Chapter 149 The Past That Must Be Talked About
Huang Wanxia saw Lin Rui also coming to the kitchen to help, and asked with a smile: "I've never seen you help me with work before, why do you feel guilty when you think your sister is more capable?"
Lin Rui said: "I am indeed ashamed, and I also want to be with my sister. Thinking about the twenty years I missed, I must have more opportunities to spend time with Xiaoxia."
Huang Wanxia said to Ai Xiaoxia, "This is the difference between relatives. I used to think that the second brother really held a grudge against his sister after the fight. He didn't act like a brother. Now I know what's going on."
Lin Rui complained, "When I was little, I took so many scapegoats for Lin Zhu. Every time I said she was hurting me, you all didn't believe me, saying she was younger, a younger sister, and how could she have so many bad intentions? I had to give in to her."
Ai Xiaoxia looked at the aggrieved Lin Rui and smiled: "Second brother, I will protect you from now on."
Lin Rui nodded: "Well, from now on, Second Brother will follow you."
Huang Wanxia looked at Lin Rui with a puzzled look: "As a brother, you should protect your sister. You have been honest since childhood. Fortunately, your big brother never bullied you and always stood up for you."
Ai Xiaoxia knew that Lin Rui was the kind of good boy who studied hard, made progress every day, didn't fight, and didn't skip classes. In fact, this was a good thing.
While they were talking, Lin Xiao came back: "Mom, I'm back. Xiaojuan will probably be here late. I have something to do at work and can't leave early."
Huang Wanxia left the kitchen: "It's okay, it won't be too early to eat."
Ai Xiaoxia and Lin Rui also came out and called out to Big Brother.
Actually, how should I put it? After all, they just got to know each other, and Ai Xiaoxia felt that she and Lin Rui got along well, so they got along quite well. However, Ai Xiaoxia still felt that she needed time to get used to Lin Xiao.
Soon Lin Jianye also came back. Huang Wanxia had already prepared the dough and fillings for making dumplings, and asked everyone to wash their hands and come together to make dumplings.
When northerners make dumplings, sometimes it’s not for eating, but for the joy of doing something together as a family.
Sitting around the table, making dumplings and chatting, occasionally a naughty child would get dough all over his face, which is also a kind of joy in life.
Just as I finished wrapping the dumplings, my sister-in-law Wang Lijuan came back. They greeted each other as soon as they entered the door. She changed her shoes, washed her hands, and came over.
After a few polite words, Wang Lijuan said to Huang Wanxia, "Mom, are we really not going to have any contact with Lin Zhu anymore? No matter what, we have been friends for so many years. She is also a victim. She didn't even know when it was changed. I feel sorry for her. Why don't we just become her relatives and become her godparents? It won't be like you and Dad raised her for nothing for so many years, right?"
Wang Lijuan didn't dare to contact her family these days, for fear that they would find out about Lin Zhu's incident and get angry with her.
So after much thought, she felt that she could let Lin Zhu become the Lin family's goddaughter. This way, the changes before wouldn't be too big, and she would also have face in her mother's family. Of course, she and Lin Xiao had never been to Dawa Village, so they didn't know much about many things.
Huang Wanxia said directly: "We cannot forgive what the Ai family did. Seeing Lin Zhu will remind us of many bad things in the past. Xiaoxia suffered too much in the Ai family. The attitude we should have is to return to our respective places."
Wang Lijuan also understood what Huang Wanxia said, but thinking about the things on her mother's side, she continued: "But Mom, I think Lin Zhu is also very pitiful. After all, she didn't do much wrong." As she said that, she nudged her husband with her arm.
Lin Xiao understood his wife's hint. Of course, he and Lin Zhu had feelings for each other over the years.
He is different from Lin Rui. Lin Rui and Lin Zhu are much older than each other, so they always fought when they were young, and they didn't get along well since they were young.
But I am five years older than Lin Zhu. When I was a child, I often combed Lin Zhu's hair and took her to school. I still have many good memories of her.
He and his parents also had different feelings. Lin Jianye and Huang Wanxia owed Ai Xiaoxia, especially when they saw Lin Zhu, they would think of the days when Ai Xiaoxia was abused. However, Lin Xiao did not have too many thoughts about this. He thought more about the brother-sister relationship with Lin Zhu. Moreover, he did not go to Dawa Village, and he did not mention the incident of Lin Zhu injuring people when he returned home. After all, it was not a good thing, so Lin Xiao did not know about it.
So he said to Lin Jianye: "Dad, I know Lin Zhu did something wrong. She shouldn't have concealed her background. This has hurt Xiaoxia, but Lin Zhu is also afraid. After all, the Ai family is not a decent family. If she goes back, her life may be ruined."
Ai Xiaoxia felt bad after listening to her elder brother's words. Although she understood the long-term relationship between her elder brother and Lin Zhu, after all, one has feelings for a cat or a dog, but this was different. Everything was man-made, not a mistake.
To be honest, if the baby was taken away by mistake, and if Lin Zhu didn't know about it, I wouldn't object to the Lin family caring about Lin Zhu, and I could also accept Lin Zhu becoming a sworn brother to the Lin family.
But what's different in this situation is that the Ai family did it on purpose, and after Lin Zhu knew about it, he continued to conceal it. So they are accomplices, there's no way to wash it off, and their grudges are very clear.
She said to Lin Xiao, "Brother, if Lin Zhu keeps hiding this and I'm unable to find out my true identity, then you'll be deceived by Lin Zhu and the Ai family for the rest of your lives, and you and I will never meet again."
Lin Xiao also knew this, but he still wanted to help Lin Zhu: "Xiao Xia, I know you have resentment in your heart, but Lin Zhu is not having an easy time either. Let's just do a good deed and arrange her job and marriage, okay?"
Ai Xiaoxia couldn't bear to hear this anymore: "She has it hard? Just how hard is it for her?"
After saying that, Ai Xiaoxia rolled up her sleeves and showed Lin Xiao the scars on her arms: "These were all pinched by Lin Zhu's biological mother and brothers. The mild ones will go away in a few days, but some of the more serious ones will leave scars."
Then he rolled up his trousers and said, "The knife wound on my leg was caused by Lin Zhu's elder brother whipping me. One whipping damaged both layers of my trousers."
Then she lifted her clothes, revealing the scars on her back. "This one was scratched by Lin Zhu's brother with broken glass. There are also scars on my chest and thighs. I can't show them to you. These are because Meng Qiuju knew I wasn't her biological child, so she abused me for twenty years. During these twenty years, Lin Zhu has been enjoying the love of my parents. Does my eldest brother want Lin Zhu to appear in front of me every day to remind me of my horrible past?"
At this time, Huang Wanxia had lost control. She hugged Ai Xiaoxia and cried heart-wrenchingly. She had only seen the wounds on Ai Xiaoxia's arms before, and didn't know there were so many and so serious ones.
She cried and said, "My daughter, why didn't you tell me this earlier?" At this time, she didn't care about the flour in her hands, rubbed it on her body, and touched Ai Xiaoxia's back, her hands and feet shaking.
Lin Jianye also shed tears. When he recognized his daughter, he was excited and had mixed feelings. But it was different now. If he had seen these scars first, he would have beaten up the Ai family when he went to the Ai family. Now he has made up his mind that even if he can't let the Ai family go to jail, he will make them pay compensation that bankrupts them and will never let them have a good life.
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