Early in the morning, Lin Liying, who had overslept, was awakened by a knock on the door. She looked at her watch and was startled. At dawn, she was still drowsy and wanted to leave at daybreak.
Now, not only can I not go to my sister-in-law’s house, I’m even late for work.
Looking at Lin Xuelin who was sleeping soundly on the other bed, she angrily stepped forward and slapped her hard, "It's time to get up, your man is knocking on the door again."
"Ignore him. Let him knock as much as he wants." Lin Xuelin said vaguely, turned over and continued to sleep.
Lin Liying didn't bother to argue with her and hurried to open the gate. As expected, Hu Chunsheng greeted her with a flattering smile.
"Come in. She's still sleeping. I have to go to work. Please comfort her and ask her to go home with you soon. You can't spoil this girl anymore."
"Don't worry, auntie. I will definitely let her go back with me. My mother and the others have been asking me to take her back."
Lin Liying didn't have time to say anything more. She wiped her face and pushed her bicycle to the hospital in a hurry.
Hu Chunsheng didn't rush back into the room. After she left, he stood in the yard, lost in thought, staring at a clump of weeds on the wall. He wasn't worried about whether his wife would go home with him, but whether he could return to Beijing. He regretted his impulsive decision to follow her to the northwest.
I originally thought that this woman had been spoiled by her family for so many years, and that going to the Northwest was just an excuse for her to make a mistake this time. She would definitely be transferred back home in two or three years.
He had a beautiful woman and a bright future. With the help of sharing hardships and his own tricks, he hoped that when the time came, the Yue family would help him and his wife return to Beijing. That would be the most glorious time in Hu Chunsheng's life. But who could have expected that he couldn't even return now?
Hu Chunsheng thought of his days in the northwest and shook his head desperately. He absolutely couldn't go back. He had to find a way to make this silly woman suffer.
Walking into the room, he lifted the sheets as he passed by, "Okay, there's no one here now. There's not much time left, you have to find a way out and stop hiding here."
Lin Xuelin immediately sat up and glared at him, "I handle my own affairs, don't worry about it. I said divorce, are you stupid? Why are you still clinging to me?"
Hu Chunsheng smiled sarcastically, "Divorce? Have you found a new partner? Xiaolin, I'm not making fun of you, but apart from me, few men would be interested in you."
Lin Xuelin got up from the bed without saying a word, picked up the clothes from the bedside, took off her nightgown in front of him, and put it on.
Hu Chunsheng curled his lips and leaned against the wall. "You should go find your mother. It's no use for you to stay here. Don't let your aunt bother you. I know what you're thinking. You think she could help you find a job back then, and she should be able to do it now. But you're no longer the same person you were before. It's better for you to ask your parents for help."
Lin Xuelin turned around and said to him seriously, "Chunsheng, I really want to divorce you. I can't live in the northwest. I've made up my mind. After the divorce, I will stay with my grandfather, and no one can make me leave the capital. Please let me go. Don't worry, you go back first. As soon as I settle down here, I will definitely let you come back."
Hu Chunsheng stared at her with a gloomy face. This woman is truly ruthless, but she's quite good at talking. Let her go? It seems she's been taken care of so well in the Northwest. Does she really think she has to obey her in everything?
Lin Xuelin tried hard to persuade him, "Look, if I get divorced, wouldn't I be miserable? I'll go beg my dad, and he won't let me go back to my in-laws' house, right? You stay for a year, and I'll find a way to let you come back right away. Then we can have another child, what a wonderful thing."
"Stop. Don't talk about children. If you mention children again, I will strangle you to death. Tell me, are you deliberately not wanting children? Otherwise, why do you act so horny every time you get pregnant? And don't even think about getting a divorce. There's no way. When I went with you, you cried and said you would follow me forever. Do you remember what I told you?"
Lin Xuelin shuddered. How could she have forgotten?
"I told you before, if you leave me, I will make you live a life worse than death. Xiaolin, I gave everything for you, but you want to leave me again in the blink of an eye.
Twice, you are so heartless. Back then, your grandmother forced my grandfather to arrange a marriage for me, and you cried and said that you would let me go this time and we would meet again in the next life.
I'm living a life worse than death. I see you from afar but dare not disturb you. When I heard you were engaged, I couldn't sleep well all night. She's my first woman. But I still think that as long as you are happy, that's all that matters.
When something happened to you, I couldn't help but run to your side. You said you couldn't live anymore, and pulled me aside, saying you had been a virgin for me all these years. I decisively dropped everything and followed you.
You want to abandon me again, just like you did before, but I, Hu Chunsheng, will not let my woman do this for the third time. Xiaolin, accept your fate. You will never leave me in this life. If that day comes, I will take you to hell with me even if I die.
Lin Xuelin wasn't moved at all. She wasn't the little girl she'd been before, and she'd long since understood that no matter how sweet the words of love were, they couldn't hide the truth. If love was true, there would be no chance of marrying and having children.
After all, they are all selfish and live for themselves. Thinking of this, Lin Xuelin smiled.
Hu Chunsheng went forward and hugged her, whispering, "Don't even think about getting a divorce. That won't work. If your father knew you were getting a divorce, he would be even more disgusted with you and think you were embarrassing him. He didn't agree to our marriage in the first place, and now you're turning over a new leaf and becoming a new person. That doesn't suit you."
