To prevent any accidents, Lin Miaomiao couldn’t stay in this place for even a day.
Moreover, the way Liu Hang looked at her and the child made Lin Miaomiao feel even more wary.
The desire to kill someone can’t be hidden in one’s eyes.
Come to think of it, she remembered that when Liu Huihui brought people over, she said her younger brother had come to the city to look for work. But from then until now, so many days had passed, and aside from the few days he was detained, she hadn’t seen him go out to look for a job.
Lin Miaomiao narrowed her eyes. It seemed this matter wasn’t as simple as she had thought.
Wang Defa wanted to help her, but as a single man, it wasn’t appropriate for him to follow her around. He could only nod dejectedly.
Lin Miaomiao checked into a Friendship Hotel. She now faced a problem: if she went to work, she wasn’t entirely comfortable leaving the child alone in the hotel. But she had just taken two days off and couldn’t ask for more leave.
As for school, A Bao wasn’t yet six years old and couldn’t enroll in first grade. She could only send him to a nursery school for a while.
A Bao’s health wasn’t great—he often fell ill. She had sent him once before, but within a month, the teacher had spoken to her, saying A Bao was always coughing and catching colds, and they were worried he might infect the other children. They refunded the fees and advised her to withdraw him.
Now that they had moved out, she could only try a nursery school outside.
The nursery school charged three yuan, and for mid-term enrollment, fees were collected quarterly. Lin Miaomiao signed the forms, and the nursery school accepted A Bao.
At his previous nursery school, A Bao had been isolated. Because he was always coughing and falling ill, the other children kept their distance. So, from his initial excitement to now, he felt somewhat resistant inside.
But he was also afraid of being alone in the hotel—it felt too unfamiliar, and his mother seemed very worried about him…
A Bao didn’t want to worry his mother.
So even if he smelled something strange, he would hold back his coughs to avoid scaring the other children.
Due to being born prematurely, A Bao was short. Although he was four years old, he looked about the size of a three-year-old.
Lin Miaomiao bought a thermos cup for her son to drink hot water. He had respiratory issues and was prone to allergies; even too much dust could make him cough.
So she made him a mask, which made him much more comfortable.
When leaving, Lin Miaomiao was still a bit uneasy. She explained the situation to the teacher, who assured her she would clarify things with the other children and take care.
Only then did she leave.
…
“Old Lu, I heard from Wang Defa that Lin Miaomiao’s older brother bailed out the man who harassed her. Do you think Lin Miaomiao will face retaliation?”
“Honestly, she’s had it rough. Back in the village, everyone knew how protective the village chief and her older brother were, treating her like a treasure. But now, with this swapped brother, he treats her like this. It really goes to show how much bad karma she’s accumulated.”
Shen Bing had quite a few complaints about Lin Miaomiao, especially since he realized last time that she had been insulting him.
She had run off to the city with another man, abandoning her husband, and he hadn’t even called her shameless or demanded justice for his friend. What right did she have to call him crazy?
Shen Bing looked displeased.
He thought Lin Miaomiao deserved it—this was her comeuppance.
“If she knew you’ve now become the factory manager, she’d probably regret abandoning you back then!”
He snorted, “But that woman really does have some skills. Wang Defa helped her with just one case and was distracted all day. That kid wouldn’t be getting a crush, would he!”
“Good grief, that woman is beautiful, sure, but who knows how many times she’s been divorced? Her kid is already in kindergarten…”
Thud— The pen in the man’s hand at the desk was suddenly set down.
Shen Bing was startled. Meeting the man’s icy gaze, he realized he had said too much.
He raised his hands in surrender. “I won’t say anymore, okay? I won’t say another word.” This traitor who values beauty over friendship.
Five years ago, when he saw how Lin Miaomiao had hurt his prideful brother, he was furious too. He cursed Lin Miaomiao’s ancestors for eight generations, but after just calling her “shameless,” his good brother’s fist came flying.
Stabbing a brother twice for a woman—that’s him.
Just thinking about it made Shen Bing’s jaw ache.
Lu Yanzhou was extreme in every way, whether in physical ability or brains, he was better than him.
He had a muscular build, but he still couldn’t beat him.
Could there be anything more demoralizing than that?
Shen Bing couldn’t help but glance at his cold, mature profile. Thinking about how he hadn’t remarried all these years, he finally couldn’t resist asking, “You still… have feelings for her, don’t you?”
Lu Yanzhou: “No.”
Shen Bing’s expression grew even more complicated.
They’d known each other since they were toddlers in split pants. How could he not understand him?
“No” meant yes.
Lin Miaomiao really was a troublemaker!
…
“Achoo, achoo…” At her workstation, Lin Miaomiao sneezed twice in a row.
“Miaomiao, are you okay? Are you still not feeling well?”
Yu Meijing, with a band-aid on her face, asked worriedly.
Lin Miaomiao shook her head: “I’m fine. One sneeze means someone’s thinking of you, two means they’re cursing you, three means you’re catching a cold. Someone must be jealous of my beauty and cursing me behind my back!”
She sighed, cupping her face: “Being too beautiful is sometimes a curse.”
Yu Meijing: “…Couldn’t it be for some other reason?”
“Impossible. Besides my beauty, I have no other flaws.”
Yu Meijing was speechless, but she had to admit that Lin Miaomiao’s face was one she couldn’t help but admire and concede defeat to.
Back in the day, she was young and arrogant, fresh out of college with excellent calligraphy skills. Confident, she entered the factory, thinking no one could compare to her.
But not long after, she heard the factory manager praising a female assembly line worker for her beautiful handwriting. He even asked her to write a poem, which he hung in his office.
She was immediately outraged. With her reputation, why would the factory manager ask an assembly line worker instead of her, a calligrapher?
Could she really be inferior to that person?
She was curious to find out who this person was.
She expected an elderly aunt or a middle-aged woman.
Who knew it would be a young and beautiful woman?
Even more unbelievable, the skilled worker who had been kind to her during her first crush was also fawning over Lin Miaomiao…
Yu Meijing exploded on the spot, rushing over to confront Lin Miaomiao.
Having grown up in a military compound with both parents as officers, Yu Meijing never joined the army but was undefeated in the compound.
She didn’t take the seemingly delicate and fragile Lin Miaomiao seriously.
But she lost…
Not only did she lose, but Lin Miaomiao also yanked out a handful of her hair.
Even now, thinking about it made her scalp ache.
After winning, Lin Miaomiao looked down on her with a condescending expression, saying she had poor taste and that her boyfriend looked like a pig—a man of that quality, she wouldn’t even take him if he were offered to her.
Yu Meijing immediately shut down.
After returning home, the more she looked at that technician, the uglier he seemed.
His nostrils flared upward, and he really did look a bit like a pig.