Chapter 610: Is Blood Really Thicker Than Water?
Chapter 610: Chapter 610: Is Blood Really Thicker Than Water?
Moreover, how would she know how to run a bun shop?
She doesn’t even like eating the buns she steams herself.
“But mom, I just want those two shops from Qin’s. I’ve already talked it over with the owner; they’re willing to sell the shops to me. The owner isn’t in An City now, and can’t manage it herself. It’s perfect for me to take over…”
“Really?” Zhuang Jingshu’s expression remained unchanged, but her tone showed impatience, “Is the owner of the bun shop you’re talking about Lin Chuxia?”
Lin Jiayi suddenly looked up, eyes full of shock, her mind blank.
Then she heard the words she least wanted to hear, “I heard that Lin Chuxia is your sister. Are you sure she’s willing to sell the bun shop to you?”
Lin Jiayi forced a smile more bitter than crying, “Yes… yes, she wants to sell the bun shop to me. She’s living in the city with her husband now, and can’t take care of the bun shop here, so she wants to transfer it to me.”
“But Zhuang Yang said that Lin Chuxia didn’t plan to transfer the bun shop. Also, she intended to acquire the An City Vegetable Station earlier but you got to it first. It’s not exactly first come, though, because Lin Chuxia had already sent someone to contact the government. However, Zhuang Yang’s foreign assets advantage helped him acquire the An City Vegetable Station. Jiayi, do you really want these things, or is it just because they belong to Lin Chuxia? Aren’t you sisters? But everything you’re doing seems to be targeting her?”
Zhuang Jingshu asked this just to understand calmly.
During this period of contact, she had grown to trust Lin Chuxia’s character.
She’s a perceptive young girl.
In contrast, her newly acknowledged daughter seemed somewhat mediocre in her perspective.
But it’s okay. What she doesn’t understand, I can teach her. What she gets wrong, I can help her correct.
I’ve missed over twenty years of her life, and as long as she is healthy and safe, everything else can be settled slowly over time, slowly made up for.
Just like her previous marriage.
Marrying into such a family wasn’t her fault. If she had been by my side, I would certainly have helped her find a good family, choose a proper husband.
And not allow her to suffer in her husband’s family.
So when she proposed a divorce, I supported her. Even if she doesn’t want that child, I unconditionally agree.
She’s only in her twenties, and there’s a long road ahead.
I can pay child support and help fulfill a mother’s duty of care.
If my daughter doesn’t want to, I won’t morally bind her to let the child become a burden for her.
With Zhuang Jingshu’s words, Lin Jiayi’s face also turned paler.
She didn’t know how Zhuang Jingshu found out so much.
From the moment this woman reached out to the Lin Family, her mother told her about the past, firmly insisting she was the child from back then, this woman never showed suspicion.
She took her for health checks, bought her new clothes, and all kinds of tasty food.
No matter the clothes or the usage, whatever she wanted, she never said no.
She never cared about the situation of others in the Lin Family, Lin Jiayi always thought she didn’t care since those people were unrelated to her.
Unexpectedly, she even knew about Lin Chuxia, and knew about her interest in the vegetable station and bun shop was because they belonged to Lin Chuxia.
Lin Jiayi’s eyes suddenly reddened, feeling utterly wronged.
“I didn’t mean to target her, but she’s been targeting me all these years. Since childhood, she always suppressed me, isolated me at home with my brother. Now that you know Lin Chuxia, you should know there’s also Lin Jiadong in the Lin Family, he’s our brother. Lin Chuxia combined with this brother to always oppose me, bully me. Until now, those two are close-knit, they look at me with scorn. At first, I thought it was just me being unlikable, until after you came, mom, I realized I wasn’t a biological child of the Lin Family, that’s why they didn’t like me. Otherwise, why would my adoptive mother treat me better even though I’m not her biological child, it’s because those two bullied me everywhere. Fortunately, my adoptive mother treated me well over the years; otherwise, I would have been bullied to death by them.”
She glanced secretly at Zhuang Jingshu, “That’s why after you came, mom, I thought about a small revenge against her. Really, I didn’t have any other thoughts, I was just oppressed by her for so many years and felt that finally someone else would support me, so I wanted a little revenge. I’m sorry, mom, I won’t do it again.”
Zhuang Jingshu sighed, the investigation results from Zhuang Yang indeed showed Lin Chuxia was closer with that brother.
Could it be that blood is truly thicker than water?
She couldn’t say Lin Chuxia was right, but neither could she criticize her biological daughter in such a situation.
“No matter what, the Lin Family shelters you, that’s a life-saving grace for us. As for your grudge with Lin Chuxia, if you don’t want to stay here, I can take you abroad or to other more developed cities. There’s no need to fight over these things,” Zhuang Jingshu looked at her earnestly, “You’re not her match.”
She had always been somewhat confident in judging people, this daughter had been spoiled.
And Lin Chuxia’s abilities were evident.
To pit Lin Jiayi against Lin Chuxia would be harming her.
Lin Jiayi, although she didn’t like hearing this from Zhuang Jingshu, knew that she likely passed this hurdle today.
“I understand, mom, let me think about it.”
She didn’t dare to go abroad, but perhaps other big cities… she could consider.
Zhuang Jingshu saw she was still listening to reason and nodded, “Then go back and think it over. I won’t leave here for now, and once you’ve thought it through, we can discuss the next steps.”
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After leaving Zhuang Jingshu, Lin Jiayi realized her clothes on her back were soaked.
Mother Lin was waiting not far from her, and when she saw Lin Jiayi come out, she hurried to meet her.
“What did she say to you? Why do you look so unwell?”
Mother Lin really hadn’t seen her daughter like this much, like something tremendous had happened.
Lin Jiayi glanced behind her, seeing no one following, pulled Mother Lin into an alley, and opened up, “Mom, she knows about Lin Chuxia, knows Lin Chuxia is one of us, she seems to know Lin Chuxia well. She called me over today to ask why I want to buy Qin’s Bun Shop, and why I’m targeting Lin Chuxia.”
Upon hearing this, Mother Lin’s face turned pale, “She… she wouldn’t know anything, would she?”
“You’re asking me who should I ask? Didn’t you say it was foolproof?” Lin Jiayi couldn’t help but shout.
Thinking back to Zhuang Jingshu’s gaze just now made her heart tremble.
Mother Lin, brought back to her senses by her daughter’s shout, shook her head firmly, “No way, she wouldn’t know. Only your father and I know about this, no one else. Didn’t she also search for a long time before finding us? If anyone knew anything back home, she wouldn’t have taken so long to find us.”