Chapter 588

Zhuo Lin felt a little bored when Fu Zheng didn't appear.

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 can never let herself live too leisurely. Both her studies and work are so busy that she has no time to think about anything else. For her now, romance and snow will only add trouble.

But she doesn't want to ask for trouble, but trouble will come to her door automatically.

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

"Find a place where there is no one." the woman who spoke to her was a graceful and dignified woman in her forties. She was wearing expensive clothes and her hair was combed neatly. But her eyes looking at Zhuo Lin were very cold, as if she were looking at a poor product that made her very dissatisfied.

She was followed by two young people, who also frowned at Zhuo Lin, obviously not very happy.

Zhuo Lin was silent for a moment before she said faintly, "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 above all else.

Zhuo Lin didn't take them to her dormitory, but went to a teahouse near the school she often went to.

Asked for a wing room to go in, and when the tea man came down, the woman said coldly, "kneel down!"

Zhuo Lin was slightly stunned, but she didn't kneel down as Mrs. Sheng said, but asked calmly, "mother, if you have anything, just tell me."

Bang!

As soon as Mrs. Sheng patted the table, she said coldly, "you're okay to say! Do you know how much trouble you've caused to the Sheng family!"

Zhuo Lin disagreed and said with a faint smile, "I didn't get into trouble. I solved the engagement with Zhang Jia in advance. Outsiders didn't know that we had discussed marriage with Zhang Jia, and I didn't escape marriage. There is no problem affecting the reputation of Sheng family girls, and Zhang Xiang's behavior won't embarrass Sheng family. Your so-called trouble probably means that Sheng family can't benefit from this marriage?"

"Presumptuous!"

"Little sister!" the young man standing next to Mrs. Sheng's face is also a little ugly. "This time you've gone too far and don't apologize to your mother!"

Zhuo Lin shook her head and looked at the young man with some regret. "Brother, I understand you want to be an official. The examination room is right there. Although the Sheng family has declined, it won't be unable to afford a few scholars."

Hearing the speech, the young man immediately blushed. Staring at Zhuo Lin angrily, "what are you talking about?"

Zhuo Lin's voice was calm and cold. "Am I talking nonsense, brother? You know well. We all know why you married your eldest sister to Wei's house."

Mrs. Sheng snapped, "I'm for ah Yan's good!"

Zhuo Lin smiled faintly. "Have you asked elder sister? Does she want to marry into Wei's house? Is she comfortable in Wei's house now?"

“……”

Zhuo Lin raised her eyes and looked at Mrs. Sheng without dodging. "Mother, you knew you couldn't control me. Why force."

Mrs. Sheng sneered, "it's natural for my parents to order the matchmaker for their children's marriage. What if I want it?"

Zhuo Lin said, "last time I handled the matter of Zhang Jia in advance, but it doesn't mean I didn't dare to escape from marriage at the wedding or see blood at the wedding night. If my mother wants to bet, I can try. You care about the reputation of Sheng family, I don't care."

"Evil!" Sheng Fu's face was so angry that he pointed to Zhuo Lin, "you really think I can't deal with you? Let's try."

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

It's a pity that she can't do what her mother wants anyway.

The Sheng family did decline, but the skinny camel was bigger than the horse, and Mrs. Sheng's Revenge came quickly.

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

In this regard, Zhuo Lin only felt that it was not an accident to cry and laugh.

Since ancient times, there were many scholars in Jiangnan, and the influence of Sheng family in Jiangnan was not small. More than half of these publishing houses in Beijing are also from Jiangnan. It is natural that Mrs. Sheng can persuade the other party to dismiss herself.

After all, in the eyes of most people, this belongs to the contradiction of the Sheng family. Ordinary people understand the truth of not getting involved in other people's family affairs. After all, it's hard to please. It's natural to give Mrs. Sheng a face.

Only in this way, Zhuo Lin had to find another job.

She lives in the school dormitory. Although it doesn't cost much, she can't sit back and eat nothing. However, Zhuo Lin is not very worried about her situation. Mrs. Sheng can't stay in the capital all the time. She always has to leave.

She is even less likely to follow her everywhere. If the capital really can't stay, won't she leave?

