Chapter 40: The Improvised Interlude
Lin Jia belongs to the kind of person who has to do what he thinks of and has to complete what he does, such as the fact that she sent her daughter abroad. Lin Jia doesn't have much culture herself, and her academic qualifications were completely mixed up. And after the divorce, she felt that she owed her daughter something, if she could let her daughter learn more things and return to China in the future to have a better job, then Lin Jia would have a wish.
Before divorcing Xiao Shaohui before, she would discuss many things with her husband, after all, Xiao Shaohui was safe, assertive, and had ideas. That's because you don't have to worry too much about family affairs and work matters, everything is Xiao Shaohui. And now in the past few years, she has developed a habit of not discussing anything with anyone, and is completely in charge of her own decisions.
So she started to implement it without hesitation after deciding, although she knew that there were a lot of troubles in the middle, first of all, it was a matter of money, but fortunately, now there is Zhang Jiuen, the restaurant, and Xiao Shaohui, with the strength of the three of them, money should not be a big problem, the question is whether these two men can help her.
She told Zhang Jiuen about this matter first, mainly about the money, and how much investment is needed every year is a clear account.
Although Zhang Jiuen hesitated a little, he calculated carefully, if the hotel is run by Lin Jia, he doesn't have much to do, he is light, his son is in his hometown, and he basically doesn't have to take care of his future life, and the money he earned from running a restaurant in the past few years has already bought a house for his son in his hometown, and the rest can't be managed so much.
This is equivalent to Lin Jia running a restaurant to earn money, if the money is spent on Kexin, he can also accept it, but the two of them make it clear how to divide the money earned, maybe Lin Jia will get a little more, which is also reasonable.
Lin Jia also found Xiao Shaohui, that is, the time he met Chen Hong, of course Xiao Shaohui agreed with this very much, but his teahouse had just opened, and he had a lot of investment, and he didn't have too much money on hand, so he scraped together and gave Lin Jia a sum of money, and promised that most of the profits from the teahouse would be given to Lin Jia in the future, so that she could help support Kexin to study abroad.
What Lin Jia didn't expect was that something unpleasant happened to her daughter before leaving.
Out of politeness or showing off, Lin Jia decided to say goodbye to relatives and friends before her daughter went abroad, and everyone had a meal together. But the daughter put forward another opinion, and asked Zhang Jiuen and Xiao Shaohui to eat separately. The daughter's thoughts are very clear, after she goes abroad, these two men are the most important thing to Lin Jia.
Lin Jia didn't look for Xiao Shaohui again in the process of handling his daughter's going abroad, he just took some more money from Xiao Shaohui, and the two discussed Xiao Shaohui's financial support for his daughter in the future.
Since being with Zhang Jiuen, she has cut off contact with Xiao Shaohui, and her daughter is directly in contact with Xiao Shaohui for anything, she knows that Zhang Jiuen is humble to her in terms of money, but she will be a little cautious in her feelings, and she is also to blame for this matter, sometimes when she has some small conflicts with Zhang Jiuen, she will stupidly say a lot of Xiao Shaohui's benefits and advantages, which makes Zhang Jiuen inevitably a little jealous, but there is no way, she can only be angry. Lin Jia could see that he slowly tried not to mention Xiao Shaohui's name as much as possible.
She didn't tell Zhang Jiuen when she asked Xiao Shaohui to discuss her daughter's money abroad, first, for fear that he would be jealous, and secondly, she didn't want him to know how much money Xiao Shaohui gave her. She thought that if Zhang Jiuen knew that Xiao Shaohui gave more money, he would give less. Lin Jia still understands in this regard, the two men's attitudes towards money are different, especially when it comes to spending money on their daughters, after all, it is clear that distant relatives are estranged.
Faced with her daughter's proposal, Lin Jia was a little hesitant, not that she didn't want to see Xiao Shaohui, after all, she had seen it when she asked for money, and the two of them didn't say much at that time, but just discussed the matter of her daughter going abroad. And Lin Jia didn't ask Chen Hong too much at that time, she didn't know that Xiao Shaohui and Chen Hong were good before, she hadn't contacted Xiao Shaohui for a long time, and she didn't pester him anymore, not to mention that now that she had found a boyfriend first, she couldn't restrict Xiao Shaohui anymore. She saw Xiao Shaohui's nervousness that time, and her carelessness must have surprised Xiao Shaohui a little. However, she insisted on controlling herself and not mentioning it, because her purpose in looking for Xiao Shaohui that time was clear, it was for her daughter to go abroad.
Now that her daughter proposed the final farewell party, she still agreed, after all, it would be a while for her daughter to leave, and there must be a ceremony for such a big event.
She told Zhang Jiuen about it, when she asked Xiao Shaohui for money, she didn't tell Zhang Jiuen, and Lin Jia felt that there was no need to tell him. Xiao Shaohui is his daughter's father, and it is normal for her daughter to spend money abroad, so she always has to meet Xiao Shaohui for this matter.
