Chapter 084 Chapter 84 Unreasonable

Whether in the army or on the battlefield, Zhang Yuandong has always been very decisive, but when in front of Lin Yue, he is always hesitant.

He met Lin Yue's burning gaze and began to get nervous for no reason. He wanted to back out, but thinking that he would soon be back in the army, it was still unknown when he would be able to come back, so he mustered up his courage and said in one go: "I, I want to build a house for you!"

The expectation on Lin Yue's face froze for a moment. She felt that she must have heard it wrongly, and repeated it again in confusion: "What did you say?"

Having said that, Zhang Yuandong was not so nervous anymore. He said, "I noticed that the house in your house has not been built yet, so I thought of building it for you."

Lin Yue was holding a child in one hand, with another lying on his back. The three of them looked over at the same time. Zhang Yuandong felt a little scared, wondering if he had said something wrong. He frowned at the two children and scolded them, "Wanli, Lingling, you two, come down and stop bothering your mother!"

The two kids were not afraid of their dad at all. They just kept laughing and refused to come down.

Lin Yue suddenly smiled and said softly, "Come to the kang and get closer to me."

Zhang Yuandong didn't understand what was going on, but he still sat down obediently. Before he could sit down, Lin Yue kicked him off the kang and sneered, "Building a house, right? Okay, go build a house for me, and don't come out until you finish it!"

The two little guys thought their parents were playing games, so they cheered and leaned over the edge of the kang to look down. They saw their father sitting on the ground with a bewildered look on his face.

Lin Yue suppressed his anger and asked calmly, "How many days can you stay at home?"

Zhang Yuandong quickly got up from the ground. He didn't know why Lin Yue suddenly got angry, so he replied cautiously, "I should be able to stay for two days at most. I will leave the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Lin Yue nodded: "Well, then, what else do you have to do these days?"

"No, I have completed my mission here, and there is nothing much to hand over at the Public Security Bureau. I can stay at home with you for the rest of my time."

"No one will come to you?"

"No, the people from the Investigation Department and the Public Security Bureau have all gone back. I don't think anyone will come to see me."

Lin Yue smiled with satisfaction and said bluntly: "Okay, you can go out now."

Zhang Yuandong was a little confused, but looking at Lin Yue's attitude, he knew it was not a good time to ask, so he turned around and walked out hesitantly.

As soon as he walked out of the door, his eyes blurred and he was unceremoniously transferred to another space by Lin Yue.

Lin Yue was so angry that she had no place to vent her anger when she heard the sound of someone knocking on the door. She knew the person was up to no good, so she left the child in the inner room and went out to meet him.

The visitor was indeed unfriendly. Lin Mei stood at the door with a stern look on her face. Her clothes were dirty and messy, and her hair was disheveled. She no longer looked like the "foreign student" she was some time ago.

When she saw Lin Yue coming out, a fierce light flashed in her eyes. She rushed towards Lin Yue and said madly: "It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, how could I have ended up like this!"

Lin Yue quickly dodged. She did not ask Zhou Quanan and Miao Mianmian today, but only asked about the treatment of Zhang Xiaohui and Zhang Xiaoxi, because the crimes of those two were clear. But she forgot about Lin Mei. Seeing her like this, she still didn't understand the situation.

However, Lin Yue was still surprised that she was released so quickly. She asked, "You didn't..."

"Nothing? I wasn't arrested? Why did they arrest me? I was deceived. I am also a victim! You were arrested for three days, but you came back unscathed. But what about me? I also stayed in the police station for three days. After I came out, not only did I lose my partner, but my reputation was also ruined! It's all your fault that I became like this! They want to deal with you and your man, why drag me, an innocent person, into this?"

Lin Yue frowned and said, "Did I force you to have an affair with Zhou Quanan? You didn't have a brain and believed Zhou Quanan's words, becoming his accomplice. Was someone also forcing you with a knife? I haven't even come to find you yet, but you came to me to argue first! Oh, by the way, I'm quite curious, how did you and Zhou Quanan know each other?"

