Lin Shuyue got up the next morning, put on some makeup, put on a big wavy hairstyle, and put on a white dress that had been hanging in the closet and had rarely been worn.
When she came out of the room, she realized that it had rained heavily outside last night and it hadn't stopped yet. Lou Fengqin didn't go to the construction site. She sat in the living room with Lin Shuxing and Zeng Xiaoyi to watch My Fair Princess.
When they saw Lin Shuyue with makeup on, the three of them were stunned.
Lin Shuxing was the first to react: "Pretty girl, when did you come into my house?"
Lin Shuyue didn't tease them. She took off her wig and walked towards them: "Sister, you don't recognize me just because I put on makeup and a skirt?"
When Lin Shuxing heard Lin Shuyue's familiar voice, she exclaimed, stood up immediately and walked towards Lin Shuyue, circling around her several times, very excited: "Ah Yue, how did you put on this makeup? How come you don't like yourself at all?"
Lin Shuxing had heard from Zeng Xiaoyi countless times that Lin Shuyue could put on makeup. But every time she heard Zeng Xiaoyi say that her sister had disguised herself as a woman in her forties and sneaked into the Internet addiction school, Lin Shuxing found it unimaginable and unbelievable!
After all, her sister was only 20 years old. There was such a big difference between 20 and 40 years old. How could Lin Shuyue look like another person no matter how hard she put on makeup? She thought Zeng Xiaoyi must have exaggerated.
So Lin Shuxing didn't take Lin Shuyue's skill seriously, and didn't even ask Lin Shuyue. Until now, she looked at Lin Shuyue who had completely become another person, and she had to believe it.
She held Lin Shuyue's face and exclaimed in amazement: "Ah Yue, how did you put on makeup for your eyes? Your eyes are not in this shape!"
Lin Shuyue, like Lin Shuxing, had phoenix eyes, and her smile was always charming. But now Lin Shuyue's eyes had completely turned into almond eyes, which were not only big but also very round.
Lin Shuyue was in no hurry to leave. She looked at Lin Shuxing's curious face and asked, "How about I do one for you, too?"
Lin Shuxing agreed immediately.
She has resigned from the garment factory and started selling boxed lunches with Luo Zhengjun. Today it is raining and there is no work at the construction site, so she has a rare break.
Just now she told her mother and Zeng Xiaoyi that she was going out shopping.
But now that Lin Shuyue said she wanted to do her makeup, she didn't have to go shopping. After all, she was in the shop on the street and wouldn't run away. She didn't know how long she would have to wait until she and Lin Shuyue were both free.
"Okay, let's go." Lin Shuxing pulled Lin Shuyue towards her room. After two steps, she waved to Zeng Xiaoyi again: "Come on, Xiaoyi. This is a rare opportunity. We don't know when your sister Yue will have her next break."
Zeng Xiaoyi is also a little girl who loves beauty by nature. When she heard Lin Shuxing's words, she hurriedly followed.
She was also very curious about Lin Shuyue's makeup skills that allowed her to look like a middle-aged woman.
When Lou Fengqin saw the three little girls leaving, she became impatient to watch the TV show, so she stood up, turned off the TV and followed them.
Lou Fengqin attached great importance to private space. Ever since the original owner had her own room, she had established a rule that one could not easily go into the other person's room and rummage around.
The last time Lou Fengqin came to Lin Shuyue's room was last year.
The first thing she did when she entered the room was to look at the furnishings in the room. Seeing that everything was tidy and clean, she smiled.
Lin Shuyue pushed Lin Shuxing in front of the table. Knowing that she had already applied Pipigou skin care product in the morning, she took out the isolation cream and applied it on her face. Then she opened her makeup box, took out foundation brush and other makeup tools and applied them on her face.
After knowing that she also wanted to have round eyes like her own, Lin Shuyue focused on her eye makeup and it took her nearly half an hour to finish her eyes.
When she opened her eyes and looked at herself in the mirror, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah Yue, it turns out that changing your eyes can change your entire appearance so much."
Lin Shuxing was amazed. After changing her eyes, Lin Shuxing's face was very different from before. After putting on makeup, she looked very similar to Lin Shuyue. After all, the two looked alike. When Lin Shuyue put on makeup for her, she just followed her current makeup.
