Yan Li closed his eyes, competing with himself. There was only one question in his mind: Gratitude had turned sour. How would Xiaolin look at him after knowing this?

Yan Li frowned.

Would Xiaolin think that he had ulterior motives in approaching her, and that his gratitude was fake and that he had other purposes?

Turning over again, he thought again, would she, such a pure person, distance herself from him from now on and refuse to have anything to do with him?

Tossing and turning like a pancake.

Yan Li slept well in the few months since he returned from the army, because he no longer had to worry about his brother being bullied or going hungry in his hometown, nor did he have to worry about his brother having a bad life.

But tonight, Yan Da Gongan stared at the dim moon and stars outside the window and suffered from insomnia for the first time.

In the back house, which was only 20 to 30 meters away from the west wing, Lin Minjun also couldn't sleep. After she returned home and had dinner, she kept thinking about this matter.

After thinking about it for a night, Lin Minjun made a decision - to try to accept Luo Lin's idea of ​​pursuing his own life and give Luo Lin hope.

Maybe they can be together, maybe they will separate, but Lin Minjun decided to give it a try.

After she came back, she thought about the news she had seen and the people she had met in her previous life, and recalled the people and things she had seen today. She had seen how big the world was and how people lived in different ways, but she had always imprisoned her thoughts in a cage.

Lin Minjun recalled that in her previous life, she decided to get married because she felt that Lu Deping was good enough to her, so she followed Lu Deping home when she was desperate and particularly confused.

Her whole life was still because of Lu Deping. Because of her unhappy marriage with Lu Deping, she was afraid of meeting that kind of person again, and she was also fed up with being nagged about her inability to have children, so when she was reborn, she swore not to get married or date again.

But if you think about it carefully, both decisions were made because of other people. If that's the case, then both decisions were wrong. Her marriage was unhappy in her last life because she thought Lu Deping was good. If a person is not living a happy life in this life, he or she will probably think, if only she hadn't missed Luo Lin or a better boy because she was afraid of meeting Lu Deping.

No matter which choice you make, it will be wrong.

But Lin Minjun changed her mind. If she was doing this for herself, she wanted to give herself more choices and not regard getting married or not getting married as a goal that must be achieved.

She married just because she wanted to.

If you meet someone you want to spend your life with, get married. If you don’t, the worst that can happen is that you will be single for the rest of your life. It’s better to be single than to be idle.

Anyway, she now has a small shop, an older brother and a younger brother, and a group of friends who are not family but are better than family. She has the courage to get married and the confidence to get divorced.

This is why Lin Minjun decided to try to get in touch with Luo Lin.

It's just a contact, not a promise to be a partner with him. If you can get along well and it's suitable, then be a partner. If not, forget it.

It’s just like Tang Monk went through 81 difficulties to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and Luo Lin only passed the first level.

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Yesterday, when I was going home from the skating rink, before leaving, Luo Lin said that he would wait for me at the theater gate the next day. If Lin Minjun agreed to give him a chance to pursue her, he would come over to meet her at a certain time the next day. If she disagreed, she didn't need to come over. He would then know the answer, and he would stop bothering her and be good friends again.

So at the appointed time the next day, Lin Minjun went to the theater entrance.

One can imagine how happy Luo Lin was when he saw Lin Minjun.

He came here on a bicycle. When he saw Lin Minjun coming towards him from a distance, he took a few steps forward and suddenly felt that he was going too slowly, so he rode his bicycle and rushed to Lin Minjun's side.

"Ajun, you actually came. You actually came."

Lin Minjun smiled faintly: "Yes."

"Do you agree?" Luo Lin confirmed repeatedly.

"I agree." Lin Minjun thought for a moment, put away her smile, and said seriously, "But I have one more thing to tell you. If after listening to me you still think our relationship can continue to develop, then we can continue the discussion."

Luo Lin: “What’s the matter?”

In fact, it was about infertility. If she didn't want to develop anything with Luo Lin, there was no need to say it. But now that their relationship was about to take a small step forward, Lin Minjun had to say it. If she said it now, if he minded, then it would be better not to start at all than to talk about it later and then separate.

Lin Minjun: "Didn't you always ask me why I didn't get married or date? Besides being afraid, there is another reason. I have a health problem and can't have children."

She looked Luo Lin in the eye and said frankly: "I will never be able to have children."

Luo Lin was shocked: "How did you know?"

"There is also a Miao doctor in our hometown. He diagnosed me and said that I will never be able to have children in my lifetime. If you don't mind, we can continue our discussion. If you mind, we can still be friends. I can understand." Lin Minjun said with a smile.

Of course she couldn't say that she found out the result from a check-up in the hospital. How could she explain that a grown-up girl went to the hospital for a check-up for no reason? This would be a smear campaign on herself.

It is now April or May, and the weather in the capital has not yet become hot, but the sun is shining brightly and both of them are sweating.

Luo Lin pulled Lin Minjun to sit under a big tree to cool off, and thought for a long time, he didn't know how long, so long that Lin Minjun's feet were sore. She thought he minded and would not continue, so she prepared to say hello and go home.

At this time, Luo Lin said: "It's just that you don't want to have children. I don't mind, Jun. Let me pursue you."

"You said before that this is based on the premise of marriage, and your family doesn't mind?" Lin Minjun asked again.

Luo Lin was also laughing when talking about this: "When I was a child, I had a serious illness and almost died. Since then, my parents have not made any requirements on me. They told me a long time ago that it is okay not to go to college, not to get married, and not to have children. As long as I live well, it's fine. As for continuing the family line, I have an older brother who has a son, so I don't have any pressure on me."

