Chapter 1143 - 1185: Seeking Huo Junmo

Chapter 1143: Chapter 1185: Seeking Huo Junmo

Ling’s father stubbornly refuted, "I stirred this up? How is this my fault! Back then it was you who coveted the support money Shenglan left for Yueyue, you insisted on swallowing it yourself, and it was also your idea that we go to Yueyue every month to ask her for living expenses! You said, anyway she doesn’t know we’re not her biological parents! Later, going to Huo Junmo for money was your idea too, what’s that got to do with me? In the end, it’s your greed—if you hadn’t been greedy, none of this would have happened!"

Ling’s mother glared, justifying herself loudly, "How is it not your fault? If you could keep Ling Shenglan in line and make her listen to you, wouldn’t she have not sued us? Useless as you are, with not a shred of an elder brother’s authority, and you still blame my greed! Why am I greedy? Isn’t it because you’re useless and can’t make money! If you could make money, would I rack my brains trying to squeeze money out of your sister and niece? Would I have ended up like this? When you get down to it, I’m doing it all for our four kids! Do you want our four kids to live the same kind of life we do?" At the end, she plopped down onto the chair with a shameless thud and said, "I don’t care, things are already like this, you have to sort it out for me. I’m telling you, I definitely won’t hand over the money, and I absolutely won’t go to jail. Otherwise I’d rather jump into the Tao River with your four kids—I am never going back to that hellhole of a prison!"

Thinking of her last time in prison, Ling’s mother still felt lingering fear even now!

From the moment she walked out of that cell, she swore she would never go back again! Food and drink might be taken care of, but locked up in there, her personal freedom was completely gone—every day it was three walls and an iron door! If she has to go back again, she’ll definitely go insane!

But to spit out the money that’s already in her hands, that’s absolutely impossible too. Giving that money back would be like taking her life; she might as well die!

"You...!" Seeing Ling’s mother dump all the blame on him, Ling’s father was angry, but also helpless!

Even though his wife was full of flaws and sharp?tongued and mean, when he was young he had nothing, not a single woman was willing to marry him. His wife was the only one who didn’t look down on him, was willing to marry him and suffer with him! Just for that loyalty, he couldn’t just wash his hands of her!

Thinking of this, Ling’s father let out a long sigh and said helplessly, "At this point, the only thing we can do is go beg Huo Junmo for help! With Huo Junmo’s influence in Jin City, if we ask him to stop this, he’ll definitely help!"

Hearing this, Ling’s mother asked hesitantly, "He... he’ll help us? At Tiantian’s full?month banquet we parted on bad terms—what if he’s still holding a grudge! And besides, this money Shenglan wants back is to give to Yueyue, so why would he help us?"

Ling’s father analyzed calmly, "Why would he? Because we’re Yueyue’s parents, that’s why! My guess is Shenglan hasn’t told Huo Junmo about this, which means Huo Junmo doesn’t know we’re not Yueyue’s biological parents. He treats Yueyue so well, dotes on her so much—once we open our mouths, he’ll definitely agree! Besides, this is just a small matter to him, something completely within his power. Why wouldn’t he help?"

Ling’s mother was still a bit hesitant. "But what if Ling Shenglan has already told him the truth? Then he’ll hate us before he even gets the chance—how could he possibly help us?" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Ling’s father nodded and said with certainty, "She won’t! I know Shenglan’s character. If she told Huo Junmo about this, wouldn’t that be basically telling Yueyue too? This time she came back entirely for Yueyue; she cares so much about her, spoils her—do you think she’s not afraid that once Yueyue learns the truth she’ll hate her? So she definitely hasn’t said anything. Huo Junmo and Yueyue definitely don’t know the real story."

"What you’re saying makes sense too! Still, I really didn’t expect it—she was so heartless and decisive when she abandoned Yueyue back then, and now she actually came back! I thought once she left, that was it, she’d never come back and never look for Yueyue again." For the first time, Ling’s mother nodded in agreement with Ling’s father’s analysis.

Back then, she’d seen how ruthless Ling Shenglan was with Ling Yueyue—after leaving she not only never contacted Yueyue again, she even changed her cell number just to escape everything from the past! If Ling Shenglan hadn’t been so heartless toward Ling Yueyue, Ling’s mother wouldn’t have dared to so boldly pocket the support money she’d left for Yueyue, wouldn’t have dared to keep going to Yueyue for money, and certainly wouldn’t have dared to promise Yueyue to that man in the village for a hundred thousand yuan!

So when Ling Shenglan suddenly came back and asked them about Yueyue, Ling’s mother’s mind had raced, and she’d could only say that Ling Yueyue was rebellious, refused to be disciplined, had gotten mixed up with bad kids from society, and had ultimately been expelled from school, and even they themselves couldn’t stand her and refused to acknowledge her!

Only like that could she make Ling Shenglan give up and fail to find Ling Yueyue, and all the lies they’d told all these years wouldn’t be exposed!

But she never imagined that fate would be so blind—that Ling Shenglan, even with one foot out the door, would run into Ling Yueyue the day before she left! And that encounter ended up exposing every lie they’d ever told!

Ling’s father sighed and said thoughtfully, "That’s why they say blood is thicker than water. In the end, children are the flesh of their parents’ hearts. No matter how ruthless someone is at the time, once enough time passes and they calm down, they’ll realize how much that person really means to them! Back then she hated Yueyue only because she hated that man! Now that she doesn’t hate that man anymore, she naturally won’t hate Yueyue either."

Ling’s mother rolled her eyes hard and snapped, "Whatever, that’s her business. I don’t want to know and I’m not interested! Anyway, just hurry up and smooth this thing over for me, or... or I’ll die together with your four kids!"

Ling’s father said, "Here’s what we’ll do: you stay home and take care of the kids, I’ll go to Jin City myself. I’ll go see Huo Junmo first and hear what he says, then I’ll call you and tell you how it’s going."

"Fine, there’s no time to lose. Hurry up and pack your things and catch a bus to Jin City today! Luckily it’s still morning—there should be trains this afternoon! If there aren’t any trains, take a long?distance coach. Anyway, no matter what, you have to get to Jin City as fast as you can! I’ll wait at home for your news." Saying that, without giving Ling’s father a chance to react, she stood up, went back to the room, and quickly packed Ling’s father’s things.

Since it’s spring, the clothes are all thin, so there’s no need to bring much—two changes are enough!

So in no time, Ling’s mother had packed Ling’s father’s clothes. She shoved the bag into his arms and then pushed him desperately toward the door. "Hurry, hurry, or you’ll miss the bus!"