Rebirth: Daily Face Slaps - Chapter 89

“Auntie.”

In the next moment, Qin Dong fell silent, his face as pale as paper, and his body trembling like a leaf.

At that moment, he truly understood what “official authority” meant. He realized that the initial “show of force” he experienced wasn’t just what he had imagined it to be!

However, Qin Dong’s eyes quickly filled with a frenzied desire, intense enough to frighten anyone who saw it.

After his rebirth, this was the goal he had set for himself!

Qin Dong despised those protagonists in rebirth novels who used their knowledge of the future to amass wealth in the business world. For thousands of years, the social hierarchy of “scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants” was not only ingrained in people’s bones but also became an unwritten rule known to all.

— To become an official, that was Qin Dong’s goal in this life.

Even if it meant humbling himself before Lin Mengting, so be it.

“Auntie.” Under Wang Qin’s cold, warning gaze, Qin Dong lowered his head and shouted in a low voice, “I know that my behavior over the past few months has caused Tingting a lot of trouble, but I just couldn’t help myself!”

At this point, Qin Dong looked up, eyes brimming with tears, his face full of grievance as he looked at Wang Qin. Then, with an expression of deep affection and unwavering devotion, he glanced at Lin Mengting, only to quickly lower his head as if hurt by the clear coldness and distance in her eyes.

“From the first moment I saw Tingting, I thought, how could there be such a wonderful girl in this world? When she smiles, it’s like a Xiao Sun, warming everyone’s hearts! I couldn’t help but want to get closer to her, closer, until I could take this Xiao Sun home, protect her, and take care of her for a lifetime. Later, when I found out by chance that Tingting was my junior at school, I stayed home during winter and summer breaks, studying hard just to get closer to her. Auntie, you might laugh at me, but I’ve never been good at academics. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t understand the material in the textbooks; it all seemed like a fairy tale. Whenever that happened, Tingting’s smiling face would appear in my mind, giving me the courage and confidence to work hard for the future. Because of this, after the college entrance exams, I managed to enter a good university with excellent grades, and after graduation, I smoothly entered the banking system. In just a few years, I became a junior manager at the bank. I thought I could quietly stay at home, watching Tingting grow up, and then ask Uncle and Auntie for her hand in marriage, living a happy and beautiful life together. But I never expected that in just a few months, the whole world would change drastically.”

At this point, Qin Dong scratched his head hard, looking extremely aggrieved and troubled.

“Tingting left home after graduation and came here to work! Auntie, you don’t know, when I heard this news, I felt as if the whole world had turned dark! Fortunately, when I was about to give up, I thought of Tingting. No matter what, she was still waiting for me in that foreign place. Even if it was for nothing else, just to continue being with Tingting, I had to do something. With this tragic feeling, I told my parents the truth and submitted a leave of absence to the bank. I packed my bags and left my hometown, coming to this coastal city. Here, I searched for three whole months but still couldn’t find any trace of Tingting. Until by chance, I entered that base.”

A glimmer of light flashed in Qin Dong’s eyes. He looked like a castaway who had been drifting at sea for years and suddenly saw a guiding light, full of excitement and gratitude toward heaven.

“Auntie, you don’t know how hard I had to restrain myself when I saw Tingting, to not rush up to her and hug her tightly, to kiss her passionately.”

Qin Dong’s face was full of deep emotion and regret, but to Lin Mengting, he looked like a “clown”, making her reach for a mint candy to suppress the nausea rising within her.

Even Wang Qin was stunned for a few seconds by Qin Dong’s shameless and twisted words.

Thankfully, Lin Mengting had mentioned Qin Mei and Qin Dong more than once, preparing Wang Qin mentally. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been easy to recover so quickly.

In this world, there’s no such thing as “the most shameless,” only “more shameless.”

As she thought about this, Wang Qin squinted her eyes, deciding to talk to Lin Mengting later, to prevent her from continuing to engage with Qin Mei and Qin Dong just for amusement.

Although Wang Qin hadn’t met Qin Mei yet, Lin Chunyin had recently seen Qin Mei shopping with a nouveau riche. Coupled with Qin Dong’s behavior today, it was clear that these siblings would stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

People like that, when pushed, might do anything.

“Qin Dong, you and Tingting are not suitable for each other.” Wang Qin didn’t want to waste more words on someone like him.

“In the future, you will find a girl more suitable for you.”

With that, Wang Qin picked up her teacup, signaling it was time for him to leave.

“I know that with my current achievements, I am far from being able to marry Tingting and give her a prosperous life. But I can swear to the heavens, if you give me a chance, I will prove to the world that there is no one more suitable for Tingting than me! Because I will love, protect, and cherish Tingting with all my heart. She will be the only one in my eyes and heart! Even if I become rich and successful, even if Tingting’s beauty fades with age, I will never, like those who abandon old loves for new, seek out younger, prettier girls. I will never stray. Because Tingting is the one who grew up with me, the only one who can share my joys and sorrows.”