Lin Mei's eyes dodged for a moment, and she shouted, "What does this have to do with you? I tell you, don't mention that name in front of me!"

Lin Yue looked at her expression and knew that she must be hiding something. She asked tentatively, "I heard that you often went to the gate of the Public Security Bureau to wait for Zhang Yuandong for a while. Could it be that you..."

Lin Mei retorted with a red face: "Bah! Do you think your man is so popular that everyone wants him? How shameless! How could I possibly like him?"

Lin Yue let out a long "Oh" and continued, "So you just wanted to use my man's name to get to know the young police officers at the Public Security Bureau, but you didn't expect to be targeted by Zhou Quanan. Am I right?"

Lin Mei's little trick was exposed, and she rushed forward with her teeth bared, cursing: "I told you not to mention that name, I have nothing to do with him!"

Lin Mei made so much noise that the neighbors heard it and stood at the door to look in. Seeing that someone was watching the excitement, Lin Mei wanted to go into the yard, but was stopped by Lin Yue. She didn't dare let Lin Mei into her house. If something unexpected happened, she would have nowhere to complain.

Some people who had seen Lin Mei that day thought that the gang had come to arrest Lin Yue again, so they nervously took rakes from their homes and tried to catch Lin Mei.

Lin Mei had been exhausted these past few days. She finally got out of the police station, but she didn't even dare to go home, fearing that the people in the village were waiting to see her make a fool of herself. She was also trying to find trouble with Lin Yue with all her anger, but she didn't have much strength left, and was pinned to the ground in a few seconds. She struggled and shouted, "Let me go, I'm also a victim, I was wronged!"

The few people who took action also discovered that this woman was not much of a threat, and they all looked towards Lin Yue, inquiring about the situation.

Lin Yue nodded: "She must have just been released from the Public Security Bureau. She is unhappy and came to trouble me."

Aunt Zhang's granddaughter Zhang Guixiang heard everything that happened and couldn't help but sneer, "How dare she come here to ask for justice? She clearly hurt someone, but she wants to put the blame on others. She herself is wronged. How shameless!"

Her mother Wang Xiuqin quickly covered her mouth, slapped her hard twice, and scolded her: "You are a grown-up girl who has no partner yet, how can you care about so many trivial matters! You talk so much, do you still want to find a partner?"

Zhang Guixiang pouted and stopped talking.

But her silence doesn't mean others won't say anything either. More and more people gathered around her, all pointing fingers at Lin Mei. Lin Mei didn't want to pay attention to the discussions. She had already proved herself enough in Donglinjia Village this morning. Now she only had Lin Yue in her eyes, and she felt that her current situation was all Lin Yue's fault.

She wanted to attack Lin Yue, but she was pinned to the ground and couldn’t move. She yelled angrily, “It’s all your fault! No wonder my parents said you were a scumbag. You’re the reason I became like this! Not only are you a scumbag, you’re also an ungrateful person! After you got married, you didn’t even recognize your family and your brother! I was so good to you before. I shared all the delicious food and fun things with you. Even the red cotton jacket you wore at your wedding was given to you by me. But now, I’ve been wronged, and you’re not even willing to explain for me! Do you know that because of this, our family can’t even hold our heads up in the village. They even scold me and call me a slut…”

The last few words were so low that Lin Yue could only see her trembling shoulders.

Lin Yue couldn't help but say, "You have to bear the consequences of your own mistakes. But you are already very lucky. You haven't graduated yet, so you can go back to the provincial capital to study. No one in the school knows about your situation."

Lin Mei's shoulders stiffened. She had been spoiled by her parents since she was a child, and she didn't know how to control her temper. The reason why she didn't return to school after such a long time was because she offended a big shot in the school. The big shot had a strong background, so Lin Mei couldn't stay in the school anymore, so she could only stay at home and refused to go to school.

When her worries were touched upon, she began to struggle to get up, and cursed with a guilty conscience: "Bah, you know nothing! You can only dig for food in the fields, and you are qualified to teach me? You are a jinx, you brought bad luck to your parents before marriage, and bad luck to your in-laws after marriage, and your two little kids were almost killed by you! What qualifications do you have to teach me?"

