Chapter 42: My Grandma Can Do a Backflip—Wanna Come See?

Lin Qingqing pushed her chair back and executed three consecutive backflips, stunning everyone present!

“!!!”

With a neat clatter, the Qin family members around the dining table all dropped their chopsticks in unison, completely dumbfounded.

An eighty-year-old grandma just did a backflip!

She didn’t even lose her breath—her physical fitness was comparable to a young person!

Who would believe this if they heard it?

[System: Congratulations, Host, you’ve successfully gained 50 Surprise Points. You may reduce your age by 5 years. Current physical age: 41.]

Amid her family’s shocked gazes, Lin Qingqing calmly smoothed out her slightly wrinkled clothes and tousled hair with an air of complete nonchalance.

She’d really racked up the Surprise Points today!

She decided that later, she’d have someone record a video of her doing backflips and send it to the “Happy Loving Family” group chat. That way, the parents of both her eldest and youngest grandsons would be shocked too.

Drain every last drop of Surprise Points in one go!

That way, by the time she woke up tomorrow, she’d be a woman in her thirties!

She was getting closer and closer to being a twenty-year-old again!

Standing at the dining table, Lin Qingqing rested both hands on the edge and smiled faintly. “So, what do you think? Do you believe in my strength now?”

Qin He, who thought he must be dreaming, rubbed his eyes. Realizing it wasn’t an illusion, he stood there dazed and said, “Grandma… did you get some kind of cheat code when you passed through the gates of hell last time?”

She did get a cheat—but she couldn’t tell them that.

If she did, they wouldn’t believe her anyway. They’d probably think she was mentally unstable, and instead of going to a retirement home, she’d be shipped off to a psychiatric hospital.

Lin Qingqing waved a hand dismissively. “Everyone has different constitutions. I can do this because of mine, but when you’re eighty, don’t try to copy me.”

The Qin family members: “…”
Copy? With what? Our lives?

Just those backflips she did had nearly stopped their hearts. Don’t even mention doing them at eighty—they wouldn’t dare!

Qin Yansen and Qin Jingshu were both so shocked they were at a loss for words. They hadn’t even fully processed the fact that their grandma beat Lu Zeyan in a race yesterday. And now she was doing backflips?

Was this some sort of miraculous recovery before death?

But they couldn’t think of any other explanation.

Qin He stood up and pulled out a chair for his grandmother. “Grandma, quick, sit down and rest. So, all this time you were going out early and coming back late… you were actually participating in competitions?”

Lin Qingqing replied, “What else? What did you think I was doing?”

Qin He sat back down, picking up his chopsticks again. “We thought you’d found a second spring. You’ve been dressing so youthfully lately, looking full of energy, heading out early and coming back late… We were worried some bad man was tricking you.”

An old lady like her, easy to deceive and rich? Of course she’d be a target for shady guys!

Lin Qingqing hadn’t expected the Qin family to think like this behind her back. But she didn’t blame them—after all, who would’ve guessed that an old grandma like her would join a street dance competition instead of looking for romance?

But there was one thing they were wrong about.

Picking up her bowl and chopsticks, Lin Qingqing said, “You’re overthinking. I never spend money on men!”

Qin He pouted. “But you hired a male model.”

“…” She forgot about that.

But that was different! She didn’t blindly spend money on men. She only hired the male model to gain Surprise Points from her family.

Still, she couldn’t explain that.

So Lin Qingqing just let it go. Let them think whatever they want.

That evening, her daughter-in-law Yang Chun came to her room.

Although nearly fifty, Yang Chun was very well maintained. She dressed simply yet elegantly, giving off a refined aura. With her gentle features, she looked kind and blessed—someone you’d instantly feel warmth from.

Yang Chun smiled as she sat at the edge of the bed and affectionately looped her arm around Lin Qingqing’s. “Mom, you’re still up?”

Lin Qingqing scratched her head awkwardly. Then, looking at the friendly Yang Chun, she smiled and said, “Yes, Auntie.”

“…”

The silence in the room was deafening.

Yang Chun was stunned. What had she just heard? Her mother-in-law… just called her Auntie?!

She called Lin Qingqing “Mom,” but Lin Qingqing was calling her Auntie? That completely flipped the generational order!

Lin Qingqing, who had momentarily forgotten she was supposed to be an eighty-year-old grandma, had just casually blurted it out. Now realizing what she had said, she froze in place.

Stupid mouth! Who told you to say that?

But it really wasn’t her fault.

Even though she’d transmigrated for a while now, she’d been busy collecting Surprise Points and changing the fate of her villainous grandsons. She hadn’t had much time to properly interact with the rest of the family.

Suddenly being alone with someone who was around the same age as her parents in her past life made her a little uncomfortable.

After all, she was actually only twenty-one.

Who wouldn’t instinctively call someone older “Auntie”?

She was just too polite, that’s all. What could she do? She was simply an overly well-mannered girl!

[System: Congratulations, Host. You’ve gained 10 Surprise Points. You may reduce your age by 1 year. Current physical age: 40.]

Lin Qingqing: “…”

She hadn’t expected a surprise gain from this awkward moment.

She’d managed to scare her second daughter-in-law into giving her Surprise Points…

Lin Qingqing quickly tried to recover. “Yes, ah— I’m going to sleep in a bit.”

Phew. That was close. Almost gave herself away.

She laughed a few times to ease the tension and fully slipped into grandma mode. With a loving smile, she asked, “Xiao Yang, what brings you here so late?”

Yang Chun let out a breath of relief. She had almost gone back to tell Qin Haishan that his mom seemed to be losing it—she didn’t even recognize her and called her Auntie! Turns out, it was just a slip of the tongue.

“It’s nothing serious. I just heard from Qin Jingshu that you had some cosmetic procedures done. I wanted to ask where you got them done. I’d like to get a little touch-up in the future too.”

Yang Chun didn’t plan to get anything done right now. She was worried that if the old lady passed away unexpectedly, she’d lose the chance to ask for the clinic’s name.

But the question stumped Lin Qingqing.

She frowned slightly and made something up on the spot: “You asked at a bad time. The place I went to just closed down. Maybe look around for another one? I think they’re all pretty similar.”

Yang Chun looked disappointed. “Ah, that’s too bad.”

Lin Qingqing quickly comforted her. “It’s okay. Other places are good too—you can look around.”

After a few more words of reassurance, she used the excuse that staying up late is bad for the skin to urge Yang Chun to go to bed.

If the conversation dragged on, she was afraid she’d slip up again.

It looked like she needed to collect Surprise Points fast and then take off to travel the world. Otherwise, it would be too easy to get exposed.

Later, Lin Qingqing called for Butler Ding and asked him to record a video of her doing eighteen consecutive backflips.

By the time Butler Ding finished recording, he was completely stunned. He was convinced he must’ve been hallucinating from exhaustion—otherwise, how could something this absurd even happen?

After he left, Lin Qingqing posted the video in the “Happy Loving Family” group chat.

[System: Congratulations, Host. You’ve gained 40 Surprise Points. You may reduce your age by 4 years. Current physical age: 36.]

…

On the second floor of the old mansion, Qin He, after watching his grandma’s eighteen consecutive backflips, couldn’t help but open WeChat and send a message to a girl:

“My eighty-year-old grandma can do backflips. And not just one—she did eighteen in a row. Wanna come see?”