Chapter 550: – Parent’s Situation
Her dad’s dark history, to be honest, Lin Jin couldn’t say how much of it there really was.
Ever since she could remember as a child, their mom and dad had always been on not great terms. Although her mom was actually quite good looking as well, but she had given birth to two children so her figure was a bit out of shape. The wrinkles on her face also became more noticeable as she got older and older. Back then, her mom was a full time housewife, spending every day busying nonstop for Lin Jin and Lin Chen, but Lin Jin would hardly see her dad once a week.
Lin Jin had always thought that her dad was really busy and doing business back then. But even if he was doing business, being so busy that he couldn’t even come home once a week was a bit much, right? No matter how big of a businessman, it was impossible to be so busy that you couldn’t make it home every day, right? And during that time, from what Lin Jin knew, the city where her dad did business was only about an hour’s drive away from home.
Lin Jin didn’t think much of it before, but now hearing her mom say that her dad had once kept a mistress, it started making a bit of sense why he rarely came home.
And during that period, whenever her dad did come back, her mom would greet him with a smile. At the time, Lin Jin thought their relationship seemed pretty good. Although they would occasionally argue, their voices were always quiet.
But now that she thought about it, if her dad really had been messing around outside and yet her mom was still greeting him with a smile, the only reason would be that he was worried about it affecting the two children, Lin Jin and Lin Chen.
Thinking about it like that, her mom divorcing her dad was probably just the final result of her having no other choice.
The bedroom went silent. Lin Jin and Lin Chen looked at each other, while their mom had a stern face as she looked down, unsure what she was thinking about.
Staying like this wasn’t a solution. After all, the atmosphere was really a bit too heavy.
After staying quiet for a bit, Lin Jin finally raised her head and asked: “Then during winter break last year, why did you talk about getting back together with him?”
“Wasn’t that all for you?” Their mom looked a bit upset, she pursed her lips and continued to say “At that time, it was rare I finally went back. Seeing your life was so bad, I thought that maybe I should just reconcile with him. It wouldn’t matter even if he kept continuing to find that mistress since there’s no feelings between us anyway. But I definitely won’t allow gambling.
Lin Jin helplessly smiled.
Indeed, that was the time when her appearance went through the biggest changes. As soon as she returned home, her dad could tell.
After all, at that time, Lin Jin had just been transformed by the black cat for a few months. Her roommates lived with her every day, so there were no suspicions. But her dad could see the differences right away.
The acne on her face was gone, her skin had become extremely smooth, and her facial features became softer and more feminine. Plus, her originally skinny body had become more voluptuous like a girl. Without wearing women’s clothes, she basically looked like a delicate, feminine guy.
Or in other words, she looked like a long time hormone user.
“At that time, I thought that mom, you, really still had some feelings for dad.” Lin Jin gave a bitter smile.
Their mom shrugged, scrunching her face in disgust: “Anyway, I haven’t had any feelings for him in a long time. That’s it, you go kick your dad out.”
Lin Jin helplessly let out a sigh, stood up, opened the bedroom door and walked into the living room.
At this moment, her dad was still sitting on the sofa, his emotions looking a bit unstable. He was holding a teacup in his hand, but his hands kept trembling so he couldn’t hold it steady no matter what.
His head was down, as if he was watching the tea leaves float up and down in the cup. When he heard the sound of the bedroom door open, he immediately turned his head, only to see it was Lin Jin who came out.
“How’s your mom?”
He asked Lin Jin.
Lin Jin closed the door behind her and walked over to her dad. She looked at him and really didn’t know what to say.
“That uh… how about you just eat by yourself at the shop today?” Lin Jin lowered her head, her voice very quiet.
“Your mom asked you to kick me out, right?” Her dad immediately understood what was going on. With a wry smile on his face, he muttered to himself “I really did her wrong.”
“Mm…”
Her dad downed the rest of the tea, and then stood up. Still holding the teacup, he walked towards the direction of the front door.
“Then I’m leaving. You get along with your mom and younger brother.”
Lin Jin watched her dad’s slightly hunched figure, yet was helpless. She didn’t have anything she could say, and just watched him open and close the door, disappearing from sight.
Right then, her mom finally came out of the bedroom. With a frown, she sweeped a glance around the living room, confirming that the sound of the door just now was indeed the sound of dad leaving. She let out a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on her face: “Lin Jin, I’ll cook dinner tonight. When’s your boyfriend coming back? Should we wait for him?”
“He probably won’t be back from work until around nine, we don’t need to wait for him.” Lin Jin felt relieved seeing her mom’s smile. She felt a lot better and jokingly asked “You don’t even know my boyfriend’s name, right? Why do you care so much about him?”
“I have to see how handsome this kid is to be able to seduce my family’s Lin Jin away.” Her mom shot Lin Jin a glare, clearly not satisfied with her daughter suddenly finding a boyfriend.
Lin Jin immediately fell silent and shrank her neck.
“Alright, you continue doing your whatever live streaming. I’ll go cook, today I’ll make you something delicious!”
“Mhm.”
Lin Jin was about to hurriedly rush back to the bedroom, but was suddenly stopped again by her mom.
“Hey, wait. What’s your boyfriend called again? What does he like to eat? I’ll cook a bit for him, does he drink?”
“He’s called Xia Tian, just the spring summer fall winter Xia Tian. He doesn’t drink, he likes to eat…” Lin Jin froze for a bit. It seemed she had never asked Xia Tian what he liked to eat before. When he brought her food, it was always whatever Lin Jin liked to eat, and now what he liked. So Lin Jin just shamelessly said “Whatever I like to eat, he likes to eat too!”
“Enough, you definitely just don’t know.” Mom shot a look at Lin Jin again.
“He’s not coming back for dinner anyway.” Lin Jin looked wronged.
“Then we’ll just eat after he’s back. You call him, say to not eat out tonight and come back for dinner.”
“Then won’t I starve to death?” Lin Jin saw her mom once again about to shoot a look at her, and immediately turned around to run away.
The stream was restarted, but Lin Jin and Lin Jin were clearly not as enthusiastic as before. Most of their enthusiasm was killed by the conflict between their parents. As a result, the two of them didn’t joke around as much.But after half an hour, Lin Chen couldn’t hold back his curiosity and started asking Lin Jin.
“Sister, what kind of person is my brother in law? Why’s everyone in chat begging for him to stream?”
“He’s more handsome than you, richer than you, can do things better than you, cares more about your sister than you.” Lin Jin took a glance at him and mercilessly attacked “And he’s harder working than you, more…”
Lin Chen suddenly interrupted Lin Jin’s words, grinning as he asked: “Sister, we naturally don’t know if I can do you or not!”
“...” Lin Jin went blank for a second, but very quickly realized and raised her hand to smack him “Are you asking for a beating?!”
“I was wrong!”
Lin Chen instantly put both his hands up and surrendered.
Ploania
Translator's Note: Xia Tian (夏天) is the exact same as summer (also 夏天).
Ploania
Ploania
Translator's Note: Xia Tian (夏天) is the exact same as summer (also 夏天).