Since Lin Jing’s sche against Su Xiaofeng had failed, Grandmother Lin’s face seed even more aged.
The entire Lin Family, once proud of two people, now both imprisoned, thought of this and Grandmother Lin regretted not acting differently in the past.
She regretted marrying Luo Yuzhu. Without that marriage, Lin Jianguo and Lin Jing would not have gotten involved with Su Xiaofeng, the bringer of misfortune.
Now, looking at the current state of the Lin Family, it all depended on her, an old lady, which filled her with endless bitterness.
Hearing Grandmother Lin’s words, Lin Yue shook her head, "My mom already owes Sister Xiaofeng’s family too much, asking for help now would make us truly inhumane. Grandma, even if my mom had countless faults before, her current plight is retribution she brought upon herself."
"Lin Yue, if it weren’t for the fact that you’re our granddaughter, given Luo Yuzhu’s behavior, I wish she would just die. Look at what she has done, and now both your father and sister are in such states. Since you’ve returned, have you gone to see them?"
If Lin Jianguo had listened to her and divorced Luo Yuzhu and remarried, the Lin Family would surely have had another fate by now, perhaps even with a few grandchildren.
Looking at the situation now, what have the two current daughters done for the Lin Family?
It’s said that daughters are just that, daughters, without any use.
"Grandma, the current situation of my dad and sister is the result of their own choices, and it’s not much related to my mom." Lin Yue gave a bitter smile, "Grandma, if you aren’t willing to help, it’s fine. I will visit my dad when I have ti."
Lin Yue understood that her grandmother being in this predicant probably left her with no other way to help.
She could only rely on herself now.
After leaving Grandmother Lin’s rented room, Lin Yue looked up to the sky.
The weather this Chinese New Year was especially good, with the sun beaming joyously.
Yet, she felt unable to appreciate the beautiful scenery.
She was no longer the naive girl from a year ago. Others might not wish her mother well, but she couldn’t abandon her.
With mother, there is ho.
Without mother, she would be a child without a ho.
After thinking it over, she decided to borrow money from Uncle Dong.
Uncle Dong had a good relationship with her mother and had so money. If she approached him, she might be able to borrow so.
Thinking over that it was only the first day of the new year, she decided to wait and finish the doctor’s dicine first.
Borrowing money from soone right after the new year would likely be frowned upon.
Xiaofeng’s family stayed ho on the first day of the new year, and on the second day, they returned to Lihua Village.
They had no choice, their roots were in Lihua Village, and for such an important festival like the Spring Festival, it was natural to go back for ancestral worship.
When they returned from Lihua Village, it had already turned dark.
Passing by a certain street, Xiaofeng saw Lin Yue standing at the street corner, seemingly trying to hail a cab.
Xiaofeng asked Su Peng to drive the car over.
Upon seeing the car stop, Lin Yue bent down to greet them, but upon recognizing Su Peng and the others, her face imdiately wore an embarrassed smile, "Sister Xiaofeng, Brother Su, Dr. Yecheng."
"Lin Yue, where are you going?" Su Dapeng asked Lin Yue.
"I wasn’t planning to go anywhere; I was just waiting for you here." Lin Yue turned to Yecheng, "Dr. Yecheng, I’ve been to several pharmacies and couldn’t find all the ingredients for the prescription you wrote. Could you think of a way to help ?"
Yesterday, on the first day of the new year, the pharmacies in the county weren’t working, so she planned to get the dicine today. After visiting several pharmacies and being told they didn’t have all the ingredients, they couldn’t fulfill the requirents of her prescription.
She wasn’t in a hurry originally, but now the situation made her anxious.
Having Dr. Yecheng’s prescription but unable to obtain the dicine.
"Lin Yue, are you silly?" Su Peng laughed upon hearing Lin Yue’s words, "Why would you go to a pharmacy for dicine? You should go to the People’s Hospital or the Traditional Chinese dicine Hospital instead—they definitely have everything."
Lin Yue, feeling more embarrassed by Su Peng’s words, said, "Indeed, how could I have not thought of that, I was really panicked."
Hurriedly, Lin Yue left.
"This Lin Yue, really has changed from before," He Xii watched Lin Yue’s retreating figure, "The old Lin Yue behaved like a typical Young Lady, with an unbearable tone and manner of speech. Look at her now; she’s willing to endure all kinds of hardship for her mother, much better than Lin Jing." After Lin Jianguo was imprisoned, the true colors of his daughters were revealed.
"She was also used by Lin Jing in the past." Of course, Lin Yue trusted in Lin Jing after all; they were sisters. But whether Lin Jing truly regarded her as a sister was another question.
