Rebirth: Daily Face Slaps - Chapter 196

“You can start dating first and get married if it feels right.”

Lin Yimin said calmly, as if he wasn’t the person who had decisively refused the matchmaking requests from his comrades and classmates for his son.

Lin Mengting grew more confused, but she knew that once Lin Yimin made a decision, nothing could change his mind.

So, she turned to Yu Fengqing. “Mom, what do you think?”

Yu Fengqing sighed, her eyes a bit evasive. “There are too many outsiders in S City. Some of them are not trustworthy, saying one thing and doing another…”

She was indirectly agreeing with Lin Yimin, suggesting that Lin Mengting should find a boyfriend in their hometown. This way, they would know his background, and they wouldn’t have to worry about Lin Mengting being deceived far from home. More importantly, they wouldn’t worry about her marrying someone from another place and not being able to visit often.

Yu Fengqing herself had suffered from “marrying far away,” so she didn’t want her daughter, whom she had raised with great care, to experience the same hardship.

“Is it really that simple? No other reasons?” Lin Mengting didn’t believe their explanation. But since they had already said so much, they still maintained their stance.

“Sigh…” Lin Mengting pouted and casually dropped a bombshell. “Actually, I already have a boyfriend.”

“What?!” Lin Yimin and Yu Fengqing’s eyes widened like searchlights. Even Lin Mengting, who prided herself on having a steady heart, felt a moment of guilt.

Wait, why should she feel guilty? This was the truth!

Besides, compared to her past life where she focused on work and was nearing thirty without being married, worrying her parents until their hair turned gray, settling her future so early in this life was much better, right?

Thinking this way, Lin Mengting stood up straight and explained again. “You heard me right. I have a boyfriend. He’s a soldier. He wanted to come home with me to meet you, but I didn’t agree.”

Lin Yimin and Yu Fengqing “…”

They must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. How else could they hear such shocking news? Their daughter was only 18!

How could someone with such bad intentions get to her so early? Such a person couldn’t just be described as “ruthless”!

Right, that person must have deceived Tingting!

“Tingting, do your fourth uncle and aunt know about this?” Yu Fengqing’s mind flashed back to a recent phone call with Wang Qin, where Wang Qin mentioned a boy who liked Lin Mengting.

What was his name again?

Right, Sun Weiqi!

“Sun Weiqi?!” In her excitement, Yu Fengqing accidentally blurted out the name.

Lin Yimin, who had been kept in the dark, noticed Lin Mengting’s evasive eyes and frowned. “Is this boy your boyfriend? Which unit is he in? What kind of soldier is he? How many years has he served? When is he planning to retire?”

Although Lin Yimin himself had served as a soldier for more than ten years and had a deep affection for the military, knowing that most soldiers were responsible, family-oriented men, it didn’t mean he could accept his only daughter marrying a soldier and living a life of long-term separation and constant worry.

Yu Fengqing shared this concern. She opened her mouth to persuade Lin Mengting to give up this “unreliable” idea but was stopped by Lin Yimin’s look.

Indeed, Lin Mengting wasn’t the obedient girl who would blindly follow their words anymore. At eighteen, she had already secured a position in a large foreign company in S City and built beneficial relationships.

In this situation, how could they oppose her without understanding the situation?

Not knowing the thoughts running through Yu Fengqing’s mind, Lin Mengting fiddled with her clothes and said awkwardly, “Isn’t there a ‘confidentiality’ requirement? So, I didn’t ask him.”

Seeing Lin Yimin’s face darken even more, Lin Mengting quickly added, “But his rank is quite high. If we get married, I can live with him, and there won’t be any ‘long-term separation’ affecting our relationship.”

Despite her efforts to divert the topic, Lin Yimin, with his military experience, wasn’t easily fooled. He got straight to the point. “How old is he?”

“Well, maybe five or six years older?” Lin Mengting wasn’t sure, looking everywhere but at her father’s sharp eyes. “He’s so dark-skinned. Except for his bright white teeth, he looks like a piece of charcoal. You can’t tell his exact age.”