Chapter 44

Chapter 1: Do You Admit Your Guilt? I Admit You’re a Fool!

Lin Wu Ju looked up at the figure in the red trench coat and nodded, “Excuse me.”

“So, there’s no task at the moment?”

“There isn’t one for a while. Once there is, I will inform you.”

“So, I can take a break now?”

“Yes, you…”

Swoosh!

Suddenly, chaos split open, and Wen Han, who was sitting at the table, vanished without a trace.

Lin Wu Ju blinked in astonishment.

After a moment, he shook his head with a helpless smile and softly spoke to the empty Recycling Station.

“Have a pleasant vacation.”

……

Star River City, Star River University.

“Wen Han, are you trying to kill me?” At the school gate, Lin Na’s eyes nearly rolled back in her head. “You left your daughter here for so long—where have you been?”

Wen Han, wearing a fitted apricot trench coat and sunglasses, smiled slightly, “I’ve been out looking for a man.”

“Looking for a man?” Lin Na rolled her eyes. “Where? You should tell me where this man of yours is!”

“I don’t know where my man is,” Wen Han laughed as she walked up, suddenly playfully hooking her arm around Lin Na’s shoulder. “I just know my woman is right here.”

“Hiss—!” Lin Na quickly pushed her away. “Wen Han, I suspect you are really a lesbian!”

“Are you discriminating against homosexuals?” Wen Han’s expression turned serious in an instant. “No, Lin Na, we don’t advocate for or against it, but we must be tolerant and have a broad mind.”

“I… Okay, okay! I can’t argue with you!” Lin Na gave up, “You’ve been absent for so long, and I still have to study, so Xiaohan and I…”

“Wait a minute!” Wen Han suddenly took off her sunglasses, cutting her off. “You didn’t send her to my mom’s, did you?”

Lin Na stared at her for a few moments before nodding, “Yeah.”

Slap!

A hand covered her eyes as Wen Han shook her head.

“You little brat, you’ve killed me!!!”

……

“…Gulp.”

Standing at the stairway in front of the home, Wen Han felt timid.

She was not afraid of anything or anyone.

But… she was afraid of her own mother!

After all, would you dare to argue, turn hostile, or take action against your own mom?

Wen Han could easily harm anyone else, but she would absolutely not allow her mother or daughter to be hurt in any way; that was her only bottom line.

Oh… and also her virginity, that was a bottom line too.

Oh, right, and the milk tea had to be slightly sweetened—that was a bottom line.

Oh, and she absolutely could not…

“Wait! Where did my thoughts go?”

Another hand slapped over her eyes.

Sighing, Wen Han thought, since I’m going to die either way, I might as well…

“Better get it over with; the later it gets, the harsher the scolding.”

With a droopy head, she knocked on the door.

Knock, knock, knock! Knock, knock, knock!

Creeeak…

The door opened, and Wen Han immediately looked up.

A familiar figure slowly opened the door, her face shadowed by clouds.

“Uh… Mom?” Wen Han forced a smile, “My… dear mother?”

“Ah Han, you’re finally back!” Her mother suddenly smiled and pulled her inside.

“Eh?”

Wen Han was confused for a moment, suddenly not knowing how to react to her mother’s enthusiastic welcome.

She sat down on the sofa, “Mom… by the way, where’s Little Yuan?”

“Little Yuan is sleeping, I just put her down.” Wen Han’s mother smiled at her daughter.

This made Wen Han uneasy, and she couldn’t help but glance around, “Mom? What’s going on here…?”

She wouldn’t have gone crazy, would she?

“Ah Han, a few days ago when I was dancing in the square, I met a friend named Shuhui.”

“Aunt Shuhui?” Wen Han raised an eyebrow, “So what?”

“You’re not young anymore, and now there’s also Little Yuan.”

Wait… an ominous premonition!

Wen Han narrowed her eyes, “Mom, you’re not… trying to set me up for a blind date, are you?”

“My daughter is so smart!” Wen Han’s mother beamed.

Slap!

Wen Han rolled her eyes and smacked her thigh.

“Mom, if I wanted to get married, I could pick any man!”

“Can those men be trusted, Mom?” Wen Han’s mother replied, exasperated, “Besides, in all these years, have you brought any home? Just one?”

“Mom! I’m only twenty-one!!!” Wen Han said helplessly, “If I had brought you one years ago, I’d be dead by now!”

“Exactly!” Her mother suddenly mocked, “You haven’t brought a boyfriend home; instead, you brought me a big granddaughter.”

“I…” Wen Han fell silent at this topic, awkwardly laughing, “Okay, Mom, I’ll be direct. I don’t want to go on a blind date.”

Wen Han wasn’t scared, but blind dates were absolutely uninteresting to her; it was purely a waste of time.

“This won’t do, I already promised Aunt Shuhui.” Wen Han’s mother shook her head firmly, “Whether you like it or not, you at least have to go, right?”

“I… Fine, fine!”

Now that I’m a millionaire, every minute could be in the range of hundreds of thousands.

However, for my mother’s sake… I suppose, once in a while, playing with a blind date guy as “seasoning” might not be so bad.

“When?” She looked at her mother.

“Next month.” Wen Han’s mother smiled happily, “He’s coming back to the country next month and will come to see you on the first day!”

“Oh.” Wen Han glanced with a blank expression, “Then let’s talk again next month. By the way, Mom, I want to discuss something with you.”

“What is it?”

“I’m going to look for a new house starting tomorrow. You should move in with me and Little Yuan, too!”

Two million isn’t a lot in Star River City, but it’s enough to rent a decent place.

From now on, each of my tasks earns two hundred thousand, I can completely cover the living expenses of my mom and Little Yuan.

Instead of how it used to be, where at times, I even needed my mom’s help to get by…

But that’s all in the past now.

“Mom.” She looked up, “Come live with us.”

Wen Han’s mother hesitated for a moment, but in the end shook her head: “This old house was left by your father; Mom doesn’t want to leave.”

“I…”

Wen Han fell silent for a moment, but in the end, she didn’t speak.

Dad is a knot in Mom’s heart and her hope, and she couldn’t force it.

But seeing her mother so forgetful over some man, Wen Han couldn’t help but speak up: “Mom, he abandoned us back then, why do you still…?”

“Ah Han, you don’t understand.” Her mother shook her head.

Wen Han sighed, “So you still won’t tell me why? Not telling me where Dad went?”

“I can’t, because I don’t even know where he…”

“Alright, alright, no more about him.”

Wen Han quickly interrupted, she couldn’t stand seeing her mother or daughter suffer or be unhappy.

“Here, look what I bought for you!” She suddenly pulled a small box from her handbag.

“You bought a new bag again?” Her mother’s attention was on the handbag, “Look at you, living tight with Little Yuan every month, and now…”

“Mom~ Don’t worry, your daughter has money now!”

“Money?” Wen Han’s mother fell silent for a moment before suddenly narrowing her eyes, “Ah Han, you better be honest!”

“Honest about what?” Wen Han looked at her mother in surprise as she opened the box in her hand to reveal a gold necklace.

“Are you… seeing someone outside?” Her mother stuttered for a moment, “Ah Han, I hope you’re a good child.”