Sweetie, don't look at him, kiss me.

Yao Yingyu's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

She had known Lin Qingmian for half a year, and they had a good relationship. She had never heard Lin Qingmian mention her family before, and she thought Lin Qingmian was an orphan...

Thinking of this, she glanced at the woman in front of her, who was dressed in designer clothes but was sharp-tongued and mean.

With a mother like that, it's better to be an orphan...

"Yingyu".

Lin Qingmian breathed a sigh of relief, not wanting to involve her classmate: "I won't share the Crossing-the-Bridge Noodles with you today, you go eat first."

"I'd like to have a chat with Ms. Zhang."

Yao Yingyu frowned and glanced at Lin Qingmian, then lowered her voice: "Then be careful. Our school has security guards. If things get really bad, call the police."

"fine."

Lin Qingmian gave her a slight smile: "If we don't go now, the cafeteria will have long lines again."

Yao Yingyu paused for a moment before turning and leaving.

"Yunnan Bridge Noodles?"

After Yao Yingyu left, Zhang Yuzhu crossed her arms and looked at Lin Qingmian with disdain: "Are all the friends you know now at this level?"

Lin Qingmian frowned and looked at Zhang Yuzhu: "Speak, what happened this time that made you condescend to come to the school to hit me?"

After marrying Ji Linzhou, she had not been in contact with the Lin family for more than a year.

Lin Jianzhong didn't even bother to contact her about things like using her name to borrow money from Ji Linzhou.

For Zhang Yuzhu to make a special trip to the school to find her now, something must have happened.

"How dare you say that?"

Mentioning this, Zhang Yuzhu became furious: "If you hadn't caused trouble for us everywhere and brought shame to the Lin family, do you think I would have wanted to come all this way to find you?"

She angrily pointed at Lin Qingmian's nose and yelled, "How could I have raised such a shameless daughter like you?"

"Even if your nouveau riche husband in his fifties can't satisfy you, you shouldn't go around messing around with just anyone!"

After saying that, she swiftly stepped forward and grabbed Lin Qingmian's wrist: "Come on, come back with me!"

Zhang Yuzhu used a lot of force, and Lin Qingmian's wrist hurt from being gripped.

She instinctively tried to struggle: "Say what you have to say right here."

"You slut, still not obeying!"

Zhang Yuzhu frowned, turned around, and slapped him again.

Lin Qingmian dodged the slap.

She frowned: "Ms. Zhang, let me remind you, we are no longer family. If you lay a hand on me again, I will call the police."

"Ha, they've really grown wings!"

Zhang Yuzhu scoffed, "You really think that just because you married a nouveau riche old man, you're some kind of pampered young mistress? And you even called the police?"

After saying that, she called out in the direction of the car in the distance, "Old Zhou!"

The burly driver, Old Zhou, rushed over, his face fierce: "Madam."

Zhang Yuzhu shoved Lin Qingmian toward Old Zhou, saying, "Help me take the Second Miss back to the car and take her home!"

Old Zhou worked as a mercenary abroad when he was young, and although he is old now, he is still in good physical condition.

Lin Qingmian had been beaten by him before and knew how ruthless this man was.

To avoid suffering, she didn't struggle and let Lao Zhou grab her hands and tie them behind her back, dragging her into the car like he was escorting a prisoner.

The moment Lin Qingmian fell onto the back seat of the car, the car door slammed shut.

Soon, the car started and drove recklessly through the campus.

Lin Qingmian, whose whole body ached, lay on the back seat for a while before struggling to get up and gripping her phone in her pocket.

In the front row, Zhang Yuzhu sat in the passenger seat, elegantly touching up her makeup while glancing at the back in the rearview mirror out of the corner of her eye.

Lin Qingmian didn't dare to openly call the police, so she could only secretly tap the latest contact number in her pocket.

If I remember correctly, it should be Jiang Yao.

Relying on her memory, she blindly typed in the chat box: "I've been taken back to the Lin family. Please call the police for me. You know the address."

After typing, she pressed the send button.

A moment later, the phone vibrated a few times.

It must have been Jiang Yao who saw the message and replied to her.

Lin Qingmian breathed a sigh of relief before taking her sweaty hands out of her pockets.

Soon, the car arrived at the Lin family villa.

As soon as the car stopped, the back door was opened.

"Mianmian, long time no see!"

Immediately afterwards, Lin Qingmian was hugged by a soft, pink figure: "Sister missed you so much!"

The strong scent of gardenia perfume instantly filled Lin Qingmian's nostrils, giving her a headache.

After a long while, she finally forced herself to get used to the unpleasant perfume scent, frowned, and pushed away the woman who was hugging her: "Lin Qingqing, you're overdoing it."

Lin Qingqing's grip on her stiffened for a moment.

A moment later, the woman released Lin Qingmian and returned to the car, her eyes slightly red: "Mianmian, after you married that rich uncle, you haven't been home for over a year and haven't contacted your family."

"I……"

She sniffled, looking utterly aggrieved: "I really miss you, it's not an act..."

"You bastard!"

Lin Jianzhong had just stepped out of the villa when he saw Lin Qingqing seemingly crying again, having been provoked by Lin Qingmian. His face immediately darkened: "You haven't been back for so long, and the first thing you do when you get home is bully your sister!"

Lin Qingmian glanced at the hypocritical man in front of her.

She had called him "Dad" for twenty years.

Later, the Lin family went bankrupt, and he owed a huge amount of high-interest loans.

Debt collectors came to his door, demanding that if he had no assets, he should take his daughter as collateral.

That day, he firmly shielded Lin Qingqing behind him and pushed her out, saying, "Qingqing has been frail since childhood and cannot withstand any hardship."

Pulling herself out of her reverie, Lin Qingmian straightened her clothes and slowly got out of the car: "I remember, when Mr. Lin sold me to my current husband a year ago, we had already signed a dissolution agreement."

"You're no longer my family, so stop pretending in front of me."

She rubbed her wrist, which had been marked red by Old Zhou's grip, and looked coldly at the three people in front of her: "What you are doing now constitutes kidnapping, illegal detention, and intentional injury."

"I've already called the police."

"Call the police!?"

Zhang Yuzhu's meticulously made-up face instantly contorted, her voice shrill: "When did you call the police?"

She had been secretly watching Lin Qingmian the whole time in the car, afraid that Lin Qingmian might do something sneaky.

"Mianmian, you're kidding, right?"

Lin Qingqing frowned and walked over, adopting a gentle and understanding demeanor: "Why make such a fuss over something so trivial, involving the police?"

"You haven't been home for too long. Your mother is picking you up from school. This has absolutely nothing to do with kidnapping or detention."

The woman's voice was gentle: "Even if the police came, they wouldn't care; they'd just make us a laughingstock..."

"Mianmian, be good, let's cancel the police call."

As she spoke, Lin Qingqing raised her eyes and looked at Lin Qingmian's face.

She covered her mouth as if she were frightened, and gave Zhang Yuzhu a reproachful look: "Mom, you were too agitated. How could you beat Mianmian like this? It breaks my heart to see it."

Lin Qingqing stepped forward with heartache: "Mianmian, let me take you to apply the medicine first..."

"What medicine should I give her?"

Lin Jianzhong snorted coldly, his voice sharp: "She did such a shameless thing, bringing shame to the Lin family. Shouldn't we beat her up like this?"

Lin Qingmian frowned, freeing herself from Lin Qingqing's grasp, and looked up coldly into Lin Jianzhong's angry eyes: "What did I do?"