When Fu Zheng was not around, Zhuo Lin felt a little bored rarely.

Of course, this boredom doesn't affect anything, after all, she is really busy.

In this era, a young girl who wants to rely on herself to gain a foothold in society will never let herself live too leisurely. She is so busy that she has no time to think about anything else. For her nowadays, love and moon will only add to the trouble.

But she didn't want to cause trouble, but the trouble would come to her automatically.

When Zhuo Lin saw someone she hadn't seen for a long time at the gate of Beijing University, she knew that her leisurely days were over.

"Find a place where no one is." The person who spoke to her was a graceful and dignified woman in her forties. She was wearing luxurious clothes and her hair was combed in a slight mess. However, her eyes looked at Zhuo Lin very coldly, as if she was looking at a inferior product that made her very dissatisfied.

There were two young men next to her, and they also frowned and looked at Zhuo Lin, obviously not very happy.

Zhuo Lin was silent for a moment before saying lightly: "Come with me."

Zhuo Lin knows her mother and will never argue with her in public. After all, the reputation of the Sheng family is higher than anything else.

Zhuo Lin did not take them to her dormitory, but went to a teahouse near the school where she often went.

I asked a room to go in. When the guy who was delivering tea went down, the woman said coldly, "Kneel down!"

Zhuo Lin was slightly stunned, but did not kneel down as Mrs. Sheng said, but asked calmly, "Mother, just say anything if you have anything."

Bang!

Mrs. Sheng slapped the table and said coldly, "You are so embarrassed to say it! Do you know how much trouble you have caused to the Sheng family!"

Zhuo Lin didn't care and smiled faintly, "I didn't cause trouble. I solved the engagement with the Zhang family in advance. Outsiders didn't know that we had discussed marriage with the Zhang family, and I did not escape the marriage. There is no problem that affects the reputation of the Sheng family. Zhang Xiang's character will not make things difficult for the Sheng family. What you call trouble probably means is that the Sheng family cannot get benefits from this marriage?"

"presumptuous!"

"Little sister!" The young man standing next to Mrs. Sheng also looked a little ugly, "You are too much this time, and you are not apologizing to your mother!"

Zhuo Lin shook her head and looked at the young man with some regret, "Brother, I understand that you want to be an official. The examination room is there. Even though the Sheng family has declined, it will not be impossible to afford a few scholars."

Upon hearing this, the young man suddenly turned red and glared at Zhuo Lin and said angrily, "What are you talking nonsense!"

Zhuo Lin's voice was calm and cold, "Are I talking nonsense, you know clearly, brother? We all know why you married my elder sister into the Wei family."

Mrs. Sheng sternly said, "I'm for Ayan's good!"

Zhuo Lin smiled faintly, "Have you asked my elder sister? Did she want to marry into the Wei family? Is she comfortable in the Wei family now?"

“…”

Zhuo Lin looked up at Mrs. Sheng without dodging, "Mother, you knew you couldn't control me for a long time, why bother to force me?"

Mrs. Sheng sneered, "It is natural for children to do marriage and parents to matchmakers to say that they are right, what if I insist on it?"

Zhuo Lin said, "The last time I handled the matter of the Zhang family in advance, but it does not mean that I dare not escape at the wedding or see blood at the wedding night. If my mother wants to bet, I might as well give it a try. You care about the reputation of the Sheng family, but I don't care."

"My evil!" Mrs. Sheng's face turned pale with anger and pointed at Zhuo Lin, "Do you really think I can't do anything to you, right? Let's try it."

Zhuo Lin felt helpless, but her biological mother and daughter were like enemies.

Unfortunately, she could not be as good as her mother's wishes anyway.

The Sheng family was indeed in decline, but the lean camel was bigger than a horse, and Mrs. Sheng's revenge came quickly.

The next day, Zhuo Lin received a notice that she was fired by the publishing house where she worked.

Zhuo Lin only felt that it was not surprising that she was amused and crying.

Since ancient times, there have been many scholars in Jiangnan, and the Sheng family has had a great influence in Jiangnan. Most of the publishing houses in Beijing are from Jiangnan, so it is natural that Mrs. Sheng can tell the other party to fire her.

