Goddess Cultivation Plan - Chapter 44 – My sister is Lin Jin
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Time flies by. On the eve of the program's evaluation, Lin Jin, who had spent the entire day rehearsing in a corner of the basketball court with Chen Xinya, returned to his dormitory in a desolate state, slumping in a chair as if he was on his deathbed, gazing at the ceiling and sighing heavily.
Lin Jin had made significant progress recently. Even though it had only been a few days, he had managed to master the intermediate vocal skills given to him by the Black Cat. Furthermore, because vocal skills and singing intersect to some extent, Lin Jinsheng's singing skills had reached an amateur level under Chen Xinya's critiques, roughly akin to being a KTV superstar.
This was a major improvement from the days when Wen Xuan would say that Lin Jin singing in a KTV could be life-threatening.
"What's wrong? Are you being hunted down again?" Wu Min, who was playing a game, glanced at Lin Jin, "Have you resolved the issue with Chen Hao? Recently, I've seen him smoking at the door while glaring at our dorm room. It looks like he wants to kill you."
"Yes, yes, yes…" Lin Jinsheng rubbed his hair somewhat irritably. Although there didn't seem to be any major issues with the program rehearsal in the past few days, with Chen Xinya's rhythm and cooperation during the dance routine being very good, and his own singing was decent too, but the assessment is tomorrow...
Tomorrow, he would have to dress up as a woman, wear a wig, and at the Black Cat's request, sing in a female voice in front of the "judges". What's worse is that among those judges would be Chen Hao.
If he were really recognized... it would be difficult not to be. His name would be on the program list. Chen Hao would know that Lin Jin's "sister" was participating just by glancing at the list.
In reality, Lin Jin didn't want to cross-dress or anything, but it was a requirement for the task.
A sister? It would be nice if he really had a sister.
"Hey, Lin Jin, do you want to go to a movie?" Wen Xuan suddenly looked up and asked Lin Jin, "There's a showing of 'Dangal' at seven tonight, I heard it's very good."
"Broke, no money, not going" Lin Jinsheng sighed, rested his face on the desk, and looked blankly at the wall, "I have a program evaluation tomorrow afternoon, I need to sleep early tonight."
"What does tomorrow afternoon have to do with tonight?" Wen Xuan moved his chair next to Lin Jinsheng and said in a bewitching tone, "It's really a good movie, think about it, you've spent the past week or two either memorizing English or singing and dancing. You must be so tired. Isn't it nice to relax a bit the day before the program evaluation? I played video games all day the day before my college entrance exams."
"So that's why you're here now, huh?" Lin Jin rolled his eyes weakly, "I'm really broke, do you think everyone has a few hundred mu of backyard like you?"
As mentioned before, Wen Xuan's family is quite wealthy. He never relies on his allowance for meals but uses Alipay linked to his family's bank card. He also gets an extra 200 yuan pocket money each week. The monthly allowance alone can match Lin Jin monthly living expenses.
"Why don't you treat us, Wen Xuan?" Wu Min suddenly leaned in, his hand on Wen Xuan's shoulder, and said with a grin, "If you're treating, I'll go too."
"Scram, I'm already broke" Wen Xuan pushed away Wu Min's hand with disgust, his face full of reluctance, "I can't just spend money recklessly. It's my mom's card, you know? Every expenditure is known."
"Where, where" Wu Min flattered Wen Xuan with a cheeky face, "Your family's car is a stretched Lincoln, living in a waterside house, owning dozens of companies, how could you be poor? Treating roommates to a meal isn't something unspeakable, is it?"
Lin Jin suddenly became interested and started flattering Wen Xuan along with Wu Min, "Exactly, the last time I went to your house, it took half an hour by car from your front gate to the house. Your family's hundreds of mu are all enclosed by a fence. Your company is worth billions."
