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

For Lin Ting, skipping class under Teacher Liang's watchful eye was tantamount to being watched by her mother.

This is the real killer move.

Zheng Miaoying grabbed Lin Ting's arm and tried to run back, but Lin Ting pulled her back.

"What are you doing? Go back now!" Yingzi was even more panicked than before, when she had almost been sold.

Lin Ting looked up at the sky thoughtfully: "Yingzi, have you ever heard a saying?"

"What?"

“If you come home late because you’re playing, your mom will definitely beat you, but if you come home even later, her anger will turn into relief when she sees you again.”

"What's there to be thankful for?"

"I'm glad you didn't die out there."

Yingzi realized: "I understand, I need to go home and see my mom!"

Lin Ting: "...?"

"Yingzi, try not to try to understand things in the future. If you have to understand something, try not to make a sound."

……

Lin Ting and Zheng Miaoying went home for a stroll before heading to the classroom.

On the way, Lin Ting found such a large Jiang Zong.

Why did you come out?

Jiang Zong said, "I'm looking for you."

Lin Tingquan assumed it was because he wasn't in the classroom and the socially anxious person was too flustered.

She said, "That's perfect, I forgot to tell you earlier..."

She pulled Jiang Zong aside and chattered for a while before finally asking him, "Did you remember?"

Jiang Zong succinctly summarized what she had just been rambling on: "The mobile phone is mine, and the shop is mine too."

"Correct!"

Imagine if Lin's mother knew that Lin Ting had a mobile phone and owned a shop. She would inevitably ask her how she opened the shop, where the money came from, and when she went to Shanghai. And then...

That's not a killing move, it's a dead end.

They returned to the classroom just as the first class ended.

Teacher Liang stood on the podium, looking at the three of them.

"Come on, explain it to me." Teacher Liang smiled, looking quite unlike a physical education teacher.

Lin Ting blinked: "Teacher Liang, if I said we were helping the police officers, would you accept that?"

Teacher Liang: "Rewrite it? What were you doing?"

Lin Ting half-truthfully confessed, "I went to Yingzi's house to see Auntie. The outside world is too scary, so I don't dare to go out alone."

That's more in line with reality. Teacher Liang sighed softly, then turned to look at Zheng Miaoying, her tone softening: "Zheng, don't let these things distract you. You're safe at school."

Zheng Miaoying was indeed quite frightened. She pursed her lips and nodded gently, "Thank you, teacher."

"It's okay, you can go back."

The treatment of top students is really good.

Lin Ting wanted to sneak away, but Teacher Liang grabbed her by the back of her collar and pulled her back.

She smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Uncle Liang, please don't do that."

Teacher Liang was amused by her: "Don't try to be funny with me, or I'll tell your mother!"

“Uncle Liang, I’m a college student now, don’t always try to sue my parents. Besides, I’m just trying to help others and cooperate with the police…”

"I'm talking about how you stubbornly insist on sitting in the last row and bringing your cell phone to class!" Teacher Liang paused, then asked, "Where did you get your cell phone?"

Lin Tingyi pointed at Jiang Zong: "His."

Jiang Zong nodded: "My dad bought it."

Teacher Liang: "..."

That makes perfect sense.

Teacher Liang pointed at the two of them: "You two, move to the first row now. From now on, these are your reserved seats. If you dare to hide in the back again, don't blame me for being unreasonable."

Lin Ting: "..."

"Then... can we not tell my mom about what happened today?"

Teacher Liang looked her over and said, "Don't do it again."

"okay!"

Lin Ting came back to life, and she said to Jiang Zong with concern, "Maybe you shouldn't audit our class anymore, Teacher Liang has her eye on me."

Jiang Zong paused, his gaze towards Lin Ting slightly hurt.

Lin Ting quickly explained, "I was worried that if you sat in the front row, people would keep looking at you, and you would feel uncomfortable."

Jiang Zong's eyes suddenly lit up.

That's why she kept pulling me to sit in the last row—she was worried about him.

The corners of his mouth raised slightly.

Lin Ting: "...!"

She looked around, feeling that a butler should jump out at this moment, tears streaming down his face, and say, "This is the first time the young master has smiled!"

Lin Ting was still very curious about what would happen next, so she made a special call to Uncle Nie at noon.

"Uncle Nie, Jiang Zong seems to have smiled today!"

Uncle Nie: "Then... what happened?"

"Is this the first time your young master has smiled?"

"Hahahaha, how is that possible? When the young master was a child, he was so carefree that he would laugh even at the sight of a hedgehog."

Lin Ting: "..."

Novels are all lies!

……

At noon, Zheng Miaoying hesitated for a long time before finally saying to her mother, "Mom, my second aunt came to the school to see me today."

Aunt Zheng paused in her chopsticks, her brow furrowing. "What does she want with you?" she asked. Grabbing Zheng Miaoying's hand, she rolled up her sleeve to check for injuries.

“She didn’t hit me,” Zheng Miaoying said, “but she wanted to sell me.”

"What?" Aunt Zheng stared wide-eyed in astonishment.

Zheng Miaoying took a deep breath and recounted everything those men had said and done.

Aunt Zheng was stunned when she heard this.

"Da Ning owes money to others, so she wants to use you as collateral to pay off her debts?"

Aunt Zheng's chest heaved rapidly, and her voice trembled as she spoke.

Zhao Lijuan was five years older than her and had her first child. Daning was their first child, and everyone doted on him. When Daning was little, he was very fussy and would cry if he wasn't held. So the two sisters would take turns holding and comforting him.

Later, when he grew up and could talk, he would softly call for his aunt to hug him.

Daning was the first child she raised herself.

It would be a lie to say there were no feelings involved, so when Zhao Lijuan used Da Ning as an excuse to borrow money that day, her first thought wasn't that Da Ning was trying to cheat her, but rather that she was worried.

She always felt that adult matters were for adults and shouldn't involve children.

Can……

Aunt Zheng hugged Zheng Miaoying tightly, her eyes filled with panic.

"Mom is so sorry, Mom is so sorry..."

Tears streamed down her face. The thought of almost losing her daughter today made her heart ache terribly.

Even if a nephew is good, he belongs to someone else; a daughter is her lifeblood.

Zheng Miaoying leaned on her shoulder and whispered, "I'm fine, Mom. It's not your fault... But, Auntie was arrested by the police..."

"She deserves it!"

This is probably the harshest thing Aunt Zheng has ever said to her own relatives.

She gritted her teeth, her hatred for Zhao Lijuan burning at the mere thought of her.

Zheng Miaoying hugged her and gently patted her back, trying to change the subject: "Mom, don't cry. I put up our store's price list on the bulletin board today. Maybe some customers will come soon."

"Mmm, mmm... don't cry..."

She said she wouldn't cry, but she just couldn't control her tears.

She held Zheng Miaoying's hand and whispered, "It's a good thing we moved... Who knows, she might have come to our house last night..."

Just as Zheng Miaoying was about to say something, an unfamiliar voice came from outside the courtyard: "Excuse me, is this a tailor shop?"

The guests actually came.