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Chapter 236 - Chapter 236 Chapter 236 A World of Difference in Life

Chapter 236: Chapter 236: A World of Difference in Life Chapter 236: Chapter 236: A World of Difference in Life Li Wanru was utterly perplexed by what she said.

She and Lin Qi succinctly narrated her own life.

She spoke lightly, but her life and Lin Qi’s were worlds apart.

Since Li Wanru could remember, she had always been the daughter of the Li Family. She didn’t receive much education; firstly, her family couldn’t afford it. Her father was a gambler, her mother made handicrafts at home to earn money, so she dropped out of school early to work in a restaurant in the county town to help support her family.

When Lin Qi was still at an age for studying, she had already gotten married. At the young, naive age, she had already become a mother. Her in-laws desperately wanted a son, and her husband sent their daughter away behind her back. She hadn’t even recovered from childbirth when she was rushed into having the next child. During her fourth pregnancy, because she was carrying twins, she had a difficult labor and struggled between life and death on the bed.

Finally, when she barely managed to give birth, she handed the children to her mother-in-law and husband waiting outside the door. Seeing they were girls, her mother-in-law turned around and left in anger.

Having given birth to four daughters, she couldn’t hold her head up in her in-laws’ home, her health was severely depleted. Her husband was still planning for a fifth child, complaining that there were too many daughters at home, and her mother-in-law even suggested sending their third daughter to become another family’s child bride to lessen their burdens.

But Li Wanru refused to have more children.

After all, during her fourth pregnancy, she had nearly lost her life, and besides, she now ran a clothing store making three to four thousand yuan a month.

They say the more miserable one’s fate, the more unfortunate one is.

She felt she was never destined to have a son and didn’t want to suffer anymore.

Lin Qi was more and more horrified as she listened.

If Lin Cheng had sent her here back then, then she would have lived this life.

Lin Qi knew she shouldn’t say this, but she couldn’t help saying, “Your husband treats you badly, why don’t you divorce him?”

Li Wanru blankly said, “If I divorce him, who would I live with?”

Lin Qi was suddenly at a loss for words.

Li Wanru said, “I’m not like you. You’re lucky, marrying a big boss and having two sons. Your in-laws must treat you well, right!”

Lin Qi was even more speechless.

Li Wanru asked, “Tell me, are you and I really sisters? Then where are my real parents?”

Lin Qi said, “They…”

She frowned, and after a long time, she finally admitted truthfully, “Mom has passed away, dad has remarried.”

“So it is…”

Lin Qi said, “You wanted to see Lili, right? You can come with me to Beijing. I’ll let you reunite with your daughter.”

Although she didn’t feel much for Li Wanru, as they weren’t raised together, seeing her face so similar to her own, she still wanted to help as much as she could.

Li Wanru excitedly nodded.

Thus, Lin Qi and Li Wanru agreed that Lin Qi would come to pick her up tomorrow morning.

…

“No way!”

As soon as Lin Qi and Huo Tingdong left, Li Wanru talked to her husband about it.

Her mother-in-law flatly refused: “You’re going nowhere! If you leave, who will run your shop? You wanted to start this shop, you better keep running your business properly.”

Li Wanru’s face turned ashen.

However, Jin Lilai said, “Mom, let her go! Didn’t you hear Wanru? That’s her real sister! It’s a family reunion.”

Her mother-in-law muttered, “When the Jin Family took a bride, I never heard she had any real sister!”

Jin Lilai argued, “Just look at how similar the two look! And her sister is fortunate, married to a wealthy boss. If the sisters get along well, they might take our whole family to the city. In the future, I could also get into business!”

Mother-in-law snorted coldly: “So what if she has money? She still can’t bear a son!”

At Mother-in-law’s age, the deeply ingrained old notion of desiring a son pervaded her very bones.

Li Wanru said, “Mom, don’t you want me to try for another child? If you allow me to go to the city this time and meet Second Miss, I’ll give you another child when I come back!”

She spoke with such certainty, and Mother-in-law finally relented: “Since you’ve put it that way, if you really want to see her, then go!”

Li Wanru was overjoyed.

The next morning.

Huo Tingdong’s car arrived punctually at the front door.

As Lin Qi opened the car door, she saw Li Wanru dressed in new clothes waiting at the door, but to her surprise, Jin Lilai was also there.

He seemed to have packed a backpack, planning to go with Li Wanru.

Lin Qi looked at Li Wanru.

Li Wanru quickly explained, “He insisted on going with me, saying he wanted to see Second Miss as well.”

Jin Lilai nodded at her side.

Lin Qi was reluctant to bring Jin Lilai to meet Lili. After all, a man like him, she thought, did not care at all about how Lili was doing. Lili had been sent away by him, his own flesh and blood, disposed of so easily without any emotional attachment.

After all, he had not carried her for nine months; he couldn’t understand the profound pain of parting with one’s own flesh.

He just wanted to tag along to the city!

Jin Lilai walked over independently, “May I sit in the passenger seat?”

Huo Tingdong stepped out of the car, saw Jin Lilai trying to open the passenger side but failing, and said coldly, “Are you also going to Beijing?”

Jin Lilai nodded, “Once in the city, I’m unfamiliar with the place, I’m not comfortable letting my wife go alone.”

Huo Tingdong walked to the back of the car, opened the trunk, and placed both of their luggage inside.

He saw Li Wanru’s canvas bag, old and tattered, and slowly closed the trunk.

Jin Lilai finally managed to sit in the passenger seat and fastened his seatbelt.

Lin Qi and Li Wanru sat in the back seat.

The journey back to Beijing was equally long.

Lin Qi leaned back in the rear seat and dozed off, while Li Wanru, who was leaving the small county town for the first time, curiously sat by the window, watching the scenery flash by.

Jin Lilai was chatting intermittently with Huo Tingdong.

Jin Lilai said, “According to seniority, you’re my brother-in-law, so you should call me ‘brother-in-law.'”

Huo Tingdong’s expression was very cold, clearly unwilling to engage in more conversation with him, but Jin Lilai, oblivious to social cues, indirectly asked, “Are houses in the city expensive? How much per square meter?”

Li Wanru said, “The housing prices in the city are definitely much more expensive than our place.”

Jin Lilai said, “I’ve been to Beijing once before, with a boss from the county, that ‘President Wang’. He said he has a big villa in Beijing! President Wang also invited me to have fun in Beijing, dining in a big restaurant where just one table of dishes costs $10,000 to $20,000!”

He paused, then asked Huo Tingdong, “Brother-in-law, someone as wealthy as you must live in a villa too, right?”

Huo Tingdong glanced at him.

A gleam flickered in Jin Lilai’s eyes.

Huo Tingdong said indifferently, “I do own several villas in my name, but I don’t live there often.”