Lin Jianguo was nearly going mad searching for people. Although he strongly disliked his mother and sister’s personalities and didn’t want them to come, he didn’t want anything bad to happen to them either.
Director Zhao was also helping with the search. Zhao Qingling looked at the nearly frantic Lin Jianguo and comforted him: “Jianguo, don’t be so anxious first. Calm down. Auntie and the others will definitely be fine.”
“Although human traffickers are rampant now, didn’t you say your sister isn’t good-looking? Traffickers are selective about their targets.”
Zhao Qingling spoke very seriously, nodding in affirmation after finishing.
Lin Jianguo slowly raised his head to look at her:…
The people around pursed their lips and turned their heads away. Comrade Zhao was truly honest, though not particularly skilled at comforting others.
Although the words were unpleasant, Lin Jianguo found himself inexplicably somewhat comforted.
With his mother and sister’s personalities, as long as they weren’t drugged unconscious, human traffickers definitely couldn’t handle them.
And honestly, given his sister’s appearance, traffickers might not even be interested in her.
To search for them today, he had spent all the money and ration coupons he’d saved recently. Even if he found them, he wouldn’t have any money left to take care of them.
He had been saving ration coupons through gritted teeth, planning to buy something for Zhao Qingling.
His mother and sister were truly more trouble than they were worth!
Fortunately, Lin Jianguo had told Liu Cuihua where he worked, so the police quickly contacted him.
When Lin Jianguo received the call, he nearly fainted. “Officer, how are my mother and sister? Are they injured?”
The officer glanced at the cursing Liu Cuihua and said, “They’re not injured. If you have time, come pick them up quickly.”
“Not to criticize, but from what your mother says, you’re a doctor – an educated person. Why are your family members like this? From last night until now, they’ve made two female officers cry with their insults, saying they’re unworthy of this and that, belittling them constantly, saying their positions are wasted on them. If you don’t come get them soon, I can’t guarantee what might happen.”
The families of those two female officers weren’t to be trifled with. What family could tolerate their daughters being cursed at like that for no reason?
Lin Jianguo was sweating profusely during the call, continuously apologizing. By the time he hung up, his back was soaked.
Fortunately, the hospital wasn’t too busy recently, so he could make time to pick them up.
The hospital was located within a compound where the people coming and going were all influential. Lin Jianguo really didn’t want to bring them here.
They had already offended so many people at the police station in one night – what would happen if they came here?
Since he hadn’t avoided others while taking the call and the officer’s voice was loud, the news about his mother and sister causing trouble quickly spread.
When Mingxi heard about it, she wasn’t surprised at all.
Doctor Liao and Doctor Xu kept glancing at Mingxi.
Now they somewhat understood why Mingxi was so determined to get divorced. With such unreasonable in-laws, not divorcing would be strange.
They marveled that Mingxi had actually endured it for two years.
Mingxi was grinding herbs when she felt someone watching her. Looking up, she saw the two doctors gazing at her with pity.
Mingxi: ??? Why are you looking at me like that? I’m not the one who went missing. If you want to pity someone, it should be Lin Jianguo and his family.
Doctor Liao sighed and patted Mingxi’s shoulder. “Xiao Xi, now I understand why you insisted on getting divorced.”
Doctor Xu said with complicated emotions, “Doctor Lin went too far, leaving you alone at home to deal with your mother-in-law and sister-in-law. They even managed to make two policewomen cry at the police station. You had to face both of them alone before – you’ve suffered so much.”
Mingxi’s mouth opened slightly, her face initially full of confusion, but after hearing their words, her expression immediately shifted to appear pitiful.
“That’s right, my life back then was truly miserable. They would either hit or scold me. Lin Jianguo didn’t like me so he never came home, and they would blame that on me too. Those two years were like living in hell.”
As she spoke, Mingxi pretended to wipe tears, her voice even carrying a sob.
Doctor Liao and Doctor Xu listened with faces full of anger – this was truly outrageous!
Noticing their furious expressions, Mingxi covered her face with her hand to hide her smirk.
Since Liu Cuihua and the others were coming to cause trouble for her, it shouldn’t matter if she created some trouble for them in return.
Liu Cuihua and her daughter were bound to spread rumors about her, so she was just getting ahead of the situation to prevent everyone from being deceived by them.
Doctor Liao and Doctor Xu were genuinely good people, though they were a bit gossipy and couldn’t keep things to themselves.
She believed they would quickly spread the story of her suffering during those two years in the Lin family, letting more people know how terrible Liu Cuihua and her daughter were.
Just as Lin Jianguo had brought Liu Cuihua and her daughter over, before they even entered the compound, the story of how they had bullied Mingxi for two years had already reached his ears.
The wives in the residential area kept stealing glances at Liu Cuihua and her daughter along the way, whispering among themselves.
“These are the mother and daughter who made policewomen cry on their own turf? They really do look mean and sharp-tongued.”
“Not just mean-tongued, but cruel too. Doctor Mingxi is such a good person, yet they tormented her for two years. But Doctor Mingxi is truly capable – I hadn’t been able to sleep well for a long time, but after taking the Chinese medicine she gave me, I started sleeping soundly right away.”
“That’s right, my joints always hurt when the weather turns bad, but after using Doctor Mingxi’s plasters, they feel much better.”
“Doctor Mingxi is both kind and capable. As the old saying goes, a blessed woman doesn’t enter an unblessed family. It’s better that she got divorced.”
Lin Jianguo’s face had turned completely dark from listening to these comments along the way, while Liu Cuihua and her daughter were somewhat slow to react.
Were these people talking about that useless Mingxi? Had she really become so capable now?
Lin Hongmei, being hot-tempered, had been suppressing her anger while being pointed at by so many people, but soon she couldn’t hold back anymore.
“Shut up!” Lin Hongmei shouted at a young married woman who looked relatively timid, startling her.
Even when angry, she picked on the easy target – Lin Hongmei really had no shame.
Liu Cuihua was also startled by her daughter’s sudden outburst. Although she had a bad temper too, she always remembered they were at her son’s workplace and shouldn’t embarrass him.
But she never expected that while she hadn’t embarrassed herself, her daughter had made a complete fool of herself.
“What are you doing? Get back here right now!” Liu Cuihua gritted her teeth as she dragged Lin Hongmei back, all while secretly observing Lin Jianguo’s expression.
Lin Jianguo was so furious he nearly choked on his own breath.