After all, in the eyes of most people, this is a conflict between the Sheng family and ordinary people understand the principle of not getting involved in other people's family affairs. After all, it is thankless, and it is natural to give the wife of the Sheng family a face.

But this happened, Zhuo Lin had to find another job.

She lives in the school dormitory, and although it is not much, she cannot sit and eat. However, Zhuo Lin is not very worried about her situation. Mrs. Sheng cannot stay in the capital all the time, she always has to leave.

She was even more unlikely to follow her around. If she really couldn't stay in the capital, wouldn't she leave?

But Mrs. Sheng obviously thought that her operation stumped Zhuo Lin, especially after knowing that Zhuo Lin was rejected for two consecutive jobs, she appeared in front of Zhuo Lin with a arrogant arrogance and sarcastic expression to her again.

Zhuo Lin sat in a narrow room, flipping through books, and his ears were the endless voices of Mrs. Sheng.

"Look at your dilapidated house, it is not as big as the room that our lower-class girl lives in." Mrs. Sheng mocked her daughter and began to pick on her residence again. "And this clothes... If you were a second lady of the Sheng family, how could you wear such inferior fabrics? Ayan has never even touched such a bad thing in her life."

Zhuo Lin looked down at her clothes. The inferior quality was not just ordinary.

Of course, compared with Mrs. Sheng's exquisite and beautiful clothes, it can only be called inferior.

Zhuo Lin raised her head and asked calmly, "How many years does the Sheng family's property have you been wearing?"

"You!" Mrs. Sheng's face changed. The Sheng family had already been in a state of sacrificing all the time many years ago. If it weren't for the large betrothal gift from the Wei family when Sheng Zhuoyan got married, the Sheng family would probably not be able to maintain such a fancy style now.

Mrs. Sheng glared at Zhuo Lin for a while, then snorted: "I've found a good marriage for you. You will go with me tomorrow. It's not in vain for you in the capital these days, and there are still many people who are willing to marry you. Don't you want to go back to Jiangnan? You can stay in the capital all the time in the future."

"No." Zhuo Lin picked up the book on the table and opened it and continued to read it, responding faintly.

Mrs. Sheng said coldly, "You have to go if you don't go!"

Zhuo Lin was a little funny, "You know I won't listen to you, so why bother to make trouble yourself?"

Mrs. Sheng said, "If you don't go, I will bring someone to school to find you."

Zhuo Lin was silent. Mrs. Sheng looked at her and suddenly said, "I heard that there were rumors in the capital that you had a very good relationship with Your Majesty? If you could enter the palace as a concubine, I wouldn't force you. It's a pity..." Mrs. Sheng showed a bit of ridicule on her face, "In the capital these days, I think the royal family is not that meaningful to you. I have told you a long time ago that the reputation of a girl is the most important, and the powerful people attach great importance to it. Do you think it's good for others to hold you? Those young men are just coaxing you to play, who is really willing to marry you back to be a main house? You should listen to me and go to see someone with me, at least they are willing to marry you openly, so as not to lose the face of my Sheng family in the future."

Zhuo Lin said lightly: "If you don't come this time, who knows my surname is Sheng?"

Mrs. Sheng got a little impatient, stood up and said coldly: "Anyway, you must go tomorrow. Now you can stay at school safely. That's because I want to leave you a good reputation and find a husband's house. If you have to disobey me... you might as well try to see if I can't stay in the capital!" After that, he turned around and walked out.

She felt that she had been in this cramped and narrow room for a quarter of an hour.

Zhuo Lin took a deep breath, "You are really my real mother."

Mrs. Sheng sneered, "I am not only your biological mother, but also Mrs. Sheng. As long as I live for one day, no one can ruin the reputation of the Sheng family."

Destroy the reputation of the Sheng family? Is it against your intentions and prevent the Sheng family from making profits?

Zhuo Lin looked at her back as she walked out of the room and murmured: "I mean... it's not only you who will be fierce, you will, I will."

Zhuo Lin's tricks to deal with Mrs. Sheng's forced blind dates were not useful, because the other party on the blind date went back on his word.

Zhuo Lin didn't feel ashamed of this, nor did she feel that there was any problem with the other party's refusal to date her.

