Pretty and charming, dressed in the 90s, she's good at everything from making money to causing

Lin's mother wasn't angry that Lin Ting had wasted a green pepper; she simply asked Lin's father to replace the white fungus soup with eye drops.

Lin Ting lay on the sofa, using two towels as pillows, while her father rinsed her eyes with saline solution and eye drops.

“I can’t help it, I can’t cry,” Lin heard. “I’ve thought of all the sad things from my past and present lives, but I can only manage not to laugh out loud.”

Lin's father flicked her forehead: "You've thought about quite a lot, haven't you thought about your next life?"

He took Lin Ting's words as a joke, wiped the saline solution off her face, and asked, "Close your eyes and feel if your eyes still sting."

Lin Ting obediently closed her eyes, rolled her eyes for a while, and then shook her head: "It's okay."

"That's fine."

Lin's father supported his daughter's neck and helped her sit up, while he took two wet towels to wash himself.

At dinner, Lin's mother stir-fried the chili peppers that had helped Lin Ting and said to Lin Ting rather unkindly, "Come on, eat more. This is a good way to use chili peppers."

Lin Ting: "..."

Mr. Lin chuckled softly, but his smile faded quickly, and he couldn't help but look at his daughter with concern.

Although today's matter was resolved perfectly, Lin Ting...

Lin Ting noticed her parents' worried looks, put down her chopsticks, sat up straight, and said seriously, "Mom and Dad, I want to emphasize again—I don't like Chen Jun, really."

After a moment of silence, Lin's mother nodded: "I can see that."

You can't fake dislike.

In the past, Lin Ting would never have turned Chen Jun away, let alone humiliated him.

Although Lin's father didn't understand girls' thoughts, he trusted his wife's judgment. If his wife believed it, he believed it too.

He put a piece of egg on Lin Ting's plate and coaxed her, "Okay, we don't like that kid, we won't mention him anymore."

Mr. Lin felt physically and mentally refreshed.

He had never found Chen Jun pleasing to the eye.

Lin's mother put a piece of meat on Lin Ting's plate, and after a moment of silence, said, "Ting'er, why don't you go out and play for a few days?"

Lin Ting's eyes lit up instantly.

Is this an unexpected little reward for tearing apart the offspring?

Lin's mother frowned slightly and said, "There's a meeting at school recently, so I'll be busy for a while. Your father is also busy with work. Chen Jun... he's too concerned about his image. I'm afraid he'll come and bother you again when no one's home."

Lin's mother looked at Lin's father: "What do you think?"

Mr. Lin was a little worried and unusually voiced his dissent: "Letting our daughter go out to play by herself? It's not safe."

"It's also..."

Afraid that her mother would waver, Lin Ting raised her little hand and said, "Mom, I have a classmate from Shanghai. How about I go to Shanghai to visit her for a few days?"

"This……"

"Male classmates or female classmates?" Lin's father hit the nail on the head.

Lin Ting decisively replied, "Of course, it's a female classmate."

"That's alright." Lin's father breathed a sigh of relief.

After thinking for a moment, Lin's mother nodded: "Okay, let's go to Shanghai then."

Lin Ting was overjoyed!

If circumstances allowed, she would have even wanted to send Chen Jun a banner.

Just write "Selfless dedication to others"!

……

Chen Jun, who sacrificed himself for others, was beaten in a mixed doubles match.

Chen's mother found five hundred yuan in his pocket, which matched the money she had lost.

"You're really something! You dare to steal money from your family while dating someone!"

Chen's mother was so angry that she felt dizzy and lightheaded.

She couldn't understand why her obedient and excellent son would do such a thing—without a doubt, it must have been that girl who instigated it!

Chen Jun pursed his lips tightly, his chest heaving rapidly.

The pain of being hit by a rolling pin is nothing compared to the humiliation he suffered today.

Lin Ting!

He vowed that he would never let her go!

……

"Have you heard? The Chen family made a scene until late last night. You could hear Chen Jun's mother cursing from the fifth floor."

"Of course, I saw Old Chen go out to buy food around nine o'clock..."

"Oh, so angry you're not even cooking? Looks like Chen Jun really did steal money from home."

"Did he steal the money to pay his girlfriend's hospital bills?"

"Don't talk nonsense. That young girl didn't take any money from his family; she earned it herself..."

"Speaking of which, this girl is quite strong-willed. Having a daughter like her is a blessing in disguise..."

The following day, news of what happened the previous night spread throughout the city hospital.

And the other main figure at the center of the incident was inevitably mentioned as well—

"Old Lin, how's the child? Is he frightened?"

After finishing his rounds, Director Feng went to see Lin's father.

Mr. Lin responded and deliberately walked out of his office, saying in the corridor, "My daughter went to Shanghai to visit a classmate. She'll be back before the New Year."

Director Feng: "..."

He didn't even ask Lin Ting where she was going.

However, he understood his old friend's intention and immediately replied, "Okay, it's good to go out and clear your head, so you don't get bothered by others again."

Lin's father replied wistfully, "Yes."

"You must worry a lot because your daughter is so pretty, right?" Director Feng said with a smile. "Alright, you and your sister-in-law shouldn't get worked up. It's good for the child to go out and have some fun during the holidays..."

"Ah."

When is the child leaving?

"I'm going to buy the tickets today; the train is this afternoon."

"Huh? In such a hurry?"

……

Lin Ting also felt that things were getting urgent, really urgent.

She originally planned to buy the subscription certificate in Shanghai and then come back, but she arrived in Shanghai before the subscription certificate was issued.

The Bund was a bustling and prosperous metropolis.

Behind the glitz and glamour lies... it's really expensive here.

Lin Ting carried the backpack containing the money on her back, dragging her suitcase with one hand, looking melancholy and sad.

Where would she find a classmate who could take her in?

Before leaving, Lin's mother gave her five hundred yuan, which was by no means a small amount, but—

"Thirty-one night?"

Lin Ting looked at the dilapidated little hotel in front of her, her lips trembling slightly.

If she only had five hundred dollars with her, staying here would be no problem at all.

But she had nearly 40,000 yuan with her, and she was living here... If she lost the money, she wouldn't be able to find it.

Lin Ting licked her lips, silently recited "safety first," and then decisively walked into the Ruigong Hotel, which looked very safe.

After calculating the money in her pocket, she decisively chose the most basic room—one hundred yuan per night.

Lin Ting grumbled inwardly about the prices in Shanghai, locked the door after entering the room, and threw himself onto the soft bed.

She rolled over and checked the money she had sewed into the lining of her backpack overnight.

They're still here, not a single piece is missing.

She breathed a sigh of relief, put the money in the safe provided in the room, and left with fifty dollars in her pocket.

"First, I'll find a public phone to let my family know I'm safe," Lin Ting specifically said.

"Mom, my classmate's family doesn't have a phone. From now on, I will call home every night at 7:30 to let them know I'm safe."

Lin's mother was quite satisfied with this arrangement, feeling that her daughter had suddenly grown up.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Ting rubbed her stomach, randomly found a restaurant, ate a bowl of noodles, and then wandered aimlessly through the streets.

On the streets of Shanghai, you can see well-dressed business owners everywhere, holding mobile phones and discussing all sorts of business deals. Some of them are accompanied by "secretaries".

Lin Ting strolled around casually, and couldn't help but start thinking—once the funds were in place, doing some trading in the Shanghai Stock Exchange wouldn't be a bad idea.