Back to 1984: Let's Work Hard Together to Raise The Kids!-Chapter 283: An Unexpected Reunion with an Old Acquaintance

Chapter 283: Chapter 283: An Unexpected Reunion with an Old Acquaintance

Chen Wenjun nodded in agreement, "Maybe Liu Yongming died, his dream of having a grandson shattered, so what else can they do but take care of him? They can’t just chase away Liu Yongming’s last remaining bloodline and let him fend for himself."

He spoke with a sarcastic tone.

Even if Xiao Jinlin was not entirely sure of the circumstances, he could guess some parts, and he looked at Chen Xinyue with a bit more sympathy.

Lin Qin took a deep breath, barely managing to suppress the anger in her chest, "What about Liu Li? Is she just a deadweight at home?"

Liu Jiajia sensed Lin Qin’s anger and shrank back a little, her eyes reddening, "Auntie... Auntie’s addicted to drugs, hanging out with those misfits, often doesn’t come home, and every time she comes back, she asks my mom for money. If she doesn’t get it, she rummages through our rooms, and if she still can’t find anything, she threatens to kick us out. Grandma is old, she can’t control her.

Every time she threatens mom like this, mom gives in, that’s why she can’t save up any money."

This is just...

Not to mention Lin Qin was speechless, everyone else listening felt suffocated too.

She impatiently glanced at Liu Jiajia and asked, "Your mom asked you to go to the An family for help, but instead of going to the An family, you’re asking us, is that useful?"

Liu Jiajia burst into tears, "My grandparents won’t care about us. If they find out mom got taken to the police station, they’ll definitely chase me out of the village with a stick, I can’t go to them."

Seeing her small and helpless appearance, Chen Xinyue, who hadn’t spoken a word, finally said, "So your mom is afraid that if your grandma dies, your aunt will throw you out, that’s why she’s desperately grabbing at straws, looking to extort money from me?"

Liu Jiajia nodded vigorously.

Chen Xinyue didn’t even know what to say. After thinking for a moment, she, as Liu Jiajia’s sister, asked the local police station to investigate Liu Jiajia’s situation.

She learned that Liu Jiajia had been maintaining good grades despite living in such a family because she had a good homeroom teacher.

She immediately called Liu Jiajia’s homeroom teacher.

When the person arrived.

Lin Qin was dumbfounded, "Sister Ge? Why is it you!"

"Lin Qin, girl! Oh dear, it’s been too long!" Ge Qiuyue excitedly approached, hugging Lin Qin tightly, and then noticing Liu Jiajia, quickly went over, "Jiajia, what’s going on?"

Seeing Ge Qiuyue was like seeing her mainstay, Liu Jiajia clung to her arm, crying continuously.

Lin Qin, seeing this, felt a bit of a headache and pulled Ge Qiuyue aside to briefly explain the situation.

Only then did Ge Qiuyue realize Lin Qin had remarried, and her ex-husband was Liu Jiajia’s father, such a confusing relationship made her busy asking, "So what do you want me to do now that I’m here?"

Lin Qin turned to Chen Xinyue, "Yaya, what do you think?"

Chen Xinyue, with a blank face, slowly spoke, "I certainly won’t let An Meihua off easily, but I also know Liu Jiajia is innocent and don’t want this to affect her. Teacher Ge, if it’s possible, could you temporarily take in Liu Jiajia? I’ll cover all her expenses."

Although she had long cut ties with the Liu family, Liu Jiajia had indeed done nothing to offend her, and she couldn’t just stand by and watch.

Ge Qiuyue sighed with relief, "No problem, no problem, this child can come with me, it’s just as well this year’s New Year I didn’t go back home, the house is cold with just me."

Lin Qin raised an eyebrow in surprise, "And your kids?"

Ge Qiuyue chuckled, "They’ve all settled down, one stayed in the provincial city, the other married in the hometown county, my husband has been working on projects in collaboration with others these years, he said he has to rush work this year and won’t come back."

Although they were college roommates, after graduation, both had families and worked in different places, and communications were inconvenient at the time, gradually losing contact. Meeting again now is considered fate.

Lin Qin slightly nodded in understanding, "I’ll go with you and get to know the place."

Just like that, Ge Qiuyue took Liu Jiajia away, while An Meihua in the detention center was still hoping for someone to bail her out, only to find herself hoping in vain.

Chen Wenjun and Lin Yi escorted Chen Xinyue and Xiao Jinlin back, and on the way, Chen Wenjun took the initiative to tell Xiao Jinlin about their generation’s past.

"Yaya had a really tough time at the Liu family when she was a child, no kidding, at six years old she was skin and bones, not a patch of good skin on her whole body, and even then, she was cursed and mistreated by that old witch of the Liu family, not to mention Liu Li, that shameless woman. Even thinking about it now makes my heart ache.

Luckily, the heavens had eyes, and after Ah Qin and I married, our lives got better and better. We bought a place in Nanyu, and we changed the household registration. I said then, Yaya is my daughter, Chen Wenjun’s daughter, she has me as her only father, and nothing to do with the Liu family.

All these years, everyone goes their own way and doesn’t interact, so we didn’t deliberately tell you about it, I hope you don’t mind."

Ultimately, it was because they hadn’t proactively explained, so Chen Wenjun’s tone involuntarily weakened a little.

Once home, Chen Xinyue pulled Xiao Jinlin upstairs to talk, "If it bothers you, we can cancel the wedding."

Xiao Jinlin immediately pulled her into his arms, holding her tightly, "I fell for you as a person from the beginning, it has nothing to do with whose daughter you are. What do you take me for by saying such things? Xinyue, those unpleasant things are all in the past. If you don’t want them to continue bothering you, I can help you deal with them."

Chen Xinyue was startled and quickly shook her head, "No, no, they can’t stir up much trouble anyway, no need to make things difficult for ourselves."

Since Chen Xinyue disagreed, Xiao Jinlin had no choice but to let it go.

Meanwhile, Lin Qin was already following Ge Qiuyue to her home.

The Ge family’s house was likely bought not long after Ge Qiuyue graduated, in an old school district, fortunately, the apartment was spacious enough with four rooms, and the place was tidy and comfortable-looking.

Lin Qin praised it a few times before sitting down, and she casually glanced at Liu Jiajia, trying to gather some information about the Liu family.

Ge Qiuyue chimed in, "Jiajia, feel free to speak up. Aunt Lin is the teacher’s roommate, I can vouch for her character. If you speak up, Aunt Lin and the others can help you."

Liu Jiajia, with red-rimmed eyes, repeated what she had said before, repeatedly stressing that if Ma Cuihua died, Liu Li would drive them away.

Lin Qin was skeptical, "What about Liu Yongguo? Isn’t he still alive? Why? Even the filial son doesn’t care about his own mother’s fate or control his wayward younger sister?"

Liu Jiajia nodded while sobbing, "I heard from grandma that back when dad got caught, aunt made a fuss at home, chaos everywhere, and eldest aunt left with anything valuable from the house, wanting to divorce my uncle.

Uncle didn’t agree and couldn’t take care of both things, so later he packed up and left with eldest aunt, abandoning both grandma and aunt.

The old lady in the alley said because uncle also left, grandma lost her two sons, and the only daughter was unreliable, that’s why she took in mom and me, saying I’m a child that nobody wants, and that mom is stupid."

"That’s really something!" Ge Qiuyue exclaimed.

She knew her student came from a difficult family background, so she tried to help and encourage where possible, but she had no idea the family situation was so complicated.