Chapter 65: He Is Playing You

Translator: Peggyan and Ruriko

Hearing her furious tone, Lin Xiaomi involuntarily felt sad even if she didn’t want to.

This was how a mother responded to the relationship of her daughter! Without an inquiry, she directly accused her daughter of dating a hooligan.

If Jiang Hui asked Lin Xiaomi about it in a good voice, Lin might explain it to her. But now, Lin wanted to defend herself.

“He’s Lin Hai, not a hooligan. I like him very much, and he treats me very well.”

Hearing this, Jiang Hui turned angrier. “Watch your tone. Is this how you talk to your mother? You said you liked him, but how can a well-educated girl say it? Are you ashamed of yourself?”

“No, I’m not. I just tell my mother about the man I like, so why should I feel ashamed?”

Lin chose to tolerate whatever Jiang said before, for Jiang was her mother and led a hard life in the Lin family even if how badly Jiang treated her.

But now, Lin got to know that no matter how well Lin treated Jiang, Jiang wouldn’t consider Lin her daughter.

“Watch your tone. You even learn to argue with me. What else is he if he isn’t a hooligan? Having dated with him only a few days, you dare to refute me, huh?!! Xin’er told me his job was software development. Hohoho, I think he lied to you to just play you. Otherwise, he’s learned of the relations between you and the Lin family, so he wants to cash in. Tell him not to even dream of it!”

Lin tried her best to control her sneers and thought that Jiang felt so better about herself.

Yes, the Lin and Lee families were influential in the city, but not all people wanted to curry favor with them.

“Lin Hai isn’t such a person. He’s a man of integrity.” Lin couldn’t stand that Jiang spoke ill of him.

“Why do you phone me today?” asked Lin.

“Lin Qingtian comes back for Xin’er’s engagement party. You come back for dinner and I have something to tell you in passing.”

“I got it.”

As the oldest son of Lin Yaoguo, Lin Qingtian enjoyed a better status than Lin Xiaomi but was still of little standing in the Lin family, for he was an illegitimate son.

He wasn’t brought back the Lin family until Lin Xin’er’s mother died. But, he was sent abroad early. Though he was the oldest son, the world knew that Lin Xin’er would inherit the family.

Lin Qingtian was the only one who was nice to Lin Xiaomi in the Lin family.

The last time she saw him was a year ago.

This was also the reason why she agreed to go back.

At night, Leng Yihuang called her to ask her to eat out.

She indeed thought that he had earned a lot of money. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have asked her to eat out every day.

“Sorry, I can’t go. Lin Qingtian, Lin Xin’er’s brother, comes back. My mother asked me to go back tonight.”

Hearing this, he asked with his voice down, “Go back to the Lin family?”

Knowing his concerns, she said with a smile to comfort him, “It’ll be fine. Set your mind at rest.”

After some thoughts, she added, “I’ll barely eat, so shall we go to eat some midnight snacks after I get back? Well, you haven’t been to a night market, have you? There is the most delicious food in the night market. We’ll go eat them tonight.”

He heard her out with interest and felt her good mood. “Okay.”

Today, she would drive back. Now, she finally got the qualifications to park her car at the doorway of the Lin family.

It often rained at summers, but she didn’t need to worry about being a drenched chicken anymore.

Since she followed Sun Ru to gather news, she got a flexible time and went off work early, thus, arriving at the Lin family earlier.

Jiang Hui had also asked her to go back earlier.

When Lin Xiaomi arrived there, Jiang Hui took a walk in the yard with Lin Xin’er and slightly frowned upon seeing the car Lin Xiaomi drove.

“Mother,” said Lin Xiaomi lightly.

“You changed your car? Yo, it’s a BMW. Your so-called boyfriend bought it for you?” asked Jiang Hui in a terrible tone with a sneer.

Lin Xiaomi vigilantly looked at Lin Xin’er who kept silence with a sweet smile on the corners of her lips.

However, Lin Xiaomi felt bloodcurdling.

Sometimes, it turned even scarier when Lin Xiaomi didn’t know Lin Xin’er was up to.

Lin Xiaomi was 100% sure that Lin Xin’er had said something to Jiang Hui, for she could tell from that day that Lin Xin’er was interested in Leng Yihuang.

“Follow me upstairs and I’ll tell you something,” said Jiang Hui indifferently. Before that, Jiang Hui patted Lin Xin’er’s hand and enjoined Lin Xin’er to get inside soon.

Speechlessly, Lin Xiaomi followed Jiang Hui and looked back, seeing Lin Xin’er staring at her back. Meeting her eyes, Lin Xin’er smiled.

The smile gave Lin Xiaomi’s creeps.

Her room was on the second floor. Lin Xiaomi hadn’t sent foot in this room for years and didn’t expect her room to be kept.

However, as soon as she went inside, she saw the thick of dust on the desk.

She couldn’t help mocking at herself.

Instead of keeping it, the Lin family totally forgot her room at all.

“What’s your boyfriend’s family background?” asked Jiang Hui even without talking nonsense.

“Just an ordinary person with no family background.”

Jiang Hui said with a sneer upon hearing this, “No family background? Ho, I told you he had ulterior motives! How can such a person buy a million dollars car for you? He must know your relationship with the Lin family, so he wants to befriend you to cash in! Tell him not to even think about it!”

How ridiculous Jiang Hui was! “You’re over-worried! I have nothing to do with this family, so how can he use me to cash in? Set your mind at rest! If one day he begs the Lin family, I’ll break up with him even if you don’t tell me this. Satisfied? Do I need to give you a warranty?”

Jiang Hui said with her brows knitted while indifferently looking at Lin Xiaomi, “You’ve really grown up! Now, you dare to rudely talk to me. Do you really think men are dependable? You’re young and pretty, so they spend money on you, but how about when you grow old? Those choosy men are the most ambitious. You have no family background, so why do they still spend money on you? They’ll finally find a rich woman to get married when they are done with you.”

“Everything I did is for you. Break with him quickly. Your Uncle Lin will introduce a reliable man to you. You can have a look later.”