Chapter 286 I Only Treat You as My Sister (4)
Lin Shichu made dinner. It was already past eight o'clock when Lin's father and mother got off work. If she didn't make dinner and had to wait for her parents to come back to make it, it would not be dinner but a midnight snack.
"Chu Chu, how was your class today? Did you master all the knowledge points?" Mother Lin threw down the bag in her hand and asked Lin Shichu who brought out dinner.
Lin Shichu nodded: "Not bad, I can handle it."
"That's good." Lin's mother said indifferently. She didn't really care about her daughter's studies. She was just asking a routine question.
Lin's father and mother are both ordinary office workers. They own a house and a car, but the money to buy the house is a loan, so they have to pay back a lot of money every month. The pressure is not small. When they get home from get off work, they are so tired that they don't even want to talk.
In addition to a daughter, Lin Shichu, they also have a six-year-old son, Lin Cong. However, Lin Cong is not at home this time. He returned to his hometown in the countryside two days ago. He said that his sick grandfather missed him very much and asked him to go back to accompany his grandfather.
Lin's father and mother are not the kind of people who obviously favor boys over girls. On the contrary, they often say that daughters should be raised in wealth and sons in poverty, and that daughters should be spoiled like little princesses while sons can be raised casually.
But in fact, just by looking at the fact that Lin Shichu is almost eighteen years old and has a six-year-old brother, you can know their true thoughts. Lin Cong was not an accident, but Lin's father and mother went to the hospital specifically to do in vitro fertilization.
They are the kind of people who say they treat their daughters and sons equally, and even often say in daily life that they love their daughters the most, but when it comes to the ownership of the house in the future, they say without hesitation that the house will be left to their sons, and they also say that they believe their daughters can buy a house with their own efforts, but their sons are not capable and can only inherit their parents'...
It cannot be said that these parents do not love their daughter, but compared to their son, they just do not love her as much. If there is no huge conflict of interest, they may not expose this fact in their entire life, but once there is a conflict of interest, they will definitely stand on the side of their son.
Do Lin's parents love Lin Shichu? Maybe they do, after all, they have raised him for more than ten years, and they would have feelings for him even if they raised a dog; but they don't love him as much as they say. After all, in the previous life, the original owner ran to take care of other people's elderly people as soon as school was over, and it was the same on holidays and weekends, but Lin's parents never noticed anything unusual about the original owner. If they were parents who really cared about their children, would they be like this?
Moreover, when the original owner failed the college entrance examination and refused to repeat, Lin's father and mother directly kicked her out of the house and wanted to cut off all ties with her... Of course, this was mostly because the original owner was stupid and mean, but if Lin's father and mother could really care about her, take measures to correct her behavior, or directly send her to a strict boarding school where she could not leave school at will, perhaps the original owner could be saved and her fate could be changed.
But Lin's father and mother chose the simplest and most brutal way and simply gave up on her. Perhaps they saw that their daughter was completely useless and out of use, so it didn't matter if they abandoned her.
Of course, we can't blame them too much. After all, they raised the original owner until she was 18 years old and she insisted on going down this path and refused to listen to any advice. So it's understandable that Lin's father and mother gave up on her. It's just that to outsiders, it seemed too cold and heartless.
Lin Shichu didn't have much objection to what Lin's father and mother did. In fact, if she were Lin's father and mother, and had a daughter like the original owner, they would probably kick her out of the house. But Shichu was just a beast, and beasts are more beastly than human. It is in line with their nature to be so indifferent to their children, but Lin's father and mother... are human beings.
Of course, Lin Shichu would not retaliate against Lin's father and mother just because they did not truly love the original owner. After all, they raised the original owner and fulfilled their parental responsibilities. But Lin Shichu would not respect and love them much. At most, she would treat them as blood-related cohabitants. When she goes to university in the future, she will only see them a few times a year, so it really doesn't matter.
"Congcong has been back to his hometown for such a long time. Isn't it time to bring him back? It's not good to ask the kindergarten for too long a leave." Lin's mother suddenly said while eating.
Father Lin nodded: "I'll take him back this weekend."
"Then I'll buy some sea fish this weekend. Congcong loves to eat fish, and children who eat more sea fish will become smarter..." Lin's mother said excitedly. She saw her silent daughter out of the corner of her eye, and was stunned for a moment, then said, "Of course, Chuchu is in her third year of high school, and the academic pressure is high at the time, so she needs to supplement her nutrition. Sea fish has high nutritional value!"
"Thank you, Mom." Lin Shichu thanked his mother tactfully.
Lin's mother was really satisfied. She lovingly picked up a piece of eggplant for Lin Shichu and said, "Chuchu is sensible and filial. It's worth it for your mother to spend a lot of money to buy you sea fish."
Obviously it was bought for Lin Cong to eat, but now it is said that it was bought specially for herself at a high price. Lin's mother will take the opportunity to take credit for it.
Lin Shichu smiled indifferently.
"By the way, Chuchu, your brother will be back this weekend. Can you help him wash the sheets and quilts after school tomorrow?" Lin's mother said, "I have to work overtime tomorrow, so I'm counting on you."
"I'm sorry, Mom. My teacher said there will be a mobilization meeting after class tomorrow. I don't know when I will be back." Lin Shichu said to his mother apologetically, "Are there no other clean quilt covers and sheets at home?"
"Yes, yes. Since you are not free tomorrow, use something else." Lin's mother frowned slightly and said unhappily.
Lin Shichu didn't care whether she was happy or not, Lin Cong was not her son. She had to go home from school every afternoon to buy groceries and cook dinner, which was very tiring and time-consuming. After dinner, she had to do homework for various subjects. She had no free time to wash her brother's sheets and quilt covers.
After Lin's mother finished her meal, she said to Lin Shichu, "Wash the dishes. I'll take out the trash."
"Mom, I still have a lot of homework to do. If I don't do it now, I won't be able to finish it by two or three o'clock. You love me so much, you must not want me to do my homework so late, right?" Lin Shichu blinked his innocent and clear eyes and said to his mother.
Mother Lin was choked by her words, but she couldn't refute. Could she say that she didn't love her daughter that much and let her wash the dishes before doing her homework?
So Lin's mother had to wash the dishes herself.
Lin Shichu took his clothes and went to take a shower.
Every night, Lin's mother would go downstairs under the pretext of throwing away garbage, and then she would spend half an hour or an hour doing so. In fact, she was taking a walk or watching others dance in the square, and would come back after the original owner had finished washing the dishes and mopping the floor. She just wanted to avoid washing the dishes and mopping the floor.
It's true that she was tired after a day's work, but Lin Shichu also went to class for a day and cooked after coming back. Isn't Lin Shichu tired? If you say you love your daughter, you have to take practical actions.
(End of this chapter)
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