Chapter 4: The One-Year Covenant

"Xiao Chen, get up and have breakfast!"

In his sleep, Lin Chen was woken up by a knock on the door, and when he opened his eyes dimly, he saw a middle-aged woman with a thin figure and a kind face standing at the door.

"Mom, what time is it?"

Rubbing his eyes, Lin Chen asked. After signing up as a streamer, he felt that it was still early, so he simply went back to bed and continued to sleep, and as a result, he slept until dawn.

"It's almost half past seven, get up quickly, you have to go to the talent market to find a job in the morning!" Lin Ma said softly.

"Oh, good!"

He nodded subconsciously, and only after answering did he react that he had decided not to look for a job to become an online anchor. Just as he wanted to speak, Mother Lin turned around and walked out.

"Then hurry up and change your clothes and come out to eat!"

Seeing that Mother Lin closed the door, Lin Chen opened his mouth and still didn't shout. He knows his mother's expectations of him, and hopes that he can find a serious job after graduation, does not require him to compensate his family, and hopes that he can support himself, but the network anchor is not within the scope of a serious profession, and his parents have never heard of this profession.

"System, how do you think I'm going to convince my parents!" Lin Chen said silently in his heart.

"Host, you have to be a big star in five years!" the system's answer still left him speechless.

"Come on, I know I can't count on you!" Lin Chen couldn't help but complain in his heart, and then forcibly cheered up and encouraged: "Come on Lin Chen, the road to a big anchor starts with convincing your parents!"

After the encouragement, he got up and changed his clothes, walked out of the bedroom in a majestic manner, and rushed straight to the bathroom like a soldier about to go to battle.

Well, before convincing your parents, it is more important to solve your life's problems first.

After washing, he came to the small living room refreshingly. The house where Lin Chen's family lives is not big, although the area is sixty or seventy square meters, it is very crowded, the whole house is divided into two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a small living room, it belongs to the old-fashioned crowded room type, every inch of space is used to the extreme, and their family of four lives in this small house.

Lin Chen has long been an adult, and he has a separate bedroom. My younger sister Lin Yun is still young, a sophomore in high school this year, usually lives in the school, and temporarily lives in the master bedroom with her parents. The middle of the master bedroom is separated by a wooden plank, and her parents live outside, and Lin Yun lives in the inner room.

As for why Lin Yun didn't live in Lin Chen's house, because her parents only rented the house last year, and the family of four used to be crammed into two dilapidated bungalows.

In Lin Chen's heart, that small courtyard recorded all his memories from elementary school to junior high school to high school to college, and that was his childhood, although it was not too beautiful.

That is, after he entered the university, he began to do some part-time jobs to help reduce some of the burden on the family, and after his grandparents passed away one after another, and his parents did not have to bear the sky-high medical expenses, the family's situation began to improve. Four years ago, the slightly dilapidated detached house in front of them was an existence that they could not hope for.

After entering the small living room, Father Lin was drinking porridge, and after seeing him, he put down the bowl and criticized twice: "Get up early in the future, you will go to work very early in the future, it is not as easy as you used to be, you can sleep until what time you want." If you are late, the leader will definitely have an opinion!"

Regarding Father Lin's criticism, Lin Chen nodded resignedly, and hurriedly sat in his place.

To be honest, he has been afraid of his father since he was a child, Father Lin does not smile, and he and his sister have not seen Father Lin's smiling face at home. During the rebellious period, he had a lot of resentment with the man in front of him, who was not tall and had a simple face, thinking that he was always arguing with his mother and that he did not love him. It was only when he grew up that he slowly understood how much pressure the man he called his father was under.

He and Lin Yun's tuition fees, living expenses, and medical expenses after his grandparents were sick and hospitalized, all the pressure was on Lin's father's not tall body, he could only grit his teeth and move forward, never shouting bitterness or tiredness in front of them. He and Mama Lin silently undertook everything to give them a happy family as much as possible.

From that time on, his dissatisfaction and complaints about his father all turned into respect, and he was proud to have such a father.

Lin Chen didn't speak, but Lin's mother retorted: "Xiao Chen has just graduated, and he used to go to school so hard, what's wrong with resting for a while?" After finishing speaking, he put the porridge fritters in front of him and said to him, "Let's eat, don't pay attention to him!"

After Mother Lin finished speaking, Father Lin didn't say anything, picked up the bowl and continued to eat.

Father Lin didn't speak, Lin Chen didn't know what to say, he didn't know how to convince his parents, so he could only eat mechanically.

Seeing him like this, Mother Lin asked distressedly: "Xiao Chen, are you feeling unwell?" I heard a movement in your room last night, and I wanted to go over to take a look, but your father had to stop me, are you okay?"

Lin Chen hadn't answered yet, but Father Lin said dissatisfiedly: "He is twenty-two years old this year, and he is not a child. We're all at home, don't make a fuss about what can happen to him!"

At this time, he realized that his big movement in the middle of the night was not because he didn't wake up his parents, but because Father Lin stopped him and didn't disturb him.

