Chapter 559: – Blissful Yufei
After taking a bus for about an hour from where her school was in Jimei, Lin Jin finally arrived at SM Plaza in the Siming area.
Even though the name of this plaza always made Lin Jin think of something weird, when she arrived, she found that this place was even bigger than Wanda.
She didn’t take a good look around. As soon as she got off the bus, she found Yufei squatting down by the bus stop playing Honor of Kings.
“Yufei!”
“Sister~”
As soon as Yufei heard Lin Jin’s voice, she immediately put away her phone, rushed up to her, and threw herself into Lin Jin’s arms with tears in her eyes: “Sister!”
“Why are you crying?” Lin Jin panicked at Yufei’s sudden tears, searching for tissues while also trying to comfort her “We just haven’t met for a few months, is it because the aunties at the orphanage or any of those people were bullying you?”
“No, a lot of us all got transferred over together. They wouldn’t dare bully me.” Yufei shook her head, but her tears still fell. She kept sniffling non stop and looked up at Lin Jin “Sister, but you haven’t come to see me in so many months.”
“I always thought you had been placed in the Jimei area, I had no idea you were in Siming.” Lin Jin finally found some tissues and gently wiped Yufei’s tears. She bent slightly and fondly patted Yufei’s head “I later did also come to Siming to look for you, but I checked several orphanages and couldn’t find you. Which orphanage are you at now?”
“I’ve already been adopted! Sister!”
“Really? Your new parents don’t mind that?”
“They saw how pretty I look so they wanted me, they said that the birthmark didn’t matter.” Yufei wiped her tears, choking up as she spoke. “They treat me really well. I wasn’t used to it at first, but I got comfortable calling them mom and dad after a while.”
“They then even found me a professional dance teacher. They’re quite rich, but just can’t have kids. Both mom and dad have some health problems.”
“No wonder I couldn’t find you, turns out you were already living the good life.” Lin Jin suddenly noticed someone watching them from behind. Turning around, she found it was a middle aged couple looking in their direction.
Yufei followed Lin Jin’s gaze and her eyes lit up. She hurriedly ran over to them, then pulled the couple over to Lin Jin.
These two middle aged people looked to be in their thirties and were clearly well groomed. The man wore a British style outfit with slicked back hair, and the woman had long wavy hair with a beautiful white winter coat, giving her a noble look.
Only then did Lin Jin notice that Yufei was also dressed nicely in a snow white cotton coat. When standing with the couple, she could vaguely see a family resemblance between them.
“Hello.”
The middle aged man extended his hand toward Lin Jin. Lin Jin hurriedly shook it, then asked a bit hesitantly: “You guys are...?”
“Sister! These are my parents! They adopted me a few months ago. They’re really nice!” Yufei excitedly introduced them to Lin Jin, then turned to her parents and introduced “This is the older sister who always took good care of me! She’s really good to me!”
Lin Jin nodded at the couple. She was somewhat confused why, if they had money, they didn’t buy Yufei a phone, or Yufei didn’t borrow their phone to call.
Could it be that Yufei wasn’t willing to spend their money?
The two middle aged man and woman clearly cleared about Yufei a lot. Seeing tears still on her face, the woman hurriedly took out a tissue and helped wipe them away. Meanwhile, the stylish man began to thank Lin Jin: “Thank you for helping take care of Yufei before, and even teaching Yufei dance and stuff. I heard you’re like a sister to her?”
“I’ve been really busy with work. During this time, I was planning to set aside some time to visit you at your school, but just when I finally had time, I saw you coming here for her.”
The four of them chatted as they walked into a nearby milk tea shop. After the four took their seats, the man once again started thanking Lin Jin non stop, while the woman also followed, saying stuff like treating Lin Jin to a meal.
Lin Jin had really not expected today to turn out like this.
She originally just wanted to see Yufei’s recent living conditions, but now she was going to go have a meal with Yufei’s adoptive parents?
In the milk tea shop, Yufei’s new parents showed Lin Jin lots of concern and gratitude. Lin Jin felt it was a bit overdone, but the two did seem to genuinely care about Yufei. It wasn’t that kind of fake performance for outsiders, but rather from their heart, the kind you can even see from the eyes.
And Yufei had accepted the two of them. She called them mom and dad very smoothly, clearly regarding them as her real parents.
At least they weren’t treating Yufei poorly. According to her adoptive father, they planned to take Yufei for surgery in the future to try and remove the birthmark.
In that case, Yufei would never have to feel insecure again because of the birthmark on her body, right?
Lin Jin felt relieved, it was enough knowing that Yufei was going well.
Yufei’s life seemed to be a lot better than before. Although her clothes in the past weren’t shabby, it was clearly not as bright and beautiful as what she had on now. Plus, while Yufei was used to smiling every day, even when in front of Lin Jin, it looked a bit forced. But now, in front of her adoptive parents, her smile was warm and genuine.
After having a meal with that family, Lin Jin returned home with a happy smile. Yufei now had a place she belonged, so Lin Jin no longer needed to worry anymore.
Now, the only thing left to worry about was Xia Tian and his new restaurant.
Apparently ,the restaurant cost around four hundred thousand yuan, half of which Xia Tian had scraped together from everywhere he could. If something went wrong with this restaurant, she didn’t know how devastated Xia Tian would be.
It was already past eight at night by the time Lin Jin got home, Xia Tian had just returned from the restaurant.
During this period, Xia Tian was busy every day because of the restaurant’s renovations and hiring. While supervising the renovation crew, he was also interviewing servers and chefs. There was also that four star chef discussing signature dishes with Xia Tian. Every day, he would leave at eight in the morning and not return home until after seven at night.
When he used to work at the hotel, he could still slack off a bit when there were no customers around. But now that he was opening his own restaurant, even though it was just the initial preparations, he was already busying around all day.
When Lin Jin walked in, Xia Tian had just finished showering and was sitting on the sofa playing on his phone.
“You’re back?” Xia Tian saw Lin Jin enter and looked up with a somewhat tired smile “I hired a chef today, supposedly he’s quite good. Tomorrow I’m going to gather all the chefs over to finalize the menu and do a taste test.”
“Tomorrow? Tomorrow’s Sunday. I’ll call some of my classmates over to join us? The Xiamen locals probably know what flavors are most suitable here.”
“That would be great. You go contact them and see how many locals you can get.” Xia Tian immediately agreed with a nod. He then continued to say “Want to go grocery shopping together tomorrow morning? I’ll talk to them tonight about what we’ll need for tomorrow.”
“Sure.”