Married to a mechanic, she shocked the world

Chapter 53: 050: None of them is a waste of paper_1 Chapter 53: 050: None of them is a waste of paper_1 Feng Qiaoqiao was so frightened that she didn’t dare to let out a breath, her face ghastly pale.

Looking at Lin Wu, she still had an air of calm about her as she spoke indifferently, “May I ask, Aunt Feng, did you hear everything I just said?!”

Although she used polite language and her tone was courteous, it sent chills down the spine.

Cold sweat broke out on Feng Qiaoqiao’s forehead, “Heard, heard it.”

To be born human, who isn’t afraid of death?

Lin Wu had a fierce streak in her.

Even for a shrew like Feng Qiaoqiao, it scared two and a half of her three souls away.

Having heard the answer she wanted, Lin Wu calmly picked up the kitchen knife that had been stuck in the pillar and casually walked upstairs.

Watching Lin Wu’s retreating figure vanish into the stairwell, Feng Qiaoqiao felt a huge weight lift from her chest, and she leaned against the wall, gasping for air as if sapped of strength.

The other onlookers exchanged looks, and then with unspoken agreement, they picked up their stools and went back to their homes.

They would never gossip behind people’s backs again.

It was just too frightening.

Fortunately, Lin Wu was a sensible and reasonable child; otherwise, Feng Qiaoqiao wouldn’t have been the only one in trouble today.

“It’s all Feng’s fault! Who asked her to gossip about someone’s mother anyway?”

“Exactly, exactly! She almost made us suffer along with her.”

“Xiao Wu is a sensible kid.”

Xiao Li followed up with a nod of agreement, “That’s right, I’ve always said that Xiao Wu and her mother are honest people.”

At this comment, Grandma Ma, Aunt Liu, and Aunt Wang all very tacitly looked up at Xiao Li.

Xiao Li didn’t used to talk like this.

Before this, except for Feng Qiaoqiao, it was Xiao Li who talked the most.

Xiao Li smiled awkwardly, “It was all a misunderstanding before, a complete misunderstanding! I guarantee I’ll never say a bad word about Xiao Wu and Mother Xiao Wu again!”

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Lin Wu returned home and silently put the kitchen knife back in its place, keeping a low profile.

Lin Bingqiang, wearing an apron, paced back and forth in the living room.

Lin Wu asked curiously, “Uncle, what are you looking for?”

“The kitchen knife,” said Lin Bingqiang with an anxious face, “It disappeared just when I turned around for a moment! Isn’t that strange?”

Lin Wu responded indifferently, “I just saw the kitchen knife on the cutting board.”

Hearing this, Lin Bingqiang’s eyes widened.

“Impossible!” Lin Bingqiang said as he headed to the kitchen, “I’ve searched the kitchen three times!”

Lin Wu just smiled and said nothing.

The next second, Lin Bingqiang reached the kitchen and, seeing the kitchen knife on the cutting board, thought he was hallucinating.

He picked up the kitchen knife, turned to Lin Wu, and said earnestly, “Xiao Wu, do you think I should go to the hospital to have my eyes checked?”

Lin Wu reassured him, “No need, uncle, it’s normal to have blurry vision sometimes.”

With that, Lin Bingqiang finally felt relieved and turned back to continue cooking.

Eight o’clock.

Zhao Cui Nong had also returned.

The family sat at the dinner table, and Zhao Cui Nong looked at Lin Wu, “Xiao Wu, I’ve already spoken to my younger brother back home, and we can start renovating our shop tomorrow.”

“Okay,” Lin Wu nodded slightly, “Auntie, that would be great for you and Uncle Zhao.”

Zhao Cui Nong said with a smile, “What’s difficult about it? After all, we’re not doing it for free!”

With that, Zhao Cui Nong added, “Xiao Wu, recently my brother also wants to invest in an apartment in Qing City; he thinks you have a good eye. Where do you suggest would be suitable to buy?”

When they were buying the shop, Zhao Cui Nong had mentioned it to her brother, but he didn’t take it seriously and now he regretted it deeply.

After this incident, both Zhao Cui Nong and her brother trusted Lin Wu a lot.

Hearing this, Lin Wu thought carefully and then slightly looked up, “Auntie, it’s almost impossible to find a shop like the one on South Street now. The houses in the north of the city could be considered, though; the appreciation may not be much, with future prices probably around 20,000 to 30,000 per square meter.”

Zhao Cui Nong immediately took out her phone, opened the housing app, and said in surprise, “The houses in the north part of the city are a little over 10,000 now; if we buy a hundred square meters, we could make a nice profit, couldn’t we!”

Lin Wu nodded slightly.

Zhao Cui Nong continued, “Xiao Wu, then what do you think, should we sell this house and buy there?”

“I don’t recommend it,” Lin Wu put down her chopsticks, “Although the price per square meter here hasn’t reached twenty thousand yet, it should not be lower than in the north of the city in the future.”

“Okay,” Zhao Cui Nong nodded, “I’ll talk to my brother about it tonight.”

After dinner, Lin Guixiang returned to her room to study.

