Sure enough, Yan Jingzhe, who received the notice, looked calm, but after a pause, he said,

"You can figure it out on your own, can you?"

Shen Lin nodded: "It's just a trivial matter, it's just a bit of a waste of time." ”

Hearing this, Yan Jingzhe nodded and didn't ask any more.

In fact, usually Shen Lin will directly tell Yan Jingzhe where he is going, but today's Shen Lin will not.

She didn't want Yan Jingzhe to know that she went to Shen Aoming, even though she didn't even know what the resistance was and where it came from.

Shen Lin didn't speak, and Yan Jingzhe didn't ask, so she covered it up vaguely.

The next day,

Shen Lin worked until 11:30 p.m. when she received a call from Shen Aoming, saying that she had sent a driver to wait for her in her studio downstairs.

Hanging up the phone, Shen Lin briefly explained some things to Lorina, and then left.

After getting into the car, Shen Lin was taken out of the commercial street by the driver and taken to an old-fashioned hot pot restaurant with ordinary decoration in the east of the city.

The plaques and façade of the hot pot restaurant are old, but the business looks good.

Perhaps, the boss is a nostalgic person.

This place, she had been to before, not often.

She liked to eat hot pot when she was a child, but her mother didn't have any money. Only when she did particularly well on her exams would her mom take her out to eat, usually coming to this restaurant.

Later, her mother died, and she was taken over by Shen Aoming, the so-called biological father.

Shen Lin knew that the actual person in charge of the Shen family was Wang Qin, and Shen Aoming even married Wang Qin in order to go to the next level. It is conceivable that he will not go against Wang Qin's intentions.

Probably, she and her mother were the only resistance and demonstrations between Shen Aoming and Wang Qin.

Therefore, she didn't have any status in front of Shen Ziyan, so she could only watch with her eyes, and even some things had to be snatched away by Shen Ziyan, such as the rag doll sewn by her mother, which was torn apart when she was snatched away by Shen Ziyan.

Shen Aoming was really sad to see her crying, it was her birthday, so he suddenly kindly asked her what she wanted and wanted to compensate her.

She only talked about hot pot, and later Shen Aoming took her to this restaurant where she used to eat with her mother.

Later, when she had her own pocket money and was able to work, she secretly saved it, and when she finished her exams, she would invite herself to dinner.

Shen Lin didn't expect Shen Aoming to remember this hot pot restaurant after so long.

The moment she pushed the door in, she smelled a familiar smell, neither the smell nor the decoration had changed, and the decoration inside was still old-fashioned.

When she walked in, the boss's eyes widened and he looked juicy, and he stepped forward to hold her hand.

Because the boss recognized her, and Shen Lin didn't expect the boss to come in person. After shaking hands, the boss smiled and said, "You're the genius designer in the news." Real people are more beautiful than photos! You're our pride here. ”

Shen Lin could only smile slightly with a hint of embarrassment. In fact, the boss cannot be blamed for this. It's strange that the boss can recognize her, because she hasn't been here in a long time. After Shen Lin explained her purpose, the boss took her to the private box where Shen Aoming was.

As soon as the door opened, Shen Lin saw Shen Aoming sitting in the main seat, with several plates of mutton, fat beef, hairy tripe, fresh shrimp, mushrooms and green vegetables in front of her, all of which she liked to eat back then. Even the bottom of the pot she likes is the spiciest.

Shen Lin didn't expect this, Shen Aoming actually remembered her preferences.

"Coming? Sit down. ”

Shen Aoming looked up and saw that it was Shen Lin. He immediately waved his hand, said hello, and even pointed to his side.

Shen Lin didn't say anything, just walked quietly, sitting on Shen Aoming's left hand side, with a chair in between.

Seeing Shen Lin's estrangement, Shen Aoming was a little stunned, but soon regained his initial enthusiasm.

"I remember you used to like to come here for hot pot. Come on, it's all your favorite food. Hurry up and eat it. ”

Shen Aoming pointed to the plate on the table and smiled at Shen Lin.

The last time they saw each other was at Shen Ao's 60th birthday party.

Shen Lin still remembered that when Shen Aoming saw her, he was not as happy as he is now, but serious and solemn, as if he had seen something unclean.

On the contrary, the current Shen Aoming is like a loving father, as if he has not seen his beloved daughter for a long time.

Shen Lin looked at him, she didn't move her chopsticks, she didn't even put her hands on the table.

She just wanted to see how enthusiastic Shen Aoming would be. Unexpectedly, Shen Aoming just glanced at her, and when he saw that she didn't move his chopsticks, he picked up the meat on the plate and went down to the pot.

"This is the second time we've seen each other since you got home."

Shen Lin didn't speak, just stared at the bubbling red oil pot.

"When people get older, they get less sleep. When I have insomnia at night, I always think, why don't you come to see me when you say you're willing to give me such an expensive car on my birthday? ”

"It's just a car, it's not a big deal."

Shen Lin said, picked up the chopsticks at hand, and scooped up the cooked meat in the pot.

From entering the house to now, so many deliberate pretenses have been made, and only this sentence has successfully made Shen Aoming show embarrassing emotions.

