Chapter 23: "Coming Home"
Early the next morning, before Orange woke up, Lin Zi packed up and rushed to the airport.
After all, Mother Lin asked her to go home immediately before the holiday, and finally persuaded Mother Lin to let herself go home two days later, although the various delicacies in City C have a strong attraction to Lin Zi, but under Mother Lin's instructions, Lin Zi at this moment will never dare to delay any longer, in case Mother Lin is angry, Lin Zi may really be swept away.
As soon as he got on the plane, because he got up early, Lin Zi immediately covered himself with a blanket and fell asleep.
In a daze, he heard a deep voice in the front row talking to the person next to him, listening to the voice, it was estimated that he was probably a middle-aged man, Lin Zi originally planned to uphold the fine traditional virtue of respecting the old and loving the young, and forbearance passed. Who knows, as soon as Lin Zi closed her eyes, the voice became more and more crisp, and she didn't mean to stop, plus she was shallow in her sleep, and a little sound would make her unable to sleep, and now she was still sleepy to death, this person kept talking, and let people not sleep, is there a sense of public morality.
Lin Zi really couldn't stand it, poked his head over, and gently poked the man in the front row with his hand, "This uncle, please don't talk, the plane is about to take off, everyone is very sleepy, and the cabin needs to be quiet, thank you for your cooperation." ”
When the other party heard this, he slowly turned his head, and a handsome face appeared in front of Lin Zi.
Lin Zi, who was sleepy-eyed, stared at this face and looked at it carefully, it was good-looking, but it was a little familiar, and it was quite similar to Xu Chenrui.
Wait, isn't this it, Xu Chenrui!
Lin Zi thought he was dreaming, and rubbed his eyes vigorously, it was really him!
No, you can still meet it on the plane back home!
"Hey, kids, we're meeting again." Xu Chenrui waved his hand at Lin Zi.
"Hi," Lin Zi, who had not yet woken up from his surprise, reluctantly responded.
"Little friend, did you call me your uncle just now?" Xu Chenrui is a little confused about the title of "uncle", although he is thirty years old, he can be regarded as a prime of life, why was he called an uncle by a little girl. Xu Chenrui was a little helpless.
"Uh......" Lin Zi quickly turned his heavy brain, thinking about how to make these words pass. I'm so sleepy, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue, hehe. ”
"Forget it, I don't care about you as a child. However, counting this time, we have met four times in total, and it is quite fateful. ”
It's a bad fate, Lin Zi thought to himself, every time he sees Xu Chenrui, he feels very unlucky, I really don't know if it's his problem or his own problem.
It's definitely a problem with this nasty ghost! That's right, it's his problem!
Lin Zi reluctantly glanced up at Xu Chenrui's expression, and became even more determined in this idea.
"Kid, are you going to S City for a tourist?" Xu Chenrui saw that Lin Zi was alone, and he couldn't help but be a little curious.
"Ah, no, I'll go home." Lin Zi was full of sleepiness, and his answer was weak.
"It turns out that you are from S City, what a coincidence, we are still fellow villagers."
"Uh, really? What a coincidence. Lin Zi didn't have the excitement of meeting her fellow villagers at the moment, she just wanted to sleep now.
The plane taxied some distance and then took off quickly.
Xu Chenrui saw that Lin Zi's upper and lower eyelids were about to be put together, and he could see that the child was very sleepy, so he planned to stop affecting her sleep, and put on headphones by himself.
In order to prevent being disturbed again, Lin Zi rummaged through his bag, found a pair of earplugs and a pair of eye masks, tilted his head, leaned against the window, and continued to sleep.
As the plane gradually smoothed out, the flight attendants began to bring meals and distribute them to the passengers. When she walked to Lin Zi's side, the flight attendant shouted softly, "Miss Lin, do you want to eat?" Miss Lin? ”
The flight attendant shouted softly a few times, but Lin Zi didn't react, but it was Xu Chenrui, who turned her head and said, "Let her sleep, she's very tired, don't call her to get up, you can bring me bread and water, and when she wakes up, I'll give it to her,"
"Well, okay, Mr. Xu, but you're Miss Lin?"
"I'm her friend."
