Chapter 64: Exposing One's True Abilities

  "Dad, how about I give you a stylish haircut? I'm really talented in this area, honestly." After dinner, Luo Ye went back to the bedroom to fetch her toolkit and held up the hair clippers, gesturing at Luo Zheng.

  When she left Wenyuan, she drew some fashionable hairstyles for Ah Mao and others. Even if she didn't say it, her mother would soon find out about her skills. It's better to declare in advance that she likes this kind of design. Anyway, she thinks hiding is a waste.

  "No need, your dad still has someone to meet."

  "You think this hairstyle can't be seen in public? I did it myself!" Luo Ye turned around and pouted: "Bro, didn't we agree last time to change our image together? I've been remembering that all along."

  "Alright...alright." Luo Feng hesitantly agreed. His sister's hairstyle was really beautiful, he believed it, and his sister would also cut his hair, he didn't believe it, but to make up for wrongly accusing his sister, he gave in.

  "Yè ér, don't be naughty!" Luo Zheng suddenly stopped him: "Your brother is not a child anymore, tomorrow take your brother to Wēn xīn Yuàn and let the person who helps you with your haircut also help your brother."

  Lu Ye spread his hands: "My hairstyle is designed and done by myself."

  "You're almost blowing out a 'flower'!"

  Warmly connecting with her husband's words: "Yes, Ye Er, this matter can't be made a fuss about. Mom also acknowledges that your hairstyle is very beautiful, but you haven't learned it before, how could you possibly cut your own hair?"

  "Alright, talk is cheap, brother, let me take action?"

  "Cut it off!" Luo Feng gazed at his own head one last time, closed his eyes, and an air of tragic heroism spread out.

  "Go wash your hair first!" Luo Ye slapped Luo Feng with a bad temper: "If you make this pose again, I won't cut it for you. Am I that unreliable?"

  When Luo Ye's scissors started flying, both Luo Zheng and Wen Xi were stunned, with confusion filling their eyes. 'Girl', when did you learn such a skill?

  Twenty minutes later.

  Luofeng's dense and thick hair had become a fashionable short bob, handsome and elegant to the extreme. He warmly gazed at his son and nodded in satisfaction: "With Luofeng looking like this, it won't be long before he gets married."

  Luofeng's face turned red with praise from her mother: "Mom, I'm not considering this now, but Ye's skills are too good."

  A hint of gloom flashed across Luo Ye's eyes, and when she was hitching a ride, she seemed to see Luo Feng and Liang Jing walking together. She hoped it was just her imagination, but was it?

  "Right, from now on, no one in our family is allowed to go out for a haircut." Luo Zheng just made up his mind.

  The warm and curious gaze fell on 'daughter': "Yè ér, when did you learn this skill?"

  "I used to practice with the pumpkin at my grandfather's house, when I was bullied and felt bad, I would take out my hair clip and vent, but I always hid it, so mom didn't see it." Luo Ye put away her tools listlessly: "I'm tired, going back to my room to rest for a while."

  "Yè ér, in the past it was Mom and Dad who were wrong, sorry" Warmly embracing Luo Ye, who had just put away her tools, with a face full of guilt.

  "Yèr, brother has already changed according to your request, don't worry, from now on brother will protect you." Luō Fēng also came over with a guilty look.

  Lu Zhenggang's lips moved slightly, and he finally let out a light sigh, saying nothing. He went to the study room, apparently everyone thought that Lu Ye had recalled past events and was in a bad mood.

  "Mom, I've already forgotten about the past and won't blame you guys. Really, I just hope everything will be okay from now on." Luo Ye looked deeply at Luo Feng: "Brother, Ye hopes that you truly care about Ye and take seriously what Ye has said. Ye won't harm you."

  "I will" Luo Feng nodded, as if suddenly remembering something, his face turned red: "Ye... I..." Luo Ye glanced at him sideways, picked up the tool bag and walked towards the bedroom.

  "Maple, what did you do to make Ye unhappy?" Wen Xin was somewhat perplexed.

  "Nothing, mom, I'll go take a look at Ye." As soon as Luo Ye's figure disappeared behind the door, Luo Feng hurriedly followed, shaking his head with a warm and helpless smile. The child is grown up and doesn't listen to his mother anymore. In the past, her son would tell her everything.

  "Ye'er......" Luo Feng knocked on Luo Ye's bedroom door, didn't get a response, panicked and pushed it open, fortunately the door wasn't locked.

  Lu Ye was sitting on the 'bed' flipping through old photos, glanced at Lu Feng who came in, lowered her head and continued, but her small face was tightly tense, without a hint of a smile. Her brother's expression had already told her that he had broken his promise.

  "Yè ér saw me and Liáng Jìng together today, right? But that's not because I didn't listen to Yè ér's advice, really." Luō Fēng carefully observed the expression on Luō Yè's face: "Listen to brother's explanation, okay?"

  "Brother, I'm telling you, it's not that I don't want you to have a girlfriend. Of course, I hope you're happy, but Liang Jing is not suitable." Luo Ye's eyes had a hint of tears: "You have to trust my intuition, I just want you to be happy, that's all."

  "Yeh, brother understands, really understands." Luo Feng hastily explained: "I didn't have any 'private' dealings with Liang Jing. Today's incident was because Liang Jing had all her belongings stolen by a pickpocket when she was taking the bus. She was helpless and first called Zhuang Meili, but she wasn't there, so she called my dormitory instead. A girl encountering such a situation and being taken advantage of is indeed quite pitiful. That's why I helped her. I sent her back to her dorm and left."

