Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Lin Qi Goes Ballistic Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Lin Qi Goes Ballistic Lin Cheng grumbled, “What kind of thing is that to say? Is that the issue here? The real issue is whether you still acknowledge as your father or not!”
Lin Qi found it laughable.
The Lin Family thought that she had grabbed onto a high branch and wouldn’t let go of her, especially a high branch like Huo Tingdong.
But she wasn’t one to succumb to moral kidnapping.
Lin Qi said, “It’s the sa question, and I don’t want to repeat my answer to you. I’ve said it; I don’t want to acknowledge you. Lin Cheng, if it were not for the fact that we have a blood relation that can’t be severed, I would have long sued you in court to sever our relationship. From now on, let’s not have anything to do with each other. You just pretend you don’t have this daughter, and I’ll pretend I don’t have this father.”
Suddenly, Lin Cheng stood up excitedly: “You heartless wretch! You don’t acknowledge , fine, you can. But you must spit out all the money I’ve spent to raise you over the years.”
Lin Qi asked, “What money?”
Zhou Qin too beca agitated and pointed at her: “You ungrateful thing! The Lin Family raised you all these years, wasn’t that costly? Food, clothing, supplies – which of these didn’t we spend money on for you? We raised you so well, and now that you’ve climbed high, you imdiately turn your back on us, don’t you?”
Lin Cheng said, “Pay back what you owe , or else I’ll sue you in court!”
Lin Qi sneered.
In the end, it all cos down to the word “money.”
Lin Qi asked, “How much do you want?”
Lin Cheng gave Zhou Qin a look.
Zhou Qin hurriedly took out a few pieces of paper from her bag: “I’ve kept a detailed account! See how much money the Lin Family has spent on you over the years!”
Lin Qi was taken aback, watching as Zhou Qin threw an account of expenses onto the table. With a mixture of shock and curiosity, she picked it up and glanced over it, prompting a change in her expression.
Tuition…
Cost of living…
Everything from her university expenses down to the cost of a pair of socks was itemized across several pages in Zhou Qin’s ticulous records.
Lin Cheng said, “All this money, you should at least pay back! And furthermore, you beat up Qianqian, so her dical bills too have to be compensated for. If you’re severing ties with , my emotional distress compensation must be paid as well!”
Lin Qi frowned and asked, “Then, when I married Huo Tingdong, the betrothal money that the Huo Family paid, the Lin Family should at least return it to , right?”
She’s not the type to nitpick.
Nor is she really concerned about the betrothal money.
But seeing Lin Cheng take out such an absurd list, so ticulously kept and so seriously accounted for, she felt the weight of twenty-odd years living under the Lin Family’s penny-pinching scrutiny and couldn’t help but feel a wave of sorrow wash over her.
Since Lin Cheng wanted to settle accounts with her so thoroughly, she had to do the sa.
Lin Cheng said, “That money was long ago used to fill the hole of your mother’s dical treatnt. She was sick for so many years, I supported her and paid for her dical care; isn’t that money?”
Lin Qi found it utterly absurd, “She’s my mother, but also your wife. You pay for your wife’s dical treatnt, and you’re asking for money?”
Lin Cheng retorted, “You also said she’s your mother!”
Fury boiling over, Lin Qi stood up to face Lin Cheng: “Lin Cheng, I don’t care how much the Lin Family has, or how wealthy you are, but the money for treating my mother’s illness must be there! What hole? I think you just refuse to return the betrothal money to ! When I married Huo Tingdong, the Huo Family gave you a lot, didn’t they? You didn’t give a single penny for a dowry!”
Lin Cheng argued, “You want to sever relations with , so why are you still concerned about the Lin Family’s money?”
Lin Qi bit her lip, her face flushed red with anger, and her nose tingled as tears burst forth like a child’s, “You’re pushing too far! Everyone says that when a father gets a stepmother, he becos a stepfather! That saying is true. Ever since you married Zhou Qin, have you ever taken , your daughter, seriously? What even is this list of expenses… don’t think I don’t know!”
She angrily slamd the list down on the table, “Tuition 50,000? What kind of school requires 50,000? Nine years of compulsory education; my schooling didn’t cost you much! From high school onward, I started working part-ti to pay my way. And this university—I hadn’t even finished when you had withdraw and arranged for to marry!”
“And this, what clothes, what socks cost thousands? Don’t think I don’t know that the clothes Zhou Qin bought for were nothing but bargain factory rejects that cost a few dozen yuan with free shipping! How much can such rubbish even cost?”
“And you, you even included the Lin Family’s utilities in my expenses? What kind of place do I live in, a room without even air conditioning! Hot in the sumr, cold in the winter, you couldn’t even spare a few thousand yuan to install an air conditioner; I spent sumrs sleeping in the maid’s room!”
“Over the years, how many household expenses were cut back? Even the money for a maid was saved by making do the chores! Lin Qianqian is your daughter, so precious that she wouldn’t lower herself to touch spring water; what about ? What am I considered?”
In a fit of rage, Lin Qi tore the list into shreds and threw it at Lin Cheng’s face.
Lin Cheng’s complexion changed awkwardly, and just as he was about to protest, Huo Tingdong abruptly stood, aggressively overturning the coffee table with a look of murderous intent in his eyes, “Get out!”
He truly could no longer bear to listen.
He had absolutely no idea what Lin Qi had been through in the Lin Family all these years.
She rarely ntioned the Lin Family, and he believed Lin Cheng was very fond of his daughter; but unexpectedly, Lin Qi’s life in the Lin Family turned out to be like this.
Lin Cheng tensed up, “Don’t listen to her nonsense; I didn’t do that to her!”
Lin Qi retorted, “Do you think I’m lying, huh? Yeah, who would believe such a thing if I spoke out? What kind of father does this to his daughter? You bla for not acknowledging you; you’re afraid I won’t acknowledge you now, but what were you doing earlier?!”
Suddenly she rushed to Lin Cheng, fiercely pushing him, “Tomorrow I will go retrieve my mother’s ashes! No, I’ll do it today.”
Lin Cheng turned pale with panic, “You unfilial daughter, are you thinking of digging up your mother’s grave?”
Currently, Mrs. Lin’s grave was empty.
Lin Qi had always thought her mother had died of illness, but in fact, Lin Cheng had an affair and brazenly brought Zhou Qin ho, driving Mrs. Lin to commit suicide by jumping off a building.
After that, several misfortunes struck the Lin Family doorstep, and superstitious Lin Cheng believed it was because Mrs. Lin died with grievances. He consulted a sorcerer to perform rituals, resulting in the sinking of Mrs. Lin’s coffin in an abandoned well, now irretrievable unless they moved the well.
Huo Tingdong pulled Lin Qi back, “Calm down a bit.”
He turned to Lin Cheng, his voice icy, “Haven’t you left yet? Want to have soone throw you out?”
Lin Cheng was intimidated by Huo Tingdong’s gaze.
He was two cycles older than Huo Tingdong, but the man’s commanding stare, even without anger, left him incapable of resisting.
Having run into a wall, Lin Cheng took Zhou Qin and Lin Qianqian and left dejectedly.
Lin Qi sat back down on the sofa, tears rolling down uncontrollably.
Huo Tingdong tenderly held her face, coaxing, “Stop crying.”
Yet Lin Qi felt an imnse bitterness in her heart.
She didn’t want to cry; she had always been strong-willed since childhood. If it weren’t for her overwhelming anger, she wouldn’t have unleashed such fury.
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