Chapter 422: – Injured Dad
When Lin Jin got home, her dad hadn’t come back yet. Lately, he always slowly dragged that sack home around ten, then took a shower, and usually fell asleep around eleven.
From ten to eleven at night, Lin Jin would have already taken a shower and would be lying in bed playing on her phone, getting ready to sleep. Because of this, it had been two days since Lin Jin last talked to her dad and she’d only seen him a few times when she went to the bathroom.
After cooking and enjoying a good meal that night, Lin Jin went back to her room.
Lin Jin was pretty busy now. Due to the task of becoming a top student, she didn’t dare play on her phone in class anymore. She had to really focus on listening and would dutifully do some review when she got home, hoping to get a decent grade on the final exams this semester.
This was a long term task with the end date being when she graduates from college. At that time, the black cat would review her final results and then decide whether she completed the task or not.
Also, she was almost done with this week’s task too. The task was basically to have Lin Jin film a promotional video, and then use it to raise donations from the public. Of course, besides making the video, Lin Jin didn’t have any other way to get people to donate.
The donations had now reached 70,000 yuan. Thanks to the black cat's powers, Lin Jin could check the names of individuals or companies who donated, the amount they gave, and how the welfare institute was using the money through the task details.
Lin Jin was pretty satisfied with the welfare institute. At least, all 70,000 yuan was spent on the children’s meals and upgrading some old equipment. Anyways, from what she saw from the black cat, there wasn't any sign of anyone embezzling even a single yuan from the donations.
It was Friday now, she should be able to collect the 100,000 in the two days left. Lin Jin wasn’t too concerned about this task anymore, especially since there wasn't any reward at all. According to the black cat, the task was purely generated because Lin Jin had asked for it...
Well, Lin Jin had asked the black cat about helping out the welfare institute, but she ended up getting this scam of a task.
But because of this, it was the first time that Lin Jin was actually serious and genuinely willing to complete a task. She cared about it a lot. To make the promotional video better and raise more donations, Lin Jin even sacrificed her dignity by letting Xia Tian touch her thigh...
"Speaking of which, black cat." Lin Jin rested her hands behind her head. She had her phone on her thighs and her legs crossed as she laid on the bed. "Do you have a way for me to change my dad?"
"Of course I do!" The black cat immediately popped up on the phone. At the same time, Braised Pork on the side jumped onto Lin Jin’s belly, meowing and licking its paws.
"Oh?"
"You just need to go find a godfather!" The black cat matter of factly said with its head raised high.
Motherf*cker!
"Then do you have any way to make my dad stop gambling?" Lin Jin asked, tilting her head while gently petting Braised Pork in her arms.
After that, the black cat vanished from the phone screen and entered Braised Pork's body, enjoying Lin Jin's petting while meowing about something.
Braised Pork froze for a moment, then suddenly remembered that this body couldn’t speak. So along with some more meows, its voice came through the phone again.
"It’s been so long since I’ve used this body. Hmm, I’m not too used to it." Braised Pork said as it shook its head and jumped out of Lin Jin's arms. Then, it stood by Lin Jin's thigh with its head held high, acting all high and mighty like a king. "Ahem! Yep, your problem is actually pretty easy to solve!"
"Hmm?"
"The Forgiveness Pill!" Braised Pork tilted its head, and its voice echoed from the phone at the same time. "The Forgiveness Pill can not only make you forgive someone but also forgive something~ Maybe it'll make your dad forgive himself for gambling, right?!"
"What does forgive himself for gambling even mean?"
"That's what I'm trying to say! There are two possibilities. One is that he forgives his gambling addiction, making him gamble even more. The other is that it might make his gambling addiction disappear completely~"
The black cat confidently added: "Of course, the second option is pretty much impossible. Yeah."
Then that was all bullsh*t.
Lin Jin rolled her eyes, sighed, and gave up on expecting anything useful from the black cat.
"Forget it. With my dad like this, it wouldn’t do much even if I could save him." Lin Jin shrugged.
Her dad was definitely more fit than before, but his spirit wasn't what it used to be. Plus, with years of smoking and drinking, even though he was only in his early forties, he looked like he was in his fifties or sixties. Even if he never gambled again, the house was already sold and he was probably buried in debt. There was no point in turning back now, right?
The black cat seemed to sense some sadness in Lin Jin's indifferent tone. It tilted its head and looked at Lin Jin, seemingly deep in thought.
"I say, black cat, what can I even do after I graduate?" Lin Jin held Braised Pork in her arms and lifted it up in front of her face. "I feel like I know a little bit of everything, but I'm not really good at anything. If I’m not good at anything, no one will want me after I graduate, right?"
Braised Pork before her showed a very human like expression of being in thought, furrowing its brow.
Then, the black cat's voice came from the phone: "Actually, you don't need to worry! If you focus on studying, there'll definitely be something for you at the job fair after graduation!"
Well that’s what they say.
Lin Jin wasn’t exactly optimistic about her future.
As Lin Jin was casually chatting with the black cat, she suddenly heard the front door open. She was stunned for a moment, glanced at her phone and realized it was only seven o'clock.
Why was her dad home so early?
She was a bit confused as she walked out of her bedroom, but saw her dad actually had some bruises and bloodstains on his face. When he saw Lin Jin coming out, he gave her an awkward smile before heading straight to the bathroom to clean up.
Did he get beat up?
Lin Jin didn’t feel very sorry for her dad. In fact, she even felt a bit of schadenfreude.
So, she just casually sat down on the sofa, crossed her legs, and didn’t say any words of concern at all. She simply waited quietly for her dad to come out of the bathroom.
After cleaning it up, his face was still marked with a few bruises. Although his smile looked a bit twisted because of the injuries, it didn’t seem like anything too serious.
So Lin Jin felt completely relieved and didn’t bother asking about anything. She stood up and said “Go buy some ointment yourself and put it on. I’m going to take a shower and head to bed.”
“Okay.”
Even though Lin Jin didn’t like her dad, seeing him get beaten up still caused a small twinge of pain in her heart. There wasn’t much she could do about this kind of thing. After all, she was just a college student.
After showing a bit of concern, she turned and went back to her room, planning to get a good night’s sleep.