As soon as Lin Wanning finished speaking, both of them immediately realized that something big had gone wrong.
"Quick, quick, go and have a look." Lin Wanning couldn't run because of her injured leg. She could only limp towards the place.
So she had to let Zhou Huaian go first.
However, Zhou Huaian had only met her eldest sister - in - law a few times. If he didn't recognize her and just went straight to save her, it would be easy for them to be falsely accused.
Moreover, they were at a crucial moment and really couldn't afford the slightest mistake.
Zhou Huaian directly picked Lin Wanning up. "Come on, let's go and check together."
Caught off guard by being picked up like this, Lin Wanning was so frightened that she quickly tightened her hands around Zhou Huaian's neck.
When they reached the corridor and saw the woman kneeling on the ground and constantly kowtowing,
Lin Wanning anxiously pounded on Zhou Huaian's shoulders. "It's my sister - in - law. Quick, quick, put me down."
Zhou Huaian never expected that after Lin Wanning's family had an accident, her relatives would be living in such difficult circumstances.
He quickly put Lin Wanning down and stepped forward to help Lin Wanning's eldest sister - in - law up.
Fang Qin, who had been crying heart - rendingly, suddenly saw Lin Wanning standing not far away.
At this moment, she didn't know whether to cry or laugh. She seemed to have lost her soul and just stood there stupidly, staring at Lin Wanning.
Tears welled up uncontrollably from her eyes.
Lin Wanning saw that her sister - in - law was pregnant, wearing ragged clothes, with a disheveled hair and a dirty face. She didn't look like a pregnant woman at all. Instead, she looked more like a withered tree trunk.
In her previous life, she was overwhelmed by the huge debt and had no energy to care about this sister - in - law.
She originally thought that since her sister - in - law was in her own natal family, she must be living not too badly. But now seeing her sister - in - law in such a state,
Lin Wanning's heart ached as if it was being stabbed by a knife. The pain was so intense that she could hardly breathe.
Seeing that Lin Wanning was also standing there stunned, Zhou Huaian quickly stepped forward to support her.
Zhou Huaian knew what Lin Wanning's family situation was like before, and he had also met this sister - in - law twice.
In his vague memory, this sister - in - law used to have fair skin and a plump figure. But now, being pregnant, she had become so thin.
Even Zhou Huaian, an outsider, felt heart - broken, let alone Lin Wanning.
Zhou Huaian supported Lin Wanning to a side and let her sit down. "I'll handle this matter. You're injured. Don't move around. Just leave it to me. You can rest assured."
At this moment, no matter how anxious Lin Wanning was in her heart, when she heard these words, she seemed to have been injected with a sedative. She felt very steady and at ease.
After settling Lin Wanning down, Zhou Huaian quickly walked up to Fang Qin, Lin Wanning's eldest sister - in - law. "Sister - in - law, go and sit over there first. I'll solve the other things."
But before Fang Qin could come to her senses, her mother, Old Lady Liu, quickly reached out her claw - like hand and grabbed Fang Qin tightly.
The wrinkles on her whole face instantly shrank like an old bark. "You're a soldier, but aren't you meddling too much?"
"This is my family matter, and the baby in her belly is the seed of a 'black element'. Are you trying to be their protector by defending her like this?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the scene instantly exploded.
Such venomous and mean words immediately put Zhou Huaian in a difficult situation.
Lin Wanning frowned, and her heart skipped a beat. At this time, no matter what one's identity was, if they got involved in such a matter, the consequences would be really serious.
In the worst - case scenario, they would be classified as 'black elements' together. In the best - case scenario, they would lose their jobs and be sent to the countryside.
That was why at first, everyone just silently watched this happen without saying a word.
Lin Wanning knew that Zhou Huaian had already sacrificed a lot for her. If he was bitten by Old Lady Liu this time, he might really fall into someone's trap.
Thinking of this, Lin Wanning didn't care about her leg pain anymore. She limped up to Zhou Huaian.
She directly stepped forward and pulled her sister - in - law over. "I'm her younger sister - in - law. The baby in her belly is from my family. Do you think I have the right to interfere in this matter?"
When Old Lady Liu saw Lin Wanning, she was completely stunned. She had heard before that this younger sister - in - law had married a rural person casually in order not to be sent to the countryside.
Now seeing Lin Wanning's dressing, she didn't look like someone who had married a rural person at all.
She looked more like the wife of the military officer in front of her.
But no matter how imposing Lin Wanning was now, in Old Lady Liu's eyes, it didn't matter at all. After all, the entire Lin family had been sent to the countryside.
And this younger sister - in - law was just a married - out daughter. What right did she have to interfere in their family's affairs?
"Come on. A married - out daughter still wants to interfere in her natal family's affairs."
"No, you're a 'black element'. Don't you not even have a natal family anymore?"
Lin Wanning was so angry that she clenched her fists. If her leg hadn't been injured, she would have stepped forward and slapped this old woman a few times.
"You keep talking about 'black elements'. Don't you forget how you used to rely on our family in the past."
"Also, if I remember correctly, the betrothal money for your son's marriage was borrowed from my parents."
"You said nicely that you would pay it back at that time, but why do I remember that you never did? I'm just wondering now if the reason you didn't pay it back was because you didn't want to draw a clear line from our family?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone on the scene instantly looked at each other.
Everyone didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, but it didn't mean that they didn't have sympathy. It was just because of the environmental factors that everyone just wanted to protect themselves.
Old Lady Liu, who knew she was in the wrong, was shocked to see that Lin Wanning, who used to be so silent, had become so sharp - tongued.
She even exposed her old secrets in front of everyone.
She gritted her teeth in anger and wished she could strangle Lin Wanning to death the next second.
"You... You... You're just a 'black element'. What's the use of being good at talking? What you said about the past never happened. You're just spitting slander and pouring dirty water on me."
When she was scolding, her upper lip was so thin that it was almost sticking to her teeth. The flesh on her cheeks trembled like a spasm.
In order to prove her innocence, she even stepped forward and grabbed her daughter Fang Qin by the neck. "Tell everyone. Have I paid back all the money I owed?
"Have I already drawn a clear line from your family?"
At first, Zhou Huaian was worried that Lin Wanning would be scolded by this old woman. Unexpectedly, Lin Wanning was so powerful.
She spoke right to the point and directly hit this old woman's soft spot.
Seeing Fang Qin being threatened by her mother, he quickly said to Fang Qin, "I'll help pay for the cost of raising the child. I have a house. You and the baby can go and live there later. It's just right that Wanning is there too. You can take care of each other."