Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties-Chapter 718 - 717: What’s wrong with you?

Fang Youlan had wanted to stop her eldest son from speaking in such detail, but when she met Lu Guangqi’s menacing gaze, she instantly fell silent like a deflated balloon.

Lu Guangqi clenched his fists tightly, suppressing the rage in his heart.

Although he had hit and scolded Fang Youlan, hearing the term "abortion pill" again ignited an uncontrollable fury in him.

The faces of the Lu Pengfei family changed drastically with shock.

Nobody had expected such a horrifying event to occur in such a short period of time.

Song Wanjun still remembered the day of her father-in-law’s birthday, when Lin Xia and Shao Meirou had come to celebrate, and how an innocent remark from Dabao had caused quite the displeasure.

Later, when she was shopping and chatting with her daughter, they even discussed this topic.

Knowing her mother-in-law, if Lin Xia was indeed carrying a girl, the future would be difficult.

She indeed hadn’t expected her mother-in-law to surprisingly commit such a bold act.

Lu Qing swallowed and exchanged glances with her mother. Because of Jiang Mingyuan, she indeed disliked Lin Xia and found her unpleasant to look at.

However, she had never cursed the child in Lin Xia’s womb to be harmed.

After all, that child wasn’t just Lin Xia’s, but also her elder brother Lu Zheng’s flesh and blood.

When Lu Pengfei initially saw the rare appearance of a slap mark on his mother’s face, he had been extremely dissatisfied with his father.

In his youth, he hadn’t laid a finger on anyone, so how could he raise his hand now at this age?

Therefore, he instinctively wanted to support his mother.

But after hearing the whole story, he could no longer utter any words to blame his father.

Although his father’s methods were indeed rough and violent, who could blame him when what his mother had done was so infuriating?

When Fang Youlan saw the changing expressions of her second son and his family, her heart turned icy cold.

Originally, she had not expected her second son’s family coming for the New Year to change anything!

Yet, when she truly saw shock mixed with faint reproach in their expressions, she was filled with disappointment.

Lu Pengfei dared not look at his mother’s expression and instead turned to ask Lu Pengcheng, "Big brother, how’s the investigation going? Do we have any leads on who’s behind this?"

Lu Pengcheng’s expression became solemn, "Currently, the biggest suspected party is the Meng Family! Remember the incident when Xiaozheng’s uncle got beaten up? That girl named Meng Xiangzi was implicated, right? They must be harboring resentment and waiting for an opportunity to retaliate!

However, everything must be based on evidence. Until we find concrete proof of their family’s involvement, we can’t just take action against them."

Lu Pengfei nodded, "From the surface, their family indeed seems to have the biggest motive. But how did they know so much about our family’s situation?

Why, just as mom started having other intentions, did someone go to third aunt’s place? Could it be that someone in our family..."

This was Lu Pengfei’s first instinct; he suspected someone among their relatives and friends had been bribed.

"Definitely, someone must have leaked it out, but who exactly is still unknown. However, as long as they did it, there will eventually be a day when they get found out!"

Lu Pengcheng quietly kept a close watch on Song Wanjun and Lu Qing’s reactions.

There was no reason to suspect his brother Lu Pengfei, and logically, his wife and children shouldn’t be possible either.

But who could guarantee that no one had unintentionally let slip something?

...

Around ten in the morning, Lin Chun and his group called from their hometown to extend New Year’s greetings.

When the phone rang, it was Shao Chengzhi, sitting right beside it, who answered, and inevitably exchanged New Year’s greetings after chatting for a bit.

Lin Xia, who was watching Lu Zheng playing cards with Shao Xingbang in the dining area, heard the commotion and took the phone from Shao Chengzhi’s hand.

She greeted, and immediately from the receiver came Lin Chun’s voice, "Xiaoxia! We went quite far out just to call you! Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year! Big brother, how is your New Year celebration going over there?"

"It’s going well! Just the usual stuff!"

Lin Xia joyfully shared the news that she was pregnant with twins, "I have to tell you, I found out that I’m carrying twins!"

Over the phone, there came a burst of surprised cheers from Lin Chun and the others.

Lin Dong’s voice was the loudest, "Oh my goodness! Big sister! Really? Then I’ve got two nieces or nephews now!"

Lin Qiu happily expressed her thoughts, "Maybe it’s one niece and one nephew!"

"That’s also possible! Anyway, whether it’s a niece or a nephew, I’m going to be an uncle!"

The siblings took turns talking to Lin Xia, expressing their excited and joyful emotions.

When it was Lin Chun’s turn, Lin Xia sensitively noticed that her big brother Lin Chun seemed a bit off.

"Big brother! What’s wrong?" Lin Xia thought a bit too much, since they had returned for the New Year, her biggest concern was that Lin Aiguo and those people might cause some trouble.

Unlike her, they couldn’t bring themselves to stop indulging those people.

From the other end, Lin Chun chuckled naively, "Nothing much! Xiaoxia, you’re carrying two kids now, you really need to be extra careful!

Do you want anything special from our hometown? We can bring it directly to you, and it will arrive by the morning of the fourth day of New Year!"

Lin Xia pondered for a moment, "Actually, there really is something!" She glanced at Shao Chengzhi and Shao Xingde chatting not far away, lowering her voice a bit, "I want to eat the pork and green onion buns made by Auntie Luo!"

Ever since she got pregnant, she strangely started craving different foods.

A few days ago, she began craving meat-filled buns.

Unfortunately, the buns she and her mother-in-law made together, for some inexplicable reason, just didn’t taste as good as the ones seasoned by Luo Xinyan.

"Alright! We’ll go over to Auntie Luo’s house on the second day, talk to her in advance, so we can bring it along when we leave on the third day!"

"Great! Then buy some extra New Year’s gifts for Auntie Luo’s family! We are troubling them too much!" After saying this, Lin Xia asked again, "Big brother! There’s nothing wrong, right? I always feel like your mood is a bit off!"

Lin Xia understood Lin Chun quite well; he seemed to have something on his mind.

"Nothing’s wrong! My mood is quite normal! If you don’t believe me, ask Xiaoqiu and Dongzi!"

At this moment, Lin Qiu and Lin Dong finally grabbed the receiver and took turns talking to Lin Xia, assuring her that nothing had indeed happened.

Lin Xia was slightly relieved.

However, she immediately thought of a possibility.

Could it be...

Lin Fang’s partner Liu Tian lived near Lin Aiguo’s house, what if he ran into Lin Chun?

If they met, Lin Chun, still vividly remembering that past dream, might develop some thoughts.

But some things are just too hard to speak about face to face, let alone over the phone.

Lin Xia had no choice but to control her emotions and patiently wait a few days; perhaps Lin Chun would want to talk to her when they met.

They chatted for a few more sentences before hanging up the phone.

Meanwhile, stepping out of the public telephone booth, Lin Qiu and Lin Dong flanked Lin Chun to interrogate him.

"Big brother! Actually, when my big sister said your mood seemed off, I think she was right!

What’s actually wrong with you? Weren’t you fine yesterday?

Why today, as soon as our second uncle and aunt arrived, you started acting strangely!" Lin Dong was especially impressed by his big sister’s perceptiveness, being able to detect something was off just by listening to his voice over the phone.