Chapter 367: Chapter 367: Hoping He Wishes He Were Dead
Lin Qi clenched her fists, trembling with anger.
She couldn’t believe that Lin Cheng would go this far.
But now that she thought about it, what kind of thing is there that Lin Cheng wouldn’t do?
Jiang Li said, “Qiqi, you mustn’t be too heartbroken, you have to know, this matter is already in the past, there was no chance to tell you before, and my mom wouldn’t let me say it. Now that you know, don’t take it too hard. The dead cannot be brought back to life, the most important thing for you is to take good care of yourself. You are pregnant, you need to consider the baby in your belly with everything.”
She was afraid that Lin Qi would be so upset that she would miscarry.
Jiang Li was extremely upset too, hating herself for not being able to keep her mouth shut, but she pitied Lin Qi so much, deceived by her biological father for so many years, and still unaware of the true circumstances of her mother’s death!
Lin Qi said, “At that time, when I was called to my mother’s bedside, she was still conscious, so why didn’t she tell me?”
Jiang Li replied, “How could she say it at that time? She was so badly hurt, barely hanging on to her last breath, it wasn’t easy for her to wait to see you one last time! At that moment, she didn’t care about hatred anymore, she was only afraid that if she left this world, you wouldn’t be well…”
Lin Qi started to cry with distress: “How could he be so cruel…”
Huo Tingdong gently embraced her.
Jiang Li became even more flustered: “Qiqi, I’m sorry… I’m really sorry, I was too talkative, I shouldn’t have said so much… Ah! At least it shouldn’t have been at this time, blame me, blame me…”
Her face flushed red with embarrassment and unease.
Huo Tingdong lifted his gaze and looked at her: “She would have had to find out sooner or later; thank you for telling her.”
He had hesitated before; he could have stopped Jiang Li.
But he thought that compared to the pain of knowing the truth, being kept in the dark for a lifetime was truly pitiable.
This was about the true circumstances of her mother’s death, she had the right to know.
Lin Qi tried to steady her emotions: “Sister, I don’t blame you… thank you for being willing to tell me all this.”
Although it was heartbreaking and upsetting, at least she had Huo Tingdong by her side, his hand always tightly holding hers, giving her a constant stream of warmth and strength: “You should have told me earlier…”
Jiang Li said, “Since things with your father have come to this, and now you have your own family, if it’s possible, try to make arrangements to reinter your mother’s ashes properly!”
“Yes!”
The atmosphere became heavy for a moment.
Jiang Li suddenly stood up and embraced her with sorrow: “Qiqi, I hope you will be happy! Only if you are well, can you comfort the spirit of your mother in heaven.”
“Thank you.”
Lin Qi smiled: “Sister, I also hope that you will be happy.”
Jiang Li said, “If you’re willing to come to my wedding next month, I’ll delay your return. I’ve prepared an invitation and wedding candy to deliver to you in person.”
Lin Qi nodded: “Okay!”
After having lunch, when it was time to part, the sisters exchanged contact information.
On the way back.
Lin Qi was somewhat listless and dispirited.
Huo Tingdong said, “Don’t be sad, just like your sister said, it’s all in the past now.”
Lin Qi said, “I want to take my mom’s ashes back as soon as possible. My sister said that my mother’s grave is empty. That is to say, all these years, every time I’ve been worshipping at that grave, it was an empty one.”
Huo Tingdong said, “Leave this matter to me to handle.”
He didn’t want Lin Qi to get involved.
For one, she was pregnant.
Secondly, for someone as shameless as Lin Cheng who bullies the weak and fears the strong, it would be easier for him to resolve if he took charge of it, perhaps it would just be a matter of a few words.
Lin Qi said: “Alright… but Lin Cheng, that kind of person…”
Huo Tingdong replied: “I won’t waste words with him.”
Lin Qi said: “The one who deserves to die is him. My mom married him, didn’t enjoy much happiness, and he betrayed her, even causing my mom’s tragic death! He’s the one who deserves to die! Why is it that good people don’t live long, but such shameless people like him can live so gloriously!?”
Huo Tingdong said: “Just one word from you, and I can make his life worse than death.”
Lin Qi was somewhat surprised: “What do you mean by life worse than death?”
Huo Tingdong said: “Literally what it means. To live a life worse than death is to make him unable to live or die as he pleases.”
Lin Qi said: “Then let him have a life worse than death! Anyway, for a person without a conscience like him, I don’t expect him to have an epiphany. All I want now is for him to receive retribution! The more miserable, the better! He caused my mom such tragedy; he should suffer even more than she did!”
Dark thoughts inevitably crept into her heart.
She wished Lin Cheng would lose everything overnight, become estranged from his wife and children, and everything he had once owned would be gone with the wind. Then let him be burdened with huge debts and be harried by creditors every day, living in endless pain!
Huo Tingdong bent down and gently kissed her forehead: “Alright, I’ll do as you wish.”
Evening.
Mo Ke found out Lin Cheng’s latest address.
Recently, Lin Cheng had moved; he sold his old villa and bought another townhouse instead.
Longqi Garden.
The car stopped at the entrance.
Huo Tingdong got out of the car.
Mo Ke followed closely behind.
He walked to the door and rang the doorbell.
The servant opened the door and was a bit startled to see Mo Ke: “Who are you looking for?”
Mo Ke said: “Is Lin Cheng here?”
The servant replied: “Are you looking for the master? Please wait a moment, I’ll go…”
Mo Ke couldn’t be bothered to listen to her rambling and raised his foot, forcefully kicking the door wide open!
The servant jumped in fright, stumbled backward and fell to the ground, her face filled with shock: “What are you doing!? Who exactly are you? You…”
Huo Tingdong walked into the entrance hall.
Lin Qianqian ran down from the second floor and was stunned when she saw Huo Tingdong: “Huo… Tingdong?”
Zhou Qin also heard the commotion downstairs and quickly ran down, confused upon seeing Mr. Huo: “Mr. Huo… why have you come?”
Huo Tingdong said: “I’m giving you one minute. If I don’t see Lin Cheng standing in front of me after one minute, I’ll have someone smash this place.”
Zhou Qin and Lin Qianqian looked at each other, each at a loss.
Zhou Qin said grudgingly: “Mr. Huo, what happened? Has the Lin Family offended you in any way? You’ve suddenly come here with such a show of force, what are you trying to do?”
Mo Ke had already started to time: “You have 50 seconds left.”
Zhou Qin turned to Lin Qianqian, pressing her: “Go call your dad down, tell him Huo Tingdong is here.”
Lin Qianqian nodded and ran anxiously towards the upstairs.
Zhou Qin walked over awkwardly, “Mr. Huo, would you like to take a seat? Whatever matter you have with my husband, no matter what it is, let’s sit down and talk it out, alright?”
Mo Ke looked at his watch and reminded: “20 seconds left.”
Zhou Qin was taken aback: “… Mr. Huo, please calm down, don’t ruin the harmony! I heard… didn’t you marry Lin Qi? Lin Qi’s dad is also your father-in-law, even if he really offended you in some way, he’s still your father-in-law…”