After finishing the case of Xie Miao, Ji Lin finally managed to free up some time and went home to visit Ms. Meng. Bai Duan Duan was also going back to her own home, so she didn’t accompany Ji Lin.
Ms. Meng hadn’t seen her son for a long time, so naturally, she was quite delighted to see Ji Lin. However, when she noticed that Bai Duan Duan wasn’t with him, she became a little unhappy and asked, “Where’s Xiaobai? Where did she go? It’s been a while since I last saw her. She even said she would recommend a new bag to me. I wonder what she’s been up to these days.”
Ji Lin pursed his lips and gave a vague response, “I’ve been busy with cases recently.”
Fortunately, Ms. Meng quickly stopped worrying about Bai Duan Duan. She cleared her throat, took a tea cup, and sat down, assuming a lecturing posture. “Lin Lin, it’s almost Chinese New Year. You’re not young anymore. Recently, I have a good friend from my school days. I know her well. Her daughter happens to be six years younger than you and admires lawyers. She wants to find a male lawyer as her boyfriend. I’ve met this girl. She’s beautiful and has a pair of expressive eyes. Her dressing is tasteful and simple. My friend comes from an intellectual family, and this girl has a solid background. In the future, when you have children, you can entrust their homework to her…”
Ms. Meng’s vision was quite wonderful. She had even planned out the division of labor for future tutoring. Unfortunately, Ji Lin wasn’t interested at all. “No need.”
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Ms. Meng became unhappy. “Those mahjong partners of mine are even younger than me, and their grandchildren are already in elementary school! You…”
“I have a girlfriend.”
Ji Lin’s voice was calm and indifferent. Despite the weight of this bombshell news, he spoke about it casually, as if he was talking about having had a meal. Ms. Meng was stunned for a moment before finally reacting.
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Look! This was truly her son! Even after finding a girlfriend, he was prioritizing herself. After her own health improved, he would directly let this girl “pay respects” to her. This was like placing the power of evaluation in her own hands. Therefore, without any verbal introduction, she would directly witness it for herself.
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Ms. Meng lovingly looked at Ji Lin, and the more she looked, the more she felt that she had given birth to the right son.
The mother and son talked about a few other things, but somehow the topic circled back to Bai Duan Duan. To be honest, it had been a long time since she last saw Bai Duan Duan, and she actually missed her a bit. In the future, when her son found a girlfriend, it was highly probable that he would let Bai Duan Duan go to avoid suspicion. In that case, she would feel a bit lonely in the future…
With this thought, Ms. Meng felt a bit emotional and realized that Bai Duan Duan had quite a few good qualities. “To be honest, Xiaobai has good taste and a sharp eye. When she last came to see me, she showed me several bags, jewelry, and shoes that she was interested in, and they were all really nice, elegant, and refined…”
Although Ji Lin usually responded to her demands for luxury shopping without hesitation, he never showed much interest in listening to her talk about the differences between various brands and styles, as well as her experiences with them. However, today, Meng Xin noticed that Ji Lin was behaving unusually. He was surprisingly patient and took the initiative to interrupt her and inquire further.
“What brands and styles are they?”
It was probably the first time he had asked such a question, and her son seemed somewhat unnatural. But his gaze, when directed at her, was completely focused and serious.
Ms. Meng felt delighted in her heart. In other families, sons would forget about their mothers once they had a wife, but her son was so well-behaved. Even though he had just entered his first relationship, he still cared about her. As soon as he heard her praise the styles Bai Duan Duan liked, he immediately wanted to ask her for a list of those styles so that he could buy them as gifts for her in the future.
In reality, she hadn’t even mentioned wanting to buy them. While they were indeed beautiful, many of the styles Bai Duan Duan liked weren’t necessarily suitable for her. After all, there was an age difference between her and Bai Duan Duan. However, Ms. Meng felt that she fully understood her son’s intentions.
She looked at Ji Lin with even more affection, thinking to herself that this silly child had never been this generous to her before. Next time, she should remind him properly. Now that he had a girlfriend, he mustn’t be so good to her in front of his girlfriend. Wouldn’t that make the girl suspicious?
However, despite her thoughts, Meng Xin still faithfully shared all the styles Bai Duan Duan had mentioned with Ji Lin, and then gave her comments. “Let’s take the Jimmy Choo shoes, for example, Lin Lin. I don’t think you need to buy them. Those shoes look good on Bai Duan Duan and young people like her, but they’re not quite suitable for me…”
Unfortunately, Ji Lin’s question didn’t match her expectations. “Does Bai Duan Duan look good in them?”
Meng Xin hesitated for a moment but still spoke the truth. “Oh, she looks good in them. Her feet and hands are attractive, just like in our saying, ‘the hands of an indulgent lady.’ Speaking of which…” Meng Xin’s tone turned a bit sour. “She was born with the hands of a wealthy lady. But Xiao Bai spends so much money, I don’t know which man will be able to keep up with her extravagant spending and marry her. She spends more than me! Moreover, every month, she sets her eyes on a bunch of new items. Just the ones I mentioned earlier, I calculated the total price, and it’s around several hundred thousand. If she keeps doing this every month, who can afford it?”