You can only tell him now that the conditions there were too bad, that you got pregnant twice and lost both, and now you just want to live a good life and have a son. That way he might believe you. Don't even mention wanting to return to Beijing, just say you want to live in the suburbs, to be closer to your parents and family.
We will take it one step at a time, returning to the suburbs first, and then we can take it one step at a time later."
Lin Xuelin pushed him away and glanced at him. "Okay, it's the weekend, I'm going to go home to see if my parents are at home. You go back first, don't come here for no reason, they will send me back to my in-laws' house if they see me."
Hu Chunsheng held her hand and continued to say some sweet words to her. Seeing her smile, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, said goodbye to her and left.
Lin Xuelin did not hesitate any longer. She washed up and tidied herself up. After searching the living room for a long time, she finally found a key and mustered up the courage to go back to her parents' home.
Inside the apartment building, Chen Jingru was doing housework on the weekend and planned to wash all the sheets and quilt covers. Otherwise, her son would have no quilt to use when he came home.
Seeing Lin Xuelin pushing the door open, she quickly put down the work in her hands, wiped her hands with a cloth, looked behind her, and saw that she was the only one there, so she pulled her to sit down.
"Why did you come back alone? Where's your husband? Listen to mom and live a good life. What did your in-laws say? Didn't they give you a hard time?"
Lin Xuelin turned away after hearing this, not daring to face her mother. She couldn't say she hadn't been back to her in-laws' house since that day. If she did, her mother would probably kick her out again.
"Where's Dad? Where did he go? Why isn't he home today?"
Chen Jingru took out a pack of biscuits from the room and handed it to her, "Eat a couple of bites first. Mom will finish her work and make noodles for you later. Where else can your dad go? He went to your grandma's place early this morning. Xiaolin, don't blame your dad. It's all your fault that your grandma fell ill. Even though he doesn't treat you well, he has been asking about you these days."
Lin Xuelin lowered her head guiltily. "I didn't expect my grandma to run to the Hu family. I know I was wrong, but my grandma refused to see me and said she didn't have a granddaughter like me."
What could Chen Jingru say? Not only did she not recognize her own daughter, but even she herself, the old lady glared at her. She didn't want to mention Old Lady Lin, she was just a jerk.
"If you don't want to see her, then don't. You'll be going back in a few days anyway. Everything will be fine once she figures it out..."
Lin Xuelin quickly interrupted, "Mom, didn't you say Dad was already helping me find out? Why are you saying I have to go back? I don't want to leave. You said I would stay there for a year or two, and then you would let me come back when my uncle-in-law wasn't angry anymore. Now my uncle-in-law and the others haven't asked me not to come back, so why won't you let me come back?"
Chen Jingru patted her, "Don't worry. Not only is your father trying to find a solution, but your mother has also asked people to find out. You're not the only one who can't transfer your household registration. You have several sisters who have gone to support the border areas in the past two years. You should know that, right?"
Lin Xuelin shook her head dejectedly. No one had contacted her since the accident.
Chen Jingru sighed, "Those people have now taken the initiative to apply to go to the frontier, and you want to come back. This involves many problems. You are old enough and should understand some things. It is unrealistic to ask you to come back now. When you go back, work hard and try to get a recommendation to study in the capital. As soon as the household registration is relaxed, I will let you come back."
Study, study... all excuses. If I could get a recommendation, would I have bothered to come back?
When Lin Xuelin heard her say this, she immediately stood up and roared: "What kind of mother are you? Why don't you let Xiaohui go to the border? You are so biased."
After shouting, he turned around and ran away.
Chen Jingru clutched her chest, choking with anger. What sin had she committed?
With so many people in the Northwest, why can't she stay here? And you're comparing her to Xiaohui. Is there any sister like this? Was it easy for Xiaohui to survive on her own until now?
Lin Xuelin ran out of the building, and when she looked back, she saw that her mother hadn't caught up with her. She was suddenly overwhelmed with grief, and couldn't help but shed tears. She really had no mother's home, a poor thing with no father and no mother to love.
And her grandmother is really too much. She actually said she didn't recognize her. She had to ask who told her to go to someone's door and quarrel? She even wanted to take the blame on herself. What a dream!
Lin Xuelin was so angry that she didn't even bother to catch the bus and ran to the compound. This time, she had to explain clearly what she had done wrong to make her grandmother treat her like this.
Some time ago, she was too embarrassed to see acquaintances, but now she doesn't care. Let anyone laugh at her. After all, if she doesn't live well, no one else will either.
After running for a while, Lin Xuelin, sweating profusely, stood at the gate of the compound and pointed at the sentry at the gate to ask her to inform her family that she wanted to go home.
The sentry at the door was new. He glanced at his comrades and saw that they told him to get back to work. Without giving it any thought, he went in for a moment and came out with a strange look on his face.
"Comrade Lin, the commander said it's not convenient right now and asked you to come visit another day."
Lin Xuelin looked at the gate in despair.
——Now even grandpa won’t let me in, he really doesn’t want me anymore!
After a long while, Lin Xuelin ignored the people coming in and out, and was about to go forward to ask them to inform her again. Unexpectedly, she caught a glimpse of someone coming out of the courtyard.
Seeing that face, she was so scared that she turned around and ran away.
After all these years, Lin Xuelin still couldn't forget the suffocating despair and the look in Zhang Guoqing's eyes when he looked at her as if she were dead. Why was that killer still in the compound?
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