CHAPTER 66: CHAPTER 66: BECOMING A HEROINE

Lin Wanwan placed Xiao Chong’s letter into a wooden box in the desk drawer, then opened a scroll and took out the painting to hang on the bookshelf for a closer look.

The painting depicted a scene of grass and insects, with a few bees flying next to an orchid. The nectar looked like dewdrops, some bees were collecting the nectar while others hovered around, lively and vivid.

Although Lin Wanwan didn’t understand painting or its techniques, beauty is universal, and she felt the painting was beautiful and real, quite different from her impression of ancient Chinese paintings.

"Is this a meticulous brush painting?" Lin Wanwan wasn’t quite sure, since she had never studied painting. "I wonder whose work this could be, could it be Xiao Chong’s own?"

Her gaze fell on the signature of the painting, and after trying to discern it for a long time, she still couldn’t make out what the characters engraved in the two red seals were.

Forget it, I’ll ask Lu Shouyue when I return to the modern day, since he’s into antiques, he should know.

Putting away the painting, Lin Wanwan proceeded according to plan and went to class.

After lunch, taking advantage of the nap time while the little guy was asleep, Lin Wanwan quietly returned to the modern day. As soon as she turned on her phone, the texts and WeChat messages flooded in.

Lin Wanwan was speechless and muttered, "Being associated with Xiao Junning really makes things explode like this?"

But upon opening a few messages casually, she realized they were all about last night’s fight.

Logging into the Weibo hot search, the top topic #Multiple men beaten back by a woman# had an explosive tag. Clicking in, it was indeed the video of her beating up those men.

All the comments underneath were positive.

[The heroine is awesome, Girls help girls!]

[As a fan of Xiao Junning, I suddenly find this senior sister not so annoying anymore.]

[Today’s biggest twist, the brave sister isn’t a homewrecker.]

[Heroine, start a live stream, I want to tip you!]

[Severely punish the culprits, too lawless! If it weren’t for the sister’s explosive combat power, what would have happened to those girls!]

[What did the girl do wrong to get beaten up just for rejecting someone!]

[So many men in the store, and not a single one stood up to help the girls at first! It was the heroine in the evening dress who rushed over to help!]

[My focus is a bit off, isn’t the torn evening dress on the heroine the same one worn next to Xiao Junning? SV’s new spring collection, 420,000!]

[Compensate! The sister should make them pay!]

Lin Wanwan watched for a while, and most were praises and support for her, only a few were sarcastic, so she stopped looking at them.

She didn’t expect this matter to end up as a hot search, and didn’t know where the video had leaked from. The attention isn’t particularly good for her, after all, she’s hiding a big secret.

She decided that if there’s nothing urgent, she’ll stay in the Tang Dynasty for a while until the heat dies down. As long as she doesn’t jump out for interviews and stays low-key, this popularity will just blow over.

With that in mind, she ended yet another unfamiliar call and quickly dialed Chen Jinyu’s number, and the one who answered was her mother.

They also saw the video online and were very grateful for Lin Wanwan’s righteous help, constantly expressing a desire to repay the medical expenses Lin had advanced.

Lin Wanwan just said there’s no rush about the money and then asked a few questions about Chen Jinyu’s situation.

Now that the matter has caused a hot search, it’s quite sensitive, so Chen Jinyu couldn’t communicate with the outside world for now. Presumably, the authorities fear these victims will say something to fan the flames.

Hearing from Chen Jinyu’s mother that Chen Jinyu was stable was enough for her.

After ending the call, Lin Wanwan took some high-definition photos of the painting scroll and sent them to Lu Shouyue. He was probably busy and didn’t reply immediately.

She changed out of her ancient clothes, put on a hat and mask, went out for a run from the community, and rode a shared bike to the nearby Huaren Wanda supermarket to buy beef brisket, and also picked up some other things.

After finishing the shopping and returning to the small villa, Lu Shouyue still hadn’t replied. Lin Wanwan wasn’t in a hurry, leisurely putting the beef in the fridge, switched her phone to airplane mode, and quietly returned to the Tang Dynasty home.

She looked at the little guy sleeping soundly on the bed, whose chubby little face was especially cute.

Unable to resist, Lin Wanwan leaned down and kissed the little guy, then walked to the window, pushed open the bedroom window, and took in a deep breath of air with the scent of the sea, feeling invigorated.

It’s so comfortable here, with no noisy sounds, no hustle and bustle, facing the sea, flowers blossoming in spring!

"Wan Niang, taking a nap, are you? I went digging for some clams for you by the beach, let them purge the sand for a few days and you can eat them. Yesterday you mentioned wanting some." From the west side entrance, Lin Mengbo came in and looked up at Lin Wanwan on the second floor and said.

Lin Wanwan felt touched, the people of Lin Family Manor always took her casual words seriously, and if they could do something, they did it without question.

She smiled and lay on the window sill, speaking to Lin Mengbo, "I really did want some, thank you, Mengbo cousin! How did it go, delivering the steamed pastries in the morning, all smooth?"

At the mention of this, Lin Mengbo’s wind-burnt face from the sea wind lit up with joy, "Very smooth, I calculated, just this trip netted the clan over one and a half guan."

Lin Wanwan laughed, "It’s all hard-earned money."

Lin Mengbo added, "Unfortunately, the money hasn’t come back, the white flour and lamb meat still need a few days to settle."

Lin Wanwan said, "Next time don’t let those shops provide white flour and lamb, I’ll handle it. I know some really good shops in Xiaoxi Town, the flour is so white it’ll surprise you."

"That’s great. Shall I put this in the kitchen?" Lin Mengbo kept speaking to Lin Wanwan at the floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor.

Lin Wanwan said, "Wait for me to come down, no need to have these clams purge for days, I have a way to purge the sand clean right away."

Lin Mengbo looked doubtful, as Lin Wanwan went downstairs, taking a net bag full of clams from Lin Mengbo’s hands.

The two went to the kitchen, where Lin Wanwan poured the clams into a large porcelain basin, added spring water, then dripped in a few drops of oil, finally, under Lin Mengbo’s astonished gaze, she poured in a good half-tin of fine salt "swish".

Lin Mengbo felt a bit suffocated, staring at the slowly melting white salt in the basin and mumbled, "Wan Niang, is this your method?! Oh mother, that’s such a waste! This is salt, the finest white salt!"

Lin Wanwan smugly said, "Ah, yes, this is a clever trick!"

Lin Mengbo rubbed his forehead and smiled wryly, "Only you would do this, I don’t know what life you lived with the old immortal, how could you squander salt like this, each dou of salt costs 13 wen, it’s the coarsest salt, where could you find such fine white salt, snowflake fine salt must cost a fortune."