However, Mrs. Sheng obviously thought that her operation had baffled Zhuolin, especially after knowing that Zhuolin had been declined to find a job twice in a row, she appeared in front of Zhuolin with high pride and mocked her again.

Zhuo Lin sat in a narrow room, turning books, with Mrs. Sheng's chattering voice in her ear.

"Look at your broken house. It's not as big as the room where our inferior girl lives." Mrs. Sheng mocked her daughter and began to pick on her residence again. "And this dress... If you are the second miss of the Sheng family, how can you wear clothes made of this kind of inferior cloth? Yan hasn't even touched such inferior things in her life."

Zhuo Lin looked down at her clothes. Poor quality is not ordinary.

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

Zhuo Lin raised her head and asked calmly, "how many years can you wear such clothes with the wealth of the Sheng family?"

"You!" Mrs. Sheng's face suddenly changed. The Sheng family had been in a situation of sitting on a mountain and eating nothing many years ago. If Sheng Zhuoyan had not received a large amount of dowry from the Wei family when she got married, now the Sheng family would be afraid that they would not be able to maintain such a show.

Mrs. Sheng stared at Zhuo Lin for a long time before humming: "I found you a good marriage. You will go to see others with me tomorrow. You are not in vain in the capital these days. Many people are willing to marry you. Don't you want to go back to the south of the Yangtze River? You can stay in the capital all the time in the future."

"No." Zhuo Lin picked up the book on the table, opened it and continued to read it, and said 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. Why do you have to be angry?"

Sheng Fu humanitarian: "if you don't go, I'll bring people to the school to find you. It's the same."

Zhuo Lin was silent. Mrs. Sheng looked at her and suddenly said, "it's said that there were rumors in the capital that you have an extraordinary relationship with your majesty? If you could enter the palace as a concubine, I wouldn't force you. Unfortunately..." Mrs. Sheng showed some sarcasm on her face, "I'm afraid the royal family doesn't mean that to you these days in the capital. I told you earlier that the reputation of the girl's family 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 childe brothers are just trying to coax you to play. Who is really willing to marry you back as the main house? You'd better listen to me and meet people with me, at least they want to be bright Zhengda marries you to come in, so that nothing will happen in the future to disgrace my Sheng family. "

Zhuo Lin said lightly, "if you don't come here, who knows my last name is Sheng?"

Mrs. Sheng got up impatiently, stood up and said coldly, "in short, 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 if I can make you stay in the capital!" then she turned and walked out.

She felt that she had tarnished her dignity in the cramped room for another quarter of an hour.

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

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

Destroy the reputation of Sheng family? It's against your will. Let Sheng family not profit from it?

Zhuo Lin looked at her back as she walked out of the room and murmured, "I mean... You're not the only one who can be fierce. You will, I will."

Zhuo Lin's plan to deal with Mrs. Sheng's forced blind date didn't work, because the other party first reneged.

Zhuo Lin is not ashamed of this, nor does she feel that there is any problem with the other party's refusal to date herself.

Just a few days later, Mrs. Sheng once again stopped Zhuolin outside the school with someone. Her face was very angry.

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

Zhuolin blinked. She didn't seem to have done anything.

"What's up?" Zhuo Lin asked.

Mrs. Sheng gritted her teeth and said, "you just have to fight me, don't you? I'm not arranging a blind date for you for your own sake?"

Zhuo Lin said faintly, "thank you. You don't have to."

Mrs. Sheng sneered, "I don't know what you did, so that no one in the whole capital is willing to marry you. However, since you don't have a face, don't blame me for my ruthlessness! Take it away!"

Mrs. Sheng winked at several people around her. Several accompanying men, including Zhuo Lin's eldest brother, immediately came forward and stopped her.

"Don't make trouble, little sister. Don't make your mother angry. We're also for your own good." brother Sheng kindly advised.

Zhuo Lin looked at the eldest brother coldly and didn't reply. Eldest brother Sheng was annoyed by her and said, "what's the advantage of your making such a fuss? After all, you are still the daughter of the Sheng family. Even if the Sheng family really tied you back, who dares to say anything?"

Zhuo Lin said, "that's why you dare to bring so many people here to block me?"

