Chapter 128

"You!" Lin Miao stood up in anger.

How had she never noticed before that Shu Xia was so sharp-tongued?

Chen Xiuyue had been faking illness and her complexion had still been somewhat rosy, but now, after hearing Shu Xia's words, her face turned very ugly.

"Enough, how unfilial! Do you know what you are saying?" Lin Guanda scolded angrily.

"Mom is already sick, and not only do you not care about her, but you also speak so harshly. Who on earth taught you this?" Lin Bin questioned in a deep voice.

Lin Qi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but suddenly remembered what Shu Xuan had said. He looked at his family before him, and a thought emerged in his heart: had they always been bad to Shu Xia?

Shu Xia swept her gaze past the Lin Family father and sons and landed on Chen Xiuyue, cold and devoid of emotion. "I thought you called me back because you had a change of heart and intended to let me inherit the family property."

Not to mention, with their Lin Family being suppressed by the Qiao Group, wouldn't the scale of the company shrink and shrink and shrink again before long?

She really didn't have any interest in that little bit of family property.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Chen Xiuyue was so angry she wanted to speak, but before she could get a single word out, she was choked by her own saliva from being too anxious and started coughing incessantly.

"Mom." Lin Miao hurriedly went to pat Chen Xiuyue's back.

"The Lin Family's property is not for you to covet," Lin Xu said through gritted teeth.

As for their family property, even if Miaomiao got a share, Shu Xia wouldn't get a single bit.

Although Lin Guanda was also quite angry, he was still able to maintain his reason. "Lin Xu, stop talking."

Shu Xia slowly raised the corners of her lips as she looked at the few people before her. In her heart, she no longer had any feelings for this family; they were not worth it.

"You should keep your Lin Family's things well hidden. Even if you were to force that tiny, fingernail-sized plot of land on me, I wouldn't want it," Shu Xia said with a mocking laugh.

Lin Bin had been staring at Shu Xia, observing her. Seeing that Shu Xia was completely different from before and that her attitude toward them was one of genuine disgust, his face turned ugly. "What is your relationship with Zhang Tezhu?"

"Are you overstepping your bounds?" Shu Xia retorted.

"I am your second brother. I have the right to know what kind of relationship you have with anyone," Lin Bin put on the attitude of an older brother.

If they were at the company, employees would certainly be afraid when the young Mr. Lin was angry.

But Shu Xia raised an eyebrow. "When the Lin Family was busy buying trending topics to put me to death a few days ago, was this brother of mine dropped in the toilet, or were your ears deaf, or perhaps your eyes blind? Now you pop up wanting to be my brother—isn't that pathetic?"

Lin Bin's face turned livid. "Do you know what you are saying? If you knew how to properly admit your mistakes and apologize to us today, everything you did wrong before could be considered in the past. You could even move back in, and we could still treat you as family. But from the moment you returned until now, what have you done?"

"You haven't admitted your mistakes; instead, you've been at odds with us and speaking without thinking. Don't forget how you fawned over us when you first returned home. Now you want to throw all that previous effort away?"

"Enough, Lin Bin, you say less too." After Lin Guanda scolded Lin Bin, he said to Shu Xia, "We both had misunderstandings about the previous matters. You are my daughter, and no matter how many things you did wrong, I can forgive you. However, can you say less now and come over to see your mom? She has been sick because she misses you."

So, since the hard approach didn't work, they were planning to try the soft one?

"Xia Xia, come over and let me look at you. You've only been away from home for a little over a month, how did you lose so much weight? Has life outside been hard? Come home." Chen Xiuyue's eyes were red, and her words showed some concern for Shu Xia.

If it were before, Shu Xia would have believed it.

In the past, in order to make her endure physical discomfort and go to the hospital to draw blood, the sob stories Chen Xiuyue used in front of her were even more realistic than this.

Shu Xia stood in front of the door without moving, and a WeChat message from Zhang Tezhu popped up on her phone.

Zhang Tezhu had taken photos of several items collected by his parents and wanted her help to take a look.

While checking the photos, she said nonchalantly, "Don't play these tricks in front of me. There are too many tricks, and they are almost always the same ones. I'm tired of seeing them. Just say what you want to do."