Chapter 32: An eighty-year-old lady, even younger than someone in their seventies

No!

She absolutely could not let something like this happen!

She had endured for forty-eight years—she couldn’t end up like this!

Chen Jingfen hurriedly pushed the man beside her away to create distance, then quickly stood up and stammered in panic, “It was all Sister Old Lin who brought them here! It has nothing to do with me!”

Standing beside Chen Boping was his eldest son, Chen Jiujié.

If Chen Jiujié hadn’t been supporting him, the old man would’ve probably collapsed from rage.

Chen Boping trembled all over as he looked at Chen Jingfen. “You—you—”

Before Chen Boping could get a coherent sentence out, he fainted straight away in fury.

Chen Jiujié immediately called the medical staff waiting outside to come in and take the old man away. He then turned and glared fiercely at Chen Jingfen. “If anything happens to my dad, don’t even think about living peacefully for the rest of your life!”

“It’s not what you think! Let me explain!” Chen Jingfen hurriedly followed Chen Jiujié, got into the car, and went to the hospital with the old man.

Standing in the corner, Lin Qingqing watched as the family disappeared through the wide-open door. Smiling, she stepped out and instructed the male models to go find Butler Ding for their payment, then told them to go home.

As they were leaving, the male models looked back at Lin Qingqing, reluctant to part, and said:

“Rich lady sis, if you ever need me again, just call—I’ll give you a 20% discount!”

“I’ll give you 30%!”

“…I’ll go 70% off!”

“….”

Just sitting here and chatting could earn them money—who wouldn’t want to win the favor of this rich and generous lady?

Lin Qingqing nodded with a smile. “Alright, alright.”

It really felt good to have money.

As for the male models, she only enjoyed looking at them for fun. When it came to actual romance, she definitely wanted a proper young man to fall in love with seriously.

After the male models left, Lin Qingqing returned to the sofa in a great mood.

That Chen Jingfen had always been jealous of the original host, bullied her, and mocked her. Even after the original host died, she didn’t show the slightest regard for their former friendship. Instead of helping the original host’s family, she took the opportunity to kick them while they were down as they fought amongst themselves.

If Lin Qingqing hadn’t transmigrated just in time, Chen Jingfen would’ve already made a move on the original host’s family assets by now, feeling smug about the host’s death.

But now, Chen Jingfen had no more chances!

Starting today, she might not even be able to keep her status as the Chen family’s stepmother. Even if the Chen family forced her to stay for appearances, her position in the household would plummet. When the old man passed, Chen Jingfen might not even get a share of the inheritance!

The Chen family, already more chaotic than the Qin family, now had no way to sabotage the Qin family further.

Humming happily, Lin Qingqing took out her colorful wig and put it back on.

Earlier, Chen Jingfen had been so distracted by the handsome guys that she didn’t even notice how Lin Qingqing now looked younger than her.

If she had seen it, she would’ve died from jealousy!

At eighty years old, looking even younger than someone in their seventies—Chen Jingfen would definitely not be able to handle that blow.

“System, do you think if I keep getting younger like this, I’ll eventually turn into a baby?”

Turning into a baby wouldn’t do—then she wouldn’t even be able to take care of herself. Even if she were the richest person alive, she wouldn’t be able to enjoy it.

[System: No, that won’t happen. Our limit is reversing aging to youth, not to infancy. The process automatically stops at age eighteen.]

“Okay, then I can rest assured.”

Even as she said this, Lin Qingqing still felt a bit uneasy inside.

After all, the system was something intangible—what if it ran away one day?

That was yet another reason to speed up her collection of “surprise value”!

…

At the same time, the Chen family was in utter chaos.

Chen Boping was admitted to the hospital, critically ill, and the whole family was in turmoil.

Chen Zhonglun, who was serving as a judge on a street dance competition show, received the call and immediately stood up and hastily told the crew, “Pause the competition! I have to go to the hospital!”

Young Master Chen had spoken—how could the staff dare object?

As soon as Chen Zhonglun got in the car, his aura turned icy cold.

Such bad luck today—it must be that ugly old lady who brought the misfortune! Otherwise, how could his grandfather suddenly be hospitalized?

When he arrived at the hospital and heard the full story from his father Chen Jiujié, Chen Zhonglun stared at the sobbing Chen Jingfen in disbelief and shouted angrily, “My grandfather treated you well—how could you do something like this?! He never should’ve married you in the first place!”

Clenching his teeth in rage, Chen Zhonglun continued, glaring at the speechless Chen Jingfen, “You were so much younger than my grandfather, yet still willingly married him. You must’ve had your eyes on our family’s wealth from the beginning!”

Tears streamed down Chen Jingfen’s face as she sobbed in grievance and protested loudly, “I didn’t! I was framed by someone else!”

It was all that wretched old woman Lin Qingqing’s fault!

If it weren’t for her, how would that old fool Chen Boping have found out what she did at Lin Qingqing’s place?

It had to be a trap set by Lin Qingqing, who then ratted her out to destroy her happy life!

Who would’ve thought that usually dumb Lin Qingqing could suddenly grow a brain? If she’d known earlier, she would’ve guarded against her!

But suddenly, Chen Jingfen realized something and gritted her teeth as she looked at Chen Jiujié and Chen Zhonglun. “It was you two working with that old hag to set me up, wasn’t it?! Because the old man is getting close to the end, you’re afraid I’d take a share of the inheritance, so you planned all this to kick me out of the Chen family!”

Chen Jiujié and Chen Zhonglun were both stunned speechless.

Though they didn’t actually do it, her analysis wasn’t far off.

Even without this incident, Chen Jingfen would eventually fall into whatever trap they devised.

From the moment she married into the Chen family, Chen Jiujié had disliked her. And apart from treating Chen Boping decently, Chen Jingfen had only ever put on a show for the rest of them—they never felt any genuine sincerity from her. How could they possibly accept her from the heart?

Chen Zhonglun didn’t care whether or not she was framed. All he knew was that news of his grandmother’s affair would definitely spread within their social circles—and that dead old woman had completely ruined his reputation!

He truly clashed with old ladies!

In just one day, two old ladies had made him lose face. He was absolutely fed up!

After the doctor informed the family that the old man’s life was no longer in danger, Chen Zhonglun lost all interest in work.

When Young Master’s bad mood hit, there was no stopping it. All work was canceled.

After arranging a caretaker for the old man and instructing the bodyguards not to let Chen Jingfen step foot in the ward, Chen Jiujié left with Chen Zhonglun.

On the road, Chen Jiujié didn’t look the least bit sorrowful or heavy-hearted over his father’s hospitalization.

Instead, he casually asked the fuming Chen Zhonglun beside him, “I saw online people are saying you were spotted entering and exiting a hotel with a certain actress. Is that serious?”

Chen Zhonglun scoffed, “It’s nothing. We were just filming a show together. Those paparazzi are just blowing things out of proportion. I couldn’t even be bothered to clarify it. Besides, I’m not interested in that actress—she’s way too fake. I like pure, sweet, naturally beautiful types. Those cheap ones? Young Master like me wouldn’t even glance at them.