With the comprehensive educational videos and the learning methods Lin Wu had shared with her, Lin Guixiang had already started learning ancient poems and idioms.

Lin Wu, on the other hand, sat beside her fixing the computer.

Just then.

Her cell phone suddenly lit up.

*Click.*
She took out her phone and saw a new WeChat message had popped up on the screen.

“L has agreed to add you as a friend.”

Who is this person?

Lin Wu was stunned at first, but then she remembered adding Lu Ye on WeChat to pay him for the bike repair.

On the other end of the phone, Mr. Lu stared intently at the screen, afraid of missing anything.

Fearing that the youngster would suspect ulterior motives, he deliberately waited a full day before accepting the friend request.

Several minutes had passed since he accepted the friend request, and there was still no activity from the youngster’s side. Lu Ye couldn’t help but pull out his phone, write a text message to send, but in the end, he deleted it from the chat box.

Wouldn’t it seem too deliberate if he sent a message now?

While Lu Ye was in a quandary, Lin Wu sent him a red envelope.

Lu Ye clicked to accept it.

Not more, not less, precisely thirty-eight yuan.

Lu Ye immediately found a reason to send a message, “Thanks, little friend, for supporting your brother’s business.”

“Old Iron, you’re too polite!”

Seeing this message, Lu Ye couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Old Iron.

He could almost see the youngster’s expression while composing the message.

Sitting on the sofa, Lu Lingli saw Lu Ye like this and immediately asked, “Big Lu, what are you up to? Why are you grinning like that?”

Lu Ye immediately put away his smile, “It’s nothing.”

Lu Lingli narrowed her eyes, astutely sensing that something was off, “Are you secretly dating someone?”

“How could that be?” Lu Ye slightly raised an eyebrow, finished speaking, and turned to walk upstairs.

Watching Lu Ye’s retreating figure, Lu Lingli was full of confusion.

Why did Big Lu’s back look like he was fleeing in panic?

With this in mind, Lu Lingli touched her chin.

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The Sun Family.

Lin Guimei unintentionally learned about the neighbors’ gossip concerning her eldest sister from Sun Shanshan.

Hearing this, she frowned, “Did Feng Qiaoqiao and Xiao Zhou really say that?”

Sun Shanshan nodded slightly, “Mm.”

Upon saying this, Sun Shanshan sighed and continued, “Even though I don’t believe that my aunt and cousin would do such filthy things, now that everyone is saying so, believe it or not, in less than three days, the matter will be known to all. By then, it won’t just be the two of them who lose face.”

Lin Guixiang and Lin Guimei were, after all, sisters tied by blood and bonded by love.

Sun Shanshan’s words made a lot of sense, and Lin Guimei immediately decided to have a serious talk with her sister.

Before long, Lin Guixiang found Lin Guimei.

It was already half past nine in the evening.

Lin Guixiang brought her sister to the bedroom and spoke in a hushed voice, “Guimei, are you looking for me this late for a reason?”

Lin Guimei sat on a chair, “Sis, haven’t you heard any of the rumors these past few days?”

“What rumors?” Lin Guixiang asked with a puzzled face.

“You go out early and return late every day, you’ve bought a shop after only a few days in Qing City and dress so conspicuously, everyone in the yard suspects you’re up to no good! That you’re involved in some unsavory business they say!”

If she were Lin Guixiang, she would pack up and leave immediately.

How could she have the face to stay here?

Concerning her reputation, Lin Guixiang stood up right away, “Guimei, you can’t listen to their nonsense! I am clean and honest, making a living with my own hands; I have done nothing to violate my conscience. If you don’t believe me, you can come to the skincare shop tomorrow and see for yourself what kind of business I’m running!”

Full of irony, Lin Guimei said, “Sis, what use is it if I believe you? The whole yard is doubting you! How about this, don’t go to the skincare shop tomorrow, I’ll find you a dishwashing job.”

There must be a cause for the gossip, or else why would people suddenly start talking?

Lin Guixiang simply wasn’t suited for a high-profile occupation.

Hearing this, Lin Wu slightly knitted her brows, “Auntie, if my mom suddenly stopped going to the skincare shop at this time, everyone would definitely think she did so out of guilt. Far from stopping the rumors from spreading, it would make things worse.”

“So what do we do?” Lin Guimei looked at Lin Wu, “Are we just going to let everyone talk? What do you know, you’re just a child?”

What right did Lin Wu have to interject when the adults were talking?

Such a lack of manners!

She wasn’t even comparable to the tip of Sun Shanshan’s little finger.

Upon hearing this, Lin Wu took out a hundred-yuan note from her pocket, stepped on it a few times, then bent down to pick it up again, “The innocent are self-evident, just like this hundred yuan note. No matter how many times I step on it, no matter how dirty it gets, it is still worth a hundred yuan and will never lose its value.”

“But if it were a plain piece of paper? If you step on it a few times, it turns into waste paper, eventually only fit to be thrown in the trash.”

By stopping Lin Guixiang from excelling, this behavior was no different than throwing her in the trash!

Lin Wu’s eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at Lin Guimei, parting her red lips slowly and clearly stating, “Time will prove everything. Neither my mom nor I are just a piece of waste paper.”