Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 164 - 163: No Way

Chapter 164: Chapter 163: No Way

Lin Dong’s face was filled with admiration, "Big Brother! When you have time, you’ve got to teach me too!" If he learned a few tricks, he could protect his two sisters from people like Lin Qiang in the future.

Jiang Mingyuan readily agreed, "Sure! When I’m free, I’ll teach you!"

"Thanks, Big Brother!" Lin Dong was grinning from ear to ear.

After buying three train tickets, they headed to Auntie Zhao’s home. Lin Xia thought about buying something; it wouldn’t be nice to visit empty-handed.

But Jiang Mingyuan stopped her, "My mother already said, if you buy anything else, she won’t let you into our house. Why are you always so formal!"

In the end, Lin Xia couldn’t win the argument and went empty-handed, though she thought about buying something when she had a chance in the future.

The three of them were laughing and talking as they reached the main road to Auntie Zhao’s house when they encountered Xu Haihua riding a bicycle.

Lin Xia helplessly looked up to the sky; she had hoped not to run into any Lin family members on her return, to avoid any delay.

Who would have thought she would run into Xu Haihua? It had been quite a long time since they had last seen each other.

The last time they met was when she went to the uniform factory to resign on behalf of Lin Qiu, and they ran into each other at the doorway.

"Brother Mingyuan! Where are you guys heading?"

Xu Haihua’s voice was so soft and tender, as if coming from her throat, but her eyes looking at Lin Xia seemed to be carrying daggers.

"To my house!" Jiang Mingyuan ignored her and continued walking forward with Lin Xia.

Xu Haihua, seeing that Jiang Mingyuan was really ignoring her, leaned in on her bicycle to talk to Lin Xia.

"Lin Xia! You might not know yet! Your family members came to my house looking for trouble a few days before New Year, but luckily my brother taught them a lesson!"

"Is that so!" Lin Xia responded indifferently.

She actually had to thank Xu Haihua’s brother, but such thoughts were best kept to herself lest Xu Haihua make it another issue if she caught wind of it.

Lin Dong pursed his lips; he clearly remembered how this woman had talked about his older sister.

Xu Haihua did not see the reaction on her face she had hoped for and asked, "Where are you staying now?!"

She thought that after Lin Xia moved, she hadn’t shown up again and had lost contact with Jiang Mingyuan.

How come they were still moving in and out together?

Even if she was with Lin Xia’s younger brother, it made her feel particularly sour and uncomfortable inside.

Lin Xia coldly replied, "Xu Haihua! What business is it of yours where I live?"

Xu Haihua stammered, "Look at you, I was just asking... Can’t I even do that..."

"No, you can’t!" Lin Xia snorted coldly, thinking to herself how foolish she would have to be to tell Xu Haihua where she lived.

Xu Haihua’s expression changed sharply due to Lin Xia’s sharp response, but if she were to just let it go, she wouldn’t be Xu Haihua.

"Brother Mingyuan! You mustn’t be deceived by some people..."

Before Xu Haihua could finish her sentence, Jiang Mingyuan impatiently cut her off, "Xu Haihua! Please keep your distance from me!"

Why did she always say these things to him?

"Jiang Mingyuan! If you don’t heed my advice, you’ll regret it!" Xu Haihua, infuriated, her eyes reddening, swiftly rode away on her bike after dropping those words.

Jiang Mingyuan silently shook his head, "Xiaolin! Don’t mind her. She..."

"Second brother, it’s okay! Let’s hurry up and go!" Lin Xia didn’t want to say more; she helplessly watched Xu Haihua’s retreating figure, feeling as if Xu Haihua had become her imagined enemy again.

After that, no one spoke, and it was a bit awkward.

Xu Haihua cried as she returned home, where Xu Danni had just finished cooking and was carrying the dishes into the house.

Turning around, she saw her daughter entering the house with tears in her eyes.

Xu Danni asked, "What’s the matter?"

Xu Haihua didn’t speak and just lay down on the kang, crying "woo woo."

Xu Danni was anxiously at a loss.

Xu Haimin hadn’t even entered the house when he heard Xu Haihua’s crying,

He rushed into the room a few steps, "Little sister! What’s wrong? Who bullied you? Tell brother! I’ll stand up for you!"

Xu Haihua suddenly got up, "Lin Xia! I saw her walking with Brother Mingyuan when I got off work today!"

Xu Danni sighed, "Can you control other people?" She didn’t understand why her daughter had to set her sights on that second son of the Jiang family.

"What! I’m not finished yet! Then I asked her a few questions, she was disinterested, and then Brother Mingyuan even told me to keep my distance from him," Xu Haihua gasped as she cried.

When Xu Haimin heard it was Jiang Mingyuan, he didn’t dare talk about confronting Jiang Mingyuan since he knew from childhood that he couldn’t best him.

Xu Haimin had been back for over half a year now, so he knew his sister’s feelings, "Little sister! Why bother with that Jiang Mingyuan! He’s just a street vendor! Xiaowang from our unit is even better than him!"

Xu Haihua glared at him, "Don’t you dare speak of him like that!"

"Okay, okay!" Xu Haimin nodded constantly, "I won’t say it anymore, okay?" Then he looked towards his mother, "Mom, what about dinner?"

Xu Danni got up helplessly and went to the kitchen.

It was then that Xu Haimin quietly said to Xu Haihua, "Why do you always go around him?" Both he and his mother couldn’t see anything good in Jiang Mingyuan; he didn’t even have a proper job and was always up to nothing.

"I’m only thinking of his good! That Lin Xia who doesn’t come home at night, obviously no good!" She was heartbroken, again and again, they talked about her, all because of that Lin Xia!

Xu Haihua wiped her tears, her expression grim, "Brother! You have to help me get back at her! Check what she’s really up to!"

"Fine! I’ll check, okay? Just don’t upset mother too much!"

Xu Danni then came in carrying a pot of food, noticed the two of them muttering and slammed it onto the table forcefully, "I’m telling you, Xu Haimin, you better stay out of other people’s business! Have you forgotten the incident after the New Year when someone torched the haystack?"

"Mom! It must have been that Lin family! If you hadn’t stopped me, I would have confronted them a long time ago!" Xu Haimin was frustrated; if it weren’t for his mother’s intervention, he could have retaliated against them.

"How much more do you want to bully people? Learn to forgive others, will you!" Xu Danni was really being driven crazy by her children...

Elsewhere, Zhao Danni was chatting with her son as he returned home with Lin Xia and Lin Dong, "... I heard from your second brother! Letting other people help you sell wholesale goods is definitely better than selling retail by yourself!"

Lin Xia smiled, "Right! Since there’s no fabric in our city, and I know a place that has some, I thought I’d go with second brother to buy it!"

"Then you’ll have to leave soon!" Zhao Danni quickly got up, "I better hurry and make some food so you can eat well before you leave! The food on the train isn’t good!"

Lin Xia glanced at the time, which was nearing noon; with her second brother out setting up his stall, he might be hungry, so she readily agreed.

Zhao Danni happily went to prepare food, while Lin Xia, not one to be unobservant, helped her in the kitchen, chatting and knowing that Jiang Mingqing had gone to the city and wasn’t at home, Jiang Danni wouldn’t be back for lunch either.

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