Chapter 45 Chapter 45 The original owner's ex-husband

The next day after breakfast.

"Anran, Xiao Li has friends here with us." Mother Lin sighed.

Lin Anran brought out the excuse they had already discussed: "Yes, Li Ming and Zhang Yan came back with me, and Li Ming happened to be meeting an old friend."

Mother Lin turned to look at Zhang Yan and asked kindly, "Xiao Zhang, do you have friends here too?"

Zhang Yan lied calmly: "Yes, I will go see them when I have time."

Although Zhang Yan does not need to go out to investigate gambling for the time being, it is better to give her some precautions in case she might go out in the future just in case.

"Anran, let's go to the old house to see your grandma at noon. You have finally come home, so go see your grandma." Dad Lin suddenly said.

Lin Anran said calmly, "Okay."

Dad Lin is the eldest son in the family. He has a younger brother, who is Lin Anran's uncle. Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin are more partial to Uncle Lin. Grandpa Lin passed away early, but before he died, he divided the family property and gave most of the things in the house to Uncle Lin, even the old house. Dad Lin got less. Grandma Lin is now living with Uncle Lin in her old age. Dad and Mom Lin send some things to her from time to time.

The moment he saw Grandma Lin, some memorable scenes naturally emerged in Lin Anran's mind - Grandma Lin took out a piece of fruit hard candy from her pocket, smashed it into many small pieces, and then gave most of it to her cousin, and the remaining half to her two cousins. The original owner held the tiny Lin Anli and Lin Anhua on each side, watching and waiting eagerly, but in the end she got nothing. The original owner's eyes turned red with grievance, but she didn't cry. However, the twins were still young and didn't know how to be patient. They cried loudly and said they wanted to eat candy too. Finally, Grandma Lin let the twins lick the candy wrapper. The original owner got a word from Grandma Lin, "You are the elder sister, why are you greedy for your younger brother and sister's candy?"

There are many small things like this, so the original owner has never been close to Grandma Lin. It can be said that the original owner has always been the neglected granddaughter of Grandma Lin.

"Anran is here. Sit next to grandma and have some candy." Grandma Lin suddenly took out a melted fruit candy from her pocket and stuffed it into Lin Anran's hand.

Looking down at the sticky fruit candy in her hand, Lin Anran turned to look at Grandma Lin. She smiled slightly, put the fruit candy, which could no longer be seen in its original shape, on the table, reached out and tore open the bag of White Rabbit candy she brought with her, grabbed a handful from it, and stuffed it into Grandma Lin's hand: "You have bad teeth, so eat the candy. Hold it in your mouth and wait for it to slowly melt."

Compared to stiffly calling Lin Ma "Mom" and Lin Ba "Dad", Lin Anran really couldn't call the word "Grandma" to Lin Grandma, because she had a grandma who truly loved her, and she only had one grandma.

Grandma Lin looked at the White Rabbit candy that Lin Anran had ripped open, her eyes filled with heartache. She said, "Anran, why did you rip the bag open without telling me? I was thinking of waiting for Guangming to come back after the holiday, and then I would let him take it to school and eat it slowly."

Lin Anran said nonchalantly, "It's okay. After we finish these candies, I'll ask my uncle and aunt to go to town and buy more for Guangming. If all else fails, I'll still have you."

Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin have only one son, Lin Guangming, who is now attending junior high school in town. Lin Guangming is definitely Grandma Lin's baby. Among all her grandchildren, Grandma Lin cares about Lin Guangming the most. For example, the fruit hard candy that Lin Anran was just given was probably hidden in the rice jar by Grandma Lin for a long time. Lin Guangming is picky and he will never eat candy that has melted into a paste.

Grandma Lin shook her head: "How can we have so much money at home?"

Lin Anran smiled but said nothing. She didn't know whether Uncle Lin's family had that much money, but they could definitely provide Lin Guangming with good food and drink. If Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin couldn't satisfy Lin Guangming, Grandma Lin would take out her own private subsidies. Part of Grandma Lin's money was pension money given by Lin's father and mother. Lin's father and mother would give Grandma Lin the pension money she should give. As for who Grandma Lin spent the money on in the end, they knew, but they didn't care and couldn't control it. Anyway, the pension money agreed upon every month was only that much, and Lin's father and mother would not give more or less.

