Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 460 - 459 I’ll Indulge Her!

Chapter 460: Chapter 459 I’ll Indulge Her!

Wu Zhenghong watched the car disappearing into the distance, feeling particularly distressed.

Lin Qiu was such a great girl! If her brother had not done something wrong, they could have had a bright future.

Unfortunately, he ended up getting involved with Miao Xue.

Now that things have come to this, whether it’s scheming or whatever, it’s not important anymore.

Lin Xia, who had left, was also feeling uncomfortable. Among the people of the Wu Family, she had always had a particularly good impression of Wu Zhenghong and they got along well.

The relationship turning out like this was not what she wanted, but there was no helping it; her dearest sister had been deeply hurt by Wu Zhengyang, and the fact that she had not sought severe revenge was already a courtesy of past affection.

Lin Qiu turned her head to Lin Xia and said, "Sister! Actually, Sister Hong is quite nice!"

But because of Wu Zhengyang, she could no longer face his family with a calm heart.

Lin Xia wrapped an arm around her shoulder and sighed lightly, "Yes! She is indeed quite nice! But I don’t want to have any more contact with their family!"

Afterward, both of them were silent, lost in their own thoughts, while Song Zhiyi, who was driving ahead, had a twinkle in his eyes and a slight smirk on his lips.

They arrived at the hotel and met up with Qin Zeming and the others. Soon, the group of people left the area in two cars.

When Wu Zhengyang learned that Lin Qiu and the others had packed up and left, he fell silent for a long while before finally choking out, "It’s better that they left."

Now, with Miao Xue’s pregnancy forcing a marriage and causing a commotion at home, Lin Qiu could definitely hear it from next door. Leaving this place for somewhere new, perhaps if she didn’t see or hear about him, she might slowly stop feeling sad and heartbroken.

However, he wondered whether Lin Qiu’s departure was only temporary or if she would never return.

The thought that he might never see her again made his heart ache as if someone was gouging at it with a knife, and the memories of their past happy times together kept flashing in his mind.

Her smiling face was as beautiful as a flower, her shyness was adorable; the girl he liked, the girl he wanted to spend his life with, was ultimately hurt deeply by his own doing!

Wu Zhengyang was furious at himself for being so foolish and stupid, and he reached out to give himself two hard slaps across the face.

He questioned himself again, how had he turned a perfectly good life into such chaos.

Wu Zhenghong looked at her brother, who was crouched down in agony, feeling a mix of frustration and sympathy, not knowing whether to scold him, hit him, or pity him!

Since he was the only son at home, he had always been pampered and spoiled!

They did all the hard work, and any good food that came their way was always just for them to watch!

Although spoiled, her brother was never arrogant, selfish or boastful; he was a very honest and decent child.

She had never thought there was anything wrong with her brother, but the foolish thing he had now done was something that made her both angry and hateful!

She wiped away her tears and said, "Xiaozhong! You need to think this through! Marriage is not a child’s play! If that woman enters our household, will we ever have a peaceful day again?"

She coldly watched from the sidelines; setting aside how Miao Xue looked, just based on her character, she was not that great.

Back then, when Xiaozhong was just starting to date Lin Qiu, she could bring the daughter of Lin Xia’s stepmother to her shop to have her hair done, just as an excuse to pry into their affairs.

Later, she even involved a relative from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to come here and cause trouble, and now she had disrupted Lin Qiu’s plans and was using her pregnancy to force a marriage; could a truly good girl do such things, one after another?

Wu Zhengyang slowly stood up, his eyes red but his face ashen, "She insists on marrying me through calculation and manipulation, right? Then I will grant her wish! Let’s see if she’ll regret it in the future!"

Wu Zhenghong’s heart stirred, she quickly grasped his arm with an urgent, lowered voice, "Old boy! You mustn’t be so stubborn! Wouldn’t that ruin your entire life?"

She had always known her younger brother wasn’t foolish—how could he possibly marry Miao Xue just to spite their grandmother and be so headstrong in the process?

So, the lad was holding a grudge!

Wu Zhengyang laughed self-deprecatingly, "Then, what do you suggest I do now, Second Sister? Should I just let her continue to make a scene? I can forget about my job, but can we even consider moving the entire family away?"

Miao Xue had a hefty network of relatives, many of whom held some degree of power.

He wasn’t alone; he had a family to think of.

Could he really allow his family to suffer threats and harm because of him?

Wu Zhenghong cried and slapped his arm, "How could you just..."

...

Lin Xia and her siblings had rushed all the way, not mentioning the hardships, and finally arrived at Qin Zeming’s house in another province.

As Qin Zeming’s car neared the entrance, his spouse, Li Yulan, already stood excitedly at the doorway with a cane, eagerly waiting to welcome them, accompanied by a middle-aged woman who seemingly had been there for quite a while.

The moment Li Yulan received the call that the three children would visit and stay for a few days, the old lady was overjoyed.

She instructed the housekeeper to prepare a variety of food, not knowing the tastes or preferences of the children she had never met; hence she had many kinds of food prepared.

Li Yulan, in a plain shirt and gray trousers, was not very tall. Her hair was neatly coiled into a bun at the back of her head; her forehead and the corners of her eyes had many wrinkles, and her eyes were filled with excited tears.

When Lin Xia and her siblings got out of the car and saw Li Yulan, they felt as if they were looking at their mother in her old age, overwhelmed with excitement and affection.

The three of them unreservedly called out "Grandma."

"Ah!" Li Yulan replied with tears, her fingers trembling as she touched their cheeks and arms, "Good children! Good children! You’ve all suffered so much!"

If only they had found them a few years earlier, maybe their unfortunate young daughter would still be alive, these children wouldn’t have had to fend for themselves under a stepmother, or have to set up their own household.

Now, all she could do was lament that fate had played a cruel joke.

Lin Xia, with tears in her laughter, said, "Grandma! We are not suffering!"

Lin Qiu and Lin Dong echoed in unison, "That’s right! We are living quite well now!"

"Good children! How could you not have suffered! You’re just trying to put our minds at ease!" Li Yulan looked at Lin Xia, her eyes once again brimming with tears, "Look! Just like Zi Bing when she was young!"

Neither of her daughters had been long-lived. Now seeing Lin Xia, so graceful and reminiscent of her eldest daughter in her youth, brought the old lady both joy and a surge of heartbreaking sorrow.

Lin Xia, looking at her grandmother who resembled her mother so much, felt a pang of pain in her heart. If her own mother had lived, she might have looked just like this in old age.

"Yes! Mom! They are so alike! No wonder Zhiyi guessed she was the younger sister’s daughter when he met her on the train!" said the middle-aged woman. She had an oval face and large eyes; wrinkles marked her corners but her skin was well-kept and she radiated an air of scholarly poise.

Lin Xia and her siblings all turned to her, unsure how to address her.

Li Yulan quickly introduced, "This is your eldest aunt, Zuo Shimao!"

Lin Xia and the others immediately greeted her in chorus.