Chapter 608: Fulfilling a Trust with Loyalty
Chapter 608: Chapter 608: Fulfilling a Trust with Loyalty
“According to my dad, back then in Daqing Mountain Village, my grandfather was the team leader. Your parents came over with two kids fleeing hardships. At that time, the villagers of Daqing Mountain Village were all over the place. My grandfather saw your parents bringing two kids and felt sorry for them, especially the younger one, who was just skin and bones. If they didn’t settle down, they probably wouldn’t survive. So, he agreed to let you stay in the village.”
Lin Chuxia nodded, Sun Bingnan said that the younger one was her.
“My grandfather decided and gave your parents two empty houses in the village. Lanlan was still small then, and my mom felt sorry for the kids. She heard that your mom had no milk to feed, so she took the initiative to nurse you, even though our family’s food was scarce. But they still gave a bit of sweet potatoes to help out. That’s how your parents managed to settle in Daqing Mountain Village. Later, when life got a bit better, probably fearing that the villagers might bully outsiders, they proactively reached out to the Lin Family in the village, becoming their branch family.”
Sun Bingnan sneaked a glance at Lin Chuxia.
One thing he didn’t mention was that at that time, his mother noticed the smaller child in the Lin Family, which was Lin Chuxia, being so pitifully thin that she barely had any strength to cry. Knowing Mother Lin had no milk, she offered to nurse the little one with her milk.
Unexpectedly, Mother Lin handed the bigger child over to his mother.
His mother thought Mother Lin misunderstood, thinking she wanted to nurse both children. But his mother didn’t have enough milk, and there was a baby sister at home who needed milk too.
So, his mother emphasized again about nursing the little one.
Mother Lin heard this and seemed indifferent, saying the little one had just been fed and wasn’t hungry.
The bigger child hadn’t eaten for several days and needed to be nursed.
But at that time, the bigger one was clearly stronger than the smaller one, and Lin Jiayi already looked three or four years old.
His own child, even at three or four, wouldn’t breastfeed anymore. How could he give his milk to someone else’s child that big?
When his mother said there was no need to nurse then, Mother Lin reluctantly handed the little one over to his mother.
At that time, his mother said, she’d never seen a mother who could play favorites so blatantly.
A while ago, Lin Jiayi’s mom came over, reminding his mother of the past events.
She started to feel that Mother Lin had a noble character.
Trusted by others, loyal to others’ affairs.
Others entrusted their child to them. Even if she had to starve her little daughter, she had to take good care of the child from another family.
The favoritism Lin Family showed towards their eldest daughter over the years was incredibly clear to them.
While praising Mother Lin, they also felt more sympathy for Lin Chuxia.
The most unfortunate one in such situations was Lin Chuxia.
Lin Chuxia nodded, it was similar to what she knew.
“I heard from my dad before, the original village was hit by famine and couldn’t survive, so they ended up wandering to Daqing Mountain Village. This is the address of our old village. I’m not sure if it’s accurate, but can you help me find out and check if anything from the past can be traced about the Lin Family?”
This address was something she accidentally heard in her past life, didn’t really take it to heart.
Sun Bingnan took the note, slightly stunned, “Mr. Lin, did something happen?”
Lin Chuxia didn’t hide anything, “I came back this time originally for the An City Vegetable Station, but just when Wang Cheng was about to get things done there, someone beat him to it. It wasn’t anyone else; it was my elder sister. Using her biological mother’s international connections, she secured the An City Vegetable Station and then came to me with my mom, trying to buy Qin’s Buns Shop from me.”
Lin Chuxia chuckled lightly, “My dear elder sister now seems to have money. Today is different from the past. I’m quite curious how my sister ended up with such a wealthy mom, so I want to look into the past.”
Upon hearing this, Sun Bingnan’s fist clenched tightly.
If others don’t understand why Lin Jiayi would do this, as Sun Lanlan’s older brother and Lin Chuxia’s close friend, he knows too well about the conflicts between Lin Chuxia and Lin Jiayi.
He’s never seen such a sister as Lin Jiayi, who, relying on their parents’ favoritism, bullied her sister in every way.
Back when Lin Chuxia got married, he and his little sister were happy for her, thinking she finally escaped that wolf’s den.
Now Lin Jiayi just acknowledged having a wealthy mother and turned around to bully her again.
And yet, Mr. Lin’s mother took the adopted daughter’s side; Sun Bingnan thought about making a banner for Mother Lin’s noble character.
“I’ll set off tomorrow, Mr. Lin, just wait for the news. I’ll try to get the information as clear as possible.”
“Okay.”
This matter with Lin Jiayi always felt off to her.
If Lin Jiayi had reconciled and left with her biological mom, Lin Chuxia wouldn’t have taken it to heart.
But she had to make a move against her, and Lin Chuxia knew Lin Jiayi’s nature all too well.
Because of this, she still felt it necessary to understand the past conflicts.
Know yourself, know your enemy.
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Zhuang Yang didn’t immediately follow Lin Jiayi’s orders but instead looked into the shops Lin Jiayi wanted.
It turned out those two shops belonged to the same family, and coincidentally, he knew the manager of these shops, Lin Chuxia.
Moreover, after completing the acquisition procedures for the vegetable station, he learned that it was also eyed by another individual business. The entrepreneur’s boss was also Lin Chuxia.
Lin Chuxia had done a favor for the chairman, who thought highly of her and wanted to seek cooperation.
So, after finding out that the owner of Qin’s Buns Shop was Lin Chuxia, he didn’t disregard Lin Jiayi’s instruction not to inform the chairman and reported directly to Zhuang Jingshu.
Whether or not he was overthinking it, the two incidents seemed too coincidental, and the new daughter the chairman found seemed to be deliberately or inadvertently targeting Miss Lin.
“At the time, I found the situation too coincidental. I always felt that Miss Lin was deliberately or inadvertently targeting Miss Lin Chuxia. As a result, this investigation also unearthed another identity of Miss Lin Chuxia.”
Zhuang Jingshu looked up, and Zhuang Yang continued, “I also found out Lin Chuxia is another daughter of Lin Guangshan and Guo Cuihua.”
Zhuang Jingshu squinted slightly, “Miss Lin is also a daughter of Lin Guangshan and Guo Cuihua?”
“Yes, so I’ve always thought whether Miss Lin Jiayi might be retaliating against Miss Lin Chuxia because as an adopted daughter in the Lin Family, she suffered the wrongs of Lin Family’s biological daughter.”
If explained like this, it would make sense.
Zhuang Jingshu stared at a flower pot in the distance in a daze, while Zhuang Yang didn’t make a sound.
This matter was indeed something that required careful assessment from the chairman; on one side was her biological daughter, and on the other, her lifesaver.
The chairman wanted to make up for the neglect owed to her biological daughter over the years and also repay the life-saving grace of Lin Chuxia and Old Master He.
For anyone, this was indeed a difficult decision.
Just as Zhuang Yang thought the chairman would take some time to deliberate before responding to him, Zhuang Jingshu spoke up, “Where’s the sample now?”