Obviously, Shen Lin wanted to tell Shen Aoming that she just gave him a car casually, so he didn't have to take it too seriously.

But how could Shen Aoming understand Shen Lin's words and take them seriously?

"You've been different from your sister since you were a child. Your sister will say what she has to say, but no matter what you do that is commendable, you will not say it. ”

Shen Aoming spoke with a sincere look, really like a loving father.

If Shen Lin hadn't gone through those days when she wouldn't be affirmed no matter how hard she tried, she might have really believed what Shen Aoming said.

Shen Lin quietly chewed the meat in her mouth, feeling the same taste as before.

Shen Aoming watched her eat and continued to put the meat on the plate into the pot.

Shen Aoming sighed, as if with some regret, and continued: "Two days ago, I could only see your latest news in the newspaper. ”

Shen Lin still looked indifferent. After eating the meat on the plate, she put the nearby fluffy pork belly into the pot and washed it with trepidation. When she had collected enough, she put the dipping sauce in her mouth, as if she had just come to eat.

Looking at Shen Lin, who was ignoring him, Shen Aoming finally sandwiched a piece of meat into Shen Lin's bowl.

"My daughter is promising, but I know you only think of me as a beggar."

Shen Aoming looked at Shen Lin, and there was a hint of relief and reproach in his eyes.

Shen Lin raised his head, and his voice was indifferent: "Yes, you already know." ”

Although she said this to Shen Aoming, her eyes were still fixed on the red oil pan, and her chopsticks had no intention of stopping.

No matter how good-tempered and enthusiastic a person is, when she encounters her indifferent attitude, it is difficult to accept or even endure it, but Shen Aoming is not in a hurry to get angry at all.

"I know that the reality is far worse than what you told me yourself."

Shen Aoming sighed and fed himself. He frowned and looked at the somewhat unpleasant smell of mutton. He took two fat cows from one side, soaked them in the pot a few times, put them in his mouth, and covered them.

Then he ate the fat cow, but he didn't see Shen Aoming's expression improve, and then Shen Aoming put down his chopsticks, covered his mouth with a napkin, spit out the meat, wrapped it and put it aside. Shen Lin watched his movements, her heart was cold.

What hasn't changed is still not changed. Something in essence cannot be changed or hidden at will.

His behavior now is what he is.

For Shen Aoming, this seems to be unseemly, Shen Lin didn't feel much novelty, this is normal.

In fact, this hot pot restaurant is not an informal and unhygienic shop, but it is still much worse than the places that Shen Aoming often visits. Of course, there aren't many high-end ingredients.

"These are cheap things, you can't get used to them, don't force them."

Shen Lin said, took a large amount of chopsticks and put it in his mouth, as if he was deliberately sarcastic about Shen Aoming.

She used to think she couldn't adapt to these things. But the past is used to it after all. Even when her mother brought her to dinner for the first time, she didn't notice the quality of the meat at all, and it was already a luxury to be able to eat it.

"What kind of food is expensive? I just haven't eaten meat in a long time. When I chewed on the meat, it seemed to smell fishy. ”

Looking at the embarrassed Shen Lin, Shen Aoming quickly squeezed out a smile, picked up a squid, and threw it into the pot.

"Squid is even more embarrassing." Shen Lin picked up the small colander next to him and pulled it twice in the pot. She scooped up the squid, still steaming.

"This thing was thrown into the pot and boiled, and it shrank, so it was hard to find."

For a moment, Shen Aoming seemed to have returned to the past, but it was obviously not the same as the past.

When he was a child, he didn't like to speak, so he always kept a straight face and looked like a coffin board, so Shen Lin at that time often retreated because of low self-esteem and refused to speak.

Today's Shen Lin also faced him with a coffin-like indifferent face, but inside, she was strong and indifferent.

It's as if the gentle person who wished him a happy 60th birthday at a birthday party was not her at all.

"You've suffered a lot abroad in the last four years!"

Shen Aoming knew that he shouldn't bring up this topic. After all, he was the one who threw Shen Lin abroad for four years and ignored it.

But if you don't mention it, you can't continue the conversation below.

How to answer this question?

Honestly? But she didn't want to be seen as a joke, and she thought she was weak, especially Shen Aoming.

After a long silence, Shen Lin just replied, "Well, but that's okay. ”

"It must have been very difficult to achieve something so great." Shen Aoming looked at Shen Lin and said with emotion.

Shen Lin didn't want to pay attention to him at all, and still ate her own.

"Let's go see your mother."

When Shen Aoming said this, Shen Lin was putting the hairy belly in the red oil pan, repeating the action of dipping sauce. When the sound landed, the hairy belly stayed in mid-air and stopped for a while.

The second hand seems to be rusty and moves very slowly.

After a while, I saw that the hairy belly was back in the pot.

only listened to Shen Aoming and then continued: "You have been away for four years, it's time to talk to your mother." ”

In the end, Shen Lin put down his chopsticks and looked directly at Shen Aoming, who said very sadly, but the expression on his face was very calm and not as he said.