  "Is that so? Doesn't she have any friends where she works? Can't her uncle help her out? It's obvious, she wants to get close to my brother." Luo Ye looked at Luo Feng seriously: "I don't discriminate against her for being from another place, nor do I discriminate against her for not having an education, and even more so, I don't discriminate against her for being a rural household registration. However, I do discriminate against her for betraying friends and using every means to achieve her goal in order to stay in this city, brother, do you understand?"

  "Yè ér, there are many cases where girls turn against boys for the sake of other boys, but it's not necessarily a betrayal. Everyone wants to hold on when it comes to love, right?" Seeing Luo Ye's face turning even uglier, Luo Feng hastily stopped: "I'll listen to Yè ér, I'll definitely listen to Yè ér."

  "Never mind, bro, I need some quiet time."

  Knowing his sister's temper, Luo Feng knew that saying anything more would be useless. He took a step back and turned around three times before walking to the door, let out a soft sigh, and returned to his bedroom.

  He felt very wronged and couldn't understand why his sister had such a big prejudice against Liang Jing.

  After being admitted to the school as a night school teacher, he happened to teach Liang Jing's class. According to his observation, Liang Jing should not be that kind of 'girl' who uses all means to achieve her goals.

  All along, Liang Jing had always been respectful to him and never made any moves beyond that of an ordinary friend. She spoke with restraint, unlike Zhuang Mei Li who would take every opportunity to hold his hand or make intimate gestures.

  He didn't believe that Liang Jing was doing it on purpose today. When he arrived at the station, Liang Jing indeed looked quite disheveled, her purse had been stolen and there were signs of someone having groped her on her clothes. A girl shouldn't be making a joke about this kind of thing.

  And that day, when Liang Jing gave the money to his mother, he should not have seen them. But how could he persuade his sister? He was worried that his sister would get angry, and as a result, he had never dared to mention the fact that he was Liang Jing's teacher.

  He guessed that Liang Jing was willing to ask for his help today because she felt that the image was too embarrassing and didn't want her colleagues to look down on her.

  ……

  Municipal Party Committee Printing House

  "Liáng Jìng, please review this draft again. If there's no problem, send it to the printing factory for proofreading." Liáng Jìng's uncle handed her a manuscript.

  "Okay." Liang Jing took the manuscript and began to carefully proofread, but her mind kept flashing back to yesterday's stroll with Luo Feng, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily curled up.

  "Quiet, what are you thinking about, so beautiful?" The typist Chi Xiaofeng beside her smiled and joked with Liang Jing. All the employees of the printing company knew that she was the boss's relative, and they usually showed her three points of respect.

  "About drafts, what are you thinking?" Liang Jing gave him a slanted glance: "Don't measure me with your filthy thoughts, are you thinking of your own Great Qin?"

  "Cut it, your expression says you're thinking of a certain man. If the proofreading can bring out this kind of expression, that's just crazy!" Chi Xiaofeng reminded with a smirk: "Don't get distracted too much, one wrong character and the whole thing is scrapped. This order needs to be printed three million times, you understand?"

  Wei 'Spring' Hui, who was sitting next to Chi Xiao Feng, rolled her eyes and suggested: "Jing Jing, if you tell everyone who your crush is, I'll help you with your homework."

  "No, stop guessing randomly!" Liang Jing said with a helpless expression: "Everyone just focus on working hard, making one mistake on the manuscript will deduct 50 yuan, are you all tired of having too much money or what?"

  "Never mind, yesterday someone returned to the dormitory with honey-like liquid almost flowing out of their eyes. I believe we will meet soon." Chi Xiaofeng gave a sympathetic glance at Jiang Hui, who was working with his head down.

  Jiang Hui's fondness for Liang Jing is well-known to everyone. This guy once ran three miles in the rain to buy a package of Zhangjiaguan soup dumplings for Liang Jing, and when he returned, he was soaked but the package was still intact. When Liang Jing caught a cold, Jiang Hui stayed up all night at the hospital with her getting an IV. When Liang Jing couldn't finish her manuscript, Jiang Hui helped her... There are countless such instances, yet Liang Jing has always been lukewarm towards Jiang Hui. According to everyone's speculation, either Liang Jing already has someone she likes or she is just too proud.

  Liang Jing, someone is looking for you. The receptionist, Tang Jialing, mysteriously types away in the typing room, while everyone else exchanges curious glances, their faces filled with gossip.

  "Is it a boy or a girl?" Chi Xiaofeng asked hastily.

  "Really beautiful beauty!" Tang Jialing exaggeratedly pointed at the star poster on the wall: "Much more beautiful than her!"

  "Customer?"

  No

  "Liang Jing, the boy you dated yesterday, won't he have a 'girlfriend' already, and she's come looking for him?" Chi Xiaofeng's inquiry finally brought a hint of expression to Jiang Hui's face, who had been silently working with his head down.

  "Don't guess randomly, I'll go take a look" Liang Jing was also full of doubts. Everyone had seen Zhuang Mei, and apart from her, she really didn't know any other girls in this city.

  Just finished coding, upload it first, warm up and re-upload again, afraid that everyone is waiting anxiously, hehe.