Chapter 25 Longing to be loved
After he finished speaking, the man came in. This was Zhou Qiang.
His brows were tightly furrowed.
He spoke again in a flurry: "Liu Jinduo, although you can't hit your parents, don't you have legs? Can't you run away? Afraid that your relatives wouldn't take you in, you ran to the police station. There's such a good place for you to stay and support you, can't you make use of it?"
He was in a bad mood. He had just come out from Lin Hua's place and wanted to come over to say a few words to Liu Jinduo before going back quickly. However, he didn't expect to hear those idiotic words from Liu Jinduo at the door.
Listening to this, he felt his forehead throbbing. He really couldn't stand such a cowardly person.
So now he immediately rebuked.
Lin Li rolled his eyes and said, "Comrade police officer, I admit that your suggestion is very good, but can't you tone it down a little? With your attitude, listen to it yourself, is it irritating?"
"You...Lin Li!" Zhou Qiang never expected that Lin Li would confront him. He pointed at Lin Li's nose in anger.
"What do you mean by 'I'? The people have been sent here, you should hurry back and report back," Lin Li said with disdain, "and go to Sanhe Village to do another investigation. If you need my cooperation, just call me."
When Lin Li was speaking, Liu Jinduo was so scared that she kept pulling Lin Li's sleeve, signaling her to stop talking, but Lin Li didn't listen to her.
Zhou Qiang was furious: "When I came out just now, the villagers of your Sanhe Village came to the police station on their own initiative, saying that they had elected several representatives after a village meeting. They not only told us about Liu Jinpeng beating you, but also about Liu Jinpeng's petty thefts in the village over the past two years, and asked us to conduct a thorough investigation."
Lin Li said "Oh", this was also within her expectations.
"Oh, by the way, you have to hand in the self-criticism letter to the leader seriously." Lin Li finished speaking, and then added, "Of course, it has nothing to do with me if you don't hand it in. Just don't let me write it a second time. In fact, you just need to be able to deal with the leader."
Zhou Qiang thought to himself: I can handle the leader, but I can't handle your second brother.
But Liu Jinduo kept pulling Lin Li in fear and trepidation, which distracted Lin Li, so Lin Li did not concentrate his mental energy to listen to Zhou Qiang's voice.
So he missed the most troubling thing for Zhou Qiang.
Zhou Qiang said, "I should have stayed away from you..."
Just ran away.
After Zhou Qiang left, Liu Jinduo came to pull Lin Li again, timidly: "Li Li, how dare you quarrel with a police comrade? Look how angry you made him, aren't you afraid that he will arrest you and put you in jail?"
In the eyes of illiterate people, you can offend anyone but not the police.
"Liu Jinduo," Lin Li was too lazy to beat around the bush, so she just said it in a straight-man way, "I want your parents to sever ties with you. You should marry my third brother, and I will always treat you well."
"What?" Liu Jinduo widened her eyes in horror.
"Now your parents have only broken one of your ribs. If your brother goes to jail in the future, your life will be even more difficult. So think carefully now. If you don't leave that broken home as soon as possible, you will never be able to get up in your life." Lin Li said it clearly without any emotion.
At this moment, all words of comfort are useless. For Liu Jinduo, this is a huge decision.
The more patiently you coax her, the sadder and more confused she will become. It is better to tell her the cruel truth directly and let her choose to be smashed to pieces or walk on an unfamiliar path.
"But..." Liu Jinduo burst into tears, "When I was fifteen, my parents said that from now on, I would be responsible for supporting them for the rest of their lives. They would never let me go... unless your family gave enough betrothal gifts, but my mother is greedy for money... she asked for too much betrothal gifts... wuwuwu..."
"The gift is not something you should worry about." Lin Li then slowed down his tone. "If I give your family enough gift, I have enough means to make your parents sign a document to sever ties with you. Then from now on, you are no longer their daughter."
"Hey," Liu Jinduo said in a trembling voice, "Can you not force them to sign the agreement?"
Lin Li shook his head indifferently: "No. This is not a charity organization. They are greedy and I cannot let my third brother support your family endlessly. Besides, in the future, you and my third brother will have your own children to raise, and you will not be obligated to support your useless brother."
"Wuwuwu, what should I do if your third brother treats me badly in the future?"
"No matter how badly I treat you, I will never scold you with the most unpleasant words like your parents, nor will I dare to break your ribs." Lin Li sneered.
"I'm still afraid..." Liu Jinduo's lips trembled.
The tears flowed down her cheeks and finally onto her cracked lips and lip corners.
Although Lin Li was disappointed that Liu Jinduo could not be helped, he understood that Liu Jinduo's cowardice was not acquired overnight, and scolding her was useless.
When a person falls down due to fatigue, he can be whipped to get up and continue running, but after experiencing repeated exhaustion, it is difficult to get up again.
"As long as you leave home and leave those people who pick on you and exploit you every day, you will find that every day can be easy and happy. People live to pursue happiness and joy, not to numbly endure destruction every day." Lin Li said incessantly.
She didn't care whether Liu Jinduo could understand now or not, she believed that she would understand in the future: "Liu Jinduo, when you are truly happy, others will no longer have the ability to drag you into the abyss that destroys your spirit. By then, your pain will recover and you will no longer be so numb. After recovery, if you encounter a relationship that makes you uncomfortable, you will stand up and resist, and you will find a way to break off the relationship."
Finally, Lin Lu decided to give Liu Jinduo a reassurance: "I can promise you something now. If my third brother dares to scold you in the future, I will definitely help you get it back. If he dares to hit you, I will help you get it back twice. And when you have children in the future, when the children grow up, they will be able to protect you."
"Really?" Liu Jinduo finally saw hope.
She didn't know whether the child would be able to protect her when he grew up, but now when she heard Lin Li say that he could protect her, she was moved.
"Really." Lin Li said in a clear voice.
"橦橦..." Liu Jinduo cried again, this time she was moved to tears.
Although she didn't believe that Lin Li would choose to protect her, an outsider, between her and Lin Fu, she was moved by Lin Li's words, even if she didn't do it.
Because from childhood to adulthood, no one has ever said a nice word to her.
She longs to be loved so much that even if the other person is not sincere, she will be moved for the rest of her life.
"Liu Jinduo, I can really promise you these. Even if you do something wrong, if my third brother doesn't have the patience to teach you, I will teach you. But he does not have the qualifications to scold or hit anyone." Lin Li emphasized again.
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