Ling Shu received a message after school. It seemed like she couldn't restrain herself.
She sent her own voice recording directly to her, without saying a word.
At the downtown Imperial Capital High School, Ling Shu received an audio clip. She hesitated for a moment, bid farewell to her good friend who invited her to sing.
"Don't go, there are handsome guys there, several of them, you're really not going?" Her best friend tried to tempt Ling Shu.
Ling Shu rolled her eyes. "Go away, quickly go away."
Her best friend laughed and walked away. Ling Shu took out her earphones from her bag, put them on, and played the audio.
The audio shocked her from the first second.
"I've come to ask for money... You haven't been paying child support... Shouldn't you?"
"When you divorced, legally, you still have to pay child support to your mom..."
"Chacha, I have no feelings left for your mom, I'm continuing with my new family. If you love dad, don't come to disturb me. Go back to the town to live with your grandma..."
In the end, there was a heartbroken cry from the girl, "Dad."
Ling Shu's heart almost stopped beating. She sent several exclamation marks and asked what this was, but the other party did not reply.
In fact, Ling Shu could understand the content of this conversation. She wasn't a fool, could she not understand it? She just didn't want to believe it.
Lin Baicheng had said that her grandparents had passed away early, and she had a hard life, working while studying at university. She worked for several years, busy earning money and never had a romantic relationship, and then she met her mom and entered the marriage.
Was all this a lie?
Or was this audio clip fake?
Ling Shu unconsciously walked forward. Just as she arrived at the school gate, she saw Lin Baicheng's car. Lin Baicheng had always spoiled her since she was young and never let her go home alone. Rain or shine, he would always pick her up from school in his car.
"Darling, did you have anything interesting happen at school today?" Lin Baicheng asked with a smile, handing over a paper bag from the passenger seat. "Here, dad just went to Pearsland and bought your favorite cake for you."
"Um, thank you, dad." Ling Shu habitually put on a smile, took the paper bag and took out the blackberry cake with a small spoon. "Where's my mom?"
"Your mom is working overtime, she won't be back until late at night. Do you want to go to a restaurant?" Lin Baicheng couldn't cook.
"Let's just go to KFC and have something. I have a lot of homework today, I want to go home early." Ling Shu was absent-minded.
"Forgot that your mom forbid you from eating KFC and McDonald's, right?" Lin Baicheng pretended to scold Ling Shu, with a very indulgent look.
"Oh, dad, don't tell mom, okay?" Ling Shu acted coquettish.
Lin Baicheng naturally couldn't resist his daughter's coaxing, so he agreed in the end.
It was already past ten o'clock when Liu Li returned from work. Lin Baicheng had been lying in bed looking at his phone for a while.
Ling Shu hesitated for a while, and then stopped Liu Li, who was about to take a shower in the bathroom. "Mom, I have something I want you to see."
"What is it?" Liu Li's smile froze, and she asked.
The weather had been getting hotter recently. It was already mid-May, and it could be considered as entering summer. Lin Shicha had already changed into her summer school uniform early.
Everything was going smoothly.
Lin Chunhua was very happy to see Lin Shicha's painting. Lin Shicha casually drew a four-panel comic on the desk at night, and unexpectedly it went viral on Weibo, with more than 300,000 likes, more than 100,000 shares, and countless comments.
Once it became popular, all sorts of strange things came.
Someone even sent Lin Shicha private messages with indecent photos, and there were photos of men and women, which made Lin Shicha feel disgusted.
As she continued to scroll down, Lin Shicha keenly noticed a private message from a verified Weibo account, and she opened it.
Leikan Editor v: Hello, dear, I saw your comic works and I liked them very much. I think they are very suitable for the current popular theme. Do you have any intention to sign a contract with Leikan APP platform?
Leikan?
Lin Shicha looked up information about Leikan and found out that it was a pretty well-known comic platform. She thought about it for two days and finally decided to sign a contract because she could earn money.
A few days after agreeing, the contract arrived, and Lin Shicha officially became a comic artist for the Leikan app.
She expanded her thinking and turned that four-panel comic into a complete and coherent story, and took it seriously from the beginning.
Time passed bit by bit.
It was another weekend, and Chen Chen went to the East City Waterway Middle School.
Chen Chen had made an appointment with Silent, and he didn't stand her up. When Silent arrived, she saw a few people sitting outside the school gate. At the forefront was Chen Chen, one hand in his pocket, chewing gum in his mouth and talking to a boy next to him. Standing on his right was a girl in the uniform of the Second Middle School, who was very beautiful, not inferior to Lin Shicha. Her facial features were striking.
The girl stood next to Chen Chen, seemingly wanting to get close to him. She also held a bottle of mineral water, presumably unable to open it, tugged at Chen Chen's arm, pouted and motioned him to open it for her.
Chen Chen glanced at her, indicating for someone else to help her.
Although the girl was disappointed, Chen Chen spoke to her, and she was so happy that she was about to go over and kiss him. But Chen Chen quickly pushed her away, his face not looking good, he scolded her softly, and the girl looked very embarrassed, almost about to cry.
