Chapter 421: – The future?
Lin Jin was very disappointed with her dad. Although she had always been disappointed, she had never been disappointed to this extent.
It seemed like her dad knew he'd done something wrong and was trying to make amends. However, his daily income from the stall he set up was still not as much as if he just found a waiter job in Xiamen. So, every day he looked more downcast. Combined with Lin Jin's cold demeanor, he seemed to be getting more and more gray hairs.
Luckily, Lin Jin had to go to class in the morning and went to the welfare institute to play with the children in the afternoon. The only times she saw her dad was right before bed at night. If it weren't for his voice often waking her up during the day or occasionally bumping into him when she went to the bathroom at night, she might have almost forgotten she lived with him.
At three in the afternoon, Lin Jin arrived at the welfare institute.
Maybe because her teaching skills were limited, she soon found she had nothing else left to teach Yufei.
"Sister, in another two months, I’ll start school." Yufei sat side by side with Lin Jin on the steps. She raised her head, looking at Lin Jin, and said "It seems like this year, several friends are all also going."
"Oh, you're six, right? Isn’t this just in time?" Lin Jin rested her chin in her hands as she watched the two little girls on the open ground in front trying hard to dance. Though they were a bit too young and their movements weren’t accurate. It looked a bit funny. "I might not be able to teach you much in the future."
"Why not?" Yufei tilted her head and looked at Lin Jin.
Although Lin Jin hadn’t reached the level of being invincible in Yufei’s eyes, she still believed that many things were of no problem to Lin Jin.
"I'm just a half baked teacher myself. Now that I’ve taught you to this level, it would mostly just be you practicing more in the future." Lin Jin shrugged. "Now, I’ve helped you get the basics laid out. After you start school, I’ll help you find a professional ballet class so you can follow a real teacher."
"Oh..."
"Sister Lin."
While they were talking, a tall, thin male student wearing glasses suddenly walked out from the door behind them.
"What's up?" Lin Jin turned to look at him.
"What should we play with the children? It feels really awkward being here. The aunties take care of all the cleaning and other things. But as for playing with them, I don’t even know what to play." This scholarly young man had been coming here since yesterday. Apparently it was also because of Lin Jin’s videos that he found this place.
"Well, you can go find another volunteer and get them to play eagle catching chicks with them." Lin Jin casually suggested. "I see you guys don’t even know what to do after coming here. Just talk with the children, watch the TV with them, anything is fine."
"Really?" The young man scratched his messy hair and chuckled dryly, "Sister Lin, what are you doing right now?"
"Sister is hanging out with me! Are you blind?" Yufei immediately stood up. She had her hands on her hips, standing tall and defiant looking in front of the male student. She huffed "If you feel you have nothing to do, then go help the aunties cook! What are you doing here for?"
Lin Jin couldn't help but softly chuckle.
When she first met Yufei, the little girl had barely spared her a glance. At that time, Lin Jin felt it was tough. But now, Yufei was The first time she met Yufei, the little girl had barely spared her a glance, and Lin Jin thought that was pretty tough. But now, she actually encountered someone being scolded by Yufei.
The scholarly young man was stunned by the scolding. He stared blankly at Yufei for a few seconds, then turned and walked away in embarrassment.
Then Yufei huffed again and immediately sat down next to Lin Jin. She wrapped her arms around Lin Jin’s arm and snuggled her whole body into Lin Jin’s embrace, as if declaring her sovereignty.
Although it wasn’t the same as being held by a beauty, Lin Jin still liked being hugged by Yufei. However, due to the angle, she would inadvertently see the large birthmark on Yufei’s back and chest. It was said that Yufei had many birthmarks on her body, which led to her parents abandoning her at birth.
"Yufei, what do you want to do when you grow up?" Lin Jin had one hand around Yufei’s waist and the other propping her chin on her knee.
"Um, maybe a dance teacher?" Yufei said uncertainly.
She hesitated for a moment before changing her goal: "Or maybe a professional dancer? Or that something dance artist?"
"A dance artist, huh?" Lin Jin chuckled twice and used her hand to pat Yufei’s little head. "Then you need to work hard. No matter what you plan to do, it’s fine as long as you're happy."
"Yeah!" Yufei held her little head high and said with a smile. "Now, I'm really happy every day!"
Indeed, at least when Lin Jin was around, Yufei rarely looked unhappy.
"Speaking of which, it seems like there’s been more volunteers lately." Lin Jin looked into the room and noticed that another group of volunteers seemed to have arrived. The volunteers looked mostly college students or young adults. It was quite lively. The chubby auntie had practically become a professional receptionist by now, greeting several volunteers every day.
"Yeah, it’s all thanks to sister." Qiu Yufei nodded vigorously. "Before, no one used to come, we could only play by ourselves. Now, there’s more people and it’s a lot more lively."
"How can it all be thanks to me?"
Though she brushed it off, Lin Jin knew she might have indeed played a role. The welfare institute’s promotional video was uploaded, and while it hadn’t garnered much attention on other sites, it had a lot of viewers on A site. Now, the video had reached the homepage of A Site and the number of banana points had even reached first for the day. Second place was her dance video.
If you looked at this way, Lin Jin was now somewhat known on A Site.
Setting aside that dance video, Lin Jin did notice many comments beneath the promotional video from people in Xiamen planning to come as a group. Maybe those lively volunteers from earlier were those users from A site.
"What about sister? What do you want to do in the future?" Yufei ignored the noise from downstairs and looked up at Lin Jin.
"Me?" Lin Jin was stunned. To be honest, although she had thought about her future, she had never thought about it too deeply. For her future job, she just intended to go with the flow.
"It’s whatever for me. There’s nothing I really like to do, there’s also nothing I really hate." Lin Jin shook her head, suddenly realizing she wasn’t even as good as a little girl.
At least Yufei had a goal.
"Oh. Then what will sister Lin Jin do next?"
"Just chill, take things as they come."
Lin Jin suddenly realized that maybe she really did need to find a goal and direction for herself.