Dad is too relieved of himself. Lin Chen couldn't cry or laugh, he really didn't know whether to thank his father or complain about him, but one thing his father said was right, he was already twenty-two years old, he was no longer a child, and many things needed to be decided by himself.

Thinking of this, he put down the bowl, looked at his parents and said, "Mom and Dad, I have something I want to discuss with you!"

Father Lin raised his head and looked at Lin Chen in surprise, it was the first time he heard his son talking to him in this tone.

"What's the matter?" Mama Lin didn't think much about it, and asked directly.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Chen was ruthless in his heart, and said firmly to his parents: "I don't want to go to the talent market, I want to be an online anchor at home!"

"Network anchor?" Father Lin and Mother Lin glanced at each other, but Mother Lin asked hesitantly: "What is the profession of network anchor?

After finishing speaking, Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, the matter had to be resolved, and his parents' reaction was not as fierce as he imagined, which made him a lot easier.

Hearing this, he hurriedly explained: "Online anchoring is the hottest profession among young people now, and you can broadcast live as long as you stay at home. For example, playing games, singing, chatting with the audience, if the audience is interested, they will give rewards, as long as they do well, they will earn millions of dollars every month!"

In order to impress his parents, Lin Chen didn't mind painting a big cake for his parents. He firmly believes that with the system, a monthly income of millions is not a dream, but a goal that he must achieve.

The parents didn't know what the nature of the online live broadcast was, but after listening to it, Lin Ma changed her attitude just now and denied: "I really don't understand what the profession of an online anchor is, but playing games and chatting at home is definitely not a legitimate profession, let alone millions, even if it is tens of millions, I don't agree with you to be an anchor!"

Lin Ma didn't believe that the online anchor could earn millions a month at all, compared to the bigger pie, she hoped that Lin Chen could be more down-to-earth and not think nonsense.

"Mom, anchoring is the latest profession, and it is indeed different from the serious profession in your eyes. But I promise you, this profession will definitely make money. It's hard to say more, at least it can make you and your father a little less tired!" Lin Chen had already been mentally prepared for rejection, and comforted him bitterly.

"We are your parents, as long as you are sensible, we are willing to work hard and tired!" Mother Lin thought that Lin Chen's idea was unrealistic, and said bitterly.

Mother Lin said this, Lin Chen knew that it was difficult to continue persuading, and it was difficult for him to persuade his parents in his own way. This is actually a generation gap, not that the parents' ideas are wrong, but their thinking is still stuck in a few decades ago, and they have been slightly detached from the real world. They use their own ideas to plan Lin Chen's life, and only then will there be contradictions.

Just when he wanted to give up, Father Lin, who had been silent, suddenly said, "Xiao Chen, do you really want to be an online anchor?"

The mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village, Father Lin's question made Lin Chen's mood instantly high, and he nodded hurriedly: "Yes, I want to give it a try!"

Hearing Lin Chen's answer, Father Lin suddenly smiled, and a simple smile bloomed on his wrinkled face: "Then try it, I'm old with your mother, and we don't understand the world of your young people." If you think you can, do what you want!"

"But......" Mother Lin was anxious, she didn't agree with Lin Chen to be an online anchor at all.

Before Mother Lin could finish speaking, Father Lin waved his hand to interrupt her: "Okay, Xiao Chen has grown up, he should make decisions about his life, even if we as parents can't support him, don't hold him back!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked at Lin Chen seriously: "But I hope you can understand my thoughts with your mother, we want you to live a better life, and I don't want you to achieve nothing, so I want to make an agreement with you!"

"What agreement?" As long as his parents agree, he will agree to any agreement.

Father Lin stretched out a finger: "One year, you only have one year, if you don't have any achievements in the network anchor after a year, then give up and listen to my arrangement with your mother to find a serious job!"

A year?

Lin Chen nodded directly: "No problem, just one year, if I don't have any results after a year, I will give up the network anchor!"

With the help of the system, if he can't make results in a year, he should really give up.

"Well, you can do what you want to do in this year, and I hope you can succeed in a year!" Father Lin said softly, a blessing and an expectation.

In any case, it is a joy that my son has finally begun to decide his own life.

After finishing speaking, he stood up and walked out of the door, and seeing his movements, Lin Ma also walked out. In the distance, Lin Chen heard a conversation.

"We don't know what an online anchor is, how can you promise Xiao Chen!"

"The child has grown up, let's not care too much, Xiao Chen will let him break if he is willing to break in, no matter what, we won't starve him if we have a bowl of rice to eat!" Father Lin's tone was still flat.

"Don't talk about it, I'll go out and do a few more jobs, Xiao Yun will take the college entrance examination next year, it's the time to use money, I originally hoped that Xiao Chen could help, but now let him take care of himself first!"

"But can your waist hold it?" asked Mama Lin worriedly.

"I'm not even fifty years old, how can I not hold on, don't worry, I've survived the hard days, if I can train Xiao Chen to become a college student, I must also train Xiao Yun to become a college student!"

The voice gradually disappeared, and in the small living room, Lin Chen clasped his hands tightly and muttered, "Lin Chen, you must succeed, you must!"