The "they" who made Ping An deeply annoyed, now gathered together with their whole family around Grandpa Lin on this hot night.
In addition to the eldest brother of the Lin family, Lin Aiguo, who was on duty, Lin Dinghui who was at school, and Lin Liying who was recuperating in her hometown, many members of the Lin family also gathered in the living room.
The tightly closed door made the originally open space seem even more crowded and stuffy, even though there was a lot of ice inside.
Mr. Lin has aged a lot during this period, with a head full of white hair, a furrowed brow, and trembling hands, every bit of which shows that he is really exhausted.
As events unfolded, many things had already surpassed Mr. Lin's imagination. Having experienced battles for most of his life, Mr. Lin clearly felt that a large net was looming over his family, and it was rapidly closing in.
He had speculated about the intentions of the mastermind behind this series of actions. However, whether directly probing or secretly investigating, he could not confirm it except for two rival families with a long-standing feud and his eldest son-in-law, whom he suspected, and he had no idea where to start.
Old Master Lin glanced at the family members who were all looking at each other with different expressions. He waved his hand irritably and said, "Everyone, disperse. Brothers Boss and Shengli, come with me to the study. You two go stay with your mother."
Chen Jingru sat there motionless, watching the old man take his son and grandson into the study. Thinking of what his son said, he lowered his eyes.
Sure enough, her son was not in the eyes of these people. Even a mention of why the child didn't come would be enough. How insignificant must her son be to be so ignored by his relatives.
Jiang Jiangyu, who was in the crowd, saw the old man and the others leave. With a whoosh, he jumped from his chair to her side, grabbed her arm, and whispered in her ear, "Sister-in-law, come in with me."
Chen Jingru shook off her hand, stretched out his arm, stood up and replied, "No, I'm going to see if Auntie is ready for her midnight snack. You have a good relationship with the old lady, she likes you, you should spend more time with her."
Jiang Jiangyu looked at her leaving back, rolled his eyes, curled his lips, walked towards his two daughters, and followed them into the old lady's room.
Before he could even get close, the stench of urine hit his nose. Jiang Jiangyu immediately shouted, "Where the hell is this aunt? Go call her over, youngest brother."
Lin Xuezhen glanced at the old lady dozing on the bed and rolled her eyes at her mother, "Be quiet, or you'll wake up my grandfather and I'll kick you out."
Jiang Jiangyu pulled the corner of her mouth awkwardly and muttered, "The older you get, the less you take your mother seriously. You're just like the other girls in the old house, all ungrateful."
Seeing that her sister was about to retort, Lin Xueli pulled her and said, "Go call someone to clean up."
Jiang Jiangyu watched the younger daughter leave, then went to the older daughter and said, "Didn't your grandma say she could speak? How come she can't even say a word when she needs to pee or poop?"
Lin Xueli squeezed her mother's palm hard, feeling furious. The old lady had overheard some of her words, and she started to resent them again. It was also because her condition had worsened and she couldn't do anything about it, otherwise she would have hit someone again.
Jiang Jiangyu curled her lips, nodded at her, held her breath and walked to the bed, staring at the old lady for several seconds. When she felt that the old lady was asleep, she quietly ran to her eldest daughter.
Sitting back in the chair, she whispered in her daughter's ear, "It's okay, your grandma is asleep."
"Don't walk back and forth. It makes me dizzy."
"I see. How come you've become like your sister? I was wondering why both of you sisters went to the army? Your aunt didn't even bother to lend a hand."
As Jiang Jiangyu spoke, she looked around. Suddenly, she stood up and took a few steps forward - many decorations were indeed missing.
She asked anxiously, "Did your grandma give your uncle anything before? Do you think your grandma would leave without any explanation and suddenly pass away?"
Lin Xueli gritted her teeth and whispered, "Enough!"
"You little girl, who am I doing this for? You're not a child anymore..." Jiang Jiangyu became angrier and angrier as he spoke, but he finally kept quiet because of the pain in his arm that was pinched and his daughter's stern face.
After a while, she turned her head to look outside. Seeing that there was no movement, she couldn't help but complain, "Your sister is unreliable. Why hasn't she sent anyone to clean up? Go call someone to hurry up."
"Okay, stay quiet." Lin Xueli stood up and walked to the bed. She carefully lifted a corner of the quilt and saw that it was not wet. It seemed that her aunt also knew about it. No wonder she didn't come in.
Sitting down on the edge of the bed, Lin Xueli grabbed the old lady's left hand and squeezed it, but unfortunately the old lady was unconscious. Seeing this, she didn't dare to sigh.
"How about it?"
Lin Xueli shook her head. What else could she do? Anyone with eyes could see it. Her left hand, the only thing she could write with, was gone, and the stroke was even worse. Was she supposed to speak for herself?
"It's such suffering! It's better to die early and reincarnate as soon as possible instead of dragging down the whole family. This time, our family rushed here in a hurry and have no idea what's going on at home."
After Jiang Jiangyu finished speaking, she turned around, looked up, and was so frightened that she took a few steps back and cried out, "Oh, my God..."
Old Mrs. Lin, who had her eyes closed just now, now stared at her with eyes wide open, looking at her angrily, as if she wanted to eat her.
Jiang Jiangyu came to her senses and hurried forward, "Mom, please don't misunderstand me. I just think it's too hard for you to endure this. Tell me, is God blind to let you get this disease?"
Mrs. Lin closed her eyes immediately before she could get close. She didn't bother to pay attention to this idiot. She actually dared to despise her. She should have divorced her. She was born into a poor family and had no manners!
"Grandma, don't listen to my mom's nagging. She always says one thing but means another. Just ignore her. Tomorrow my grandma will take my sister and me to the temple to pray for you. You will live a long and healthy life."
After hearing this, Mrs. Lin opened her eyes, looked at her second granddaughter, and blinked twice.
Lin Xueli knew she agreed, and smiled, "Everything will be fine. My grandma said that you cultured people don't believe. She thinks our family must have been cursed by a bad person, so we should go and pray to get rid of the bad luck."
Seeing the old lady's softening eyes, Lin Xueli sighed inwardly. The old lady must have such a strong will to survive that she even believed in superstition. It looked like she really had to go to the temple tomorrow.
Jiang Jiangyu curled her lips again and looked at the old lady with disdain. "A ghost's blessing!" That wasn't what her mother had said. Instead, she had asked them to take the old lady's underwear to apologize to the Buddha and cleanse her sins.
However, Jiang Jiangyu didn't dare to tell the truth. She was absolutely sure that if she said that, her in-laws would definitely chase her away with a big broom.
Old Lady Lin felt like she had found a life-saving straw, and she couldn't wait for them to go burn incense and pray to Buddha that night. Lately, whenever she fell asleep, she would either dream of Gu Mingzhu asking for her life, or her older brother and sister saying it was cold underground.
The old lady was convinced she had truly been blamed for something bad, and that bad person was Zhou Jiao. She still remembered the discomfort she felt when she first held the child in her arms. Now it seemed that it was because of this child's return to Beijing that everything had gone wrong for her.
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