What's going on? Is this the legendary love at first sight? But he just got out of Ning Jiaqi's car! But compared to Ning Jiaqi, that arrogant rich girl, Liu Xinxin, who is down-to-earth, steady, and a good wife and mother, might be more suitable for me?

So which one should I write about?

Lin Chen was actually caught in a happy dilemma!

Just then, a child's cry brought him back to the cruel reality...

"Oh, baby, don't cry, baby, don't cry." Liu Xinxin immediately went back to the inner room, picked up a baby, and coaxed him in every way, leaving Lin Chen completely dumbfounded.

Okay, this time we don't need multiple choice questions, we'll do true/false questions instead!

"Oh dear, Xiao Chen, you look exhausted. Haven't had a chance to eat yet? Come, come, sit down and try my Xin Xin's cooking." Liu Lao Si said warmly to Lin Chen while raising his glass of baijiu.

Lin Chen's attention involuntarily fell on Liu Xinxin and the baby in her arms.

Seeing this, Liu Laosi explained helplessly, "I have two daughters, but our family's financial situation is limited, so we can only afford to send my younger sister to school. Xin Xin dropped out of school early to work and help support the family. In her first year of working, she met an unreliable guy, which caused Xin Xin to get pregnant and give birth."

I never expected that kid to be so irresponsible, abandoning Xin Xin and her daughter, and even constantly asking Xin Xin for money! Ugh, just thinking about it gives me a headache. What will happen to them now?

After saying that, Liu Laosi downed another mouthful of baijiu, shook his head and sighed.

"Dad, please stop talking," Liu Xinxin interjected, also somewhat saddened.

“Yes, there’s no mountain we can’t climb. Let’s eat first, and then we can figure out a solution together,” Wang Nanshan reassured him.

The group sat around the dining table, ready to eat. Suddenly, Liu Xinxin asked, "Dad, aren't we going to wait for my sister?"

"Your troublesome sister, I wonder who she's off with this time! Don't wait for her, let her starve to death!" Liu Laosi was clearly quite dissatisfied with both of his daughters.

The eldest daughter got pregnant out of wedlock, and now the man has disappeared; the younger daughter is still in school, but she often doesn't come home at night, and nobody knows who she's messing around with! It just goes to show that daughters from poor families really do have a tough life.

Lin Chen shook his head and sighed, his mind drifting to Ning Jiaqi, who rode to and from school in luxury cars every day and was even protected by top-notch bodyguards. Both were vibrant young women, yet their fates were so different.

"By the way, Xiao Chen, I heard you just had a placement test. How did you do?" Wang Nanshan asked with concern.

Although Wang Nanshan is busy working on construction sites every day now, he used to be very concerned about the children's studies and academic performance when he was the director of the welfare home. Back then, Lin Chen was just starting elementary school and his grades were consistently good. Now, seven or eight years later, Wang Nanshan still keeps an eye on things.

"Don't worry, Uncle Nan, when have my grades ever caused anyone to worry?" To make Wang Nanshan happy, Lin Chen took out his report card from his schoolbag.

"Wow, Xiao Chen actually got second place in the class? And in the top 50 in the whole school? Amazing! No wonder he's a child from our welfare home, no wonder he was taught by me, Wang Nanshan!" Wang Nanshan, wearing his reading glasses, nodded repeatedly as he looked at the report card.

Lin Chen could only scratch his head and smile wryly, because he still remembered when Wang Nanshan taught them, the children in the orphanage, to recite an ancient poem when they were young: "Hoeing the fields at noon, one might mistake it for frost on the ground. Who says it's not hard work..."

"Little brother Lin Chen, you're really amazing!" Liu Xinxin praised him, then personally picked up a piece of meat for Lin Chen.

"Sigh, if only my Tian Tian were half as hardworking as you, Xiao Chen," Liu Lao Si said with envy.

"Don't say that, Fourth Uncle. Actually, the college entrance examination is fair to everyone. Maybe when your daughter takes the exam, she will... wait, Fourth Uncle, what did you say your youngest daughter's name was?" Lin Chen suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.

“My youngest daughter is named Liu Tiantian. Xiao Chen, you go to the same school as her. Do you know her? Do you know which class she is in?” Liu Laosi asked anxiously.

“There’s a girl in our class named Liu Tiantian…” Lin Chen said hesitantly.

"Really? It can't be such a coincidence, can it?" Everyone was shocked upon hearing this.

Although Lin Chen had only been at the school for a little over half a month and didn't know many classmates, there were still a few who left a deep impression on him.

Liu Tiantian is in there!

Because Liu Tiantian is a big fan of Che Yulin, the person Lin Chen hates the most right now! What a coincidence, she happens to be Liu Laosi's daughter?

"Brother Lin Chen, is Tian Tian really your classmate? How has she been lately?" Liu Xinxin asked anxiously, showing that she cared a lot about her younger sister.

"He..." Lin Chen hesitated. How should he put it?

Tell this poor father and daughter that Liu Tiantian not only never studies or does her homework, but also dyes her hair, wears earrings, and gets tattoos. She keeps pestering Che Yulin, the rich second-generation in their class, to date her.

Even if Che Yulin ignored her or even touched her inappropriately, she would not hesitate.

"He... is fine." After a mental storm, Lin Chen finally managed to utter these four words.

"Then why isn't she home yet, so late?" Liu Xinxin continued to ask.

"...This..." Lin Chen was even more conflicted.

"By the way, Xiaochen, why don't you call your teacher Wang and ask what's going on?" Wang Nanshan suddenly had a good idea. "Your teacher Wang is so good to you, you should ask her quickly why Tiantian hasn't come home yet? Did something happen to her?"

Lin Chen felt like he couldn't even eat a bite of food. Why were one troublesome thing after another? But facing the simple and hopeful eyes of the three people in front of him, Lin Chen hesitated for a moment and could only take out his phone.

After a difficult dialing process, he couldn't even think of what to say. The phone rang only once before being answered.

"Lin Chen? You actually called me? Has the sun risen in the north?" Lin Ruoyan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Stop talking nonsense. Liu Tiantian from our class still hasn't gone home. Do you know what's going on?" Lin Chen asked anxiously.

"Hehehe." Lin Ruoyan chuckled softly.

"Heh, my ass!" Lin Chen said impatiently.

"I don't have a younger sister, I only have a younger brother." Lin Ruoyan's words left Lin Chen speechless. It seemed she was unaware of the situation around her.

Wang Nanshan was getting anxious, so he immediately went over and turned on the hands-free function on Lin Chen's phone, wanting to hear what was going on.