Chapter 265: Chapter 265: I Can’t Possibly Support Your Husband

Momo asked, “Mommy, are you hungry? The meal is ready.”

Lin Qi said, “You two haven’t eaten until now?”

She checked the time; even though she got off work punctually, it was already almost 7:30 by the time she got home.

Han and Momo had actually waited for them until now.

Momo said, “I’ve gotten used to waiting for you; it’s Han, he always sneaks food.”

While he was cooking in the kitchen, as soon as the maid brought out the dishes, Han would climb up onto the table on all fours, stand on tiptoe, and sneak bites of the ribs, eating until his mouth was all greasy. When he was caught red-handed, he still had the nerve to say he didn’t sneak any food.

Han’s face turned red as he rubbed his stomach, “Because Han was really too hungry!”

He showed an innocent and aggrieved expression.

Lin Qi couldn’t resist his cute and soft act of coquetry and said soothingly, “If Han is hungry then eat first, don’t specifically wait for Mommy to come back!”

Han narrowed his eyes and smiled sweetly, “But Han also wanted to wait for Mommy to come back so we could eat together!”

Lin Qi was so enchanted by his smile that she couldn’t help but rub his face, “Han is so cute! So thoughtful! Mommy gives you kisses.”

Lin Qi kissed his face again.

Momo felt both upset and jealous, unable to restrain himself, he lifted his foot and fiercely stamped on Huo Tingdong’s instep.

Huo Tingdong’s eyebrow twitched sharply, and with a frivolous lift of his brow, he looked over at the puffed-up Momo who resembled a pufferfish and couldn’t help but say coolly, “Does taking your anger out on me serve any purpose?”

He knew Momo was jealous, and now he had become a large punching bag!

Momo said, “Sweet nothings, who knows who you’ve learned them from. Humph!”

Huo Tingdong immediately disassociated himself, “That wasn’t taught by me.”

The family of four sat down to eat together.

During the meal.

Lin Qi received a text message from Li Wanru.

As soon as she opened it, resentment leapt out of the message: “Lin Qi, you really have a cruel heart! After all, we are blood sisters, and you won’t let me see my daughter, that’s one thing, but then you toss us aside in such a big city, without a care, if mom knew from below the ground how you treat your own sister, what would she think? Can she rest peacefully knowing this? Now that you’ve married a rich man and become a superior person, you no longer recognize poor relatives. Alas! Alas! Alas!!”

Lin Qi twisted her eyebrows and stared blankly at the message.

Momo asked from the side, “Mommy, what’s wrong?”

He could see the clear change in Lin Qi’s complexion.

Lin Qi immediately said, “Nothing! I need to return a phone call.”

She stood up and went back to her room.

Momo and Huo Tingdong exchanged a glance.

Momo said, “It must be a text from her sister.”

Huo Tingdong was just about to get up.

Momo said, “Let her handle it herself! After all, that is Mommy’s sister, just leave it be.”

He spoke like a little adult, very insightful about social complexities.

Huo Tingdong said, “She can’t handle it herself well.”

Momo replied, “That’s because you don’t have brothers or sisters, Daddy. Are you an only child?”

Huo Tingdong: “Mhm.”

Momo looked at Han with deep meaning, pursed his lips and said, “If Han grows up and lives a poor and destitute life, as his brother, I couldn’t just look away and do nothing!”

Han stopped shoveling food into his mouth, lifted his head, and, with his round wide eyes, looked at Momo, half-understanding: “Destitute and downtrodden?”

Momo said: “What I mean is, if you ever become so poor that you can’t afford food, I definitely won’t ignore you, I’ll take care of you!”

Han licked the rice at the corner of his mouth and confidently said: “I won’t be poor! Daddy will leave me lots and lots of money!”

Huo Tingdong said: “Can you stop making such a prodigal’s statements all the time?”

Han said: “But there’s only so much money in the world, if Daddy earns it all, how can I make money?”

He spoke with such conviction, very systematically, and you couldn’t find a flaw in his logic.

Huo Tingdong was completely stunned by his argument.

Han raised an eyebrow: “Is what I said reasonable?”

Huo Tingdong’s mouth twitched fiercely: “Am I supposed to think what you said is reasonable?”

Han continued nonchalantly: “I’m just seven years old, what do you expect a cute little seven-year-old to understand?”

After speaking, he lowered his head and blissfully resumed eating his rice.

Huo Tingdong and Momo were stupefied.

In the room.

Lin Qi returned a phone call to Li Wanru: “Hello? Wanru!”

Li Wanru said: “You finally remembered you have a sister!”

Lin Qi asked: “Haven’t you returned to your home county yet?”

Li Wanru asked sorrowfully: “Are you that eager to send us back?”

Lin Qi, exasperated, paused: “No… I thought I made myself clear! I can offer you a place to stay, but without a local household registration, I can’t help you buy a place! And I don’t have that much money right now. Even if you keep saying that I married a rich husband, his money is his, not mine. If one day, I have the money, buying you a house to live in wouldn’t be a problem. But I’m not capable of that right now, you can’t force me, can you?”

No matter how wealthy Huo Tingdong is, he has no obligation to support her sister’s family.

Li Wanru said: “We’re planning to find a place to stay in Beijing! But, we don’t have much money on us…”

Lin Qi said: “Send me your bank account number, I’ll transfer some money to you.”

She was mindful that, after all, Li Wanru was her sister from the same mother, and if their mother were still alive, she would surely hope that she would help her poor sister as well!

After hearing this, Li Wanru asked tentatively: “How much money can you give me?”

Lin Qi said: “As much as I can afford, I’ll give you what I can. If, you really want to stay in Beijing, at least… the money for renting a house, I’ll try to transfer it to you!”

Li Wanru’s tone softened somewhat: “Then can you help us find a job?”

Lin Qi hesitated.

Li Wanru’s educational level was too low, and Jin Lilai didn’t seem like the type to diligently work for a living.

In a place like Beijing, which highly values education and capabilities, Lin Qi didn’t even know how to find a job for her.

She might not even do well in the simplest of receptionist jobs.

Lin Qi said: “I… I’ll think of something! I don’t know what kind of job to find for you just yet.”

Li Wanru said: “I’ve heard that wages in Beijing are pretty high, I passed by a restaurant and saw that they’re hiring, starting from 5000 yuan a month and upward!”

Lin Qi said: “But… the cost of living in Beijing is very high. Rent costs money, prices are a lot higher than in our hometown.”

Li Wanru said bitterly: “You just want to send us back to our hometown, you don’t want your poor relatives to drag you down!”

Lin Qi replied with a headache: “Don’t say things like that, I never resented you. Wanru, some things might be unpleasant to hear, I’m willing to support you, but I can’t possibly support your husband as well!”