Chapter 127 - 126: The Enraged Father-in-law

Chapter 127: Chapter 126: The Enraged Father-in-law

Seeing the two of them tangled together on the sofa, Lin Gaoyuan froze. A second later, he realized—the beautiful girl being pinned down... was his daughter?!

Without a second thought, he dropped the gifts in his hands and lunged forward. He violently yanked the man who was assaulting his daughter off of her, then swung a fist packed with fury straight at his face!

"Dad! Don’t—!"

But Lin Yanwan was too late. The punch made Jiang Xia see stars, and he staggered, nearly falling. Seeing this, she scrambled to get between them.

"Yanwan, get out of my way! I’m going to beat this bastard to death today!" Seething with rage, Lin Gaoyuan yanked his daughter aside and smashed another vicious punch into Jiang Xia’s face.

Jiang Xia lost his footing and fell stiffly to the ground.

"Jiang Xia!"

Lin Yanwan’s face went pale. She rushed over, spreading her arms to block her fuming father, and shouted, her voice tinged with tears, "Dad, you’ve got the wrong person!"

Lin Gaoyuan paused for a moment. ’Jiang Xia... The name sounded vaguely familiar. His wife might have mentioned it—he was Yanwan’s boyfriend. But he’d been so swamped with work lately that he hadn’t had time to keep up with his daughter’s life.’

"Yanwan, Dad didn’t hit the wrong..."

Jiang Xia shook his head forcefully and blinked hard several times. His dizzy, blurred vision started to clear up a little.

"Are... are you okay? Does it hurt?" Lin Yanwan’s heart trembled with pain for him. She reached out to gently touch his already swelling cheek, but he flinched away reflexively, his eyes squeezed into a thin line from the pain.

"I’m fine."

Jiang Xia took a few shaky breaths and staggered to his feet. He looked at the slightly heavyset man in front of him, his swollen facial muscles barely managing to form a smile.

"Dad—no." He quickly raised a hand and gave his other cheek a light slap, which tugged at his injured muscles, making him grimace in pain.

"Hello, Uncle Lin." He looked Lin Gaoyuan in the eye and extended his hand formally. "It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Jiang Xia, Yanwan’s current boyfriend."

Lin Gaoyuan ignored his outstretched hand, turning to his daughter with a blank expression. "This is the boyfriend you found? I don’t approve! Break up with him immediately!"

’He was furious. So what if he was the boyfriend? Does being the boyfriend give him the right to shamelessly pin my daughter down? And in our own living room! Don’t think calling me ’Dad’ will change my mind. He’s nothing but pure scum! A bad seed!’

"Dad! It’s not what you think," Lin Yanwan explained anxiously. "I almost fell, and Jiang Xia caught me, but then we both lost our balance and tumbled onto the sofa. That’s when you came back."

Lin Gaoyuan sneered at Jiang Xia. "Good thing I came back. Otherwise, there’s no telling what might have happened."

As a father, he could never stand by and watch his daughter be taken advantage of by a man.

"You’re right." Jiang Xia took a deep breath and gave his would-be father-in-law a deep bow. "I’m sorry. It’s my fault."

Just then, a little girl was awakened by the commotion in the living room. She slowly opened a bedroom door, rubbing her eyes as she looked at her father.

"Daddy, you’re back?!"

Hearing his younger daughter’s cry, Lin Gaoyuan didn’t answer. Instead, he turned his body away, refusing to accept Jiang Xia’s apology, and pointed coldly at the door. "You’re not welcome in my house. If you have any decency, get the hell out now!"

"Huh?"

Sensing that the atmosphere in the room was clearly wrong, Lin Xiaoman’s sleepy eyes instantly became alert. ’Are they... fighting?’

"Sis... Brother Jiang Xia?"

Jiang Xia’s body stiffened. He said nothing more and started walking toward the door.

’His father-in-law was furious right now. No explanation would work. It was better to leave for now and come back with gifts to apologize once he had cooled down.’

"Jiang Xia!"

Lin Yanwan instinctively started to chase after him, but Lin Gaoyuan stopped her with a roar. "You’re not allowed to go!"

"You beat him up so badly, can’t I at least get him some ice to put on it?" she snapped back angrily, turning to pull open the fridge. She grabbed a bottle of mineral water that was frozen solid and handed it to him.

Seeing his swollen left cheek, with faint traces of blood seeping out near the cheekbone, Lin Yanwan’s heart ached and her eyes welled up with tears.

Jiang Xia looked at her and shook his head slightly, signaling her not to worry. He took the frozen water bottle from her hand and walked out the door without another moment’s hesitation.

Watching his retreating back, Lin Yanwan opened her mouth to say something. Although she was worried sick, she didn’t dare chase after him at a time like this. It would only make things worse.

A brief silence fell over the room. Lin Yanwan looked at her father, who was still sitting on the sofa, his anger yet to subside. She opened her mouth to speak several times, but always stopped herself.

She poured a glass of water and handed it to him, saying softly, "Dad, it’s really not what you think."

Lin Gaoyuan noticed the slippers scattered on the floor and saw that his daughter was barefoot. Perhaps things really were as she said. But it was also a fact that he had seen that guy on top of his daughter with his own two eyes.

"Don’t say any more. That guy is obviously bad news. I don’t care how you try to spin it, I will never agree to you dating him!"

"But you can’t just hit someone because you’re angry! Look at what you did to him," Lin Yanwan said anxiously.

"So what if I hit him? I was thinking about calling the police and having him charged with attempted rape! That would leave a permanent stain on his record, let’s see him find a job then! A man who can’t keep it in his pants deserves to be beaten to death!" Lin Gaoyuan snorted.

"Daddy, Brother Jiang Xia isn’t that kind of person. He’s really, really nice to me and Sis," Lin Xiaoman said timidly, clinging to her sister’s arm.

"What does a kid like you know?" Lin Gaoyuan slammed his hand on the table and yelled back without thinking.

"Sis..." Xiaoman’s lip trembled. She looked up at her sister, sobbing quietly as tears welled in her eyes. As far as she could remember, this was the first time her dad had ever yelled at her.

"It’s okay, Xiaoman. Let’s go back to our room. We won’t talk to him."

Lin Yanwan picked up her little sister and looked back at her father with a sigh. "Dad, no matter what, this has nothing to do with Xiaoman. She’s just a little girl. Why are you taking your anger out on her?"

With that, she carried Xiaoman back to her room, leaving Lin Gaoyuan to fume alone in the living room.

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(One more Chapter to come, it’ll probably be out a bit late)