Chapter 161
Why?
He really didn't need to ask this question.
Of course it’s because Lin Xiaohan is a complete lunatic!
So crazy that he doesn't even care about the most basic theoretical principles!
It was indeed his fault.
It was he who turned him into a madman.
Whatever he does, it all depends on his own temperament. He only cares about whether he is happy or not and doesn't care about anything else.
But even so, Lin Bingwei was so angry that he was about to explode.
He looked at Lin Xiaohan and asked angrily, "You are at least a high-ranking official with status and prestige. In order to retaliate against me, you let your son take the woman's surname?"
Lin Xiaohan calmed down and said, "Don't think too highly of yourself. I didn't let my son have the last name Lin because I didn't want him to have anything to do with you and the Lin family. You're really interesting. You used to hate not letting me have the last name Lin and wished you had never given birth to a son like me, but now you're concerned about what my son's last name is."
Lin Bingwei immediately responded: "He is my grandson! He is the heir of my Lin family!"
Lin Xiaohan smiled, then his eyes turned cold and he said, "When your youngest son was alive, why didn't you come to care about this grandson? The incense? I didn't expect that Director Lin is still so feudal. Not only feudal, but also very unclear in mind. You actually think that I will continue the incense for the Lin family. It's ridiculous."
Lin Bingwei was so angry that his whole body was shaking.
He looked at Lin Xiaohan and continued to question him in a strong voice: "Am I a feudal person, or are you a coward? You are a senior official in the country, and you let your only son take the woman's surname. Don't you feel ashamed? Aren't you afraid that others will look down on you, poke your spine and call you a waste?"
Lin Xiaohan laughed again: "I am a coward? I am a loser? I am a department-level cadre, but because my son does not have my last name, I have become a loser in your eyes, Director Lin? Could it be that your youngest son who was sentenced to death is the one with ability and status?"
Lin Bingwei felt embarrassed by what he said.
Lin Xiaohan stood up, stood in front of Lin Bingwei, stared at him and said, "My status and ability do not need to be proved by my son's surname. Only the real loser needs to rely on this to prove his ability and status, because this is all he has left."
Lin Bingwei and Lin Xiaohan looked at each other, and Lin Bingwei felt weak under Lin Xiaohan's gaze.
Lin Xiaohan didn't wait for him to say anything else, and continued to look at him and said, "Yi Yi was born with the surname Tang. He is not from your Lin family, and he will never be surnamed Lin in this life. You can find anyone to continue the incense of your Lin family. It's just a surname. My son and I only want to be members of the Tang family."
Lin Bingwei clenched his hands into fists.
He could no longer tell whether it was God who was punishing him, or himself who was punishing him, or Lin Xiaohan who was punishing him, or everyone around him who was punishing him.
His most trusted wife and son teamed up to deceive him for more than 20 years, giving him the illusion that his life and family were extremely happy. However, this dealt him a heavy blow, broke his family apart, and made him a laughing stock in everyone's eyes, unable to hold his head up wherever he went.
His eldest son, whom he hated and looked down upon, rose through the ranks and became someone he could not reach.
The only hope left, his eldest grandson, didn't even have his last name.
The last hope is gone.
Coming out of the gate of No. 8 Courtyard, he walked out of the alley, laughing crazily.
After returning home, he still laughed ecstatically from time to time.
Seeing him like this, Lu Fangying was a little frightened and asked him carefully, "What's wrong with you? You came back so late, have you had dinner?"
Lin Bingwei couldn't help laughing again, then looked at Lu Fangying and said, "How could I, Lin Bingwei, live like this? How could I fail to such a point?"
Lu Fangying knew that he had recently placed all his emotions and expectations on his grandson, with whom he had never gotten along.
She asked carefully again: "Lin Xiaohan doesn't allow you to get close to your grandson?"
Hearing this, Lin Bingwei suddenly laughed again, with tears in his eyes.
He was laughing when he suddenly went crazy again. He suddenly picked up the white porcelain teapot and teacups on the coffee table and smashed them one by one on the ground. Not satisfied yet, he picked up the tray and threw it out.
Lu Fangying was so frightened by him that her face turned pale and she huddled beside him, not daring to move.
After smashing the things, Lin Bingwei held his forehead for a long time and then said, "The kid's surname is Tang!"
Lu Fangying was already frightened by him smashing things.
After hearing this, I was stunned for a while before I could barely react.
She stumbled over what to say but had no idea what to say.
She had done too many things to sow discord in the past, and in the end, all of it came back to haunt her, blocking her own path. Now she no longer dared to say anything bad about Lin Xiaohan.
To harm others is to harm yourself.
She now understands the meaning of this sentence better than anyone else.
Moreover, she has made the greatest contribution to Lin Bingwei's current situation.