"Isn't it amazing?" Lin Shuyue said with a smile.
At this moment, everyone, including Lou Fengqin, nodded.
Lin Shuyue continued to pick up the brush to contour her face. Half an hour later, Lin Shuxing, who had completely changed her appearance, looked at herself in front of Lin Shuyue's mirror, and finally ran back to the room to change into a goose yellow dress.
Lin Shuyue continued to put makeup on Zeng Xiaoyi.
Zeng Xiaoyi has a very beautiful appearance. She just needs to enhance her eyebrows and eyes, reshape her face to make her nose bridge straighter and her cheeks smaller, apply a lipstick that is not too red, put on a white short-sleeved shirt and the sky blue denim overalls contributed by Lin Shuxing, and Zeng Xiaoyi instantly becomes a lively and sweet girl.
Lin Shuxing was amazed.
Lin Shuyue wanted to put makeup on Lou Fengqin as well, but Lou Fengqin didn't want to.
In her words, she is already old, and if she puts on makeup, she will look like an old witch.
She looked at her two beautiful daughters with a face full of pride. She had raised them since they were little, when they were barely big enough to be held in one's arms. Time had passed so quickly. They had grown into the girls they are today. They were as beautiful as flowers.
What about her son? He was so young when he was abducted, and fourteen years have passed. How tall is he now, how much weight has he gained, who does he look like, and is he doing well?
Lou Fengqin was filled with sadness.
Lin Shuyue knew that Lou Fengqin was thinking of Ayang again, so she walked over and hugged her. Lou Fengqin threw away all the sadness in her heart.
She looked at the time. It was already ten o'clock.
At this moment, Lin Jianxin's restaurant has already started business.
She glanced at Lin Shuxing, who was still showing off, and pulled her aside to whisper something to her.
Seeing how close the two sisters were, Lou Fengqin smiled and took Zeng Xiaoyi out.
Lin Shuxing knew that Lin Shuyue was going to Lin Jianxin's store, and her brows frowned instantly: "What are you doing in his store? Lin Shuyue, let me tell you, you were raised by our mother, and Lin Jianxin has never raised you for a day. If you covet his money and want to live a good life with him, I will not forgive you."
Two years ago, when the Lin family wanted to influence Lin Shuxing's marriage, Lin Jianxin used the same method on Lin Shuxing that he had used on Lin Shuyue yesterday.
However, the reality went against his wishes. The luxury car worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and the elegant western restaurant not only failed to make Lin Shuxing yearn for a wealthy life, but instead made her feel extremely humiliated.
She felt that Lin Jianxin was humiliating her.
From then on, she lost even the most basic courtesy towards Lin Jianxin.
When Lin Shuxing found out in the morning that Lin Jianxin was using the same tactics against Lin Shuyue that he had used against her, she was furious.
What makes her angry is that old guy Lin Jianxin, doesn't even know how to change his tactics. He is so vain that he thinks others are the same as him.
But after her anger, she felt worried and scared.
After all, her sister was only 20 years old, still young. She had never seen how Lin Jianxin disliked them before, and her personality was very simple. What if she was moved by Lin Jianxin's sugar-coated bullets?
Seeing Lin Shuyue saying that she wanted to go to Lin Jianxin's restaurant, Lin Shuxing immediately became anxious: "I'm telling you, Ah Yue, you can't be a heartless person. When you were just born, our mother was still in the delivery room, and he said he would give you to someone else to raise, and even found a foster family for you."
"If mom hadn't asked me to call grandma, you wouldn't have been able to see mom and me."
Lin Shuyue held Lin Shuxing's hand and said, "Sister, what are you saying? Am I the kind of person without conscience? The reason why I want to go to Lin Jianxin's store is that I think my brother's abduction has something to do with him."
Lin Shuxing was still very confident in her sister's character, and she felt relieved instantly when she heard her promise.
After hearing her next words, Lin Shuxing rolled her eyes gracefully and touched Lin Shuyue's forehead with her hand: "You don't have a fever, why are you talking nonsense all the time? If Ah Yang's kidnapping must have something to do with him, it was because he took Ah Yang away that Ah Yang was kidnapped."
