Chapter 558: – Yufei’s News
Time flew by in Lin Jin’s eyes.
Every day, she went to class when it was time. After class, she would hang out with Wu Min, Wen Xuan, or some friends for a bit, then stop by the market on her way to Xia Tian’s place to live stream. She streamed till noon, cooked, delivered lunch to her dad, and then continued to attend class, rest, and stream. And the cycle repeated.
Lin Jin would go back home every two or three days. Later, her dad’s girlfriend moved in, and Lin Jin returned home even less frequently, only about once a week. She also didn’t have to worry about her dad’s lunch or dinner anymore because that auntie would cook for him every day at noon.
However, Lin Jin still didn’t know the name of this auntie who was about to become her stepmom. Her dad had never mentioned it, and Lin Jin never bothered to take the initiative to ask. Her dad probably assumed she knew already.
Lin Jin would stream for a while every night. Once Xia Tian returned home and took over, she would either go to rest or study. Maybe it was because she had been gaming too much lately, because she started losing interest in gaming even more, and instead got into modeling and drawing. As soon as Xia Tian took over the stream, she would go off to do her own thing.
In November, Xia Tian finally started opening his shop.
From their previous savings as well as the income from live streaming during this time, Xia Tian and Lin Jin had saved nearly two hundred thousand yuan. He planned to open a restaurant near Wanda.
Xia Tian wasn’t going to go with a franchise, since joining a franchise required money as well, so he just planned to open a normal restaurant nearby.
The chef had already been found, it was a guy who used to work as a chef at a four star hotel. The salary seemed to be quite high. Xia Tian also got the storefront, just the rent alone was basically half of the budget. Plus all the other things, and the two hundred thousand was basically all spent with not a single cent left.
Luckily, Xia Tian took out a loan…
Still, Xia Tian didn’t tell Lin Jin much of this in detail. He just briefly told her the process of opening the restaurant. It should open around January or February, after the renovations and hiring were all done, Xia Tian’s first, and maybe last, shop would open.
One day, while Xia Tian was busy with getting the restaurant open, Lin Jin, who was at home, suddenly got a phone call.
“Hello? Is this sister Lin?”
Huh?
Lin Jin was stunned.
Why did this voice sound just like Yufei?
Due to the orphanage closing, Lin Jin had no idea where Yufei ended up, so they had lost contact. She never expected that after so long, Yufei would actually call and find her.
To be honest, Lin Jin was surprised that Yufei could remember her number.
“Are you Yufei?” Lin Jin’s voice was slightly trembling as she asked.
“Yeah! Sister Lin! I saved up my money from work and bought a phone so I could call you!” Yufei on the other end was clearly very excited, she was so worked up she was about to cry.
However, after Lin Jin heard Yufei’s words, her expression actually darkened and she questioned: “So, why didn’t you ask a friend or an auntie at the orphanage to give me a call?”
“...”
Yufei on the other end was silent for a long time, she then said in an embarrassed voice: “That, I forgot… I just kept thinking of working to buy a phone so I could call you. I forgot to ask someone for help.”
Alright.
Lin Jin sighed. Yufei’s head didn’t work that well, it was very normal.
Besides, as an orphan, Yufei was probably used to doing everything herself, so it was understandable that it had never occurred to her to ask others for help.
The f*ck as if it was understandable!
Lin Jin very fiercely started to scold Yufei, but Yufei was already long used to it. Previously when she was learning dance with Lin Jin, she would frequently get scolded.
Before, Yufei would get annoyed whenever she got scolded by Lin Jin, but now, not only did she not get annoyed, she was actually full of smiles as she listened.
“Sister, how about you come find me tomorrow. My school just ended and I’m getting ready to go to work. Can you come pick me up at my school tomorrow afternoon?”
Lin Jin was about to agree, but then she suddenly remembered her class schedule tomorrow, and could only helplessly say
“I don’t finish class until six tomorrow evening… let’s pick a different time.”
“Then Saturday? Two in the afternoon, I’ll wait for sister at the SM bus stop.”
“OK!”
After ending the call, Lin Jin’s mood was quite good. She happily hummed, laid down on the bed, and played with her phone.
Lin Jin’s life during this time could basically be considered as being on repeat, there were basically no big disturbances, and no big surprises. She had long been sick of streaming, but the viewers actually continued to hover between ten to twenty thousand. It was stably in the Dota category’s third place.
Sometimes, the viewers would surprise her with small surprises, such as rockets and planes and stuff, but none of them could beat that huge donation by the tycoon back in October.
At that time, Lin Jin ended up receiving over ten thousand yuan from the donation. Just that single instance allowed Xia Tian to move forward the restaurant’s opening by several months. Originally, he planned to wait for Lin Jin to start her internship before preparing to open the restaurant.
Lin Jin had no class in the afternoon, so she was just lying in bed doing nothing. Xia Tian was still doing renovations on the restaurant, so she just
That afternoon, she had no classes, so Lin Jin hung around at home to stream. Xia Tian’s restaurant was still under renovations, so she just stayed at home to stream.
“Hey, Lin Jin? Who’s call was it?” Xia Tian asked without looking away from the Dota game. “Who’s call can make you so happy afterwards? You’re even humming.”
Lin Jin happily replied: “Yufei’s, that one from the orphanage who learned dancing from me. You’ve met before.”
“Didn’t the orphanage close down? Yufei got assigned to a different orphanage. Before, I searched for so many days but couldn’t find her. Today, she said she worked and bought a phone and gave me a call.”
“So if she knew your number, why didn’t she just borrow someone else’s phone to call you?”
“Cause she’s stupid. I gave her a scolding, didn’t you hear it?” Lin Jin smiled as she got up from the bed and scooted over to Xia Tian’s side. In a great mood, she started telling him about Yufei’s situation.
“I’m telling you, this Yufei kid is quite pitiful. She’s clearly quite pretty, but the birthmark on her body’s just too big.” Lin Jin shrugged and continued to say “I saw the birthmark before, it was really scary. So her biological parents didn’t want her. The people that came to adopt found her pretty and brought her back, but decided to forget it after they saw her birthmark…”
“She’s quite talented at dancing. I think she for sure can make a living from dancing in the future. I just don’t know if she’s been dancing or something during this period I haven’t seen her…”
Lin Jin started out smiling quite happily, but the more she talked, the more sorry she felt for Yufei.
Even though she had always been very good to Yufei, but sometimes, she really did get fed up with Yufei. One time, Lin Jin had even yelled at Yufei because she was impatient.
Lin Jin had no idea when it started, but her feelings for Yufei had already become the same as towards a sibling.
Just like before when Lin Chen used to be with her and she would always subconsciously protect her. Later, once Lin Chen grew up, Lin Jin no longer needed to protect him, so this kind of feeling was shifted over to Yufei.
Since Yufei called her sister, then she had to live up to it.