Chapter 17: Dialogue between Adults
As soon as Mike came in, he saw that Lin Zitan had woken up, and the two looked at each other for a moment, and they looked a little embarrassed, but soon he said in a gentle tone:
"Your mom went and asked when you could eat, you should be hungry too, right? She just bought you a hot noodle soup!"
In Mike's opinion, he has never treated this child badly, even if Lin Zitan is not his own, he will treat him like his own child, providing him with food, shelter, and schooling, and these small amounts of money are not worth mentioning to him at all.
What's more, he had already done a property notarization before marriage, anyway, Lin Zitan had no right to inherit his dime inheritance. It's just that what he hasn't been able to understand is why this kid has been messing with him from the moment he gets off the plane, as if he and Marry are enemies of him, so he has become more and more unaccustomed to this kid's attitude in the past two years.
Education in the United States is very open, equality and mutual respect are encouraged between parents and children, and he feels that this child lacks such awareness, while his mother is always blindly conniving, which makes him very puzzled and angry.
Especially looking at Li Manrui's appearance of being wronged but holding back, Mike occasionally couldn't help but say a few more words about Li Manrui's education methods, but what he got was the incomprehension of the mother and son, and over time, the relationship between him and the child became more alienated and more difficult to communicate.
Just like now, when a normal child sees an adult coming in, he must say hello somewhat! But look at this child half-lying there, looking like he is about to die, and the most hateful thing is that he doesn't seem to take himself seriously at all! Mike was hesitating to go out to find Li Manrui, but suddenly heard the child's unprecedented opening!
"Thank you~"
Lin Zitan glanced at the tall man who was a little cramped, and said very politely, although he knew that Lin Zitan would definitely be very reluctant for him to do this, but since he decided to live, why didn't he hug this ready-made golden thigh? Not to mention that he was still under the eaves of others!
Mike's expression was also a look of surprise, this was the first time the child had spoken to him calmly, and it was a grateful thank you!
"You're welcome~"
Mike paced in, trying to pretend to be calm, pulled the chair next to the bed and sat down, and just as he didn't know what to say to the rebellious child next, he heard Lin Zitan's cold voice sound again.
"She's pregnant, be nice to her!"
Lin Zitan looked into his eyes and said calmly, as if he was trying to express his seriousness.
This time, Mike's eyes widened, not because of Li Manrui's pregnancy, but because he was shocked that the child would say such a thing to him today.
"Don't worry, my own woman, I'll take care of her!" Mike, a slightly macho Italian-American, said this with such arrogance and naturalness that it was hard to doubt his words.
"It's you... Seeing that Lin Zitan's expression had not changed in particular, Mike tentatively continued what he wanted to say.
"If you can make her worry a little easier, I think she will be better off!" Seeing Lin Zitan's eyes flashing, but it was rare that he didn't refute what he said at all, Mike suddenly became bolder.
"You're going to be an adult soon, I hope you can communicate and communicate with us like an adult, tell me or Marry what you think, so that I think we will get along more harmoniously and more happily!"
Mike felt that today's Lin Zitan seemed to be very different from weekdays, and took advantage of Li Manrui's absence, so he said everything he wanted to say in one go.
"......." Lin Zitan looked at this foreigner who spoke matter-of-fact lightly, and was also very curious about the reason why Lin Zitan hated him before, was it just because this man married his mother? Or was it just to be angry with Li Manrui?
Because judging from Mike's tone and attitude just now, he is not a difficult person to get along with, and he is still interested in Li Manrui, although this man also has some of Lao Mei's usual arrogance and self-righteousness.
"Daniel is awake?"
Lin Zitan hesitated for a moment, and when he didn't know how to answer Mike, Li Manrui, who went out to consult the nurse's precautions, pushed the door and walked in, and saw that Lin Zi was awake, and his face couldn't hide a little excitement.
Li Manrui was afraid that the two of them would be as tense as before when they met, so after asking the nurse, they hurriedly walked back, who knew that pushing the door in, but felt that there was an unusual atmosphere in the ward, Lin Zitan did not glare at Mike, and Mike was not so commanding as usual, but the two of them were uncharacteristically peaceful.
"Uh, you guys ... It's okay, right?" Li Manrui looked left and right at the looks of the two of them, and asked cautiously tentatively.
"It's okay, you can dry the oxtail powder for me, I'm a little hungry!" Lin Zi glanced at Mike, who was about to answer, and said quickly.
"Oh, okay, let the driver drive it fast, this soup is still hot~" Li Manrui said while quickly opening the package, mixing the soup noodles in two places, and handing it to Lin Zitan, who was sitting there on the bed, and just wanted to help him separate the disposable chopsticks, he heard Lin Zitan say lightly.
"I'll do it myself!"
"Oh, okay, eat slowly, it's still hot!" Li Manrui handed the chopsticks to Lin Zitan, and quickly put the toilet paper on the bed by Lin Zitan's hand.
"Why don't you go back, I'm okay here, I'll call you when the report comes out, and I'll ask Zhang Jinglai to bring me something to eat in the evening!" Lin Zitan said while sucking the powder into his mouth, and said angrily to Li Manrui, who was looking at him.
"Ah, it's okay, Mom is not tired, you can eat first!" Li Manrui glanced at Mike, who hadn't spoken since he came in, and was worried that Mike would blame her for doting on her children, but she was reluctant to leave such a well-behaved and obedient son.
"I have a drinking party in the evening that I need you to join me, and I'm sure Daniel can take care of himself. Unexpectedly, Mike said at this time.
"Cocktail party?" Li Manrui hadn't heard Mike mention it before, so he looked at Mike in a little surprise.
"You guys go get busy, I'm fine!" Lin Zitan put down his chopsticks, looked at Li Manrui's hesitant eyes, and said very seriously.
"Look, Daniel is grown up now, you don't have to worry so much all the time, not to mention that you are not feeling well~" Mike finally said what Lin Zitan really cared about.
"Yes, let's go back quickly!" Lin Zitan said a little impatiently.
Li Manrui looked at her husband, then at her son, and finally decided to leave with Mike.
Although his son has been a little abnormal since yesterday, at least it has changed for the better, maybe an accident really made the child grow up and sensible, thinking of this, Li Manrui was also a little relieved. With Mike's support, he reluctantly left Lin Zitan's ward.
"Huh~" As soon as the door of the ward closed, Lin Zitan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, he felt that Li Manrui still cared about this son very much, not the resentment and hatred that Lin Zitan originally thought.
Lin Zitan felt that his mother had abandoned him, so he was prejudiced, while Li Manrui felt that he owed his son, and with guilt, neither of them stood in the right angle to understand and communicate the crux of the problem.
"We have to find a way to change Li Manrui's education method, like Mike said, how good is it for everyone to communicate equally and democratically?" Lin Zitan was eating dried oxtail noodles that he had been gluttonous for two days, while silently planning how to make Li Manrui believe that he was no longer a child!
After eating, Lin Zitan finally had time to open the schoolbag that Li Manrui put on the bedside, he had to hurry up to see what the textbook of the third year of high school looked like, of course, it must be different from China, but the knowledge of domestic high schools is relatively deep, especially mathematics, physics and chemistry, he only expects that mathematics, physics and chemistry here will be easier, so that if he works hard for a year and a half, he may be able to go to a good university for further study.
"Jingle bell~" Just as he was thinking, the phone placed next to the pillow suddenly rang.