Although the matter of the elder Gu from Imperial Capital had temporarily subsided, the 319 case had not been closed, so it wasn’t truly over.
Xiaofeng and Gu Yecheng decided to return to Imperial Capital for the first ti.
The factory back ho had stopped operating, and it was likely to resu work only after the Lantern Festival, but the stores would close for just one day on the first day of the New Year, and would be open most of the ti afterwards.
However, Xiaofeng did not worry about these details and let the store managers handle their own scheduling.
As for the factory in Chengbei, it definitely couldn’t wait to restart after the Lantern Festival; it would need to begin operations around the tenth day of the new year.
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"Lin Yue, it really is you." Old Dong was about to leave when he saw Lin Yue at the door, his eyebrows lifting in joy, "I haven’t seen you all in such a long ti. Are you here alone? Where’s your mother?"
Lin Yue stood hesitantly at the door, "Uncle Dong, happy New Year, wishing you joy for the New Year."
"Good, joy to all. Where’s your mother? We haven’t seen each other in so long. Co in, co in, let’s have a good catch-up," Old Dong said, warmly pulling Lin Yue into his ho.
Unable to resist Old Dong’s enthusiasm, Lin Yue sat anxiously on the sofa, "Uncle Dong, it’s just . I thought since I haven’t been ho for so long, I should co over and wish you a happy New Year."
"What about your mother? It’s been a while since I last saw her. How is she now?"
Lin Yue shook her head, "My mother is sick, and it’s not looking very good."
"Sick?" Old Dong’s brow furrowed, "How serious is it?"
"Uncle Dong, I’ve actually co today because I need to ask for help. My mother has a malignant tumor and might need to get surgery at a major hospital. The surgery will likely cost around fifty thousand yuan. You know the situation of our family; we are not as well-off as before, so it’s quite difficult for us to co up with such a sum for the surgery."
"That’s not a light situation." Old Dong sat down, poured Lin Yue a glass of water, "Lin Yue, technically, I am good friends with your mother, and of course, I should help out under these circumstances. Let’s do this, you take to see your mother first and let’s assess her condition."
Listening to Old Dong’s words, Lin Yue’s heart lit up with hope. Uncle Dong seed willing to help, "Uncle Dong, were you about to go out?"
"Visiting others can wait, it can be done later."
When Old Dong saw Luo Yuzhu, the Luo Yuzhu in front of him bore no trace of her forr beauty and elegance. Now she was skin and bones, especially her face, which was so sunken that it could hardly be called beautiful; in fact, it was closer to ugly.
This was a person with barely a breath of life left, the kind you’d see once and then have nightmares about all night.
Old Dong had originally wanted to see Luo Yuzhu and casually check if she’d be willing to co with him. Back in the factory days, he and Luo Yuzhu had been involved.
But upon seeing Luo Yuzhu on the bed, Old Dong imdiately abandoned that thought.
Good heavens, couldn’t she find soone younger? Why keep a living nightmare at ho?
"Old Dong, you’ve co." Luo Yuzhu, half-leaning on the bed head, smiled upon seeing her old friend, "I’m sorry you have to see like this."
"What have you done to yourself," Old Dong said, looking at her, "From what I rember, you had a decent life with the Lin Family, and you should have saved up so money. How did you end up like this in just one year?"
The Lin Family used to be well-off, and even after her divorce from Lin Jianguo, Luo Yuzhu shouldn’t have ended up in such a state.
"It’s all fate; nobody can predict these things," Luo Yuzhu said with a bitter smile, "There’s nothing I can do if the heavens want to get sick."
"Take good care of yourself." Old Dong nodded, taking out five thousand yuan from his bag, "This is all the money I have on today. You take it for now for the dical expenses, and we’ll discuss more if it’s not enough."
"Uncle Dong, rest assured, consider this money as a loan from you; I will be sure to repay it." Five thousand might not be much, but it was a significant amount nonetheless.
"It’s no big deal." Old Dong stood up, "Yuzhu, rest well. I promised to visit soone’s ho, I’ll co to see you again next ti."
"Lin Yue, see your Uncle Dong out."
Lin Yue stood up and escorted Old Dong outside.
Old Dong squinted at Lin Yue, "Lin Yue, have you turned eighteen yet?"
Lin Yue nodded, "I will be, after this month is over."
"You’ll be of age." Old Dong nodded, "You’re a young lady now. For now, I’ll head back, and I’ll co to visit you and your mother soti soon."
"Goodbye, Uncle Dong."
Old Dong got into his car, his eyes narrowing as he observed the youthful girl standing before him. In the blink of an eye, Lin Yue had grown up so much.
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