Chapter 103

Sister-in-law Xu and her late husband had a very good relationship, although they were married on blind dates, but the temperament of the two people were very suitable, if not for the accident designed by Mr Ma, the two people should now be in the courtyard of the immortal couple

Lingling was her only child with her husband, and Mrs Xu must have loved her very much

When she heard that her daughter had run away from home, Mrs Xu panicked, the color of her face quickly faded, and her hands and feet were shivering, “Where is she now? Where is she now? I can’t, I have to go out and look for her, if anything happens to her, I won’t be able to survive”

She said and went out the door, ready to get on her bicycle and go out to look for her daughter

Halfway there, she was stopped by Lin Minjun, “No need to go out and look for her, I saw her when I came back and brought her to my house”

Mrs Xu almost cried, holding Lin Minjun’s hand and thanking her profusely, “Xiao Lin, I really don’t know how to thank you, if anything happens to my daughter, I’ll immediately send myself to death with a pair of scissors, I really don’t know how to thank you”

“I don’t need your gratitude, what you need most is to have a good chat with Ling Ling” Lin Minjun said

Sister-in-law Xu nodded: “I know, I must have a good talk with her at night, it’s almost like she doesn’t want to die, if such a young child goes out, she’ll be abducted in the cold, how can she be so unintelligent, and not think about what I’ll do if she’s abducted”

Mrs Xu opened her mouth with a reprimanding tone, never reflecting on her own problems

Lin Minjun’s head hurt from listening to her, and pulled Mrs Xu into the house, unable to help but start a deeper conversation with her, “Have you ever wondered why Lingling ran away from home? Home should be the place where a child feels the warmest and safest, now that she’d rather go out by herself than stay at home, haven’t you thought about why?”

“She’s disobedient, now the older she grows the more disobedient she is, I sometimes don’t know how to educate her” Sister-in-law Xu covered her own chest and also looked exhausted

“Because that’s not education at all sister-in-law, that’s a head splitting reprimand, just now when I knocked on the door you said that part, I as an adult couldn’t stand to listen to it, let alone Ling Ling who’s only a fifteen year old girl”

Lin Minjun couldn’t help but say, “And but all individuals have self-respect and want to save face, shameless that’s two-skinned face”

“Today Lingling told me that she didn’t do well in her exams, you scolded her in front of everyone and slapped her in the face, do you think Lingling such a facetious girl can stand it? Can she not fight with you?”

Sister-in-law Xu froze, “You mean, I hurt her self-esteem?”

“No, you can’t always think that a child doesn’t have self-respect, a person has self-respect as long as she understands things, you can’t first rip off her self-respect and then treat her protests as if she’s quarreling with you, it doesn’t make sense”

Sister-in-law Xu thought about it and didn’t say anything for a while, after all, asking an adult to admit their mistakes to a child, this could be too difficult

Lin Minjun added, “Also, have you not heard the rumors in the hutong”

“What rumors?” Sister-in-law Xu froze again

Lin Minjun: “You probably told a lot of people about Ling Ling’s love affairs, and gradually rumors spread in the hutong, saying that she was hooking up with other people, and that she didn’t learn well at a young age, and Ling Ling couldn’t stand it because of these words, and wanted to run away from this place ah”

Sister-in-law Xu’s fists clenched up directly, knuckles white, lips white as she said, “But I’ve never heard of it”

Lin Minjun thought for a moment, “They know that you love Ling Ling, so they couldn’t possibly say it in front of you, but Ling Ling is a little girl, introverted, and not on good terms with you, so they wouldn’t be too concerned about this, and of course, you wouldn’t know how ugly they are talking about it, and these rumors got into Ling Ling’s ears, so the child didn’t want to stay here anymore”

Sister-in-law Xu didn’t know what those people had said, but from Lin Minjun’s reaction, it seemed that they had definitely said something very, very unpleasant

At that moment, Sister-in-law Xu also became angry and said through clenched teeth, “I know that it’s not right for a child to fall in love, and I told them it was only because I was angry in my heart at the time, I didn’t think that it would actually spread like this”

She was so angry that she was shaking, “Tomorrow I will take a day off with my unit and specifically inquire about who is chewing on my daughter’s tongue behind her back, I will find them one by one and tear their mouths apart”

This is right, sister-in-law Xu was not a weak person in the first place, she, as a mother, heard this in the words to give her daughters a head start, in order to unravel Ling Ling’s heart

“This matter will be discussed tomorrow, do you know why Ling Ling fell in love?” Lin Minjun asked again

Sister-in-law Xu was full of confusion and thought for a moment before saying, “I feel like it was that punk who hit on my daughter, said something nice, and the little girl was naive in her heart, so she believed it”

Lin Minjun: “I don’t think it’s just this reason, the main reason lies in you ah Xu sister-in-law, you force your child to study every day, refusing to let her have a hint of relaxation, although I have not been a mother, but I have done children, we are all human beings, not a machine, how is it possible to work like a machine charging up the electricity, Ling Ling exams fell out of the top five, you think that it is not good enough, why don’t you Why don’t you talk to her, even if you give her a reward, for example, if she does well in the exams, you can reward her for going out to play, or something she really wants, so it’s fine, you can’t just squeeze her one after the other”

Ding Ling’s nature wasn’t bad, the fact that she was able to get into the top five proved that she had worked hard, and a child who worked so hard needed to be cared for, not squeezed

But when it comes to this, sister-in-law Xu also has a bellyful of bitter water, she pulled Lin Minjun to complain, “I know, I know what you mean, but I can’t help it, from the time her father left we’ve had no one to support us as a mother, and I don’t know when I’ll be able to live with myself, I’m always afraid that she will go out and be bullied later on, and I’m just thinking that she’ll study a little bit better, and then she’ll go to a good university, and learn more skills, and then she’ll be able to get by I just want her to study better, go to a good university, learn more skills, and then she won’t be bullied, what else can I do?”

