Chapter 592: – Wanqing and Zihan
Ever since the black cat appeared, for some reason, it would always possess Braised Pork whenever it was free. And just like Braised Pork, it was extremely interested in Lin Jin’s child.
It would always talk to little Qing when no one else was around, referring to itself as grandpa, and constantly tried to make the child call it that.
In its own words: “I was the one who watched this child’s mom grow up! What’s wrong with asking her to call me grandpa?”
Although it didn’t really watch Lin Jin grow up, just watched as she transformed.
Just, having a child call a cat grandpa seemed a bit inappropriate, right?
Lin Jin was helpless against the black cat. The app on her phone had long disappeared. Unless the black cat took the initiative to possess Braised Pork’s body, she had no way of finding it herself.
As long as it didn’t suddenly vanish again, that was good enough.
Lin Jin's thoughts were quite simple. After spending a few years with the black cat, she still had some affection for it.
The currently streaming Xia Tian suddenly felt his head was vibrant green…
And just like that, Xia Tian busied himself with managing the restaurant matters every day. Later, when the restaurant’s financial loss crisis was over, he focused entirely on staying home to accompany Lin Jin in taking care of the child. He only went to the restaurant when something urgent came up.
And Lin Jin had properly become a full time streamer. The nanny took care of the housework, and she could also help look after the child. So Lin Jin, in order to earn some money herself, would stream every day during the day and at night after little Qing was asleep.
Her old classmates all got married one after another. Little Qing also slowly grew up.
…
"Sister! Sister! Wait for me!"
Xia Wanqing reluctantly stopped, placed her hands on her hips, and turned back to look at the little brat behind her.
"Lin Zihan! Can’t you run faster? It’s my mom’s birthday today!"
“Your legs are longer!” A little boy finally caught up, panting as he huffed a couple times at Xia Wanqing “Auntie’s so gentle, how did she end up raising a tomboy like you!”
“Then you’re just a little sissy! Always looking for my help when you get bullied!”
"Tomboy!"
"Sissy!"
The two were three years apart, but when arguing, neither of them would back down. And so, they returned back to Wanqing’s house while bickering.
Opening the door, Wanqing, who was already in her last year of high school, let out a loud shout. She then tossed her heavy backpack on the sofa, carelessly kicked off her shoes, and then shouted into the house.
“Dad! Mom! I’m back! Lin Zihan’s here too!”
A head peeked out from the kitchen. It was a middle aged man with a strong build.
"Wanqing, your parents are live streaming. Keep quiet." He peeked his head out again and asked: “Where’s Zihan? Didn’t you say he’s here too?"
"Climbing the stairs!"
"The elevator broke again?"
"Nope! It was full and didn’t want to wait, so I just ran up. He’s chasing after me!"
The middle aged man helplessly shook his head. Wanqing’s demeanor reminded him of Lin Jin as a child.
The way that Wanqing and Zihan got along was, for some reason, almost exactly like how he and Lin Jin used to be when they were younger.
“Go in and find you mom! I’ll cook.”
Lin Chen smiled and went back into the kitchen.
Even though Lin Chen had never known how to cook before, but very unfortunately, he met a girlfriend who really liked to eat but couldn’t cook at all. Ten or so years later, Lin Chen had long since mastered his cooking skills.
A moment later, Zihan finally entered while panting. His whole person nearly collapsed onto the floor as he shut the door behind him with an exhausted look on his face. Then without even greeting Lin Chen, he directly entered the streaming room.
Hearing the commotion, Lin Chen stuck his head out of the kitchen again, only to realize his son had already vanished.
“This guy! He’ll definitely take Lin Jin as his godmother one day!”
On the other side, Lin Jin was currently in the stream room, quietly reading on the sofa. And Xia Tian, whose hair was already starting to go gray, was still enthusiastically gaming on stream.
"Mom!"
Wanqing suddenly burst through the door and jumped onto the sofa, scaring Lin Jin so much she almost dropped the book in her hands.
“Screaming and shouting every day! You don’t act like a girl at all!”
“Dad said you were like this too before! It’s definitely inherited from you!”
Lin Jin rolled her eyes and didn’t want to bother with this little troublemaker. She picked up the book and continued reading.
“Mom! Today’s your birthday, why aren’t you happy at all!”
“Why should I be happy on my birthday?”
Lin Jin sighed inwardly.
She would be f*cking forty after this birthday, how could she be happy?
Even though from her appearance, her forty year old self didn’t actually look much different from when she was twenty, at most her hairstyle and fashion style changed. When walking down the street with Wanqing, people often mistook them as sisters.
If Lin Jin went out alone and dressed in more youthful clothes, most people would probably think she was just a college student.
And she really had been once.
Lin Jin had to admit, the feeling of being mistaken as a college student was quite nice. It gave her the illusion that she would never get old.
But she really was old now.
Even though it wasn’t very obvious, a few wrinkles had appeared at the corners of her eyes.
If Lin Jin had known earlier, she would’ve properly maintained her skin, rather than doing whatever and counting on the fact that her body had been modified by the black cat.
Wanqing and Lin Jin had a great relationship, but her relationship with Xia Tian wasn’t as good.
Ever since she was little, Wanqing’s education had always been - Xia Tian scolding her as the main method, occasionally also beatings. But every time right before the beating, Lin Jin would come to the rescue. And after rescuing her, Lin Jin would pretend to be mad at Xia Tian, before sitting down to talk things through with the frightened Wanqing.
This method of raising her, where one person played the good cop and the other played the bad cop, made Wanqing still unable to escape the shadow of Xia Tian.
Wanqing sat beside Lin Jin, nestled in her arms, smiling as she started telling Lin Jin about everything that had happened at school that day. But the warm mother daughter moment hadn’t even lasted a few minutes before that Zihan guy suddenly barged in.
“Auntie! Auntie! Wanqing bullied me again!”
“When did I? Look at your dad! So buff even my dad can’t beat him up, but you! You’re both skinny and weak and can’t even outrun me.”
“That’s because your legs are longer!”
Xia Tian heard his own name and was a bit dumbfounded as he turned around.
When could he not beat up Lin Chen? He just didn’t dare to fight, okay? That was his brother in law.
Time hadn’t left much of a mark on Lin Jin, but to Xia Tian, it was practically like a butcher’s knife.
For the current Xia Tian, the skin on his face had already started to loosen a little. The once handsome young man had now become a mature middle aged uncle.
But luckily, he usually exercised and worked out his body. There was a treadmill and an elliptical machine at home. Due to long term exercising, he had managed to not develop a beer belly like most other middle aged men.
This was even more true for that Lin Chen fellow. Even if he needed to work every day, he probably always found time in the evenings to go to the gym or do some professional workout. This led to him being nearly forty, but still maintaining the same good physique he had back in his last year of high school.
The result was that every time Zihan was beaten by Lin Chen as a child, he would always cry for dad and mom and then run over to Lin Jin for refuge.