Rebirth: Daily Face Slaps - Chapter 179

If you ask yourself, who in this world doesn’t yearn for success?

For someone like Lin Mengting, who left her hometown to fight alone in a foreign place, this yearning was even stronger. It was deeply ingrained and inseparable.

The dream of “returning home in glory” perfectly matched her aspirations for which she tirelessly struggled.

Unfortunately, the harsh reality shattered this pure dream time and time again.

Until Lin Mengting had to accept the brutal truth—she would live her life as an ordinary person, unnoticed whether she came into or left this world.

Often, people comfort themselves and others with phrases like “just get by” and “a simple life is also real.”

Countless quiet nights, Lin Mengting tried to console herself this way.

But deep down, she still had an unyielding spirit. These words of comfort did nothing but increase her pain.

All because many times, she saw opportunities arise, only to be taken by others.

The saying “opportunities favor the prepared” became a joke in her circumstances.

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After struggling for decades without achieving anything significant, and even falling behind those she once surpassed, how could Lin Mengting return home feeling exhausted and defeated?

Especially since, in her previous life, despite setbacks in career and life, she had thoughts of marrying and settling down into a simple, happy family life. Yet, every relationship she tried to nurture ended in failure.

Before her rebirth, Lin Mengting was considered a “hopeless case” by her family and friends.

Under these circumstances, how could she face her neighbors and relatives’ bewildered looks and comments? Even if she eventually achieved some success through hard work, it made no difference.

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“Mom, we have seven days off for the Spring Festival. I also have seven days of annual leave, and I can take a few more days off. Altogether, I’ll have almost twenty days to stay home and spend time with you and Dad.”

“Won’t that cause any issues?”

Despite her words, Yu Fengqing couldn’t hide her intense anticipation and bittersweet feelings.

This past year, whenever she thought about Lin Mengting far away in a strange city, Yu Fengqing was almost always in tears, unable to sleep or eat well.

Especially after Lin Mengting was deceived by her third uncle and aunt and ended up doing laborious work at that base, Yu Fengqing often blamed herself for being “too weak.”

—If only she had been firmer, Lin Mengting would have entered a top high school and then a prestigious university. After that, whether she pursued further studies or started working, it would have been her mature and right decision for her life.

Instead of being forced to leave home, find a job to support herself, and prematurely face the complexities of adulthood and the cutthroat world.

Even though now, at just eighteen, Lin Mengting had achieved what many women in their mid-twenties couldn’t, Yu Fengqing still couldn’t feel at ease.

—It was obvious that in a strange city, achieving such “miraculous” success as an unknown newcomer must have involved untold hardships!

And these were hardships Lin Mengting should not have had to endure.

All because of the “crooked” ways of the Lin family elders!

As for her third uncle and aunt’s schemes?

Frankly, Yu Fengqing never considered them significant.

—When you can solve everything by taking out the big boss, who cares about the little ones jumping around?

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Unaware of Yu Fengqing’s silent determination, Lin Mengting smiled and said, “Mom, it’s fine. The company actually prefers us to take long vacations.”

The logistics industry had a benefit similar to factories—extremely busy two months before the New Year, but the last half month before and the month and a half after were incredibly slow.

In such cases, the company would encourage employees to take long vacations, reducing expenses and promoting a culture of valuing Chinese holidays, especially the New Year, making employees feel the company cares about them.

“How long is the flight from S City to home?”

Asking Lin Mengting to take a train was out of the question!

On normal days, traveling to a nearby city by train, reading a book, listening to music, and enjoying the scenery was a pleasant short trip.

But from S City to M City by train took three days and nights!

Even in the best soft sleeper compartment, it would be a grueling journey!

Especially during the Spring Festival travel rush, when people nationwide headed home, making it so crowded that buying an overpriced plane ticket from scalpers was better than buying a hard seat train ticket and sitting all the way home!

Yes, even getting a sleeper ticket wasn’t easy!

Many, unable to get sleeper tickets, settled for seat tickets or even standing tickets, enduring the crowded aisles, under-seat spaces, and even toilets, unable to move or dare to eat or drink for fear of losing their spot.