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

Lin Ting reached out and pinched Zheng Miaoying's face, shaking it twice: "Look carefully, I'm back."

Zheng Miaoying jumped up from the stool, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she quickly covered it.

She glanced at her mother, who was still fast asleep, and asked in a low voice, "Tingting, why are you back so soon?"

"There wasn't much to do, so I came back," Lin Ting said casually.

Her trip to Shanghai was indeed very rushed.

This was not only because the Ruigong Hotel was too expensive, but also because she didn't want to cause trouble.

"A common man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure." She was just a powerless young girl. If she were to be targeted by a powerful figure, she would be powerless to resist.

Jiang Zong and his father were an accident. Lin Ting deliberately told Jiang's father at the bank that he thought it was possible to do it because he thought Jiang Zong, a complete stranger, was a good person who had helped out of kindness. Moreover, judging from the way Jiang's father acted, he was not the kind of person who would be tempted by twelve subscription certificates.

She wanted to forge a good connection.

Lin Ting was lost in thought, but Zheng Miaoying didn't notice at all.

She looked at Lin Ting, pouted, and tears fell down her cheeks.

"Waaah... Listen, Chen Jun and I had a fight..."

Lin Ting: "Let's go, let's beat him up."

Zheng Miaoying instantly cowered, even her tears stopped falling: "I...I...I think I'll just forget about it..."

"Why keep someone like that around if you don't beat them up?"

"But...fighting is not good."

A wise light shone in Zheng Miaoying's eyes.

Lin Ting: "..."

In this world, sometimes she really wanted to call the police.

She rubbed her temples and asked, "So what do you want to do?"

"Huh? I don't know..."

Zheng Miaoying tapped her finger, the sound so soft it was almost inaudible.

Lin Ting was speechless again.

After a while, she patted Zheng Miaoying on the shoulder and said in a teasy tone, "Actually, I don't know what he's thinking. Your aunt is sick, and instead of helping, he keeps interfering with you with his prejudices."

"It's only because we're all kind-hearted, otherwise we would have thought he was deliberately trying to interfere with Auntie's treatment."

"Forget about that. I bought some local specialties for you and your aunt in Shanghai. If your aunt knows about him, just say he bought them. That way, she'll feel more at ease."

Zheng Miaoying's eyes instantly reddened: "Listen, thank you for always thinking of me..."

"If you cry again, I'll slap you."

"..."

Zheng Miaoying instantly held back her tears.

Lin Ting patted her shoulder: "I have some things to do, so I won't stay any longer. Please give my regards to Auntie when she wakes up."

"Okay." Zheng Miaoying nodded gently, tears welling in her eyes.

"I came here mainly to let you know that I'm back. If you need anything, call me or come to my house."

After saying what he wanted to say, Lin patted her on the shoulder and left.

Zheng Miaoying saw her out and happened to see Lin Ting holding Lin's mother's arm.

She had never met Lin Ting's mother before, but they were wearing the same red scarf, and she could tell they were mother and daughter from behind.

Watching them leave, chatting and laughing, Zheng Miaoying felt a pang of envy.

If her mother hadn't been sick, she could be walking with her mother today, arm in arm, or helping her with her stall work.

Zheng Miaoying unconsciously recalled what Lin Ting had just said.

Could it be... that Chen Jun really doesn't want his mother to recover?

He hates himself so much for running a street stall, does he hate his mother just as much?

Zheng Miaoying's face gradually turned pale.

……

Chen Jun had no idea that someone had thrown a huge scapegoat at him today.

He's annoyed.

Since that day, he has been stared at with strange looks wherever he goes.

Some gossipy people even told him directly, "It's okay for a young man to make a mistake, just pay more attention in the future and correct it in time."

He hasn't left the house for three days.

He has two worries now.

One of them is Zheng Miaoying.

She's been acting strangely lately. All I told her was to have some self-respect and not hang out with Lin Ting anymore, and not to set up a street stall, and she started talking about looking down on me.

She didn't even consider that if she truly looked down on her, how could she possibly date her?

The second is Lin Ting.

She made a huge scene, ruining his reputation and image, and then she actually went straight to Shanghai.

Ha, she's quick to dodge.

When she comes back, he will definitely...

"Lin Ting is back."

At the dinner table, Chen's mother said this.

Chen Jun paused, then looked up at his mother.

Chen's mother looked at him coldly and said with extreme seriousness, "If you run into Lin Ting again, be more polite to me. Everyone is watching you now, so you'd better save your father and me some trouble!"

Chen Jun has gotten used to being scolded these past few days.

He gave a soft "hmm" and buried his head in his food.

Mr. Chen glanced at him, then turned to Mrs. Chen and said, "Go buy some more gifts tomorrow, since it's a holiday. I'll give them to my boss on the eve of the Lunar New Year."

"Should we just buy the same things as before?" Chen's mother asked.

“Not enough,” Mr. Chen shook his head and sighed. “We need to prepare more gifts this year… There might be some trouble with my promotion to director.”

He has been in the position of deputy director for eight years, which is enough of his qualifications for promotion, and he has been working on this matter all year.

But...

Chen's mother frowned.

She knew without asking why something that seemed like a sure thing would go wrong.

Lin's father is the head of general surgery and has the best surgical skills. He carries a lot of weight in the city hospital.

And since his good son bullied that girl so badly, even if Lin's father didn't say anything, countless people would try to curry favor with Lin's father by suppressing Chen's father.

Chen's mother sighed and replied, "Okay, I understand."

……

Not only the Chen family was concerned about Chen's father's promotion, but Lin Ting was also pondering this matter.

In the original storyline, because Chen Jun paid Zheng Miaoying's medical expenses, Chen's father took the opportunity to become the director and then became the hospital director within five years.

Chen Jun also benefited greatly from his father's influence in his career.

Doctors may not seem to have much power, but they come into contact with a lot of people, and this is a profession that normal people would not deliberately make things difficult for or offend.

Almost none of these people who rose to prominence in the early 1990s escaped the benefits of policy incentives.

Chen Jun naturally relied on his father, the hospital director, to build countless connections and rise rapidly through the ranks.

Lin Ting couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Putting everything else aside, given how much trouble they had with the Chen family that day, if Chen's father becomes the dean, the first person to suffer will be Lin's father.

She didn't know much about the hospital, and her parents wouldn't talk about it in front of her.

She can't figure anything out by just guessing.

So she went directly to Lin's father.

She poured Lin's father a glass of hot water and asked casually, "Dad, I heard that Uncle Chen wants a promotion. Is that possible?"

Lin's father immediately became alert, his brows furrowing: "Daughter, why are you asking this? You're not here to plead for him, are you?"

Lin's father's heart jumped into his throat.