As the saying goes, it's hard for honest officials to stop housework. If the Sheng family has to take her back, others really can't manage it.

On the contrary, if she makes too much trouble, others will only think she is unfilial and disobedient. However, Mrs. Sheng must not want to make it to that extent until she has to. After all, the face of the Sheng family is more important than anything.

"Do you get on the bus by yourself, or do I let someone escort you on the bus?" Mrs. Sheng looked at Zhuo Lin and showed some satisfaction.

The little daughter has not let her worry since childhood, but no matter how she can make trouble, she is still her mother. Anyway, she can't turn out the palm of her hand.

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

Sheng Fu Humanitarianism: "don't make it look like I'm a mother trying to harm you. The boy of the dragon family is getting married. Go and say hi. You go too. Since no one in the capital wants to marry you, see if you can find a good family in the northeast."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Sheng glanced at Zhuo Lin with some disgust. "Do you know now? What good are those means for you? Originally, she could find a family to marry in the capital. Now she can only go to the remote place in the Northeast like your cousin."

In Mrs. Sheng's opinion, the best place is naturally the south of the Yangtze River, followed by the capital. Places such as the northwest and northeast are pure remote areas, where the poor mountains and rivers create villains. Therefore, she has always looked down on marrying Mrs. Long in the four northern provinces.

To the four northern provinces? Zhuo Lin slightly picked her eyebrows and said quietly, "yes, I'll clean up the salute."

"No, I've prepared your luggage for you, and the school has asked your teacher for leave." Sheng Fu humanitarian.

Zhuo Lin looked a little heavy. Mrs. Sheng didn't care what she was thinking. "Let's go. Don't try to play tricks. You have to go whether you go or not. If you're still restless this time, you won't just come to me and your father next time."

Zhuo Lin frowned and thought of her father who had read death books all her life.

Her father was a weak man. He listened to his grandparents when he was young and his wife when he got married. He didn't make any decisions all his life.

He loves his children very much and treats them equally, both son and daughter. But his weak character doomed him to do nothing for his daughters when they needed him.

This truth was fully understood by Zhuo Lin the year her sister got married. Before that, she always thought her father was their dependence.

On that day, she had hidden behind the bookshelf to read, but unexpectedly overheard the conversation between her sister and her father. Her sister cried and begged her father that she didn't want to marry Wei's family. The Wei family is indeed rich and powerful, but the family relationship is complex. Needless to say, the eldest young master of the Wei family is in poor health and is not a person who can live a long life. Most importantly, there are several concubines around the young master of the Wei family.

My sister has read poetry and books since childhood, and she is not interested in businessmen. Where is such a good match?

At that time, his father had clearly promised his sister to refuse the marriage. Zhuo Lin was also very happy to see her smile through tears.

But it changed the next day. My sister only saw my father's guilty look in her mother's severe scolding.

The mother severely punished her sister, and their father just watched from beginning to end. Even if he wanted to persuade his wife to stare at him, he could only lower his head dejectedly.

If Zhuolin hadn't rushed to push away the woman who played the board, I'm afraid my sister would have been beaten to bed.

Afterwards, the father quietly came to visit his sister and told her that he was sorry for her. Said he mentioned refusing marriage, but their mother disagreed.

In fact, the Wei family is not bad. Her sister is the eldest daughter of the Sheng family. The Wei family dare not wrong her. My father said a lot, and my sister only answered faintly, but there was no brilliance in her eyes when she looked at my father.

Two months later, my sister sadly married into the Wei family.

On the day of her sister's marriage, she saw a young man in plain clothes driven out of the back door by the Sheng family. She knew the man. He was the son of his father's old friend's family and his father's student. He was one year older than his sister. She would call him brother occasionally.

But she didn't know until that day that the man and his sister had an engagement to marry from childhood. Only when Zhuolin was young, her family fell, and the Sheng family never mentioned the marriage again.

After that day, Zhuo Lin never saw the young man again.

Until a long time later... When Zhuo Lin visited abroad, she met a middle-aged man abroad. The other party is still alone. Although he looks bright, it is difficult to hide the bleak vicissitudes of life.

At that time, her sister, Sheng Zhuoyan, the big and small sister of the Sheng family famous in the south of the Yangtze River, had died for a long time.