Rebirth: Daily Face Slaps - Chapter 16

After breakfast, as Lin Mengting was about to leave, she saw Wang Qin waving at her with a smile, “Tingting, your phone!”

At this time, the person calling her…

“Hello, this is Lin Mengting.”

“Tingting?!” A familiar voice came through the phone line, causing Lin Mengting to sneer inwardly. Her lowered eyes flashed with cold irony, “Qin Dong, what do you want?”

[He hated Lin Mengting’s overly ‘formal’ tone when answering the phone, as if they were strangers on the street and not neighbors and colleagues for years!]

[Ironically, when they met in person, she was always overly enthusiastic.]

[But it didn’t matter. Once Lin Mengting became his girlfriend, hehe…]

What was this?!

Lin Mengting’s eyes widened in astonishment. She couldn’t believe that her mind-reading ability didn’t require her to meet the person in order to use it!

Even if it required the person to be extremely annoyed and let their guard down a bit, it was still an incredible advantage!

With this realization, Lin Mengting’s annoyance and dislike for Qin Dong’s unexpected call lessened slightly.

However, this did not mean that Lin Mengting was willing to continue chatting with Qin Dong, especially with Wang Qin watching her with a teasing look!

“Qin Dong, I have things to do. Let’s talk next time.”

With that, Lin Mengting prepared to hang up the phone.

“Wait!” Qin Dong hurriedly stopped her and quickly stated the purpose of his call, “I found a new job. Do you have time tonight to go out for dinner and celebrate?”

“Sorry, I’ve been pretty busy lately. Maybe next time,” Lin Mengting easily blocked Qin Dong’s attempt to continue the conversation.

Qin Dong’s eyes narrowed, and a fleeting look of malevolence and cruelty crossed his face before he quickly replaced it with a look of grievance and helplessness, “Tingting, I know you’re still angry with me. About what happened last time, it was my fault. I thought you had forgiven me. I never expected you still hold it against me. These past few days, I haven’t dared to sleep. Because whenever I fall asleep, I have nightmares of you angrily accusing me.”

[Indeed, seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls are so sentimental.]

[But it’s fine. At least this way, she won’t play mind games like the more experienced Lin Mengting ten years from now!]

Thinking of the dignified and graceful Lin Mengting he had seen from a distance in his previous life, Qin Dong couldn’t help but feel a rare sense of relief.

“Qin Dong, if there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up now.” With that, Lin Mengting decisively cut off the call before Qin Dong could speak again.

“Qin Dong? Qin?” Wang Qin tapped her finger on the glass coffee table, thought for a moment, and asked, “Is he the son of the Qin family who lives next to you? No wonder he’s so concerned about you.”

After all, “A gentleman seeks a beautiful lady!”

So, it was understandable that even when there were conflicts between Qin Dong and his sister Qin Mei with Lin Mengting, he would still call multiple times a day to check on her.

It seemed Qin Dong was quite persistent.

“Auntie, you don’t know how annoying he is!”

Unexpectedly, instead of agreeing with Wang Qin, Lin Mengting sneered, showing disdain and contempt when she mentioned Qin Dong.

“He’s always using moral coercion, psychological tactics, and schemes. He’s way too skilled for someone who just graduated and has only been working for a few years! In fact, even those who have been in society for ten or twenty years might not be his match.”

“Is he the colleague you mentioned from the base?” Wang Qin nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with Lin Mengting’s assessment.

In her view, one couldn’t truly judge a person until they had met and interacted with them personally.

That’s why she believed in the saying, “Seeing is believing.”

Even though Lin Mengting appeared to be clever, sensible, and well-behaved, Wang Qin found it hard to believe that an 18-year-old with limited work experience wouldn’t be prone to the same impulsiveness as other young people.

“I met Qin Mei at the base and found out that she and her brother Qin Dong were the children of Uncle Qin next door.”

Realizing she couldn’t leave without satisfying Wang Qin’s curiosity, Lin Mengting sat down beside her on the sofa.

“It wasn’t until two weeks after I started at the base that I became familiar with Qin Mei. After that, I learned from her that her younger brother Qin Dong worked at the same base.”

So, strictly speaking, she had only been acquainted with Qin Mei and Qin Dong for just over a month in this life.

“Auntie, do you know why I hate them so much? Let me tell you…”

Lin Mengting recounted everything that had happened recently, especially how Qin Mei had tried to label her as Qin Dong’s girlfriend and their subsequent actions that were disguised as concern but were actually threats and warnings.

In the end, Lin Mengting ground her teeth and said, “I was really blind to befriend people like them! But fortunately, I was able to distance myself in time, or who knows how they would have harmed me in the future!”

“In that case, you shouldn’t interact with them anymore,” Wang Qin’s lips pressed into a thin line, her eyes flashing with anger at Qin Mei and Qin Dong’s deliberate attempts to manipulate and harm Lin Mengting.

It seemed she needed to call home and discuss this matter seriously with Lin Mengting’s family.

Otherwise, did they think they could easily manipulate a girl from the Lin family?!

Especially since they tried to use her to scheme against Lin Mengting. If it weren’t for today’s conversation and her understanding of Lin Mengting’s true feelings, she might have continued to be deceived by them!

“I’ll handle the situation from here on,” Wang Qin said, determined. She guessed that after Lin Mengting repeatedly refused Qin Mei and Qin Dong’s invitations and gradually distanced herself, they might resort to more sinister tactics.

For example, spreading rumors to ruin Lin Mengting’s reputation at home.

Or, waiting until Lin Mengting found a boyfriend to emerge and spread malicious gossip, destroying her relationship.