Rebirth: Daily Face Slaps - Chapter 151

“Tingting, do you have time this weekend to go shopping?”

A familiar voice, a familiar invitation.

A familiar formula, a familiar feeling.

Lin Mengting tilted her head slightly, pushing aside the strange feeling that suddenly surfaced in her mind, and said, “Sorry, Miss Xu, I have plans this weekend.”

Xu Meili disagreed strongly, saying, “Every time I call to invite you, you say you’re busy! A young girl like you shouldn’t be working all the time like a 34-year-old, never enjoying life. By the time you realize you’ve worn out your body from overworking, it will be too late to regret it.”

“Miss Xu, I understand what you mean, but I really have plans this weekend.” Lin Mengting smiled apologetically, not intending to argue further. Instead, she casually asked, “I remember you’re from H Province. Are you going home for the New Year?”

“Yes!” Xu Meili replied straightforwardly. “Why work hard all year if not to return home in glory and reunite with family?”

Then Xu Meili seemed to realize something and asked, “Tingting, aren’t you planning to go home?”

“I’m not sure yet.” Lin Mengting sighed softly. “Home” was such an appealing place. In her past life, after wandering for decades, she longed to go home so badly that her soul trembled.

Unfortunately, the world doesn’t change according to one’s wishes.

So, she continued wandering, telling people with a calm face that there were no relatives left in her hometown and she would bring her parents to S City for the New Year, avoiding the crowded holiday trains.

But in reality?

Xu Meili’s eyes narrowed slightly, and a mocking smile appeared on her lips. “Spring Festival travel season is starting soon, and you haven’t decided yet?”

【Indeed, even if this life brought the so-called ‘butterfly effect’, the cold and indifferent nature ingrained in Lin Mengting’s bones hasn’t changed at all!】

“You young people!” Xu Meili shook her head, sighing. “As soon as you leave home, you all want to fly freely, not realizing how worried your parents and family are back home!”

I have to admit, Xu Meili’s words sounded quite insightful.

This was precisely why Lin Mengting was misled by Xu Meili for five or six years in her past life!

— Only someone who truly cares would speak so earnestly, using their own experiences as examples to warn others.

Xu Meili had mastered this perfectly.

The only difference was that during this time, Xu Meili would subtly promote ideas like “young, pretty girls shouldn’t struggle for a living, just dress up nicely and marry a wealthy man to live a comfortable life” or “marry a millionaire”.

Influencing people subtly, like a grandmaster in ancient household struggles, leaving others far behind!

Unaware that her “goals” were all under Lin Mengting’s control, Xu Meili, after a round of high-sounding talk, sighed again, “Nowadays, the world is too chaotic! When you’re out alone, you must protect yourself, especially when going to remote factories. What if something happens? A few days ago, I read in the newspaper about a young girl walking at night who was dragged into an alley by a group and found dead the next day by a cleaner.”

“Miss Xu, are you talking about the girl who deliberately went to the red-light district?” Lin Mengting was amazed at Xu Meili’s ability to make up stories. “To be fair, she has to take some responsibility for that.”

What kind of girl would go to the red-light district at one or two in the morning? After being “booked,” she started shouting for the police, accusing them of “hooliganism” and “rape”?

Did she think the scantily clad women and sleazy men there didn’t exist?

Even if she took a wrong turn, upon realizing it, she should have run away. How could she stand there for nearly half an hour?

It was hard not to suspect it was a new trick from a “streetwalker.”

Xu Meili was momentarily stunned, not expecting Lin Mengting, who was always so busy, to have time to read newspapers.

However, if she admitted defeat now, she wouldn’t be the Xu Meili that even Lin Mengting found remarkable.

“You must be talking about another incident.” In a short time, Xu Meili concocted another story without blinking, “This girl worked in a factory, working late till eleven, and decided to take a shortcut home. Unfortunately… The suburban areas, especially industrial zones, without street lights and sparsely populated, are indeed dangerous!”

After another round of sighs, Xu Meili continued, “As the New Year approaches, not only are there more petty thefts, but also brazen robberies! A pretty girl from our company was robbed in an industrial area by someone on a motorcycle. She foolishly held onto her bag and was dragged a long distance until the strap broke. The bag was taken, and she was injured. If you ever encounter such a situation, don’t fight them! Give them the bag! It’s better than being dragged and injured, having to spend a lot of money on hospital bills. It’s a classic case of ‘losing both the lady and the soldiers’. Even us ‘delicate girls’ should know this, and even the male employees in our company hand over their bags in such situations to avoid being seriously hurt…”

Though crude, the logic wasn’t wrong.

This was the current situation in S City.

That’s why, a few years later, when S City proposed banning motorcycles, Lin Mengting wholeheartedly supported it, thinking this policy was truly for the people’s benefit!