Chapter 789 - 099 Auntie in Trouble_1
Lin Yuan’s sudden appearance startled Lady Yang, causing her to shiver. She stared blankly at her granddaughter, fuming as she approached, then grasped Lin Jiaxin’s arm and scoffed, "Father, don’t listen to her hypocritical words. She’s only approaching you because she knows you’re naive and soft-hearted. Don’t forget how she used to treat Mother and the rest of us."
Lin Jiaxin’s mouth opened and closed, incredulous as he looked at his daughter. He knew his own girl better than anyone; Lin Yuan couldn’t be cold-hearted. She had even kindly taken in street beggars, so it was impossible for her to mistreat an old lady who was one foot in the grave.
"Da Ya, what’s gotten into you? Your father was only..."
"Father, you’re just too kind," Lin Yuan interrupted before Lin Jiaxin could finish, using ’kind’ to push back his words. She then turned to Lady Yang, who was still in shock, and said, "Don’t you care about your two sons? Don’t you still want to bask in their glory and enjoy a comfortable old age? Then why don’t you go find them instead of coming back to our father?"
Lady Yang twisted her lips, repeatedly saying how she had wronged them as she reached into her sleeve, ready to take out the ten taels of silver to return to her son.
But before her hand could touch the silver, she heard Lin Yuan cry out urgently, "What are you trying to do? Don’t think that just because we come to talk to you, you can do whatever you want! Stop pretending to be innocent and fool anyone. I saw everything just now; do you have a rock hidden in your hand? Are you planning to hit my father with it?"
"I, I didn’t, I didn’t!" Lady Yang became more flustered as she listened and struggled to produce the item.
Just then, a figure suddenly emerged from the corner, and Li Feng’e’s sharp, spiteful voice followed, "Humph! Think you’re so great, don’t you? Is it just because you’ve got some lousy silver? Is it necessary to insult people like this?"
Neither Lady Yang nor Lin Jiaxin expected another person to be in the corner, and both widened their eyes at her, their hearts pounding with unease, wondering how long she had been eavesdropping and whether she had seen something she shouldn’t have.
Li Feng’e glared at Lady Yang again, impatiently howling, "You old hag, they don’t recognize you as their mother anymore, and yet you have the cheek to go fawning after them! Shameless! Now get back to your room, you’re only embarrassing us!"