Chapter 86 Lin Ying’s evil father arrives!
After my mother returned to Li City, the date for the third subject exam was not far away.

To ensure that he passed the test smoothly, Shen Mo practiced driving at the driving school for the next two days.

That afternoon, he rode his electric bike back to Xingfuli community.

When I passed by Lin Ying's Cake Shop, I was thinking about going in and saying hello to her.

When I turned around, I found four or five people sitting in the store.

They seemed to be all elderly people in their 50s and 60s, both men and women, some sitting and some standing.

Judging from the situation, they were not buying cakes, but surrounding Lin Ying, as if they were holding a meeting.

This is strange!

Shen Mo stopped the car, walked to the door of the store and pretended to buy a cake, but did not go in. Instead, he observed from outside the door.

Lin Ying was seen sitting on a stool in the store with her head down and expressionless face.

Not far from her, squatting outside the counter, was an old man in his sixties, whose features looked somewhat similar to Lin Ying's.

The old man lowered his head and looked honest.

But if you look closely, you can find that his eyes are rolling around, secretly looking at Lin Ying and the interior layout of the cake shop from time to time, occasionally flashing a cunning light.

Opposite Lin Ying, there were two women in their fifties who looked somewhat similar to Lin Ying.

The last one was a 45-year-old middle-aged man wearing a white shirt, who looked very much like a village cadre from Shen Mo’s hometown, Xiao County.

"Xiaoying, why didn't you come back to Xiao County these years? Auntie missed you so much."

"That's right. You didn't even tell your aunt in Hangzhou. It took your father and I a lot of effort to find you."

The two women sang the same tune and played the family card with Lin Ying.

Obviously, they are Lin Ying's eldest aunt and second aunt.

As for the old man squatting at the counter, he was Lin Ying’s gambling father.

Shen Mo was standing at the door and couldn't help curling his lips when he heard this.

He knew something about Lin Ying's family affairs before.

Her eldest aunt was better and also helped Lin Ying a little when she was a child.

Let alone her father and second aunt.

When the old man was young, he was a gambler and alcoholic. Whenever he lost a bet, he would drink. When he was drunk, he would beat and scold the mother and daughter.

The second aunt was not surprised by this, and even scolded Lin Ying's mother with disdain for not being a good wife.

Now that Lin Ying had finally escaped from the clutches of the devil and had settled down in Hangzhou, these people came looking for her again.

"Xiaoying, you are your father's only daughter. He is all alone now. What will happen if you don't support him?" The second aunt looked at her brother who was squatting beside her with a pitiful look, and couldn't help but say sympathetically.

"Lin Ying, your father's life is indeed difficult." The village cadres also chimed in.

Lin Ying gritted her teeth and finally couldn't hold back, "He was so cruel to us mother and daughter back then, and now that my mother has passed away, he thinks of me instead?"

The old man looked up, his expression clearly shocked.

He was a little uncomfortable with the fact that his daughter, who had always been gentle and quiet in his impression, would actually fight back angrily.

There was a vicious flash in his eyes, as if he was about to stand up and refute.

Second Aunt Lin Ying had been looking at him. She quickly waved her hand, signaling him not to speak. He then held back his words angrily.

The eldest aunt looked around, shook her head slightly, and signaled others not to speak.

She stretched out her hands, took Lin Ying's right hand and held it affectionately.

"Hey, Xiaoying, it's all your aunt's fault. She made you and your daughter suffer in the past."

As she spoke, her eyes turned slightly red and a few tears dripped out, looking very regretful.

After all, her aunt was pretty nice to her, so Lin Ying felt a little embarrassed and hurried to comfort her.

This emotional card works!

The eldest aunt was very relieved and decided to strike while the iron was hot.

"Xiaoying, your father was indeed a jerk in the past, and we dealt with him before."

The old man's squatting body shrank even smaller, looking honest and cowering as if he had been taught a lesson.

If people who don’t know the situation saw him, they would think he was just an honest, helpless old farmer who came to the city to find his rich daughter!
The second aunt and village cadres on the side also echoed.

The aunt continued her persuasion.

"Xiaoying, no matter what, he is still your father."

"Blood is thicker than water, and nothing can change it." "Can you bear to watch your father alone and helpless?"

Shen Mo listened outside the door and shook his head.

Standing at this angle, he could clearly see the old man's profile, and his eyes were not honest!

As the saying goes, it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one’s nature.

Do you expect that a bad guy who was addicted to gambling, drinking, and beating his wife and children when he was young can turn over a new leaf when he is old?

It’s not that there is no possibility, it’s just that the probability is too low!

Inside the cake shop, Lin Ying's aunt continued to persuade with emotion.

"Xiaoying, as the saying goes, filial piety comes first among all virtues."

"There is also an old saying: the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop, the son wants to support his parents but they are no longer there"

"We Chinese people believe in raising children to provide for our old age. Look at your father, he is so old now. How miserable he must be if you don't take care of him!"

"Besides, he has stopped drinking and gambling now."

"Yeah, bro."

As she spoke, she winked at her eldest brother, signaling him to express his opinion.

The old man quickly stood up, put on an expression of submission and grievance, and swore and cursed his daughter, saying that he had given up both.

Second aunt and village cadres also tried their best to persuade them.

This series of moves looked like an attack on Lin Ying.

"Hey……"

Lin Ying finally sighed.

She was not the kind of person who was foolishly kind, and she had never forgotten the harm her father had done to her and her mother.

Besides, she didn't believe he could change for the better.

However, her aunt had been kind to her after all, and she couldn't bear to make her sad.

After thinking for a while, she explained her situation, "But, after my mother passed away, I didn't have a good life either."

There was a flash of doubt in the eyes of the old man and others.

Second Aunt couldn't help shaking her head to look at the cake shop and asked, "Isn't this cake shop pretty good?"

Indeed, after careful maintenance by Lin Ying and her daughter, judging from the furnishings inside the store, the cake shop appears to be full of atmosphere and details.

It looks very classy at first glance.

Lin Ying couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Judging from the expressions of these people, they all thought they had successfully started their own business and were wealthy women who opened a store in Hangzhou.

So she briefly told him how her mother was seriously ill, how she sold the cake shop, and how she later rented the shop back with the help of others, and how she still owed him money.

Of course, she did not say who this "other" was.

"Oh……"

After listening to this, the old man and the second aunt looked at each other meaningfully, as if they had guessed some secret.

nothing to say.

In their minds, Lin Ying has found a rich man!
Or to put it bluntly, she became the mistress of a rich man!

It’s normal to think about it. For a beautiful woman like her, why would others help her if she didn’t take such an unconventional path?

This is good too. Now that I’ve hooked up with a rich man, I’ll naturally have money in the future!

However, they did not reveal their guesses, but pretended to be deeply sympathetic.

The old man in particular was crying, slapping himself, and cursing himself: "I am such a bastard, causing my daughter to suffer..."

Second Aunt quickly went over to hold him back, shedding a few tears, "Brother, don't be like this, it was very difficult for you at that time too."

The village cadres looked at Lin Ying expectantly and advised, "Xiaoying, please leave your father here."

The eldest aunt stood aside, watching her eldest brother and sister perform, but did not go up.

However, she looked at the somewhat fragile Lin Ying, with an expression that seemed a little reluctant.

But the next moment, she turned her head and looked at her elder brother who was crying and looked pitiful. She gritted her teeth and chose to persuade Lin Ying: "Xiaoying, please leave your father behind."

Shen Mo heard this and felt something was wrong...

(End of this chapter)