After seeing Lin Yunchu enter the hotel, Lin Keke was unwilling to give up.
She went to the front desk and asked for Lin Yunchu’s room number, but the receptionist said they could not disclose guests’ room information to others.
Getting nowhere, Lin Keke did not give up and headed straight to the hotel restaurant.
If she couldn’t get into Lin Yunchu’s room, then Lin Yunchu would eventually have to come out to eat.
As long as she stayed in the restaurant, she would definitely catch her.
“Hi, sister. What a coincidence.”
After a brief moment of surprise, Lin Yunchu greeted her with a bright smile.
During these days, she had seen Lin Keke acting very frugal and never wasting a single cent.
She didn’t know whether this was intentional character-building on Lin Keke’s part or simply how she really was.
But either way, Lin Keke would definitely feel uncomfortable seeing her eating in a hotel restaurant.
“Little sister, Mom has always been straightforward and doesn’t really know how to speak tactfully. Don’t be mad at her, okay? Come home with me.”
Lin Keke walked over and spoke gently.
At that moment, the hotel restaurant served food on trays. While listening to Lin Keke, Lin Yunchu said to the food server, “Auntie, I want braised pork, spicy shrimp, stir-fried long beans with eggplant, and soup.”
“Can I still add more? Then add a spicy chicken dish too.”
Lin Keke watched as Lin Yunchu piled food onto her tray—each dish looking fragrant, rich, and delicious.
Only one thought came to her mind: wasteful!
So wasteful!
Their whole family’s dinner didn’t even have this many good dishes, yet Lin Yunchu was eating all of this alone.
“Sister, do you want a portion too?” Lin Yunchu asked with a smile.
For a moment, Lin Keke almost drooled.
The food looked too tempting.
“Three yuan per set. If you want it, you can exchange it with food coupons and money.”
Lin Keke swallowed her saliva again.
She couldn’t spend like this.
She had to save money.
Once Lin Yunchu’s job was in her hands, she would reward herself properly.
“Sister, what were you saying just now?” Lin Yunchu asked while eating braised pork.
The hotel cafeteria at this time was very honest with portions. The auntie scooped generously, not even shaking her hand, and the chefs were excellent—the braised pork was tender, not greasy, sweet and savory, every bite blissful.
Lin Keke, already struggling to control her saliva, was triggered again watching her eat.
“You’re being too extravagant and wasteful, Yunchu. Leaders say saving is a virtue and waste is shameful!” she said.
In her past life, around this time, a city-wide campaign promoting thrift was launched in Yue City. The selected girls wore big red flowers for recognition, and many high-ranking families picked brides from them. Several girls found excellent marriages because of it.
She had just returned from the countryside and didn’t have many advantages yet, so she needed to wait for that campaign.
Otherwise, she would have started eating already.
As for money, she wasn’t poorer than Lin Yunchu.
And not only did she have money, she also knew future ways to make money.
She would never be short of cash.
“Sister, what kind of thinking is that? Do you really expect someone like me—who was kicked out by my own family—to have any of those so-called virtues?” Lin Yunchu said casually.
“As a villain in a novel, I naturally do whatever makes me comfortable. Why would I restrain myself?”
“Besides, I’m rich. I like spending money. It makes me happy.”
“…”
Lin Keke’s nostrils flared in anger. “Yunchu, don’t be like this. I know you’re upset after what happened, but life is still long. You still have to get married, have children—”
Bang!
Lin Yunchu slammed her chopsticks onto the table.
Her eyes were full of disdain and anger.
“What do you mean by that? What happened to me? Lin Keke, do you enjoy speaking in that weird insinuating tone everywhere you go? If you don’t know how to talk, then shut up!”
“You act like a pure white lotus in front of others—delicate, considerate, pitiful—but you don’t need to act like that in front of me. I don’t buy it!”
“Get lost!”
Lin Keke looked at her tearfully. “Yunchu, I came all this way to persuade you. How can you treat me like this?”
Her eyes filled with tears, her face full of grievance and restraint.
The other diners immediately felt sympathy for her and looked at Lin Yunchu with disgust.
Seeing this, Lin Yunchu sneered inwardly.
Still acting?
Fine—she would play along.
Splash!
She directly threw the soup in her bowl onto Lin Keke’s face while crying herself.
“I’m treating you like this? How else should I treat you?” she cried. “That night I didn’t do anything at all, but you insisted on spreading rumors about me in front of everyone! Now I’ve already been kicked out of my family, and you still come to humiliate me!”
“If we can’t be family anymore, do you really have to stab me in the back like this?”
Cry?
Who couldn’t cry?
As she cried, Lin Yunchu stood up, swept her hands across the table, and flipped her entire tray toward Lin Keke.
Food and soup splattered all over her.
Lin Keke stood there in disbelief, drenched and humiliated.
Lin Yunchu covered her face and ran out immediately.
So satisfying.
After hitting someone, scolding them, and running away—no one even stopped her.
After going a little crazy, she actually felt much better.
As she rushed out of the restaurant, she ran into a familiar face.
Chen Qi, a good friend of Si Zheyan who had previously interrogated her at the police station.
Seeing her “mad” behavior, he frowned in disgust.
Lin Yunchu narrowed her eyes and glanced back at the stunned Lin Keke, a faint smile curling her lips.
Lin Keke had spotted Chen Qi earlier and deliberately provoked her into losing control.
But she didn’t know that the moment Chen Qi entered, Lin Yunchu had already seen him.
This madness—she had done it on purpose.
Lin Keke, the outcome you wanted? I’ll give it to you.
“…”
Lin Keke suddenly felt a chilling sense of being completely seen through.
But it was too late now—Chen Qi had witnessed everything.
Her image as a shrew was now set in stone.
“Officer Chen, I’m fine. My sister was just a little emotionally unstable,” she explained bitterly.
Chen Qi frowned even more. “You’re too indulgent toward her!”
A hint of satisfaction flashed in Lin Keke’s eyes.
She had just gained points with Si Zheyan’s friend—she was one step closer to him.
“Officer Chen, what brings you here?” she asked.
“I came to find someone. Hurry up and clean yourself and go home—you look a mess.”
“Sorry,” she said quickly, and ran off.
Chen Qi left the restaurant annoyed.
Old Master Si had asked him to invite Lin Yunchu to dinner, but he couldn’t understand what the old man saw in her.
Why insist on making her the granddaughter-in-law? Even Si Zheyan refused the engagement and was now locked up for at least three days.
A woman like that—lacking manners and prone to outbursts—would only cause chaos in the Si family.
Once he finished this task, he would go to the Si family and help cancel the engagement immediately.