Grandma Lin stood up nimbly, leaned against the table, reached out and picked up the things Lin Anran and the others had brought, including the bag of White Rabbit milk candy that Lin Anran had just opened, packed them up, and took them all away. She walked towards her room without looking back, probably taking them back to her room to put away.

Lin Anran's family was not surprised and did not express any opinions at all. These things were not suitable to be brought to the door empty-handed, so they just took them over casually. Grandma Lin and her family could use them however they wanted.

"Anran, your grandma is just too worried about Guangming. Guangming doesn't eat well at school and says he's hungry all the time. That child says that to your grandma every day. Your grandma has raised him like the apple of her eye since he was a child. How can she not be heartbroken?" Aunt Lin explained to Lin Anran, and also looked at Lin Anran's expression.

"I ate a lot of candy in Shenzhen. I haven't dared to eat it recently for fear of damaging my teeth. Aunt, please put that candy away and give it to Guangming when he comes back. I remember he likes candy the most." Lin Anran raised the corners of her mouth and nodded with her chin at the fruit hard candy that Grandma Lin gave to her sincerely or she really forgot to take it away.

Aunt Lin looked at the lonely piece of melted candy on the table and was about to speak when Lin Anran seemed to finally remember: "I forgot, Guangming doesn't like to eat this kind of melted candy. Aunt, please keep it for now and decide which child to give it to later."

Aunt Lin looked at Lin Anran with suspicion: "...Anran, not only are you getting more and more beautiful, but you're also becoming more and more eloquent."

"In addition to working to earn money, I finally learned something during my trip to Shenzhen." Lin Anran smiled, as if he didn't understand what Aunt Lin was saying at all.

Aunt Lin looked at Lin Anran inquiringly and suddenly asked, "Anran, did you really borrow 120,000 yuan from a bank in Shenzhen to buy a house? Did you spend all the tens of thousands of yuan you made from stock trading on that house? Houses in Shenzhen are too expensive. You can't even buy a house with tens of thousands of yuan, and you have to take out a 120,000 yuan loan."

Lin Anran sighed, "I was just impulsive at the time. Shenzhen is such a great city, who wouldn't want to live there? Buying a house gives you a household registration. I have a house in Shenzhen, so I'll be a Shenzhen resident in the future. After taking out the loan, I realized how much pressure it would put on paying the mortgage. Working two jobs wasn't enough, I wanted to work three or four." Her eyes lit up, and she looked at Aunt Lin, "Aunt, if you and Uncle have money on hand, and I can't pay the mortgage in the future, can I borrow some money from you to help me out?"

Aunt Lin was immediately in a state of panic: "Your uncle and I have no money. The little money we earn in a year goes to send Guangming and the other two to school. We can't borrow money."

"Hey, look at me, how could I have forgotten that you, my uncle and aunt, have always been very poor. Mom asked you to borrow money for Dad's surgery, and you only lent me fifty yuan." Lin Anran seemed to have finally figured it out. "I thought it was wrong."

In fact, the fifty yuan was paid by Grandma Lin, and Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin did not contribute a penny.

Mother Lin looked at Aunt Lin with a forced smile: "An Ran, you are wrong, it's your aunt and uncle who have a bad memory."

Aunt Lin: “…”

Uncle Lin, who had been listening intently to Lin Anran's words, could no longer sit still and quickly spoke, "Niece, your uncle's family doesn't have much money. Your parents make money through business, so why are you worried? I was thinking of asking if I could borrow a thousand yuan for an emergency. You dare owe the bank a hundred thousand? You should have a few thousand yuan on hand, right?"

"Anran, your uncle is short of money. If you have money, lend him some." Grandma Lin finally hid her things and closed the door when she walked out of the room. When she heard what Uncle Lin said, she immediately agreed.

Lin Anran said calmly, "With your subsidy, uncle still needs money?"

Grandma Lin looked at Lin Anran disapprovingly. "How can that be the same? Your uncle wants to start a business, so why not borrow some capital from you? We're all family, and when your uncle becomes successful, he'll definitely pay you back."

Lin Anran cursed inwardly, then put on a fake smile: "I don't have more than 500 yuan in my pocket, so where would I get 1,000 yuan to lend to my uncle? It's almost the same if my uncle lends me 1,000 yuan."

Before Grandma Lin could speak again, Father Lin said, "Mom, don't get involved in this. Are you borrowing money from An Ran to help her pay off her mortgage?"

