Chapter 70 – If She Dares to Come, Then I Dare to Teach Her
The boy would never forget that day.
That day, someone suddenly came to their door, saying they were looking for Lin Rumeng, and explained to his parents that Lin Rumeng was actually the true daughter of the wealthy Lin family. Now, they wanted to bring her back.
When Lin Rumeng heard the news, she couldn’t hide the excitement on her face.
The boy had felt a little sad at the time. Although this sister hadn’t brought much joy to their family, he was still the only boy at home. His mother had always longed for a daughter, but because of health reasons, she couldn’t have another child. Despite the trouble Lin Rumeng caused them, she had still let his parents experience the happiness of having a daughter. The boy thought that, as her younger brother, he ought to see her off and say a few words. But before he had the chance, he heard her say:
“Finally, I can leave this place! I always knew I wasn’t their daughter. I don’t even look like them—how could I be? I’ve had enough of this little town; there’s nothing here.”
Especially when she finished packing her things, ready to leave, the boy finally couldn’t hold it in anymore. He grabbed her wrist and said, “Mom and Dad raised you for so many years. Aren’t you going to say something to them? Not even a thank you?”
She paused for a moment, her face full of disdain:
“Fine, I’ll say something. From today on, we have nothing to do with each other. From now on, I’ll be the Lin family’s young lady. I won’t have anything to do with you poor people. Don’t worry, once I’m gone, I won’t ever come back. And don’t even dream of me giving you money. Goodbye.”
After that, she didn’t hesitate at all and left with the others.
The boy saw how heartbroken his parents were. At that moment, he had wanted nothing more than to slap her across the face, but he held back. Just leave—and never come back!
Lin Yimo fell silent after hearing this story. After a while, he bowed deeply to the couple. “I’m truly, very sorry.”
The middle-aged woman was startled. “Oh, what are you doing? No, no, you don’t need to. It’s been so long, we don’t care anymore. It’s all in the past.”
But Lin Yimo couldn’t just brush it off. He pulled a check from his pocket, wrote down a number, and handed it to her. “This is a small token of goodwill on behalf of our chairman, and also an apology.”
The woman quickly waved her hands. “No, no, we can’t accept this.”
The boy at the side said, “Back then, the person who came also wanted to give us money, but my parents refused. We definitely won’t take it now.”
“How much did they offer at the time?”
“I think it was about a million.”
“Auntie, this check has four hundred thousand on it. It’s not as much as a million—I know you wouldn’t accept too much. Think of it as compensation for what my sister… our young lady… wasted from your family over the years. Please, accept it. Otherwise, I’ll have no way to report back.”
“This…” The woman looked troubled.
The boy asked, “You’re not planning to come here again in the future, right?”
“No.”
“Good.” The boy reached out and took the check. “Then we’ll accept it. But remember what you said—don’t come back again.”
The woman gasped. “Xiao Zhi! How can you just take it? We can’t accept this money!”
The boy persuaded her: “Mom, didn’t this brother just say he’ll be in trouble if we don’t take it? If you refuse, he might lose his job. Isn’t that right?”
Lin Yimo nodded in agreement.
“See? Do you really want to cost someone their job?”
The woman was an honest and kind person—she clearly didn’t want that.
“Since you don’t want to be the reason he loses his job, then take the money. Besides, he also promised—if we accept it, they won’t come here again. We’ll finally have peace, without outsiders disturbing us.”
The woman looked at Lin Yimo, then slowly nodded.
Lin Yimo let out a sigh of relief. “Thank you for telling me all this today. I’ll take my leave now. I wish your family happiness.”
“Mm, take care, we won’t see you out.”
Afterward, Lin Yimo went around investigating other places. The evaluations of Lin Rumeng were largely the same: she loved to compare herself with others, loved luxury goods, loved to show off, vain and shallow.
He even went to her former school and asked around. Her grades had always been average—not outstanding.
When everything was finished, Lin Yimo returned to his car. He didn’t start it right away. Instead, he leaned back in his seat, sitting quietly.
He picked up the recorder, stared at it for a while, then slipped it into his pocket and drove away from the town.
“Elder sister.”
Lin Yuejiu looked up and saw Lin Rumeng holding a workbook, smiling at her.
“What is it?”
“Yesterday, you said it yourself—that if I ran into problems I couldn’t solve, I could come ask you. I wonder, does what you said still count?”
“Yes, go ahead and ask.”
“I don’t really know how to do this problem. Can you take a look for me?”
Lin Yuejiu took the workbook and glanced at it. It was a very classic function problem. Picking up her pen, she said:
“This is a typical question. To solve it, first you need to understand what function it’s asking about. Then you have to recall the relevant knowledge points about this function from memory…”
The rest of the class had all stopped what they were doing and turned to watch the two of them.
“Am I dreaming? Is this the fantasy realm now?”
“Are they actually… getting along?”
“They’ve never not been at each other’s throats before.”
“Honestly, our goddess has such a big heart—she’s actually teaching the ‘real’ heiress how to solve a problem.”
“No joke, our goddess has survived trial after trial, polished by the grind of history itself. She’s already grown.”
“Hey, wasn’t that ‘goddess’ nickname originally given just because of her looks? This doesn’t have anything to do with that.”
Lin Yuejiu had already finished explaining once and asked, “Did you understand?”
“Not quite… there’s still one part I don’t get.”
“Which part?”
“Here.”
Lin Rumeng pointed to a step. Lin Yuejiu explained again, then asked, “Now do you understand?”
This time, she nodded. She understood. Picking up her workbook, she gave a sweet smile. “Thank you, sister. You’re so kind.”
Then Lin Rumeng went back to her seat.
Xu Nianshen twirled his pen idly between his fingers and drawled, “Honestly, I thought she wouldn’t show up.”
“I thought so too.”
“But to think she actually came… And even more surprising, that you really taught her.”
“I already said, if she has the guts to come, then I have the guts to teach. As long as she doesn’t try to stir up trouble, it’s fine.”
Xu Nianshen gave her a thumbs up.
Lin Yuejiu grinned and gave him one back.
%“Oh right, do you have plans after school tomorrow afternoon?”
“What is it?”
“My dad’s going to some chess competition, and he needs people in the audience.”
“You’re his son. Why don’t you go?”
“Too lazy. Every time he has a match, he drags me along. I thought it was so I could learn something, but it turns out he just wanted someone to clap when he won.”
