Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 96 - 95 Unacceptable

Chapter 96: Chapter 95 Unacceptable

Upon hearing it was baozi, Auntie Zhao finally felt more at ease. If it had been something else, she would have made Lin Xia take it back.

"You kids! Alright, I’ll accept it this time! But next time, you’re not allowed to, okay?"

"Okay!" Lin Xia hurriedly asked, "Auntie Zhao! They’re still hot, where do you think is a good place to put them?"

"Just hand them to me!" Auntie Zhao took them and casually opened the wrapped cloth, instantly smelling the fragrance. Just then, her little grandson Xuewen, who was playing on the kang bed, immediately reached out for them.

"Want... want..."

Both Auntie Zhao and Lin Xia laughed, finding the child really adorable.

After Lin Xia and Auntie Zhao chatted for a bit, Lin Xia got up to leave. Auntie Zhao saw that it was nearly noon and wanted to invite her to stay for lunch, but Lin Xia declined.

Auntie Zhao, carrying Xuewen, came out to see Lin Xia off, and gave her a few more words of advice, "Xiaolin, if you ever run into any trouble, come over to my house!" She was too embarrassed to repeat what Xu Haihua had said to Lin Xia, thinking that it was better not to know since she wouldn’t be staying here anymore, to avoid getting upset.

"Ah, Auntie Zhao, I definitely won’t be a stranger!" Lin Xia crisply responded.

Auntie Zhao watched Lin Xia mount her bicycle before she turned back and entered the main gate, still holding her little grandson.

Lin Xia had only ridden a short distance when she saw Xu Haihua also riding a bicycle not too far ahead, coming in the opposite direction.

When Xu Haihua saw Lin Xia, she began scowling and shouting from a distance, "Lin Xia! Didn’t you move away? What are you doing on Paradise Street? Did you go to Brother Mingyuan’s house?"

Lin Xia really didn’t want to deal with her. This was a madwoman, and she couldn’t make sense with a madwoman.

Moreover, if it turned out that Lin Qiang and his delinquent friends were the ones who burglarized the Xu’s, Lin Xia inevitably felt a bit of guilt;

If they hadn’t moved into the Xu’s house, perhaps she and her mother wouldn’t have suffered these troubles.

Seeing that Lin Xia remained silent and didn’t stop her bicycle, continuing straight forward and about to pass by her;

Xu Haihua angrily twisted her handlebar and charged straight towards Lin Xia’s bicycle...

"Xu Haihua! Are you sick?!" Lin Xia stopped and cursed angrily.

If she hadn’t reacted quickly, she would have been knocked down by Xu Haihua, and probably would have been badly injured.

"You’re the one who’s sick! Why aren’t you saying anything when I talk to you? Did you go to Brother Mingyuan’s house or not?" Xu Haihua was also seething with anger.

She had been extremely irritated upon seeing Lin Xia, and when she spoke to her, Lin Xia had treated her as if she were invisible, not even acknowledging her.

"What’s it to you if I remain silent? Who do you think you are? Why should I respond just because you speak? Besides, I’ll visit whoever I want, and it’s none of your business!" Lin Xia truly felt that Xu Haihua was mentally unstable.

Had she known she would encounter Xu Haihua, she would have definitely left Auntie Zhao’s house earlier.

"I don’t have a say in it!" Xu Haihua sneered, "But let me tell you, Lin Xia! Don’t think I don’t know. Someone burglarized my house; it was definitely you guys who did it!"

Lin Xia’s eyes widened in astonishment, "What are you saying? We did it? Xu Haihua, you really ought to get your brain checked out!"

She had been feeling somewhat guilty about the burglary at the Xu’s, fearing that Lin Qiang and the others were responsible, but now she saw there was absolutely no need for that.

Lin Xia lost the will to argue with her any further. What could possibly come of arguing with someone whose mind was missing a string?

"Who did you say has a sick mind?"

"I’m talking about you!"

Xu Haihua was furious, and as she watched Lin Xia ride away, she advanced a couple of steps and yelled at her receding back, "Lin Xia! Let me tell you not to be too smug! Brother Mingyuan could never like you!"

Lin Xia, without turning her head, said wordlessly, "He likes you, happy now!"

From now on, she must keep a reasonable distance from Jiang Mingyuan, lest his admirers harm her by mistake.

Xu Haihua didn’t expect Lin Xia to leave with those words. She felt ashamed, annoyed, and angry, and stamped her foot forcefully, "What are you talking about... How could you..."

When Lin Xia got home, she didn’t mention the incident to Lin Chun—they were just discussing it. In her eyes, Xu Haihua was just a lunatic.

After having dinner, Lin Xia pondered about selling something when it got colder and told Lin Chun she wanted to make a trip to the provincial city to stock up on goods.

Neither of them agreed.

"Xiaoxia, it’s only been a couple of days! You want to go again? Your cold just got better not long ago. Do you even care about your health?" Lin Chun truly did not want his older sister to endure that hardship again.

"That’s right, sis! When have you ever had a moment of rest lately? Better to just take it easy!" Even a strong person couldn’t handle back-to-back nights of hard seating on a train.

Lin Xia thought about how unbearable it was to spend a night on a train, and she hadn’t even managed to get a seat last time. If that man hadn’t kindly given up his seat for her, she would have suffered even more.

Lin Xia was not one to sit still; asking her to just stay home and behave was truly impossible for her.

But now, the hazelnuts in the mountains were past their harvesting season, and though there were pine cones deep in the forest, she couldn’t climb the tall pine trees to pick them by herself.

If she took Lin Chun with her, they couldn’t take advantage of the convenience of Jade’s room.

Moreover, Lin Xia knew that gathering pine cones was dangerous; she had heard that every year people died from falling off trees while picking them.

She couldn’t possibly ask her older brother to do such a dangerous task.

Therefore, Lin Xia decided to go back to work at her unit the next day.

If there was nothing to sell in the winter, she had to honestly work and earn a salary. But thinking of Lin Aiguo, she didn’t know how long he would let them be.

No sooner had Lin Xia started her job than she was summoned to the office by the workshop director for a serious criticism.

Lin Xia knew she had indeed gone too far; a good worker with a normal job didn’t take leave as frequently as she did without working, and sometimes even without asking for leave!

So she humbly admitted her fault and assured the director that she would definitely perform better in the future.

On the other side, at the Lin Family, when Qian Chunli got off work and came home, she chanced upon Aunt Jin gossiping with the neighbors, mentioning something about Lin Aiguo perhaps letting his stepson take over the business, and Lin Chun wanting to apply for a job in another city...

She hurried into the house, sat on the edge of the Kang bed, and smiled ambiguously. Aunt Jin had always had a good relationship with the kids; her words might bear some truth.

If Lin Chun really did go away, and Lin Dong went to school, wouldn’t Lin Qiang’s succession be set in stone?

The more Qian Chunli thought about it, the bigger her smile grew. She had even considered stirring up more trouble between Lin Aiguo and the rest of them, but if this were true, she wouldn’t need to lift a finger.

At that moment, Lin Qiang returned home. As he entered the Eastern House, he saw his mother sitting there, grinning foolishly.

"Mom! What’s so funny?"

Qian Chunli looked at her sturdy son and beamed even more, but since the truth of the matter wasn’t confirmed yet, she couldn’t tell him.

"Nothing! Son, what do you want to eat tonight? I’ll make it for you!"

Seeing his mom in a good mood, Lin Qiang immediately followed suit, smiling obsequiously, "Mom! I’ll eat whatever you make, just give me some money to spend, huh!"

He hadn’t had a single penny in his pocket these last few days.

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