Chapter 117 What is a Paper Man?

After closing the door, Su Jinshi let out a breath and was about to explain the whole story to his mother.

Unexpectedly, Su's mother had a stern face and even showed some anger. She asked, "Just now, Mo Jizong said that you treat the paper man as your boyfriend. What does that mean?"

"What is a paper man? Is it made of paper?" asked Su's mother.

"He's not a paper man." Su Jinshi said, "Mom, why do you still believe what Mo Jizong said? He never tells the truth. He came to your house and told you that there was a misunderstanding between us. How could it be a misunderstanding?"

"It's obvious that he wanted to pursue me but I rejected him. He wanted to take revenge on me. He thought that my script could only be signed to their company, so he rejected my script on purpose. He also asked another classmate of ours to tell me something and asked me to apologize to him." Su Jinshi felt speechless and funny. "It's just rejecting his pursuit. Does it mean that as long as he likes someone, no matter who they are, they have to agree?"

"I don't think I did anything wrong by rejecting him, but he still wants me to apologize to him. He also said that someone in his department rejected my script without his consent." Su Jinshi sneered, "Mom, although I've never worked, I'm not a fool. He's the department manager. Does the department's decision need his signature and approval? Especially since they are a big company, all work has to go through procedures. How dare they bypass him and directly connect with our company without the procedures going through him? Do the employees in his department no longer want to work, or do they want their wages to be deducted?"

"He saw that I refused to bow my head and coax him, and was unwilling to give up my pursuit of me, so now he just said it was a misunderstanding? He even abused his power for personal gain and got our home address at random." Su Jinshi said.

"I didn't tell you to refuse. It's just that you haven't tried yet. Why are you in such a hurry to refuse?" Mother Su didn't understand and complained, "Besides, he came to our house, didn't he kill people or set fire to our house? He came, so why did you call the police and ask the company to intervene? Why make things so ugly?"

"My concern is not that speaking out would wrongly accuse him." Su Jinshi explained patiently.

"We weren't close in college, and we haven't kept in touch since graduation. When he came back, it was just in the name of a class reunion, and we got together twice. It was nothing more than a superficial relationship." Su Jinshi said coldly, "I went to the party because my work is mostly at home, and I don't want to be out of touch with society."

"I started writing right after graduation. I've never worked before. If I don't know anything, how can my writing convince people?"

"Since we have this opportunity to get together, I can listen to my classmates' daily work and learn about their respective industries, which will also help my writing." Su Jinshi said, "But this superficial relationship is not enough for me to understand what kind of person he is really like."

"Some people look nice and polite on the outside, but they are scum inside. I live alone, so I don't dare to gamble."

Su's mother was stunned by what Su Jinshi said, and then she said, "That's why I told you to move back home. Why do you have to spend extra rent every month to live outside? If you live at home, not only will you save on rent, but your father and I will take care of you on a daily basis."

"Look at you now. You live outside by yourself, have to pay extra rent, and order takeout for food and drinks. It's not healthy at all. You know the dangers of living alone, and you know it's scary. There are so many disadvantages, why don't you come back?"

Su Jinshi sighed. How could she dare to come back when her mother was so controlling and kept nagging her in her ear every day?

"I'm used to writing in silence. I'm at home, you can't stop you from even talking because of me," said Su Jinshi.

Su's mother wanted to say more, but Su's father hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, what the child said makes sense. Besides, she lives alone, is it her fault that she encountered danger? It was obviously the other person's fault, how can you blame it on the child living alone?"

"If Mo Jizong is a good person, how could he make the child so frightened?" said Su's father.

"Alright, alright, you just play the good guy every day, and I'll be the bad guy." Mother Su felt very aggrieved, "When Jinshi is really alone and we're not here, she won't even have anyone to cry to!"

Speaking of this, Su's mother thought of what Mo Jizong had just said.

"Don't go off topic. What's the matter with that paper man?" Su's mother said again.

"I've already told you that he's talking nonsense." Su Jinshi said, "I was just playing a game to relax after work, but he insisted that I was treating the game character as my boyfriend just because I rejected his pursuit. It's ridiculous."

"Then let me see your cell phone." said Su's mother.

"Mom, what do you mean?" Su Jinshi frowned and tightened his hand holding the phone.

"It's not like I don't know everything. Nowadays, most young people play mobile games." Su's mother said, "You don't usually play computer games, so you play on your phone, right? Show me your phone, so I can see what game you play that caused Mo Jizong to have such a misunderstanding?"

"Mom, this is my cell phone. I'm already this old, it doesn't make sense for you to look at my cell phone so casually like this." Su Jinshi held the cell phone tightly and hid it behind him.

"I'm your mother. What's wrong with me checking your phone? Is there anything shameful about your phone?" Mother Su stepped forward. "Besides, I don't want to see your privacy. I won't look at any chat history. I just want to see what game you are playing."

"No matter what you're looking at, Mom, I'm this old now, you have no right to look at my phone casually." Su Jinshi said.

"Will you give it to me?" Su's mother asked with her eyes wide open.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

"I won't give it to you." Su Jinshi felt a little aggrieved.

She didn't feel wronged at all when Mo Jizong pressed her step by step, but now facing such strong questioning from Su's mother, she felt so wronged that she wanted to cry.

"Mom, I'm your daughter. Why do you trust Mo Jizong, an outsider, but not me?" Su Jinshi said, "Is love and marriage so important?"

"I have been by your side since I was a child. Don't you understand my personality?" Su Jinshi said aggrievedly.

"If you're not feeling guilty, why don't you dare show it to me? I just said that I won't look at your chat records. I just want to see what games you play. What's wrong with that?" Su's mother didn't understand what Su Jinshi was worrying about.

Su Jinshi didn't even let her see this. If he wasn't feeling guilty, what could he be? "You've been with us since you were a child. You've lived in our home. What can't I see?" Su's mother said, "Before you moved out, I cleaned your room! You didn't say you couldn't let us in your room at that time!"

(End of this chapter)