Lin Minjun nodded gently, "Okay."

She agreed.

Luo Lin had just made a very clear point, but now he didn't know what to do. He scratched his head and said, "So where are we going now? Yesterday I saw that you seemed to like ice skating very much. How about I take you there?"

"That's not right. There are a lot of vagrants in the skating rink now. They like to smoke, so the place smells like cigarettes. How about I take you to Houhai for a stroll?"

He had one idea after another and simply didn't know what to do.

Lin Minjun burst into laughter and pointed to the theater behind her and said, "Why don't we go watch a movie? I heard that the movies nowadays are pretty good."

The theater now also shows movies. When there are drama performances, they go on stage to perform. When there are no performances, they put up a big curtain and show movies. Today you can watch movies, and many people went in to buy tickets.

Luo Lin slapped his head and said, "I almost forgot, what movie do you want to watch?"

Lin Minjun: "Let's go in and take a look."

Nowadays, Hong Kong films have entered the golden age of development. Most of the films shown in the capital now are Hong Kong's martial arts films. Hehe, this has attracted a group of vagrants who talk about kung fu every day.

Luo Lin went in to buy tickets, and after buying the tickets, the two of them entered the theater together.

Nowadays, many little hooligans like to invite girls to watch movies. Why? Because when the lights are turned off, they can't see anything, so they can just smear and take advantage of the girls and act like little hooligans.

But Luo Lin was a very nice person. During the movie, he didn't lean towards Lin Minjun at all. He wanted to stay as far away from her as possible, and only came over when talking.

"Ajun, would you like some soda? I saw someone selling it when I just came in." Luo Lin said in a low voice.

Lin Minjun nodded: "Okay."

After a while, Luo Lin came over again, "Where's the popcorn? I just went out and saw someone selling it. It tastes different from the one with sugar, with butter added. It has a milky flavor."

Butter popcorn? Lin Minjun had eaten this in her previous life. It did have a milky flavor, but after eating too much, she found it a bit greasy and didn't want to eat it anymore.

"Just drink soda. I don't like popcorn, and I don't like eating while watching movies." Lin Minjun also lowered her voice and whispered.

Luo Lin continued to promote the product: "Try it. It's delicious. Try it. If it doesn't taste good, give it back to me."

What does that mean? He is a normal guy and he eats from other people's mouths?

Lin Minjun didn't have this hobby, and their relationship hadn't developed to that point, so she quickly said, "No, really no, if you want to eat it, you can buy it and eat it yourself, it's fine with me."

Luo Lin thought about it and said, "This thing tastes good. I'm sure you like it. I'll buy it for you to try."

After saying that, he ran out and bought a bag of butter popcorn without listening to Lin Minjun's refusal. When Lin Minjun smelled it, she found it greasy and didn't eat a single bite. In the end, Luo Lin ate the entire bag of popcorn.

After coming out of the movie, Lin Minjun was still smiling. She waved to Luo Lin, politely declined his offer to take her home, turned around and got on the bus to go back to the store.

But as soon as they got on the bus, Lin Minjun's smile faded. She felt something was wrong. Take the eating incident for example. She felt that Luo Lin's personality looked gentle on the surface, but was actually a bit tough. He didn't listen to others and only did what he thought was right.

This is not good. Lin Minjun doesn't like to be a bird in a cage. She likes to be alone with others and discuss things together.

But we haven't reached that stage yet, let's just get in touch with them first.

After watching the movie, I returned to the store.

Today is Monday, and the store has been closed for the day. Brother Yan Li helped to move the coal, and it should be almost done now. Lin Minjun plans to open the store in the evening to catch up with the dinner schedule.

There is a broth with pork bones and chicken skeletons simmering on a low fire on the stove. You can take it and use it right away.

Brother Yan Li helped. Lin Minjun was going to cook him a bowl of rice noodles after arriving at the store. He still had to work tonight, and he wouldn't be hungry after eating. But when she arrived at the store door, she found that Yan Li had left. She sent Erwa to squat at the door to give her the key. Beside Erwa, there was a group of people yelling. When they saw Lin Minjun coming back, they all rushed over.

"Comrade, why did you come back so late? We have been waiting for you for who knows how long, from dawn to dusk."

"Quick, quick, give me a bowl of tofu rice noodles. It's such a horrible weather now, it's hot and cold."

"Give me a bowl too, with lots of meat sauce and some chives."

The sound of everyone's hungry cries suddenly pulled Lin Minjun out of her world of love. She held back her laughter and pulled Erwa over, then unlocked the door and opened the store.

"Okay, wait a minute, the rice noodles are already soaked and the soup is ready, it will be here soon."

Whatever love or not, the most important thing to her now is to make money!

When they came back, it was just getting dark and the dinner had just started. Erwa ate a bowl of rice noodles in a hurry and refused to leave. He wanted to stay and help as a waiter. Lin Minjun asked him to go back to do her homework, and she was busy all by herself.

I was done with my work after seeing off this wave of customers and finally got a break. After that, there were basically only a few scattered customers, one coming every now and then.

However, that night, two uninvited guests came to the store.

The author has something to say:

I used to think that I was the chosen one and had no symptoms, but I was slapped in the face. I have had a stuffy nose, a hoarse throat, and weak breath for the past few days. I even had a fever last night. I am not saying this to be self-deprecating, but to explain why I haven't updated in the past two days. It's really too uncomfortable. If you can avoid being infected, please don't be infected. Please take precautions. It's really painful.

Fortunately, I am recovering slowly and will resume updating.