Chapter Thirty-Three: The Beautiful Single Mother

  The woman in the police station's hall, seeing Liu Li holding a little girl, suddenly became extremely excited: "Tingting, how are you here? Mom was worried to death! Come over..."

  "Mom." The little girl excitedly called out "mom" when she saw the cold and elegant woman.

  After her emotions had calmed down a bit, the woman took Ya Tou back from Liu Li's hands. Seeing that Ya Tou had found her own mother, Liu Li was also happy for her. After returning Ya Tou to the woman, he smiled lightly and said: "Take good care of her in the future, don't let this little girl get lost again."

  The cold-eyed woman learned from the maid that it was Liu Li who helped her, and also learned about Liu Li's actions from the police officer. She felt very grateful in her heart: "Thank you, I will never let Tingting out of my sight again."

  Then the woman told the police officer about what had happened. It turned out that the woman's name was Lin Shuangshuang, 27 years old, and she ran a hotel in the county. The little girl's real name was Lin Ting, who was four years old.

  This afternoon, Lin Shuangshuang took Lin Ting to the bank to handle business. When she was filling out the form, she didn't notice that Lin Ting had slipped out of the VIP room in the bank. It wasn't until after she finished handling her business and wanted to leave that she realized Lin Ting was nowhere to be found.

  Lin Shuang hastily asked the bank staff to retrieve the surveillance footage, and Lin Shuang saw from the footage that Lin Ting had walked out of the bank by herself. Upon seeing this, she immediately went out to search for her, but after searching for half a day, she couldn't find her. Helpless, she came to the police station to report the case, only to see Liu Li holding Lin Ting and standing there as soon as she entered the police station.

  After listening to the whole story, Liu Li finally understood the cause and effect. He asked the police officer at the police station to check on the household registration system, which confirmed that Lin Shuangshuang was indeed Lin Ting's mother. Seeing that the facts were correct, the police officer made a simple record and let the mother and daughter leave.

  Jian Lin Ting has already found her mother, so Liu Li had to let Du Zhi Qing's wife go back. After saying goodbye to the police officer at the police station, Liu Li left and got into his van, planning to continue searching for a rental house.

  Just as Liu Li's car had driven out for tens of meters, a white Mercedes-Benz suddenly overtook his car from behind and stopped in front of the van, then Lin Shuang and her daughter got off the car.

  Seeing this, Liu Li drove up to the Mercedes-Benz and looked at Lin Ting, asking: "What's wrong? Did this little girl forget something in my car?" After finishing speaking, Liu Li turned his head and swept a glance over the back seat, but found nothing on it.

  "You misunderstood, Tingting has everything with her." After seeing Liu Li's action, Lin Shuangshuang smiled slightly and said in her oriole-like voice: "It's like this, just now I heard Tingting say that you seem to be renting a house? Coincidentally, I have a room there that wants to rent out, don't know if you're interested?"

  "Really? That's great! Where is your house? How much per month?" Liu Li asked excitedly.

  Upon hearing Liu Li's words, Lin Shuangshuang hesitated for a moment before saying softly: "Alright, let's find a place to sit and talk, don't stand here anymore. By the way, I'll invite you to my place to take a look."

  After finishing, Lin Shuangshuang and Lin Ting got into their Mercedes-Benz car and led the way in front, while Liu Li drove a van behind them. Looking at the Mercedes-Benz car in front of him, Liu Li couldn't help but mutter to himself:

  "This girl is so young, yet she has a kid and looks so beautiful, and she's driving a Mercedes. Where did she get all that money? I'm speechless... She can't be someone's mistress, right?"

  Lin Shuangshuang's car drove for over 20 minutes before arriving at a residential area called "Warm Bay", where the vehicle stopped in front of a five-story building. After parking the car, Lin Shuangshuang said to Liu Li, who was waiting beside her, "Let's go, my home is on the third floor."

  When they arrived at the corridor, several residents happened to be going downstairs. When they saw Lin Shuang and her mother, followed by Liu Li, a hint of disdain flashed in their eyes. A few people whispered to each other in low voices, which were too low for Liu Li to hear clearly, but he vaguely heard one sentence: "The men who came before just left, and today she actually brought a man back herself."

  After hearing this, Liu Li secretly thought to herself: "Really? Could it be that my previous judgment was correct and Lin Shuangshuang is indeed a mistress? But why doesn't it feel like it? And if not, what did those people mean by what they said just now?"

  At this time, Lin Shuang had already arrived at the third floor. After opening the door to her room, she changed into a pair of slippers and then invited Liu Li in. Seeing that he needed to change his shoes, Liu Li was taken aback and awkwardly said: "Do we still need to change shoes?"

  "Of course, if you're going to live here in the future, remember to change into slippers before entering the house. There are men's shoes in the shoe cabinet, just pick a pair for yourself." Lin Shuangshuang stood there looking at Liu Li.

  Jin Lin stared at himself, Liu Li's face slightly red said: "Then let's agree first, you can't laugh at me later."

  After finishing speaking, Liu Li took off his leather shoes. Lin Shuangshuang was initially surprised by Liu Li's words, but when she saw him take off his shoes, she was suddenly stunned and couldn't help but cover her mouth to stifle a laugh.

  It turned out that Liu Li's socks had been broken before, but he was too lazy to buy new ones, so he continued to wear them, until the two socks were torn bigger and bigger, until only the part of the sock tube on the ankle was left.

  Liu Li usually pulled down the sock tube that could only be worn on his ankle after putting on his shoes, and others only saw the sock tube on his ankle. Who would have thought that there was nothing under the sock tube? Now, when he took off his shoes, Lin Shuangshuang was amused by Liu Li's sock tube.

  "You really know how to live, don't you? Your socks are worn down to just a tube and you're still wearing them. I'm impressed." Lin Shuangshuang said with a laugh, unable to resist teasing him a bit.

  "This is called being frugal." After making an excuse, Liu Li looked around the room and deliberately changed the subject: "This is a four-bedroom, two-hall apartment, about 200 square meters? The decoration is really good, very tasteful."

  Turn on the TV, tune to a children's program for Lin Ting, then let her sit on the sofa to watch it herself. After that, Lin Shuangshuang takes Liu Li to take a look around the house. After finishing the tour, the two of them sat down on the sofa:

  "There are four bedrooms here, the one on the south side is where I and Tingting live, the one next to me is reserved for my parents, they sometimes come to visit me and will stay overnight. The small bedroom on the north side is a guest room, if you have friends coming over, they can stay there. And the big bedroom next to it, you can stay in that one."

  I have breakfast and dinner at home, lunch is usually eaten outside. Tingting normally reads books in the kindergarten in our community, she has lunch there too. If you come back early in the afternoon, could you please help pick her up?

  "There's nothing to pay attention to here, just try not to bring too many friends back home. I don't mean anything else, it's just that Tingting is a bit afraid of strangers. If you're alone at home in the afternoon, feel free to use the food in the kitchen and drinks in the fridge."

  "The conditions here are not bad, the environment is good, and the location is close to our unit." After praising for a while, Liu Li asked his most concerned question: "How much is the rent? And what about water, electricity, heating, property fees, how much do I need to pay?"

  After hearing Liu Li's words, Lin Shuangshuang hesitated for a moment before saying something that left Liu Li stunned: "As long as you agree to one condition of mine, you won't have to pay a single penny for rent, and you also don't need to worry about expenses like water, electricity, and heating. Moreover, I can even give you 3,000 yuan every month."

  After Lin Shuang said that, Liu Li stared at her blankly for a long time. After a while, Liu Li swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "You wouldn't think of keeping me as your mistress, would you?"