Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties-Chapter 298 - 297: You’re Really Fucking Mean

Wang Lan, seeing that Sun Nan was okay and the suspect was caught, finally turned her attention to her own losses.

Lin Xia also asked Lin Qiu to open the door of the clothing store to see what had been lost.

Wu Zhengyang accompanied Lin Qiu into the store to take a look.

Wang Lan, faced with the mess in her convenience store, burst out cursing, "Absolutely shameless! Go call the police immediately!"

Lin Qiang glared fiercely at Lin Xia. Initially, he had kept quiet in his resentment, but as soon as he heard mention of calling the police, he panicked—he didn’t want to go back to that kind of place!

Ignoring everything else, he loudly begged for mercy, "Lin Xia! Please spare me, I won’t dare do it again!"

He was truly frightened!

And at that moment, he deeply regretted his greed. Why hadn’t he just set fire to the clothing store and ended all his problems?

But at the time, either bewitched or what, he had felt he couldn’t leave empty-handed, which was why he had tried breaking into the convenience store.

The nearby neighbors immediately all turned towards Lin Xia, bombarding her with questions,

"Xiaolin, do you know him?"

"What is your relationship with this person..."

"He’s my stepmother’s son! Auntie, let’s deal with this as it should be dealt!", Lin Xia absolutely did not want to let Lin Qiang off easily.

The neighbors faces varied, all guessing the hidden implications.

As soon as Madam Wu heard that it was the son of Lin Xia’s stepmother, she refrained from interjecting.

After all, if her daughter really ended up with Lin Qiu, they would practically be family.

Seeing Lin Xia’s business-like demeanor, Wang Lan furrowed her brow in thought.

No matter what, someone had to compensate for her losses!

Now, both Lin Xia’s family and her own were victims, and the perpetrator was Lin Xia’s stepmother’s son. She couldn’t possibly ask Lin Xia to compensate, could she?

Besides, this time they caught one culprit, but another had escaped!

Next time, they might target her store again. It might be better to teach them a lesson so they wouldn’t dare come back; thus, it was best to let the police handle it.

"Old Sun! You ride your bike and go call the police!", Wang Lan directed.

"Okay!", Sun Nan immediately rode off to report to the police.

Lin Qiang, still harboring some hope, cursed viciously upon seeing this, "Lin Xia! You’re really ruthless! I begged you and you still leave no room for mercy! No matter what, my mom is still your stepmother!

I didn’t cause you much loss, yet you still want to call the police!"

He truly detested Lin Xia now!

Lin Xia stepped forward and kicked Lin Qiang fiercely in the side twice. "Who is being ruthless here?!", She regretted wearing slippers which didn’t cause much damage; had she known it was him, she would’ve worn leather shoes and kicked him much harder!

Lin Qiang also cried out in pain. He had been pummeled enough by some people earlier and now genuinely couldn’t get up to fight Lin Xia, otherwise he would never have allowed her to humiliate him like this.

Lin Xia looked down coldly at Lin Qiang, "Why should I show any mercy towards you? Did you show any mercy to us? Looking at your actions today, it’s clear you were not just stealing but also attempting arson! Have you ever thought about the consequences of that?"

Lin Xia was furious inside. They had come after her time and again. Now that she had caught him red-handed during a crackdown, she hoped to see how many years he would get sentenced!

Lin Qiang, frightened by Lin Xia’s fierceness, didn’t dare to curse loudly anymore, but his swollen eyes glared venomously at Lin Xia.

If looks could kill, he would have already killed Lin Xia multiple times by now.

Lin Xia, fearless, believes in karma—Lin Qiang, having dared to do such things, had to face the consequences.

Whether he was instigated by others or acted on his own accord, he had to pay the price for his actions.

The police arrived quickly. They took Lin Qiang and the evidence back with them and even made a record on the spot.

The neighbors all repeated what they had seen and heard.

Wang Lan was the first to discover it, so she spoke the most.

After the police left, the neighbors all went back to their homes to sleep.

Wu Zhengyang, worried that the Lin sisters would be frightened, gave them a few reminders, "Make sure to lock your doors and windows. If anything happens, just shout!"

Lin Qiu pushed him to hurry back home, "Got it! You should go back to sleep too!"

After the sisters had locked up the gates and doors and lay down again, neither of them could fall asleep.

Lin Qiu was still somewhat shocked, "Sis! Are you scared?"

"Not scared! He’s been caught. What’s there to fear now?"

Lin Xia actually wasn’t very frightened at the time, but thinking about it more carefully, it was indeed quite terrifying afterwards. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

Those two guys today were aiming for theft and arson. If they had jumped into the yard and stormed into the house, with only her and Lin Qiu at home, it would indeed have been dangerously scary.

Seeing Lin Xia so calm and composed, Lin Qiu felt somewhat reassured, "Sis! We really owe it to the auntie opposite for discovering it early. Otherwise, once the fire started, not only would we not know who did it, but we might have had to compensate others for the damages!"

The clothing store was very dear to Lin Qiu as her livelihood and a representation of her value. She was immensely grateful and relieved that it hadn’t burned down.

"Yeah! Our losses would have been huge!" Lin Xia, even with some money now, didn’t want to squander it on such an injustice.

After a moment of lamenting, Lin Qiu remembered the tidbit she had heard about the two men and asked, "Lin Qiang got caught, but he had an accomplice. Did they catch him as well?"

"They definitely did! The police aren’t vegetarians. Once they brought him in for questioning, he spilled everything!" Lin Xia didn’t look down on Lin Qiang; he simply wasn’t tough enough. Perhaps the police wouldn’t even need to use any measures; he would confess everything on his own.

Lin Qiu hesitated, knowing her sister was right. They couldn’t easily let Lin Qiang go; otherwise, he would become even more brazen in harming them in the future.

But as for Qian Chunli’s side... would they just let it go now that Lin Qiang had been caught?

Reading Lin Qiu’s thoughts, Lin Xia asked, "Are you thinking about Qian Chunli and his group?"

"Yes, Sis! I’m a bit worried!" Lin Qiu feared that they, being just two sisters, would end up at a disadvantage, "Alas, our second brother has been busy with the restaurant and hasn’t come back. If he were here, we would have another person to rely on!"

Lin Xia teasingly looked at Lin Qiu, "It doesn’t matter if our second brother isn’t here; Wu Zhengyang is home, right? Didn’t he just tell you to shout if something happens?"

Lin Qiu glowered at Lin Xia, annoyed, "Sis! You always tease me!"

Seeing that she had successfully diverted her emotions, Lin Xia chuckled and pinched her cheek, "Okay! I won’t tease you anymore! Xiaoqiu! Don’t worry! It’s nothing! Let whoever wants to come, come!

Lin Qiang had already bullied his way to our doorstep, wanting to set fire to our house. Could we ever indulge him? If we let him off lightly this time, next time he’ll only escalate his misdeeds!"

As for any severe crackdown, Lin Xia didn’t let slip a word; everything was left to fate’s arrangement.

The next day, Lin Xia had someone reinforce the doors and windows of the store and backyard. The windows were fitted with protective bars, and the doors were all changed to heavy iron ones.

Seeing this, the Sun Family across the street wanted to do the same, realizing they had never considered these precautions before, and now it truly scared them.

When Wu Zhenghong came to open his door, he heard about the theft and near arson incident at Lin Xia’s home the previous night.