Chapter 182: The Village Chief’s Mediation
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“ARGH! This is really a sin! Is there anyone who can do something about it?
They’re going to tear down the house!”
As Li Jin wailed, the surrounding people also came over to watch the show. However, they weren’t stupid. They could all see that Lu Lin was capable. That car looked expensive, and if they accidentally hit it, they couldn’t afford the repairs.
No one wanted to be involved, so no matter how much Li Jin cried, no one cared. Eventually, someone couldn’t stand it anymore and called the village chief over.
The village chief looked at Lu Lin. He didn’t know how to deal with Lu Lin, but he was the chief. Now that the villagers were being bullied to such an extent, he would lose his influence and fail to manage the villagers if he didn’t do anything.
The village chief coughed lightly and said to Lu Lin, “You can tell me if there’s anything you want to say. What’s with all that ransacking? It’s not easy for the Xia family to make any money; they even have a hospitalized son. These things might not mean much to you, but to the Xias, it’s all they’ve got.”
Lu Lin was unmoved. He snorted coldly, “So what if they’re valuable? I will compensate for the things I smashed, but I’m happy to smash them. So what?”
The village head was stunned by Lu Lin’s words. He had never seen such a shameless person.
The village chief deeply understood what it meant to be willful when one was rich. Lu Lin didn’t take his village seriously at all.
Seeing that he couldn’t get through to Lu Lin, the village chief looked at Li Jin and advised her, “Li Jin, things have already come to this. What’s going on between you two? They wouldn’t have come to your house for no reason.”
At this time, some neighbors who were watching the scene heard about this and said directly, “I know about this. Lu Lin came from the capital. He said that Xia Xu had an arranged marriage with his comrade when he was young. Now, he’s unwilling to marry the Xia family’s daughter and is forcing Li Jin to return the token. She just won’t let it go.
The village chief looked at Li Jin and said seriously, “Li Jin, is this what happened?”
Li Jin nodded helplessly. “It’s like that.”
“Marriage is a matter of mutual consent,” the village chief advised. “Since she’s not willing, you should give him the token. It’ll save you from becoming enemies.”
Li Jin sighed. “If the token was still here, I would have given it to him long ago. But it’s been too long, and I really can’t find it.”
She had really searched the house, but there was no token at all. Li Jin suspected that Xia Wan had taken the token, but she couldn’t find her at all. How was she going to return the token?
Moreover, Xia Ru wasn’t back yet, so Li Jin thought that she might have other ways to change Lu Lin’s mind.
Therefore, she planned to waste time now. Lu Lin wouldn’t kill them. As long as they were alive, they would have a chance to climb the social ladder.
Li Jin felt that she was very courageous now. In order to give her granddaughter a chance to change her fate, she felt that she had sacrificed too much. Whether Xia Ru or Xia Ye married Lu Lin in the end, both of them had to be filial to her. This was all about her in the end.
The village head frowned. “How did you lose something so important? Are you sure you searched the entire house? Did Xia Hai leave the house with it? Is it with him?”
Seeing the village chief mention Xia Hai, Li Jin avoided eye contact with him.
The village chief could tell that Li Jin was hiding something from him.
“How about this,” he said to Lu Lin. “I’ll talk to her first. Give me some time.’
The other party was the village chief, after all. Lu Lin nodded reluctantly, and there was a hint of impatience in his eyes. “Then hurry up.”
He was very frustrated. He felt that if he didn’t get the token quickly, things might go wrong.
The village chief called Li Jin to the side and said with a serious expression, “I used to be very close to Xia Xu, and I know about what happened between him and his comrade. You can lie to others, but you can’t lie to me. In the end, this marriage fell into Xia Wan’s hands, but now that Xia Wan’s family has separated from you, are you trying to take over this marriage?”
The village head knew her family’s situation well and had taken good care of her family over the years. Li Jin knew that he couldn’t hide it from him, so he said directly, “Now that Xia Hai and the others have separated from us, Xia Wan is becoming more and more rebellious. She doesn’t listen to me at all..
Why do you think I should give her this marriage?”