Grandma Lin retorted flatly: "How is that possible!"

Father Lin said bluntly, "That's all. Mom, you usually eat and drink well, and we will take care of you in your old age. Don't interfere in Anran's affairs. My wife and I can't control Anran. We can't help Anran pay the mortgage, so don't say anything. If anyone wants to talk, help Anran pay the mortgage first."

Grandma Lin was choked badly.

"That's what we do," Mother Lin said without saying anything to Grandma Lin. Instead, she looked at Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin with a half-smile. "Before, you said you wanted to join us, but we didn't agree. We told you to set up stalls with the goods. But after just two days, you found it difficult and didn't want to do it anymore. Now that you're borrowing a thousand yuan, what big business are you planning to start?"

Father Lin was filial but not foolishly filial. Otherwise, how could Lin Anran's brick house be so large and spacious? If all the money was given to Grandma Lin, she would just spend it on Uncle Lin's family. Grandma Lin was the eldest elder in the Lin family, but she didn't really have much say. Father and Mother Lin gave filial gifts every month, but they definitely didn't give more. Although Grandma Lin was partial to Uncle Lin and wanted to give him benefits, she wouldn't do such a rogue thing as to desperately take her eldest son's money to subsidize her younger son.

Grandma Lin is not a very good person. She looked at her eldest son, Lin's father, and then at her eldest daughter-in-law, Lin's mother, and sighed with a lonely expression.

But Lin's father and mother had no intention of coaxing the old lady. Once they coaxed her, they would just wait for her to take advantage of them. Filial piety has a bottom line, and everyone needs to get along well. Lin Anran didn't care at all. It took her such a long time to develop some affection for the Lin family. As for Grandma Lin, whom she had just met, she was just a strange old lady.

Lin Anran looked at Lin's father and mother with curiosity. Very good, these two parents are also "left and right protectors". Haha, it feels great to be protected by others wholeheartedly!

"I'm also curious, what big business are my uncle and aunt planning to do?"

Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin felt uncomfortable being stared at by Lin Anran's family. When they were asked to explain what business they planned to do, they couldn't explain it clearly and were vague, as if there was glue in their mouths. Lin Anran's family was full of questions.

The more Lin Anran listened, the more he felt something was wrong: "Uncle and aunt, why do you insist on a thousand yuan as capital? Who asked you to start a business? You don't even know what this business is about, and you just keep saying that investing a thousand yuan will double your money."

Uncle Lin was so anxious that he kept saying, "They said that if you invest a thousand yuan, you can make ten thousand yuan including principal and interest in less than a month. If we weren't family and I had to borrow money from you, I wouldn't be willing to tell you about this good opportunity."

Mother Lin scoffed: "Oh, gold bricks are falling from the sky? See? The gold bricks are about to crush you to death."

Mother Lin never liked to get something for nothing. She liked to make money steadily and she didn't believe a word Uncle Lin said.

Lin's father said helplessly: "You just said that investing 1,000 yuan can earn you so much money, but you didn't tell me how to earn it. Who would believe you? You borrowed 1,000 yuan, not 1 yuan."

Lin Anran was very suspicious: "I asked you who helped you make money, but you always refused to tell me and kept hesitating. Could it be that I can't hear who this person is?"

Aunt Lin glanced at Lin Anran and gritted her teeth and said, "If we don't talk about the details, it would be embarrassing. The person who led everyone to make money is Wu Shun!"

"Wu Shun?!" Lin's mother and father shouted in surprise, and looked at Lin Anran nervously.

Lin Anran did take a while to react before she remembered that the original owner's ex-husband was called Wu Shun.

Aunt Lin quickly explained, "Although Wu Shun and An Ran are divorced, if he can help everyone make money, what does the past matter?"

"Bullshit!" Mother Lin stood up angrily, swearing profanities. She glared at Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin fiercely, grabbed Lin Anran's hand, turned around and walked out of the old house, "Anran, let's go. What are we doing here? We're getting in the way of other people making a fortune. They'll resent us and say we can't help them get rich and that we made them miss out on the chance to make a fortune! Go away, and don't ever step through this door again!"

Lin Anran was happy that she didn't have to be tested in various ways in the old house, and she didn't have to deal with people she didn't like. She thought that her "owing the bank 120,000" personality would make people stay away, but in the end, someone still asked her to borrow money!

