When the old lady ran over, Lin Cheng immediately stepped in front of Lin Man. Lin Man obediently let him block her way and just leaned forward to look over Lin Cheng's shoulder, feeling very strange.
This old lady was short and thin, wearing very old, patched clothes, with sunken eye sockets and messy silver hair. She looked like she was suffering from long-term malnutrition. Who did she say she was? Grandma?
Is this true? There are no such miserable people on Dayan Mountain anymore.
The old lady wanted to arrest Lin Man, but was stopped by the master Lin Cheng: "Old lady Lin, if you have any problem, you can go to the commander."
"Get out of here!" the old lady said angrily. "I'm talking to my granddaughter. What's your business?" She smiled at Lin Man behind him, her face wrinkled. "My dear grandson, Manman, I'm your grandmother, my dear grandmother. I've missed you all these years."
Unfortunately, although she tried her best to show her kindness, the extremely stiff and fake smile on her face betrayed her insincerity. There was even a hint of resentment in her cloudy eyes. Lin Man felt that she was probably thinking about how to kill him.
She was a little confused, but she vaguely knew that her father was suddenly called back by the elders of the Lin family in the capital, which led to her mother being alone at home with no one to rely on when the end of the world came. Naturally, she had no good feelings towards her father's elders, but she thought they were all gone. After all, in all the time they had known each other, her father had never mentioned his relatives on that side.
Lin Cheng protected Lin Man and retreated repeatedly. The old lady saw that she couldn't get around him, so she grabbed him like a shrew. The kindness on her face could no longer be pretended. She scolded him sharply for eating the rice of the Lin family, stealing the resources of the Lin family, and having ulterior motives. She also said that he was not worthy of the surname Lin.
Lin Man frowned when he heard this, but fortunately Lin Cheng had already used the communicator to call people over. Soon, several people ran over and held the old lady. Lin Cheng took the opportunity to take Lin Man away and retreat to a distance.
Lin Man looked at the old woman who was being held back by several people and attracted many onlookers. Finally, she fell to the ground and started crying. Sometimes she called out Lin Man's name, and sometimes she cursed Lin Zhongrong. She was completely stunned and asked in disbelief, "She, she is my grandmother, my father's mother, her biological child?"
Lin Cheng looked at her, hesitated a little, and nodded.
Lin Man was even more shocked. How could her father, such a powerful man, let her own mother become like this? And that old lady looked a little crazy.
Lin Cheng knew a lot about the Lin family's mess, but it seemed that he shouldn't talk about it. He thought for a moment and said, "The commander will be there soon to deal with it. If you have any questions, you can ask him then."
"Oh." Lin Manman was puzzled, but she didn't say much. Compared to the old lady and the Lin family, she was more concerned about: "You don't seem surprised at all, and you seem to be handling it very skillfully. Has she made a fuss like this before?"
Lin Cheng thought for a moment: "This kind of thing happened frequently in the early years, but not in recent years." Because the Lin family had been disciplined by Lin Zhongrong, they knew that the more they made trouble, the more they would offend him. This time, they must have heard the news about Lin Man and could not hold back, or someone instigated them. Otherwise, how could the old lady run into them on the street?
Lin Cheng's eyes were a little heavy, but this was the matter he could not interfere with. Over the years, his only attitude towards those who caused trouble in the Lin family was to keep a distance and wait for Lin Zhongrong to deal with it.
He looked around and it seemed that there were people just watching the fun. Oh, there were also a few Lin family members who were peeking around but didn't dare to come out.
This place was not far from the United Front Work Department. Lin Zhongrong quickly rushed over. Seeing this scene, his face suddenly turned extremely pale. He forced a smile and said to Lin Man, "This matter has nothing to do with you. You and Lin Cheng go to Dad and do what you need to do. I will explain it to you later."
As he spoke, he waved his hand and asked a car to come and take them away. Then he walked towards the old lady who was still crying, put out his hand to support her, as if trying to pull her up, but the next moment the old lady who was still crying suddenly fainted.
Lin Man: “…”
If she guessed correctly, it was her father who electrocuted the person.
Ah, that's a bit scary.
Because he was thinking about this, Lin Man no longer had the mood to visit Lin Zhongrong's house. Of course, there was nothing much to see. It looked like a very elegant villa from the outside, but inside, both upstairs and downstairs were empty. Perhaps because she was coming, some furniture was temporarily arranged. Anyway, the sofa set in the living room looked particularly new, and there were some small snacks on the coffee table.
Then the two of them... looked at each other.
Lin Man slapped her head and said, "Look at me, I'm stupid. My things are still in the guesthouse. I asked them to send them to me." After what happened just now, she forgot that she didn't bring a bag. The bullets were all in the space, but without a bag, she didn't even have any props to cover herself up.
Lin Cheng curled his lips and said, "I'll go arrange the machines."
"Yeah, yeah, go ahead." Lin Man breathed a sigh of relief after Lin Cheng left. He leaned over to take a look at the small snacks on the coffee table, pinched an orange one, sniffed it, and put it in his mouth. Hmm, this is the taste of... some fruit. It tastes delicious.
