Chapter 428 I'll Make You Pay
Lin Shuhong tossed and turned, unable to sleep, while Liu Mei, who had traveled a long way, fell asleep soon after touching the bed.
Liu Mei got up earlier than Lin Shuhong and Wang Xiu. When the couple got up, Liu Mei had already finished washing the dirty clothes in the washroom.
While washing dirty clothes, Liu Mei also had a chance to chat with her neighbors.
Who are you? I've never seen you before.
“I am Lin Jinyao’s mother, Lin Shuhong’s ex-wife. Because of her poor health, she could not give Lin Shuhong a son, so Lin Shuhong divorced me.”
Before anyone could ask, Liu Mei had already prepared a reason for divorcing Lin Shuhong.
"Then why did you suddenly come?"
Liu Mei's current appearance is that of an honest person who has suffered hardships.
She wrung out her clothes and said, "My daughter wrote to me saying that she's not getting enough to eat at home every day. I'm a useless mother, and I don't want to just watch my daughter go hungry."
"So you're going to take Jinyao away?"
Liu Mei sighed and shook her head. "How could that be? I'm not as capable as Lin Shuhong. I can't even support myself. I'll just look after my daughter. I'll go find a job outside in a while. Although I'm not very capable, I can speak up for my daughter if she's bullied, so that others won't think that her stepmother is so good to my daughter."
"I think Wang Xiu treats your daughter quite well."
The speaker's eyes held an excited look, as if he were watching a spectacle.
Liu Mei continued to sigh, "How is she not doing well? Look how thin my daughter is, a gust of wind could blow her away. She has good grades, but her stepmother wants her to go to the factory to work and earn money to support the family. She's only fourteen or fifteen, why does she have to support the family? Who are they supporting? They're all Wang Xiu and her ex-husband's children. Why should my daughter have to? She doesn't care about my daughter, so I'm the only one who cares..."
Liu Mei said a lot in the washroom, but the message she conveyed was that Wang Xiu treated her daughter badly, and although she was incompetent, she would still support her daughter!
Wang Xiu hadn't even gotten out of bed yet when Liu Mei ruined her reputation.
Wang Xiu's reputation was a tool Lin Jinyao used to blackmail her, but Liu Mei was more mature than Lin Jinyao. She had many ways to mess with Wang Xiu. With just a little thought, she could make life miserable for Lin Shuhong and Wang Xiu.
The news spread like wildfire, and within hours, every household in the dormitory knew that Lin Jinyao's biological mother had come to her aid.
Lin Jinchao was indeed chubby and looked quite robust. Wang Xiu's other three children did not appear malnourished either. On the contrary, the eldest, Lin Jinyao, was as thin as a stick. She was wearing clothes that Wang Xiu's son, Dongdong, had discarded. The trousers were so short that they didn't even cover her ankles, and her exposed calves were as thin as sticks.
Dongdong was a year younger than Lin Jinyao, but a head taller. He patched up his tattered clothes and gave them to Lin Jinyao.
Based on these clues, everyone felt that Wang Xiu was indeed a scoundrel.
How could Wang Xiu not feel the pointing and whispering in everyone's eyes?
She got angry because she sensed it.
She blocked Lin Shuhong's way and said, "Get her away quickly. If she can't bear to part with her child, give Lin Jinyao to her too, so that she and her child can go together."
Even though Lin Shuhong has favored her youngest son over the years, it's not like she has no feelings for Lin Jinyao at all.
He remained silent, so Wang Xiu continued, "You've seen it too, that brat hates you and won't be filial to you in the future! We have Jinchao, and that brat will belong to someone else's family when she grows up. She won't listen to us and go to work in the factory. Continuing to support her education will just be a waste of money. Are you really willing to raise an ungrateful child?"
Lin Shuhong was in a state of confusion, but the scales had already tipped in Wang Xiu's favor.
At home, Liu Mei was hitting Lin Jinchao.
"You reached out and grabbed the food before it was even ready! Where did you get that bad habit? Did your mother teach you that? You have no manners at all!"
Liu Mei grabbed Lin Jinchao's hand and slapped his small hand hard.
Lin Jinchao cried loudly. By the time Lin Shuhong and Wang Xiu returned home, Lin Jinchao, who had already stopped crying, rushed up to complain.
Overwhelmed with grief for her son, Wang Xiu launched into a tirade against Liu Mei, yelling, "You beat my son in my house, you crazy woman! Get out of here right now!"
After Liu Mei finished eating and drinking, she said after she finished scolding him, "Your son is like a starving ghost reincarnated. He reached out and snatched the pancake before it was even cooked in the pan. You spoiled him, didn't you? Look at his spineless behavior, just like you! If you don't teach him, I'll teach him for you from now on. I guarantee he'll learn not to snatch food."
Wang Xiu was ready to fight her to the death.
She had never hated someone so much and felt so powerless to do anything about it.
The door to the house was open, and the neighbors were all quietly listening to the commotion in the hallway.
Lin Shuhong, concerned about her reputation, said to Liu Mei, "Let's go outside and talk."
Liu Mei was as if she were nailed to the room, not moving an inch.
"What's there to say? Tell me how you're biased? Tell me you treat other people's sons and daughters better than your own? Tell me you enjoy raising other people's sons and daughters? Tell me you buy nice things and then hide them away so your own daughter can't get a taste? Tell me you're being led by the nose by Wang Xiu?"
"Yes, you have many children now, so you don't care about Jinyao, but I only have this one daughter! How can I just stand by and watch you bully her like this! If you don't let me speak up for her, are you even human?"
Lin Jinyao's eyes were red.
Over the years, she's felt like an outsider in her own family, and her dad has treated her like a stepfather for the past two years! It's true, her own mother is the best to her.
The neighbors all agreed that Liu Mei was right.
Wang Xiu and her children lived together as a family with Lin Shuhong, and Lin Jinyao was the one who suffered the most.
Lin Shuhong clenched her fists.
He knew Liu Mei's true colors; he knew that if he revealed what Liu Mei had done in the past, the neighbors would despise her, but he deliberately couldn't say it.
The public disclosure of Liu Mei's situation also affected him.
Therefore, Liu Mei felt emboldened and fearless.
"If you think I'm treating her badly, then take her with you and leave."
He couldn't keep Lin Jinyao.
If he stayed any longer, he and Wang Xiu would not be able to live together.
Liu Mei looked at Lin Jinyao and said, "Look, this is your father. I shouldn't have given you to him in the first place! It's all my fault for being so incompetent that he can now say he doesn't want you anymore!"
Hatred for Lin Shuhong welled up in Lin Jinyao's eyes.
"Mom, no matter how hard life gets in the future, I'll stay with you!"
Liu Mei felt gratified.
Although they hadn't seen each other for so many years, her daughter still recognized her. It was also thanks to Lin Shuhong's remarriage and subsequent birth that she was able to win back Lin Jinyao's heart.
Wang Xiu cursed, "You two get out of here right now! You've turned my house upside down and even beat my son. If you ever step foot in my house again, I'll kill you with a knife."
Since Liu Mei had already trampled on her face and ruined her reputation, Wang Xiu simply decided to give up entirely.
Liu Mei said slowly, "You think you can just make us leave like this? Lin Shuhong, aren't you going to pay child support? Are you planning to let us starve to death out there?"
Hearing that she still dared to ask for money, Wang Xiu jumped up, "What child support? Did she grow up on air? Why haven't you given us child support all these years?"
Liu Mei stared at Lin Shuhong, her dark eyes saying: If you don't give it to me, you'll be sorry!
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