"Brother, one thousand..." Uncle Lin was so scared when he saw Father Lin also stand up with an angry face that he quickly grabbed Father Lin's hand.

Father Lin shook him off, looking at his brother with anger and disappointment. "My wife is right. Our family can't make you rich. I can't control you if you want to, but if you try to get rich by relying on Wu Shun, we should have less contact in the future. Mom, you heard it all, so don't try to persuade me. I will still show my filial piety to you, just like before, but An Ran won't come to visit anymore."

Grandma Lin was so anxious that she wanted to grab her eldest son's hand, but Dad Lin dodged quickly and didn't give Grandma Lin any chance. Grandma Lin could only watch pitifully as her two sons went their separate ways. Grandma Lin turned around and asked her youngest son to chase her eldest son back, but Uncle Lin was unwilling.

"Mom, just wait. When I make a fortune with Wu Shun, I'll buy you a gold ring, a gold bracelet, a gold chain. All made of gold! Who needs his little pension money? He still has the nerve to call himself the eldest brother. The eldest brother makes money on his own but doesn't take care of his younger brother. Is he really the eldest brother? He doesn't take me to make money, so I find someone else. Am I wrong? I'm not wrong!"

Aunt Lin was also filled with resentment. "That An Ran is really something. After going to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, her temper has become increasingly worse. She divorced Wu Shun several years ago. Wu Shun has a wife and children, so it's impossible for him to be with her. Wu Shun was wrong, but he shouldn't be an enemy. I was trying to persuade An Ran to invest money and make tens of thousands of dollars. By then, wouldn't her mortgage be paid off quickly? What can be more valuable than money? My kindness is truly unrewarded."

Lin Anran didn't hear what Aunt Lin said. Even if she did, she wouldn't take it to heart. There are thousands of ways to make money in the world. Why should she force herself to follow a scumbag to make money?

"Mom and Dad, don't be angry. There's nothing to be angry about. My uncle and aunt didn't choose Wu Shun, they chose money. It's not strange that they chose money. It's reasonable and logical." Lin Anran was not angry at all. There was really nothing to be angry about.

It is said that people die for money and birds die for food. Money is of course more popular than her, Lin Anran. Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin's choice to make money is in line with their usual interests.

Lin's mother and father were still very angry, but seeing Lin Anran's calm face, their anger was slowly calmed down.

"Anran, aren't you angry?" Mother Lin patted Lin Anran, afraid that she would keep the matter in her heart again.

Lin Anran wondered, "Why should I be angry? Because of Wu Shun?"

Lin's mother and father: "..."

Seeing the entanglement and hesitation on Lin's mother and father's faces, Lin Anran paused and asked herself to think about it. The original owner really liked her ex-husband Wu Shun. Wu Shun was good-looking, with a bad spirit and a flamboyant and domineering personality. He was especially popular with girls in school. The relationship between the original owner and Wu Shun was like a bad boy pursuing a good girl. The good girl couldn't resist the offensive and finally fell in love with the bad boy and would not marry anyone else. Before marriage, Wu Shun was particularly accommodating and liked the original owner. After marriage, everything was reversed, and Wu Shun showed his true face. The original owner might have been blinded by love, or she might have been pua, and she was completely devoted to Wu Shun.

The original owner served the Wu family at home. After marriage, Wu Shun was not at home. When he came back, he said he was working hard outside, but he didn't bring home a penny. Then Wu Shun fell in love with the third party while working hard. The third party came to the house with a pregnant belly to humiliate the original owner and force her to divorce. Wu Shun chose the third party without hesitation between the original owner who was tortured into a shrew and the pregnant third party.

Lin Anran felt like she was watching a TV series with the original owner as the protagonist when she read these memories. She would never put herself in the original owner's shoes, because although she inherited most of the original owner's memories, she did not inherit the original owner's emotions. Not to mention Wu Shun, her affection for the Lin family was still weak.

She did not force an explanation to Lin's father and mother. No matter how much she explained, the two parents might think she was covering up.

Lin Anran decided to speak in a normal tone: "Is Wu Shun's business getting bigger and bigger?"

Lin's mother and father looked at each other. Lin's mother pushed Lin's father, and Lin's father frowned, but he still stood up to explain: "He's bigger than a few months ago. I heard that he has more people under him now."

Lin Anran asked, "Are they still those scoundrels?"

