Turning Antagonist to Protagonist: He is Both Soft and Fierce-Chapter 173 - 68: Destined for a Maternal Bond in This Life
Lin Qiao’s troubled heart felt a bit comforted, she smiled gently, "Okay, I trust you, little uncle, go study quickly, give Tie Dan a piece of the peach blossom cake."
"Alright." Song Tingfan waved at her and added, "Sister-in-law, don’t work, I’ll do it when I come back."
Only after she nodded did he head to the school, although he was a little late. Cheng Sheng, not knowing what had happened earlier, said, "Go listen from the back."
Zhou Tiedan quickly raised his hand, "Teacher, Tingfan wasn’t late on purpose, someone bullied him and his sister-in-law, and his clothes got wet and he had to change."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Sheng frowned slightly, looked at Song Tingfan, and his tone softened a lot, "Go take your seat."
He seemed to think of something, put down the book in his hand, "To be human, one must learn to be a good person, a kind person, and not bully the weak, do you understand?"
"Yes." The children responded unevenly.
...
Meanwhile, at Song’s second family’s place
The Lin Family came by and Song Qin and Song Rong were woken up and learned what had happened.
Lin Han looked at his daughter helplessly, half of her face was already bruised and swollen.
Li Guifen was afraid her daughter would be upset over this, so she kept apologizing, "Daughter, I’m sorry, your father didn’t mean it, he was just worried about you..."
Before she could finish, Lin Qiao shook her head and said seriously, "I know, I’m not mad."
But please let it not happen again, or she would really turn her back on them, even if it was acting, it was still taking advantage of strength to hit.
Li Guifen breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Lin Han, signaling him to say something.
Lin Han nervously twisted his hands together, "Daughter, I, I... does it hurt?" He asked, his eyes turning red.
For some reason, Lin Qiao felt her eyes sting a bit, indeed she was too deep into the act, "It doesn’t hurt."
"Dad, next time you hit me, can you at least give me a heads-up?" She said, clearly joking at the end.
"I won’t hit you anymore, I promise, daughter, don’t blame your dad, I was just anxious, your mom and I only have one daughter."
Since knowing Lin Qiao wasn’t trying to die, Lin Han had been filled with guilt.
He was too anxious at that moment. Hearing that his daughter jumped into the river, he instinctively thought of the Sun Family’s daughter-in-law who committed suicide by jumping into the river a few days ago. Seeing his daughter all soaked, he couldn’t help but hit her.
To wake her up.
In that moment, he thought a lot. If his daughter didn’t want to stay with the Song Family, he would rather spend all their family’s savings to bring her back from Song’s second family.
"I won’t try to die, I’m doing quite well now. We’ve bought land, and we’re selling cold dishes in town, enough for the family to live on." Lin Qiao couldn’t open her mouth wide; it hurt if she did, so her speech slowed significantly.
...
After returning home from Song’s second family, Lin Han called Li Guifen into the room, and after closing the door, said, "Wife, give me two taels of silver."
"For the daughter? She won’t take it. I tried several times and she always returned it." Li Guifen just wanted to help her daughter a bit, but the daughter never seemed to like taking what they gave.
"No, isn’t there a beauty balm in town? I’ll buy a bottle back." Lin Han said guiltily.
Li Guifen was taken aback for a moment, then she stared at him, "Who told you to hit our daughter? Her face makes my heart ache; if it were someone else, I would have scratched their face." As she said this, she handed him two taels of silver.
Both of them were thrifty people, but they wouldn’t hesitate to spend on their daughter without blinking an eye.
"I was just anxious! I know I was wrong."
In his frustration, Lin Han hit his own hand twice, and Li Guifen quickly stopped him, "Alright, alright, don’t hurt your hand; the daughter’s house isn’t built yet."
...
It was deep in the night, and Lin Qiao went to bed early today, but the pain in her face kept her awake, staring at the moonlit window, she mumbled, "Lousy script."
The sound of knocking, "knock knock knock", came from the door, and she perked up her ears to listen. After confirming the sound was coming from her own door, she sat up in bed.
In the room next door, Song Tingfan had already opened the door and gone out. He grabbed a stick, "Who is it?"
"Tingfan, it’s me."
It was Lin Han’s voice.
Soon the door was opened, and in the moonlight, Lin Han’s figure could faintly be seen.
Song Tingfan pursed his lips, "Uncle Lin, do you need something?"
Perhaps it was because his sister-in-law had been hit, he wasn’t as friendly towards Lin Han as before.
The young man was simply feeling sorry for his sister-in-law.
Lin Han didn’t notice, he pulled a bottle from his coat, "Tingfan, this is for your sister-in-law to apply, it will make her face heal faster."
"Tingfan, please take care of your sister-in-law more these days, buy her some meat to eat, there’s half a tael of silver here."
Lin Qiao heard every word in her ears and unexpectedly envied the original character for having such good parents.
But these good parents never showed up in her dreams.
The outside sounds ceased, then a door closed, followed by footsteps, gradually clear, finally stopping at the door.
There was a head by the window, seemingly checking if the person in bed was asleep.
Lin Qiao stood by the door and opened it, "Little uncle."
Song Tingfan was startled, bumping his head against the window, "Sister-in-law, you’re awake?"
"Uncle Lin just brought some medicine, he also tried to give me half a tael of silver, but I didn’t take the silver." She said as she handed the medicine to her.
Lin Qiao took it, and whether it was the warmth of the bottle or something else, her palm felt very warm, "Little uncle, you should go to bed."
"Sister-in-law, I’ll apply the medicine for you. Uncle Lin said it would heal quickly if applied."
"It’s alright, I can apply it myself."
Song Tingfan replied with a muffled "Oh", "Are you sure you don’t want me to apply it for you?"
"No need." Lin Qiao patted his arm.
But Song Tingfan didn’t move, "Sister-in-law, let me apply it for you."
Faced with the antagonist’s insistence, Lin Qiao silently compromised once more: "..."
"Okay."
In the dim light of the room, with the wind swaying gently outside the window, the shadows of two people on the wall intertwined and separated.
To make it easier for him, Lin Qiao slightly lifted her face, her eyes gradually falling on his face, deep eyes filled with concentration and a touch of caution.
The antagonist at this moment had a rather captivating presence.
If he were seven or eight years older, she, this old nun, might have made a move.
This lifetime was destined to be a "mother-son" relationship.
Song Tingfan unintentionally noticed her intense gaze, and his heart couldn’t stop pounding. In his panic, his hand slipped to the corner of her lips instead of her face.
The sensation was different from her face.
Softer.
He jerked back, "Sister... in-law, it’s done."
Immersed in the antagonist’s looks, Lin Qiao didn’t notice his reaction, "Okay."
Due to an inadvertent touch, the young man was left in a daze, tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep, not understanding why his heart felt a secret joy and delight.
This feeling was reminiscent of watching the peach blossoms bloom a few days ago, from bud to half-bloom, to full bloom.
It was a dream.
Peach blossoms bloomed all over the mountain, and in the near distance, a woman dressed in blue stood under a peach tree, picking blossoms, revealing a slightly protruding belly as she slightly turned.
At this moment, a man with a scarred face walked over, wrapping an arm around her waist, leaning down to kiss her lips, "My dear, take a break, let me do it."
"Hu Zi, it’s fine, I’m not that delicate." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
The woman’s face carried a gentle smile, her face gradually enlarged with eyes filled with the scarred man.
The young man suddenly woke up, gasping for breath, "No."
