Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 555 - 518 Crazy Criticism on Lin Menmen (2 more updates)

Chapter 555: 518 Crazy Criticism on Lin Menmen (2 more updates)

This kind of action is the most effective at winning public sympathy.

Tan Lixin was in a dire situation as the elders from both families gathered around. The first to challenge him was Lin Menmen’s foster mother, Mrs. Lin, who had treated her even better than her own daughter.

Mrs. Lin rushed over, her hand stretched out, almost pointing directly at Tan Lixin’s face, "Tan Lixin, do you realize how much suffering Menmen has endured over the years because of you? She’s been both mother and father in your Tan Family, raising Rongrong. If there’s no merit in that, at least there’s hard labor, isn’t there?"

"Not liking her is one thing, but with all the silent suffering she’s endured alone over the years, even if you can’t treat her with a bit of tenderness, the least you should have is a basic sense of gratitude, shouldn’t you?"

"Exactly, Menmen is our precious daughter of the Lin Family." Lin Father also burst out, defending his wife and adopted daughter.

"Hah, precious daughter of the Lin Family? Uncle, Aunt, have you truly forgotten who the real precious daughter of the Lin Family is?" Tan Lixin initially didn’t want to confront Jiaojiao’s parents—he was still grateful for them. If it weren’t for them, he wouldn’t have Jiaojiao has his wife.

But their attitude towards Jiaojiao was so poor, they didn’t recognize their own biological daughter and instead favored Lin Menmen, such a viper of a woman?

He didn’t know how Lin Menmen had managed it, but he found her to be terrifying; how could one person make so many others like her at the same time?

He didn’t know what methods she had used to make parents so rejective of their own child. Even if they looked down on Jiaojiao’s birth mother because she was a hair salon girl, Jiaojiao was still the product of their union; her roots were good.

As for Lin Menmen, of mysterious origins, what were her biological parents like? Had they done any investigation?

Were her roots as good as Jiaojiao’s?

Lin Father’s face turned the color of liver, "That’s the Lin Family’s business. You’ve never been willing to wholeheartedly be our son-in-law anyway. Our family’s matters are none of your concern."

"If it weren’t for Menmen’s sake, we wouldn’t even have come to the hospital tonight. She’s not our biological granddaughter after all. Let’s go, wife."

"Okay."

"Mom, Dad—"

Lin Menmen’s interjection was merely for show. Mrs. Lin, heartbroken for her, came over and hugged her, "Menmen, you’ve suffered so much over the years. Our house’s door is always open to you. If you don’t want to endure anymore, you can come back anytime, okay?"

"I understand, Mom. I’m not suffering, I’m willing."

"Oh, you silly girl."

After saying this, the Lin couple left the hospital with a mixture of anger and sympathy.

After the two left, Mrs. Tan came over to console Lin Menmen, telling her not to cry and that Tan Lixin’s father would discipline him.

Lin Menmen didn’t speak to Mrs. Tan. She bit her lip, looking pitifully at her.

For so many years, everyone had seen her sacrifices and the injustice she endured; defending her was something they were supposed to do.

With a loud slap, Tan Father’s hand forcefully landed on Tan Lixin’s face, stunning everyone outside the emergency room, especially Lin Menmen, whose tears hung pitifully on her cheeks.

"Dad—" Lin Menmen called out to her father-in-law.

"Menmen, leave it be; this kid just needs a good lesson," Tan Father said, seething with anger. As he spoke, his hand flew out in another slap.

"His dad—" This time, Mrs. Tan became frantic. Her son might be a mess and deserve a beating, but after all the hardship he had faced alone these years, it wasn’t his fault; it was Lin Jiaojiao’s fault.

Imagine, Lin Jiaojiao’s biological parents preferred Menmen over her, giving insights into just how terrible that woman must be.

Not being good enough as a person, she even seduced their son, someone else’s husband. Such a woman, in the old days, would have been drowned in a pond.

If only such rules still existed now, how good that would be.

Their family wouldn’t have been thrown into such disarray by that kind of woman.

"What are you doing? What, do you feel sorry for him now?" Tan’s father glared at Tan’s mother, "This damn kid deserves a beating, and I won’t let Lin Jiaojiao, that shameless woman, get off easily either."

"I’m not feeling sorry for him, it’s not that. I just mean to say, this is a hospital, if there’s anything to discuss, let’s talk back at home, right, Menmen?"

"Yes, Dad, don’t hit him anymore." Lin Menmen pretentiously agreed with her mother-in-law, the two slaps that had landed on Tan Lixin’s face earlier had truly delighted her.

Back when she was young, she indeed had a crush on Tan Lixin for a while, a crush so deep she would have kneeled and groveled at his feet, but now, after so many years, she had long since sobered up.

If Tan Lixin looked down on her, then he was going to pay the price.

If Lin Jiaojiao dared to compete with her for a man and vie for favor, then Lin Jiaojiao’s life would be smeared with mud. She would ensure that Lin Jiaojiao could never wash off the filth from her body for as long as she lived.

Since they wanted to be shameless lovers, she would just help them get what they wanted.

"Exactly. Menmen has already said it, whatever it is, let’s discuss it at home, or if not at home, we can discuss it later. Rongrong hasn’t come out yet."

"Yes, Dad, Rongrong is what’s most important right now." Lin Menmen quickly added.

Tan Lixin was dazed from the beating by his old father. He didn’t fight back; he knew his father had hit him hard, and his hands were also shaking violently.

In that moment, he suddenly realized how old his parents had become.

It made sense, after all, he was a middle-aged man almost in his fifties, how could his parents not be old?

But how had they aged so quickly?

Their faces were well-maintained, not showing much aging, but...

Tan Lixin always felt something was off, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it at the moment.

He looked at Lin Menmen, who also looked back at him. To everyone, Lin Menmen was a fragile and easily hurt victim, a woman whose life had been ruined by both him and Jiaojiao.

But he had always believed there was more to Lin Menmen than met the eye, adept at using a woman’s vulnerability to attack others.

It was she who had ruined his and Jiaojiao’s reputation in Beijing.

He didn’t care about the reputation, but how could this woman possibly raise Rongrong like that?

And his parents, it was as if she had bewitched them with some sort of potion, which was just infuriating.

Tan Lixin’s gaze towards her was filled with hatred, wishing he could tear her apart, but Lin Menmen no longer felt hurt; she was so numb she couldn’t feel anything at all.

Where Tan’s parents couldn’t see, Lin Menmen gave Tan Lixin a provocative smile.

Now, Lin Menmen felt none of the affection she had for Tan Lixin during her girlhood; what remained was only the thrill of a woman conquering a man.

She didn’t necessarily have to force Tan Lixin into her bed, but if he could make her comfortable, she was willing to accept that.

She couldn’t help it; she had suppressed her own desires for him for too long in the past, and now the beast inside her was unleashed. One more or one less Tan Lixin made no difference to her.

But as for the hurt Tan Lixin and Lin Jiaojiao had caused her, she would not let them off until she felt they had suffered enough.