Chapter 26.1 Bai Duanduan smiled and looked at Ji Lin before saying, “Beg me.”

“Didn’t you just go home to pick up some material? What good things have happened to you? You seem to be in a good mood.”

As soon as Ji Lin returned to the car, Rong Sheng, who was sitting in the co-pilot’s seat, turned his head to look at him. Ji Lin’s expression was naturally cold and inaccessible at that moment, but Rong Sheng was keenly aware that the other party was in a good mood, or more accurately, it should be in a very good mood.

Ji Lin pursed his lips, cherishing the words like gold as always, “Nothing.”

Rong Sheng didn’t delve into it and asked again as he glanced at Ji Lin’s old villa, “Is your mother at home?”

“Yes.”

As soon as he heard that Ms. Meng Xin was home, Rongsheng was so frightened that he immediately shrank his head down while urging, “Drive quickly, drive quickly, hurry up!”

Until Ji Lin started the car and hit the road, Rong Sheng still had a palpitating look on his face, “I’m scared to death, don’t let your mother see me, otherwise she’ll catch me and ask questions again.”

When Rongsheng mentioned Ji Lin’s mother, he couldn’t help but complain, “I say Ji Lin, your mother is really too intimidating, didn’t she force me to find a date for you every other day a while ago? I know you asked me not to and there’s nothing to be done. I also told your mother the same, but she didn’t stop there and she still forced me to find it for you.”

“Not only that, she demanded that I give her all the photos and information about these potential matches that I searched for you. So that she could give you a first screening and then, if she was satisfied, she could convince you to meet one of them directly.”

Ji Lin pursed his lips and drove quietly, not paying any attention to Rong Sheng.

However, the more Rong Sheng said, the more agitated he became, “And the result! I chose more than thirty girls for your mother like a concubine, with no shortcomings in their family, height, face and education. In the end, your mother who says she wants to find a nice girl for her good Lin Lin to keep him company for a long time, what she actually does? In actuality, of all the thirty or so girls, not one of them caught your mother’s old eye!”

Rongsheng said while taking out his mobile phone, “Look at this, isn’t this girl pretty? Her temperament seems good too, right? But in the end your mother said that she measured her facial features with a ruler. It is not the golden ratio and it is not symmetrical enough so she feels that this girl is not worthy of you.”

“Look at this one, this one is a folk dancer. She has a very good figure and she looks good. She can be called a goddess even with a bare face. As a result, your mother disliked her for being too beautiful. She said that she was too fair, not gorgeous enough, and lacked a bit of beauty. It is okay to look at her for a short time, but it is easy to get aesthetic fatigue after a long time, and she rejected her.”

“For this one also, she suspected her to be too gorgeous, tacky, and lacking in temperament.”

;“And this, She disliked this and said that her butt is not big enough, and she feels that she can’t give birth to a son…”

“This girl plays piano. She has won national awards and she is a famous pianist. But your mother took a look at her hands and said that they were too delicate. She said that she didn’t look like someone who could wash dishes and do rough work to serve you……I don’t think your mother cares about the beautiful music a girl can play with her hands, your mother only wants to get you a living dishwasher…..”

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Rong Sheng was filled with righteous indignation as he said, “Ji Lin, although your mother treats me very well, let me be honest, your mother is really a cancer of strength and power. The emperor’s selection of girls is not as picky and troublesome as your mother’s, and your mother is too fussy. Is it only fairies coming down to earth that are worthy of a relationship with you?”

Rongsheng patted Ji Lin’s shoulder and said in a serious tone, “I see  your mother’s thinking is very dangerous. I’m afraid it’s not that she wants to restore the imperial system and thinks that your family has the throne waiting to be inherited.”

He couldn’t help but mutter, “In the future, you’ll have to find someone with a good temper who is more submissive and more tolerant to be your wife, right? I think you won’t be able to find someone in your life. A mother-in-law of your mother’s caliber would be dissed by the whole nation if she were on a TV show like that ……”

Just at the moment when Rong Sheng thought that Ji Lin would not pay attention to himself, Ji Lin suddenly opened his mouth –

“Not necessarily.”

“Eh? Your mother’s rank is not high enough to necessarily be wildly scolded by the whole nation? Her cancerous opinion that men should be straight; the daughter-in-law must give birth to a son; the belief that a son’s wife must only serve her son; that men don’t go into the kitchen, women have to do all the work; the future daughter-in-law can’t rely on her son for financial support, wife has to be financially independent but at the same time she have to do all the work alone along with taking care of the children. Is there a woman in the world who can meet your mother’s conditions?”

“It doesn’t have to be someone with a good temper either.”

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Rong Sheng was taken aback, “Huh?”

Ji Lin pursed his lips thoughtfully and said calmly, “I suddenly feel that finding someone with a bad temper might be more suitable for my mother.”

“Are you mistaken? You’re looking for someone with a bad temper? A bad tempered one will explode at the slightest point. With your mother, are you planning to catch an atomic bomb with bare hands every day? In the future, if mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have a world war, will you still be able to live the rest of your life? I think you should stop thinking about marrying a girl and instead find a man to spend the rest of your life with.”

