191: Chapter 191 You're Going to Marry Your Sister
Adoptive parents and sister?
Upon hearing this news, Lin Xiao's heart skipped a beat.
When he transmigrated here, the original owner had already detached himself from that family.
However, the memories regarding those people were truly unpleasant.
Later, when he returned to The Lin Family, those people quieted down for a few months.
He had assumed they possessed at least some self-awareness, but he hadn't expected them to come looking for him after all.
"Hubby, what's wrong?"
Seeing Lin Xiao staring blankly, Qiu Xiaoyan asked with concern.
"It's nothing. I'm going back for a bit. You stay here and keep Xiao Yuan company; don't wait for me."
With that, Lin Xiao stood up and left.
Walking to the entryway, his footsteps paused.
As if thinking of something, he looked back.
Sure enough, Qiu Xiaoyan was pouting, her fingers twisted together, looking aggrieved and as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
"A hug?"
Lin Xiao opened his arms, a flash of amusement in his eyes.
Qiu Xiaoyan's eyes lit up instantly, and she trotted over to dive into Lin Xiao's arms.
"You're already a mother now, yet you're still like a little child."
Lin Xiao gently stroked Qiu Xiaoyan's hair.
After soothing her, he finally went out the door.
On the way, he asked the system many more questions about the situation regarding his adoptive parents' family.
Although he already knew some things, hearing them again still made his blood boil.
Returning to The Lin Family, Lin Xiao walked into the living room.
He saw three people sitting on the sofa; they were dressed very plainly, one could even say shabbily.
The middle-aged man and woman were actually younger than the Lin couple, not yet forty.
But the clothes they wore were washed until they were faded.
The exposed skin was dark and rough, as if they had endured years of wind and sun.
But Lin Xiao knew that although his adoptive parents' home was in the countryside, it wasn't a very impoverished place.
Every household had large fields and had long been using mechanized production.
His adoptive parents weren't very honest people either.
They belonged to the type who would spend whatever money they had and would never mistreat themselves.
Their appearance today was likely deliberately staged.
"A-Xiao! Oh my, A-Xiao, my son, I've finally seen you!"
His adoptive mother immediately lunged at him, crying with snot and tears running down her face.
His adoptive father didn't speak, just stood in place, his eye sockets slightly red.
So emotional, they even deceived The Lin Family members standing nearby.
Su Xiumei had lost her own biological son for twenty years, and at this moment, she felt particularly empathetic.
She also gently wiped the corners of her eyes and said with some reproach: "A-Xiao, you previously said you didn't want to contact your adoptive parents no matter what. Look how much they miss you."
Lin Xiao calmly brushed off his adoptive mother's arms and sneered: "Yeah, is it because there's no one at home to be your slave that you finally remembered me?"
His adoptive mother's expression stiffened, and she said sheepishly: "A-Xiao, you child, what are you saying? What slave or not slave? You are the son we carefully raised for twenty years!"
"Oh, 'carefully raised,' so you wanted to harvest my kidney?"
Lin Xiao mocked them without hesitation.
After speaking, he ignored his adoptive mother's reaction and sat straight down on the sofa.
Seeing Lin Xiao's reaction, alarm bells rang in the minds of The Lin Family members instantly.
They hadn't just met Lin Xiao yesterday, and they trusted him implicitly.
Seeing his current attitude, they vaguely sensed something.
The sympathy on Su Xiumei's face was replaced by confusion.
She couldn't question the others, so she could only look at Lin Xiao: "A-Xiao, what do you mean by that? What 'harvest my kidney'?"
Before Lin Xiao could explain, his adoptive father quickly tried to smooth things over: "A misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding! You can't take a child's words seriously!"
His adoptive parents clearly didn't recognize the situation.
The "child" they spoke of was someone who had saved The Lin Family from dire straits multiple times!
If not for Lin Xiao, The Lin Family would have long been destroyed.
Lin Qingshan waved his hand at the adoptive father with some displeasure: "A-Xiao is already an adult, not a child. Let's hear what he has to say."
After speaking, he nodded at Lin Xiao: "A-Xiao, tell Dad if you have any grievances. Dad will stand up for you!"
Hearing these words, the anger originally in Lin Xiao's heart dissipated quite a bit instantly.
Usually, Lin Qingshan was a man not very good with words.
He hadn't expected him to actively step in front of him at this critical moment.
Lin Xiao felt warm inside, and his nose felt a bit sore: "At that time, the family money had all been squandered by them. Later, to raise money for that fool's medical treatment, they went to the black market, wanting to sell my kidney."
"A fool?"
At this moment, everyone looked toward the corner.
They saw the teenage girl that Lin Xiao's adoptive parents had brought earlier, crouching in the corner, busy with something unknown.
It was as if she couldn't hear the adults talking over here at all.
No wonder they had felt this little girl was a bit strange from the moment they walked in.
"A-Xiao, how can you talk about your sister like that!"
His adoptive mother was immediately displeased: "Your sister is just a bit developmentally delayed. As her older brother, you should take good care of her!"
His adoptive father also chimed in: "That's right, and you saw your sister bathing when you were little. According to our family tradition, you must marry your sister!"
If at the beginning, The Lin Family was only curious about this family.
Then at this moment, they just felt it was incredibly absurd!