Qin Jianguo noticed the torn pieces on the ground and looked at Lin Fengxia.
“Commander Qin, it really is me who wants to sever ties.”
“With family members who constantly want to harm me, I don’t dare keep them.”
Lin Laohan slapped his thigh and began wailing, “Commander, you have to stand up for us!”
“How did I end up with such an unfilial daughter!”
He cried tremblingly, the wrinkles on his face bunching together, looking utterly miserable.
Qin Jianguo disliked Lin Laohan’s behavior.
“Mr. Lin, according to my investigation, Lin Fengxia has long suffered abuse from you, and a few days ago you even tried to sell her to Wang Dazhuang.”
“Her cutting ties is completely reasonable.”
“In short, I support her severing ties and living a new life!”
With even Qin Jianguo saying so, Lin Laohan instantly fell silent like a chicken with its neck grabbed.
Lin Fengxia broke the stalemate. “I hope you think about it carefully.”
Lin Laohan, Zhang Landi, and Lin Lanzhi were escorted out of the base.
Lin Lanzhi hadn’t returned home for several days. After learning she had been detained, the Lin family waited anxiously outside the base.
Seeing her haggard appearance, they were so worried they nearly cried.
Lin Laohan and Zhang Landi staggered back home.
Along the way villagers surrounded them, pointing and whispering.
Zhang Landi couldn’t bear the humiliation — she had completely lost face.
Back home, after shutting the door, her expression collapsed.
She glared at Lin Laohan. “What does this mean?!”
“Lin Fengxia has gone crazy and now even wants to cut ties with us!”
“Why won’t you cut ties with her?!”
“Look what she’s done to us!”
Lin Laohan was furious. “She’s my daughter! Why should we sever ties!”
Zhang Landi also snapped.
She had endured Lin Fengxia for a long time.
Lin Fengxia had turned the household upside down — she now even wanted to kill her!
“Lin Laohan, in this house it’s either me or Lin Fengxia!”
“You decide!”
Wiping her tears, she started packing.
Seeing this, Lin Laohan hurried to stop her.
“Wife, what are you doing!”
“If you leave, this family is finished!”
He hugged her from behind.
Zhang Landi sobbed. “I can’t live like this anymore!”
“In your heart the most important person is Lin Fengxia!”
“What about me and Goudan!”
She glared at him with red eyes. “Don’t forget, Goudan is your—”
Lin Laohan quickly covered her mouth.
He looked around nervously, then even opened the door to check outside.
Only after confirming no one was there did he relax.
Closing the doors and windows tightly, he snapped, “You dare say that?!”
“If others hear it, we’re finished!”
The village was small, and Zhang Landi’s ex-husband’s relatives lived in the neighboring village.
If their secret was exposed, her ex-husband’s family would tear them apart.
Turning away, Zhang Landi sobbed, “Now for a worthless daughter you’re going to abandon me and my son!”
“You’re the one who doesn’t want this family!”
Lin Laohan stomped his foot. “You and your short-sighted thinking!”
“As long as Lin Fengxia is still my daughter, I’ll…”
He stopped mid-sentence.
Zhang Landi widened her eyes. “You’ll what?”
Lin Laohan turned his head, hunched over. “Nothing.”
“How about you go back to your parents’ home for a few days to calm down.”
“I won’t divorce you, and I won’t sever ties with Lin Fengxia!”
Zhang Landi sensed something wrong and her face stiffened.
“Lin Laohan, we’ve been together for so many years and you’re still hiding things from me!”
She shouted again, “Have you no conscience toward me?”
“Are you even sincere about living together?”
“If this marriage can’t continue, let’s divorce right now!”
“Anyway Goudan’s surname is Zhang — he’s a grandson of the Zhang family!”
“Even in death he’ll enter the Zhang ancestral grave — nothing to do with you!”
Hearing that even his son might not be his anymore, Lin Laohan panicked.
“Don’t!”
He pulled Zhang Landi into a corner.
Rubbing his hands, he glanced around cautiously.
Zhang Landi grew impatient. “What exactly is going on? What are you hiding from me?!”
“You’ve hidden it for so many years!”
Lin Laohan lowered his voice and whispered into her ear so only they could hear:
“You didn’t know, did you? Lin Fengxia’s maternal family is extremely wealthy!”
“Her grandfather was in the army — and his rank wasn’t low!”
“Back then her mother insisted on marrying me, and the old man cut ties with her directly!”
“Now her mother is gone, and Fengxia is the only one who can still connect with that side of the family.”
“If she severs ties with me and her maternal family comes looking, won’t we lose a huge sum of money?”
A strange light flashed in Zhang Landi’s eyes.
“There’s actually such a thing? Why didn’t you tell me?”
She pinched his arm flirtatiously. “You devil, you hid something this big from me all along!”
If she had known Lin Fengxia was such a treasure, she wouldn’t have tried to marry her off to Wang Dazhuang.
Now Lin Fengxia was staying in the army and even wanted to sever ties!
If the ties were really cut and her maternal relatives came, the Lin family probably wouldn’t gain any benefits.
Thinking about the duck at her mouth flying away, Zhang Landi grew furious.
“If you’d told me earlier, I wouldn’t have married her to Wang Dazhuang!”
“Then we’d still have someone to do the housework!”
“Now if she doesn’t come back, our whole family will miss the chance to get rich!”
Lin Laohan said angrily, “Now you’re blaming me?”
“Who told you to secretly find Wang Dazhuang without telling me?”
“If you had discussed it with me, things wouldn’t have turned out like this!”
Zhang Landi had no ground to argue and snorted. “So what do we do now!”
Lin Laohan narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment. “Do you remember Lin Fengxia’s bracelet?”
Zhang Landi remembered.
The bracelet looked dull and worthless.
Lin Laohan said, “That bracelet was brought by her mother from her own family, left for Fengxia as part of her dowry.”
“Fengxia treasures it very much. If it’s in our hands, she’ll definitely come back obediently!”
Zhang Landi slapped her thigh. “Oh! She seems to have taken it with her!”
Lin Laohan frowned. “Then there’s nothing we can do.”
“The things her mother left… I already…”
He shook his head, looking troubled.
Zhang Landi frowned in thought.
At this point she couldn’t remember clearly whether it was taken or not.
If she had known about the bracelet earlier, she would have found a way to seize it.
“Lin Laohan, it’s all your fault — why didn’t you tell me earlier!”
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
“If you had told me, I could’ve snatched the bracelet!”
“Now she probably took it away.”
The two fell silent.