Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 578 - 577 I Miss You So Much

Chapter 578: Chapter 577 I Miss You So Much

Xu Haimin’s personality had drastically changed since he had broken his leg; seeing his sister agree with their mother immediately, he refrained from saying anything else.

Because his sister mentioned Lin Xia upon returning, he couldn’t help but think of Ji Man.

He didn’t know whether Ji Man had told Lin Xia and Jiang Mingyuan about that incident.

He guessed that, as a girl with a thin skin, Ji Man probably wouldn’t mention it to them.

He knew that the people who had beaten him up might well have been hired by Ji Man’s family.

They wanted to take revenge on him, making him suffer.

But, he hadn’t given up.

He had even made up his mind to look for Ji Man once he had recovered,

He had already kissed her, touched her, so she could only be his woman...

After they had finished lunch at Zhao Da Nai’s, Jiang Mingyuan had even driven them back home in the city.

A bungalow is like that; if you don’t light a fire and have people living in it for a day and a night, it gets extremely cold.

The group divided up the work clearly and efficiently, carrying firewood, lighting the stove, and heating the kang (a traditional Chinese heated bed).

As the temperature in the house rose, Lin Xia changed into a fresh set of clothes and flopped down on the bed with the pillow still on top, falling asleep immediately.

Soon, she began to snore softly, a clear indication of how exhausted she was.

Seeing her fall asleep so quickly, Lin Qiu carefully covered her with a blanket and then quietly opened the door to leave.

Lin Chun and Lin Dong didn’t return to their bedrooms to sleep; they were sitting together on the couch in the living room, watching TV.

But, to avoid disturbing Lin Xia, they had the volume turned down very low.

Lin Chun’s mind wasn’t on the TV program being broadcast; he saw Lin Qiu come out and asked softly, "Is your sister asleep?"

"Yeah, she’s asleep! She was so tired, she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow!" Lin Qiu took a seat beside Lin Dong.

Lin Chun turned his head to his younger brother and sister and asked in a purposely soft voice, "Xiaoqiu, Dongzi, what’s wrong with your eldest sister? I’ve noticed since yesterday that something seems off about her!"

"I don’t know! All I can see is that she seems to be carrying a heavy burden on her mind!" said Lin Qiu, who had shared a bed with Lin Xia the previous night. "She kept tossing and turning all night long, and I knew it even in my daze!"

"I remember after dinner yesterday, you two went out for a long time. What did you do?"

Lin Chun couldn’t understand what could suddenly cause Lin Xia’s mood to change.

Lin Qiu tried to recall, "We didn’t really do anything! We just stood at the doorway after dinner to get some fresh air. Then Dongzi said he was still hungry!"

Lin Dong chimed in, "Right! I said that the food at Dad’s wasn’t delicious, and I wasn’t full! Later, we went to the store to buy some bread! When we came back, I finished the bread at the entrance before we entered the house! Nothing special happened!"

Lin Qiu and Lin Dong were just as puzzled by Lin Xia’s sudden change.

Just moments before, she was cheerful and laughing, but after that, Lin Xia’s face remained sullen, especially after she woke up from a nap; she seemed like a completely different person.

"Now that is really strange!" No matter how much Lin Chun thought about it, he could not figure out the reason for such a drastic change in Lin Xia.

Lin Qiu pondered and analyzed, "I think my sister must have had a bad dream! Because while she was sleeping, her brows were tightly furrowed, and she seemed to cry out in distress a couple of times!

I wanted to wake her up initially, but then I thought she might feel even worse if she hadn’t slept enough.

Our grandmother and aunt wouldn’t let me do it, so I didn’t!"

"It’s possible she had an unpleasant dream! I once had a nightmare and felt terrible when I woke up!" Lin Chun could only agree with this explanation.

Because he too had had a very scary dream a few years ago, and it took him a few days to recover.

That dream, even after so much time had passed, he still remembered many details.

Fortunately, that was just a nightmare.

None of the siblings had experienced the tragedies like those in the dream.

Lin Dong asked curiously, "Big brother! What kind of nightmare did you have?"

Lin Qiu also looked at Lin Chun with curiosity.

"It’s been several years; I’ve mostly forgotten about it," Lin Chun didn’t want to bring up the past during the festive season. He stood up and said, "You two watch the house. I’m going to go back to my room to sleep!"

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Xia took a train to see Lu Zheng.

Lin Chun and the other two had sent Lin Xia to the train, advising her with one reminder after another, until the train was ready to depart and they finally got off.

This time, Lin Xia brought quite a lot for Lu Zheng, both large and small packs.

Among them, besides the black wool sweater she bought for Lu Zheng, the rest was homemade food.

There were sausages, beef sauce, pickled vegetables, and also pig’s trotters and liver.

The train traveled with the sound of "clang and clatter," as Lin Xia admired the fleeting snowy mountain scenery outside the window.

Thinking that she would see Lu Zheng, whom she missed day and night, by midnight, her spirits lifted, dispelling the gloom that had been there before, and she became radiant.

She admitted to herself that seeing Liu Tian had inevitably stirred something in her.

But now she had adjusted her feelings, no longer entangled in the suffocating memories of pain.

The things of her past life would never happen in this one.

She and Lu Zheng were now husband and wife, their relationship was very good and they were happy, so there was no need to dwell on her previous life.

When the train reached Lu Zheng’s location, it was already past one in the morning.

Aside from a small bag she carried on her back, Lin Xia also had two large packages with her.

A kind middle-aged man in the adjacent seat helped Lin Xia carry them to the junction of the carriages.

At this moment, Lin Xia was both excited and nervous; it had been over a month since they had parted after getting married, and she didn’t know whether Lu Zheng had gained or lost weight.

Lu Zheng had come to the station early from his workplace, worried that Lin Xia would struggle with all her luggage when getting off the train, so he stood on the platform waiting for the train’s arrival.

The northern winter was exceptionally cold late at night, with temperatures around minus thirty-eight or thirty-nine degrees.

And the platform, being open, was even more frigid with the howling wind, cutting to the bone.

Lu Zheng stood tall and sturdy like a pine tree, facing the endless tracks, waiting.

His hat and scarf had already frosted over with a layer of white.

But he didn’t feel cold or lonely in the slightest.

The thought of seeing his beloved wife soon made his blood boil with excitement.

"Wifey!"

Lu Zheng, with sharp eyes, spotted Lin Xia descending from the train.

He strode over to Lin Xia and gave her an enthusiastic hug.

"Ah! Don’t be in a hurry to hug me! There’s still one more bag on the train!"

Lin Xia quickly reminded him. Although she also wanted to express her intense emotion with a fervent hug, the train would only stop for a few minutes, so it was more important to get her things first.

Lu Zheng chuckled affectionately, patting Lin Xia’s head, then strode onto the train to retrieve the other large package.

Then, with one hand carrying two bags and the other arm around Lin Xia, he walked towards the station exit.

Lu Zheng couldn’t stop gazing at Lin Xia, marveling at how his wife hadn’t gotten fatter over the New Year.

In fact, she seemed a bit thinner than when he had left.

Her overall condition wasn’t apparent just yet, but her cheeks seemed a little gaunt.

Those watery eyes of hers shimmered with intoxicating light.

"Wifey! How was the journey? Are you tired?"

"Not tired! You’re holding so much with one hand; isn’t it heavy?"

Lin Xia said, trying to break free from Lu Zheng so he could properly carry the bags, but Lu Zheng hugged her tightly.