Chapter 29: The Original Male Lead Threatens Lin Xiaodou

Seeing how much money Lin Xiaodou had spent, Lin Xuefei’s eyes turned red with jealousy.

Although the Lin family was wealthy, she didn’t shop often—on average, she only bought new clothes once a month.
What Lin Xiaodou had bought in one go was enough to last her an entire year. How could she not be upset?

When the group returned home, Lin Xuefei went straight to her room without saying a word.

Normally, Wu Ya would show some concern.
But today, she was in a foul mood herself and didn’t feel like caring.

Compared to the two of them, Lin Xiaodou, who had returned fully loaded, was in an excellent mood.

“Chen Ma, I want potato and chicken chunks for dinner!”

With a skilled cook like Chen Ma around, Lin Xiaodou didn’t even want to cook in her own space anymore.

Chen Ma replied, “Sure thing! Just so happens we slaughtered a chicken today!”

Lin Xiaodou gave her two hair accessories to put on her granddaughter.
Chen Ma accepted them with a beaming smile.

After returning to her room, Lin Xiaodou sorted out all the things she had bought.
Some larger items would be delivered later by the department store.

At dinner time, Lin Zhengmin came home.

His expression didn’t look good.
Even Lin Xuefei’s usual coquettishness couldn’t earn her any favor tonight.

She stormed off halfway through dinner in a huff.

Only after the meal did Lin Zhengmin finally discuss the day’s events with Wu Ya.

“Lin Xiaodou’s adoptive mother said that she’s been acting wildly lately, hitting anyone she sees.
She even deliberately set them up, which got her adoptive parents and brother thrown in jail.”

As Lin Zhengmin spoke, his brows furrowed tightly.
If Lin Xiaodou was really as dangerous as they claimed,
then he needed to seriously reconsider the plan to make her take the fall for Xuefei.

He didn’t want a ticking time bomb around. It was too risky.

Upon hearing this, Wu Ya rolled her eyes.

“Does she look like a lunatic to you? She’s sharp as a tack! She spent over 1,500 yuan today in one go!”

Lin Zhengmin asked, “How did she manage to spend that much?”

Wu Ya recounted the entire ordeal of the day.

Lin Zhengmin gave her a dissatisfied glance.

“Before you left, I reminded you several times to get along with that girl. Why don’t you ever listen?
No wonder Xuefei was upset earlier. With all that commotion, now everyone knows our children were switched at birth.
How is Xuefei supposed to hold her head high?”

He was truly frustrated to have married such an oblivious wife.

“Xuefei, Xuefei—it’s always about Xuefei!” Wu Ya’s eyes turned red with frustration.
“You have no idea how humiliated I felt today! And the moment you came home, all you did was scold me! Not a word of concern!”

Seeing that she was genuinely upset, Lin Zhengmin sighed and tried to soothe her.

“I care about you too, but you also know that Xuefei’s fiancé is Zhang Tianjun.
Their family benefits ours. My affection for Xuefei has its reasons—besides, she grew up with us…”

“I get it,” Wu Ya cut in. “But today was just too humiliating. If Xuefei hadn’t hit someone, none of this would’ve happened.”

Lin Zhengmin said, “What’s done is done. We have to look forward and find a solution. There’s no point dwelling on the past.”

“Okay,” Wu Ya muttered, still feeling stifled.

Seeing she had fallen into another spiral of stubbornness, Lin Zhengmin didn’t bother trying to comfort her anymore.

The couple fell silent, each lost in their own thoughts.

That night, no one noticed—

Lin Xuefei quietly slipped out of her room.

When she met Zhang Tianjun, she flung herself into his arms and sobbed uncontrollably.

“Wuuu… Tianjun-ge, I feel so miserable…”

—

Everyone else had had a tough night.

But Lin Xiaodou slept soundly.

Early the next morning, she woke up right on time.

Chen Ma had made xiaolongbao again, with two extra baskets just in case.

The juicy buns were delicious, and Lin Xiaodou devoured three whole baskets with great satisfaction.