But this farewell meeting is a little different, although it is reasonable to say that it is in the past, but Zhang Jiuen has some entanglements.
Originally, with the contact between Lin Jia and Zhang Jiuen during this time, this matter was nothing, as long as she insisted, Zhang Jiuen could not object, but after all, she took some money from Zhang Jiuen, she felt a little indebted to the other party, if she argued with Zhang Jiuen for this matter, it would be inappropriate.
In the end, she came up with a way to get her daughter to come forward to solve the problem.
Since Lin Jia and Zhang Jiuen are together, especially living in a hotel, their daughter often comes over on weekends, and it is more frequent during holidays, Zhang Jiuen and Lin Jia's daughter get along well, Kexin is very aggressive, Zhang Jiuen also treats Kexin as his own child, and even sometimes Kexin and Lin Jia have a little conflict, and Zhang Jiuen can also mediate from it.
Kexin is able to accept Zhang Jiuen, she feels that this man is different from her father, Xiao Shaohui belongs to the kind of strict father, he is very serious about everything, and he is serious, but Zhang Jiuen is much more casual. This kind of casualness gives Kexin a lot of freedom, and it also helps them get along.
Lin Jia understands the meaning of this state very well, as long as her daughter comes forward, Zhang Jiuen will not say anything.
Kexin told Zhang Jiuen bluntly
"Uncle, I'm going to cross the ocean, can you have some food before you leave?"
Zhang Jiuen was naturally willing and put it forward.
"Okay, you're in for a treat, I'll pay for it."
Kexin said mischievously:
"That's what I meant."
Their send-off banquet ended happily, and then Kexin took advantage of the joy to say to Zhang Jiuen:
"I have one more request, and my uncle must agree to it."
Zhang Jiuen agreed, but didn't ask why.
Kexin Says:
"I still have to treat my dad to a meal."
Zhang Jiuen hesitated a little and glanced at Lin Jia.
Kexin continued to say what she and Lin Jia had discussed in advance:
"After all, it's not easy for my dad to live alone, and I've been away for at least a year and a half, and I've said goodbye to him. If you don't feel at ease, you can wait outside, and we'll go our separate ways after dinner, and I'll give my mom back to you. ”
When Kexin said this, Zhang Jiuen blushed, and he felt very embarrassed. In fact, there is really nothing to worry about when you meet for a meal, after all, they have been two people for more than ten years, and now it is their daughter going abroad, why should they interfere? What's more, there is Kexin in them, and they can't do anything.
Lin Jia was originally a little angry, she had settled such a big matter as her daughter going abroad, but now that she had a final meeting, she was so nervous about it.
Now that he sees that Zhang Jiuen has also agreed, he doesn't care about anything anymore.
The farewell party for parents and daughters was not very relaxed, but it was also enjoyable. After all, it is a good thing that her daughter has grown up, and now she has the opportunity to study abroad, but Xiao Shaohui is a little emotional, thinking of many things in the past, thinking of his divorce from Lin Jia, I always feel sorry for my daughter, and I can't help but feel a little sad during the banquet. But Kexin was still very arrogant and persuaded Xiao Shaohui:
"Dad, you also have to learn from my mother, hurry up and find a girlfriend, so that I don't have to worry about you abroad, my mother is now down-to-earth, don't worry about me, but you can't do it yet."
Xiao Shaohui didn't dare to continue after listening to his daughter's words, because Lin Jia was glaring at him opposite. Although Lin Jia now has a boyfriend, Xiao Shaohui still doesn't dare to mention it blatantly. Xiao Shaohui and Chen Honghao didn't tell Lin Jia that the last time Lin Jia went to the teahouse and met Chen Hong, he was a little panicked, Lin Jia didn't ask anything, and he was surprised. In the end, he took the initiative to tell Lin Jia that Chen Hong was dating him, but Chen Hong didn't care. Xiao Shaohui also specially instructed Lin Jia not to tell his daughter about this matter.
Xiao Shaohui is an understanding person, he knows that his daughter's big personality is very similar to Lin Jia, and his daughter and Lin Jia's boyfriend will get along very well and will not cause any trouble. But if you get along with Chen Hong, it's hard to say, the opposite sex repels each other, not to mention Lin Jia in the middle. Besides, it's not good to say where she and Chen Hong will go in the future, which is also different from Lin Jia, Lin Jia and her boyfriend have been living together publicly, and she and Chen Hong are still ambiguous, and they told their daughter prematurely, I don't know what kind of attitude my daughter will have. In the past ten years, her daughter's feelings for herself have been much better than for Lin Jia, so now if she knows that she has a girlfriend, I don't know if she can accept it.
Now that his daughter said such a thing, Xiao Shaohui still didn't say anything, he knew that it was just a politeness, and even the source of this sentence might have been what Lin Jia told her. In short, more things are better than less, so let your daughter go to school first and talk about things slowly in the future.
After arranging her daughter's affairs, Lin Jia ran the hotel completely and down-to-earth, and at the same time lived a down-to-earth life with Zhang Jiuen.