However, Ji Lin was very calm and collected, he said calmly, “Forget about someone who has the same bad temper as my mother. I think it’s feasible to find someone who has a worse temper than my mother who can cure her.” He glanced at Rongsheng, “I don’t think I’m at the point where I need to find a man to spend my life with.”

Rongsheng was simply stunned, “Is there anyone in this world who has a worse temper than your mother and can she cure your mother?”

Ji Lin thought of the way Bai Duanduan stared at his mother while tapping her fingers on the table. He paused, then nodded with certainty, “There is.”

There was nothing impossible in the big world.

Rongsheng glanced at Ji Lin twice, then had an epiphany, “Do you already have someone you like? Who do you have a crush on? Is she really that bad-tempered? Is she even worse than your mother? Can you show her to me?”

“No.” Ji Lin remembered Bai Duanduan’s appearance of spending money like water, and frowned, “I’m definitely not looking for someone like that.” He thought for a moment and added,  “I want a woman with a temper that can cure my mom, but who is also hardworking and thrifty in running a household and she doesn’t need to be so beautiful.”

Rongsheng caught the hint in Ji Lin’s words, “So the woman who can now cure your mother is beautiful? How pretty? Even better looking than that high-class-faced beauty we saw outside the bar last time? That girl really has the top face I’ve seen recently and has a great body …… hey, it’s a pity, I should have gone up and asked for her contact information last time!”

“Ji Lin, answer me quickly, using that girl as a reference, how many points does the woman who can now cure your mother score?”

Ji Lin pursed his lips and didn’t answer Rong Sheng. After stopping the car he said mercilessly, “Here we are, get down.”

“……”

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Seeing that his mother, Ms. Meng Xin, had really been forced to “reform herself and become a new person”, Ji Lin breathed a sigh of relief. Even when he entered the office, he was still in a happy mood, but soon, he could not be happy anymore, because Li Min quickly knocked on the door and walked in, and placed her resignation on his desk.

As if she had finally gathered enough courage, Li Min calmly said, “Lawyer Ji, I want to resign.”

Ji Lin’s face sank as he looked at Li Min and said in a deep voice, “I can give you a pay rise, how much do you want?”

Although she was approached to be retained by her boss when she asked to resign, which speaks volumes about her ability and worthiness. Yet Li Min was not happy at all because Ji Lin has always been like this. Until now when she formally offered her own resignation, he was still like this, cold and impersonal. The only thing he thought of was money, the salary. He didn’t even ask a question about why she wanted to resign, whether she had any difficulties working in Sheng Lin, whether she was unhappy, whether she had encountered anything in life that she couldn’t get over ……

When she thought of this, Li Min couldn’t help but feel sad, she took a deep breath, “Lawyer Ji, do you know how old I am this year?”

Ji Lin frowned, a little puzzled, yet after a pause, he replied, “28, I guess.”

Li Min pursed her lips and didn’t say anything.

“29?”

Li Min showed an injured expression on her face.

Ji Lin thought for a moment and tentatively said, “27?” he looked at Li Min and wondered, “But does your age have anything to do with your resignation?”

Li Min only felt a chill in her heart as she smiled miserably, “It’s been more than two years, Lawyer Ji, I’ve been working with you for more than two years. But you see, you don’t even know how old I am.”

Ji Lin still didn’t get the point at all, and he continued to insert his knife in her heart without fear of death, “I don’t think the matter of not knowing your age will affect your work at Sheng Lin. Besides, I’m not obligated to know this information about you, and it doesn’t matter if I know it or not.”

“Yes, it doesn’t affect my work, but I don’t want to be like that anymore.” Li Min had come to this point that she was willing to go out on a limb, “Lawyer Ji, you are very capable and well paid for your work, but you are too clear-cut. So clear-cut that you have never taken the initiative to care about my personal life. I have changed my hair style, my dressing style, my bag, even my desk, and you have never noticed… …”

The more Li Min said, the more aggrieved she became, “Lawyer Ji, working with you is too tiring. You don’t seem to have a heart at all. I know it’s right to work hard and conscientiously, but no matter how well I do, you never praise me. It’s as if you always have only work in your eyes and you will never see me. Although I’m your assistant, in your eyes, I’m probably just an artificial intelligence with no emotional needs, just a tool ……”

“Even the last time I cried and asked you for a leave, you did not ask me if anything was wrong. Lawyer Ji, you are too indifferent, except for money and work, as if nothing else deserves to take up your time.  After working together for more than two years, you may know my name and my gender, but you don’t know anything about my other information at all… …”

To put it bluntly, the boss did not pay attention to the responsibilities of his subordinates. However, after working together for two years, he didn’t know anything about the situation of his subordinates. It was indeed a bit too clear cut, and the reason why Li Min was in such an emotional rebound was more importantly because of the unspoken feelings she holds for Ji Lin in her own heart.