Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 436 - 435 I Care Even Less

Chapter 436: Chapter 435 I Care Even Less

Lin Xia mobilized her acquaintances to look for a house and, along with Lu Pengcheng, spent a significant amount of time wandering around the vicinity of City Hospital. In the end, hard work paid off and they indeed found a decent house within three days.

The house was located in the residential area opposite the City Hospital, being the second set of buildings, and it was a standalone bungalow that did not share walls with other houses.

The house covered an area of about fifty square meters, with sizable front and backyards. The original homeowner had even planted a few plum trees in the backyard.

Lu Pengcheng found the place pretty satisfactory. Thinking his satisfaction alone was not enough, he also invited Luo Xinyan to come and take a look.

However, as soon as Luo Xinyan arrived, before they could even discuss the merits of the house, she and Lin Xia realized they had met before.

"You..."

"Auntie! It turns out..."

Lin Xia was also in an extreme state of confusion; she could never have imagined that Lu Zheng’s father’s first love was someone she had met before.

Among the few factories that subcontracted work for Lin Xia, she had encountered Luo Xinyan a few times in one of them. Since Luo Xinyan was attractive, Lin Xia paid more attention to her. The two of them were not strangers, but they had not really spoken much either.

After listening to how the two knew each other, Lu Pengcheng couldn’t help but feel amazed, saying, "The world really is too small!"

Luo Xinyan had a good impression of Lin Xia. Initially, when Lu Pengcheng went to her house to invite her to see the house, she was quite resistant, not wanting to meet with his son’s girlfriend.

Then she thought that she had to take a look at the house anyway, as they were planning to live there for a long time.

"Yes!" Lin Xia quickly adjusted her expression, "Auntie, please take a look at the house first!"

The situation was quite awkward, and Lin Xia didn’t know what to say, especially with the curious homeowner looking on, so it was better to focus on the matter at hand.

Luckily, Shao Meirou had not been involved in the house hunting from the start, otherwise the situation today would have been even more interesting.

Luo Xinyan nodded, "Okay!" Less idle chatter was good; it was better to do what needed to be done.

After inspecting the house inside and out, Luo Xinyan also thought it was pretty good.

Compared to the house they were currently living in, both the location and size were much improved.

Knowing that Luo Xinyan was quite fond of it, Lin Xia, under Lu Pengcheng’s direction, began to negotiate with the homeowner to buy the house.

Haggling was a must!

In the end, they secured the house at a fairly reasonable price!

Lu Pengcheng handed the house keys directly to Luo Xinyan, "Xinyan, take the keys! I will have to leave right after this is done!" There was actually so much more he wanted to do for the mother and daughter.

But right now, in such a rush, he could only do this much. As for the future, he would slowly make up for it!

No matter when, it was always his debt to them!

Luo Xinyan accepted the keys, but it felt as if a great weight was pressing on her heart.

By accepting Lu Pengcheng’s house and money, she was taking his so-called compensation, and she didn’t know how her daughter would react when she found out.

But she didn’t want to let her pride make her daughter endure hardship again, nor did she want to let her own need for dignity force her daughter to live in their old place and bear the burden of gossip.

It didn’t matter much to her at her age, but it was different for her daughter, who had a long road ahead of her!

Lu Pengcheng could understand the complexity of Luo Xinyan’s feelings, and, not feeling reassured, he gave one more instruction, "If you need any help in the future, you can go find Lin Xia and tell her to call me!"

He knew that even if he left his phone number, given Luo Xinyan’s nature, she would not easily call him. It would be better to have Lin Xia as the intermediary.

Luo Xinyan nodded faintly, "Alright! I got it!"

Lin Xia immediately said with a smile, "Auntie! If you need anything, just come to booth number 13 in the big greenhouse to find me, no need to be polite with me!"

She sympathized with Luo Xinyan – so beautiful and with such a good character, yet her life was led astray by a man.

For a woman so young to have a child, raising it was not at all easy! One didn’t need to guess to know the hardships involved!

If Luo Xinyan ever needed help in the future, Lin Xia would help her, not just for Lu Pengcheng’s sake.

After Lu Pengcheng finished his business, he hurriedly left with Shao Meirou the next day.

Before leaving, Lin Xia gave them quite a few local specialties.

This trip to Spring City had changed Lu Pengcheng and Shao Meirou’s impression of Lin Xia, and the three of them got along very well.

As Lin Xia saw them off to the car, there was a sense of reluctance in their hearts. She thought that maybe after she married Lu Zheng, she should be able to get along well with her future in-laws.

When Luo Yue found out that her mother had accepted not only Lu Pengcheng’s house but also a large sum of money, she was extremely angry.

She was truly about to be infuriated to death by her mother’s lack of principle!

Before, she had thought that after Lu Pengcheng had looked for her that day and had not appeared again, he must have given up or left.

But she never expected that her mother had quietly accepted everything without her knowing!

So, what did all those righteous words she said that day amount to? Were they just a joke?

"Mom! How could you do this? Why take his stuff? I would rather starve and sleep on the streets than live in a house he bought!

Where is he? I’ll go find him right now and return everything to him! I refuse to take his dirty money! Does he think that by doing this he can compensate for all we’ve suffered over the years?

He wishes! He’s so calculative! Giving us a bit of money and then living his good life with a clear conscience as if he owed us nothing..."

Luo Xinyan suppressed the sourness in her heart, and she gently consoled her daughter, "Yueyue! He’s already gone! The reason Mom accepted it was because we can’t continue living here!

Look at the way our neighbors look at us and talk about us when we go in and out! Your mom actually doesn’t care what others say, but you’re still young. You will want to find someone and get married in the future! How could I bear to let you continue to endure this here..."

Luo Yue was agitated and would not listen to any of it. She angrily shook off Luo Xinyan’s arm, "I care even less! Let them say whatever they want! We’ve done nothing wrong!

So what if I never marry for the rest of my life? Aren’t we living just fine by ourselves? Why accept his money! Why accept his house! Mom! You’ve disappointed me so much!

He ruined your entire life! If not for him and his mother, would you have had to go through so much after having me..."

In the end, Luo Yue couldn’t go on. She felt that her mother was being subjected to unfairness and felt unworthy, but she was even less able to understand what her mother was doing now!

"Yueyue! Listen to me! Back then he didn’t know... If he had known, surely there would have been a different outcome... Now that I’ve accepted these, let it be a way for him to make both our lives a bit easier..."

Luo Xinyan’s tears fell like rain. She didn’t want to bring up past pains. Those sealed memories seemed to have been packed away in a box, but since Lu Pengcheng had appeared, that box was opened, and many past memories revived.

"Why should he have it easy! I want him to live the rest of his life in constant guilt!" Luo Yue shouted these angry words as she ran out of the house...