So she thought about it and finally said, "I'm sorry... this is all my fault... you can scold me."
What's the point in worrying about whose fault it is now?
No matter whose fault it is, everything has already happened, all the causes have produced the final results, and it cannot be changed.
Lin Bingwei covered his forehead for a while and said nothing more.
After a while, he stood up from the sofa, washed up, and went back to his room to sleep.
***
The courtyard was shrouded in darkness, and it was very quiet inside and outside.
Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan had not fallen asleep yet. They were lying on the bed and talking in voices that were audible to each other.
Chuxia still lay in Lin Xiaohan's arms as usual.
She asked about Lin Bingwei: "He came to you in such a dignified manner, banging the table and yelling in the room. Was it because he suddenly found out that Yi Yi was not surnamed Lin?"
Given the relationship between Lin Xiaohan and Lin Bingwei, Chu Xia could only think of this one thing that could make Lin Bingwei lose his temper with Lin Xiaohan under such circumstances.
Lin Xiaohan hummed and said, "The incense of his Lin family has been cut off, so he is anxious."
Chu Xia looked up at Lin Xiaohan and asked, "Is he mad?"
Lin Xiaohan: "What right does he have to be angry? He didn't agree when we got married, and we haven't had any contact in all these years since we got married. Has he ever come to see Yiyi or bought anything for Yiyi or spent a penny on it? If Lin Haobo hadn't gotten into trouble, would he have remembered that he had a grandson named Yiyi? He and Yiyi don't even know each other. Does he really think that if I shed his blood, I have to take his last name Lin?"
Chuxia pressed her face into his arms and hugged his waist.
She leaned into his arms and said, "It's okay if you're mad. If you're mad, you won't bother us anymore."
***
Ever since he learned that Yi Yi’s surname was Tang and not Lin, Lin Bingwei never came to see Yi Yi again.
He could not accept that his grandson had someone else's surname. This was a great shame for him. Just thinking about it felt like a thorny slap in the face, let alone seeing it.
He would rather not have this grandson than to see him every day and be reminded of his last name, Tang.
This incident also made him understand thoroughly that the father-son relationship between him and Lin Xiaohan had already deteriorated to the point where it was completely irreparable, and there would never be a day when it could be repaired or eased.
Lin Xiaohan did not leave any room for easing the relationship between father and son.
Of course, there has never been a father-son relationship between them.
This result is also what Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan want.
With the love of her grandparents and her parents, she has grown up happily and joyfully. She doesn't need the love of a grandfather like Lin Bingwei at all.
Besides, Lin Bingwei only loves his grandson, not Yi Yi.
After Lin Bingwei no longer appeared, the Tang family's life was no longer disturbed by the Lin family.
Things have changed drastically for the Lin family, but the lives of their family of five have not changed much.
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei spend most of their time taking care of the restaurant business and Yi Yi.
Yi Yi only needs to study hard every day and grow up healthily and happily under the love and guidance of her grandparents and parents.
Lin Xiaohan is busy between work and home.
Chuxia is busier than ever. She has to take charge of the Tangyuan Pickle Factory, Yipinyan Restaurant, and the five-star hotel that is currently under construction.
If you live your life steadily and step by step, you naturally have no time to care about others.
But there are many idle people in the alleys, and they are always concerned about other people's affairs.
Especially restaurants are crowded with people coming and going every day.
So even if you don't ask actively, you can still know what's going on everywhere.
These things happening all around naturally include the affairs of the Lin family, with whom he is related by marriage.
For example, after suffering a series of blows, Lin Bingwei was exhausted and lacked energy and spirit. He lost his former energy and spirit, made serious mistakes at work, and was demoted.
I thought that he had always been very careful in his work and had not made any mistakes during those ten years.
After the reform began, he has always taken a conservative approach, not seeking to make any great achievements, but only to proceed steadily and without making mistakes.
Unexpectedly, a big mistake happened in the end.
This incident was certainly a blow, but for Lin Bingwei it was just a drizzle.
When a person is in bad luck, he can’t do anything well and even drinking cold water will get stuck in his teeth.
But he didn't expect that there would be even worse things to come.
Two years later, there was a wave of layoffs in state-owned enterprises. Large factories could no longer withstand the losses and began to close down one after another. The myth of the iron rice bowl was completely shattered, and he was among the first wave of layoffs.
From then on, he really had nothing.
But life did not make him fall into complete despair.
His youngest son Lin Haobo abided by prison rules and actively participated in reform after being imprisoned. He behaved well during the period of reprieve from death penalty and his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment after two years.
After being laid off, it was difficult to find a job due to his age, so Lin Bingwei started the individual business that he used to look down upon the most - he set up a small stall selling pancakes with Lu Fangying.
In the ruthless rolling tide of the times.
They went from being in the limelight to being at the bottom of society.
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