Orphan girl reborn: Why are you clinging to me?

Cen Ning's expression froze, "What did you say?"

"Shiqin, don't talk nonsense in front of Mrs. Lu!"

Mrs. Lin wanted to come over and cover Lin Shiqin's mouth. Her cloudy eyes were filled with disbelief. How old was Lin Shiqin? How could she know those things?

Lin Shiqin ignored Mrs. Lin's warning gaze and looked at Cen Ning seriously.

"Mrs. Lu, if you do some research, you should have heard of our Lin's Catering. Although it went bankrupt this year and no longer exists, our family's business was once brilliant many years ago.

About sixty years ago, my great-grandfather Lin Heshan started from scratch with his cooking skills and founded Lin's Catering. He opened many branches in H City. Later, my grandfather Lin Yuan inherited the family business and expanded the business territory. Traveling to surrounding provinces and cities, it can be said that when Lin's Catering was at its most glorious, it made a name for itself across the country.

Mrs. Lu, your mother Lin Can, as the daughter of the founder of such a well-known company, should have never taken you back to her parents' home in all these years, right? Have you ever wondered why? "

"I……"

Cen Ning frowned slightly, thinking of her mother who passed away many years ago.

Mother and father have a very close relationship and work together. Because of the special nature of their parents' work, they have to go to the field for geological exploration all year round, and sometimes they are not home for several months. Xiao Cen Ning was mainly raised by her grandparents. She did, I have never met any relatives on my mother's side, and I didn't even have the concept of grandparents when I was a child.

Later, when she grew up, Cen Ning also had curiosity. Once, she asked her mother:

"Why do I have grandparents, but I haven't met them?"

At that time, her mother was turning her back to her, busy packing her luggage, preparing to set off to work again with her father the next day.

She remembered that her mother's hand movements paused. After a few seconds, her mother folded a coat in her hand, put it in the suitcase, turned around, smiled and touched Cen Ning's head.

"Your grandparents' home is too far away. It's not easy to go there. Your parents are busy at work and you have to go to school, so I didn't take you there."

Thinking about it now, those were just excuses. Even though transportation was inconvenient back then, Cen Ning's family was in the provincial capital and there was a train that could go directly to City H. According to the traffic conditions at that time, it would take at most one day's train ride to visit her grandparents, but her mother couldn't. He never took her back to the Lin family, and they even seemed to never contact him.

Cen Ning raised her eyes from her memories and looked at Lin Shiqin critically.

"My mother has indeed never taken me back to her natal family. If you have anything to say, just say it. I want to know why."

Mrs. Lin quickly interrupted, "Maybe my little sister is too busy at work and doesn't have the time or energy to bring you back."

"Then it's not like we didn't notify the Lin family when she died unexpectedly, right? This is so unreasonable."

Cen Ning figured out the connection and began to doubt what Mrs. Lin had said before.

Cen Ning's parents died unexpectedly when she was in high school. At that time, even Mrs. Lu, a distant relative from City B, sent people to come, but no relatives from her mother's side were present.

"Mrs. Lin, did my mother really leave the Lin family because of her studies?"

"This..." Mrs. Lin couldn't continue her lie. "I also heard what my mother-in-law said. To be specific, I hadn't married into the Lin family at that time."

They can't verify the origin of a lie by assigning it to a dead man.

Cen Ning rubbed her temples and continued to ask Lin Shiqin: "You know why my mother left the Lin family, right?"

Lin Shiqin's eyes were bright and she nodded with certainty.

"Your mother, like me, left a letter in order to escape the tragic future arranged by her family. She escaped from the Lin family one night and went to the life she wanted."

As soon as she finished speaking, not only Cen Ning stopped her movements in shock, but Lin Manqing and Lin Luo also looked at Lin Shiqin in surprise.

Wu Wanru gasped in surprise and turned to look at Cen Ning's face. If Mrs. Lu didn't recognize the Lin family because of her mother's relationship, then their visit today would have been in vain.

Mrs. Lin also thought of this. She would never admit such a thing.

"Lin Shiqin, why are you turning your elbows outward? You can't just make up your grandparents and grandma's story about a tragic future just because you are dissatisfied with me. Lin Can is their most beloved daughter, how could they harm their own daughter? Woolen cloth?"

"Mrs. Lin, didn't you just say that when my aunt left home, you hadn't married into the Lin family yet, so you didn't know why my aunt left the Lin family? Now that I've explained the reason, how do you know that's not the case?"

Lin Shiqin directly attacked Mrs. Lin with what she just said. The obvious inconsistency allowed onlookers to tell who was lying.

Mrs. Lin was speechless for a moment. Wu Wanru beside her was worried that the benefits she received would not be guaranteed, so she hurriedly spoke to her:

"My grandma just thinks that my great-grandfather and great-grandmother are very good people and would not do anything to harm their daughters. Isn't this also okay? Besides, is that what you say? Do you have any evidence?"

"I wouldn't dare say these things without evidence."

Lin Shiqin calmly opened the white leather bag on her lap and took out a hard-shell notebook.

"This is a notebook I accidentally found under the floor of my bedroom at home when I was in middle school. It was filled with a girl's diary and thoughts. The bedroom I lived in was the room where my great-aunt Lin Can used to live in the Lin family. This is the diary she left behind.

The last few articles here clearly record why she made up her mind to leave the Lin family. Mrs. Lu, I will return this diary to you now. You can read the answer you want for yourself. "

Lin Shiqin stood up and walked towards Cen Ning, wanting to hand the diary to Cen Ning.

Mrs. Lin quickly winked at Wu Wanru, who immediately stood up and rushed towards Lin Shiqin, trying to snatch the diary from her hand.

"Out of control."

Lin Luo, who was sitting next to Lin Shiqin, picked up the pillow on the sofa and threw it at Wu Wanru's hand that was reaching for Lin Shiqin.

"Ouch!" Wu Wanru's arm was hit in pain and she retracted.

Seeing this, Cen Ning ordered the female bodyguard beside her: "Go and get me the diary."

The female bodyguard received the order and quickly walked up to Lin Shiqin, took the diary, clamped Wu Wanru's stretched out hand again, cut her arm behind her back, and then threw her on the sofa while Wu Wanru cried out in pain.

Cen Ning took the diary from the female bodyguard and turned to the first page. Her nose felt sore and tears filled her eyes.

"Yes, this is my mother's word. It belongs to her."

She listened to Lin Shiqin's words, turned to the last few pages of her diary, and read line by line. The more she read, the worse her face became.

The tears that had been swirling in the eyes for a long time finally fell uncontrollably, smearing Juan Xiu's powerful handwriting many years ago.