On the way back to send his sister back, Lin Zi couldn't help but speak after thinking about it for a long time.

"Annie, you and Eric ......"

"Huh? What's wrong with Eric?"

Li Annie sat in Lin Zitan's car, looking out the window, Manhattan at night was really brilliant, Li Annie actually rarely had such a chance to appreciate it.

"You're friends with Eric?"

Lin Zitan couldn't help but ask.

"What? What kind of friends to talk about?...... No, are you talking about a relationship? Dude, what do you want? Eric is your friend, you don't know how old he is?

Isn't it? That's what he told you? That's too ...... Proper old cows eat tender grass!"

Lin Zitan didn't expect Anne to be more excited than him after hearing this, and couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth, thinking that all this was all Eric guy's own passion!

"You mean you don't feel anything about him?"

Lin Zitan said tentatively again.

"No, I swear, if I hadn't known he was your friend, I wouldn't have seen him......, wouldn't I?

Li Annie said with a ghostly expression.

Thinking of Eric's affectionate appearance before Li Annie arrived at the restaurant, Lin Zitan could only sympathize with him silently for a second.

"Then you know that you can't just go out with others in the future, right?"

Lin Zitan was not at ease, but he still knocked on the side of the tunnel.

"Does my brother think I'm the kind of little girl who is particularly easy to be deceived?haha~ Mom is stricter than you, otherwise your sister and I wouldn't even have a first love by now~"

Annie Li said with a smile.

Lin Zitan didn't expect Li Annie to have this attitude towards Eric, and he didn't expect that his sister was now 21 years old and had never even been in love.

"I'm sorry, it's my brother who usually doesn't care about you too much~"

After being silent for a while, Lin Zitan finally sighed and said in shame.

"Brother, don't say that, you are busy enough to work on weekdays, and you have to take care of your own family, my mother and I understand you very well, besides...... Actually, I don't care so much about the so-called love......

When I was a child, I saw that my parents had such a good relationship, I used to think that it was love, across regions, races, and different cultural backgrounds, two people walked together, supported each other, and understood each other......

Pity...... Brother, can you tell me why Dad did that, why did he hit Mom?"

Speaking of this, Li Annie suddenly became sad, she looked at Lin Zitan's eyes, as if she wanted to see the answer from his eyes, but unfortunately, the flickering lights made her unable to see Lin Zitan's expression clearly.

After holding each other for a few seconds, Li Annie still turned her head out of the window, it was already dark outside the car window at this moment, and on the way to Long Island, only the dim street lamps illuminated their way home.

Lin Zitan discussed the question about Mike with Li Annie for the first time, in fact, it was not a discussion, it was just a unilateral question from Li Annie, and he didn't know how to answer.

"I don't know why, but I'm sure Mike really loves you!"

After Lin Zi was silent for a long time, he still said the only answer in his heart!

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After sending Li Annie home, Lin Zitan went back, and on the way back, he received a call from Eric without accident, asking him if he was unhappy that he was pursuing Li Annie.

"Eric, if it were your sister, would you be willing to let her fall in love with someone 20 years older than her? Maybe you don't think it's a big deal because of your different cultural backgrounds, but to be honest, I'm really unhappy.

I hope she finds someone who is the same age as her, has a common language, and can accompany her to old age, I hope you can understand the feeling of being an older brother~"

Lin Zitan's emotions that had been suppressed for a night finally broke out at this moment, facing Li Annie, he may still have a trace of guilt, but in the face of Eric, he must argue with confidence.

"Uh...... I really didn't think age would be the biggest issue, do you have any other concerns besides age?"

Eric hesitated, still unrelenting.

"It's not just a matter of age, Eric, I don't think my mother can agree to it, and besides, the little girl doesn't have this consideration, I still hope you don't bother her in the future. ”

Lin Zitan could only say ruthlessly.

"This ...... Marriage and love are free, you have been in the United States for so many years, you will not be so unenlightened, right? In the same way, do you want your family to interfere in your feelings?"

Eric was silent for a moment, then immediately retorted.

"I don't think I can explain it clearly in a few words, we Chinese have stricter requirements for girls, but in the end, which person she will choose to marry, of course, is her own subjective consciousness is the most important!

But now Anne says she doesn't have that kind of idea for you at all, so I hope you don't bother her~"

Lin Zitan found that this Eric was easy to drill the horns, which may be the only thing he regretted about this friend, Lao Mei's love came when he said it.

The last time I saw him, he was still fascinated by the beauty of Florida, and it was only a long time before he was empathetic!

"I don't think you should have age prejudice in love, if she really doesn't feel for me, then I won't force it, but you can't deprive me of my right to pursue her.

So...... Your so-called don't bother, I'll just listen to her say no to me personally, otherwise I'll have to try, not to mention that I really like him!"

Eric still didn't seem to understand Lin Zitan's real concern, but became more and more frustrated.

When Eric hung up the phone, the car was right under their shared apartment, and when he looked up, he could even see a vague figure on the balcony on the top floor.

Lin Zitan pinched his eyebrows, this is his sister Li Annie, if it is his youngest daughter in the future, he doesn't know how much to worry about, but when he thinks of his youngest daughter Beibei, the corners of Lin Zitan's mouth can't help but raise a knowing smile.

People say that the daughter is the father's little lover in the last life, Mike and Anne have a very good relationship, to him, the daughter is even more intimate little padded jacket, every time he comes home from work, the little girl will run out to hug him and kiss him first.

He thought of Mike from himself, and if Mike was still alive, he believed that Mike would not agree to Annie finding an old man who was 20 years older than her, uh...... Old?

Eric is actually two years older than himself, if Eric is already an old man in his eyes, then what about himself?

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Just a few days later, Li Manrui called Lin Zitan and said that he was asking him to go home, Lin Zitan asked her if there was something wrong, but Li Manrui only said it at home.

At first, Lin Zitan thought that Li Manrui was going to discuss Annie's matter, so he also thought of a rhetoric, but this girl had returned to school a few days since the last time they met, and she didn't know if Li Manrui knew about it.

At 11 a.m. on Saturday, Lin Zitan took his wife and children to Li Manrui's old house on Long Island, in fact, Lin Zitan had already bought a bigger house in the neighborhood.

He told Li Manrui many times that she just didn't want to move over, and said that she was the same wherever she lived, and she was used to living here or something!

"What? You want to redecorate the house? What are you...... Finally figured it out?"

After lunch, watching the children and grandpa planting vegetables in the yard, Emma was busy recording videos for them, and Li Manrui explained the purpose of asking Lin Zi to come over.

"There's nothing I can't figure out, I just think that everyone has to look forward, there is no hurdle that can't be passed, and Anne has grown up, and she will have her own home in the future, and this will one day only become a frame of photos in our memory~"

With that, Li Manrui looked up at the balcony of the study that belonged to Mike, and then turned her gaze to the parents and children in the courtyard.