The flight attendant listened to Xu Chenrui's words, nodded at him, turned around and entered the cabin preparation room, brought bread and water, and handed it to Xu Chenrui.
The plane landed quickly, and Lin Zi was also woken up by the vibration of the downward rush, and looked out the window, the sunlight was a little dazzling.
Xu Chenrui turned his head and saw that Lin Zi had woken up, took out the bread and water he asked the flight attendant for, and handed them to Lin Zi.
"Well, just woke up, let's eat something to pad my stomach."
"No, I'm not hungry." Lin Zi was a little embarrassed.
Seeing that Lin Zi refused his kindness, Xu Chenrui stuffed it into Lin Zi's hand. looked Lin Zi up and down, and left a sentence, "Children need to eat more to develop well." "I got off the plane with the assistant and went through the VIP channel.
The sleepy-eyed Lin Zi stared at the bread and water in his hand, and suddenly felt grateful, and did not react to the words left by the other party at all. It wasn't until she got out of the cabin and took a few breaths of fresh air that she realized the meaning of the other party's "well-developed" sentence left when she left.
Isn't this a public humiliation of one's bad figure, how can it be justified! Lin Zi instantly reset his favorability to Xu Chenrui to zero just now.
Damn it! Don't let yourself run into this nasty uncle again! Otherwise, I will definitely fight back! Lin Zi secretly made up his mind.
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Lin Zi finished taking the luggage, and as soon as he got out of the customs, he saw a kind and familiar face appear at the door, it was Uncle Li!
Uncle Li is the driver of the Lin family, and he is also an old man in the Lin family, since Lin Zi went to kindergarten, Uncle Li has been responsible for picking her up and going to school. has driven a car for the Lin family for more than 20 years, and he is also dedicated to Lin Zi, after all, he has seen it since he was a child, and he is no different from his own daughter.
"Miss, you are back, the lord and the lady miss you very much." Uncle Li took the box for Lin Zi as he spoke.
"Then Uncle Li, do you miss me?" Lin Zi stuck out his tongue at Uncle Li.
"Of course I miss Miss, let's go back quickly, the lord and Mrs. are still waiting for you to eat, Sister-in-law Lin made a table of Miss's favorite dishes."
"Are my mom and dad here?" Lin Zi was a little surprised to hear that his parents were actually waiting for him at home.
"Yes, the lord and the lady are usually very busy, and today I saw that the young lady is back, so I specially put off all the affairs, and just wait for you to go home for dinner."
For Lin Zi, it is normal for Lin's father and Lin's mother to be busy. After all, Lin Zi's father, Lin Kaibing, is the chairman of the Lin Group, one of the top real estate companies in S City, while Lin Mu and Xin Qing are internationally renowned pianists.
In the past two years, Lin's father's business has become bigger and bigger, and Lin's mother is also busy preparing for the orchestra's recital, and Lin Zi is busy chasing stars, so there are very few opportunities for the three of them to meet, let alone eat together.
When Lin Zi heard Uncle Li say that his parents were waiting for him to eat at home, he still felt a little guilty.
"That's it, then let's go back quickly, I haven't eaten Sister-in-law Lin's food for a long time, and my saliva is going to run down." When Lin Zi thought of Sister-in-law Lin's food, her walking pace sped up a lot.
Sister-in-law Lin is the nanny of the Lin family, and she also grew up watching Lin Zi grow up, responsible for the Lin family's three meals a day, in terms of craftsmanship, in Lin Zi's heart, she is called second, no one can call it first.
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As soon as she arrived at the door, Sister-in-law Lin, who heard the movement, immediately opened the door.
"Sister-in-law Lin, I miss you so much, and I miss your cooking." Lin Zi hooked Sister-in-law Lin's arm.
"Miss, you're finally back, Madame and Master are waiting for you in the restaurant."
Lin Zi walked to the restaurant and found that Lin's father and mother were sitting at the dining table waiting for him early, and there was a table of his favorite dishes.
Although he is in a city, he has always had little time to go home to accompany his parents because of chasing stars, and now when he comes home, looking at the fine lines that his parents have quietly climbed up and the extra gray hair between his hair, Lin Zi feels very uncomfortable.
