Because of what happened earlier, Lin Chuxia's anger had not subsided by lunchtime. She looked at Gu Yuheng with a disdainful expression, and she found everything related to Gu Yuheng extremely repulsive.
She originally wanted to go back immediately after lunch, but Uncle Zhong persuaded her to stay: "Young Madam, you've come all this way, you should at least have dinner before you go back!"
With Gu Qi adding fuel to the fire—according to reliable sources, after An Mingzhu and her family left the Chu family, they happily went to see a movie and had a big meal together.
So Lin Chuxia stayed at Biyue Garden until she finished dinner before going back. She could guess with her toes that if she returned to the An family now, they wouldn't even leave her leftovers.
"Young Master, is it really alright to let the young mistress go back like this?" After Lin Chuxia left, Uncle Zhong asked, voicing his doubts. With their young mistress's current status, how many people in the capital would be eager to curry favor with her? Why should she have to go back and suffer such humiliation?
"It's alright. If she wants to play, let her play." Anyway, with him around, those little fish and shrimps can't cause any big waves.
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When Lin Chuxia returned to the An family home, she found them chatting happily about something, but they all stopped talking as soon as they saw her.
How boring. Lin Chuxia walked straight to the second floor without stopping.
"Stop! Are you mute? Can't you even call people anymore?" Xie Jinya couldn't like her newly adopted daughter at all.
Look at this upbringing! It's not even a fraction as good as Mingzhu's!
Originally, Lin Chuxia didn't want to pay attention, but thinking of Xie Jinya's persistent nature, she turned around, shrugged, and said, "When I called before, no one ever heard me, so I thought it would be a waste of breath even if I called this time."
"You..." Xie Jinya was furious. However, she couldn't find the words to reprimand Lin Chuxia for a moment.
She probably didn't expect that Lin Chuxia, who was always easy to manipulate, would actually refute her.
Lin Chuxia, looking down at Xie Jinya, clearly saw the astonishment in her eyes. She didn't know how to describe her feelings at that moment; they were just... a bit complicated.
At first, she had high hopes for her biological parents, and she respected and admired them as she would her own parents.
This is why Xie Jinya was so shocked just because she spoke in a slightly harsher tone.
When she first arrived at this family, she was completely obedient to Xie Jinya, never fighting back or arguing. Thinking back to how submissive she had been at the An family recently, Lin Chuxia found it somewhat unbelievable.
"How dare you speak to your mother like that?" An Guosheng looked at Lin Chuxia with a stern face. "Even if we have wronged you all these years, your mother has also suffered and longed for you because of you. Aren't you going to apologize to your mother?"
Suffering? Perhaps there really was! I heard that when his father discovered that An Mingzhu was not of the An family bloodline, he thought Xie Jinya had cheated on him and was so angry that he almost divorced Xie Jinya.
It turned out to be a misunderstanding; An Mingzhu was neither An Guosheng's daughter nor Xie Jinya's daughter. They had been switched at birth in the hospital.
Xie Jinya did suffer a lot because of these things back then, but as for missing someone? She didn't see it at all.
Even if there were, it wouldn't be for Lin Chuxia.
"Dad, Mom! Don't be angry. Maybe Chu Xia is used to being carefree in the countryside and can't change her ways right away," An Mingzhu said, trying to calm things down. But her words directly confirmed Xie Jinya's earlier comment that Lin Chu Xia was "uneducated."
After finishing her sentence, An Mingzhu looked at Lin Chuxia with a worried expression and said, "Chuxia, don't blame your mother. I was just worried about you. You've only just returned to Jincheng and you're not familiar with the place. The nights in Jincheng are very tempting for many young people. I was worried that you would go astray, which is why I said those things to you just now."
"Exactly!" Xie Jinya regained her composure because of An Mingzhu's words. "Don't you even look at the time? It's almost nine o'clock. How dare you, a girl, wander around outside so late at night?"
"It's because I'm new here and don't know Jincheng well! What can I do? I was abandoned at the entrance of Jinxiu Community. I couldn't call for help, and I couldn't get a taxi or find my way. So I got lost."
“But you don’t look lost at all,” An Mingzhu said, frowning as she looked at Lin Chuxia, who was clean, composed, and alert.
"What are people who get lost like? Why don't you demonstrate for me?" Lin Chuxia raised an eyebrow.
“I… Chu Xia, I was just worried about you, I didn’t mean anything else…” An Mingzhu said, sounding a little aggrieved.
"Alright. I'm too tired to talk anymore. Think what you want!" Anyway, no one ever listens to what she says.
If it weren't for the fact that living here allowed her to avoid Gu Yuheng, she would have wanted to confront this family directly.
They clearly don't like her at all, so why did they bring her back?!
Thinking about this, Lin Chuxia felt a little wronged.
She misses her parents again...
Actually, she still longed for her parents...
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Lin Chuxia originally intended to go downstairs to get a glass of water, but she inadvertently heard a sound coming from An Mingzhu's half-open room.
"You left her alone at the entrance of Jinxiu Residential Area today?" This was the voice of her biological younger brother, An Mingyu.
"Ayu, what do you mean by that? Do you think we did it on purpose?" An Mingzhu bit her lip, her expression extremely hurt.
“I didn’t mean that. My parents didn’t expect it, but my sister has always been very thoughtful…” He just wanted to know why they left Lin Chuxia alone at the entrance of Jinxiu Residential Area.
There were no taxis available in that area, and it was quite far from where you could find one. If Lin Chuxia's claim of getting lost tonight was true, then how far had she walked all day?
“Ayu, I am very observant. But we ran into Master Gu at the entrance of the community, and we were all terrified... I was so frightened that I overlooked these things. It was my fault for ignoring Chuxia, but I never expected you to suspect me…” An Mingzhu said, her face full of grievances and tears welling up.
"I didn't mean to doubt you..." He was just a little flustered when he saw Lin Chuxia's nonchalant attitude tonight.
Lin Chuxia wasn't like this before. Her attitude towards her parents and the way she looked at him were never like this tonight... so unfamiliar.
Yes, it's unfamiliar.
"Ayu, although Chuxia is your blood-related older sister, I've always treated you like a younger brother all these years... Can all our years of affection really be no match for that so-called blood relation? Ayu, you've really broken my heart, sob sob sob..."
An Mingzhu burst into tears.
"No. I've always considered you my own sister. No matter what, you're my dearest sister..." Then came An Mingyu's somewhat flustered voice as she comforted An Mingzhu.
Lin Chuxia had lost interest in listening any further.
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