Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander

Chapter 1714: Chapter 1125: Exposed

First watch.

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"Stop right there!" Bingbing strode forward and grabbed Lin Chuyue’s arm. "Putting aside whether I believe you or your mom, just look at the state she’s in right now—you can tell she must’ve suffered a lot before she managed to find this place. You’re her daughter. Don’t you feel even a little bit of pity for her?"

"I really want to pity her. Back then, I did feel sorry for her. But..." The corner of her lips pulled into a bitter smile as Lin Chuyue sighed. "After she sold me, and even cursed me, saying that one day my husband would leave me and my children would scatter, I just couldn’t feel pity for her anymore."

"You girl, if you don’t want to take care of your mom, then don’t, but how can you talk about your mother like that?" Zheng Sanqiao sat on the ground, wailing loudly. "Everyone has eyes—look at what I’m like right now, then look at what you’re like right now. If I really had sold you off, could I be living like this? Could you be living like that?"

"Exactly..." Bingbing looked at Lin Chuyue in puzzlement. "Sister, from the way you’re dressed, from how healthy you look, it’s obvious you’re living very well. And this auntie here, she’s miserable as miserable can be.

Even if, back when you got married, she asked for bride price, or you two had some unpleasantness, she’s still your own mother. Now that she’s fallen this low, and you just happen to have the means, why can’t you let go of your resentment and give her a hand?

What grudge between family can’t be gotten over? My mom and I argue all the time. When she gets mad, she curses me so viciously, and every time I swear I’ll never speak to her again. But later, once the anger fades, when I look at her, I still feel she’s so close to me.

And my mom too, when she’s angry she doesn’t care about anything, but afterwards she regrets it a lot. She’s always thinking up ways to make it up to me, cooking me delicious food.

It’s not that I don’t want to help this auntie, it’s that I feel she must still be counting on you to help her. Later, when she talks to relatives and neighbors, it’ll give her some face, won’t it?

People of their age are all like this—they really care about face..." As she spoke, Bingbing warmly took Lin Chuyue’s arm. "Sister, cool down, okay?"

"My situation isn’t the same as yours..." Seeing that Bingbing meant no harm, Lin Chuyue’s tone softened a bit. "Thank you for being willing to mediate between us, mother and daughter, even though you don’t know us. But the things between me and her really aren’t something that can be smoothed over just because we say so.

She is my biological mother, yes. It’s also true that she sold me back then. And now it’s also a fact that she’s colluding with outsiders to scheme against my husband, trying to get me divorced.

The conflicts between you and your mom are just small frictions in daily life. As long as both of you care about each other, it’s easy enough to resolve. But my mom—in her heart, I’m not her daughter at all.

Even if I dropped dead right in front of her right now, she wouldn’t feel the least bit sad. The only person she truly loves is herself. My brother and I are nothing but her retirement insurance.

It’s just that, with me, she wants to cash out once and for all and then never have contact again. With my brother, she’s waiting till she gets older to dump everything on him. Our family was broken up entirely by her scheming.

Little sister, put yourself in my shoes. If your mother treated you like this, what would you do now? As for this ’imprisonment’ she keeps talking about—if I hadn’t taken into account that she’s my mother and refused to let my husband press charges, do you think she’d still be able to come here now? Heh..."

"You... what do you mean?" Zheng Sanqiao rolled over and scrambled up from the ground. "What did you mean by what you just said? You’re saying the Liu Family tricked me, aren’t you?"

Bingbing was simply kind-hearted, not stupid. Seeing how Zheng Sanqiao was behaving now, she immediately understood what was going on. She sighed and looked apologetically at Lin Chuyue. "Sister, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have meddled." Then she walked over to Old Lady Zhao and hooked her arm through the older woman’s. "Grandma, my mom was right. The two of us really can’t meddle. Whenever we meddle, we’re bound to be wrong."

"Ay..." The old lady sighed and shook her head. "This person..." She shook her head again. "She’s really good at putting on an act. Seeing her just now, I thought she was truly pitiful. Ay..."

"If you don’t want to actually be locked up, then hurry up and go home now, live your life quietly, and don’t come looking for Second Uncle and Second Aunt anymore, and definitely don’t come looking for Chuxia. Otherwise, I..." Lin Chuyue stared hard at Zheng Sanqiao, and didn’t finish the sentence.

"Okay, okay, okay, I’ll go back, I’ll go back..." Zheng Sanqiao dusted off the dirt on her rear, then looked at Lin Chuyue with a pleading face. "Yueyue, your mom wants to go back now, but I can’t even get back. How about letting me stay at your Second Uncle’s place for one night, and I’ll go to the train station first thing tomorrow morning to buy a ticket home, okay?

Your mom promises you I absolutely won’t ask your Second Uncle and Second Aunt for so much as a needle or a thread, and I definitely won’t cause them the slightest bit of trouble. Also..." Zheng Sanqiao turned out all her coat pockets. "Your mom really doesn’t have any money on her. You buy the ticket for me, okay?"

