Chapter 411: – New Volunteers
Lin Jin felt really uncomfortable with her dad around. Her dad would often say some caring words to her, making Lin Jin feel even more uncomfortable. It must be stated that her father was never as talkative as he was now.
It had been a long time since she last experienced her dad checking in on her. Back when she really needed his guidance, he barely paid her any attention. Now that she was an adult and was in college, it made her feel uneasy.
"Lin Jin, don't stay in front of the computer all the time." After lunch, her dad cleaned up the second bedroom and called out to Lin Jin, who was locked away in her room "Go out and play when you have free time. Don’t stay in front of the computer all the time, it’s bad for your eyes."
"Lin Jin, where should I put the leftovers from lunch? It's hot today, they might go bad by tonight."
"Lin Jin, do you have any classes this afternoon? If not, how about you bring me around for a walk?"
F*ck, so annoying! How did she not realize how talkative he was before?
Lin Jin, who was in her room trying to make the video, felt her head was spinning. She covered her face with her hands and vigorously shook her head. She felt that all the creativity in her head had been wiped out, so she finally gave up trying to continue making the video.
She pouted, walked out of her bedroom, glanced at her dad, who was cluelessly sitting on the sofa, and sighed. Then she turned around, went into the kitchen, reheated the leftover food, and put them in a thermos box.
"I'm going out for a bit. I'll be back around five." Lin Jin said casually while packing her things. "Do whatever you need to do this afternoon, just don’t follow me."
"Where are you going? What are you doing?" Her dad immediately stood up and came over. "Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?"
"No need, you go do your thing. Didn’t you say you were going to start a business?" Lin Jin coldly finished packing her things and turned around to head out the door.
Lin Jin was already very familiar with the welfare institute. She spent time playing with the children, teaching Yufei and the other two girls ballet, and occasionally teaching them some classical Chinese dance. Even though Lin Jin’s classical Chinese dance skills weren't as good as a professional’s, maybe because of her talent, she had made some progress practicing recently. At least it was more than enough to teach Yufei.
However, classical Chinese dance required a slightly higher degree of flexibility than ballet, which made Yufei constantly complain. Although she was only six years old and her body was still quite flexible, stretching and leg presses still hurt. Even though Lin Jin wasn’t a strict teacher, Yufei would still often end up in tears during the stretching exercises.
Lin Jin was comfortably playing games with the kids at the orphanage when she suddenly heard a commotion downstairs. Then two men in their twenties came up the stairs shortly after.
"It’s that person who made the video. She's actually still here." One of the men, a little skinny with a face full of acne, whispered to the other man beside him "It was because I saw her video that I wanted to come check this place out."
"The woman?" The guy next to him was quite handsome. He stood straight and had a distant, aloof demeanor. He looked a little cold and his voice was just as chilly "She looks okay. So you dragged me here just to see that woman?"
"That’s not it. What’s wrong with carrying about the orphans?" The skinny guy had kept his eyes on Lin Jin, clicking his tongue in approval. "She's way prettier than in the video. Whoever filmed her videos must definitely be an amateur, they actually made her look so ugly."
Lin Jin glanced back at the two men whispering and seemingly pointing at her. She didn’t say anything and just lowered her head to continue playing with the children. As they were playing, the chubby auntie, who seemed to be in charge of greeting visitors, hurried over to the two men and started talking to them about something.
Those two seem to recognize me.
Lin Jin tilted her head and thought.
Maybe it was because they watched that short documentary video I made, so they came here to visit?
Anyway, Lin Jin didn’t believe that any normal person would go out of their way to volunteer at a welfare institute with such a bad reputation for no reason.
Also, they looked to be just college students.
After the two chatted with the chubby auntie for a while, they walked straight over to Lin Jin. The skinny guy smiled at Lin Jin and said: "I'm your fan. We’re here because we saw your video. Can I get a photo with you?"
Yo! I actually also have fans!
As the first fan she had met, Lin Jin naturally didn’t mind giving some benefits, like taking a photo or signing an autograph or something.
So she nodded with a smile, stood up, and walked over to the skinny guy.
"My name’s Chen Junhui. Let’s do this" The skinny guy introduced himself, took out his phone and held it up in front of him. He excitedly turned to his friend and asked, "Wanna join us?"
"I’m good." That cold guy curled his lips.
Lin Jin glanced at him, unsure of what to say. When it came to being cold and expressionless, Xia Tian was still better.
Since she frequently dealt with Xia Tian before, Lin Jin also knew how to handle these cold looking types of people. She happily posed for photos with Chen Junhui, completely ignoring the other guy.
After they had taken a few pictures, Chen Junhui suddenly seemed to remember something and asked Lin Jin: "Oh right, what was your name?"
Oh, so you didn’t even know my name, huh?
Lin Jin's mouth twitched slightly. In her videos, she usually went by: Grace. But it seemed that because this address was too cringey, those viewers on A Site usually liked to address Lin Jin as: Crude.
Yeah, that was kind of cringe too.
"Calling you Grace or Crude always feels a bit weird." Chen Junhui scratched his head, smiling awkwardly. "Also, what should a volunteer do here? I don’t have any classes this afternoon, so I just came over to take a look."
"You just need to play with the children."
Lin Jin was now pretty much the leader of the children at the welfare institute. Except for those with hearing issues, the other children basically all listen to her.
"Hey, Yufei" Lin Jin came to the second floor balcony, calling out to Yufei downstairs "Two new volunteers came. Stop practicing for now. Go bring and properly show them around!"
"Oh!"
"It’s two handsome guys! Hurry up!"
"Really!" Yufei's eyes lit up. Within a minute’s time, she had bounced up to the second floor. She immediately spotted the two men standing next to Lin Jin.
"Wow! Hello, big handsome guy!" She directly ignored the acne covered Chen Junhui and arrived before the cold looking handsome guy. Tiptoeing and pretending to be all innocent as she stretched out her arms, saying, "Hug~"
Why weren’t you like this when you first saw me?
Isn’t your enthusiasm a bit overboard?