Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 988 Resentment and Gratitude

Chapter 988: Chapter 988 Resentment and Gratitude

Luo Qiao thought that this incident might just have been an accident, just find the cause, be a bit more cautious in the future, and prevent it from happening again.

However, the next day, Zhang Chunxi’s husband, Ge Yunping, came looking for her with the police.

Luo Qiao repeated what she had found out at the time, and after the police finished recording, they asked a few related questions before leaving.

Unexpectedly, what seemed like a very normal incident actually had an unknown side to it.

It turned out that on that day at the small square, the woman who had been watching Lu Yichen, named Yan Zaihong, her husband worked at a factory making iron fences. A few days ago, her husband brought home some rust remover from work, intending to remove the rusty bolt from the kitchen door to clean it.

When he brought it back, he warned his wife, Yan Zaihong, that the liquid was very dangerous and mustn’t be ingested or played with by children, so before removing the bolt, he hid the rust remover somewhere.

Yan Zaihong had not forgotten the previous shame she suffered from her neighbor, Zhang Chunxi, at the square; she kept it in her heart because her husband had heard about it that evening and harshly criticized her, so she had been looking for a chance to retaliate.

They all lived in the same compound, and normally Zhang Chunxi’s eldest son would often play with her son. Whatever the adults were like, it didn’t affect the children’s interactions.

Zhang Chunxi, when going out, threw a few sarcastic remarks at Yan Zaihong, infuriating Yan once again, who inwardly cursed furiously, "Just you wait, old lady."

Today, Yan Zaihong’s husband had the day off; he diluted the rust remover and placed it on the windowsill of the courtyard. He took his tools to the kitchen to remove the bolt from the door, not expecting that a serious incident would occur within those few minutes.

Coincidentally, just then, Zhang Chunxi’s eldest son shouted from outside the courtyard, "I’m going back to get a drink, I’ll come find you guys in a moment."

He returned to find his house locked, fumbled around for a while without finding the keys, and when he turned to come out, he saw the bowl of rust remover on the stone table in the courtyard, mistook it for water, and heedlessly took a big gulp.

The bowl of rust remover was brought from the windowsill to the stone table in the courtyard by her; she had washed a few pairs of shoes. She usually left them on the windowsill. Whether it was intentional or she forgot to put it away afterward is hard to say.

But when she came out of the main room and saw that the child had picked up the bowl, she actually had the chance to stop him. However, when she remembered what Zhang Chunxi had said that morning, she turned around, went back inside, and pretended not to see.

Because of this incident, the two families created quite an uproar, each claiming to be in the right. Zhang Chunxi cursed Yan Zaihong and her husband as villains, while Yan Zaihong blamed Zhang Chunxi’s son for having no upbringing, acting entitled, and trying to extort them after causing trouble.

Fortunately, the rust remover had been diluted, and thanks to Luo Qiao’s timely first aid, the child was not seriously harmed. Zhang Chunxi demanded that Yan Zaihong’s family cover the treatment and nutritional expenses, as well as loss of earnings.

Yan Zaihong cursed Zhang Chunxi’s son as a thief and demanded they compensate for the cost of the rust remover. Living in the same compound, the relationship between the two families became even more strained, but of course, Yan Zaihong certainly wouldn’t admit she saw and did nothing to stop the incident.

Later, it was the neighborhood committee that mediated. No matter what, it was the ingestion of the rust remover that had caused the incident, and after Yan Zaihong’s family bought some nutritional supplements for the child, the matter was considered settled. However, the relationship between the two families had hit rock bottom.

Indeed, it was an accident, but it could have been avoided if not for the parents’ grudges, which almost harmed the child.

As time passed by day after day, Luo Qiao’s little nephew, Luo Pengze, was now a full month old. The Luo family was congenial, and all the gifts they sent were generous, especially Luo Qiao, the bountiful aunt, which brought smiles to Xiao Ya’s family. With such a peaceable and generous little aunty, their daughter would surely not have a hard life in the future.

The Luo’s elderly couple hadn’t rested for long, as Luo Siyan’s twins had only started kindergarten in the latter part of last year, and they were now taking care of another one. Originally, Luo Xuyuan had not wanted to wear out the elderly couple and had intended to hire a nanny for the child.

But Grandma Zhou Guifang had said, "We have nothing much to do now; we would be glad to help take care of the kids. Otherwise, we would just be lonely on our own. Besides, we wouldn’t be at ease leaving them with someone else."

So it was decided. Once the second daughter-in-law was done with her maternity leave and back at work, little nephew Luo Pengze would be left in the care of his great-grandparents.

Luo Xuyuan had managed to get Xiao Ya an extra month of leave and found a substitute at work, which worked out perfectly since Fourth Brother Luo Siyuan’s wedding would be just after the second sister-in-law’s return to her job.

The Xiao family, knowing that the in-law’s grandmother would be taking care of their child, reminded their daughter to be filial and grateful before they left at ease after the full-month celebration.

After the little nephew’s full-month feast was over, the Luo family began preparing in full force for Luo Siyuan’s wedding.

This time Luo Siyuan had decided not to hold the wedding at the grandparents’ side but to have it at the Mechanical Factory Residential Compound. Therefore, these days, everyone was busy helping with the cleanup and preparation in the residential compound.