Father Lin: "That's right, Wu Shun knows those people. He relies on gathering those hooligans to act as his thugs. At first, he collected protection fees, then he went out to buy goods and sold them here. Now, he's even involved in fundraising and investment."

That's right, Wu Shun had been collecting protection money from the beginning, and the original owner and her family were unaware of it. They all thought Wu Shun was working in the county, but it turned out he was doing that kind of work. It was only after the divorce that the original owner's family discovered it. Some people said the original owner was stupid, saying that she didn't want a divorce at all, and wouldn't it be better to ask Wu Shun for money? At least she would have some money on her. But even if she knew, the original owner refused to take Wu Shun's money. She felt that Wu Shun's money was dirty and she wouldn't want to spend it even if she was broke.

Lin Anran suspected that Wu Shun might have made his first fortune not only by collecting protection fees, but also by secretly doing other profitable businesses. Unfortunately, the original owner had no memories of this, and Wu Shun was not mentioned in the original book.

Mother Lin: "It's obvious he's a scam! How can Wu Shun help people make money? Our small place is not the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. How can you make money by speculating in the stock market? Making 10,000 yuan a month with less than 1,000 yuan? What a lie!"

Lin's father and mother share many of the same ideas: "That is, we are not in Shenzhen, we can't just pick up money."

"You can't just pick up money casually in Shenzhen," Lin Anran said, feeling both amused and annoyed. She thought of what her father had just said about Wu Shun having more employees, and asked, "Will Wu Shun's increased staff affect our family business?"

Mother Lin shook her head: "It doesn't matter. Your eldest cousin made a contribution a while ago and was transferred from the town to the county public security bureau."

"Hey." Lin Anran remembered that her mother had mentioned it on the phone before, but she didn't pay attention at that time.

"Even if your eldest cousin doesn't do anything to protect our business, with such a relative around, those hooligans in the county who are collecting protection fees will have to think twice before taking action against us," said Lin's father.

Lin Anran was glad she hadn't considered setting up a stall to make money in Shenzhen. She didn't have the strength to fight against others, nor did she have any connections. Setting up a stall to make money? No, it was getting ripped off. This era was so vibrant and savagely developed.

"Mom and Dad, have you heard about Wu Shun leading people to make money before? Did Wu Shun approach my uncle and aunt, or did my uncle and aunt hear the news and offer it to them on their own initiative?"

The nature of the two is completely different.

Lin's mother and father also thought of it. Lin's father sighed. After all, he was his biological brother. Even if there had been unpleasantness, he was still worried as the eldest brother. "Our family hasn't had any contact with the Wu family in a few years. Wu Shun is stingy. Is it possible that he would come to cheat your uncle and aunt? Probably not. Your uncle and aunt are not stupid. They probably heard the news from somewhere and knew there was money to be made, so they jumped on it."

"I don't know, but if my uncle and aunt want to invest money, they have to be mentally prepared to lose it all. They can't just think about making money." Lin Anran shook his head.

Mother Lin snorted, "I think they've calculated everything clearly in their minds. They must have a thousand yuan in their pockets, and they want An Ran to pay for it. They want An Ran to be the scapegoat. If she makes money, it's theirs, and if she loses, they won't pay her back."

Lin Anran: "..." Oh my god, that's how it is! He tricked her!

Father Lin was awakened by Mother Lin's words and said angrily, "Don't worry about them. Let them pay for it themselves. They can pay a thousand yuan as a lesson."

It is not known when Aunt Lin and Uncle Lin learned their lesson. Li Ming went out for a walk and came back when it was dark. He was busy all day outside. With his strong professional ability, he got the real thing.

Li Ming came back first to report his current results, and planned to conduct an investigation at night. It would be better to say that night is the best time to conduct an investigation.

Lin Anran suddenly heard a familiar name from Li Ming's mouth and looked up in surprise: "Wu Shun? Which Wu Shun?"

Li Ming: "It's Wu Shun from Wu Village next door. He has more than 30 people under him. The underground casino near Lin Village is owned by Wu Shun..."

Lin Anran's mind buzzed. She had previously suspected that Wu Shun had other ways to make money, and it turned out to be opening a casino?

Lin Anran rubbed his hands excitedly. Isn't this even more of a reason to cause trouble?

This isn't just killing two birds with one stone, it's killing three birds with one stone!