Chapter 349: – Sold by dad?
To Lin Jin, part time work was a very boring thing. Although she got to know some friends who couldn’t really be called friends, these friends would probably vanish once she quit her job, just like that third year college student who suddenly quit without giving any notice. Even though not giving a heads up before quitting was indeed her fault, but just the day before, Lin Jin had seen that college student and sister Xu chatting and acting quite close.
However when the person wasn’t around the next day, sister Xu kept bad mouthing her to Lin Jin non-stop.
Liu Shengqi's appearance surprised Lin Jin, but she didn't think too much about it. Whether he was hooking up with girls or just meeting an online friend didn't really matter to her. After all, she and Liu weren't exactly close, it was just that they had lived together for a few days before.
There were also no buses in the middle of the night, but near Wanda was a gathering spot for shared bikes. The bicycles were littered everywhere. She casually got on one, zipped up her jacket, pulled up her hood, and leisurely rode towards her rental unit with her head lowered.
It was only Wednesday, yet her mom had already been back to her hometown for more than four days with no news at all. She didn’t know if something had gone wrong, or maybe there was a problem when communicating with dad?
Lin Jin hadn't ridden a bicycle for a while. She started riding from around elementary school in third grade all the way until the sixth grade. After that, because middle school and high school were too far, she started taking the bus.This resulted in her not really able to control the bike. She was a bit shaky on the bike, as if she might fall at any moment.
Fortunately, she still had the basic foundations from back then. After riding for about ten or so minutes, she got the hang of it again.
There weren’t many cars on the road. After all, it was already quite late at night and this wasn’t a commercial area. Once it got late, even the crowd at Wanda Plaza would dwindle. Thus, Lin Jin felt very comfortable riding. On the streets, she wouldn’t encounter more than ten cars every few minutes. It wasn’t a big deal even if she rode her bicycle onto the fast car lanes. Of course, that was just talk, Lin Jin wouldn’t really seek death like that.
In the night of Jimei, the bright street lights on both sides of the road lit up much of the sky. Lin Jin mounted her phone on the bike's handlebars, opened up the navigation, and leisurely cycled through the quiet streets at night.
Maybe take a shower and head straight to bed after getting back?
While mulling over what to do next, Lin Jin also took the opportunity to consider whether she should start a new live stream for fun. This time, she wouldn’t stream games. Instead, she thought to become an entertainment just chatting streamer. Maybe dancing a bit, singing some songs, then chatting with the viewers or something might be fun.
But this live streaming thing was such a hassle…
Halfway through her ride, she suddenly found her phone screen switch to the incoming call interface. She hurriedly stopped her bike by the roadside and answered the call.
“Mom, it’s so late yet you’re calling me?” Lin Jin placed one foot on the ground, propping her bicycle upright, and casually asked “Is there a problem with the ID change?”
Lin Jin completely didn’t think the hospital certificate signed by "Black Cat" would work at the public security bureau. The police weren’t idiots, what kind of doctor would be called Black Cat? Even if there was, the surname “Black” didn’t exist, right?
“No, I just wanted to ask if you plan on changing your name.” There was some background noise on her mom’s side, like click clack noises. Clearly she was playing mahjong.
“Let’s not change names, my name’s quite good.” Lin Jin was very surprised, the ID change thing seemed to be going smoothly?
Suddenly, her mom cheered, followed by the sound of mahjong tiles being flipped over: “I win!”
“Sister Wu’s pretty good! Just one round and she’s already won over a hundred.” Then Lin Jin heard the voice of a mahjong buddy nearby.
Her mom mutually complimented back some words, then cheerily continued telling Lin Jin: “Your dad is being difficult, saying if you change your ID, then you don’t need to be his son anymore.”
Such a serious matter, and yet why do you seem quite happy?
“But it’s done now!” her mom said gleefully. “How about you change your name to Wu Jing, take mom’s surname. From now on, you can come with me. Your dad said he doesn't want you anymore.”
“Later on, I’ll make sure you live well, help you find a handsome and wealthy boy to marry, and then give birth to a beautiful grandchild for mom.” Her mom was overjoyed, sharing the reaction of Lin Jin’s dad over the past few days, “You should have seen how dark your dad’s face was when he found out about your surgery. He even thought about making you undergo another surgery to change you back, hmph! He sure can dream. He can forget about being a grandfather in this life.”
"It’s nothing like mom. Mom can have grandchildren from both a son and daughter."
What the f*ck? Mom, are you missing a screw in your brain? When did I ever agree to give birth to a grandchild for you?
Lin Jin was completely baffled. She was unable to interrupt her mom's beautiful daydream despite not finding the idea very appealing at all. Even though her psychology was indeed quite similar to that of other women, over a decade of living as a man has made it impossible for her to imagine being pressed down by another man, okay?
"So, how’s dad now? He won’t come over and beat me up, right?" Lin Jin asked with a twitch of her lips.
She was actually afraid that her dad might impulsively come over to beat her. Although she had basically been hit since her childhood, she was now an adult. It would be too humiliating if she were still to be picked up and beaten.
You know, there was a time she was even hung from a tree and spanked with her pants down. The past was simply too unbearable to revisit.
"No way, I've talked to your dad. If he dislikes you, you’ll directly separate from the family. I'll just compensate him with a hundred thousand or so" her mom said disdainfully. "When I mentioned compensating him with money, he got so happy he forgot everything else and went off to gamble."
What?
So she had cared for her dad for seven to eight years, but he ended up selling her?
Lin Jin felt a chill in her heart. It felt as if all her years of devotion had been completely fed to the dogs.
Motherf*cker, who was it that despite having a high fever, still went grocery shopping, cooked meals, and washed clothes for dad?
She was infuriated. Back then, in order to help her dad quit his gambling addiction, she wholeheartedly tried her best to persuade and take care of her dad. When her mom’s business in Guangdong stabilized, she had suggested Lin Jin to come over to Guangdong countless times, but Lin Jin had always refused. In the end, she had only become a girl and her dad no longer wanted her…
It was too much!
Although angry, Lin Jin couldn't fully explain why aside from a slight sadness, she didn’t feel too many other emotions. She just sighed softly and asked.
"What else?"
"Take a leave on Friday. The public security bureau is closed over the weekend. Come over to take some photos and stuff." Her mom instructed. "I'll head over in the morning to line up, you need to arrive by noon."
"Okay, got it. Then I’ll go to sleep now."
Lin Jin sighed, ended the call, and reattached her phone to the bicycle’s handlebars. She turned on the navigation and leisurely headed towards her rental home.
Asking for leave again, this time the counselor probably won’t agree so easily, right? And she'd have to ask for time off at her part time job too. Working for just three four days and asking for leave, who knows if sister Xu will have any complaints.
Oh well, just do what you have to do.
Lin Jin had never felt as uncertain about her future as she did today.