At this moment, Lin Sisi also caught up.
She was so angry that she wanted to tear those three pieces of clothing off Lin Qingyan, but when she saw the neighbors in the courtyard, she immediately realized that her behavior had gone too far.
These neighbors all had connections with the pharmaceutical company, and she couldn't reveal her true intentions to them.
She quickly regained her composure, walked towards Lin Qingyan, and said to her with feigned gentleness, "Qingyan, what are you doing hiding behind your aunt? Mom bought you some delicious food, I've come to call you home to eat it."
Lin Qingyan scoffed, thinking she was a three-year-old child.
Her thin, bony hands gripped Chen Aihong's sleeve tightly.
"Auntie, she said nice things, but she didn't let me eat any of the things they bought. She just wanted to trick me into going up there and then steal my clothes."
"No, that's not it." Lin Sisi quickly explained, "Qingyan, you can't falsely accuse me and Mom. I won't take the clothes from you. Those clothes were originally bought for you. It's just that Mom bought them too big this time, and you can't wear them at all, so I told you to take them off."
Lin Qingyan said, "You always do this. You buy me clothes but don't let me go, and the clothes you buy are too big for me. Only you can wear them. I've known for a long time that you're doing this on purpose, but I've kept quiet about it. But now I can't take it anymore. I'm going to expose your hypocritical faces to everyone."
"No, Qingyan, we are not."
While Lin Sisi tried to justify herself, she was also puzzled by Lin Qingyan's change in attitude.
That timid, submissive girl who never dared to utter a sound has suddenly become defiant and cunning.
To get Lin Qingyan upstairs as quickly as possible, she said, "Qingyan, listen to your sister, these clothes are yours, and your sister won't take them from you. Let's go home, Mom is waiting for you to come back and have something delicious to eat."
Seeing her like this, Lin Qingyan raised her hand and rubbed the sleeve of her new shirt hard against the poplar tree a few times.
Seeing her new clothes ruined, Lin Sisi couldn't help but become fierce again. She rushed over, grabbed Lin Qingyan's sleeve, and said viciously, "You brat, how dare you ruin my clothes? These are my new clothes, Mom bought them for me."
"Your clothes? These are clearly my clothes."
"No, these clothes were originally bought for me by my mother. Saying they were yours was just for show."
Lin Qingyan didn't give Lin Sisi a chance to react or argue. She sneered and then rubbed her other sleeve against the poplar tree.
Lin Sisi quickly tried to grab it, while Lin Qingyan simply leaned against the poplar tree. There were chalk marks left by naughty children on the trunk of the poplar tree, as well as fresh mud that had gotten all over her shirt.
Lin Sisi hadn't recovered from what she'd just heard when she saw Lin Qingyan ruining her clothes again, which made her even more furious.
"You brat, stop it! You've dirtied my new clothes, I'll never forgive you!"
Her eyes reddened instantly, and she raised a hand to hit Lin Qingyan. Lin Qingyan was prepared and quickly raised her bag containing the kitchen knife.
Lin Sisi's palm struck the kitchen knife with a loud bang, then hit her bag. Her palm stung from the impact, and she quickly put it to her mouth and blew on it.
"You brat, what's in your bag?"
Lin Qingyan quickly took a few steps back, retreating to the middle of the group of women.
"Aunties and ladies, you all saw it. Lin Sisi insisted that these were her clothes. I think they did it on purpose. They didn't want to buy me clothes and even said that the clothes were mine. They deliberately bought a size too big so that I could try them on before returning them to Lin Sisi. If I didn't, they would beat me."
The women who had previously remained silent on the matter were now unsettled by Lin Qingyan's resistance.
In fact, Fang Huilan was two-faced not only in the family compound, but also at the factory. It's just that those who were unemployed and had lower positions than the couple didn't dare to speak up.
Now both Chen Aihong's husband and Lin Heping have a chance to become the workshop director. Chen Aihong's husband is hardworking and humble, and has a better reputation in the factory than Lin Heping. With this competitor, Lin Heping's chances of becoming the workshop director are already somewhat slim.
Now, whether it's schools or factories, they are strictly enforcing regulations on personal conduct. If word gets out that they mistreated Lin Qingyan, then Lin Heping will have no hope of becoming the workshop director.
With Chen Aihong leading the way, they were given a boost of courage.
"That's right. I've said it before: Huilan is two-faced. She doesn't want to be good to Qingyan, but she wants to have a good reputation for treating Qingyan well. Now, her true colors have been revealed."
"She was just putting on an act every time, saying she bought new clothes for Qingyan, but she never actually let Qingyan wear them. It was all a lie, so hypocritical."
"I've finally seen through her true colors. She's two-faced, saying one thing to people and another behind their backs."
Before long, more neighbors who had heard the noise came out of the apartment building and came to the courtyard to see what was going on.
When Fang Huilan came out, she saw a noisy scene.
She had wanted to chase after Lin Sisi earlier, but she suddenly got diarrhea, which delayed her from catching up to her.
With so many people in the courtyard, I wonder if her daughter did anything to that girl.
She quickly went over and said, "Qingyan, Sisi, what are you doing here? Come home with me right now."
Chen Aihong finally saw Fang Huilan. She sneered and said, "Huilan, we've figured it all out today. You say one thing and do another. You said you bought the clothes for Qingyan, but they were actually for Sisi. You were just putting on an act in front of us to build up your image as a good stepmother."
Your Sisi just admitted that these clothes were originally bought for her. She said they were for Qingyan, but she was just putting on an act in front of us.
Fang Huilan immediately looked at Lin Sisi, who retorted, "I didn't, I didn't say that." She clearly lacked confidence.
Fang Huilan was furious, but at this moment, she still wanted to salvage her image.
"No, what are you talking about? How could I be two-faced? Those clothes were bought for Qingyan."
“But at home, you insisted that I take it off and give it to Lin Sisi. When I refused, Lin Sisi chased after me and wanted it back. She even tried to hit me,” Lin Qingyan said.
“Yes, yes,” one of the women from the compound chimed in. “We all saw and heard it just now. Your Sisi was chasing after Qingyan for her clothes, insisting that you bought them for her, that you did buy them for her, that they weren’t Qingyan’s at all. Oh, and she just ruined her own clothes, and she even tried to hit her.”
"Hey, I was just at home when I heard Sisi asking for clothes, and that's when I found out what happened. It turns out you bought clothes, ostensibly for Qingyan, but actually you bought them for your own daughter."
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