Rebirth: Daily Face Slaps - Chapter 85

After hanging up the phone, Yu Fengqing sat silently on the sofa, not moving for a long time.

The atmosphere in the room was eerily quiet.

In such a still environment, where even the drop of a pin could be heard, Yu Fengqing’s sudden sigh made Lin Yimin, who was deep in thought about what he had done wrong recently to cause this reaction from Yu Fengqing, feel a jolt of anxiety. He instinctively looked up at the dazed Yu Fengqing and cautiously asked, “What’s wrong?”

He secretly wondered what Lin Mengting had said during the call to make her mother react this way.

Yu Fengqing thought for a moment, hoping that perhaps a man’s perspective might differ from a woman’s, and asked, “Old Lin, what do you think of the Qin family next door?”

“The Qin family?” Lin Yimin’s fingers tapped lightly on the table as he pondered deeply.

Yu Fengqing’s previously settled heart floated with unease.

Whenever Lin Yimin made this small gesture, it indicated his strong disapproval of something but also showed his hesitation due to certain reasons.

“Just say what you think!” Yu Fengqing sighed, her heart calming.

After all, given the current situation, things couldn’t get much worse, could they?

“Are you talking about Qin Mei and Qin Dong? Did Tingting have another argument with them?” Lin Yimin’s question was probing, triggered by the Qin family’s inexplicable questions earlier that evening.

“You’re wrong!” In the past, Yu Fengqing might not have caught the undertones in Lin Yimin’s words or noticed his peculiar behavior.

But now, with Lin Mengting frequently mentioning Qin Mei and Qin Dong with evident disgust and annoyance, Yu Fengqing couldn’t help but get angry, “How can such a good child like Tingting get into arguments for no reason!”

This time, Lin Yimin didn’t hide his sarcastic and mocking tone, “So it seems Qin Mei and Qin Dong have been bullying Tingting.”

“Old Lin, what do you know?” Yu Fengqing sat down next to Lin Yimin, determined to get to the bottom of it.

“Haven’t you noticed that in the past few months, the Qin family always looks strange whenever they see us?”

Even though they would praise Qin Dong, their eyes revealed frustration and resentment, feelings that couldn’t escape the sharp eyes of a retired special forces soldier like Lin Yimin.

“Who has time to notice their expressions… Wait! Are you saying?!” Realizing the source of her own hesitancy and uncertainty, Yu Fengqing recalled the vague remarks the Qin family made recently and couldn’t help but laugh coldly.

“Hah! The Qin family really thinks I’m a fool!”

“Old Lin, how do you know all this so clearly? Did they trick you before?!” Quickly, Yu Fengqing figured that Lin Yimin’s usual tolerant and strict approach wouldn’t allow him to be privately this averse to the Qin family.

“Did you forget I served in the army for ten years?” Lin Yimin said helplessly, “I warned you long ago not to get too close to the Qin family.”

But Yu Fengqing was always “stubborn,” unwilling to suspect or give up on someone without sufficient evidence.

Had it not been so, reborn Lin Mengting wouldn’t have kept a superficial relationship with Qin Mei and Qin Dong, instead of breaking off completely.

“Really?” Yu Fengqing frowned, unable to make sense of it, and accused, “Then why didn’t you, like Tingting, present facts and reason to me? Or do you enjoy seeing me kept in the dark, being played around with?”

Before Lin Yimin could defend himself, Yu Fengqing glanced at the uneasy Lin Yimin and said, “Forget it, I know you’re just ‘naive.’ Counting on you is pointless compared to relying on my dear daughter!”

Lin Yimin “…” Indeed, women are “unreasonable”!

Ignoring Lin Yimin’s silence, Yu Fengqing began sorting through the package she received today.

If the Qin family hadn’t interrupted, she would have organized the items by now!

“Take these boxes of candies and snacks to the office tomorrow and share them. These cans of milk powder and protein powder, remember to bring them to Dad and Second Uncle next time you visit home. And these sets of clothes, take them along for Dad and Second Uncle as well.”

…

Half an hour later, Yu Fengqing had sorted everything in the box. Items to be gifted were placed on one side, while those for personal use were on the other.

Looking at the two distinct piles, Yu Fengqing, while applying hand cream, said, “Old Lin, you don’t know, everyone has been saying the Qin siblings are very inconsiderate, staying in S City for so long without buying anything to honor their parents.”

Especially Qin Mei, a woman over thirty, working for five or six years but never buying anything for her family. Unlike Lin Mengting, who sent substantial “purchases” back home.

Of course, Yu Fengqing didn’t intend to tell anyone that the high-quality items Lin Mengting sent were actually bought cheaply.

Neither the Yu family nor the Lin family knew, and she didn’t dare to let it slip.

Who could guarantee that once they knew, they wouldn’t also ask Lin Mengting to buy cheap things for them?

It wasn’t just that. If they complained about the quality and price, suspecting Lin Mengting of embezzling part of the money, wouldn’t that be the epitome of “hard to be a good person”?

Moreover, once the word spread, even unintentionally, others would come asking for help.

This would make things difficult for Lin Mengting.