Lin Aiguo quietly looked at Mrs. Hu as she approached. "What do you want?"
Mrs. Hu looked at him apologetically. "I'm here to apologize to you for two things, and there are also some misunderstandings that I need to take this opportunity to clarify."
"No need! Just don't show up in front of me anymore. I don't need any apologies from you."
Old Lady Hu looked at the gathered Lin family members and said to herself, "You must think I caused your old lady to have a stroke, right? So my grandson is also disliked by you. Today, in front of the dead, I dare to say that I didn't cause her to have a stroke."
Jiang Jiangyu angrily said, "Are you here to cause trouble? Who gave you the courage? Do you really think our Lin family is easy to bully?"
Old Mrs. Hu shook her head gently. "Children, don't be angry yet. It's better to resolve a feud than to create one. Now that the two children are married, we are also relatives. I just wanted to come here to explain everything clearly so that the children won't be wronged. Don't misunderstand me, I don't mean to take advantage of the situation. I have already asked them to go back the day after tomorrow morning."
Lin Aiguo waved his hand and said, "Go to the living room first, don't disturb the quiet of the mourning hall."
"That's fine. You go and burn some incense for the old lady, and then we'll leave after you explain." After saying that, Old Mrs. Hu let go of Lin Xuelin and her husband's hands, and followed Lin Aiguo into the reception room in small steps.
Lin Aiguo dismissed the younger generation and glanced at Jiang Jiangyu, who was following closely behind him with an angry look on his face. He shook his head helplessly. What a headache!
After he took his seat at the head of the table, he faced Old Lady Hu and said, "I was worried about disturbing my mother in the mourning hall, so I didn't want to hear an explanation. I know exactly what you're thinking. A married woman is like spilled water. She'll have to rely on herself for anything in the future. There's no friendship between our two families."
Mrs. Hu nodded after hearing this. "Don't worry. I know our families are so different from each other, and no one from our family will come to visit us in the future. Xiaolin is a good child, and it's a great honor for our Hu family that my eldest grandson can marry her. I really didn't come here for any other reason. I'm just worried that you might misunderstand what happened that day and let the child be implicated by an old man like me."
Lin Liying curled her lips at the side. She spoke even better than she sang! It was really hard to believe that others couldn't tell what she was thinking. If she wanted to save the country in a roundabout way, she had to be quite capable.
Chen Jingru looked at her husband cautiously. She was truly worried that their daughter hadn't grown up with him, and that he wasn't paying any attention to her. She was feeling conflicted, a mixture of hope and disappointment.
She has only had one son and one daughter in her life. She feels worse than anyone else about her daughter's innocence. She also hopes that after this incident, her child will fully repent after returning to the northwest.
If…if…he still refuses to repent, then…then he'll stay in the Northwest for the rest of his life. But he really can't give up now. What will happen to his children without his mother's family? She's seen so many tragic endings in the Women's Federation over the years.
Old Mrs. Hu leaned back in her chair, her expression filled with reminiscence, and she slowly spoke: "This matter has been on my mind for a long time. I wanted to go to your house to explain it earlier, but then I was worried that you would misunderstand me and think I had ulterior motives.
When the eldest daughter came to see me that day, she was extremely emotional and said a lot of harsh things. I didn't pay any attention at the time. I knew her temper, so I just joined in the scolding. But she said that my eldest grandson had kidnapped her granddaughter, which was not good for her reputation. There was nothing I could do but persuade her to think more positively. They were a pair that couldn't be separated. We had tried to separate them before, but who could have known that by some strange twist of fate, they would be together again.
The eldest daughter was furious when she heard this and kept insisting I go to the northwest to bring back my grandson myself. Seeing her determined expression, I frantically urged her to be more considerate of the children, saying they were now married and that the children wouldn't listen to us, the elders, in the past.
She was stubborn, and when she saw me not packing my clothes to leave, she was furious and said she'd make sure my eldest grandson went to jail. My heart sank. I begged her to think about how she'd suffered so much, how could she bear to let her granddaughter suffer the same fate as her?
That was the worst part. As soon as I finished, she stood up, raised her hand, and started slapping me in the face. I thought she'd vent her anger, but before her hand even touched my face, she collapsed. I was terrified. Just one sentence, who knew it would be so serious?
It was all about youth. I've been with her for so many years, and we talked about everything. Who would have thought she'd become so old and have such a different personality? You're all reasonable people, so can you blame me for all this?
Jiang Jiangyu rolled her eyes, glanced at the sullen-faced Lin Aiguo, shrank back, and swallowed the question she was about to ask. She was curious about the man her mother-in-law had been unable to get when she was younger. Then she realized she wasn't the only one who was having this question; her good sister-in-law was also hesitant to speak.
Lin Aiguo said with a cold face, "That's enough! We've heard it all. It's getting late, you should go back. We won't see you off."
Old Mrs. Hu slowly stood up, nodded, and said, "Okay. I heard that the memorial service will be held tomorrow, so I won't be able to see the eldest lady off. Can Xiaolin and her husband come over tomorrow to show their filial piety?"
Lin Aiguo snorted coldly and warned, "Grandma Hu, did my uncle appear in your dreams? If you have time, go burn some paper money for my grandfather and my uncle, and don't try to take advantage of our family."
Old Lady Hu's pupils shrank upon hearing this. She hadn't expected this bastard from the Lin family to know about her early secrets. He'd lost more than he gained.
She clenched her fists tightly and said to him gently, "You really misunderstood. After explaining everything back then, I have to leave. The children will leave the day after tomorrow, and our Hu family will not trouble you in the future."
Lin Aiguo watched with an expressionless face as Old Lady Hu walked quickly with her calves, but he did not stop her. Instead, he said quietly behind her, "Since they are in the northwest, don't bother them. Let them live a quiet life."
Old Mrs. Hu responded "Okay" without even turning her head.
Everyone in the room watched as Old Lady Hu left, their eyes fixed on Lin Aiguo. Why did what he just said sound so meaningful to them? Shouldn't he explain it?
Lin Liying: "Brother?"
Lin Aiguo frowned and said, "It has nothing to do with our family." After that, he stood up and left. There were some things he didn't want to tell his younger brothers and sisters.
Death is like the extinguishing of a light. If his mother still misses the Gu family and Zhou Jinyu, let them play in the underworld. Those of them who are still alive have to continue living.
Jiang Jiangyu rubbed against Chen Jingru and Lin Liying, ignoring the roll of her eyes from her sister-in-law, and asked quietly: "Do you think this old lady Hu is having an affair with my uncle? Isn't she my mother's personal maid?"
Chen Jingru quickly grabbed her sister-in-law who was about to storm off and shook her head at Jiang Jiangyu. She really didn't know how to answer this question. Who knew what the relationships were between these messed-up people?
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