CHAPTER 20: CHAPTER 20: HURRY UP AND SPEND THE MONEY

She wasn’t that stupid to spend over a hundred on Liu Yongming and Lin Qin’s divorce.

Liu Yongming, seeing this, finally softened his attitude, "Honey! As soon as I successfully get divorced, I’ll immediately get a certificate with you. You are my destined wife, Liu Yongming. The humiliation Lin Qin gave me, I will reclaim one by one in the future."

Fang Yin was coaxed into compliance, and immediately contacted that so-called relative. By around two in the afternoon, Liu Yongming had scraped together five hundred yuan.

When he arrived at the hospital with the money, wearing a cold expression, he found Lin Qingxiang and Lin Shaojun had joined the room.

Both of them looked at him with unkind eyes.

Liu Yongming was initially planning to curse Lin Qin, but seeing this, he forcefully swallowed the harsh words and said in an angry tone, "I’ve brought the money, come with me to get a divorce now!"

"Why are you in such a hurry!" Lin Qin sneered and pulled out a divorce agreement, "Sign this, so you won’t come to pester me later!"

"Divorce agreement?" Liu Yongming’s face darkened, he did plan to first give the money to Lin Qin, get the divorce, and later have Ma Cuihua cause a fuss in Shanglin Village to retrieve the money. But he didn’t expect Lin Qin to be prepared. How did she know about the divorce agreement? Who taught her?

He looked around, Lin Yi and Lin Ying were impossible, Lin Qingxiang and Lin Shaojun’s curious but unknowing expressions were directly excluded.

Lin Qin saw him unmoving and leisurely said, "What? Afraid?"

Liu Yongming came to his senses, glanced once more at everyone present, and sneered, "Fine! You really came prepared! I’ll sign!"

Lin Qin slanted her eyes at Liu Yongming as he angrily signed his name, her mouth immediately curling upwards, "Don’t forget you also have to announce in the newspaper that you’re severing ties with Yaya! Brother Shaoyun, could you come with me, I’m going to get a divorce."

The local newspaper office was near the city hospital, so they could register at the newspaper office before heading to the civil affairs bureau on their way there, plenty of time.

With Lin Shaojun around, Lin Qin wasn’t afraid of Liu Yongming getting desperate and acting out.

Lin Qingxiang gave Lin Shaojun a push, "Protect your sister Ah Qin, if any short-sighted fool dares touch her, beat them to death for me."

"Dad, I got it!" Lin Shaojun cracked his knuckles, his neck rotating with a creak.

He looked like he wasn’t to be messed with.

Liu Yongming, being a bookworm all his life, and a weakling, only dared to act tough with Lin Qin, he didn’t dare make a peep in front of Lin Shaojun.

The three of them went out to take care of business together.

Lin Yi and the others stayed in the ward waiting for news.

Perhaps due to his youngest daughter’s divorce, Lin Yi’s mood remained low.

Lin Qingxiang couldn’t help but persuade him a bit, "It’s obvious Liu Yongming no longer wants to be with Lin Qin, getting a divorce is also good for her! Better than being tormented to death by the Liu family, you wouldn’t even have a place to cry then!"

Lin Yi sighed, "I understand the reasoning, but how can she live as a woman with a child? Although everyone in the village knows she’s been wronged, being divorced means being pointed at and talked about, the whole village gossiping, how can she live like that?"

"Why are you worrying so much? The priority is to find a way for the child to survive! Ah Ying has already said that Liu Yongming tried to choke Ah Qin twice, you’re really at ease with them going back to the Liu family?"

Lin Yi was rendered speechless.

Before it got dark, Lin Qin and Lin Shaojun returned.

Everyone saw that Lin Qin’s eyes were red, causing concern.

"What is it? Did that bastard bully you again? You little brat! What did I tell you? To protect Ah Qin properly, what were you doing?" Lin Qingxiang angrily kicked Lin Shaojun.

Lin Qin quickly stopped him, "Uncle, it has nothing to do with Brother Shaojun, I’m happy, from now on, Yaya and I have nothing to do with the Liu family. Liu Yongming can’t control me anymore! Sob, sob..."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Since she received the five hundred yuan and Lin Qingxiang was present, Lin Qin immediately repaid the medical expenses Lin Qingxiang had advanced.

The next day the doctor came to check on Lin Yi and said he could be discharged.

The Lin sisters immediately processed the discharge procedures.

The two hired a tricycle outside the hospital to take Lin Yi home.

On the way, Lin Ying lowered her voice and asked, "You got five hundred yuan from the Liu family, your mother-in-law definitely won’t let it rest, although there’s a divorce agreement, if she comes to make trouble, it won’t stay hidden.

I’m not afraid of anything else, just worried about minor thieves stealing from us. With dad unable to move, what will you do then?"

The situation Lin Ying described indeed exists and is quite a hassle, Lin Qin thought it over and asked the driver to take a detour towards the department store.

She remembered that by this time in her previous life, Friendship Square outside the department store was already built, and it later became the most bustling commercial street in the city center. Business wasn’t as busy yet, but it was still bustling.

At the most prominent corner of the street was a shop with many "prime location store for sale" signs hanging outside, and two people were chatting and snacking on melon seeds.

Lin Qin jumped off the tricycle, ran over, and asked, "Hello, are you responsible for selling commercial spaces here?"

The two of them looked up at Lin Qin, their expression apathetic, "Yes, what do you need?"

"Can I ask how much a store costs?" Lin Qin asked boldly.

The two of them looked as if they had seen a ghost, finally looking at Lin Qin seriously, "The price varies based on the store’s location and size, different sections, different sizes, produce different prices. The smallest one on this street costs over a thousand, some inside are cheaper, closer to the residential buildings, the smallest one inside is about twenty square meters, just over five hundred."

Lin Qin’s eyes lit up at once, "Can I go inside and take a look?"

"You really want to buy?" The salesperson, seeing her keen interest, had an attitude shift of 780 degrees and started packing up to take her there.

Lin Qin ran back to tell Lin Ying and Lin Yi a few things, borrowed some money from Lin Ying, enough to cover five hundred and fifty yuan, and rushed to follow the salesperson.

Lin Ying, sitting in the tricycle, was worried, "Dad, is our little sister going to be scammed! That’s over five hundred!"

Lin Yi sighed again, helplessly shaking his head, "Forget it, let her be!"

The tricycle driver said, "Can we go now? I still need to earn money!"

"Go, go, go! Let’s go now! Thank you for your hard work, driver!" Lin Ying apologized continuously.

The tricycle drove away into the distance.

Lin Qin followed the salesperson to the last street of Friendship Square. Separated by a wall was a residential building, occupied by worker families, quite well-off.

In her past life, she had been here, and later, when Friendship Square became lively, there was a back door opened here for the convenience of residents, with many setting up stalls selling vegetables and other things under the wall.

Now the wall was intact, this street was so deserted it was practically ghostly.

The salesperson enthusiastically opened the corner shop, "This is it, though the shop’s small, the location is really good, at a corner, anyone passing by will notice it at first glance. It’s just that with the area not bustling yet, once Friendship Square develops, it won’t be at this price anymore!"