Chapter 17
At the same time, someone was knocking rapidly on Yang Xi’s door. The student Pan Yuanyuan’s voice sounded anxiously from outside, “Brother Yang, come out quickly. Someone is bullying Elder sister Naixue!!”
What?
Someone was bullying Lin Naixue!
Yang Xi’s first reaction was that Liu Yuan was here to cause trouble again. However, when he walked out of the room, he saw an old couple sitting in the living room. Lin Naixue was sitting on the sofa and wailing loudly.
Even after being slapped by Liu Yuan, Yang Xi had never seen this strong girl cry like that.
Pan Yuanyuan comforted Lin Nainaixue and said, “Sister Naixue, don’t cry anymore. Crying is not good for your body! Let’s go back to our room!”
Lin Naixue shook her head. The gaze she had as she looked at Yang Xi was filled with helplessness.
The female teacher, Ding Lan, dragged her daughter back to the room. It seemed like she did not want to get involved in this dispute.
Yang Xi sized up the clothes of the two elderly persons. They looked rather plain. The old man’s hair was white and he held a smoking pipe in his hand. Under his military coat was a yellowish white vest. His blue worker’s trousers were sewn and patched all over. Beside his military shoes was a straw basket which held some salted duck eggs.
The old lady was also dressed in patched clothes. At most, she had a lily pattern embroidered on her black cloth shoes. Right now, she was also wiping her tears. Although there were many wrinkles on her face, one could tell that she was a great beauty when she was young. Her brows were 70-80% similar to Lin Naixue’s.
No, it should be said that Lin Naixue resembled her a lot.
As expected, they should be Lin Naixue’s parents.
“Stop crying! All you know is to cry!” Father Lin took a puff of smoke from his pipe and slammed his rough palm on the table. “We didn’t lie to you intentionally. If not, would you be willing to transfer the money over?”
“You girls who are studying in the big city, your hearts have already been stolen by wolfhounds. All of you are staying outside and not coming back. Why are you saying that you want to be independent? Don’t you care about your family?”
“Your brother’s house in the county costs 300,000 dollars, and his car costs at least 150,000 dollars. That girl from the Chen family is a high school student, and the betrothal gift is also 100,000 dollars. How can we, two old folks, fork out this kind of money?”
Lin Naixue retorted with reddened eyes, “So you lied to me and said that you were terminally ill and needed 800,000 dollars for treatment?”
The old man exhaled a mouthful of smoke and stood up abruptly. “We said it’s 800,000, but we’re thinking that you can at most give us 400,000. As for the rest of the money, this old man was willing to sell my kidneys and blood to obtain it! Even if I have to put my old face on the line, I have to give it to your younger brother! Our Lin Family’s seeds cannot be cut off!”
“Am I not your daughter too? What about my happiness? Don’t you care?”
“A married daughter is like spilled water. We’ve already done our best to support you in college. You’re the girl with the highest academic qualifications in our village! My dear daughter, don’t be stubborn with your father. Just admit your mistake and come back with us to the hometown to get married. Your betrothal money if added together with the money you sent back will be just enough.” Mother Lin also went forward to persuade her.
Lin Naixue was so angry that she laughed. “So you’re not here to see me this time? You’re here to urge me to go home and get married. No, you’re here to sell me off to a stranger!”
Father Lin stood up abruptly. “What are you talking about! It’s only right and proper for girls to get married and take a betrothal gift! When I married your mother back then, wasn’t it also using the betrothal money from your aunt’s marriage? Besides, we’re your biological parents, so how could we harm you? Although the person you will marry isn’t very cultured, he’s honest and hard working. His job isn’t bad either. How is it bad for you? Ah!”
As the old man spoke, he moved towards Lin Naixue. At this point, Pan Yuanyuan squirmed out and bravely stood in front of her. Her small eyes under her glasses were wide open, refusing to budge an inch.
“Hahaha… hahahaha!!!”
Lin Naixue held her face and suddenly laughed.
