The matter of adoption was always instigated by the other two families, who never let up on their schemes. But even so, for Li Chunhua, how could she allow Shi Heng, who had never benefited from the other two families, to meddle with them? Impossible!
When her husband left, she struggled to raise her children, and she never saw those two families come to support her?
Aunt Lin of the Lin family knew her sister-in-law Li Chunhua’s temperament. Initially reluctant to come over, her face immediately brightened when she saw Lin Shi Heng come out from the house. It was good that it wasn’t Li Chunhua; her nephew was definitely pious towards his grandparents.
It seemed that this time, she could manage some benefits for her own children and husband. Lin Shi Heng was indeed as gentle and amiable as she remembered. Upon hearing Aunt Lin mention that the two elderly grandparents missed him terribly but were unable to visit, he promptly offered to go see them.
Aunt Lin felt pleased as she led her nephew home, watching him enter the room of the two elders, eagerly waiting for him to come out and hand over money to take care of the elderly.
However, she waited for quite some time.
She kept waiting until the two men who had been out returned. Aunt Lin rushed to greet them: “Brother, Guowei, don’t forget to discuss the family difficulties with Shi Heng later.”
“You two are his biological uncles; Shi Heng would definitely not ignore you!”
The two brothers both wore identical greedy expressions, “Don’t worry.”
In the room, all four faces wore smiles, full of warmth and harmony.
After a while, the handsome young man finally walked out from the grandparents’ room. His expression was melancholy, and before the two could say anything, he headed straight for Uncle Lin, embracing him and patting his back, “Uncle! Honestly, I don’t know how to thank you for taking care of the grandparents so well!”
“Don’t worry, nephew isn’t the kind to forget his kin when he gets rich; whatever opportunities arise, I’ll definitely bring along you and Binbin.”
Binbin was Aunt Lin’s eldest son.
After Lin Shi Heng finished speaking, his eyes red and full of emotion, he released the confused Uncle Lin, “I’ll be heading back now, really, thank you and Aunt Lin. I never knew you both had sacrificed so much to take care of the grandparents…”
After saying this, he turned and greeted Uncle Lin, who was standing at the door, “Uncle, I’m off now.”
Even until Lin Shi Heng left, he never mentioned why he only thanked Uncle Lin and not Uncle Lin Er.
But it didn’t need saying; everyone’s gaze was on Aunt Lin, who had been the one to bring Lin Shi Heng from the Lin family and had spent time alone with him on the way.
Aunt Lin proclaimed, “…What are you looking at me for? It’s not like I was the one who told him.”
Haha!
Aunt Lin Er rolled her eyes directly at her sister-in-law, saying sarcastically, “Right, it wasn’t you; besides you, who else could it be?”
Uncle Lin Er’s face was also dark and unpleasant, but he didn’t want to bicker with his sister-in-law; he could only turn around gloomy-faced and walk out, with Aunt Lin Er hurriedly following behind.
Aunt Lin, feeling both angry and anxious, could only turn to her husband, “Guowei, it really wasn’t me!”
However, Uncle Lin simply waved dismissively, “What are you pretending for? It’s alright; you did the right thing. It’s naturally better to split benefits one way than two.” He urged, “Let’s hurry inside and see if Shi Heng left anything good behind.”
Once they entered the house, Aunt Lin Er peeked out her head, her face dark as she looked at the closed door, stomping her feet in anger before turning to find her husband.
When Li Chunhua happily returned from chatting with a neighbor and had a good sleep, the next day she heard that the two brothers from the old Lin family had fallen out for unknown reasons and nearly got into a fight.
“I heard they even started to eat separately!”
“When they meet, neither of them greets the other; it’s as if they didn’t see each other at all.”
“Tsk tsk, still calling themselves brothers. But Chunhua, you’ll have it easy now; those two sisters-in-law from the Lin family are at odds now, so they won’t have the time to poke around your family. From what I see, this situation looks like it’ll last a lifetime.”
How refreshing!!!
Li Chunhua felt utterly revitalized!
Those two from the old Lin family, who only knew how to extort money from their late father’s nephew, finally turned against each other!
This news was enough to keep her smiling all night, and even when she sent off her son and daughter-in-law, she couldn’t help but share her joy with her son.
After sharing, she couldn’t resist adding in a gloating tone, “What do you think they fell out over?”
Lin Shi Heng, with his bag on his back, smiled innocently, “I don’t know either.”
“I guess so; how could you know about their family affairs? Alright, hurry and get on the train. Make sure to take good care of Xue Zhu.”
After bidding farewell to his mother, Lin Shi Heng carefully helped his wife board the train, followed closely by the excited He Xiaobao.
He Xiaobao was full of hopes and aspirations for the future.
Every meal would be filled with meat, enjoying delicious food without having to work, with a salary every month that wouldn’t tire him out at all…
It was all so beautiful, hehe.
He had just finished daydreaming when he saw his brother-in-law safely settling his sister and looked towards him with raised eyebrows, a slight smile at the corner of his lips showing off a pretty smile.
Though his spirits were still high, his body instinctively shivered.
Weird, why does it feel like his brother-in-law’s smile is a bit sinister?
It must be a misunderstanding!