Only a few days later, Mrs. Sheng once again stopped Zhuo Lin outside the school, and the look on her face was so angry that she was rare.

"What did you do?" Mrs. Sheng asked sternly.

Zhuo Lin blinked, and she seemed to have done nothing.

"Is there anything wrong?" Zhuo Lin asked.

Mrs. Sheng gritted her teeth and said, "You just have to go against me, right? I'm arranging a blind date for you, but for your own good?"

Zhuo Lin said lightly: "Thank you, there is no need."

Mrs. Sheng sneered, "I don't know what you did, so that no one in the entire capital would want to marry you. But since you are shameless, don't blame me for being cruel back then! Take it away!"

Mrs. Sheng winked at the people around her, and several men accompanying her, including Zhuo Lin's elder brother, immediately stepped forward and blocked her way.

"Little sister, stop making trouble, don't make me angry. We are also for your own good." Brother Sheng advised angrily.

Zhuo Lin looked at the elder brother coldly and didn't reply. Brother Sheng was a little angry when she saw him and said, "What's the benefit of making a fuss like this? After all, you are still the daughter of the Sheng family. Even if the Sheng family really tied you back like this, who dares to say what?"

Zhuo Lin said: "Is this why you dare to bring so many people here to block me?"

As the saying goes, it is difficult for a clean official to make a decision. If the Sheng family insists on arresting her, others will not be able to control her.

On the contrary, if she makes a big fuss, others will only think that she is unfilial and disobedient. However, Mrs. Sheng must not be willing to make a fuss to that point unless she has to. After all, the face of the Sheng family is more important than anything else.

"Are you getting in the car by yourself, or do I have someone to take you into the car?" Mrs. Sheng looked at Zhuo Lin's appearance and showed a rare look of pride.

This young daughter has never let her worry since she was a child, but no matter how much she can make trouble, she is still her mother. No matter what, she can't turn out the palm of her hand.

Zhuo Lin asked, "Where do you want to take me?"

Mrs. Sheng said, "Don't make it as if I, a mother-in-law, want to harm you. The boy from the Long family is going to get married and go to celebrate. You can go together. Since no one in the capital is willing to marry you, let's see if you can find a good family for you in the Northeast."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Sheng glanced at Zhuo Lin with some disgust, "Do you know now? What are the benefits of those methods to you? I could have found someone to marry in the capital, but now I can only go to the remote area of ​​the northeast like your cousin."

In Mrs. Sheng's opinion, the best place is naturally Jiangnan, followed by Beijing, and the northwest and northeast are purely remote areas, poor mountains and rivers, and the kind of unruly people. Therefore, she always looked down on Mrs. Long who married into the four northern provinces.

Going to the Northern Four Provinces? Zhuo Lin raised his eyebrows slightly and said calmly, "Okay, I'll go pack up the gift."

"No need, I have prepared my luggage for you, and the school has also asked for leave for the teacher." Mrs. Sheng said.

Zhuo Lin's expression was slightly dark. Mrs. Sheng didn't care what she was thinking, "Let's go, don't think about playing tricks, you have to go or not. If you are still restless this time, it will be not only me and your father who will come next time."

Zhuo Lin frowned and remembered the father at home who had been reading books for life.

Her father is a weak person. When he was young, he listened to his grandfather and grandparents, and after getting married, he never made any decisions on his own.

He loved his children very much, treating them equally, both sons and daughters. But his weak personality was destined, and he could not do anything for them when his daughter needed him.

Zhuo Lin only understood this truth completely the year her sister got married. Before that, she always thought that her father was their support.

That day, she was originally hiding behind the bookshelf to read books, but unexpectedly eavesdropped on her sister’s conversation with her father. Her sister cried and begged her father that she didn’t want to marry into the Wei family. The Wei family is indeed rich, but the family relationship is complicated. Not to mention the Wei family’s eldest master is not healthy, but he is not a person who can live long. The most important thing is that the Wei family’s eldest master has several concubines and maids around him.

My sister has been well-read since she was a child, and she has no interest in businessmen. How could such a person be a good match?

My father had already agreed to his sister to refuse the marriage at that time, and Zhuo Lin was also very happy to see her sister burst into tears and laughing.
To be continued...