Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 199 - 198 Does He Deserve It?

Chapter 199: Chapter 198 Does He Deserve It?

Qian Chunli and Lin Yu actually came as well, but the two of them didn’t follow Lin Aiguo inside due to the fear in their hearts.

The five days in the detention center were something both of them didn’t want to reminisce about.

Who could have imagined that their desire to settle scores with Lin Xia and make her life miserable would turn against them, putting them at a great disadvantage?

Lin Yu still felt wronged to this day. She had merely suggested smashing the stall, then casually tossed a few clothes around. Why did they lock her up for five days?

And they even notified her workplace, making her so ashamed that she now dreads going to work!

Qian Chunli felt even more unjustly treated than Lin Yu!

Her Qiangzi was still in the detention center!

He had been beaten by that man, his body and face injured,

She was more worried that he might be bullied and beaten up by others inside the center!

Just thinking of this made Qian Chunli’s heart ache as if it were being cut, and her hair started falling out in clumps.

But she couldn’t tell her brothers about it to get their support; otherwise, if her sister-in-law and the others started gossiping, she would be too ashamed to return to the village.

That’s why she had egged Lin Aiguo on to settle accounts with Lin Xia right after coming out, to teach that little wretch a good lesson!

They were all her doing; it was Lin Xia’s ruthlessness that sent them in!

Let’s see what she would do with her own father causing a scene! Surely she wouldn’t send Lin Aiguo in as well!

"Mom! Why don’t I hear any noise coming from inside?" Lin Yu had been listening intently to sounds inside the greenhouse. Apart from the buzzing of buying and selling, there were no sounds of fierce arguing.

She was hoping that Lin Aiguo would cause a huge scene with Lin Xia, even smashing her stall!

No matter how tough that man was, could he beat Lin Aiguo?

Even if Lin Xia was heartless and cruel, would she allow someone to beat her father?

Qian Chunli also showed her confusion, "Indeed! It shouldn’t be like this by all rights!"

She and her daughter had recounted the events to him, surely in an embellished way that must have stoked his anger.

Based on her understanding of Lin Aiguo, just seeing Lin Xia would certainly have triggered a barrage of curses!

If that man wasn’t around, it was very likely that he would have physically attacked right away!

Lin Yu pressed her lips together, her expression darkening. She glanced around and said, "Mom! Do you think that little wretch isn’t at her stall, so Lin Aiguo couldn’t find her?"

That was indeed a possibility!

A few days ago when they went looking for her, Lin Xia wasn’t at her stall, which was why they had taken so long to find her.

And now that they didn’t follow him in, if Lin Aiguo was searching on his own, he certainly wouldn’t be able to find the specific stall without seeing Lin Xia.

"That’s also possible! He’s been in there for so long and yet no fuss!" Qian Chunli gritted her teeth, "We forgot to note the stall number before; if we had, we could have told him and he surely would have found it! But we can’t go in there ourselves! Those managers and all, they are on that little wretch’s side!"

The detention of the past few days really made her lose her nerve!

Now that she’d regained her freedom, she didn’t want to go through that ever again.

Lin Yu also wrung her hands in distress. At the time, she had been too focused on how resentful enemies look when they meet, and she hadn’t paid attention to the stall number.

But if it meant going back in there now, she wouldn’t go, no matter what.

"Let’s just wait a little longer! If he hasn’t come out, he must be looking inside!"

Just then, they finally heard Lin Aiguo’s loud cursing coming from inside!

Qian Chunli and Lin Yu both showed expressions of joy and smugness! This time, let’s see what Lin Xia can do!

Why did Lin Aiguo start cursing people only now?

It wasn’t because, as Qian Chunli and her daughter thought, he had started dealing with Lin Xia as soon as he saw her.

In Lin Aiguo’s heart, their detention was due to their own worthlessness. He wouldn’t care a whit about their fate!

On the contrary, he felt extremely pleased that Lin Qiang was also detained!

That strike Lin Qiang delivered to the back of his head had thoroughly woken him up!

What use was it to be so good to those three women these past few years?

All he had raised was a bunch of ingrates!

This time, he had come to find Lin Xia for money!

She had even started doing business, now he was asking for money, she had no reason to push him off, saying she had no money to give, right?

At first, he tried speaking reasonably, but Lin Xia simply wouldn’t play ball, stubbornly insisting she had no money!

Could he continue to tolerate this?

Lin Aiguo’s face turned stern as he stood with one hand on his hip, the other pointing at Lin Xia inside the stall, yelling, "Lin Xia! Let me tell you! No matter when, I’m still your father!

You all ran away from home! Now that I’ve caught your shadow, either you come back home with me obediently or you pay a monthly home expense from now on, otherwise, don’t expect to live in peace!"

Lin Xia watched Lin Aiguo disdainfully, her arms crossed, "How exactly do you plan to disturb my peace? Smash up the stall? Did Chunli come out with you?"

Her heart had been hanging these past few days, just waiting for them to show up.

Now that Lin Aiguo had arrived, she felt as if a weight had settled.

As for his demand that she pay a home fee of two hundred yuan every month, of course, she would not agree!

She did indeed make quite a bit of money each month now, but it was her hard-earned cash—why should she give it to Lin Aiguo?

Did he deserve it?

Moreover, her concession wouldn’t actually change anything; it might even embolden him to push for more!

This time it was two hundred, next time he’d have the gall to ask for two thousand!

So she might as well stand her ground from the start, giving him no quarter!

Lin Aiguo heard the deep meaning in her words, and he clenched his jaw tightly.

If he smashed the stall, Lin Xia might really dare to detain him too!

"I won’t smash the stall; I’ll just stay right here! Let’s see how you sell your goods! I’ll chase away any customer that comes! Nobody will have a good time!"

Having a daughter who could make so much money, he was determined to squeeze some out of her!

He had already made up his mind; he would be transferred down the mountain soon and would have plenty of time to wear her down!

No matter how good at fighting this man by her side was, would he dare to hit him? After all, he was Lin Xia’s father no matter when!

"Then let’s just see who suffers!" Lin Xia was utterly disgusted by his despicable behavior—she felt like vomiting!

When she had no money, every encounter with him resulted in either fighting or scolding; now that she had started a small business, he wanted to take a different approach to get money from her!

In any case, she didn’t have much merchandise left anyway; regardless of how he made a fuss, she wouldn’t give in because of it!

Jiang Mingyuan really couldn’t bear to listen any longer!

He had heard from his mom before about how terrible Lin Xia’s dad was.

But witnessing it firsthand was far more shocking!

Was he really their biological father?

Tell me, what kind of father treats his own children like this?

But in the end, he was Lin Xia’s father, so without a word from her, he definitely couldn’t take action rashly.

After a while, a young couple passed by the stall. The woman took a liking to a blouse on Lin Xia’s stall at first glance, "How much for that blouse?"

"Fifteen!" Lin Xia had barely spoken when Lin Aiguo butted in, waving his hands impatiently to shoo them away, "Get lost! Not for sale!"

"Are you sick or something?" The woman glared at Lin Aiguo with a not-so-friendly look; she had actually taken a liking to that piece of clothing.

"I am mentally ill!" Lin Aiguo retorted rudely.

Hearing that it was a mental illness, the young couple walked away directly; they certainly didn’t want to provoke someone like that.