Lin Zi immediately ran to Lin's father and mother's side, "Dear dad is better than mommy, I really miss you so much." ”
"Okay, okay, stop acting, get up."
"Thank you, Mother."
"Yo, I'm finally willing to come back, I haven't seen you all summer, I think you forgot my old father." Because he hadn't seen his daughter for too long, Father Lin looked angry and aggrieved and pretended not to look at her.
"My dear daddy, how could I forget you" Lin Zi saw Father Lin's aggrieved appearance, and immediately reached out and hugged Father Lin's arm.
"Alright, let's sit down and eat." Mother Lin saw that the two fathers and daughters were tired, and hurriedly asked Lin Zi to sit down and eat well.
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Halfway through the meal, Mother Lin suddenly remembered something serious, "Xiaozi, it's your birthday the day after tomorrow, your father and I held a birthday party for you, go shopping in the past two days and pick out two good-looking dresses, and then practice your piano again, the guests invited this time are all characters with heads and faces." ”
"Mom, isn't it just a birthday, why are you so excited." Lin Zi didn't care, at first he thought it was just a small family party, but it turned into a birthday party.
"Xiaozi, you're not too young, it's time to get to know more excellent boys." Mother Lin looked at Lin Zi and spoke seriously.
"I'm still young, I'm only 22, and besides, I haven't been breaking up for a long time, so don't worry." Lin Zi took a few bites of rice with a little humility.
"You're embarrassed to talk about your breakup, Chen Hui is such a child, your father and I like him very much, I know the roots, Uncle Chen and their family also like you very much, who knows, you two broke up." As soon as Mother Lin thought of this, she was angry.
"Mom, you can't force your feelings, Dad, look at my mother, she just wants to marry me off." Lin Zi saw that the signs were wrong, and immediately pulled Lin's father to form a front.
"Xiaoqing, Xiaozi is still young after all, it's good to let her stay with us for a few more years." After all, the father still loves his daughter, and Father Lin immediately helped Lin Zi out of the siege.
"It would be better if she broke up with Chen Hui normally, do you know what is the main reason why your daughter broke up with Chen Hui? Chasing stars, if you really chase and chase me out of a boyfriend, I won't talk about you, you look at you running around every day, people don't want to see you, why bother? Mother Lin looked like she hated iron but not steel.
"Xiaozi, this is your fault, you can't chase stars all your life, and, my baby daughter, I am reluctant to let you run around with hard work, why do those men outside make my daughter work so hard, baby, listen to Dad, let's chase less men in the entertainment industry in the future." Father Lin has always disliked Lin Zi chasing stars, in his eyes, girls should be chased by boys, and they should be spoiled by boys, how can they chase others, especially people in the entertainment industry. Father Lin has always felt that the entertainment industry is too chaotic, and he doesn't want his daughter to be defiled. So as soon as he heard about chasing stars, Father Lin immediately united with Mother Lin.
"Stop, stop, don't talk about my star-chasing, okay? Let's go back to the birthday party, I'll listen to you all. Lin Zi really didn't want to be educated, so he decided to surrender obediently and follow the arrangement.
"That's okay, you start practicing your piano today, don't be embarrassed by then, I'll be watching you at home for the past two days, don't be lazy." Mother Lin pointed at Lin Zi and said.
"Good, good." Lin Zi gave up completely, but when he thought of practicing the piano again, he couldn't help but think of the shadow of his childhood.
Because her mother is a pianist, Mother Lin has always hoped that her daughter can also play a good piano, and in the future, she will play with her four hands and rush out of the country. Therefore, since Lin Zi was born, Lin's mother began to cultivate Lin Zi's interest in the piano intentionally or unintentionally. Later, in the shadow stage of abundant childhood, Lin Mu had to force Lin Zi to practice the piano and take the piano exam every day, which made Lin Zi cry bitterly when he was a child, and wanted to run when he saw the piano.
This nightmare of the piano lasted until the university entrance examination, and Lin's mother originally looked for a foreign conservatory for Lin Zi and was ready to send her abroad for further study, but Lin Zi secretly changed her will, begging to study media in vain, and secretly hid her passport, and missed the registration time of the conservatory. At this point, Mother Lin no longer forced Lin Zi to continue learning piano.