Just as she finished, the others arrived sluggishly.

As soon as Lin Xuefei sat down, she smiled and said:

“Jiejie, you have such a big appetite! Is it because you never had anything good to eat at your old home?”

Lin Xiaodou chuckled, “Yeah, after all, your real mom is a vicious and petty woman. She often wouldn’t let me eat. Of course I never had anything good.”

Lin Xuefei’s smiling face froze.

Now, just hearing the word “real mom” triggered an automatic wave of disgust in her.
Coming from Lin Xiaodou’s mouth, it always carried an air of malicious intent.

If she had a choice, she wouldn’t want such a mother or father.
All poor and shabby nobodies—utterly worthless. She looked down on them.

If this had happened in the past, hearing Lin Xiaodou throw shade at Lin Xuefei like that,
Wu Ya would’ve definitely jumped in to defend her daughter.

But now, still fuming from the day before, Wu Ya couldn’t be bothered to intervene.

Seeing her mother’s indifference, a flicker of hurt flashed in Lin Xuefei’s eyes.

Lin Zhengmin interjected, “Alright, it’s early in the morning—enough of that.”

After breakfast, Lin Xuefei was back to full energy.

She smiled sweetly and took Lin Xiaodou’s arm.

“Jiejie, I’ll take you around the neighborhood today so you can get familiar with the area.”

“Sure!”

Lin Xiaodou knew she wasn’t being kind out of the goodness of her heart.
But she wasn’t worried—might as well go along and see what tricks she had up her sleeve.

Once they were out the door, Lin Xuefei eagerly pointed out the nearby landmarks.

“Up ahead is Uncle Ling’s house, take a left over there and that’s Professor Wang’s place…”

They walked for about twenty minutes.

Suddenly, Lin Xuefei bent over in apparent pain and said,
“Ow, my stomach hurts! Jiejie, you keep walking around here, I’m going to the public restroom over there.”

Before Lin Xiaodou could respond, she dashed off.

Moments later, a group of people rounded the corner.

Leading them was a tall, handsome man, his face twisted with disgust.

He looked down at Lin Xiaodou and sneered,
“You’re the biological daughter the Lin family just found?
I’m Xuefei’s boyfriend, Zhang Tianjun.
I heard you keep bullying her and even stealing her things?”

Zhang Tianjun?

The arrogant and domineering male lead from the novel?

She hadn’t expected to meet him this soon.

Lin Xiaodou examined him carefully.

He was indeed pretty good-looking…

But there was a flaw.

His nostrils were a tad too big.

That haughty posture of his—with his nose raised—made his nose hairs clearly visible.

“Pfft!”

Lin Xiaodou couldn’t help but laugh.

A man flaunting nose hairs really didn’t fit the image of an overbearing, cool male lead.

Zhang Tianjun’s face darkened in fury. “What are you laughing at! Feeling guilty, are you?!”

Lin Xiaodou said, “Exactly. I’ve only been back for one day and already done so many evil things—it even reached your ears. I’m sooo scared.”

Zhang Tianjun’s expression turned pitch-black.

He hadn’t expected this ugly woman to be so sharp-tongued.

“You should be scared. Xuefei is my woman. Don’t you dare bully her again!”

Lin Xiaodou let out a cold laugh and was just about to retort—

When a skinny young man came running over from nearby.

He whispered something into Zhang Tianjun’s ear, and the latter’s expression shifted.

“We’ll let you go for today!” Zhang Tianjun’s eyes turned icy as he warned,
“If you ever make Xuefei cry again, I won’t let you off. You better remember that!”

With that, he turned and left with his group in tow.

Lin Xiaodou raised an eyebrow.

That was it?

Lure her out, then have a guy show up to threaten her?

What a childish trick. Did they really think that would scare her?

Lin Xuefei was seriously underestimating her.

Although…

Lin Xiaodou frowned.

That scrawny guy who came to fetch Zhang Tianjun just now…
Why did he look so familiar?