After leaving the Fernando family's mansion, Linn found a private carriage and rushed to the slums.
By the time he arrived at the slums, it was already about 4:30 in the afternoon.
Matt is probably still working in the warehouse at this point.
Thinking that it would be better to wait for Matt to come back from get off work, and then go over to discuss business with reporter Capa who was resting, Linn wandered all the way, first coming to the group housing area in the slums, and followed his memory to find the house where Meira lived.
Unfortunately, Meira was not there, and only her daughter was passing the time flipping through a crumpled fairy tale book.
Apparently, Meera went to work again.
Even after receiving a hundred gold rewards from Reiner, she didn't let her give up her job with a meager monthly salary.
At this point, Linn was a little confused.
Three years ago, Meira should have been able to live a better life, rent a house in the city, and support her daughter in a good school. Even if she lay down and did not work, five hundred gold would basically be enough for their expenses for ten years.
The one hundred gold she received a few days ago would not allow her and her daughter to live without worries, but it could easily change them into a better living environment and at least provide them with books to study.
But why do these two people still live here?
Why is Meera still working two jobs just to earn two hundred and twenty copper coins a month?
This man doesn't look like a lavish spender at all, so he can't be a loser in gambling.
Where did the huge sum of six hundred gold that was swallowed go?
Lin En, who was increasingly puzzled, decided to wait here for Meira to come back.
While waiting, he was not idle and asked people nearby about Meira's situation.
Others have pretty good comments about Meira, saying she is a woman who works hard and treats her daughter well.
Unfortunately, she found a husband who was a gambler.
Not only did this man not work to support the family, he would also come to Meira from time to time and ask for money. When Meira refused to give it, he would get into a fight.
Meira ran away many times, but was found by this man every time. Over time, she lost her yearning for freedom and placed all her meaning in life on raising her daughter.
"Well..." Lin En nodded slightly amid the sympathy of others.
Meera is unlucky to have a terrible husband.
But what does it matter to you?
You have a gambler husband, so you can keep it secret and withhold the money that I should use to treat my leg?
You have a husband who is a gambler, so you can forget about me as your benefactor and shamelessly accept another hundred gold as a reward?
Bullshit!
It’s not that you are weak, you are justified!
Lynn didn't see the problem from Mela's perspective this time.
What is the result of him always thinking about others?
Has Meera ever thought about it from his perspective?
No!
If so, why hasn't the five hundred gold been handed over to him? Why didn't she confess her past mistakes when they met again after three years?
At 6:20 in the evening, Meera finally came back.
Linn put his hands in his pockets and stood on the way back to the house: "Ms. Meira."
The tired Meira didn't notice Linn at first. When Linn stood in front of her and called her name, she raised her head: "Lin, Mr. Linn... why are you here?"
"Come here to ask you something, let's talk over here." Linn took Meira to the back of the house.
"Wha, what's the matter?"
"Didn't you get one hundred gold? Why do you still work?" Lin En asked.
"You can't just sit back and rest...while you still have the strength to work, you have to do more..." Meila said.
Lin En was not put off by this reason: "Then you won't live in this environment anymore and prevent your daughter from studying. If you still maintain this kind of life, I can't see how this hundred gold has been used.
What’s the meaning?”
"I……"
"If you don't say anything, please give back this hundred gold." Lin En couldn't stand people who kept silent. Seeing that Meira was coy and refused to speak, Lin En threatened directly.
"The money... was all taken away by my husband..." Meira revealed the truth.
Lin En didn't come up and wrote: "How does your husband know that you are rich?"
"I told him..."
"Why did you tell him?" Lin En was even more confused.
You knew your husband was a gambler, but you still told him about having so much money?
Is it because there is too much money and you can’t spend it?
"If I don't say anything, I will be beaten to death if he searches me out again..." Fear appeared on Meira's face.
After so many years of beatings, she did not dare to have the slightest thought of resistance or disobedience.
She has been transformed into a machine that only knows how to obey.
Lin En took a deep breath and asked again: "What are you hiding from me? If you tell me now, maybe your end will be better."
"I'm hiding it from you...no..." Meira lowered her head and said.
"I'll give you one last chance." Lin En said.
"I didn't hide anything from you... I only told you about my husband after you asked me. If you didn't ask, I don't think it's necessary to say more..."
There is no cure.
"Five hundred gold." Lin En could only reveal the truth of three years ago by herself, "Where did it go?"
