Chapter 1344 - 189, The Cause (Part 2)_2
"Oh, Madam Chen, are you not aware? No matter what, our Lin family is Young Master Chen’s life-saving benefactor. If it hadn’t been for our family taking him in, he would definitely still be mingling with the little street beggars, living a miserable life with no clothes to cover his body and not enough food to fill his stomach! Oh right, not only were they starving and freezing, but they were also subjected to beatings and chases by street ruffians every day, and even stray dogs looking for food could easily drive them away!"
What Lin Yuan said was not an exaggeration; this indeed had been Xiao Linzi’s state when she first saw him. Otherwise, she would not have developed such a lack of affection for Lady Jiang and Chen Leyao upon meeting them.
Lady Jiang was clearly hearing about such matters for the first time; she had originally thought that when Chen Ruochu sneakily left, he had taken silver with him, but she hadn’t expected the boy to have suffered so much out in the world.
A feeling of discomfort suddenly arose in her heart, but her reason quickly overcame that tenderness. What did it matter if he suffered? He should not have been born in the first place. If that maid who cleaned the courtyards had valued and respected herself, she would not have had such a wretched life.
Compared to Lady Jiang’s lack of compassion, Chen Leyao standing nearby was much more soft-hearted. After all, they were bound by blood; even if they did not come from the same mother, they still shared the blood of Chen Haigang.
"My little brother, he really..." Unable to help herself, Chen Leyao murmured, her nose starting to feel sour.
Lin Yuan gave her a deep look, but did not respond. Instead, she continued, holding her sisters’ hands, "Now you all understand, don’t you? We not only took in Young Master Chen, but also sent him to school, and my three younger sisters are also studying at that same school. Speaking of which, they are classmates. Is it wrong for classmates to greet each other when they meet? Or should Young Master Chen still pretend not to recognize us when we meet again? Heh, I actually don’t think Young Master Chen is the type of person who would be ungrateful and disloyal!"
The women all nodded in agreement, and their misunderstanding about Lin Wei and Chen Ruochu was also dispelled.