Seventies Sweetheart: From Breakup to Billionaire-Chapter 160: Mrs. Lin’s Inner Thoughts

Lin Xiang raised her hand and knocked on the door.

Inside, Mrs. Lin responded in a muffled voice, "I’m already asleep."

Lin Xiang directly pushed the door open and went in.

Hearing footsteps, Mrs. Lin simply covered her head with the quilt.

Lin Xiang sat by the bed, opened a small gap in the quilt, and placed the bowl there, "I made steamed rice today, just plain white rice. And cured meat and sausage, stir-fried with garlic shoots, it’s very fragrant. If you don’t get up to eat soon, it won’t taste good cold."

"I’m not eating!" Mrs. Lin pulled the quilt tightly, closing the gap completely.

Lin Xiang knew Mrs. Lin was really angry this time, so she could only put the bowl down, squatting beside the bed, and apologizing with a sincere tone, "Mom, I know I was wrong. You can be angry, but please don’t take it out on the rice and meat."

Mrs. Lin flung the quilt off and sat up angrily, "You know you were wrong? Is this your attitude when apologizing? I think you just want to coax me into eating, you’re not really admitting any fault!"

Lin Xiang blinked innocently at Mrs. Lin.

She knew she hadn’t handled the matter appropriately, but it hadn’t reached the level of a mistake.

The more Lin Xiang acted like this, the angrier Mrs. Lin got, and even though the aroma of the white rice and cured meat sausage was enticing, she had no appetite and prepared to pull the quilt over her head again.

Lin Xiang was prepared, pressing down on the quilt with force so Mrs. Lin couldn’t pull it.

"Mom, let’s talk."

Mrs. Lin neither looked at Lin Xiang nor spoke.

"I know you’re angry about me reporting Yu Yuan, which has made you and Aunt Lin bitter enemies, never to reconcile. But Yu Yuan indeed had conflicts with Huang Jiayun, it’s a clue, a lead to find the real culprit. Do you want Smartie Huang to die in vain?"

"Do you think I’m angry because of that?"

Mrs. Lin crossed her arms, "Lin Xiang, in your eyes, am I just that unreasonable, with no sense of right and wrong?"

Lin Xiang licked her lips without replying.

How was she supposed to respond?

In the original text, Mrs. Lin and her daughter were complete antagonists, leaving psychological scars on the male protagonist’s childhood and adulthood.

The mother and daughter were extremely manipulative and relentless, their values evidently skewed.

After she entered the story, with diligent effort, she somewhat changed Mrs. Lin’s behavior towards the male protagonist.

But she didn’t have the ability to reshape Mrs. Lin’s values completely.

Besides, Mrs. Lin always valued her maternal family, loved money even though she was angry at Aunt Lin’s schemes, yet still actively brought money and tickets to them, inviting them to state-owned restaurants she couldn’t bear to go to herself.

Yu Yuan was her real nephew, reported by her daughter, caught by the police and likely to face dire consequences.

How could Mrs. Lin not be angry?

"Oh, Mom, why did you hit me?"

Mrs. Lin said irritably, "You’re not sincere in your apology, wanting to talk to me without even knowing why I’m angry?"

Lin Xiang held her hit head, looking at Mrs. Lin with grievance, "Aren’t you angry because I reported Yu Yuan?"

"Debts must be repaid, a killer must face justice, even a three-year-old understands this reasoning. I’m so old, would I not understand? A girl raised with her parents’ hard work, at a blossoming age, was harmed by him, shouldn’t he face his end?"

"I’m angry because this matter doesn’t directly relate to you. Even if Yu Yuan made a mistake, Zhu Zhu or someone else could take it to the police, why did it have to be you?"

"You knew clearly that Yu Yuan is my nephew, Aunt Lin’s son, knew about our family ties, yet you still went ahead and reported him. Did you ever think that it would place me in a dilemma? You’re forcing me to make a decision, forcing me to cut ties with your aunt and uncles, aren’t you?"

Lin Xiang lowered her head, not daring to meet Mrs. Lin’s eyes.

Because Mrs. Lin had guessed her intentions.

Indeed, since Zhu Zhu found her, he certainly could’ve gone to the police himself.

Not knowing the way, being afraid were all excuses. As long as he had Huang Jiayun in his heart, as long as he wanted to seek justice for her, those excuses could all be dismissed.

Lin Xiang took on the task and went herself partly to seek justice for Huang Jiayun, but deep down, she hoped Mrs. Lin would use this event to completely sever ties with Aunt Lin’s family.

Relatives who aren’t truly aligned with you and may harm you at any moment might backstab you anytime.

Lin Xiang didn’t want Mrs. Lin to continue being led by this unequal blood relationship.

"You’re my daughter, I’ll stand by your side, that’s my choice, and it’s the result you want to see."

"But after this event, aside from you, I really have no other relatives."

Tears welled in Mrs. Lin’s eyes, falling like large droplets with each word she spoke.

"I know you’ve never liked me interacting with Aunt Lin’s family, she doesn’t regard me as her sister, nor you as her niece. She only ever calculates against us, never treating me as family, I understand this without any reminders."

"But she still has your uncle and younger aunt, they’re my blood family. Even if there’s more utilitarianism than feeling, as long as they’re still there, I’m not completely alone."

"Now it’s all gone, we’ve completely broken off with Aunt Lin, your uncle and younger aunt were originally with her, and now they won’t deal with us. I’ve become a true loner, and aside from you, I have no other family in this world. When you get married, where will I go?"

Speaking to this point, Mrs. Lin was already choking with sobs.

She lay on the bed crying, and Lin Xiang knelt by the bed, silently shedding tears.

Through this introspection from Mrs. Lin, Lin Xiang finally understood why Mrs. Lin felt so conflicted.

She was always malicious towards Lin Yun, yet, knowing that her maternal family’s siblings only exploit and resent her, she still wanted to sacrifice her daughter’s interests for their smiles.

All because she’s afraid, afraid that after Lin Xiang gets married, she’ll be the only one left at home.

Being all alone in the world is difficult.

What good is it if Lin Xiang has money?

No amount of material wealth can fill the emptiness inside.

"Mom, I’m sorry. I was too selfish. I didn’t think things through, only standing from my perspective, forgetting to consider your feelings."

"What use is saying that now?" Mrs. Lin sighed, "Even though I care for them, I can’t abandon my daughter for them, right? For the next few years, it’ll just be you and me, and when you get married, I’ll find some old man to team up with for the days."