Chapter 554: – Family leaving
After “asserting her dominance” at the hotel where Xia Tian worked, Lin Jin went back home.
It was only a bit past ten when she got home. Her mom had just bought groceries and was busy prepping them in the kitchen, while Lin Chen was curled up on the sofa, yawning as he played Lin Jin’s game console.
Lin Chen basically didn’t play any games back when he was studying for the college entrance exams. He would only play some occasional League of Legends games on the weekend. Now that he was finally in college, he was so pent up his true nature came out. He played basketball every day, and then at night, he would use the high end computer his mom bought him to play PUBG.
He could also play PUBG over here at Lin Jin’s side, but Lin Chen was more interested in this game of the year Zelda game. As soon as he arrived, the first thing he did was to grab the game console and connect it to the living room TV. He then got on the sofa and started gaming.
As soon as Lin Jin got back, she rushed into her room and changed into a breezy summer outfit. Leather jackets and pants really were better suited for fall or winter. She had only been out for two to three hours, yet she was already sweating.
After changing, she walked out to the living room and asked Lin Chen on the sofa:
“Speaking of which, Lin Chen, when are you and mom leaving?”
“Mom’s leaving right after lunch. I’m fine whenever, as long as it’s before four.” Lin Chen lifted his head and glanced at Lin Jin, then complained “The school is messed up. We’re already in college but there’s still evening self study from seven to nine every day. I barely have time for games.”
“Oh come on, college isn’t actually just about fun. If you don’t study well in college, then graduation just equals unemployment. The students who slack off every day are just the ones who have given up on themselves.” Lin Jin sat down next to Lin Chen. As a vocational college student, she deeply appreciated how easy college was.
She had at most three classes a day, and some days there would even be just one. There were no evening or early morning self study periods, and assignments or whatever were just required at the end of the term. Even though the assignments might be tougher, you could just get someone to help you do it.
“Anyway, I’m just going to relax for a bit first. I usually listen in class, and I also do my assignments.” Lin Chen shrugged and didn’t really listen to what Lin Jin just said “Anyway, I’ll just go with the flow. My grades in class are quite good.”
“That works, suit yourself.” Lin Jin yawned and got up “I’m going to stream.”
Since she had gotten up early today, it was now only around ten o’clock. She started feeling sleepy again, but she still planned to stream first until one or two in the afternoon before taking a nap. That way, her schedule would stay somewhat normal.
Lin Chen didn’t watch her live stream this time. He felt that playing Zelda was better than watching her live stream, and even considered buying a console himself.
The stream lasted until twelve at noon, then Lin Jin was called for lunch by her mom.
During lunch, her mom looked like she had something on her mind, so she didn’t speak much and the three people just ate in silence.
The atmosphere was a little weird. Lin Jin and Lin Chen exchanged glances but didn’t dare ask. They just kept their heads down and ate.
When Lin Jin finished eating and was about to head back to her room to continue streaming, their mom suddenly called out to her.
“Lin Jin.”
“Huh?” Lin Jin stopped and turned back to look at her.
“What if mom really found you guys a stepdad...”
Lin Jin froze, she hadn’t expected her mom to actually bring this up.
Although her mom seemed to have hinted before about finding someone to accompany her for the rest of her life, it seemed to have just been a thought. She had occasionally asked, but never as serious as she was now.
Lin Jin thought of her dad’s behavior. Even though he was acting pretty decently now, according to what her mom said, dad was probably the type of dog who couldn’t stop eating sh*t. He might be properly behaving and running his shop every day now, but after he reunites with their mom, who knows if he will continue to gamble, or maybe continue keeping a mistress?
“I have no objections.” Lin Jin nodded “Just don’t make me call him dad.”
Lin Chen nodded nonstop and said in agreement: “Yeah, asking me to call a stranger dad feels weird.”
“Okay, I understand.” Their mom nodded and her expression relaxed a little. “Lin Jin, I’ll help you do the dishes after eating and then I’ll go.”
“Let me know when you’re leaving, I’ll see you off.” Lin Jin nodded and hurried back to the bedroom.
Speaking of which, Lin Jin had always been supportive of her mom marrying. Since her mom had no feelings for her dad anymore, she couldn’t just live alone for the rest of her life, right? After all, she and Lin Chen would eventually move out and live their own lives, they couldn’t take care of their mom forever.
Right now, her mom was still relatively young, and her appearance didn’t look old due to good care. If she remarried now, she would have an advantage. It was better than delaying a few years and then getting old, what would her mom do then?
Thinking about her mom’s matters caused Lin Jin to be a bit distracted while gaming.
After playing a round, her mom had also finished cleaning up and came to Lin Jin’s door with the trash. So he could see their mom off, Lin Chen decided to buy his train ticket for an hour later, allowing him to just wait at the station until it was time to board.
The train station wasn’t too far away. After an hour of going back and forth, Lin Jin sent them to the train station.
She then went to her dad’s milk tea shop alone to check on the man her mom had rejected.
Her dad didn’t seem too bothered by what happened yesterday. He was still focused on making milk tea and serving customers at the counter. She couldn’t see any hint of sadness on his face.
He heard Lin Jin walk in, looked up, smiled at her and said: “Your mom and Lin Chen went back?”
“Yeah.”
Lin Jin nodded and sat on the high stool in front of the counter: “One cup of coconut jelly milk tea.”
“Okay!”
Her dad didn’t seem to be affected by yesterday’s events at all. He still wore a big smile like a cheerful boss. He showed this same expression to everyone lately, seemingly in a great mood.
One of the store’s delivery guys came back and sat down next to Lin Jin, yawned, and straightforwardly said to her dad: “Boss, I won’t be working tomorrow.”
“What happened?” Her dad paused for a bit and looked up.
“It’s too tiring, I can’t handle it. I’m already very busy with class.” Despite the delivery guy being just part time, the milk tea shop was different from other quick service restaurants. The peak delivery period wasn’t only during meal times, so he had to come deliver takeout right after finishing class. After a month, he couldn’t handle it anymore, so he complained to Lin Jin’s dad “And the pay is also too low. My friend’s doing delivery for a Hunan restaurant, every day it’s just busy for two hours at noon and one hour at night. The pay’s also quite high. Aside from the base pay, there’s also an extra 30 cents per order.”
Lin Jin looked at this little guy next to her with interest. This glasses wearing, scholarly faced guy should be a first year in college. Even though Lin Jin couldn’t recognize all the second year students, there were very few second years of this style.
Her dad nodded and accepted the delivery guy’s resignation, then turned to Lin Jin.
“What’s up?”
“Mom says she’s preparing to find a stepdad for me.”
“...”