Lin Yue was so angry that she laughed. She signaled the kind-hearted people to let go of Lin Mei, and then she slapped Lin Mei twice, sneering, "Yes, yes, yes, your family doesn't need to dig in the fields for food. Your father is so powerful. He just needs to talk and people will send money to your family! Also, I didn't kill my parents. My biological parents are still alive and well. You don't know that I was kidnapped by your father, right?"

Lin Mei was a little confused by the beating. It took her a while to realize what this meant. She shouted, "You are so good, Lin Yue. You can actually say such a thing. You really have no conscience at all! Who would be so idle as to kidnap you, a loser? My parents have treated you well. After my uncle and his wife passed away, you have been living in my house. But now you are slandering my parents like this. You are such an ungrateful person!"

Lin Yue sneered, moved closer to Lin Mei, and whispered, "You really don't know what your father did? In addition to me, there is also Wang Lao Er from the east end of the village, the son of the man who sells candied haws in Songjia Village, Zhang Erbao from Xiaokuo Village... You really don't know anything about these things? Have you never thought about it, your parents are not hardworking people, why do they have the money to send you to college?"

Lin Mei wanted to say something, but suddenly she couldn't say a word. Did she really not know that Lin Yue was not a child of the old Lin family? She dared to bully Lin Yue recklessly since she was a child, and turned a blind eye to her abuse. What did she rely on? Her parents were not very meticulous people. Did they really never show their true colors in front of her?

No, she just didn't want to think too deeply. Someone stood in front of her and provided her with a worry-free life, so she was naturally happy to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

And why did she dare to cause trouble for Lin Yue when she got into trouble? It was because she didn't really regard Lin Yue as her sister in her subconscious. Deep down, she looked down on Lin Yue and thought she was a tool for her to vent her anger.

Seeing her dazed look, Lin Yue sneered, unwilling to pay any more attention to her, slammed the door, and turned back to the house.

It was no secret in the nearby villages that Lin Laoer did those immoral things. When the original owner first got married, not many people took the initiative to make friends with her, which was also partly due to this factor. However, it didn't take long for the people in Xiaotian Village to know that she and her second uncle's family were not the same kind of people, but because of the original owner's personality, no one interacted with her for a long time.

The reason why no one exposed Lin Lao Er was that the rural people liked to protect each other, and also because Lin Lao Er did it willingly, and the buyers and sellers were unwilling to meddle in other people's business. Lin Yue also thought about calling the police, but she had no evidence and could not do anything to him.

Lin Mei was locked outside the door, and more people were talking about her. She couldn't stay there any longer, so she lowered her head and left in a hurry.

On the other hand, the several people from the investigation department mentioned by Zhang Yuandong split into two groups. Two of them took a car with several comrades from the Public Security Bureau and rushed to the county town, while the other went in the opposite direction to Donglinjia Village.

After sending the man out, Father Xu returned to his room with a heavy heart. He found a piece of paper and pen, and sat at the table for half the night before he wrote a letter.

To Brother Yuan:

A few years ago, I was gifted a Korean fruit tree, and I have already paid for it with fresh fruit. I live in this deep mountain, and I haven't communicated with anyone for a long time. I wonder if you are doing well.

I still need to think about what the visitor said. It's not that I don't want to give up my daughter, but I still have the intention to keep her alive! However, this is not a good time. I think if I want to make this happen, I need to think about it in the long run.

That year, you, me and Liu Xian returned from our overseas study, full of ambition. Now, more than 20 years have passed. The last time I saw Liu Xian was when he came to my mansion before he went to the front. The light in his eyes still burns in my heart.

It is a strange coincidence that I met a man today. Judging from his appearance, he seems to be an old friend. Moreover, I have a deep relationship with him. If you are lucky enough to meet him in the future, you will be very surprised.

…

I heard that your family had a grandson, so I would like to congratulate you from afar and give you a few small gifts along with this letter as a token of my appreciation.

Brotherly Grace

October 22, 1963