LOT – Chapter 70 Lin Mo: Dad, RUN!

Listening to the system’s laughter, Lin Mo touched the top of her head, her expression stunned.

What just happened? All she did was kneel down to admit fault—why did he have to leap over her head?

“Ahhhhhh! Dad! Why did you vault over my head?! I was ready to be hit—why did you have to vault over me?! I’m not gonna grow tall now! I’m not gonna grow anymore!”

Lin Mo flopped to the ground and began wailing sorrowfully.

“I was already the shortest in the family, and I was hoping to gain a few centimeters in the next year or two—but now you’ve ruined it! I’m not gonna grow anymore!”

She was still two months shy of her 16th birthday, and that age was crucial for a final height spurt.

Her sisters were all at least 165cm tall. Her brother was almost as tall as Dad—around 180 or maybe even close to 190cm. Her mother was nearly 170cm. And then there was her—the shortest one in the family!

A family of giants, and she was the lone shortie. Why did life treat her this way?

Watching her sob dramatically on the ground, the servants nearby were all used to it by now. Better to wait until the little ancestor finished rolling around before cleaning up.

Minister Lin awkwardly cleared his throat and tossed the tree branch aside. Honestly, he didn’t even feel like hitting her anymore.

“Just now this wasn’t my fault! Who told you to suddenly kneel down like that? If you hadn’t knelt, this wouldn’t have happened in the first place!”

System: 【Exactly, exactly! You knelt way too fast. You should’ve done a 360-degree Thomas spin before kneeling down. Now that would’ve been stylish!】

Lin Mo furiously yelled at the system: 【I swear, this system is getting more and more ridiculous. What kind of normal person needs to do a 360-degree Thomas spin to apologize?!】

Everyone: …You’re talking like you’re normal.

Madam Lin looked at her youngest daughter, who was rolling all over the ground, and felt utterly frustrated. “Lin Mo’er! You’re washing that outfit yourself! Look at the mess you made—just because your father jumped over your head? It’s not like it’s a big deal! Who said getting jumped over means you won’t grow tall?”

The moment Lin Mo heard this, she sprang up and scooted over to her father, seriously saying, “Dad, then let me jump over you, okay?”

Minister Lin took a deep breath and pushed her face away. “Go away! Before I actually lose my temper, get out of here!”

Hearing that, Lin Mo pouted and started wailing again. “Nooo, I won’t!”

Seeing her daughter wear the exact same expression as her husband with that very similar face, Madam Lin’s mouth twitched slightly.

Even after all these years, every time she saw that face doing this, it still shocked her.

“How about you just let her jump once? She’ll quiet down afterward.” Madam Lin decided to send her husband on this mission.

Minister Lin stared at her in disbelief, his eyes filled with shock.

Wife! Are you serious? We’re the closest people in the world, and you want me to do this humiliating thing for that brat?!

Madam Lin could tell what he was thinking just from his expression. She leaned close to his ear and whispered, “Just coax her a little. Honestly, it was your fault earlier. You could’ve dodged sideways, but you had to jump over her head?”

“She looks so much like you. Watching her cry with that same face makes me uncomfortable. Why do the two older ones not resemble you much, but this little one looks exactly like you?”

Minister Lin glanced at Lin Mo, who was crying with a snotty, teary face, and felt a pang in his chest.

Lin Mo had inherited his features. That tear-streaked, snot-smeared face—ugh, it really was hard to look at.

Don’t be fooled by Minister Lin’s stiff appearance—he was quite proud of his looks. Without this face, how else would he have snagged such a beautiful wife so quickly back in the day?

So over the years, he had taken great care of his appearance. Though he was over forty, he looked barely in his early thirties—fair-skinned, clean-shaven, taut skin, and handsome features. Just standing outside would make heads turn.

Plus, his age gave him a calm and refined aura that made him even more charming.

But now this brat, with a face just like his, was crying like this—it was just too upsetting!

“Fine, fine! I’ll bend over and let you jump. No idea who you got this stubborn temper from,” Minister Lin sighed as he bent down.

The moment Lin Mo heard that, her tears disappeared in an instant. She immediately took a running start and bam!—leaped straight onto her dad’s back.

Wahoo! She didn’t jump over him at all!

The system burst out laughing again: 【Hahahaha! You overestimated your abilities. Your vertical leap isn’t enough—you just ended up riding on your dad’s back!】

Lin Qi and Lin Ran both sighed and looked away. She’s really hard to deal with.

Sitting on her dad’s back, Lin Mo suddenly felt strange—it was like reliving her childhood.

As that thought crossed her mind, she gave his sides a little squeeze with her legs and instinctively said, “Dad, giddy up!”

Minister Lin immediately swatted her from behind. “You little rascal—you’re really asking for it!”

After taking a slap, Lin Mo did a backflip off his back, then strutted away in a carefree swagger.

Seeing the father and daughter start chasing each other again, the other three members of the Lin family were completely speechless.

Lin Qi rubbed his forehead and said with a sigh, “Why do I suddenly feel like I’m carrying a huge burden? I should go study—there’s an exam coming up soon.”

While other families were stressing over the palace exam, theirs didn’t seem to care at all.

That’s because their resident troublemaker stirred up weird and wild chaos every single day, so compared to that, exams really didn’t seem like much.

This whole scene at the Lin house didn’t take long to spread through the entire capital—after all, plenty of people were secretly keeping tabs (gossiping) on them.

When it came to Lin Mo, people were always caught between anger, fondness, and frustration. She was a good person—but her brain just didn’t work like everyone else’s.

Following her for gossip was fun—but not so fun when you became the gossip.

This time, Lin Mo got beaten so badly she couldn’t get out of bed for two days. The switches didn’t cause major injuries, but they hurt!

It wasn’t until the day of Lin Qi’s palace exam that Lin Mo finally reappeared in public.

System: 【Charge! Let’s go! There are some major juicy scandals today!】

Such an important event was bound to be recorded by the imperial historians. As an assistant, Lin Mo naturally had to be on-site—after all, she was there to enjoy the drama!