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At this point, Meng Xin couldn’t help but advise Ji Lin, “Don’t buy all the styles that Bai Duan Duan recommended. Just randomly pick one that’s in the middle. You work so hard to earn money.”
Many times, family affection is so great, Meng Xin thought. Isn’t her son the one she loves? Being a lawyer isn’t easy, and her son willingly buys things for her. She should also know when to stop and not burden her son too much. Times are tough these days, and her son still needs to get married. But as long as her future daughter-in-law is thrifty and hardworking, life won’t be so difficult.
She believed in her son’s judgment.
With this joyful anticipation, Meng Xin bid farewell to Ji Lin, eagerly awaiting the next time he would bring his girlfriend for a “formal introduction.”
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After finally completing the follow-up procedures for Xie Miao’s case, Bai Duan Duan thought that both she and Ji Lin would have a relatively free schedule. There were several movies she wanted to watch that had recently been released. The Michelin-starred restaurant she had been longing to visit had finally opened in City A, and a few long-awaited exhibitions had also started.
Bai Duan Duan had prepared a bunch of couple activities, eagerly waiting for Ji Lin and herself to go together and tick them off the list. However, to her surprise, right after finishing Xie Miao’s case, Ji Lin immediately threw himself back into work. He seemed even busier and more crazy than before, as if he had completely forgotten that he had a girlfriend.
When she tried to invite him for a meal, he had no time due to overtime. When she suggested going shopping, he had no time due to overtime. When she wanted to watch a movie together, he had no time due to overtime…
Perhaps he felt that Bai Duan Duan was constantly interrupting his work by making these plans. Ji Lin even gave her a supplementary credit card for his account and apologized, saying that he was really busy lately. He asked Bai Duan Duan to use his card to go on these activities with friends as compensation.
Bai Duan Duan was furious. Was she only interested in watching movies or going shopping? Wasn’t she more interested in being with Ji Lin?
She couldn’t understand what was going on with this garbage straight guy. Suddenly, he became workaholic after starting a relationship, even more driven than before. But she wondered if it was because he couldn’t accompany her and wanted to make it up to her. In recent times, Ji Lin suddenly started buying her numerous bags, shoes, and jewelry…
At the thought of this, Bai Duan Duan subconsciously glanced at the Panthère de Cartier ring on her finger. The diamond was cut perfectly, and the emerald added a finishing touch. The small leopard design was both majestic and mischievously gentle. Bai Duan Duan really loved it.
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She have to admit, Ji Lin has been like a completely different person lately, as if he can fully understand her preferences and thoughts. The things he has been buying recently are exactly what she had been eyeing but didn’t act on in the previous phase. One item after another, they align perfectly with my tastes.
And over the past few days, the cumulative value of the things Ji Lin has been giving her is almost reaching hundreds of thousands. While she appreciates them, she also wants to find some time to talk to Ji Lin. If he keeps showering her with gifts like this, won’t he end up bankrupt? Besides, as much as she like the gifts, it would be even better if he could spend more time with her.
However, she hasn’t had many opportunities to see Ji Lin in these past few days. Many of the gifts weren’t personally given by him but delivered by courier. She doesn’t know what case Ji Lin took on, but these days he has been working overtime and traveling back and forth. The few text messages she sent to him only received very brief replies.
With these thoughts, she feels a bit disappointed. Even though she has received so many expensive gifts, it suddenly feels like Ji Lin’s affection is fading away because he seems to love his work more than he loves her.
His professionalism and dedication to his work initially attracted her to Ji Lin, but she never expected that when it came to their relationship, work would become an obstacle between them.
Bai Duan Duan looks at the ring on her hand, lacking the excitement of buying a desired luxury item for the first time. It feels like a burden weighing on her chest.
In reality, she is a bit unhappy.
But she can’t say anything. She can’t be like a deceitful manipulator, demanding that Ji Lin neglect his work for her sake.
Even though she’s wearing the shoes Ji Lin just gave her, carrying the bag he bought, and wearing the jewelry he selected, Bai Duan Duan still feels a sense of disappointment and emptiness.
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And there’s another case to come~
[Small Theatre]
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Mrs. Meng: My son has such good taste. He must have found a gentle and virtuous girlfriend.
Bai Duan Duan: Hahaha!
Mrs. Meng: Xiao Bai, don’t just laugh. I’m genuinely worried about you. How are you going to find a partner in the future? Who can bear all this?
Hahahaha… He waits until Mom’s blood pressure has lowered to make sure that there will be no accident if he introduce his GF 🤣.
No ma’am, you are second place now but dw it’s worth it because you love her too 😂