Lin Shuyue pulled Lin Shuxing's hand down: "Sister, what I mean is that Ah Yang's kidnapping might be a cover-up. Ah Yang might have been given away by Lin Jianxin."
Lin Shuyue's words made Lin Shuxing stand there in a daze.
Lin Shuyue continued to analyze with Lin Shuxing: "Sister, think about it, before Ah Yang was taken away, did Lin Jianxin often go back to his hometown? When he went back to his hometown, did he respond to the requests of the three cousins from my aunt's family as he did that time?"
Lin Shuxing thought along the lines of what Lin Shuyue said.
When Lin Shuyang was abducted, Lin Shuxing was already ten years old and she already remembered a lot of things.
Lin Jianxin was a very selfish person. Not only was he not kind to her and Ah Yue, he was also not kind to his parents.
Moreover, he hated the biased old man Lin and his wife very much. Before he divorced her mother, he would not even go there to celebrate the New Year and other holidays.
His attitude towards his nephews from his uncle's side was not much better.
It can be said that in the entire Lin family, except for his younger brother Ah Yang, there is no one that Lin Jianxin cares about!
Then the question arises. Why did Lin Jianxin take Zhang Mei to Old Man Lin's house to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival that year for the first time? You should know that Zhang Mei was already eight months pregnant at that time and was about to give birth.
Why was he so kind that day that he insisted on taking Ah Yang with him? Why was he so kind to take the children from his uncle's family with him just because they were going to town?
But why has no one had the same guess as Lin Shuyue over the years? Because the whole village knew that Lin Jianxin valued his son, because he cried and shed tears at the time, and because he had spent a week looking for Ah Yang without sleep.
It is also because for so many years, he would come here every year on the day that Ah Yang was kidnapped.
So even though he didn't go out to look for children every year like Lou Fengqin, no one blamed him at all.
Because he and Lou Fengqin were divorced, and a man's coldness can be tolerated by the world. Moreover, didn't Lin Jianxin pay Lou Fengqin when she go out to look for children every year? This was already very friendly. After all, he was married and had a new family. Wasn't it?
Lin Shuxing's face turned pale and her whole body was shaking: "Ah Yue, do you mean to say that Ah Yang was also given away by him?"
Lin Shuyue nodded: "It's very likely."
Lin Shuxing's tears suddenly fell.
If Ah Yang was really given away by Lin Jianxin, then what was the point of her mother running around the country all these years to find Ah Yang, and enduring so much hardship and suffering?
What was he thinking when he send the money to her mother to look for Ah Yang every year? Was he laughing at her family and calling them fools? Was he proud of how he played them around behind their backs?
So what about them and her mother who were blocked at the door and insulted by Zhang Mei because of the money he gave them over the years?!
What do they count as when his little daughter comes to their house and says that their whole family are bad guys and vixens?
Lin Shuyue quickly closed the door and hugged Lin Shuxing in her arms. Lin Shuxing stared at the wall, clutching Lin Shuyue's clothes tightly with her hands, tears streaming down her face.
"Sister, I need your help."
Lin Shuyue thought about telling Lin Shuxing about this all night last night.
Looking for Ah Yang was something the original owner's family had been insisting on for many years. Even the original owner chose to apply for the journalism major because she wanted to use the power of the media to find Ah Yang. She chose to return to Pengcheng to work because of the unique salary model of Pengcheng Metropolitan Daily.
But her contribution was far less than Lin Shuxing's.
Lin Shuxing's academic performance is comparable to Lin Shuyue's, but in order to allow Lou Fengqin to spare more time to make money and look for Lin Shuyang, she took on the responsibility of taking care of the family at a young age.
After finding out that it was too expensive for two children to go to school together, Lin Shuxing didn't want to go out to study after junior high school. She acted first and asked for permission later and went straight to the garment factory. She told Lou Fengqin and the original owner about this only after receiving a month's salary.
Even though she was severely beaten by Lou Fengqin, she still did not change her mind. Even if Lou Fengqin begged her, she was unwilling to go back to school.
The reason she did this was to reduce Lou Fengqin's burden.
The original owner didn't want to study after graduating from junior high school. She thought that if she had told Lin Shuxing then that Lin Shuxing would support her, but Lin Shuxing slapped her in the face.
