CHAPTER 27: CHAPTER 27: THE ROAD AHEAD MUST BE WALKED ALONE

Afraid that Lin Xiang might suffer losses at Aunt Lin’s place again.

However, reality proved that he overthought, Lin Xiang’s sharp tongue, he truly hadn’t seen anyone who could match it.

Inside the house, Lin Xiang looked at Mrs. Lin with a faint smile.

"If you feel uncomfortable staying in this home and want to live with Aunt, it’s not impossible. Anyway, in two months I’ll be eighteen, I can take care of myself."

Mrs. Lin chuckled awkwardly, "Well, didn’t I just get too proud knowing you got a placement, couldn’t help but brag and let it slip. Just now when your Aunt asked me to help, didn’t I also not side with her?"

Lin Xiang almost burst out laughing from anger.

She had figured out Mrs. Lin’s personality, a typical home tyrant!

While bullying the weak and fearing the strong, she was also somewhat selfish and greedy.

Since Lin Xiang came for so long, she always felt Mrs. Lin’s emotions towards this daughter were very contradictory.

If she said she loved Lin Xiang, any good food she would think of herself first.

If she said she didn’t love her, yet she was practically fulfilling the role of a qualified mother.

Today, Lin Xiang finally figured out the reason behind it.

When Aunt Lin spoke to Mrs. Lin those words earlier, she didn’t help Aunt Lin, not because she suddenly awakened, but because Lin Xiang stood her ground, Aunt Lin was apparently weakened, she wasn’t afraid of Aunt Lin, thus naturally sided with her daughter.

Another reason, she wanted money!

Admittedly, she mentioned the job placement in front of Aunt Lin partly to show off, and she was indeed a bit afraid of Aunt Lin, but it didn’t stop the allure of five hundred bucks from suppressing that fear.

"In any case, if you still cherish our mother-daughter relationship, don’t think about the job placement, let me reiterate once more, I want to study. Whether you support it or not, I will study."

"But... what about the five hundred yuan." Mrs. Lin mumbled softly.

Lin Xiang kept her smile, "Doesn’t matter how much, it’s still money I earned myself, no one but me is qualified to make decisions for me!"

Not to mention she transmigrated here, having no feelings but only responsibility towards Mrs. Lin, even if it were her own parents or lover, she wouldn’t let anyone interfere with her decisions.

The road ahead is to walk by herself, even if she made the wrong choice, she would have to persist even on her knees and in tears.

If the choice was made by someone else for her and the path wasn’t smooth, could she blame it on them?

Seeing Lin Xiang’s firm attitude, Mrs. Lin finally said nothing more.

Only then did Lin Xiang secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Lin didn’t have major issues, she didn’t really want to fallout and affect the original mother-daughter relationship.

But Lin Xiang didn’t want whatever she did during the time she was forced to stay here before going back, to be critiqued by others.

"Mom, believe me, even if there’s no textile factory placement, even without these few hundred yuan, I will still ensure you live a good life."

Saying this, Lin Xiang took out two banknotes from the envelope, thought about it, and put one back, "Here’s ten yuan for you, you can buy whatever you want with it."

Mrs. Lin didn’t stand on ceremony, she put it straight into her pocket, and glanced at the money-filled envelope, then said to Lin Xiang, "The remaining ten yuan, use it for tuition and books later, and if it’s not enough, remember to ask me, I’ve got money."

She mumbled softly, "Anyway, I don’t have anywhere to spend money on, isn’t it all saved for you?"

"Alright, I know. Are you hungry? Shall I cook?"

Mrs. Lin’s mood instantly turned from sunny to cloudy, "What are we eating today?"

"Noodles!"

Lin Xiang thought the issue of placement had finally come to an end, but she didn’t expect that just after she finished boiling the noodles, Aunt Lin came again, and this time she brought a girl about Lin Xiang’s age.

As soon as Yu Fang entered Lin’s house, she sniffed, "What’s this delicious smell?"

She didn’t consider herself a guest at all and went straight to the kitchen, "Auntie, what delicious food are you making? I haven’t eaten yet, give me a bowl?"

Such a fragrant smell, it really had her craving, there must be meat in it!

Yu Fang was searching all over the house for meat, not even noticing the two bowls of noodles on the table.

Until she couldn’t find meat in any corner of the kitchen, she finally looked at the two bowls of noodles on the table and confirmed the aroma was indeed coming from them.

"What kind of noodles smells this good?" Saying this, Yu Fang reached out to grab chopsticks, but before she could touch them, the back of her hand was fiercely flicked by the chopsticks, instantly marked with two red streaks.

"Lin Xiang, are you crazy? Why did you hit me?"

Yu Fang covered the back of her hand and cursed.

Hearing the commotion, Aunt Lin hurried into the kitchen, without even asking why, pointed at Lin Xiang and started scolding, "You unwanted little wench, why did you hit my Fang Fang!"

"Yes, yes, I’m unwanted, unlike your daughter, followed by a whole group of men for her to choose!"

"I see you can’t say anything nice, today I’m going to have your mom properly discipline you!"

Just when Aunt Lin was looking for a broom, Lin Xiang directly dragged both of them out of the kitchen with her brute strength.

With her brute strength, she directly threw the mother and daughter to the ground.

Lin Family’s yard was uneven, when Yu Fang fell, she held herself up with her palm, leaving several red marks on her palm, and she raised her hand to cry and show Aunt Lin, "Mom, look at my hand, all thanks to Lin Xiang, you should teach her!"

Aunt Lin flew into a rage, slapped Yu Fang on the head, "Cry, cry, all you know is crying, even a bit of luck would have been cried away by you!"

"Both daughters, look at how capable Lin Xiang is, and then look at you, apart from crying, what else can you do?"

Yu Fang glared at Aunt Lin, her eyes full of disbelief, she couldn’t believe such words came from her own mother’s mouth.

Clearly before today, no, a few days ago, she always praised her as much more capable than Lin Xiang, and that the person she would find would be a thousand times, a hundred times better than Lin Xiang’s.

Now why is she saying she’s not as good as Lin Xiang?

Feeling aggrieved, Yu Fang cried and stood up, deliberately sulking by not talking to Aunt Lin.

Aunt Lin ignored her, walked straight to Lin Xiang, "I won’t argue with you about hitting Fang Fang earlier, let’s negotiate the issue of the placement. I can’t come up with five hundred yuan, how about we settle for fifty?"

"Knocking off a zero with ease, your face must be really thick, not even eighteen slaps would suffice, right?"

"Lin Xiang, how can you talk to your elders like that!" Aunt Lin shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Don’t give me that elder talk, do you deserve it? Can’t even teach your own daughter properly, yet you naively trot over to someone else’s home to educate someone else’s daughter? If you’re so capable, why not get a placement for your own daughter, why beg me!"

Yu Fang didn’t even call her Aunt when she entered, just grabbed at the chopsticks wanting to eat, how was that any different from robbery?