When Mother Lin heard this, she was extremely anxious. “Aiyo, my daughter, don’t scare Mother. Let’s talk nicely, ah.”
Lin Naixue pushed her mother away. “Do you know how desperate I was when I heard that you were terminally ill, Dad? I transferred all of the 20,000 dollars I’d saved to you immediately. Right now, I only have 400 dollars left in my pocket!”
Similarly, she stood up and looked straight at her father. “I’ve been living on 400 dollars for a month in a place like Deer Harbor that costs 50 dollars for just a bowl of noodles. I eat porridge in the morning and buns and vegetables in the afternoon. I don’t even dare to eat at night!”
“In order to raise the money for you, I worked doubly hard in the day. Do you know what I went to do at night?”
“I worked at a bar as a hostess!”
“Drinking a glass of wine will earn me 100 dollars, so I poured 20 glasses down my throat every night! I’ll vomit and have diarrhea in the toilet after that, then I’ll go back to work the next morning, not forgetting to transfer the money to you on the way!”
“I did all that, thinking that you were suffering from sickness. As for me, I’m still young!” Lin Naixue patted her chest and took a deep breath. Her lips were trembling, and her voice was already hoarse. “I thought that I would suffer on your behalf instead! But, you guys actually took the money that your daughter earned from being a hostess to buy a house for your son!”
Father Lin’s hands were trembling in anger. “You… You… My Lin Family’s reputation has been ruined by you!”
He stretched out his hand as if he wanted to hit her.
Lin Naixue closed her eyes and said, “Go ahead! Those customers are much better at beating than you! I’m not afraid!”
Pa!
Father Lin’s hand was caught by Yang Xi in mid-air.
“Uncle, it’s too much to hit people.”
Yang Xi blocked in front of Lin Naixue and looked coldly at the troublemaking Father Lin.
“Who do you think you are? I’m teaching my daughter a lesson. Who are you to meddle in our affairs?”
Father Lin had nowhere to vent his anger and directly wanted to make a move on Yang Xi.
“I was wondering why that wretched girl refused to go home. It turns out that she has found a man and grown a pair of wings outside! Today, I’m going to teach you a lesson!”
Yang Xi furrowed his brows. He could easily put this old man down with a flick of his finger. However, he was Lin Naixue’s father after all…
Pa!
There was a red mark on the old man’s face. The person who had attacked was Ding Lan, the female teacher who had already returned to her room just now.
She shook her slightly painful hand and said to Lin Naixue, “Naixue, I misunderstood you previously. It turns out that you have your difficulties. Don’t be afraid. With me here today, no one can take you away! I don’t believe that you can still force a woman to get married in this era!”
“Y-y-you… You dare to hit me?” Old Lin covered his face in disbelief.
“I’ll beat you up, you old fart. You blood-sucking bug! It’s truly rare to see such a level of favoritism!”
“You… What do you know? If our Lin Family’s bloodline ends in my son’s generation, when I die in the future, how can I face my ancestors?”
“What? Does your family have an imperial throne to inherit, or does your Y chromosome have an S-rank Esper Ability that hasn’t awakened yet? Isn’t Lin Naixue your daughter too? Both your palms and hands are similarly of the same flesh. Why are you so cruel?”
Hearing the righteous words of the female teacher, Ding Lan, Yang Xi and Pan Yuanyuan silently praised her from behind. Indeed, a teacher had to be the one to step in to teach someone a lesson. No matter what kind of background you had, she would pelt you with her scoldings until you turned obedient!
At this moment, Yang Xi noticed that Lin Naixue’s emotions were very unstable. The old man was also at a loss for words. Seeing that Mother Lin was a little regretful, Yang Xi’s heart skipped a beat and he decided to use his Grade-C ability, Puppet Control.
Mother Lin looked conflicted for a moment. Then, she actually went forward and smacked Father Lin!
The crisp sound of a slap rang out. Other than Yang Xi, everyone else was stunned.
