Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 383 - 382: We Can’t Let Them Get Away

Chapter 383: Chapter 382: We Can’t Let Them Get Away

Lin Xia thought that now such an incident had happened, if Yu Ruiming was successfully caught, those people from his family might come over anytime.

If he escaped, he might run back to his old home in the south.

As for the relatives from her mother’s side, in her eyes, they were no different from strangers.

After such a disgusting incident, she even less wanted to associate or deal with them in the future.

She just couldn’t understand it—her mother was such a good person, how could her maternal relatives be like this! It was beyond comprehension!

Yu Hongli arrived very quickly. Right after he got the call, he took leave from his work and took the long-distance bus over.

Lin Xia and Lin Qiu were both very grateful to him.

"Brother Hongli, thanks for taking the trouble!"

"Yeah! Thank you for the trouble! You even had to take leave from your work!"

Yu Hongli replied with a simple smile, "Lin Xia! Why are you being so polite to me! He’s my dear uncle! Besides, my workplace isn’t that busy! With me here, you two just relax!"

He was startled when he first got the news.

By the time he hurried over and knew there was no danger, his heart finally settled.

Lin Aijia chimed in, "Exactly! Why be so polite with him! Lin Chun is away, Lin Dong is still at school, and you two ladies can’t take care of everything! If he, as a brother, doesn’t step up now, when will he!"

Lin Xia and Lin Qiu exchanged looks—they both felt Yu Hongli was a good man.

At this time, Lin Aiguo slowly came to his senses. Seeing Lin Xia and the others gathered near the hospital bed, he felt a mix of emotions.

In times of trouble, it was still his own children he could count on.

"Dad! How are you feeling?" Lin Qiu asked cautiously as she drew closer.

Lin Xia stood still in her spot, her gaze complex as she looked at the just-awakened Lin Aiguo on the hospital bed.

"It hurts!" Lin Aiguo gritted his teeth and groaned.

He really wanted to curse someone out, curse that bastard who did this!

He truly had misjudged someone!

He was angry and frustrated—not only did he play the fool, but he was also chopped by some brat!

But looking at the number of people in the hospital room, he wanted to save face, and the curse he had ready at the tip of his tongue was swallowed back.

Lin Aijia bent over to look at Lin Aiguo with tears almost spilling, "Big brother! It might be the painkiller wearing off. Just bear with it..."

Lin Aiguo looked at the people around him and asked with wide eyes, "Where’s that kid and that whore? They can’t be let get away!"

The mere thought made him feel humiliated to death! To have lived such a long life only to be cuckolded!

Leaning in close, Lin Aijia whispered, "Big brother! Don’t worry, we’ve reported it to the police, they won’t get away!"

Lin Aiguo’s heart settled down a bit, "Right! They absolutely must not be let off easily!" he muttered softly, "I’m going to divorce her! Process the paperwork! Too disgusting..."

As he recalled what he had gone through, rage crackled in his heart.

He no longer saw Qian Chunli as his wife, and yet they were still not divorced.

That shameless Qian Chunli was even messing around with Yu Wanhua’s nephew from her maternal family; his heart was filled with all sorts of feelings...

Seeing Lin Aiguo’s face turn ashen, Lin Aijia knew he must be thinking about those matters. She comforted him, "Big brother! Don’t think about anything now! Just focus on healing! The government will handle those people for us..."

"Hmm..." Lin Aiguo looked at Lin Xia, Lin Qiu, and Yu Hongli. He felt disgraced and as if he had completely lost face in front of the younger generation.

After staying with Lin Aiguo for a while longer, Lin Aijia checked the time and said to Lin Xia, "I think your dad is not in any serious danger, and with Hongli taking care of him, I’ll take the bus back now and come back tomorrow.

Your uncle and the others still don’t know anything about it! Seeing two people missing at home will definitely make them worry!"

Now that something like this had happened, Lin Aijia was also worried about leaving Lin Fang and Yu Changbai at home alone.

"Okay! Aunt, take care on your way back!" Lin Xia and Lin Qiu saw her off together.

Lin Aijia instructed anxiously, "Brother Hongli, take good care of your eldest uncle!"

"Mom! Don’t worry!"

Yu Hongli followed Lin Xia and her sisters as they escorted Lin Aijia out of the ward.

Afterward, Lin Xia arranged for Yu Hongli to take care of things in the ward while she and Lin Qiu split up to fetch items and buy some supplies needed for the hospital.

There were things to take care of at the greenhouse, and Lin Xia still had to close the cosmetics shop when the time came.

When Lin Xia went to close up, she specifically looked to see if Lin Yu’s figure was in the store across the way.

But she only saw Qian Jie and Chen’s mother; Lin Yu was nowhere to be seen.

Lin Xia wondered if Lin Yu even knew what had happened.

By the time Lin Xia returned to the ward, Lin Qiu had already brought back many items from home: basins, towels, slippers, small pots, cups, and the like.

Yu Hongli helped to put everything away in the cabinets.

Lin Aiguo’s eyes were open, his thoughts inscrutable. Seeing Lin Xia enter, he asked, "Did you lock up the shop?"

"Yes!" Lin Xia replied.

They father and daughter originally had little to say to each other, especially at a time like this.

The smell of food filled the ward as other patients had brought back their meals.

Seeing that it was time for dinner, Lin Xia asked, "Brother Hongli, what would you like to eat?"

Yu Hongli scratched his head, "I’m good with anything!"

"Okay!" Lin Xia then turned to Lin Aiguo, "What about you? What do you want to eat?"

Lin Aiguo’s eyes reddened as he closed and then reopened them, "I’m fine with anything too!"

He was overcome with emotion! And filled with regrets!

He had been nothing but unkind to these children over the years.

Now that he was in trouble, wasn’t it his own flesh and blood he had to rely on?

He faintly felt that his current predicament might well be retribution.

When he married Yu Wanhua, he had scorned her for not bleeding on their wedding night, suspecting she was not a virgin, and tormented her relentlessly.

He even sided with his mother to bully her, and wasn’t his mistreatment of Lin Chun and the other children also driven by the frustration and discontent he harbored?

But what had he gained in the end?

After Yu Wanhua’s death, the children all held grudges against him, and he couldn’t get close to them.

The woman he found later, Qian Chunli, was a wretch who ended up together with Yu Wanhua’s nephew. Just thinking about it made him feel nauseated!

"Yeah!" Lin Xia turned to leave the ward to buy food, but she felt strange inside.

Indeed, she had always hated Lin Aiguo; even during the New Year celebrations when her elder brother came home and they were together, she looked down on Lin Aiguo.

But now, seeing him lying there on the hospital bed, her heart was really troubled, and her nose tingled with sourness.

Perhaps she wasn’t heartless enough after all! She couldn’t genuinely disown her relatives!

That evening, Yu Hongli stayed at the hospital to take care of things while Lin Xia and Lin Qiu went home.

Sitting on the long wooden bench by the front gate was Wu Zhengyang, who quickly stood up and approached them with large strides as soon as he saw the sisters, asking, "How is it? Your dad is okay now, right?"

He had returned from work to see Lin Qiu’s home locked and had heard her father was hospitalized, but he didn’t know which hospital, so he sat at the gate waiting for them.

"It’s okay now!" Lin Qiu enjoyed the concern she read in Wu Zhengyang’s expression.

It seemed Wu Zhengyang really did care about what happened in her family.