Chapter 14 Big Shot
At 9:40 pm, after the cram school class ended, Lin Shutang left Chen's house. This time, she booked a ride-hailing service in advance and didn't ask anyone to take her there.
When getting in the car, Chen Runling held her mother's hand and stood at the door to see her off: "My cousin is going his way. Don't pay for a taxi next time, stupid teacher."
Lin Shutang didn't answer directly. He glanced at the man who drove out not far away and smiled faintly: "Xiaoling, finish your homework well."
"I know!"
Outside of rush hour, it takes less than ten minutes to walk from Chen's house to the school gate.
It was exactly ten o'clock when Lin Shutang returned to the dormitory.
After washing up and turning off the lights to go to bed, Lin Shutang's phone on the windowsill rang with a message alert.
It was sent to her by the Feng family.
In the evening at Chen's house, Zhao Lanzhi called her several times, but Lin Shutang didn't answer.
She opened WeChat.
Zhao Lanzhi: [I'll come out this weekend. I have something to tell you.]
A positioning is attached below.
Lin Shutang had just clicked on the dialog box when another message came in: [If you don't want to go, don't blame me for going to your school to look for you. Also, your household registration is still at the Feng family, don't forget.]
In the end, she deleted the word "not going" and replaced it with "OK".
The Feng family hasn't been doing well in this circle in recent years, but they have been able to curry favor with quite a few people. This circle has allowed Feng Chengchuan to take a small step forward.
Lin Shutang was afraid that among these people, there would be one or two people with such power that her household registration information would suddenly become married one day.
That's why she would rather pay 10 million to sever ties with the Feng family after the operation.
Until now, Lin Shutang didn't dare to do anything too extreme, because he was worried that if he pushed too hard, his household registration would change.
After turning off the screen of his mobile phone, Lin Shutang did not go to bed immediately, nor did he turn on the light. He just sat quietly in the chair in a daze.
However, her heart was filled with turbulent emotions. The feeling of powerlessness that her life was controlled by others was like a huge rock, pressing her so hard that she could hardly breathe.
That night, Lin Shutang slept very poorly. After going to bed, he couldn't fall asleep for a long time. When he finally fell asleep, he had another dream all night long.
When she woke up in the morning, her mind was filled with the image of herself being "married" in her dream. In the dream, she married a complete stranger, and she couldn't see his face clearly, but it was this sense of unknown that magnified her fear infinitely.
After the morning group meeting, Lin Shutang returned to the dormitory after lunch. Jiang Qinyuan, who was sitting on the bed, immediately put down the tablet and said, "Shutang, it's my brother's birthday tonight. Come with me!"
As he spoke, he pulled Lin Shutang's arm and shook it: "Is it okay?"
Lin Shutang laughed: "Did you forget that I need to give Xiaoling extra lessons?"
"Xiaoling's parents will be there tonight, so there's no need to make up for it."
Lin Shutang thought for a moment and said, "Okay then!"
Lin Shutang didn't like this kind of occasion very much, but Jiang Qinyuan had helped her a lot, and now that she had made such a simple request, she had no reason not to go.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Shutang received a message from Mrs. Chen saying that tonight's supplementary class was cancelled.
Jiang Qinyuan took Lin Shutang to a styling studio she often visited.
"Give her a style."
Lin Shutang: "No need, I'm fine like this now."
Such private styling studios are usually quite expensive. She wasn't the main character tonight, so there was no need for such a grand and expensive ceremony.
"Shutang..."
Jiang Qinyuan wanted to persuade him, but was finally defeated by Lin Shutang's words, "If you say that again, I won't go with you~"
"Okay, you look good now anyway." She turned her head to look at Lin Shutang: "But, your face is a little pale, put on some lipstick to look more healthy."
This time, Lin Shutang did not refuse.
Jiang Beiqian's birthday party was held in a business KTV. Compared with places like hotel reception rooms, the club's private rooms could not accommodate many people.
Lin Shutang was puzzled. According to the conditions of the Jiang family, it shouldn't be just this scale.
Jiang Qinyuan explained, "There's an important person coming tonight, and my brother wants to work with him. He doesn't like places with too many people. It's said that he's afraid of noise."
The people the Jiang family cooperates with are either businessmen or officials. People with these two identities are afraid of quarreling, and Lin Shutang always feels it is unreal.
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