Rebirth: My Mother is a Virgin Mary

Chapter 48: Being scolded to the point of doubting life

I carried two large bags of chicken feet and turned into the kitchen, closed and locked the door, put on my headphones, ignored everyone, turned on my phone, watched videos while working, immersed in my own world, completely ignoring what was happening outside.

After the meal, the three boys cleaned the windows and mopped the floor. They were very energetic and had a lot of fun.

Qin Luotian was humming a song and was about to clean the glass window until it could reflect his reflection after setting up the ladder when a beautiful lady with long black hair and a white skirt came slowly towards him on a bicycle. The breeze blew up her hair and brushed the hem of her skirt. It should have been a beautiful scene, but her pale face and the crooked bicycle she rode made the picture seem a little weird... Qin Luotian snorted coldly. She was really like a weak willow in the wind. It was really unique to ride a bicycle like this.

Qin Luotian walked over to Cheng Xinyuan who was rinsing the mop in the bathroom and asked, "How old is your sister?"

"Don't you know how old my sister is~?!" Cheng Xinyuan didn't even raise his head, but there was a hint of playful questioning in his tone.

"I'm talking about this!" Qin Luotian folded his arms, half leaning against the wall, and nodded at Cheng Xinyuan.

Cheng Xinyuan looked up and saw Cheng Xindan had parked her bicycle in front of the store. She played with her hair, smiled sweetly, and greeted Cheng Xinyuan tenderly: "Xinyuan, long time no see, you've grown so tall!"

Cheng Xinyuan twitched his lips, "What do you think?"

Qin Luotian muttered quietly: "Looking at her face, she is at least ten years older than you. Looking at her outfit... Tsk, it's hard to say!"

"Tsk, you're twenty-six and you still think you're a sixteen-year-old girl. You're so tall but you have to dress yourself up to look petite and delicate. You don't even consider whether it matches or not..." Cheng Xinyuan threw the mop away, stood in the corner, clapped his hands, and ignored Cheng Xindan's pretentious behavior. "Come in and sit down, Sister Xindan."

Cheng Xindan didn't mind Cheng Xinyuan being so cold to her. She knew that this youngest cousin had never been close to her, and she didn't come here for him anyway. She thought of the miserable scene she saw when she got home in the morning, and her heart trembled. She also remembered her father's instructions, and stroked her chest to keep her demeanor...

Cheng Xinyuan poured a glass of water for Cheng Xindan: "Sister Xindan, what a rare guest, coming here so early in the morning, what's the matter?"

"Nothing..." Cheng Xindan tucked her hair behind her ears and sipped water. "You three are the only ones here?" She looked at the three handsome young men opposite her. "These two are Xin Yuan's friends. I've heard from my second uncle that Xin Yuan has a good relationship with people. Unlike Xin Lin, I've never seen any friends come to see him..." She put down the cup, but still no one answered her question. She felt a little embarrassed and smiled to herself. "Second aunt is not here? What if a customer comes? Can you three boys recommend clothes to them?"

"You don't have to worry about that, Sister Xindan. We have our own way to greet customers when they come." Cheng Xinyuan said indifferently, "As for my mother, she was too excited yesterday and didn't sleep all night. She just finished breakfast and felt sleepy, so she went to bed~"

Cheng Xindan clenched her fists. What was too exciting? She only heard from her parents that Cheng Lin must have brought a lot of people to do that thing. What? Second aunt also went with them? Did the three boys in front of her also participate?

Cheng Xindan's heart was pounding. She originally thought that with her relationship with Cheng Lin, even if she couldn't change Cheng Lin's mind, she could at least sway him. She thought she could still say a few words in front of this overly outstanding cousin. She didn't listen to Cheng Antai and Li Meixian's instructions at all. Now it seems that she was negligent. If the second aunt and cousin were involved in that matter, then... how should she persuade them? Just as she was thinking, she realized that the person she was looking for was not there, "Xinyuan, where is Lin Lin?"

"You're looking for my sister. Unfortunately, she's not here." Cheng Xinyuan spread his hands and said indifferently.

"How could he not be here?" Cheng Xindan said in disbelief, "My dad said that Lin Lin is now selling chicken feet at a stall every day. Lin Lin is really capable. Unlike me, I am so weak that I can only stay at home and can't help at all... At this time..."

"Indeed, this sister looks like she can't help at all!" Cheng Xindan was interrupted by Yao Yuan before he finished speaking.

Cheng Xindan's face darkened, and Yao Yuan smiled and said, "I am just like this, ignorant and mean. Sister, please be generous, don't take it to heart!"

"How could that be? You are speaking your mind, and you are not wrong..." Cheng Xindan smiled awkwardly and continued what he had just said, "At this time, Lin Lin should be preparing for the stall in the evening, so why isn't she here..."

"He's not here!" Cheng Xinyuan nodded affirmatively.

"Then where did she go and when will she come back? Will she be there when I come?" Cheng Xindan asked a series of questions.

Cheng Xinyuan looked at her and said seriously, "Let me tell you this, Sister Xindan, as long as you come, my sister will not be here! Understand?"

After hearing this, Cheng Xindan still had nothing to understand. Wasn't it obvious that Cheng Lin didn't want to see her? If he didn't want to see her, it meant that there was no room for maneuver. Then how could she persuade Cheng Lin to stop? Wait, judging from the situation, Cheng Lin knew she would come? This cousin, even this was expected?

