"Okay, let's go in and have a good chat." Aunt Xia came up and took Xia Jin's hand, pulling Xia Jin into the bedroom. As soon as the eldest aunt came in, she saw Gu Jingmo standing behind her. She looked at Gu Jingmo and said, "Xiao Jin, this is your friend. He looks really handsome."
Xia Jin smiled and said, "Well, my boyfriend came with me."
Father Xia followed in and exclaimed when he heard this: "Boyfriend, Xiaojin, you still..."
Before she could finish, she was interrupted by Aunt Xia: "Good boyfriend, good boyfriend, look at him, he's so tall and handsome, what a perfect match for our Xiaojin, how do you say it when they stand together? Look, I forgot."
"Mom, they are a perfect match."
When Aunt Xia heard what her son said, she clapped her hands and said, "Yes, yes, they are a perfect match." In fact, Aunt Xia also did not agree with Xia Jin finding a boyfriend for herself when she was so young and still in school. What if she got cheated?
But they had no part in Xia Jin's growth. It was good enough that Xia Jin did not blame them but came all the way to find them. They had no right to ask about Xia Jin's life anymore.
We finally got her back, and you ignored her for the past ten years. Now you come out to oppose her. How can you be so right? Don't destroy the little bit of family affection that we have worked so hard to build. Even if you want to care, it's not now. To put it nicely, they are father and daughter, but to put it bluntly, they are just strangers with blood ties. So she interrupted Father Xia.
Gu Jingmo greeted them politely, then took a step back and gave them the space.
Aunt Xia pulled Xia Jin to sit on the kang, looked at the many cardboard boxes on the kang and said, "What were you doing just now?"
Xia Jin said, "Aunt, you came at the right time. These are the gifts I bought for you. Come and take a look."
Xia Jin started looking through the boxes one by one. After looking through the contents, she said, "Auntie's stuff here is for you and uncle. I didn't know what you liked, so I just bought some. I hope you like it."
Aunt Xia looked at the things Xia Jin had just picked up and said, "This is too much. You're still a student, why are you spending so much money on these? We don't lack anything at home."
Xia Jin smiled and said, "It's nothing, Auntie. I know you've taken care of my father over the years. Besides, it's my duty to buy some gifts for my elders."
"Oh, by the way, these two watches are for my two cousins. Take a look and see if they like them." Xia Jin took out the two watches she bought yesterday from her bag and handed them to the two cousins sitting on the chairs.
"No, no, this thing is too expensive. We will accept the things in the small brocade box. There is no need to give the watch. Your two cousins don't need it because they work in the fields all day."
"Sister, take it back and use it yourself. We don't need it. Besides, you are younger than us, so how can we take advantage of you?"
Xia Jin pretended to be angry and said, "I've already bought these things and I can't return them. If you don't accept them, what should I do? My money will be wasted."
Aunt Xia looked at this and said helplessly: "Just take it. Didn't you say you wanted a watch before? It's just right."
The two cousins took the watches obediently and kept gesturing on their hands. It was obvious that they liked them very much.
Aunt Xia looked at Xia Jin and asked, "Xiao Jin, have you been doing well these years? Do you blame your father for never visiting you once?"
"And Xiaojin, does your mother know that you're back this time? Did she ask you to come back to see us? Are you living well at your stepfather's house? Is your stepfather good to you?"
Xia Jin said calmly: "Liu Xiu doesn't know, I have separated from Liu Xiu, and now I live alone."
Father Xia said in surprise: "You live alone, why? Is it because your stepfather and his family treat you badly? You are still young and need to go to school, how can you live alone?"
Xia Jin said, "It's okay, Dad. I'm an adult and can support myself, so it's okay. Besides, I'm a stranger after all, so it's normal for them to kick me out."
Grandpa Xia glanced at Father Xia and said, "Xiao Jin, tell me the truth. How did your stepfather's family treat you?"
Xia Jin told them the general story, omitting some of the more brutal details, but this still made Xia Jin's biological father's family very angry.
After hearing what Xia Jin said, Aunt Xia said, "This is really too much. Tell me, that Liu Xiu Xiaojin is not her biological daughter. Why did she treat her like this? If that's the case, why did she fight with us for Xia Jin in the first place?"
Father Xia said with tears in his eyes: "It's all Dad's fault, it's all Dad's fault. I shouldn't have listened to Liu Xiu's nonsense at that time, about better education and a better life. It's all Dad's fault. I'm sorry."
Xia Jin looked at his sad father and said, "Dad is fine now. It's all over. I'm fine on my own now."
"Besides, you are doing this for my future. Who could have thought that Liu Xiu would be like this? If anyone is to blame, it should be Liu Xiu."
Old Master Xia leaned against the cabinet behind him and sighed, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't forced you two to get married, she wouldn't have snatched the child from us. She took Xia Jin away just to get revenge on me. At the time, I thought, after all, she was her biological child, how could she treat Xiao Jin so badly? I was wrong. I underestimated her cruelty."
Aunt Xia suddenly asked, "Xiao Jin, when did you leave your stepfather's house?"
"The day I turned eighteen."
Aunt Xia looked at Father Xia anxiously and said, "Didn't they tell you when you sent the money? How shameless! They took our money and treated our children like this. Don't you fear retribution for doing this?"
Father Xia said, "No, it won't work. I'll go to town and call Liu Xiu to ask her about it."
Aunt Xia said angrily, "No, I'll go with you this afternoon and I'll have to give her a good scolding. And since they've already kicked Xia Jin out, they shouldn't take any more money."
Xia Jin looked at the angry people and said, "Dad and Grandpa, listen to me first. Now that my stepfather knows that I'm making money, he wants to take me back. If I don't go back with them, they will keep making trouble outside my store."
"They've blocked my way several times before, but I always managed to scare them away. I used the things they cared about to threaten them, and they would behave themselves for a while."
"But I'm afraid they'll become desperate. No matter what Liu Xiu did wrong, in the eyes of the public, she's still my mother and my elder. I can't do anything too extreme to her."
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