We prepared a huge feast, and after everyone had their fill, we cleaned up together and then sat down to chat until almost ten o'clock.
Lin Xiazhu got up and told everyone to go and rest. "Chacha, you and Xiaoxue can sleep in the guest room. Taozi and I can sleep in the master bedroom. Song Cheng, you can stay in the room next to the study. Yanxin, you should go home."
"It's already ten o'clock. Actually, I'd like to stay here for the night." Yan Xin tried to stay, as going home was too boring.
"Go back quickly, or your parents will worry again." Lin Xiazhu pulled her up and pushed her out the door.
"Okay, don't rush me. I can walk by myself. I'll come a little earlier tomorrow, and we can go out and have fun together. I'll treat you to Western food tonight." Yan Xin was determined to be the host.
Half an hour later, Yan Xin returned home and found the living room brightly lit. She raised an eyebrow, her first thought being that Yan Shi and Yan Mei were waiting for her, probably looking for trouble again.
However, when she entered the living room, she found that Yan's parents were also there, and they were obviously waiting for her.
The company is usually quite busy, and Yan's parents often work overtime until very late. Even if they get off work early, they won't stay in the living room until this late unless they have something important to discuss.
"Mom and Dad, why aren't you asleep yet?" Yan Xin walked over casually.
"Yan Xin, how dare you say that? You know it's so late, why aren't you home? It's past ten o'clock now. Don't you, as a girl, have any sense of crisis?" These words were spoken by Yan Mei. She had always disliked Yan Xin and liked to directly criticize her.
"Meimei, you'd better say less. If your sister gets upset, she'll start saying we're bullying her again." Yan Shi said pointedly, because her parents favored Yan Xin because of her special condition.
"Mom and Dad, is there something you want to tell me?" Yan Xin seemed not to hear her two younger sisters and sat down next to her mother, behaving very obediently.
Yan's mother's expression was not good at first, but when she saw her eldest daughter like this, she couldn't stay angry anymore. "Yan Xin, I heard that you made a very good friend and even lent your house to them to live in?"
Before Yan Xin could answer, her mother continued, "Your father and I don't object to you making friends. We hope you can make more friends. However, we also need to consider the character of the people you make friends with. Some people are not suitable to be friends with."
This was said in a very tactful way, just in case it might upset Yan Xin and make her rebel. So I started by explaining the general principles.
"Sister, Mom and Dad are worried you might not be able to judge people and get scammed, so they're kindly trying to reason with you. Don't blame us for disciplining you." Yan Mei spoke sarcastically, her expression belying her age of fifteen or sixteen, making people uncomfortable.
With her two younger sisters talking back and forth, and with her parents' earnest persuasion, it would be strange if Yan Xin couldn't understand what they meant. It turned out that her two younger sisters had complained to their parents that she had made some fake friends who were after her money and had completely deceived her. Now, they were even taking over her apartment with their families.
Tsk, Cha Cha and the others just arrived today, and Yan Shi and Yan Mei already got the news. They've clearly been keeping an eye on her for a while.
“Mom and Dad, they are my good friends, very nice people. They didn’t ask me to give up the house. It was my own decision to lend the house to them. They won’t be staying for more than a few days; they will be going back to their hometown soon.”
Lin Chacha and Song Cheng were in a hurry to start their business, so they would stay in the capital for a maximum of about ten days.
"You've only known them for a short time, yet you say they're good people. I think those poor country bumpkins are just here to scam you. By the way, how do you know them?" Yan Mei didn't know Lin Xiazhu, and Yan Shi hadn't mentioned it to her, so she didn't know that Lin Xiazhu had powerful connections.
Yan Shi lowered her eyes and remained silent, letting her younger sister do as she pleased, taking this opportunity to see if she could get any clues out of Yan Xin.
"Lin Xiazhu helped me a lot, and later I helped her a little. We gradually became familiar with each other, and the more we spent time together, the more we found that we got along quite well, and we became good friends." Yan Xin said without blushing or panting. She wasn't making things up; it was pretty much the truth.
"What trouble did you encounter outside? How did that Lin something-zhu help you?" Mother Yan was very cautious, afraid that the man had ulterior motives.
"Lin Xiazhu, her name is Lin Xiazhu. She is stronger than most people. That day I went to the supermarket to buy some things. The things were very heavy, and there was still a distance from the supermarket to the parking lot. I was struggling to carry them, but Lin Xiazhu lifted them up with one hand and helped me carry them there..."
Yan Xin's ability to make up stories is also top-notch. "...Later, I left her my business card so she could contact me if she needed anything, but she never came to see me. Later, I went to Yenching University to find her. I don't have any friends, and I don't feel safe around other people. I can only relax when I'm with Lin Xiazhu..."
"What the hell? Your story is full of loopholes. You said you met her at a supermarket, but which supermarket? It was the first time you met, and you exchanged contact information and revealed everything about each other after helping each other out a little? And you think she can give you a sense of security? She must be out of her mind!" Yan Mei sneered, not believing her at all.
"If you don't believe me, fine. I didn't expect you to believe me anyway. I'm explaining to Mom and Dad. Anyway, I didn't lie. Mom and Dad, you'll believe me, right?" Yan Xin blinked, looking at them hopefully.
Seeing Yan Xin's vulnerable state, her parents couldn't bear to scold her. They exchanged a glance and made a decision: "It's getting late, everyone go to sleep."
He didn't say how to resolve Yan Xin's matter, seemingly unwilling to get involved. This angered Yan Mei so much that she almost cursed him on the spot, but after being glanced at by her father, she immediately lowered her head and dared not utter another word.
"I'll sit a little longer." Yan Mei sat on the sofa with a stiff face, refusing to get up.
"Then you can sit here by yourself. Xin Xin will come upstairs with us." Yan's father didn't want Yan Xin to be bullied, so he decided to take her away.
Yan Xin covered her lips and yawned, "Okay, I'm really sleepy anyway."
A few days later, Yan Xin, as usual, went to find Lin Xiazhu and the others after breakfast, ready to go out and play together. However, upon entering the house, she found several woven bags in the living room. Were they moving?
"What are you doing?" Yan Xin asked, completely bewildered.
Lin Xiazhu led her to the master bedroom for a private talk. "Your parents talked to me yesterday. They're afraid I'm a penniless bastard who's only interested in swindling you out of your money, so they told me to stay away from you."
Yan Xin: "No way, my parents came to find you in person? No way, I need to talk to them and make things clear."
“You’re back. They didn’t do anything wrong. Your parents only did it because they cared about you. They didn’t say anything excessive, and they even gave me two thousand yuan to stay in a hotel, but I didn’t take their money.”
Lin Xiazhu looked indifferent. It wasn't like she hadn't experienced this kind of thing before. She guessed what was going on as soon as Yan's parents showed up yesterday, so no matter what they said or what they asked her to do, she nodded and agreed.
My heart was completely unmoved.
"...But you can't just move out like that. Don't I have any pride? Wouldn't that make me lose face in front of Cha Cha and the others?" Yan Xin was very bothered.
"Face is worthless, your parents are more important. You've finally gotten back to his side, so be more filial and don't make them angry. Don't worry, Chacha and I don't take this to heart." Chacha and the others didn't even know what had happened.
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