LOT -Chapter 298 Past Life Arc: Curious Lin Mo, the Teacher’s Outfit

After buying groceries and returning home, Lin Mo picked up the bags and went to find the old granny.

Looking at this thick-skinned kid, the granny was utterly speechless.

“I say, you little brat come here every day to freeload meals. You really think this old woman is just soft-hearted, huh?”

Lin Mo nodded honestly. “Yeah.”

Granny: …How am I supposed to reply to that?

Sincerity can defeat everything. In the end, Lin Mo successfully freeloaded another meal here.

Though calling it “freeloading” wasn’t entirely fair. She brought vegetables with her every day. With her joining in, she even felt the granny’s life had improved—there were more vegetables, and occasionally even meat.

Besides, having such a lively little kid around was adorable. Surely that brought the granny some happiness too.

Lin Mo was extremely confident. Confident people are the most beautiful, confident people are the strongest—at least that’s what TV said.

She had actually learned how to cook before, but… she really didn’t have the talent for it, and she almost burned the house down once.

After enduring boiled vegetables for a while and truly not being able to take it anymore, she started freeloading meals from different households. In the end, she settled on this granny’s place. But she wasn’t eating for free—she brought her own food every day, and whenever she had something tasty, she’d bring a portion for the granny too.

After all, the two of them were the Vegetable Market Twin Heroes!
Even though the granny refused to acknowledge that title.

“Little girl, you’ll be graduating from primary school in two years. Have you thought about where you want to attend middle school?”

This granny was sharp-tongued but soft-hearted. She actually cared quite a bit about Lin Mo’s studies.

Lin Mo thought seriously for a moment, then said, “Wherever doesn’t cost money, I’ll go there. The teacher said that with my grades, some schools can waive tuition.”

When it came to her grades, Lin Mo was truly proud. She also knew that studying was her only way out, so she put in a lot of effort. Other kids had parents who cared, had tutoring classes to attend—she had none of that.

She had already planned it out clearly: in this life, she’d study hard. If there was a next life, then she’d just play! Everything arranged perfectly!

Hearing that Lin Mo had her own plans, the granny didn’t say anything more.

When Lin Mo studied, she lived on campus. Her popularity at school was just so-so. Many people felt she was too unconventional and hard to get along with.

As for how unconventional she was, this one exam made it very clear.

While everyone else was diligently doing their test papers, she finished hers in half the time and then started researching the teacher’s stockings.

To this day, she still couldn’t understand why teachers wore high-heeled sandals with stockings. Black stockings, flesh-colored stockings, all kinds of stockings—and the length only reached the ankles.

So she concluded this must be adult fashion. She’d understand once she grew up. For now, though, her curiosity was not affected at all.

The math teacher was stared at so much that her toes were curling, and she didn’t even know how to walk properly anymore.

“Lin Mo, write your test seriously! Don’t keep looking around,” the teacher finally couldn’t help but remind her.

Lin Mo held up her test paper. “Teacher, I’ve finished writing.”

Math teacher: ……

If the paper was done, there was nothing more to say. But could this kid stop staring at her feet already?! It was really toe-curling!

Lin Mo: Wow! The teacher’s toes can dance!

In this exam, the ones suffering the most weren’t the students—it was the teachers.

Lin Mo’s reputation as a “foot-staring maniac” had already spread among the teachers. The entire office knew there was a student who especially loved staring at teachers’ feet.

Oh, only female teachers though. As for male teachers, she liked staring at their heads.

The problem was, the teachers were too embarrassed to say anything. The kid’s gaze was full of curiosity, not anything else. Kids being curious about things was perfectly normal.

After the exam ended, curious Lin Mo took out her little notebook and wrote:

Today the teacher wore red high heels and black stockings. Super, super fashionable!

This notebook recorded every teacher’s daily outfits. She treasured it dearly. When she grew up, she wanted to become someone just as fashionable.

But not long after, the notebook was confiscated.

In fifth grade, the notebook was discovered by a teacher, and Lin Mo was summoned to the office by her homeroom teacher.

“Lin Mo! Explain carefully what all this nonsense in this notebook is! You’re not focusing your mind on studying at all, but putting it into these messy things. Do you think this is right?!”

Listening to the homeroom teacher’s lecture, Lin Mo obediently lowered her head, looking full of remorse.

“Teacher, I know I was wrong. I didn’t mean anything else by it. I just think all the teachers’ outfits are really beautiful, and I want to become such an outstanding person in the future too.”

“I like the English teacher’s rainbow-colored skirts and blood-red lips. I like the math teacher’s colorful high heels and pretty short stockings. I also like the Chinese teacher’s beautiful wigs. You’re all my role models, the idols I want to become in the future!”

When Lin Mo said this, her eyes sparkled so brightly that even the homeroom teacher felt a little embarrassed.

The homeroom teacher was the English teacher. She always wore full makeup, no matter the time, and wore skirts regardless of spring, summer, autumn, or winter. Lin Mo admired her greatly—she thought she was amazing.

Looking at the child’s sparkling eyes, the homeroom teacher found it hard to continue scolding.

But what was with the “blood-red lips”? That was just lipstick!

What the child did wasn’t really something excessive—she just liked fashion. It was normal for kids to be curious about this kind of thing.

Besides, this child had good grades and was well-behaved. This really wasn’t a big issue.

“Ahem. Your aesthetic sense is quite good. Having your own interests is normal. We won’t pursue this matter further. However, at your age, you still need to focus more on your studies. Next year you’ll be entering middle school. With your grades, you can go to Experimental Middle School. They already know about you, and as long as you go, your tuition will definitely be reduced. So your top priority now is to stabilize your grades—and preferably do even better.”

Lin Mo nodded firmly. “Okay! Teacher, I understand! I won’t let you down!”

The classmates all thought Lin Mo would come back crying after being scolded by the teacher. Who would’ve thought she’d bounce back holding her notebook, all cheerful.

After returning, she even bragged, “I got praised by the teacher today! The teacher said my aesthetic sense is really good! This notebook is all about the teachers’ daily outfits. You want to see me come back crying? Not a chance!”

The classmates were dumbfounded. When the teacher came to call Lin Mo out earlier, her face had looked terrible. How could she possibly not have scolded her?

With what was written in that notebook… did the teacher really praise Lin Mo for having good taste?

Before long, some girls主动 came over to borrow the notebook. Lin Mo lifted her chin proudly.

“One at a time, one at a time. Don’t rush, don’t push.”