With her eyes closed, Lin Chuyue let out a heavy sigh and nodded. "Fine, I’ll buy you the ticket. But you can’t stay at Second Uncle and Second Aunt’s place. You go stay in a hotel near the train station. I’ll give you the money." As she spoke, she reached into her pocket for cash. She’d already made up her mind not to let Zheng Sanqiao know where Chuxia’s family lived. Otherwise, if Zheng Sanqiao suddenly lost her mind and came looking for them some other day, that really would be causing trouble for Second Uncle and Second Aunt. Second Uncle and Second Aunt treated her so well—before and even more so now—there was no way she could repay them with ingratitude.

"Yueyue..." Zheng Sanqiao looked at Lin Chuyue miserably. "Your mom definitely won’t cause any trouble for your Second Uncle’s family. Don’t make me go stay at the station by myself, okay? Look how filthy I am—when I got off the train, some pickpocket chased me, and my bag got snatched. Otherwise, how could your mom not have a single cent on her?"

"She’s already admitted she was wrong. Just let her stay one night."

"Exactly, at her age, no matter how wrong she is, she’s still your own mother. If something really happens, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life!"

"Yeah, yeah, you don’t feel it when you’re young, but some things really come with regret later!"

"..."

The onlookers started chattering again.

When Chuxia came out, this was exactly what she saw. She pressed a hand to her forehead, speechless. People in this era were just like this—enthusiastic, but sometimes they really ended up doing harm instead of good.

People are always in the habit of sympathizing with the weak. But sometimes, when you think the other party looks like the weak one, that might not actually be the case. If Zheng Sanqiao is the weak one, then they... heh...

"Sis, let’s go." Chuxia went up and hooked her arm through Lin Chuyue’s, giving Zheng Sanqiao a bland glance. "You don’t need to beg Sister Chuyue anymore. The house is my family’s house. If I don’t agree, it’s useless even if she does."

"Lin Chuxia?" Zhao Bingbing, who was holding Old Lady Zhao’s arm off to the side, gave Chuxia a scrutinizing look. "You’re that Lin Chuxia whose rank didn’t get reduced even after having a baby?"

"Yeah, that’s me." Chuxia looked at her calmly. "Any advice for me?"

"No, no, I’ve just heard so much about you..." Zhao Bingbing waved her hands as she smiled. "We’re not in the same department, but I keep hearing people talk about you, just never ran into you. I’d heard for ages that you’re really pretty, and seeing you today, you really live up to your reputation. No wonder you managed to get married without even finishing school, and even found such a good husband."

Was that a compliment or a dig? Chuxia looked at her, black lines all over her face. "I’ve heard your name for a long time too. As for your kind and gentle heart, I’ve also heard a lot."

Zhao Bingbing’s face flushed bright red. "C-could you... not bring up that time I cried through an entire class over a dissected rabbit? It’s so embarrassing!"

Chuxia spread her hands. "I didn’t say it."

"Bingbing..." Old Lady Zhao looked her granddaughter up and down. "Didn’t you say you already dared to personally pick up the scalpel and get on the table yourself?"

"I..." Zhao Bingbing’s face turned red again. "Wasn’t I just afraid my mom and dad wouldn’t let me keep studying here? But it’s almost there now; I’m already much braver than before."

"If there’s nothing else, we’re going." Since they were classmates, Chuxia gave her some face by at least asking.

"Alright, alright, we’ve held you up from going home, I’m really sorry..." Zhao Bingbing waved her hands repeatedly, then added, "Um, could my grandma and I come over to your place and sit for a bit?"

Old Lady Zhao kept pinching her granddaughter’s arm. "Bingbing, doing this is very impolite."

"If your skin isn’t thick, how are you supposed to make friends?" Zhao Bingbing gave Chuxia a sheepish smile. "If it’s not convenient, you can just turn me down. But I’m still really hoping you’ll say yes..." As she spoke, she suddenly slapped her forehead. "Oh, right, my older sister is also a military doctor. She should be on the same mission with your husband right now. Don’t you want to hear me tell you a bit about over there?"

Chuxia shook her head helplessly. "When you put it like that, it makes it impossible for me. If I say yes, it looks like I don’t trust my husband and I’m trying to get intel out of you. If I say no, it makes it look like I don’t care about him. Sigh..."

"Huh?" After a brief pause, Zhao Bingbing’s face filled with guilt. "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I really didn’t mean it like that. I just really want to be a guest at your home."

"I...I want to go too..." Zheng Sanqiao spoke as she shrank behind Old Lady Zhao, looking pitiful. "I really have nowhere to stay, and I’m really afraid of getting robbed again. I’ll leave first thing tomorrow morning."

Clearly, she’d seen through the softness of Zhao’s grandmother and granddaughter and wanted to use them to plead on her behalf. Unfortunately, this time she’d miscalculated. As soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Bingbing curled her lip and glared at her. "Auntie, you just lied to my grandma and then lied to me. We haven’t even settled that with you yet, and now you want to use us to get what you want? You’ve got some nerve!"

"Anyone still feeling sorry for her?" Chuxia turned to the circle of onlookers. "Every family has its own hard story. Poor relatives aren’t hated by everyone, but using your so-called weak position to keep taking advantage is really unacceptable. If you agree with what I’m saying, then disperse. We’re going home. Or, if anyone wants to take this aunt home for the night, I’ve got no objection."

As soon as Chuxia finished speaking, the people in the circle scattered like birds and beasts in all directions... Seriously, with things this clear already, who’d be full enough and bored enough to meddle in this kind of business?

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