Chapter 59: Hurry Up and Come In

It was already four in the afternoon by the time Lin Meng returned home. Just as he stepped inside, he heard his stepmother and eldest sister arguing.

"Mom, you asked Matchmaker Liu to come over earlier. Are you trying to arrange a marriage for Lin Meng?"

"That’s right. Xiaomeng has reached the right age. It’s time for him to find a wife. I’ve already settled everything with Matchmaker Liu."

"I refuse! Our family barely has any money as it is. If we get him a wife, won’t we spend every last penny?"

"It doesn’t matter if you refuse. I’ve already made up my mind. No matter how much it costs, he’s going to marry a wife and bring her home!"

"Damn it! Stepmother actually wants to arrange a marriage for me!" Lin Meng thought, thoroughly startled.

He already had Pan Qiaolian and Cheng Xiue; he didn’t want to get married at all! "No way, I need to have a serious talk with her," he told himself.

He quickly strode into the room, where he saw his stepmother wearing a stern expression and Li Shiyun flushed with anger.

The moment Li Shiyun saw him, she couldn’t help but recall the embarrassing incident of him spanking her. She glared at him resentfully and stormed off without a word.

"Xiaomeng, you’re back. I happen to have something to discuss with you." A faint smile appeared on Li Wanrong’s face, but before she could finish, Lin Meng immediately cut her off.

"Stepmother, I’m still young and I don’t want to get married so early. Can we put off this matchmaking business for a few more years?"

Li Wanrong’s expression instantly turned serious. "It seems you’ve already overheard. I’ve already made my decision regarding this matter, and nothing anyone says will change it. Get yourself ready; you might have a blind date in a few days!"

"Stepmother..." Lin Meng was beside himself with anxiety and tried to argue.

But she angrily interrupted him. "What? My words mean nothing to you anymore? If you don’t want to acknowledge me as your stepmother, I’ll pack up and leave right now!"

Lin Meng instantly hung his head in defeat, not daring to utter another word. Only then was Li Wanrong satisfied, turning to head into the kitchen to cook.

Feeling completely helpless, Lin Meng trudged back to his village clinic.

"If I actually get married, how will I be able to see Pan Qiaolian or treat Sister Lingshan in the future?

"I need to come up with a way to convince Stepmother to drop this idea.

"Oh, right! The Beauty Liquid! It’s my only hope now!"

After pondering for a moment, he pinned all his hopes on the Beauty Liquid. As long as this prescription actually worked and could help him earn money, he could use the excuse of focusing on his career to delay marriage.

"Let’s do this!" Filled with motivation, Lin Meng got to work.

Meanwhile, Li Shiyun went to the home of her only best friend in the village, Wu Mengmeng.

Wu Mengmeng was the same age as her. Because she struggled academically, she had dropped out of high school and stayed home to help her parents farm. Though Wu Mengmeng was also a beauty, her style was completely different from Li Shiyun’s. She was the sweet and cute type.

As for her figure, she was slim where it counted and generously endowed everywhere else. Overall, she possessed a voluptuous, well-rounded physique with a soft, fleshy appeal. With her innocent face paired with a mature woman’s figure, she was absolutely a Top Grade beauty!

"Shiyun, are you upset again today?" Wu Mengmeng asked with concern, noticing her friend’s foul mood.

"Don’t even mention it. It’s all because of that Lin Meng..." Li Shiyun vented all her pent-up frustration, recounting exactly what had just transpired.

Wu Mengmeng felt a headache coming on as she listened. "Shiyun, sometimes I really don’t understand you. Why do you hate Lin Meng so much? He hasn’t done anything wrong. Plus, he’s pretty sensible, and he’s quite handsome too!"

"Who told him to steal my mom from me? I’m her biological daughter, yet she cares more about him!" The more Li Shiyun thought about it, the angrier she got. She suddenly grabbed Wu Mengmeng’s hands. "Mengmeng, can’t you help me drive him away?"

"How am I supposed to help you with something like that?" Wu Mengmeng looked deeply conflicted.

"I’ve already come up with a plan. As long as he does something that completely disappoints my mom, she’ll definitely leave him. But I need your cooperation. Tomorrow, you just need to..." Li Shiyun began to whisper her scheme.

Upon hearing the plan, Wu Mengmeng’s pretty face flushed crimson. "Shiyun, how could I possibly have the nerve to do that? Besides, isn’t that too ruthless?"

"Mengmeng, you’re my best friend. Just consider it as me begging you. Please, help me just this once, okay?" Li Shiyun hugged her arm and pleaded coaxingly.

"Alright, fine. I’ll give it a try tomorrow." Left with no other choice, Wu Mengmeng agreed, though a trace of guilt rose in her heart.

"Mengmeng, you’re the best!" Thrilled, Li Shiyun kissed her on the cheek before breaking into a cold sneer. "Just you wait, Lin Meng. Tomorrow, I’ll have you kicked out of the house!"

The next morning.

"PHEW... I finally made it.

"So this is the Beauty Liquid, but why does it look so shady?"

Lin Meng stared at the bottle of Beauty Liquid he had spent all night concocting, his expression incredibly bizarre. The liquid was a milky white with a faint yellowish tint, and it smelled incredibly fishy and pungent. Both its color and scent were identical to a man’s life essence. If this prescription was genuine, then the person who invented it definitely had a twisted sense of humor!

"Well, I’ve made the stuff, but now I need to find someone to test the effects on. Preferably a woman. But who should I ask?" Lin Meng began to ponder again.

After thinking for a moment, he decided that Zhang Guilan and Cheng Xiue were the most suitable candidates. After all, neither of them were young anymore, and they inevitably had a few wrinkles. It would be easier to see the results on them.

After eating breakfast, Lin Meng prepared to take the Beauty Liquid to test on Zhang Guilan and the others. But right at that moment, Li Shiyun hurried in.

"Lin Meng, you need to go to Mengmeng’s house immediately!"

"Hmm?" Lin Meng hadn’t expected his eldest sister to seek him out on her own accord, and he was momentarily stunned. But he quickly recovered. "Sister Mengmeng? Did something happen at her house?"

"Mengmeng accidentally injured herself while working! Hurry over and treat her!" Li Shiyun put on a panicked act.

"Okay, I’ll head over right away." Suspecting nothing, Lin Meng rushed out the door.

Watching his retreating figure, a cold smile surfaced on Li Shiyun’s lips.

"Sister Mengmeng, are you home?" Lin Meng jogged all the way to Wu Mengmeng’s courtyard. Seeing no one around, he called out.

"Xiaomeng, I’m in the bedroom. Come on in," Wu Mengmeng’s reply quickly drifted out.

Without overthinking it, Lin Meng walked straight into the bedroom. As soon as he entered, he spotted Wu Mengmeng sitting on the edge of the bed. The moment he saw her revealing outfit, he couldn’t tear his eyes away and swallowed hard.

Wu Mengmeng’s attire was incredibly daring. She was wearing nothing but a low-cut mini dress that barely reached the base of her thighs. Her snow-white, fleshy legs looked capable of bewitching a man’s soul, and the deep cleavage squeezed out at her chest made her tempting to the extreme.

Meeting his burning gaze, Wu Mengmeng’s face grew hot with embarrassment. She waved him over. "Xiaomeng, you’re finally here. I accidentally twisted my ankle earlier, and it hurts like crazy. Come treat it for me, quickly!"