Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space-Chapter 652 - 529: Have You Made Enough Trouble Yet?
Zhang Guoqing was not wrong in his assumptions.
——Zhou Xiaocun lay on the small bed in the guesthouse, unable to sleep despite days of long-distance travel and running around Beijing all day today.
The more he thought about it, the more a fire raged in his heart. ——The thought of the months of effort going to waste made him grit his teeth in anger.
Coming to Beijing was no easy feat. How much money had he spent, how many favors had he exhausted for that letter of introduction? Yet, Gu Ruyi, that old hag, had a stroke.
The most ridiculous part was that the bastard child had a falling out with her as well. The relationship between the two families was so bad that even a stranger like him could hear insider information, indicating how terrible the situation was.
The thought that the leverage he held might be useless made Zhou Xiaocun increasingly unwilling to accept it. Everything was vastly different from what he had planned. Just thinking about returning home empty-handed made the veins on his hand pop as he gripped the bedsheet tightly.
His mind kept replaying everything he had encountered over the past half-year, increasingly feeling the need to meet Gu Ruyi, but unfortunately, he couldn’t enter the Big Courtyard.
Today, just as he was about to use the letter of introduction to register, he suddenly realized that his name was only one character off from that bastard child Zhou Xiaozheng, making it easy to expose himself, so he turned back immediately.
Luckily, he had been cautious, otherwise who knows what consequences he would have faced. He hadn’t expected his family name to be notorious like an evil ghost.
As he asked around, the more he heard people sympathize with that bastard father and daughter duo, the more fearful he became.
He decided to finish his business quickly and leave before they reacted. Having just arrived in Beijing, his desire to stay was quickly fading. He wasn’t foolish enough to hang around and face disaster.
Zhou Xiaocun simply couldn’t sleep, so he got up and poured a glass of water, sitting on the chair to drink while pondering. Unfortunately, without evidence in hand, he could only threaten that old woman. Otherwise, he would have been able to bypass her with a note, find a rival of the Lin Family to gain some benefits, and even profit doubly.
After much consideration, Zhou Xiaocun decided it was best to approach the youngest daughter of the Lin Family, Lin Liyin. Firstly, she was Gu Ruyi’s favorite, and secondly, she should be concerned about his intentions toward Gu Ruyi.
Zhou Xiaocun slapped his thigh and secretly decided to go through with it. The woman was in the hospital, making it easy to find her without all the hassle of introducing oneself.
After repeatedly considering his plan for the next day’s itinerary, Zhou Xiaocun finally succumbed to sleepiness, getting into bed and sleeping peacefully.
Meanwhile, a house in the western part of the city was also not peaceful. Late at night, the sound of arguments could still be heard, and an aunt in the alley yelled that it was time to sleep since everyone had to work the next day.
Finally, there was peace.
In the living room, Lin Liyin frowned deeply as she watched her eldest niece, Lin Xuelin, standing with her hands on her hips, glaring angrily at the two younger sisters-in-law.
"Have you made enough of a scene? Criticizing this and that, is there anything you do like? If you don’t want to stay, go back to your husband’s house, or return to the Northwest early."
Lin Xuelin stomped her foot, tears streaming down, "Am I the one causing a scene? They did it deliberately, accusing me of eating your food, using your things. If I moved around the room a bit, both sisters would roll their eyes at me."
"Sister-in-law, don’t listen to her nonsense. If we were doing it deliberately, would we have given you a bed to sleep in? You wanted to wear our clothes, and we didn’t dare say anything. You changed clothes these past few days and threw them to my sister without saying anything. Didn’t my sister help you wash them? You’re simply being unreasonable."
"Little sister, stop it. Sister-in-law, you should go sleep, you have to work tomorrow morning."
"You’re the worst, saying one thing to my face and another behind my back. What did you say to your two nephews? Saying I’m a guest, so they should avoid me. I’m their real sister; do you really need to speak up?"
"Did my sister say something wrong? You ate the canned food, and the two little ones were so upset they were about to cry. If my sister hadn’t intervened, would you have wanted them to fight you? How can you be so unreasonable?"
Li Jianjun originally didn’t want to come out, but hearing his sister’s aggrieved sobs, he frowned and sighed before getting up to put on his uniform.
Leaving the bedroom, upon seeing Lin Xuelin’s outfit, he quickly turned his head and said, "You two go sleep in big brother’s room for the night. You have to work tomorrow, don’t get involved."
"Big brother, what about you?"
Li Jianjun put on his hat, urging the two sisters to go in, "I have to go to work. Go sleep quickly, and take the kids out for breakfast tomorrow; you have tickets, right?"
"Yes, we do."
Li Jianjun signaled the two sisters to hurry inside. He really didn’t want his two good sisters to stoop to the level of such a person. What a character, causing major trouble over minor inconveniences.
After spending years in the Northwest, she hadn’t realized the error of her ways, but instead became more aggressive. If it weren’t for her stubbornly refusing to leave, he wouldn’t even want to see her.
Now that he was working outside, he had to worry about trouble at home. This was also why he always advised his two sons not to upset small-minded people.
Once his two sisters were inside, he immediately closed the bedroom door and said to his wife, Lin Liyin, who was stunned standing there, "I’ll spend the night at work. Accompany her to the room and talk things over nicely, late at night don’t be too loud; it won’t look good if people hear."
After speaking, he didn’t even glance at Lin Xuelin, stood by the children’s bedroom door, listened for any noise, and, hearing none, left the house.
Lin Liyin looked on as her bedroom door closed and her husband left, so angry she sat on the chair, pointing at her eldest niece but unable to speak.
Lin Xuelin pursed her lips and returned to her room without saying a word.
"Sister-in-law, we’ll sleep over there, don’t worry, we won’t fight with her."
Lin Liyin looked at the little sisters-in-law peeking at the bedroom door, waved them off with a bitter smile, and said, "Don’t mind her, get some sleep, you have to work tomorrow."
Seeing their hesitation, Lin Liyin stood up and pushed them inside, "Sleep. I’ll just have a talk tonight."
Lin Liyin felt it was time to have a good talk with Lin Xuelin, but when she entered the room, Lin Xuelin had already closed her eyes, ignoring her. No matter how much she talked, the other party simply didn’t respond.
After a long time, she felt she was tired of talking, stood up and turned off the light, and saw Lin Xuelin already sound asleep, drooling, which left her sleepless with anger.
Lin Liyin felt that she must have done something wrong in her previous life, otherwise why would she be stuck in this mess?
In the early morning hours, she thought she had to see her eldest sister-in-law today. No matter if the eldest niece wanted to return to her in-laws’ house or not, she really couldn’t stay at her house any longer.
Such a grown woman, dressing so carelessly, with the weather getting hotter, it was becoming very inconvenient for her to walk around the house. She couldn’t have her husband sleeping in the office indefinitely.
Thinking about Li Jianjun’s attitude tonight made Lin Liyin toss and turn even more.
He had previously opposed Xiao Lin moving in. What else could she do, with the person clinging on, was she to chase her away with a broom? Her older brother wanted her to return to her in-laws and not to stay at her natal home, so she ended up at her house.
