Chapter 583 Just Taking Mine (1)_1
Old man Chen was also somewhat annoyed by his son changing his name on his own, but since the name was given by Master Magistrate, he couldn’t say much. Hearing Lan Hua speak so bluntly now, his heart felt even more unpleasant. His old face blushed crimson red, and he was at a loss for words for quite some time.
"Shi Mei, why don’t you say something?" Wang Qiaoxin thought Chen Shimei’s silence was entirely because he had a soft spot for this little village girl and immediately felt jealous. Her complexion turned unsightly.
Chen Shimei dared not look at her, nor at Lin Yuan, because his guilt was overwhelming. However, at this point, there was no choice but to keep compounding his mistakes.
"Yuan, Lin Yuan, I know your family’s circumstances are not good. If you are short of silver, you can tell me, I don’t mind. But you didn’t take to heart what I said about my parents, and I am very disappointed. Don’t you remember the promise you made to me back then? You said you would treat my parents as your own, care for them daily, and never neglect them. Have you forgotten all these words?"
Lin Yuan scoffed, this fellow, not mentioning a word about the silver he was supposed to give her and incessantly shifting the topic to matters only known between the two of them. How shameless he was, even now, still fantasizing about rekindling that sliver of goodwill in her heart, to soften her up and help him cover up the past?
She couldn’t help but sigh inwardly for the poor, deceased silly girl, Lin Yuan. This was the man she once set her heart on—irresponsible, ungrateful, fickle, in summary, whatever was the most disgusting, he did it.
Lin Yuan smiled and looked over Old Chen and his wife’s attire, then at Chen Shimei’s clothing and retorted instead of answering, "Young Master Chen, may I ask, could you have taken out two taels of silver for me three months ago?"