“I’m usually tired enough, go to work during the day, tired to death, after going home to cook, wash clothes and do housework, I have not let her do anything, I just want her to study well, give me a little bit of gas, it’s not enough?” Sister-in-law Xu said: “I’m not doing this for her sake, I didn’t remarry for her all these years, I’ve worked so hard for her, why doesn’t she understand?”

Lin Minjun calmly said, “You say you are tired and bitter, this is not caused by Lingling either, she might be willing to help you share it too, you always say you didn’t remarry for her sake, have you ever asked Lingling if she would like you to remarry? Sister-in-law, you can’t always inflict the unsatisfactory parts of your life on Ling Ling, so that you are under a lot of pressure, and the child is also under a lot of pressure, think about what I said, I was originally an outsider who shouldn’t have been involved in this matter, but I look at Ling Ling is really feel heartbroken”

After she finished, she quieted down, not saying a word, just waiting for sister-in-law Xu to slowly figure it out, this kind of thing others can only remind, point to point, the most important thing is still have to be the person himself to figure it out

A minute, three minutes, five minutes, I do not know how long

Xu’s sister-in-law’s eyes slowly red, twisted her head to wipe tears, “I realized that I am really confused”

“It’s not too late to figure it out” Lin Minjun sighed in relief

Sister-in-law Xu: “I only thought for Ling Ling’s sake, I didn’t think about all this, Xiao Lin, I don’t know how to thank you, in a moment I’ll go pick Ling Ling up, I’ll have a good talk with her”

Lin Minjun obediently got up as well, “You have to treat Ling Ling as a person, she’s a child yes, but she also has self-respect”

Sister-in-law Xu nodded with red eyes

As soon as Lin Minjun opened the door, she saw that Ding Ling had returned at some point and was standing in the doorway, also with tears in her eyes, her eyes full of grievances

Sister-in-law Xu immediately jumped up, although figured out, but the habit of a moment can not be changed, immediately wanted to say a few words, blame the child how to run out in the middle of the night, disobedient

Words to the mouth, Xu sister-in-law all of a sudden woke up, hugging Ding Ling and cried, “I’m sorry, this thing is mom did wrong, I apologize to you, I should not talk about you so much in school, more should not hit you in front of your classmates, mom will never do this kind of thing again”

Ding Ling sobbed twice and cried as well

Mother and daughter immediately hugged and cried, apologizing to each other

Lin Minjun felt that she stood here is not good, quietly ready to go home it, walked halfway to hear sister-in-law Xu choked and said: “Those who say bad things about you, tomorrow mom one by one door to tear their mouths, in the future you don’t need to be afraid, also don’t need to feel embarrassed, there is something to say just talk to me, I will not talk to people how you are in the future, let’s have a word locked in the house to say ”

“But Ling Ling, everything mom does is for you, it’s all because she loves you, you mustn’t slack off in your studies, mom’s hopes are all in you” Sister-in-law Xu added

Ding Ling’s sobs gave way

Lin Minjun also felt a headache, always feeling like she should say something, and for a while she didn’t know how to say it

That night, while Ding Ling came out to use the restroom, Lin Minjun stopped her

Ding Ling: “Sister, what’s wrong?”

“Your mother’s mind couldn’t change over for a while, she probably didn’t even realize herself that some of the words hurt you I’m an outsider after all, there’s no way I can say too much, if you feel stressed sometimes you can come to my store and talk to me, we’ll figure it out together, okay?” Lin Minjun said, stuffing a note into Ding Ling’s hand, “This is the address of my store, there are things you can discuss together, you can never think of running away from home again”

Ding Ling stared at the piece of paper and suddenly squeezed it tightly, “Sister, thank you, I will I’ll be honest with you, if I hadn’t run into you tonight, I was really ready to leave”

“It’s fine if you can think it through” Lin Minjun gently patted her shoulder, “I’ve also encountered this kind of situation, in fact, it’s just a momentary lapse into the bull’s eye, and it’s good to have someone to help guide you You also don’t need to keep this matter in your heart, as long as when you grow up, and run into people who are in difficulty, you also think about helping out, that’s enough”

Ding Ling nodded her head vigorously

Lin Minjun’s heart let out a sigh of relief, looking at Ding Ling’s appearance, in a short period of time, she should not be thinking of leaving home again, but Sister-in-law Xu will always give her pressure

Hopefully, this girl would be able to figure it out and turn her luck around