Chapter 548: – Mom suddenly arrived
Lin Jin wasn’t very satisfied with yesterday’s trip. After all, it was rare for her to go to Zhongshan Street, but the place was so crowded that her mood was completely ruined.
Originally, she was quite happy to have Xia Tian out with her, especially when they went to Wanda. But all the crowds made her unhappy at the end.
Xia Tian had finally gotten a day off and was even docked two hundred from his pay. But in the end, they just bought some clothes plus a bag and didn’t do much else together.
Lin Jin had wanted to go for a movie with him in the evening, but after taking a look at the showings for the evening, she found that because of the holiday, basically everything except the 11 pm show was sold out. Besides, Lin Jin and Xia Tian needed to live stream at night as the stream had become an important job for the two.
So last night, one of them streamed while the other played on their phone in bed until about one in the morning before going to sleep. As a result, when Lin Jin woke up today, she found that Xia Tian had already left for work.
Lin Jin yawned, a bit unhappy that Xia Tian had left without saying anything. She laid in bed and yawned a few times, then rolled over and pulled the quilt over her head, planning to sleep again.
Because she stayed up so late last night, Lin Jin felt that sleeping until nine today wasn’t enough. Plus, she would usually notice when Xia Tian got up, but she didn’t notice anything at all today because she was too tired.
After going back to sleep at nine in the morning, she slept until eleven before feeling like she had slept enough.
Once she got enough sleep, she washed up as usual, then went to live stream herself eating lunch and stuff. She planned to leisurely stream all day like she usually did.
However, things didn’t go as planned.
Just as Lin Jin finished eating, she heard the doorbell ring. She hurried over to open it and saw her mom and Lin Chen standing outside.
“Huh?”
Lin Jin had originally thought it might be Teacher Lin or her dad. She hadn’t expected her mom and younger brother to come as they were supposed to be over in Guangdong.
“Why are you guys here?” Lin Jin quickly smiled and welcomed her mom inside.
“Why am I here?” Her mom had a smile on her face, but she looked a bit displeased at Lin Jin. She then led Lin Chen into the living room, sat down on the sofa with her legs crossed and asked Lin Jin who was closing the door “If I hadn’t come, I still wouldn’t have known you’re already living together with your boyfriend.”
Younger brother Lin Chen added in from the side: “Exactly, sister. We can forget that you didn’t even tell us you got a boyfriend, but you still don’t say anything when you’re already living together!”
Lin Jin’s expression darkened a bit. You have to know that back during summer break, she had told her mom that she definitely wouldn’t get a boyfriend before she graduated.
“These things, are unpredictable, right.”
Lin Jin glanced at her mom’s expression, then took a look at Lin Chen. She found that Lin Chen’s gaze was filled with jealousy and resentment, but she didn’t know who it was directed at.
Without any hesitation, she quickly ran into the kitchen to pour them each a glass of water.
Her mom didn’t seem to have any intention of drinking the water, but after Lin Chen took a sip, he started looking around the apartment.
Lin Jin nervously sat down next to Lin Chen, using him to separate herself from her mom. She then turned on the living room TV, and then eagerly looked at her mom with a smile.
“Say, what’s with you? Not telling me you have a boyfriend is one thing, but you’re really living in a place like this with him every day?” Her mom glanced around the apartment and her expression immediately darkened when she found it only had one bedroom “And there’s only one bedroom? You’re living together and also sleeping together?”
Lin Jin had still been nervous at first, but when she heard her mom actually suspect that she and Xia Tian were having sex, she immediately became flustered. Her face flushed red, then instantly jumped up and loudly explained: “I haven’t! I usually only sleep on the same bed as him, but we each have our own quilt!”
“And I hardly ever sleep together with him, okay!”
Lin Jin indignantly glared at her mom. Lin Jin’s mom knew her very well. Seeing Lin Jin like this, she understood right away what was going on.
Her mom’s expression quickly changed. She stood up, walked over, and gently pressed Lin Jin back down onto the sofa, saying with a smile: “Mom here is just worried about you, okay?”
“I don’t need you to worry.” Lin Jin rolled her eyes at her and said “What are you doing here today, anyway? And you, younger brother, look at the time. It’s already the sixth day of the National Day holiday. You came all the way here today, but won’t you still need to go back to Guangdong tomorrow?”
“It’s just me going back to Guangdong. Your younger brother is now studying in Fuzhou. It doesn’t even take two hours to come over.”
Ah? How come she never knew that Lin Chen was now studying in Fuzhou? Did Fuzhou have any good universities?
She looked doubtfully at Lin Chen, who immediately started complaining: “I had a stomach ache back during the college entrance exam, so I didn’t do well. So I just went to Fuzhou University.”
Fuzhou University? It seemed that it was still a 211 University, right?
Lin Jin immediately took a hit. Back in elementary school, her grades weren’t much different from Lin Chen’s. How come the difference just got wider and wider? She herself was still studying at a vocational college, while her younger brother actually got into a 211 university. And it was even with him not doing well because of a stomach ache. This meant that if he did perform well, he would have been able to just casually enter a 985 university, right? Although it was partly because she didn’t care about studying back in middle and high school, if Lin Chen were similarly careless about studying, he would probably have still gotten into a decent university, right?
“Mom, I feel like, either I’m not your biological child or he’s not your biological child. Why’s the difference so big?” Lin Jin rolled her eyes, then turned to Lin Chen and asked “So since you got into Fuzhou University, how come you’re only telling me now?”
“Wasn’t it because I went travelling during summer…”
Lin Chen, a big guy, blinked a few times trying to act cute, then quickly changed the subject: “Hey, sister. I’m not trying to be rude, but the boyfriend found by a beautiful person like you must at least be middle class, right? How come your boyfriend lives in a place like this?”
“What’s wrong with this place? It’s a one bedroom, one living room apartment, I think it’s quite nice.” Lin Jin saw Lin Chen talking trash about her boyfriend and immediately started defending him. “Besides, he’s preparing to open a shop now and start his own business. Even though he’s saved up over a hundred thousand, he doesn’t dare to spend a single cent. When we went out yesterday shopping for clothes, he looked like he was about to die. How could he live in some big or fancy apartment?”
“He’s only graduated for two years and already saved over a hundred thousand, okay?” Lin Jin huffed. “Let’s see if you can do that after you graduate.”
“That I really don’t believe.”
Their mom had a smile as she watched the two bicker. She didn’t interrupt and just watched from the side.
“Who cares if you don’t believe it. Anyway, he’s currently making ten thousand a month. Who knows how long it’ll take you to make ten thousand a month.” Lin Jin huffed with her arms crossed as she sat on the bed, even crossing one leg over the other “If there’s nothing else, I still need to go back and stream.”
“You’re still streaming?”
“Why do you care?”
Translator’s Note: 211 Universities in China are good, but 985 Universities are like the Ivy league schools. The 211 and 985 doesn’t refer to how many there are, it’s just a name.