She sat on the clean floor, took out a row of bullets from the space, and began to process them in her hands, while chatting with Guan Guan: "Guan, you said a long time ago that you wanted to transform, transform, when will you be able to transform?"
"Can we be too anxious? Besides, the spiritual energy supply has been cut off in the past two days." The big white ball in the space, which is almost as big as a room, snorted.
"Well, okay, let's go back after I finish making this batch of bullets."
"You can go back and do it again."
"But it would take time to get there, and then they would have to go to Dayan Mountain to get it. What a hassle."
The two were chatting when the doorbell rang. Lin Man thought it was Du Chun and others delivering her things, so she went out to open the door. Du Chun, Xu Xiao and others were standing outside the iron gate. They looked at the side with strange expressions. There was a beggar-like girl there.
Lin Man went to open the door and asked them to move their things in. He glanced at the girl but didn't intend to pay attention to her. Suddenly, the girl timidly called out, "Little cousin, are you my little cousin?"
Cousins are... the daughters of your father's brothers.
Lin Man thought, does that mean this person is the daughter of her father's brother?
Lin Man was unmoved. He said to the people who had finished moving several large boxes, "You guys go back and have some fun at the reunion base. We'll leave the day after tomorrow."
Du Chun was always a little awkward around her. Xue An came later and was also a little reserved. Xu Xiao was a little dull due to years of hardship. But Zhou Ji, the strongman who served as the bodyguard, was quite familiar with Lin Man because they had arm wrestled a few times and Lin Man liked to take him with him whenever he went out. He said with a bitter face, "There's nothing good to see here, and the food is so bad."
The second half of the sentence is the key point.
Lin Man said, "You used to live here, so of course you don't think there's anything interesting here. You and Hu Feng can take them for a walk. As for food, didn't I leave a box of dry food for you?"
Hu Feng is the air-type mutant, and he is currently looking at things in the guesthouse.
Lin Man brought six people this time. In addition to these five, there was also Zhang Kaiqi who came back to "visit his relatives". That guy should have returned to the Zhang family now. Lin Man also had his own considerations for bringing Zhang Kaiqi here.
Lin Man sent them away and was about to close the door when the girl called out again, "Little cousin!" The four looked at him in surprise. Lin Man waved his hand to send them away, and warned them, "If anyone comes up to you and says something, ignore them."
After saying that, Lin Man finally gave the girl another look: "You call me cousin? But it looks like you are younger than me?" He was half a head shorter than her and looked only fifteen or sixteen years old.
The girl smiled, revealing a particularly petite and beautiful face. "We were probably born in the same year. My father is your uncle. My name is Lin Wanwan, and I have a twin brother. My birthday is February 11th. What's yours?"
Lin Man touched his chin. Could it be that because she was his uncle's daughter, she was his cousin? Judging from her birthday, he should be older than her.
"Okay, I know who you are. When my dad comes back, I'll tell him you were here." He closed the door and Lin Wanwan's eyes showed fear. "No, don't tell Uncle San that I was here. I have something to tell you."
"But I don't have anything to tell you."
Lin Wanwan cried out, "Uncle Third broke with the entire family for you. He didn't support our parents, wasn't friendly to his brothers, didn't take care of the younger generation, and even pushed us to death, all for you! It would have been fine if you were missing before, but now you're back and have received so much from Uncle Third. Can you please beg Uncle Third to spare us?"
She spoke very loudly, as if she wanted everyone to hear her. Lin Man raised his eyebrows slightly, knowing that this person's timid expression and cowardly and friendly appearance were all fake.
She turned around slowly and was about to speak when she saw someone not far behind Lin Wanwan. He smiled and called out, "Dad."
Lin Wanwan's body froze. Seeing Lin Zhongrong was like seeing a ghost. Her face lost all color and her body trembled. "Third, Third Uncle."
Lin Zhongrong walked over, his face expressionless as he gave her a cold look: "You all like this kind of outfit, so you should dress like this from now on."
Lin Wanwan was about to cry: "Third Uncle..."
"roll!"
Lin Wanwan ran away as if she had been pardoned. Lin Man was stunned for a moment and went to open the door for her father: "Was she pretending to be miserable?"
Lin Zhongrong said, "Although the Lin family is in dire straits, it's not the case that everyone in the family, young and old, is reduced to beggars like disaster victims."
A hint of coldness and disgust flashed in his eyes, clearly remembering how his mother had made him into that state, where he was now wailing and wailing. They had used that tactic frequently in the early years, trying to pressure him with things like brotherly love, filial piety, and the like, using public opinion to attack him. Fortunately, it was the end of the world, so there were no media or bored people to help them.
Don’t they like to make themselves miserable? He simply granted their wish. Later, they gradually learned their lesson. This time, seeing Xiaoman coming, did they want to use the same trick to force her?
Lin Zhongrong was annoyed and angry, but he didn't want his daughter to see it. He patted her shoulder and led her into the house: "Is it not scary?"
"No, I think she was the one who was scared."
The author has something to say: The Lin family is a historical issue, so I will explain it this time. It won't take up a lot of space.
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