"Go away, since when did my house become a waterside house? When did my family own dozens of buildings?" Wen Xuan kept claiming he was poor, attempting to reject their attempts to get him to treat them to a movie and meal, "My family is almost bankrupt. The last time I went home, I had to eat rice soaked in water. I had two instant noodles. That's why I'm so thin, I don't even weigh 100 pounds."
"Rich people. I usually only eat half a packet and save the other half for dinner" Lin Jin slanted his eyes and began a competition of who's worse off, "When I was a kid, my family would cook porridge every day, the really watery kind. We would let it sit for a day until it hardened, then split it up. A bowl could last for a whole day."
"It's a coincidence, I used to eat dirt." Wu Min put his hand on Wen Xuan's shoulder again and said seriously, "So, seeing how miserable your roommates are, won't you treat us to something?"
"Get lost." Wen Xuan didn't feel like arguing with the two of them. After all, one mouth couldn't argue against two. He dragged his chair back to his own place and muttered to himself, "Then I'll go with the guys from the next room."
"The ones next door are all homebodies, okay?" Lin Jin reminded him, then propped his cheek with one hand and continued to stare at the computer screen listlessly.
At this moment, the dormitory door suddenly opened. Lin Jin turned his head when he heard the noise and found Chen Hao had come to his dormitory again. Wu Min, who always thought Lin Jin and Chen Hao were enemies, immediately pulled back his chair and stood up, watching Chen Hao warily, afraid that he would harm Lin Jin.
After all, Lin Jin was a girl, and a rare one who would hide in a boy's dormitory, she must be protected.
With this thought, Wu Min's gaze at Chen Hao became even more fierce, leaving Chen Hao puzzled.
"What are you doing?" Lin Jin's face looked a bit ugly. She was just thinking about how to face Chen Hao after tomorrow's performance, but now Chen Hao had directly appeared in front of her.
"Can we talk, outside?" Chen Hao asked in a negotiable tone.
"What can't you say here?" Wu Min's eyes were fixed on Chen Hao, suspecting that Lin Jin had somehow upset Chen Hao or been threatened by him, otherwise, she wouldn't have come back tonight with such an unhappy face.
Wen Xuan noticed the change in the atmosphere in the dormitory and also turned his gaze to Chen Hao.
"Wu Min, don't be stupid, it's not a big deal." Lin Jin glanced at Wu Min, knowing what he was thinking from his gaze, and explained, "He came to ask me about my sister's situation."
"Your sister?" Wu Min was stunned, he hadn't heard that Lin Jin had a sister.
Lin Jin stood up and followed Chen Hao out of the dormitory, all the way to the corner of the corridor.
"I saw tomorrow's program list, are you on it?" Chen Hao's hands were propped on the railing, looking at the road outside the dormitory building.
"Yes..." Lin Jin immediately reacted, shaking her head, "No, that's my sister."
If he said it was himself, then Chen Hao would discover that he is a man and might think he is a cross-dressing pervert, or even a gay! If he just got cheated on his feelings three years ago and got punched a couple of times, that would be okay, but if he was also gay deep down, wouldn't he be entangled to death?
Therefore, Lin Jin immediately denied it, and also told Chen Hao, "Lin Jin is my sister's name, I am... Lin Chen, okay?"
"Okay?"
"You heard wrong, my name is Lin Chen, and my sister's name is Lin Jinsheng. So, the one who is performing tomorrow is my sister." Lin Jin had already fabricated the lies in her mind, so when he said it, it flowed smoothly as if he was telling the truth.
Chen Hao slightly furrowed his eyebrows, questioning what Lin Jin had said before, "But didn't you say that your sister has dropped out of school?"
"Just because she dropped out, does that mean she can't participate?" Lin Jin raised an eyebrow and retorted, "What does that have to do with you?"
"That... makes sense." Chen Hao nodded, "So she's not leaving?"
"She will leave after tomorrow." Lin Jin said with a straight face.
"I see...."
Lin Jin looked at Chen Hao's side face, clearly feeling that Chen Hao seemed to be brewing something. He even felt a strong sense of malice enveloping him, causing chills to run up and down his body.