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Chapter 285: Chapter 285: Losing Money
After Lin Chuxia finished speaking, it immediately caused dissatisfaction among the crowd.
"How can you act like this? You’ve said yourselves you are sisters, shouldn’t her affairs be your affairs too?"
"This auntie, I assume you must have siblings as well? Even if you don’t, your husband’s family might, right? Let me ask you, if your siblings or your husband’s siblings, without your knowledge, committed heinous acts, and then tried to pin the blame on you, how would you feel? Do you think just because you are siblings, their actions automatically become your responsibility?"
The auntie was taken aback, thinking about that possibility, her face instantly darkened.
But she definitely wouldn’t admit it.
Lin Chuxia didn’t expect her to admit anything and continued, "Thank you, fellow villagers, for letting me know that someone was misusing Xiyang Food Factory’s name to sell cooked food. This action has already damaged the interests of Xiyang Food Factory and constitutes an infringement. We will pursue legal responsibilities against them."
"Saying such high-sounding words, isn’t it just because you don’t want to compensate?"
"That’s right, folks, don’t listen to her. She says she will pursue the other party’s responsibility, but once we leave, whether she pursues it or not is up to her. That’s her own sister; how could she possibly hold her accountable? She’s just fooling us."
"Right, pay the compensation."
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The crowd became noisy again.
Su Wensong quickly shielded Lin Chuxia behind him, and not just that, villagers from Qin Family Village also came over to push the crowd away.
Lin Chuxia was not timid and stepped forward again.
"If you think I’m covering up, the police officer is right here, you can fully report to the police officer. Causing a disturbance in front of Xiyang Food Factory, I will not only pursue the a person misusing my factory’s name, but I’ll also hold the disruptors here accountable."
Lin Chuxia rarely took such a strong stance, she was truly disgusted by what Lin Jiayi had done.
"You bought the cooked food from someone, if there’s a problem, go and find them to clarify. The person who sold you the food doesn’t even dare to show their face, yet you run here to cause trouble, really thinking that being in a large group absolves you of responsibility?"
At this moment, Sun Hao also spoke, "Folks, let’s talk with evidence. To put it bluntly, whoever sold you the food, you should find them. Coming here to make trouble without any proof, do you really think we police are just here to spectate, siding with whoever has more people?"
"That’s right, if it’s about having numbers, we from Qin Family Village also have many people. You think you can bully the people of Qin Family Village by causing such a scene?"
The police have spoken, and with the menacing Qin Family Village people, those individuals finally realized something.
"I say what this officer said is correct, even if the food was really from Xiyang Food Factory, they should let someone named Li take the lead. What does coming here count as?"
"Exactly, they already denied, we can do nothing. I think we really need to find someone surnamed Li."
"Let’s go, we’ll head to Xiaoqingshan Village, we won’t rest until we get an explanation."
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Hastily, a group of people left, but Lin Chuxia’s expression was still not pleasant.
This sister of hers, even reincarnated, hasn’t learned anything new, only knowing how to pull these petty tricks.
Originally, she didn’t want to be entangled with such people, their life paths were already completely different, she also didn’t want to waste time on those family members.
It seems she really won’t learn without being taught a lesson.
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Daqing Mountain Village
Mother Lin looked outside at the darkening sky, reminding, "It’s already dark outside, you aren’t going back today?"
Lin Jiayi’s face was grim, "Why go back? To be surrounded and beaten by those people?"
Mother Lin sighed, "Your sister-in-law really is a scourge. She messed up a perfectly good business. If you ask me, she should be the one to compensate. After paying up, she should just get lost back to her marital home. You are the elder brother and sister-in-law, how can you lack the backbone to stand up?"
"I do want her to compensate, but can I even find her now?"
She and Li Guangyuan had originally agreed that if those people really came, they would compensate them.
It was just some medical expenses, they were not afraid of not being able to make that money back with their business in the future.
But after those people came, they found out that Li Hongmei hadn’t given Li Guangyuan the money from selling the meat at all. Moreover, when they tried to find Li Hongmei to ask for the money, she had disappeared.
The situation remained unresolved, and the food poisoning was even worse than the last time.
Last time it was just diarrhea and vomiting, but this time, people actually ended up hospitalized.
It was unclear if it was a serious illness or just a pretense.
Hospitalization is not just a matter of a small sum of money, and she had even less desire to foot the bill for Li Hongmei.
Those people were relentless, so she told them to go look for Lin Chuxia.
After all, everyone knew she was Lin Chuxia’s elder sister, and she had used the Xiyang Food banner quite a few times when selling the cooked food.
"Mom, do you know if those people have found that wretched girl? I really want to go and watch the excitement."
Lin Jiayi’s eyes gleamed with malicious gossip.
It would be best to turn Lin Chuxia’s bun shop and food factory upside down, ruin the business, and then give Lin Chuxia a good beating.
"As long as they go to Qin Family Village, they will definitely find that wretched girl. I heard she has a pretty good life in her marital home."
Mother Lin said this almost through gritted teeth and was even more exasperated with Lin Jiayi.
"How good your marriage prospects were and you refused them, insisting on how great Li Guangyuan was, but look at the life you’re leading now?"
"Mom, stop blaming me. It’s all Guangyuan’s sisters’ fault. If it weren’t for them dragging him down, Guangyuan would have been successful long ago."
Mother Lin sighed silently as she watched her daughter still being delusional. She wasn’t sure if Li Guangyuan had achieved success, but Lin Chuxia was indeed living a good life now.
While the mother and daughter continued their idle talk, Li Dongmei rushed in hastily from outside.
"Sister-in-law, it’s bad, those people have gone to our house again demanding compensation, what do we do?"
Lin Jiayi felt irritated seeing her sister-in-law, "It’s your elder sister’s doing, and now you come to ask me what to do? Why don’t you go find your elder sister then?"
Li Dongmei hung her head and said nothing, indeed, this time it was her elder sister’s fault.
But it wasn’t necessarily true that the elder brother and sister-in-law were blameless; after all, they were the ones who sold the meat later on.
Lin Jiayi knew this wasn’t the time for grievances; her due date was near, and she might give birth any day now. If this issue wasn’t resolved, how was she supposed to have her baby?
If something bad happened to Li Guangyuan, things would be even more difficult. She and the baby were still counting on Li Guangyuan to earn money and provide for them.
"What did those people say? Didn’t I tell them to go to Qin Family Village and find Lin Chuxia? Didn’t they go? Xiyang Food Factory is right there in Qin Family Village."
Li Dongmei was aware of the situation, "They did go, but the folks there paid them no heed and didn’t acknowledge that we’re the same as them."
"How can they not be the same? We two are sisters, what’s mine is hers and what’s hers is mine."
"Though you say that, the Xiyang Food Factory does not sell loose cooked food to the public except for the bun shop. Moreover, I heard they even called the police and the police officer asked them to provide proof. Otherwise, go to whoever they bought it from. They also said..."
