Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 381 - 380: Green Hat

Chapter 381: Chapter 380: Green Hat

Lin Xia returned to life as usual after coming back from the provincial capital.

If there was any difference from before, it was the growing longing for Lu Zheng with each passing day.

She had a landline phone installed at home just a few days after her return, and the installation fee was really high.

But she was truly willing to pay that for the sake of calling Lu Zheng.

Since they had the phone, they were occasionally able to get in touch and hear each other’s voice, which somewhat eased their longing for each other.

Life is like that, just when you think everything is calm, something unexpected happens.

One day, Lin Aijia suddenly came to Lin Xia’s home, her face full of anxious tears.

It so happened that Lin Xia was in her clothing store, discussing new designs with Lin Qiu.

Seeing her aunt in such a state, she hurriedly asked, "Auntie! What’s wrong?" Lin Aijia wouldn’t easily come to her home, so it was clear that something had happened.

Lin Aijia couldn’t even speak before her tears fell again, "Lin Xia! Hurry and come with me to the hospital! Your dad is at the City Hospital!"

Lin Xia asked hurriedly, "Why is he in the hospital? What’s wrong with him?" She had cursed Lin Aiguo countless times before, wishing him dead, but now that something had really happened, she felt an unexpected panic.

"Is it serious?" Lin Qiu was equally flustered, unsure about what happened to Lin Aiguo.

Lin Aijia mentioned it with gritted teeth, "It’s not illness! It’s that relative from your mom’s side, what’s his name, Daming!

He got caught by your dad having an affair with Qian Chunli and they got into a fight. He tried to chop them with a kitchen knife, but in the end, he got hacked..."

"What?" Lin Xia and Lin Qiu were both stunned; they had never imagined something like this happening!

The sisters were utterly speechless about Qian Chunli!

At her age, to have an affair with a man in his twenties — she really had taken it to a new level!

"Let’s stop talking about this for now! Let’s hurry to the hospital!" Lin Aijia added on the side, "Lin Xia, bring some money with you! I’m afraid I don’t have enough on me!"

Now that her relationship with her several children had somewhat improved, she knew that according to Lin Xia’s nature, she wouldn’t refuse to give money.

In such a moment, Lin Xia couldn’t be bothered with other concerns.

She pretended to go back to get money, when in fact she kept her money in Jade’s room.

She stashed a portion of it in her purse.

The three of them hurried to the hospital.

On the way, Lin Xia and Lin Qiu asked again for details.

Lin Aijia, facing her two nieces who were still young and unmarried, felt embarrassed to speak but had to.

It turned out that today Lin Aiguo had gone home early from work to retrieve his household registration book and happened upon Qian Chunli and Yu Ruiming fooling around together. It was said they were in the midst of doing something shameful.

"...You know your dad’s temper, especially with this kind of cuckoldry, seeing it with his own eyes, he definitely wouldn’t put up with it!

They immediately started shouting and fighting with that young man...

But given his age, and with Qian Chunli shamefully siding with the other, he got chopped several times on the neck and body...

If it weren’t for Old Jin’s daughter-in-law next door hearing the noise and kindly calling the neighbors over, your dad might have been gone...

Now he has been taken to City Hospital and we don’t know his condition..." Lin Aijia’s tears fell again as she spoke, unsure of her older brother’s well-being.

Lin Xia quickly asked, "Where’s that young man now?"

When she first met Daming and her so-called uncle, she felt they were no good.

But since they stayed at Lin Aiguo’s place, she didn’t think much about it.

Who would have thought that something like this could happen now.

Lin Aijia furrowed her brows,"He ran away on the spot! By the time I received the message, your dad had already been taken to our local hospital by a neighbor!"

"Did you report it?" Lin Xia asked calmly.

Even if that kid was a relative of her mother’s side of the family, she absolutely couldn’t let him get away with it.

Moreover, there was also Qian Chunli. If Lin Aiguo was seriously injured or disabled, both of them might be the culprits!

Lin Aijia froze, then slapped her thigh in annoyance,"Aiya, mama mia, in all the rush and panic, I haven’t gotten around to it yet! I was only thinking about ways to save your dad!

I have no clue where that kid ran off to with such haste!"

Lin Xia continued to inquire,"And what about Qian Chunli?"

"She was whimpering and followed to our family’s hospital. Later, when she heard it was serious, she disappeared! That shameless wretch! It was all her doing! Worthless woman!"

Lin Aijia kept cursing, wishing she could use the vilest language, but what good would it do?

Lin Xia’s expression grew even grimmer. She made a decisive call,"Xiaoqiu! You go to the nearby police station and report this! Find us later at City Hospital!"

Now wasn’t the time to fuss about too much; they had to report this first so that the person wouldn’t escape.

"Okay!" Xiaoqiu, fighting off her panic, forced herself to remain calm. She hurriedly agreed and trotted off toward the nearest police station.

By the time Lin Xia and the others arrived, Lin Aiguo had already been rushed into the operating room for emergency treatment.

Standing in the corridor were two or three male neighbors from nearby; Lin Xia thanked each of them. The timing wasn’t right for her to buy them something or take them out to eat.

Everyone understood, and after exchanging a few pleasantries, they left.

Only Lin Aijia and Lin Xia remained, sitting side by side on a wooden bench, waiting.

Lin Aijia was frantic with worry. The one undergoing emergency treatment inside was her dear brother.

But right now, even if she wanted to do something, she couldn’t. She could only wait.

Lin Xia seemed outwardly less anxious, but inside, she was in turmoil.

Indeed, she still harbored hatred for Lin Aiguo, but if he died like this, she would truly feel terrible.

Perhaps she wasn’t ruthless enough after all.

She wondered where Qian Chunli could have run off to.

Was she hiding somewhere, or had she gone back to her parent’s home, or to Lin Yu’s?

Lin Yu’s belly was so large it looked like a big pot strapped in front, and anyone who saw it said she was carrying a boy.

As a result, her mother-in-law was treating her quite well. Although Chen Gang was playful and often away from home, he had been somewhat nicer to her recently.

Hence, Lin Yu felt somewhat complacent, having a son seemed to be all that mattered.

With no one home since her in-laws were at work and watching the shop, and Chen Gang out playing with friends, she was alone in the house.

When she heard the intense knocking at the door, she didn’t know why, but it frightened her.

She walked to the yard and called out tentatively,"Who is it?"

"Lin Yu! It’s your mom!"

Hearing her mother Qian Chunli’s frantic voice, she hurried to open the door.

Qian Chunli stood outside, disheveled, with a messy head of hair, a pale face tinged with fear.

"Mom! What happened to you?" Lin Yu asked hurriedly as she let her in.

Qian Chunli looked around with suspicion,"Is it just you at home?"

"Yeah! They haven’t come back yet. What happened to you?" Lin Yu looked at her mother, appearing as if she had fled in turmoil, her trouser leg stained with blood.