"Sister Xindan, we know what you want to do here. Just tell me whatever you want to say. After all, we are all participants~" Cheng Xinyuan was not polite and directly exposed Cheng Xindan's thoughts.

"You guys..." Cheng Xindan was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect her little cousin to show his hand directly. "You are still children, how can you..."

"What do you mean by child or not? You're not young anymore, okay? What don't you know?" Qin Luotian said coldly, "We only know that when someone we care about is hurt or wronged, we stand up for her. It seems that this sister has never received this kind of protection, so she is a little surprised?"

Cheng Xindan's hands were shaking. No, of course she didn't. It was good enough that her brother didn't bully her. When had he ever stood on her side? Why could Cheng Lin do that? Cheng Lin's brother stood by her, and even Cheng Lin's brother's friends stood by her! She had envied the brother-sister relationship between Cheng Lin and Cheng Xinyuan for a long time. Why did her parents always teach her, "You are the elder sister, you should always give in to your brother, and your brother is never wrong?" Didn't the second uncle treat Cheng Lin very badly? He would beat her whenever he was not satisfied, and the beating was particularly severe. The Cheng family was so patriarchal, shouldn't Cheng Lin hate Cheng Xinyuan? Why? Why was their relationship so good? Why did Cheng Xinyuan protect Cheng Lin so much? Why didn't she have such a brother?

The more Cheng Xindan thought about it, the more she felt that she had made a mistake coming here today. She had hoped to persuade Cheng Lin, but ended up humiliating herself...

"Your family is really weird, Sister Xindan~" Cheng Xinyuan said sarcastically while picking his ears, "Logically speaking, if you didn't stay home to repent and feel guilty for doing such an inhumane thing, it would be fine. When you came here today, I thought you were the best and thought you were here to apologize. Alas, I overestimated you..."

"That's right. Your family's way of thinking is not reasonable, so we won't do it according to common sense. I don't know where you got the confidence and courage to come to our house? Do you think you have a good relationship with my sister? Sister Xindan, you are already 26 years old?! You don't understand the truth that I, a 15-year-old, can understand? You don't think standing by and watching is also a kind treatment... I really don't know what your parents taught you!"

"Yes~ Maybe you will think, ah~ I can't do anything, this is all I can do~ Yes, you have your helplessness, I understand, but please don't force this helplessness to mean that you and my sister have a good relationship? OK? In this respect, you are very much like a family, all very self-righteous~ I don't care what you are thinking, you will have to bear the consequences of your sins!"

Cheng Xinyuan was not polite at all. He glanced at Cheng Xindan, whose face was getting paler and paler. "Sister Xindan, you are not in good health. Take care of yourself. Our house is not a hospital. If you feel unwell, I can be kind and send you back. Don't faint here and blackmail us. We have surveillance cameras at home. If you insist that I poisoned your water, I can't do anything about it. After all, this is a common trick used by your family. But you, too, came to our house in the middle of the day, dressed like Sadako and didn't take any sun protection measures!"

Cheng Xindan staggered to his feet from the chair: "No, I'm not in good health to begin with, it has nothing to do with you...Xinyuan, your words are too harsh..."

"If you think it sounds unpleasant, don't come!" Qin Luotian still had a cold face.

"I'm sorry, my quality has always been poor..." Cheng Xinyuan said disdainfully, shaking his chair.

"I'm here for no other reason. It's not what you said. What my dad and the others did has nothing to do with me. I just want to talk to Lin Lin..." Cheng Xinyuan told Cheng Xindan what she was thinking, but she was still vague about the purpose of her visit and tried her best to distance herself from it.

"Humph, see, this is what I mean by standing idly by!" Cheng Xinyuan's eyes were extremely cold, "Your father, mother, and brother all participated in the plan to murder my sister. Do you think you are innocent just because you didn't participate? Do you think my sister will be grateful to you for not participating?!"

"Da Yuan..." Yao Yuan put his hands on the table, his expression speechless, "I'm not saying that you two should be a family, but your child is not smart, except for you and my sister..."

"I don't have any other thoughts. I just think that we are still relatives, so just treat me as a guest. After all, I am your sister..." Cheng Xindan said in a whisper, her voice getting lower and lower, and she herself lacked confidence.

Qin Luotian snorted coldly, "When you are a guest, you should behave like a guest. Didn't your parents teach you not to come to someone's house empty-handed? You just came here unsteadily on a bicycle. People who don't know you would think you are here to quarrel!"

"What relative or not, what sister or not? Now you are arguing with me about this. When your father poisoned my sister, did he ever think that she was his niece? Your brother is so jealous of my sister, has he ever thought that she is his sister? I don't even recognize your father, so what's the point of you being my sister? I have only one sister!" Cheng Xinyuan's words, every word with a burning breath, rushed towards Cheng Xindan fiercely.

Cheng Xindan didn't know how she left Cheng Lin's house. She was completely confused. She had graduated from college for several years, but now she was scolded by three boys who were not even in high school. She had no chance to fight back... Cheng Xindan felt that she was a complete failure in life. She was in her twenties and had no job. She had to look after her parents at home. She was suppressed by her brother and often mocked by him. She finally found a place that could use her. She confidently acted as a lobbyist, but her opponent didn't want to see her at all. She was also humiliated by the three boys... Cheng Xindan wondered how she would explain herself when she got home...

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