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Chapter 397: Chapter 397: Won’t You Live with Us?
Lin Fengying sighed, "You’ve arranged everything for her already, what else can I say?"
She suddenly felt a kind of inexplicable loss. Her three hard-raised children were all now settled with someone to take care of them and didn’t need her at all. This frightened Lin Fengying who had always been revolving around her children.
She was frightened that her children would leave her.
She was even more fearful that her children might find her useless, having no wealth or power, she could be of no help at all.
Noticing that Lin Fengying seemed a bit off, Si Weimin said, "Sister-in-Law, feel free to voice any thoughts or concerns you may have."
"What can Mom think of!" Afraid that Lin Fengying would object to the divorce, Si Xiaohui quickly took over the conversation, "Little Uncle, you’ve arranged everything perfectly for me. Mom should be happy about it, right, Mom?"
Si Xiaohui nudged Lin Fengying’s arm, expecting Lin to agree with her.
Lin Fengying forced a smile and said reluctantly, "I have no objections to your little uncle’s arrangements, but you brought Song Yu to Kyoto, and now you insist on getting a divorce. Will Song Yu agree?"
Divorce isn’t a decision one person could make, Song Yu also needs to agree on it, or the Song Family would surely make a fuss again.
"I don’t care if he agrees, I want a divorce anyways." Si Xiaohui huffed.
Seeing Si Xiaohui determined to divorce, Lin Fengying knew there was probably no turning back and sighed, asking, "So, where is he now? Has he returned to Li City or is he working somewhere else?"
Si Xiaohui, hearing this, suddenly felt guilty. "How would I know where he is!"
Lin Fengying found it puzzling, "Isn’t he supposed to be with you? How could you not know where he is? You brought Song Yu to Kyoto; if something happens to him, would we not be responsible? Even if you two divorces, you can’t simply ignore his wellbeing."
"I, we had a fight and split up. I don’t know whether he went back or not. He’s a grown man with good limbs, why should I bother? Mom, stop asking endless questions and quit worrying for nothing." Si Xiaohui avoided eye contact during the conversation and didn’t dare to look at Lin Fengying.
After Little Uncle took Song Yu away last time, he never appeared again. Little Uncle also moved her to a new house and asked her never to admit to having seen Song Yu to anyone.
Although Si Xiaohui doesn’t know where Song Yu is, she can basically guess that something might be wrong with him, which is why she feels guilty and afraid whenever someone mentions him.
Before Lin Fengying could say anything, Si Weimin cut in, "Sister-in-law, Song Yu is an adult now. He can take care of himself. Don’t worry, he might’ve already returned to Li City."
Seeing Si Weimin’s reassurances, Lin Fengying didn’t continue the probing.
Their words seemed reasonable. Song Yu was a grown man who could read, he wouldn’t just get lost.
The house Si Weimin rented this time was not far from the hospital, about twenty minutes on foot. It was a small two-bedroom apartment of sixty square meters, though somewhat small, it was fully equipped.
With the weather dull and temperature dropping, the three shivered in the cold. As soon as they returned, Si Xiaohui burrowed into the bed to watch TV, but Lin Fengying and Si Weimin sat in the living room chatting.
"Sister-in-law, what are you planning to do from now on? Do you want to stay in Kyoto, or return to Li City?" Si Weimin poured Lin Fengying a cup of hot water and sat across from her, "Rest assured, although my brother isn’t here, I won’t let you and Xiaohui get bullied. If you want to stay in Kyoto, you can stay here with Xiaohui. You can also help watch over the store. Xiaohui is impetuous and doesn’t know how to take care of others, and since I am so busy, I could use someone to help. If you’d rather return home, when Xiaochen and Boyi arrive, I will talk to them to rebuild the family house."
Their house was still an adobe house, unfit to live in. Now that her nephews were doing well, they could afford to build the house. He would also put up some money to build a proper house and show those in the village who looked down on their family that the Si Family was not what it used to be.
A faint tremor went through Lin Fengying’s heart, it had been over a decade since she last experienced having a man care for her.
For these many years, she raised the three children alone in the village and always felt a twinge of bitterness whenever she saw other women supported by their husbands. Didn’t she also want someone to have her back?
However, she had three children. Who could genuinely love her, but not to take advantage of her as a widow?
By the looks of it, Si Weimin seemed like he quite liked the idea of Lin Fengying staying to take care of Xiaohui. If she really stayed, wouldn’t they be able to live together like a family of three?
Previously, even though Si Weimin had gently turned her down, he was still not divorced back then. Now that they were both single, she wondered if Si Weimin had changed his mind.
Suppressing the wild excitement within her, she forced a smile, "You are not at home, what sense does it makes if I stay in Li City alone? I will stay in Kyoto and accompany Xiaohui! She’s immature and doesn’t know how to take care of people, and you are so busy, you can use someone to help."
Si Weimin was not surprised by Lin Fengying’s decision. He nodded and said, "Alright, since you’ve decided to stay in Kyoto, I will inform Xiaochen and Boyi. Once the Milk Tea shop opens, I will rent a new place near the shop for you to make commuting easier."
Rent another place for them?
Lin Fengying blurted out, "Won’t you live with us?"
Their eyes met, followed by Si Weimin awkwardly averting his gaze and clearing his throat, "Sister-in-law, I’m recently divorced and you are alone, if we continue to live together it could give rise to gossip."
These years, as Si Weimin’s ability grew stronger and he led a more comfortable life, he regretted his past mistakes more and more. Even though he was divorced, he hadn’t thought of reigniting a relationship with Lin Fengying.
As a businessman, if such matters were to reach his clients, how could he continue residing in Kyoto?
He made those mistakes in the past mainly because he was in the prime of his youth and Lin Fengying was young and beautiful. For Si Weimin, who didn’t have a wife and had never interacted with other women, this was like a ticking time bomb.
His brother was seldom at home and he spent every day with Lin Fengying working on the fields and eating together, helping her with her bath water, their lives intertwined like a married couple.
The first time they crossed the line, he felt guilty, fearful and disgusted with himself. He felt like he had betrayed his brother.
Yet, once started, some things were like addictive drugs. 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝔬𝔪
Unfortunately, he realized his wrongs too late. He had harmed his brother and tormented Lin Fengying.
Today, what is done is done and can’t be undone. All he could do was to compensate for the losses he had brought upon Lin Fengying. But his behavior could only be confined to that of a normal uncle-in-law, anything beyond the norms was out of the question.
