Liu Chunlan could neither beat Lin Wanyi in a physical fight nor outshout her in a cursing match.
She could only watch helplessly as Lin Wanyi threw all her belongings out into the hallway.
She roared at Wang Jianguo,
"Wang Jianguo, stop her! You're a man, can't you go and stop her?"
It wasn't that Wang Jianguo didn't want to intervene, but he simply didn't dare. Lin Jiajun's fierce and intimidating demeanor genuinely terrified him.
All he could do was stand on the balcony, smoking with Wang Hao.
Left with no other options, Liu Chunlan simply called the police.
The officers arrived quickly. Tears and snot streaming down her face, Liu Chunlan cried to them,
"Officers, you have to help me! This is our Wang family's house. What right does she have to throw our things out and kick us out?
"Officers, arrest this vicious, godforsaken daughter-in-law!"
The police officer turned to Lin Wanyi. "Tell us, what exactly is going on here?"
Lin Wanyi explained the entire situation from beginning to end.
The officers' eyes widened as they listened. Finally, they turned to Liu Chunlan and said,
"If that's the case, you are indeed in the wrong. The house has been sold, how can you refuse to move out?
"Hurry up and leave, otherwise, they'll be the ones pressing charges against you."
Liu Chunlan was indignant. "They sold the house, but I didn't! I never agreed to it, so why should I move?
"Officers, you can't take her side!"
The officers were practically speechless, but they still had a job to do.
"Ma'am, this house was never yours to begin with. Why would they need your permission to sell their own house?
"Just pack up and leave."
Liu Chunlan felt all her strength drain away.
She couldn't understand why no one was helping her.
Her son wouldn't help her, her husband wouldn't help her, and now even the police refused to help her.
Overwhelmed by a rush of blood to the head, she suddenly fainted.
The police immediately rushed her to the hospital.
Wang Hao went with them, leaving Wang Meijuan standing in front of the belongings Lin Wanyi had thrown out, wanting to cry but having no tears left.
She hugged Li Borui tightly.
"Son, what are we going to do?
"I thought we could finally live a city life, but I never expected we'd be kicked out after just a few days.
"What do we do? What do we do?"
She eventually bit the bullet and called Li Jun.
"Hubby, can you give me three thousand yuan?"
"Three thousand?"
Li Jun questioned over the phone. "What do you need that much money for?"
Wang Meijuan had no choice but to tell the truth. The next second, Li Jun roared through the phone,
"Wang Meijuan, didn't I tell you not to get any funny ideas? Didn't I tell you to just let Li Borui go to school in town?
"And now look, you have to rent a place?
"What did you promise me back then? You said you and Borui wouldn't spend a single cent in the city.
"You said you'd eat Wang Hao's food, drink his water, and even live in his house. I only agreed because you said that!
"Now you're telling me you have to go out and rent a place? And pay for your own living expenses? How much is that going to cost a month?
"Wang Meijuan, I don't have a single dime! If you want money, go ask your own family!"
Wang Meijuan gripped the disconnected phone, tears streaming down her face. She looked at Lin Jiajun, who was still inside the apartment helping Lin Wanyi pack.
Why?
What was so great about Lin Wanyi? Why did her maiden family treat her so well?
Traveling hundreds of miles just to help her.
But what about herself?
Her own brother was kicking her out of the house.
She just couldn't understand it.
Meanwhile, Lin Wanyi had already called Liu Renzhi.
"Brother, the house has been cleaned up for you, and the passcode has been changed. It's yours now."
Lin Wanyi locked the door and walked away, ignoring Wang Meijuan's hysterical screaming.
Her heart was completely tranquil.
Once downstairs, she looked back up at the apartment.
She was never coming back.
This home she had once looked forward to so much, this cozy home she had fantasized about building with Wang Hao countless times.
She would never return.
At the hospital, Liu Chunlan woke up in a hospital bed and got up to leave.
The doctor asked her, "Have you ever had regular physical checkups?"
She replied, "No, I'm perfectly healthy. Why would I do that?"
The doctor added, "Given your age, I recommend you get one."
She refused again. "I'm not throwing my money away on you people. You hospitals are all the same, diagnosing anyone who walks in with some disease just so you can sell them medicine, right?"
The doctor didn't press the issue, simply telling Wang Hao,
"Without a full-body checkup, we can't really tell what's wrong. Take her home and keep an eye on her."
Just as Liu Chunlan walked out of the hospital gates, she suddenly thought of something.
"Son, maybe I should go back and get that full-body checkup after all. I asked last time, and it only costs a little over a thousand yuan.
"My chest has been feeling uncomfortable lately, and I'd feel better if I got it checked out."
Wang Hao didn't object. "If you want to get checked, then go ahead. I'm heading back first; I still have to move my things to the dorm."
Liu Chunlan looked deeply disappointed.
"You're not going to stay with me?"
Wang Hao walked away without a word. Liu Chunlan hurriedly chased after him.
"Then you at least need to give me the money. Give me two thousand."
Wang Hao stopped in his tracks. "Mom, don't you have your own money?"
"Where would an old woman like me get any money?"
Liu Chunlan retorted immediately.
Wang Hao didn't buy it. "When my older brother got married, you demanded hundreds of thousands. When my older sister got married, you demanded hundreds of thousands more.
"You haven't had any major expenses all these years, no car, no house. Where is your money?
"Hundreds of thousands of yuan, where is it?"
Liu Chunlan's eyes darted away. She didn't dare admit that she had given the vast majority of her money to Liu Dabing.
She had given it to him to pay off gambling debts and to fool around with women.
She didn't dare say it, so she simply said,
"That little bit of money is my coffin fund. I can't touch it. Son, just give me two thousand."
Wang Hao twitched his lips and continued walking.
Liu Chunlan followed him again. "You just got half a million yuan, and you're not even willing to give me two thousand?
"Wang Hao, I am your mother!"
He might have been fine if she hadn't brought that up, but the mention of it only made him more irritated, and he walked even faster.
Liu Chunlan stared at Wang Hao's retreating back, her heart bleeding.
What was going on?
Why were both of her sons so disobedient? Why were neither of them filial to her?
It was just two thousand yuan. Wang Hao had half a million, yet he was too stingy to give her two thousand.
The more she thought about it, the sadder she became, and the more her chest ached.
But the moment she remembered how much the checkup would cost, she turned around and left the hospital.
It was fine. Only overly delicate people got physical checkups.
If you got checked, they would definitely find a disease. Definitely.
So, she wouldn't get checked. If she didn't get checked, she wasn't sick.
Lin Wanyi and Lin Jiajun returned to their hotel.
She had given the passcode to Liu Renzhi, but she still felt a psychological burden.
She knew Liu Renzhi didn't need this house at all; he had only bought it to help her break free from Wang Hao sooner.
Liu Renzhi saw through her concerns.
"You don't need to worry about that. I'll just sell it when the time is right, and I might even make a profit.
"When are you planning to head back to City A?"
Lin Wanyi wished she could go back immediately. She missed Wang Keke and Li Suhua.
"The cooling-off period for the divorce is one month. I want to go back tomorrow and then return in a month to finalize the paperwork."
Liu Renzhi nodded.
"Alright, then we'll all leave together tomorrow!"