Silent's smile dimmed slightly, then she smiled and waved, "Bro! I'm here!" Chen Chen saw Silent, got up, grabbed his coat, and said, "Let's go."
"Axing, where are you going? I want to go too," the girl actively followed.
"You go home, don't follow me, it's annoying," Axing did not turn his head, looking frustrated. After speaking, he hooked his hand around Shenmo's neck, causing Shenmo to stagger, turning to look at the girl.
Beside him, a boy whispered to the girl, "Yue, how about I walk you home?"
"Aren't you supposed to call me sister-in-law? Why are you so clueless?" The girl rolled her eyes.
The boy chuckled awkwardly, not saying anything. In his heart, he wondered what had gotten into Axing recently. He hadn't mentioned Lin Shicha in days. After two days of silence, he actually accepted a love letter from Hu Yue. Although he didn't say anything, Hu Yue always thought it was her chance to get closer to Axing.
So she started pushing the boundaries and followed him every day. No matter how hard Axing tried to drive her away, after a while, he couldn't be bothered to say anything.
Hu Yue didn't have the courage to tell others that she was Axing's girlfriend now, because Axing didn't admit it. But when she was with his friends, she would act presumptuously, and had mentioned several times for them to call her sister-in-law, although no one had actually called her that.
All the way, Shenmo held back several times, but couldn't help it and said, "Bro, I've been meaning to ask, who is that girl?"
Axing responded indifferently, "What does that matter?"
"No, I...," Shenmo denied, then added, "Is she your girlfriend? Have you got a girlfriend? Is it Shicha... Shicha doesn't know," his expression strange, "Shicha doesn't know anything."
"Why does she need to know? Who is she to me?" Axing's tone was unkind as he turned back, his eyes cold as ice.
"She'll be upset," Shenmo added, "She'll cry."
Axing fell silent, continuing to walk forward, with Shenmo following behind, watching his back grow colder and lonelier. After a while, Axing's voice came again, with only five words, "She's not my girlfriend."
"I just wanted to see if I could like someone else, but unfortunately, I can't," Axing didn't turn back, and Shenmo couldn't see his expression. "When she tried to kiss me just now, I felt repulsed and disgusted."
"Then explain it to her, don't hurt other girls' feelings," Shenmo suggested like a little angel.
"I did, I already told her I didn't like her. I only accepted her love letter out of boredom. I returned it later. But she insisted on sticking to me, thinking she could win me over. Since she's so stubborn, I won't bother saying anything," Axing sneered. He couldn't hit her, and other girls were afraid to approach him. Only Hu Yue was different. She was indeed a bit of a headache.
At this point, Shenmo's phone lit up. Axing looked over and his body stiffened. After a long time, his voice came through, "She chose you?"
"What?" Shenmo asked confusedly.
Axing looked at Shenmo's phone again, and Shenmo realized. He shook his head, "No, she said she didn't want to be too intimate with me, for fear of being misunderstood." He sounded dejected.
"Misunderstood by whom?" Axing's tone was strange.
"I said I didn't mind, I was willing to be strung along by her, but she still refused," Shenmo said softly. "You see, you're just the same, isn't it? If you didn't really like her, who would be willing to do this?"
Axing muttered a curse, "You damn bootlicker, have you no self-respect?"
Shenmo retorted, "And you, aren't you just the same? If you didn't really like her, who would be willing to do this?" As he said this, Shenmo's tuft of hair drooped.
Axing grumbled softly, indeed he had no way to refute it. The two looked at each other, and somehow felt a sense of mutual understanding.
"Hurry up and sort out that girl, if Shicha finds out accidentally, it won't be good," Shenmo urged him.
"I know," Axing was frustrated and gave Shenmo a look.
Shenmo was truly a harbinger of misfortune, always stumbling upon things without giving any prior warning.
Shicha wanted to get the vaccination done as soon as possible and not have to keep running back and forth. She almost felt sick from taking the bus all the time. Then one afternoon at 6 o'clock, she got off at the gates of Erzhong with Xiaoguang.
As soon as she got off, she saw Axing talking to Hu Yue at the school gate, and Axing looked like he was about to explode from irritation. "Even if you don't mind, I mind. Don't force me to hit you, Huyue," he brought out a killer move.
"If you want to hit me, can you bring yourself to do it? Are you willing?" Hu Yue didn't back down.
"Give me a hug." Hu Yue said and tried to move closer, Axing tried to avoid her but was taken by surprise, and Hu Yue hugged him.
At this moment, the blond boy beside them poked Axing, "Hey hey, Axing, sister-in-law, sister-in-law is here..." He spoke in a teasing tone.
Axing was almost scared to death. In desperation, he used his full strength, shoving Hu Yue aside, making her fall to the ground with a cry of pain. He quickly turned his head and met the gaze of Shicha, who was looking at them.
She seemed peaceful, just looking at him. After two seconds, she turned and walked away.
Axing took a deep breath, clenched his fists tightly, and the blond boy pushed him, "Chase after her, Axing."
Only then did Axing move his feet and immediately chased after her.