Chapter 29: Does Your Family Live By The Riverside?
Before he could do anything to Lin Xin, Lin Shenzi’s little grandson caused new trouble again.
After Lin Shenzi patted the dirt off her grandson’s body, she let him go play aside, while she focused on arguing with the villagers, conveniently using provocative gazes to disgust and annoy Lin Xin from time to time.
Her bear child was upset in his heart that he couldn’t ride the horse carriage, and with the evil factors in his body stirring, he was squatting under the tree, his eyes darting around for places to cause mischief. In the blink of an eye, he spotted Lin Nan’s shadow hiding behind Lin Xin’s front door.
Just thinking that he could only touch the horse carriage that Lin Nan might have ridden while being extra careful, jealousy burned fiercely in the bear child’s heart, and he just wanted to beat up Lin Nan, making that annoying smile on his face disappear forever.
So indeed, some people are born bad seeds. The bear child charged straight toward Lin Xin’s front door from a very tricky angle. If he rushed into Lin Xin’s home, Lin Nan hiding behind the door would definitely be hit, and with the bear child’s speed and weight, the impact wouldn’t be light at all.
Everyone saw it, but no one could stop him in time. The bear child was also very smug, feeling that this move would definitely succeed, and he could even imagine Lin Nan crying in pain after being knocked down and injured.
However, he underestimated Lin Xin.
The moment he charged over, Lin Xin noticed. She never expected that she was just preparing to kill his grandmother as a “chicken” for this group of “monkeys” gathered here to watch, and her grandson automatically delivered himself as a “little chicken.”
Just as the bear child rushed to Lin Xin’s side with a ferocious expression, Lin Xin moved. The bear child’s movements looked like slow motion from a movie to her. She calmly lifted her left foot, raised her knee, turned her hip, and snapped out her calf.
The bear child flew back at an even faster speed than he came, landing on the ground with a dull “bang.” His little face pale, he couldn’t even move, humming a few times but barely able to cry.
Everyone fell silent, looking at the bear child, then back at Lin Xin.
Lin Xin stood straight calmly, her gaze carrying a faint chill as she stared straight at the bear child and Lin Shenzi who ran over after reacting. With her right hand, she tossed one pebble up and caught the other, playing very leisurely, as if that kick just now had nothing to do with her.
“Ouch, Lin Xin, you little bitch, are you trying to kill someone! If anything happens to my eldest grandson, I’ll make you pay with your life! Ouch, my big grandson, what’s wrong? Look at Grandma!” Lin Shenzi picked up the bear child and rubbed him all over, cursing while rubbing.
Lin Xin had controlled her kick, using only ten percent of her strength. Apart from bruising and purpling at the kicked spot, there was no internal injury, so he soon recovered, but the skin and flesh pain was inevitable.
“Wah~ Grandma, the money loser kicked me, kicked my chest so hard it hurts. Grandma, go get revenge for me. Grab her and let me kick her back. And that jinx too, grab him for me, I want to kick him together. Grandma, wahhhh~” The bear child cried while making demands to his grandma. It was always like this at home; as soon as he cried and made a fuss, his grandma would agree to anything.
“Good grandson, tell Grandma, where does it hurt? Tell Grandma, and Grandma will make her compensate you with money, then use that money to buy meat to nourish you, okay, good boy?” Lin Shenzi had seen it clearly; Lin Xin had casually kicked her grandson flying. She didn’t dare go kick her. That little girl was acting strange now, like a different person. If she got kicked like that too, she couldn’t take it.
“Wah wah wah~ I don’t want to eat meat, I want to kick back. Grandma, you don’t love me anymore. If you don’t do as I say, when you’re old, I won’t take care of you or see you off. When you die, I won’t beat gongs or smash basins for you, wah wah wah~” The bear child skillfully lay on the ground, kicking his legs and wailing dryly.
Lin Shenzi felt embarrassed, angry, and heartbroken upon hearing this. Then thinking all this trouble was caused by the horse carriage at Lin Xin’s home, and seeing her leisurely standing there tossing pebbles to play, ignoring everything, she pointed at her and started cursing furiously:
“You shameless little slut, hooking up with some half-dead old man from who knows where. I just said a couple of truths, and you take it out on my grandson. Look what you’ve done to him! I’m telling you, little bitch, if there’s no ten taels of silver for this today, I’m not done with you.”
“Tch!” Lin Xin sneered coldly. “I say, Lin Shenzi, slandering me is one thing, but you dare slander the doctor from town too. You’ve got some guts. And, doesn’t your home have a mirror? Or don’t you have urine? Don’t you look at what that old face of yours has become? You’re proud of raising such a grandson! Ten taels of silver? I wouldn’t give you ten copper coins.”
“Pah! No matter what, my grandson is better than you, you shameless ridden slut. I······ Ah~” Lin Shenzi’s cursing suddenly stopped. She just felt a shock in her mouth, then intense pain, and a bit salty. She spat downward, and a black pebble along with five or six white teeth lay together in a small puddle of dirty blood.
“Hiss~” The watching villagers all gasped in unison, feeling their mouths inexplicably ache, especially those who had just accused Lin Xin the most enthusiastically, even exaggeratedly covering their mouths with hands, their gazes showing a trace of panic.
“You······ You dare······ hit me?” Lin Shenzi mumbled indistinctly. At this moment, her mouth was full of blood, a strand of hair disheveled. Pointing at Lin Xin with a sinister look like a malevolent ghost, it chilled the villagers’ hearts.
“Hmph, I say Lin Shenzi, is your brain broken? I’ve already hit you, and you ask if I dare? I did hit you. What can you do to me? I warn you, if you dare insult me again next time, where this pebble aims won’t be certain.” Lin Xin tossed the last remaining pebble in her hand, looking at Lin Shenzi and the frightened bear child hiding behind her like they were filth, her gaze without a trace of warmth.
“You!” Lin Shenzi was furious, but with several teeth knocked out, lips swollen, gums aching, her usually sharp tongue that dominated the whole village couldn’t speak. After a few heavy gasps, she actually fainted from anger.
Without anyone backing him, the bear child stopped rolling and wailing. He didn’t care about his grandmother lying on the ground at all, turned tail, and ran home, leaving everyone feeling somewhat unsettled.
“Xin Yatou, this person was fainted by your anger after all. Hurry and carry her to your home to get the doctor to check! If anything happens, you’ll have to pay with your life. Even the clan leader can’t save you then.” An elder aunt who usually loved gossiping with Lin Shenzi the most stood out and pointed at Lin Xin.
“This elder aunt, who are you? Does your home live by the riverside?”
“I······ My home doesn’t live by the riverside. My home is······”
Before she finished, Lin Xin interrupted: “Your home doesn’t live by the riverside, so why do you meddle so much?”
“You! You’re really sharp-tongued. Like a dog biting Lu Dongbin and not knowing a good heart. This elder aunt is kindly reminding you, don’t end up causing human life and unable to handle it, hmph!”
“You can rest assured about that. Don’t they say good people don’t live long, but scourges last a thousand years? Lin Shenzi still has plenty of life left! Don’t worry about it blindly. Go home and properly manage that good son of yours. He’s not coming home, and someone is already helping take care of his wife!”
