Chapter 471: The Daughter Hides Her Heart

Yang Yin pretended not to have seen, lowered her head, turned her body sideways, and tiptoed upstairs.

"Stand there!"

Cai Shengjing shouted in a stern voice, and Yang Yin had no choice but to stop.

Immediately after, she walked over to the sofa with a smile, sat on the armrest, and began to massage her mother's shoulders.

"Mom, why are you sitting here? I didn't even see you."

Cai Shengjing snorted: "Pretend, keep pretending, I and your dad are two living people sitting here—I just don't believe you didn't see us!"

Yang Yin buried her head in her mother's neck, acting coquettish: "Oh, Mom, you see through it but don't say it—we're still good friends."

Cai Shengjing shook her head helplessly, then tapped her daughter's forehead with a finger.

"You're all grown up, yet you're still acting like a child, sit properly, sit properly, you have no posture at all—I'm asking you, where did you go?"

"I told you to study English well at home during winter and summer breaks, but the moment I turned around, you disappeared—you didn't even come back for lunch."

Yang Yin stood up, squeezed onto the middle of the two-person sofa, and put an arm around.

"Dad, Mom, I have an announcement, a very, very, very important matter."

Cai Shengjing didn't take it seriously at all, but Yang Kaiming wanted to give his daughter face, put down the newspaper in his hand, and said with a smile.

"Hehe, how important can it be? You even used three 'very's for your daughter."

Yang Yin also laughed: "Hehe, important things should be said three times. What I want to announce is that I'm not planning to go abroad after graduation, so there's no need to study English anymore…"

Before Yang Yin could finish, Cai Shengjing's eyes widened in anger.

"Again causing trouble, so many people want to study abroad but don't have the chance—ask your dad, at his university, how many students have the idea of studying overseas."

"Now our family has the means, yet you're unwilling to go—I see it as you've been spoiled since childhood, blessed but unaware of it."

Yang Yin pouted: "Going abroad is nothing—what's so great about it? No matter how well-developed or prosperous the foreign country is, I still feel my own homeland is better."

Cai Shengjing laughed in exasperation, sat up straight, and looked at her beloved.

"Hey, Lao Yang, did you hear that? Our Yin Yin suddenly has an awakening—by the way, who exactly did you go see today?"

After talking for a while, we circled back to this, and Yang Yin thought her mother had forgotten about it.

Seeing his daughter silent for a long time, Yang Kaiming, who saw through everything, said: "Eighty percent sure you went to find your classmate Lu Cheng—otherwise you wouldn't be crazy and not come back all day."

Cai Shengjing glanced at the children: "Really?"

Yang Yin neither admitted nor denied, just put on a pretentious sigh, and Cai Shengjing naturally knew the answer.

"Eh, but Lu Cheng has already graduated—why are you still going to hang out with him?"

Yang Yin muttered: "Even after graduating, he's still a classmate—I was so bored cooped up at home, only he knows lots of fun places; today we went ice skating at Shichahai, then to the Summer Palace, and he treated me to hot pot lamb—I wasn't hungry…"

Hearing how fulfilling her daughter's day had been, Cai Shengjing shook her head helplessly.

"Mom isn't against you hanging out with him—this kid Lu Cheng is indeed quite good, educated and with leadership skills, but…"

Yang Yin didn't listen to the "but," interrupting: "Mom, you also think Lu Cheng is pretty good, right? I'm telling you, a war might break out soon, and he's been transporting supplies this whole time—even though it's dangerous, he still dares to go."

Yang Kaiming actually agreed with this: "I can tell that this kid Lu Cheng is different from you young people—he's thinking about future development in his mind, not just personal but concerning the entire railway system, in other words, also the future of the whole country."

Yang Yin nodded heavily: "Exactly, I feel the same way—he's just different from others."

Yang Kaiming smiled and asked deliberately: "So, because of that, he's attracted you?"

Seeing the smile on her father's face, Yang Yin suddenly realized what he meant, and her face immediately flushed.

"Dad, what are you saying? He… he isn't especially attractive to me—I just think he's more interesting than others."

Seeing his daughter hem and haw, obviously not speaking from the heart, Yang Kaiming laughed.

"You're a grown woman now, and our family is open-minded—like your sister and your brother, regarding the two main lines of life, career and marriage, Dad has never interfered.

Of course, your mom and I, having been through life, have richer experience; if you encounter any thorny problem you can't figure out and want to consult us, we're happy to answer."

Yang Yin nodded, wrapped her arm around her father's: "Thanks, Dad—then when I feel confused, I'll come to you again, okay?"

"Of course, but can you tell me now why you don't want to study abroad? Is it because of this Lu Cheng?"

Yang Yin didn't know how to answer for a moment, hesitated a long while, and Yang Kaiming laughed while patting her arm.

"It seems you have many problems you can't sort out—even you don't know how to find the answers. No problem, Dad can wait until you're completely at a loss, then come consult me."

Yang Yin nodded again: "Mm, thanks for understanding, Dad—I'll go upstairs to rest now."

"Go on, I'll have Mom make you a cup of hot milk later."

"Mm, good night, Dad and Mom."

Watching her daughter go upstairs, Cai Shengjing couldn't help but sigh: "Our daughter has grown up, she's started to hide her thoughts, and now she's unwilling to confide in us."

Yang Kaiming folded the newspaper: "It's normal—every child goes through this stage. Still, I believe our Yin Yin, this child is someone who dares to love and hate, she has her own opinions."

"Hope it's as you said…" Cai Shengjing rose to help her daughter make milk.

As night gradually darkened, Lu Cheng returned to the tenement building; the whole floor was lit up, and laughter came from every household.

A discordant scene amid this warm atmosphere: Laimao was asleep, handcuffed to an iron post, snoring loudly with ha-ha breaths.

Seeing how much Laimao was enjoying himself, it showed the reform wasn't thorough enough.

Lu Cheng walked to the washbasin, picked up a half-basin of leftover laundry water from someone's house, and splashed it toward the clothes-drying rack.

Immediately, Laimao jerked with a start, shouted "Ah!" and jumped up.

As soon as he saw Lu Cheng had returned, standing there smiling, Laimao instantly flared with rage.

"You surnamed Lu, you're bullying people too much—I advise you to release me right now, otherwise our Section Chief will come back tomorrow, and I'll go to your superiors to get you punished!"

Lu Cheng would love for things to blow up even more, so as to give everyone a warning—see who still dares to spread rumors about the families of the Train Police.

Tossing the washbasin aside, Lu Cheng clapped his hands: "Fine, I'll wait for your Section Chief to come to the door."

Having said that, Lu Cheng went upstairs.

Laimao instantly panicked: "Hey, you should at least release me first—I've been handcuffed here all day, I can't be left cuffed another night, I'll freeze to death…"