Wang Cuixhua was terrified by Anning's crying.
Lin Aiguo was also startled.
The two of them didn't care how hot it was outside; they rushed out as fast as they could.
Seeing Anning so wilted, her clothes covered with salt stains from sweat that had dried in the hot sun, and her face so red, her hair a complete mess, Wang Cuixhua's heart twisted in distress.
Lin Aiguo was even more anxious, sizing up Anning: "What happened? Did something happen? Where's Xue Feng?"
"Dad..."
Anning burst into tears.
Anning was a sensible child. Since starting high school, no matter how big the problem, she hadn't cried. But now, her crying left Lin Aiguo not knowing what to do.
Wang Cuixhua took the father and daughter inside, quickly pouring a cup of cool boiled water for Anning: "Ningning, what happened to you? Who bullied you?"
Anning didn't pick up the cup but just cried, her puffy red eyes swollen: "Mom, what do we do? My sister... she took my admission notice. It's been several days, and she didn't tell me. Now I can't find her anywhere..."
"What?"
Lin Aiguo sprang to his feet upon hearing this: "Lin Anjie took your admission notice? Who told you that?"
Anning wiped her tears: "I ran into Mr. Zhang. He told me."
Lin Aiguo knew the Mr. Zhang Anning mentioned was the mail carrier Xiao Zhang. If he said so, then it must be true.
"That wretched girl."
Wang Cuixhua started to curse: "Why on earth would she take your admission notice for no reason? No, I have to find her."
Anning quickly grabbed Wang Cuixhua: "Mom, don't bother looking. We don't even know where she is now. And what can we do if we find her? She might have already torn up my admission notice."
Anning's voice was choked with sobs, and she looked particularly upset: "When I was taking the college entrance exams, she drugged the water because she didn't want me to get into university. Now that I've been admitted, she can't stand it and took my notice just to stop me from going."
Lin Aiguo felt that what Anning was saying was all true.
Lin Anjie had taken the notice and not said a word about it, surely either having thrown it away or damaged it already. She definitely had malicious intentions, not wanting Anning to attend university.
"Alright, stop looking for her."
Lin Aiguo slammed his hand on the table. Looking intently at Wang Cuixhua, he spoke word by word: "From now on, the Lin family has no daughter named Lin Anjie. If she ever comes back, do not allow her through the door. You listen to me clearly, if you secretly keep in touch with her, you can forget about coming through the Lin family's door as well."
The reason Lin Aiguo spoke so decisively was that he feared Wang Cuixhua's soft heart, worried that she might succumb to Lin Anjie's crying and pleading in the future, wanting to help her.
Lin Anjie, who could trample her own little sister to death like that, must have a cruel heart. And the way she does things, so ruthless and unscrupulous – if they let her into the house again, or have contact with her, who knows who else she would harm?
This time, Lin Aiguo was truly scared.
Wang Cuixhua wrung her hands, her eyes showing some struggle. But when she saw the wretched state Anning was in, she gritted her teeth and nodded: "Head of the household, I won't have any more contact with her. If she can harm Ningning today, she could harm An Ping tomorrow, and who knows, maybe one day she would turn against us."
Lin Aiguo nodded: "As long as you're clear about that."
He stood up and walked outside: "I'm going to Big Brother's place to tell our father. The Lin Family will sever ties with Lin Anjie completely from now on."
Watching Lin Aiguo's retreating figure, Anning knew he was determined this time.
She breathed a sigh of relief in her heart; this was also good, as from now on the Lin family would not associate with Lin Anjie, thus preventing them from being implicated by her.
This way, Anning's calculated plan would not go to waste.
Anning had sifted through the original host's memories and carefully contemplated, confirming that in her past life Lin Anjie had definitely taken the original host's admission letter without permission.
The original host's academic performance had always been particularly good. She was very confused during the college entrance exam, but still, with sheer willpower, she managed to answer the questions.
She herself did not remember very clearly, but Anning, with her strong Divine Sense, was able to review the content of her answers thoroughly from her memory.
Anning had also calculated how many points the original host could score, and the result was that although the original host's score was not high, it was still enough to get into a junior college.
And in the early eighties, getting into a junior college was already quite an achievement.
But her wish for a university acceptance letter never came in her whole life.
This was very strange, Anning felt. It must have been Lin Anjie's doing—she definitely replaced the original host to claim the admission letter, but never mentioned it to the original host, thwarting the original host's lifelong wish.
This time, Anning was betting that Lin Anjie would do the same thing again.
She calculated carefully through the original host's memory, and then tried her best to score high on the exam, all to expose Lin Anjie.
It was also quite a coincidence.
Actually, the true time for admission letters to be sent out was not now; after all, the scores had just come out, and the admission letters could not possibly arrive so quickly.
But Anning's admission letter arrived faster than anyone else's, and there was a reason for that.
It turned out that a professor from Beijing Agricultural University's hometown was in H Province, and he just happened to visit the Provincial City right when the college entrance exam scores were being summarized. The professor was the first to learn that a student who applied for Beijing Agricultural University had become the provincial top scorer.
He was overjoyed and worried that other schools might snatch the student away from the Agricultural University, so he hurriedly called the president of the Agricultural University to report, and then the president immediately asked the professor to admit Lin Anning ahead of time.
As a result, Anning's admission letter was issued early, and it was just in time for Lin Anjie to come across it.
Lin Anjie knew Anning was a good student, but she really didn't expect Anning's performance to be so good that she became the provincial top scorer. As a result, with malice growing in her heart, she directly took the admission letter and tore it up, intent on seeing Anning's wish unfulfilled.
However, when Lin Anjie got home, she just arrived at the same time as the leaders came to bring the good news.
Upon hearing that Anning had become the provincial top scorer, she was scared witless.
Being the provincial highest scorer and if a score as high as Anning's failed to secure a university spot, there must be something fishy. If Anning couldn't receive her admission letter after a few days, she would surely ask questions, and the authorities would definitely investigate. By then, everything she'd done would be exposed.
Thinking of this scenario terrified Lin Anjie. She had no idea what to do and hastily packed her bag and left Xiaogou Village. She didn't even dare stay in H Province, heading straight for the Southern region with her bundle in tow.
Anning had calculated all of this.
In these years, she intended to lead the Lin family to become wealthy. With Lin Anjie, the troublemaker around, there would be a lot of chaos. Anning, wanting peace, also planned to drive Lin Anjie away.
Furthermore, she wanted to utterly disappoint the Lin family with Lin Anjie.
And now, everything was indeed going as she wished; all would be realized.
After Lin Aiguo left, Anning, in tears, said to Wang Cuixhua, "Mother, don't blame me for being heartless, but as of today, I no longer recognize Lin Anjie as my sister. If she faces any issues in the future, I definitely won't get involved. If she does well, I won't share in her light, and if she's not doing well, she shouldn't expect my help."
Wang Cuixhua sighed, "Your mother knows, it's all her fault, it's all her fault, not yours. No matter how much you hate her, your mother won't blame you."
Wang Cuixhua was also clear in her heart that, given what Lin Anjie had done to Anning, even if Anning had the best temperament, she would definitely not forgive her.
Anning simply wanting to sever ties with Lin Anjie was already showing kindness; if she encountered someone with a harsher heart, they might have sought harsh revenge.