Chapter 368: Chasing Back
Seeing that Lin Jiamin was silent, Lin Yinuan said anxiously, "Aunt, you must save me."
Lin Jiamin came back to her senses and said softly, "Didn't you say it was Wu Haoran who did it? The police didn't arrest you, so it has nothing to do with you. Relax."
Lin Yinuan's heart was pounding. "But I'm scared. What if he wants to mitigate his guilt and accuses me at the police station? And what about the Wu family? What if they believe I'm involved? Will my uncle use me as a scapegoat to maintain the friendship between the two families?"
Lin Yinuan was not worried about Wu Haoran.
He is just a bootlicker. She beckons her finger and tells him to go east, but he dares not go west.
What she feared most was the Wu family.
After all, they are a big family, and everyone is smart. It is easy to see that she instigated Wu Haoran to ask for an explanation from the Huo family.
Lin Jiamin was about to speak when there was a commotion downstairs.
Lin Yiran ran to the window and looked out, and saw a black car parked in front of the Huo family's gate. A man got out of the back seat of the car. It was Wu Haoran's uncle.
Uncle Wu Haoran glanced casually towards the second floor. Lin Yinuan's face turned pale as she pulled her head back. She hugged Lin Jiamin's arm and cried, "Aunt, someone from the Wu family is here! You must save me! My parents died a long time ago, and you're the only relative I have left."
Lin Yinuan's parents died in a car accident.
At that time, they had just arrived in Beijing and were riding in the car that Lin Jiamin often used for travel.
Originally, Lin Jiamin was going to get in the car with them, but something unexpected happened, so Lin Jiamin asked Lin Yinuan's parents to go first.
Who would have thought that the car had an accident, the car was dented beyond recognition, and even the driver died.
When Lin Yinuan came to Beijing, her parents told her that she must please her aunt, so she insisted on staying with Lin Jiamin and escaped the disaster.
Afterwards, Lin Jiamin kept Lin Yinan by her side. They had been together for many years and had a deep relationship. They were almost like real mother and daughter. How could she bear to see Lin Yinan fall into the hands of the Wu family?
Mr. Huo was quite nice to her, but he was distant towards Lin Yinuan. Lin Jiamin believed that if the Wu family really spoke up, Mr. Huo would really hand Lin Yinuan over.
She pondered and said, "Nuannuan, don't be anxious."
As she spoke, she walked to the side, opened the cabinet, took out a dozen cash and stuffed it into Lin Yinuan's hand, "Take it, go to another city to relax first, your aunt is here, and come back after this is over. Let's go now, leave through the back door."
"Thank you, Auntie. You are so kind."
Lin Yinuan took the money and looked at Lin Jiamin with emotion.
"Let's go."
"Um."
Lin Yinuan glanced at Lin Jiamin reluctantly, walked out of the room with the money, and left the Huo family quietly through the back door.
The housekeeper led Wu Haoran's uncle to the living room and went upstairs to ask Huo's father to come down.
"It's Zhengwen. What brings you here?" Father Huo walked down the stairs and sat down opposite Wu Zhengwen with a smile.
The nanny brought tea.
Wu Zhengwen sighed and smiled, "Isn't it all because of that unfilial son of mine?! He's caused trouble again this time, and it's made my brother and sister-in-law very worried."
Wu Zhengwen spoke directly to Mr. Huo. After mentioning what Wu Haoran had done, he explained the reason why Wu Haoran did so, and pointed out that Wu Haoran was instigated by Lin Yiran.
"...Brother Huo, you've watched Haoran grow up. You know what kind of person he is. He would never do such a thing if no one instigated him. I asked Chen Chuan, and he said that the last time Miss Wen came to Beijing, Haoran had a strong hostility towards her. I checked the surveillance footage and found that Haoran had just met Miss Lin before entering the box. They were together when this incident happened."
"I was curious why Ms. Lin targeted Wen Liang. Upon investigation, I found out that Ms. Lin had recently been caught plagiarizing Ms. Wen's photography and publicly apologized online. She probably harbored a grudge."
"Brother Huo, I'm not wrong to criticize my sister-in-law. After all, she's not a family member. Lin Yinuan is a bad girl and difficult to discipline. If she stays in the Huo family, she'll cause trouble sooner or later."
"Brother Huo, our two families have been friends for generations. Do you still remember when the two old men were still alive, my dad brought me to the Huo family and I went back naked? My mom still teases me about it. Haoran and Dongcheng grew up together. I am very pleased to see that the relationship between them is still the same...Brother Huo, you also know how much my brother and sister-in-law cherish Haoran. Don't ruin the relationship because of an outsider."
He openly stated that the two families were old friends, hinting to Mr. Huo to hand over Lin Yiran. Once Wu Haoran was really imprisoned, the relationship between the two families would be damaged.
Father Huo said, "I've always treated Haoran as my own nephew, so of course I don't want him to go to jail. How about this? I'll call Yi Nuan out and ask her what's going on. If it's really related to her, I won't tolerate it."
"Oh, I knew that Brother Huo was fair." Wu Zhengwen said.
Mr. Huo sent a nanny up to call for help.
Within two minutes, the nanny came down and replied tremblingly, "Sir, Miss Lin is not at home."
Father Huo was surprised for a moment, "Didn't she just come back?"
The nanny said, "Madam said that Miss Lin wanted to go on a trip abroad. She came back to get her things and left immediately."
Wu Zhengwen glanced at Huo's father with a meaningful expression.
What's the point of traveling abroad and just picking up things and leaving immediately? Only a fool would believe that.
Isn't it just that when things seem bad, you go out to hide?
When Lin Yinuan left, Huo's father knew that the matter must be related to her.
Meeting Wu Zhengwen's penetrating gaze, Father Huo couldn't wipe his face away, and anger rose in his heart, "Go ask Madam where Lin Yinuan went?"
"Madam said she didn't know either."
"I don't know?" Father Huo laughed in confusion, called the housekeeper, and ordered, "Lin Yinuan must not have gone far by now. Take someone to chase her back."
"yes."
The housekeeper responded and was about to leave when a voice from upstairs shouted, "Wait!"
Lin Jiamin walked down the stairs slowly and glanced at Wu Zhengwen, "Junshan, what happened? Why do you have to get Nuannuan back?"
Seeing Lin Jiamin putting on airs, Wu Zhengwen sneered in his heart and simply recounted the story.
Lin Jiamin said, "In other words, all of this is just your speculation. There's no actual evidence to prove that Haoran did this because of Nuannuan, and Haoran hasn't admitted it, right?"
Wu Zhengben had always looked down on Lin Jiamin, so he didn't say much to her. He stood up and bowed to Huo's father. "Brother Huo, I think you have already made your own judgment on the right and wrong. I won't say more. If you think our Wu family is still useful, then give justice to Haoran. If you think our Wu family is weak and you don't want this old friendship, then I will leave the Huo family now, and we will go our separate ways."
"Hey, Zhengwen, what are you talking about?" Father Huo stood up and patted Wu Zhengwen on the shoulder. "Don't worry, I will definitely help with Haoran's matter. You go back first, and I will notify you as soon as I have any news."
Wu Zhengwen smiled and said, "Brother Huo, you are very reasonable. The Huo family is thriving because of you."
A reasonable word, as if hinting at something.
After Wu Zhengwen left, Lin Jiamin came to Mr. Huo and asked worriedly, "Junshan, do you really want to get Yi Nuan back? In my opinion, this matter may not be related to her. It may be Wu Haoran's own decision."
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