Chapter 46 Spreading the word
"...That child is gone, you shouldn't have said that..."
When her hearing returned, Song Lubai was finally able to hear what her mother was saying.
Song Lubai curled her lips, turned around and slapped Lin Shuyan across the face.
Lin Dahai and Zhang Cui were both stunned, never expecting her to be so rebellious.
Lin Shuyan covered her face and angrily asked, "Why did you hit me?"
Song Lubai said, word by word, "Why did your dad hit me again? If I can't hit him, I'll hit you!"
Lin Dahai was furious: "You've gone too far! You want to hit me?"
Song Lubai is now facing a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides, but the situation is not completely bad. At this critical moment, her mother is still protecting her, and the twins who have been hiding in the house also pushed open the door and rushed out to block her way.
Lin Heping trembled, his words faltering, but he didn't back down. "Dad, let's talk this out. Don't fight. Fighting is wrong."
Lin Dahai: "Get out of my way, I'm going to beat this ill-mannered guy to death today."
Lin Shuyan roared, "Get out of here! The child who died with my brother was also your nephew. How can you be so heartless?"
Song Lubai spat and said, "What conscience do you have? How old are they? They can't possibly support anyone. Unlike someone who clearly has the ability but just stands by and does nothing. Let me tell you, Lin Shuyan, that child was killed by you! Don't be afraid in your dreams at night, it's only natural that people will seek revenge on you."
It's just about hurting each other, who's afraid of who!
Zhang Cui turned her head and shouted, "Shut up!"
Lin Dahai pulled Lin Heping aside, shouting, "Get out of my way, I'm going to beat her to death today!"
Could Song Lubai put up with this humiliation? She bent down, slipped past everyone, ran to the door, and pulled it open.
"Help! Help! My stepfather is going to beat me to death!"
Lin Dahai clutched his chest, stretched out his fingers, and trembled like a leaf.
Song Lubai didn't understand what he meant. After the neighbors came out, Song Lubai covered her face while crying and said, "I can't go on living. My stepfather is going to beat me to death."
Her lower face was covered in blood from her nose; it looked terrifying.
She really wanted to cry; she wanted to cry when she was slapped, but she held back because she didn't want to appear less assertive in front of the person who hit her.
I really can't hold back anymore.
Lin Dahai was stopped by Aunt Niu's son next door as soon as he reached the door.
"Uncle, what are you doing? Why are you hitting the child? Her face is covered in blood from your beating. You can't hit her anymore."
Lin Shuyan shouted angrily, "She even hit me! That ill-mannered woman hit me! I'm supposed to be her older sister, is she even human?"
Isn't she pitiful?
Lin Dahai, who was very concerned about his reputation, was panting and unable to speak.
This scene reminded him of that time years ago, when Song Lubai also yelled as she left the courtyard, and he completely lost face.
Song Lubai cried, "So I'm just supposed to be beaten to death by you and your father without being able to fight back? I can't live like this anymore. You start trouble as soon as you come back, and you even scold me and my mother. I don't want a sister like you."
"You're such an ungrateful wretch, always trying to take advantage of others and then cursing them after you've finished eating!"
Lin Shuyan bared her teeth and brandished her claws: "I'll beat you to death, you ill-mannered bastard."
She had forgotten why she came today; all she wanted to do now was beat Song Lubai to death.
The neighbors quickly stopped them.
"What's wrong with you all? Can't you talk things out?"
Lin Shuyan, who was being pulled along, was so angry that she shouted without regard for anything else, "This ill-mannered woman killed my brother's only son! Should I beat her to death?! Don't stop me, I'm going to beat her to death!"
The neighbors looked at each other in bewilderment.
Song Lubai scoffed inwardly.
Well, she started it all, so let the storm rage on!
Anyway, she's made up her mind to leave, so what does it matter to her if the family scandal gets out?
Song Lubai spat, "What nonsense are you spouting? What does it have to do with me? If Liu Mei and her family hadn't schemed against others, trying to marry their niece off to a city man, almost killing him, and the truth came out, Liu Mei would have been arrested by the police. Her son wouldn't be without milk. She was arrested, and what were you, her aunt, doing? Now the child is gone, and you're blaming me and my mother? What kind of logic is that?"
Now that everything was explained clearly, the neighbors finally understood the whole story.
Oh dear, so that's what happened a while ago. Even Lin Dahai's daughter-in-law, Liu Mei, got arrested.
Lin Shuyan screamed hysterically, "You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense! If you hadn't interfered and saved them, Liu Mei's family wouldn't have been in there! If you had been willing to help plead for them, Liu Mei would have been released, and that child wouldn't have died!"
"You two are heartless and rotten, still thinking of becoming in-laws with other people, not caring about your own relatives."
The neighbors were confused again.
What kind of in-laws are they?
Many onlookers, who were merely spectators and bystanders, had a burning desire to uncover the truth.
Of course, only Song Lubai could satisfy everyone's desire for exploration.
Lin Dahai knew that he was finished again today, and his reputation in the food factory dormitory building would be completely ruined.
Song Lubai wiped the blood from her nose. "So you think it's right to stand by and watch someone die? I should just watch that person die and pretend I didn't see it."
But you're wrong. Even if I don't save them, some PLA comrades who happen to be passing by will.
That man was someone my family wanted to find me. Liu Mei wanted her niece to marry a city man, and that's the idea she came up with. Do you think she did nothing wrong?
Lin Shuyan, you can't distinguish right from wrong, just like Lin Shuhong, you seem to have lost your mind. You two siblings are disgusting.
The onlookers had at least grasped the truth of the matter.
Tsk tsk, Liu Mei's family is all like that, they really are poor and cunning.
Lin Shuyan was still yelling and shouting, and no amount of persuasion from the surrounding neighbors could change her mind.
Lin Dahai had already gone back inside without saying a word, while Zhang Cui stood at the door, lost in thought.
Song Lubai held up several packs of cigarettes in her hand. "I got paid today and specially exchanged cigarette coupons with someone, thinking of buying a few packs of cigarettes for my uncle. It seems I was just being presumptuous. I'm just an outsider in this family."
The neighbor advised, "Everyone has their ups and downs. The child is gone, and everyone is grieving. You should try to understand them."
Song Lubai: "I don't understand! What does the child's death have to do with me? Why should I be burdened with the blame for a death? What did I do?"
There was a life at stake here. Even though everyone with eyes could see that the direct cause of the baby's death had nothing to do with Song Lubai, no one dared to offer any advice at this critical juncture.
Lin Shuyan, who was standing nearby, was cursing Song Lubai and Zhang Cui, a mother and daughter. Zhang Cui couldn't bear it any longer and turned around to slap her.
"I don't owe you anything!"
Lin Shuyan and Zhang Cui started fighting. "How can you not owe us anything? If you hadn't come in, my dad wouldn't have treated us siblings badly..."
Song Lubai went over to help and twisted Lin Shuyan's arm.
"Stop being shameless. My mother contributed money and effort to your brother's job, bicycle, and your dowry. She gave over a hundred yuan for the three children you had. Do you think I don't know? You and your brother are the most heartless people in the world."
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