Chapter 270 - Chapter 270: Chapter 196: This Sector is Also Quite Harsh! (1/2)

Chapter 270: Chapter 196: This Sector is Also Quite Harsh!

At dusk, the sky was gloomy.

Occasionally, a few birds swept across the riverbank, quickly disappearing into the encroaching night, their faint chirping sounding somewhat mournful.

“Chairman, I want to ask you something.”

At Linjiang Mansion, the Little Landlady had just returned home when she sat down opposite Lin Chuan.

“Xinxin, what’s wrong?” Lin Chuan noticed at a glance that the Little Landlady, Zhang Xinxin, had an unusual look on her face.

Usually, her face always bore a lively and playful smile, free from worries.

But now, her delicate face seemed different from before, her mouth pursed, and a hint of sorrow appeared between her brows, her mind heavily burdened.

“I…”

The Little Landlady seemed troubled, starting to speak then hesitating.

Lin Chuan’s brow furrowed slightly as he gently patted Xinxin’s hand, comforting her, “Xinxin, go ahead, I’m listening.”

Zhang Xinxin pursed her lips and then said, “Chairman, you should know, I have a mother…”

Lin Chuan nodded.

“Today, Keke and I were at the coffee shop, and she suddenly appeared,” said Xinxin, taking a deep breath.

Xinxin’s feelings toward Liu Meng were complicated.

A mother who had disappeared for over a decade had suddenly reappeared in her life.

A pleasant surprise?

Not necessarily!

Instead, being separated for so many years made her feel that Liu Meng, despite their close blood relationship, was very much a stranger.

This left her mind in turmoil.

“Your aunt…,” Lin Chuan felt a sinking feeling in his heart, sensing that something was amiss.

He had just met her that morning at Yueming Tea House, and now she had gone to find Xinxin?

“She said that she came back this time and won’t leave again, but I don’t know how to face her,” Xinxin said, looking troubled.

She knew about Liu Meng’s relationship with Old Zhang and also had a rough idea of Liu Meng’s past.

Now, the Little Landlady could only discuss the matter with Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan sighed silently.

This was a very, very tricky issue.

As the saying goes, even an upright official finds it hard to settle family disputes.

In male-oriented web novels, why do most of the protagonists start their journey with ‘sacrificing their parents to the heavens’? Why?

Because that damn thing is too hard to write about!

Lin Chuan was no exception; when it came to relationships involving ‘parents’ and ‘in-laws’, he could only shake his head and sigh in frustration.

No way around it.

Yet, seeing the Little Landlady looking so worried now, Lin Chuan couldn’t help but find her pitifully endearing, stirring sympathy in his heart.