Chapter 705 - 078 Hotpot, shared expense_1
"Why didn’t you watch over him? He is your own grandson, don’t you want to see him well? You think he has disgraced you, disgraced the Lin family, so you want to kill him, don’t you?"
Facing her eldest son’s increasingly cruel interrogations, Lady Yang’s already withered and sallow face became even paler, her cloudy eyes also beginning to emit a sense of desperation.
Just as Lady Yang was trying to muster a defense for herself, the elderly and authoritative voice of the village chief rose from the crowd.
"Lin Jiazhong, Lady Ma! Lin Yongle is your son, caring for him is your responsibility as parents. Now that your son has had an accident, instead of looking for your own responsibility, you even blame your own mother, truly unfilial!"
Leaning on his cane and assisted by his son, the old village chief stepped out of the crowd, a look of heartache passing over Lin Yongle’s lifeless body on the ground, then settled his gaze on Lady Yang, sighed heavily, and instructed his daughter-in-law to help Lady Yang up.
"You didn’t watch over your son and now you blame others. Your mother had no obligation to watch him for you!"
Ever since Lin Jianling had a stroke, the village chief had been utterly disappointed with Lin Jiazhong, and now, he couldn’t believe that his own son had frozen to death outside, only to have the blame placed on the grandmother. If he as a father couldn’t watch over his child, what good was it to blame the elderly!
The village chief’s cane struck the snowy ground twice in fury and he angrily said, "Lin Jiazhong, I have told you before, your son often climbs outside by himself, you were supposed to keep an eye on him, even confine him if necessary. But you just wouldn’t listen! If you had watched over your son more closely, would today’s incident have happened?"
Lady Ma was speechless, Lin Jiazhong’s face shifted from red to white, his eyes reddening as they swept over his own mother’s face before looking towards his son.
The village chief, too, was sympathetic, understanding the heavy heart of a father who had just lost his son, so he refrained from lecturing further. He was simply puzzled as to where the couple had gone on New Year’s Eve instead of staying at home.
"You keep saying your mother didn’t watch the child, but I ask you, where were you two? Why weren’t you at home watching the child?"