Lin Shuyue still remembers what Lin Shuxing said at that time. Lin Shuxing said, "Ah Yue, the biggest regret in my life is that I have never visited the high school and university campuses. I have no hope in this life, but you can, you have to read and see it for me."
From then on, the original owner studied harder and even took the college entrance examination directly in her second year of high school.
When the admission letter to university was delivered to her home, Lin Shuxing hugged the original owner and cried.
She was crying because of her unfulfilled dream of going to college.
Therefore, Lin Shuyue felt that Lin Shuxing had the right to know the truth about Ah Yang's abduction. She had really paid too much for this family.
The source of all this is because Ah Yang got lost.
If Ah Yang had always grown up at home, it might have been very difficult for Lou Fengqin to raise three children alone, and the sensible Lin Shuxing might have also dropped out of school to work. But her life would have had another possibility.
Lou Fengqin is not a mother who favors boys over girls. As long as Lin Shuxing's academic performance is good enough, she would sell everything she has rather than let her three children go without education.
Lin Shuxing wiped away her tears with her hands and said, "Okay, Ah Yue, I'll help you. You decide what to do."
Lin Shuyue pulled Lin Shuxing to sit down and said, "Sis, you are getting married, so you can go back to your hometown with Brother Zhengjun and invite our relatives there. Then you can ask around about what happened back then. It would be best to ask Lin Yongfu why he suddenly mentioned going to town to play."
Lin Yongfu is the oldest child of Lin Shuyue's generation, and he was the one who suggested going to the town to play.
"To ask a question indirectly, if Ah Yang was given away by Lin Jianxin, did grandma know about this?" In her previous life, Lin Shuyue had seen many cases of children being sold by family members. Among these cases, some were led by the fathers and grandparents of the sold children.
Lin Shuxing carefully wrote down Lin Shuyue's words. Lin Shuyue gave her a recorder, taught her how to use it, and then asked her to wash her face and put her makeup back on.
This time, Lin Shuyue did not change her looks, but simply made her facial features more beautiful.
Finally, she walked out with her head held high, carrying the bag that Luo Zhengjun had given her last Chinese New Year. She told Lou Fengqin that she was going back to treat everyone to a drink.
Lou Fengqin didn't think much about it. After all, the wedding date of Lin Shuxing and Luo Zhengjun had already been set.
It's just that she didn't mention holding a wedding banquet before. Lou Fengqin had originally disagreed with them not holding a wedding banquet. Now that Lin Shuxing said she wanted to hold one, she couldn't ask for more.
After Lin Shuxing left, Lin Shuyue put on a big wavy wig, re-put on her makeup, and took Zeng Xiaoyi out.
This time, the reason why she brought Zeng Xiaoyi along was that she felt that the child really didn't like to go out and stayed at home all day, and really lacked the vitality of young people.
Taking her to Lin Jianxin's restaurant to cover for her was just a coincidence.
Lin Shuyue rented a car when she came back last night. She drove Zeng Xiaoyi directly to "Huanxianglou".
Huanxianglou was originally opened in Huicheng, but at that time, it was easy to make money in Pengcheng, and merchants who settled here would enjoy preferential treatment from the Pengcheng government. So the owner of Huanxianglou, Zhang Mei's father Zhang Zhenfa, brought his whole family here.
After so many years, Huanxianglou has become a local food signature in Shenzhen.
After Zhang Zhenfa suffered a stroke and became paralyzed the year before last, the shop was handed over to his son-in-law Lin Jianxin. Lin Jianxin renovated the shop based on the original foundation of Huanxianglou and hired several chefs of different cuisines from outside at a high price.
The business in the store is getting better and better now.
It wasn't even dinner time yet, but the main restaurant of the Xiang Lou was already full of diners. The private rooms were also bustling with people.
The waiter was walking busily back and forth in the dining room, serving a dish to one table and adding a pot of water to another table.
Lin Shuyue found a table near the cash register and sat down.
Not long after ordering the dishes, Lin Jianxin's car stopped at the door. A woman weighing about 200 pounds got out from his passenger seat. She was carrying a branded bag and had exaggerated makeup on. She followed Lin Jianxin into the store.
Lin Shuyue turned on the good and evil radar towards her...