Chapter 520: Chapter 506: The Cunning Wang Lin

Wang Lin’s youthful recklessness had ruined his future. Although he had no regrets, he still felt a tinge of sorrow whenever he thought of his life in the military. This time, he didn’t wear the work clothes that Lu Jiaxin had bought for him but instead pulled out two sets of half-worn clothes and carried an old, worn-out luggage bag.

It was after four in the afternoon when he reached the village, and the road was mostly empty.

Upon arriving home, Wang Lin pushed open the door to find his sister cradling a child, sitting on a small stool, crying bitterly, while their mother sat beside her, wiping away tears.

Father Wang and Mother Wang had six children in total. Wang Lin was the fourth, with an older sister and two older brothers above him, and a younger brother and a younger sister below him.

Seeing this scene, Wang Lin’s joy at returning home vanished in an instant. He asked with a worried expression, “Mother, Little Sister, what’s happened at home?”

Startled by the sound, Mother Wang jumped, but upon turning around and seeing him, she was overjoyed. However, recalling how some people from the village went out to work only to return soon after, she became worried, “Fourth, weren’t you supposed to be at work? Why have you come back?”

Wang Lin replied, “I haven’t been home for two years, so I took half a month off from the factory. Mother, what’s happened to you and Little Sister?”

He hadn’t told his family that he was working as a bodyguard for Lu Jiaxin. His parents were getting on in years, and he didn’t want them to worry, so he had told them he was working as a security guard at a factory in Peng City.

Hearing his words, Mother Wang couldn’t help but let her tears fall again. “Your little sister, your little sister… she’s had such a hard life.”

Little Sister Wang cried even harder upon hearing this.

“Mother, what exactly happened?”

Only then did he learn that Little Sister Wang had gone to get sterilized on the day she gave birth to her second daughter. The Xiang family wanted a son, but now she couldn’t have any more children, so they were pressuring her to divorce.

Mother Wang was both angry and resentful: “When they came to marry her, they promised the moon, saying they would treat my little sister like their own daughter. But once Little Sister had another daughter, those heartless people at the Xiang family made her cook and wash clothes while she was still in her confinement period. When she refused, that Old Pious Woman cursed her and incited Xiang Jiang to hit her.”

“She didn’t get proper postpartum care, so she had no breast milk. The baby could only drink rice soup and at four months old is as thin as a little kitten.”

Wang Lin looked at the child in his sister’s arms, indeed thin and small, looking more like two months old. Had this been earlier, hearing about these matters, he would have gone straight to the Xiang family to settle the score. But having spent the last two years with Lu Jiaxin, he knew that hitting people not only failed to solve problems, but it also made one’s situation worse.

Seeing his dark expression, Little Sister Wang quickly stopped crying and took hold of Mother Wang, urging her not to talk further: “Third Brother, I’m okay. Xiang Jiang is good to me and loves both daughters very much. It’s just his parents who are set on having a grandson and constantly search for my faults.”

Wang Lin could tell from her expression and actions that she was afraid of something. “Little Sister, if Xiang Jiang were truly good, he wouldn’t allow his parents to kick you out. Don’t worry, I won’t do anything rash.”

He had ruined his prospects by breaking that ruffian’s six ribs in the past; if he went to the Xiang family and injured someone again, he would definitely be arrested by the Public Security Bureau. Now he wouldn’t be so impulsive, nor so foolish.

“Little Sister, what are your plans for the future?”

Little Sister Wang lowered her head and said, “I’ll go back in a few days.”

“Why would you return to that wolf’s den? If you go back, they will surely find ways to torment you until you can’t stay, or they’ll work you to death. Then they will abandon your children to remarry.”

Little Sister Wang knew what he meant; he wanted her to divorce. While it sounded easy, it was difficult to do. Crying, she said, “Third Brother, if I divorce, where can I take the children? How will we live?”

Wang Lin said, “If you want to divorce, then do it. We have so many brothers and sisters in the family; no one will let you and your children be left without a place to go, or let you be cold and hungry.”

Little Sister Wang certainly wanted to divorce; since the birth of her little daughter, the Xiang family had dumped all the work on her. A mistake meant scolding, and when Xiang Jiang lost his temper, he would become violent. But to divorce, she lacked the courage: “Third Brother, both the eldest brother and second brother have their own families, and even you will surely want to start a family someday. I can’t be the cause of discord in our family, or I’d be the sinner of the household.”

“Besides, Big Ya is six years old now and can do a lot of work. If I really divorce, I can only take Xiao Ya; they won’t let me take Big Ya. Leaving that child at the Xiang family’s mercy, who knows what misery she would endure.”

Wang Lin felt this was not a difficult problem: “If they don’t give you Big Ya, I’ll go beat up Xiang Jiang every few days. After several beatings, those two old immortals at the Xiang family will definitely agree.”

Upon hearing this, Mother Wang immediately grabbed his arm: “Fourth, no, you can’t hit people.”

A son with a once-bright future had been ruined by that wretch, leaving him with no other recourse but to work as a security guard in a factory. Every time his father thought about it, he wanted to tear that vile woman apart.