaxed. Lin Dong himself was in a completely liberated state, and as for the outcome, they would have to wait for the results.

They were no longer hiding; it was time to properly break things off with Lin Aiguo!

The trio went out to shop boldly and happened upon Lin Aiguo near Second Middle School!

Lin Aiguo knew that Lin Dong had his middle school exams in the past few days, but since he didn’t know which examination hall, he couldn’t find the boy even if he tried.

Today he had come here to try his luck.

It had been more than half a year since the last meeting, and the three siblings, Lin Xia and the others, had undergone significant changes.

Lin Aiguo even squinted his eyes the moment he saw them; he didn’t know when his children had undergone such a radical transformation.

Were these still the spawns of the deceased Yu Wanhua?

"You three sure have guts! Why aren’t you hiding anymore?"

In the past few days, he had searched everywhere but couldn’t find a trace of them. Now that Lin Dong had finished his exams, they had come out on their own.

Lin Xia said indifferently, "There’s no need to hide! You know why we did it the past few days!"

If it wasn’t for their brother’s exams they wouldn’t have thought of hiding and would have faced things head-on.

Lin Aiguo was suppressing his anger as he thought about his goal.

His mother was actually right; now that things had escalated to this point, even if he wanted to make these kids come back, not to mention their unwillingness, he himself was reluctant! He needed to get something substantial out of this!

"Lin Xia! You’re really capable now! Leading them around, enjoying life outside! I heard you’ve been making quite a bit of money! I didn’t raise you all those years for nothing!"

"So what’s your point?" Lin Xia almost laughed; she really didn’t expect Lin Aiguo to change tactics.

In the past years, it was either beating or scolding them, and even if she had returned to that time, her mouth would have been full of curses.

Last time he came knocking, he nearly beat them to death!

Now he was calmly talking about this! Did he want money? Did he come up with this himself, or did someone behind him give him the idea?

Lin Qiu and Lin Dong were also stunned by Lin Aiguo’s performance, expecting the direct outburst of cursing and beating they had imagined, but instead, he calmly stated they couldn’t have been raised for nothing!

Lin Aiguo coldly swept his eyes over the three of them, filled with disgust, "My meaning is clear! Since you want to live separately, I won’t stop you! But for all these years you ate and drank at my expense! You must pay me back! And Lin Chun’s share too! Clear the slate in one go!"

By now he had come to understand that if he insisted on dragging these kids back, who knows what trouble might arise; he would rather take a sum of money instead.

But what he was demanding now was a sum of money; in the future, if Lin Xia got even richer, he was her father, would she dare to refuse to support him? He would make her life miserable!

Lin Xia’s heart stirred, if Lin Aiguo was really someone who could be appeased with some money, she truly wouldn’t mind playing the softie for the time being.

But knowing Lin Aiguo as she did, things were probably not that simple.

So there was no way she would easily spit out the money.

"We don’t have money!"

Lin Aiguo’s eyes blazed with anger, "No money? Who would believe that? No money and you can move to the city to live? You can transfer Lin Dong to a new school?"

"That was all borrowed money! We just paid it back a few days ago!" Lin Xia blurted out a lie on the spot.