"Wha, what five hundred gold?" Meera shook her head in panic, "I don't know..."
"Three years ago, Nishizawa, the powerful man who broke one of my legs, collected five hundred gold and wanted to compensate me. But because he didn't know my contact information, he transferred the money to you and asked you to hand it over to me.
In my hand." Linn looked directly at Meira, "But I have never received this money."
"I...he never gave me money..."
"Do you need me to take you over and confront him face to face?!" Lin En said sharply.
A person with a negative degradation value has to make huge sacrifices for the treatment of workers.
A man whose corruption level was positive saved her. She said that she had no money, so she only gave her two baskets of black bread as a thank you and never appeared again.
There is no need to say who to trust.
"I..." Meira knelt on the ground, tears falling, "Yes, I'm sorry...I...I..."
She admitted it.
The money that should have belonged to Lin En back then, the money that could cure his leg and give him hope again, was stolen by her!
When Meila admitted it herself, Linn felt a little untrue.
He really wanted to say something to the original body:
Look what kind of rotten person you have sacrificed the rest of your life to help!
A rotten person who stole the life-saving money from his benefactor and only gave him two baskets of black bread in return!
A rotten person who couldn't even recognize his benefactor when he stood in front of him after three years!
How ridiculous!
"I...I didn't mean to keep it for myself..." Meira burst into tears, "At that time, my husband lost a large sum of money... He, he mortgaged both my daughter and me... I
It can be taken away, but my daughter...my daughter is still so young..."
"So you use this money to pay off your husband's debt." Lin En said.
"...Yes, yes..."
"What about me?" Linn squatted down and asked, "My legs were crushed, and I am waiting for the money to cure my legs. If my legs are not cured, I will always be a cripple."
Meira sobbed: "I know I'm sorry for you...but I really have no choice...I, if I give the money to you, I will be separated from my daughter forever..."
"Do you feel sorry for me from the bottom of your heart?"
"I have trouble falling asleep every day, and I don't know how to face you... I regret marrying my husband, and I regret meeting the powerful when I went out that day..."
Seeing Meira burst into tears, Linn's heart was not touched at all: "If you really felt sorry for me, you couldn't have just brought me two baskets of black bread and never visited me again.
It's impossible for me to still remember you three years later, but you don't even know who I am."
"I..." Meira was speechless.
"My legs were crushed because I was trying to save you. Caesar gave you five hundred gold so that you could give me the money to treat your legs. But what about you? You are not grateful.
, and you didn’t hand over the money I deserved, so what qualifications do you have to say that you regret and feel sorry for me?” Lin En asked.
Meira began to kowtow to Lin En and expressed her apology through practical actions: "I really know that I was wrong, I really know that I was wrong... Don't worry, I will find a way to return the five hundred gold to you. I
It will definitely..."
"Five hundred gold?" Lin En stood up with a sneer, looking down at this man who seemed so ugly now, "I am no longer short of five hundred gold, but the five hundred gold at that time meant more to me.
Now, even fifty thousand gold cannot be compared."
"I……"
"I'm not short of money, and you can't give me any money that can really compensate me." Lin En came here not to ask for money, but to seek revenge. "You just have to pay a corresponding price for the mistake you made three years ago."
That’s it.”
Meera stopped kowtowing and wiped her tears while choking up and said: "Do you really want to kill everyone... I admit that what I did was wrong at the beginning, but I really had no choice... If I wanted to change you, you would also come first
Protect your loved ones, not an outsider...not to mention...you...your legs are already healed..."
These words made Linn firmer in his inner thoughts.
What do you mean the legs are already healed?
Okay, are you not wrong?
Okay, should you let go of the things you have done?
It's as if the leg was healed because of your conscience!
Lin En stared at Meira coldly: "Three years ago, I ruined the rest of my life in order to save you and your daughter. At that time, you could obviously give me money so that I could become a normal person again.
possibility. But you didn’t. You chose to think about yourself first. Three years later, I lived a good life with my own efforts and learned the truth. You still chose to think about yourself and let me let go unconditionally.
Grief and hatred.”
"I can compensate you slowly...I don't want you to let go unconditionally..." Meira defended.
"I don't need it. I just learned one thing from you, that is, think about yourself, and think more about yourself." Linn took out his gun, "I just want to give an explanation to the past. As for your mood and feelings,
, what will happen in the future is none of my business?”