Chapter 24: Lin Minghe
After hanging up the phone, Lin Minghe felt very wronged.
Xia Cheng said he was playing tricks!
Before he could explain, the person on the other end hung up the phone, seemingly having already decided that he was a playboy.
Lin Minghe, who hasn't given his first kiss in 23 years, feels distressed and puzzled.
When he was a child, because his parents were always quarreling, he subconsciously developed a character that avoided emotions and conflicts.
At a banquet, the eight-year-old boy accidentally met Xun Sheng. When he was still a little kid, Xun Sheng was already wearing a suit and looked old-fashioned.
Xun Sheng saw that he didn't like this kind of occasion, so the two of them each held a plate of cake and went to the pond together to feed the koi.
"What's your name?" he asked Xun Sheng, but Xun Sheng didn't say anything.
Lin Minghe began to feel pity for the mute. No wonder they could play together. It turned out that they both had hidden scars in their hearts.
He patted Xun Sheng's shoulder and told him not to be sad. Xun Sheng glanced at him softly and uttered a puzzled "Hmm?"
Although his voice was hoarse, his tone was a little sharp, like a young actor singing in an opera with his throat pinched, neither male nor female.
Lin Minghe couldn't help laughing.
Xun Sheng threw the plate into the water and left angrily.
Although their first meeting was not very pleasant, from then on, Lin Minghe unilaterally believed that he and Xun Sheng had established a deep revolutionary friendship, and often went to the senior class to play with Xun Sheng.
I met Xun Mo when Xun was in her third year of high school and Lin Minghe was in her second year of junior high school.
At that time, Xun Mo was just in elementary school. She had two buns on her head and a small cherry hairpin on her head. She looked cute and naughty.
Lin Minghe was so touched by the cuteness that he slapped his thigh and said to Xun Sheng, who was holding Xun Mo's hand, "I like Xun Mo. Let her marry into our family now. I will take good care of her."
After hearing this, Xun Sheng's face became paralyzed and he threw Lin Minghe onto a tree and hung him up to beat him.
Xun Mo was so scared that she burst into tears and pointed at the two weirdos, one willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten, and ran home to find her mother.
He Qing was at a loss whether to laugh or cry after finding out. She blamed Xun Sheng for hitting people, and at the same time comforted Xun Mo not to be afraid, saying that Brother Minghe just liked her too much.
Xun Mo's cheeks were twisted into a ball.
"I don't want to, I only like Brother Jingyuan! I want to marry Brother Jingyuan when I grow up!"
Lin Minghe was a young man with a strong will, and he was completely unwilling to accept the beating.
"Then how can you like me?"
"Why should I like you?"
"No reason!" Lin Minghe shouted. He had wanted a sister for a long time. Xun Sheng was a good match, so he wanted his sister.
Xun Mo was stunned by the yelling and sniffed.
"You are always nice to me, and I like you."
Although little Lin Minghe doesn't know what true love is, because of his parents' disagreement, he understands one thing: nothing lasts forever.
He raised his head and left the Xun family:
"No, I can't do that."
Later, Xun Sheng went to college, and Lin Minghe went to Xun's house less often, so he forgot about this matter.
When Xun Sheng came back from vacation, Lin Minghe met Yu Jingyuan. When he heard the name, he felt familiar. After thinking about it carefully, isn’t this the person Xun Mo likes?
The boy was a bit immature and wanted to fight with Yu Jingyuan.
But Yu Jingyuan refused, saying that he was about to start his postgraduate studies and had no time to deal with these things.
Lin Minghe thought he had misheard at the time. At such a young age, studying for a master's degree?
After getting to know Yu Jingyuan, he, like Xun Mo, was full of admiration for Jingyuan.
But this is not emotion, but a kind of appreciation. He always feels that such a man is worthy of his future daughter.
He told Yu Jingyuan this and was almost hung on a tree and beaten again.
Later, Lin Minghe passed the national team selection. After joining the national team, he was busy with training and had no time to go to the Xun family again.
In the national team, because his family is rich and he is a righteous man, many people are unwilling to play with him, or treat him as a fool.
He eats, bathes, and trains alone, and seems lonely, but in fact, Xun Sheng and Yu Jingyuan often visit him and send messages to him. They can talk to him better than his parents. Being with them is the most comfortable moment for Lin Minghe.
They went to the bathroom together. They sat in a small, runny restaurant together, eating skewers and drinking beer. They watched Yu Jingyuan's first court appearance together. They raced cars abroad together. They planned how to throw each other surprise birthday parties.
Every time Lin Minghe wins a championship, his close friends celebrate for him.
The friendship between them is not simple, but also very ordinary. It is like a thin stream of water, slowly nourishing and flowing through the cracked land, making it moist and sticky again.
This is silent nourishment, just like the sun's light and heat come from fuel. Lin Minghe's acquired cheerfulness and brightness come from those two people with completely different personalities.
So, when Lin Minghe realized that he had someone he liked, his first reaction was to tell Yu Jingyuan.
He had actually told Xun Sheng about this, but Xun Sheng was even more reserved than he was. He was a great listener, but not a good conversationalist. Xun Sheng even felt that Lin Minghe couldn't catch up because he lacked the ability to handle his emotions.
In the past, there were many people who were interested in Lin Minghe, including good-looking, outstanding, and well-connected ones. However, because he didn't like them, Lin Minghe always habitually avoided them and ignored them.
Those who are eyeing his background resources will try to find ways to encounter him by chance, create some gimmicks, and increase traffic.
Lin Minghe liked Xia Cheng, probably from the first sight.
As the saying goes, love at first sight is about being attracted to someone physically and subconsciously believing that their appearance is exactly what you're looking for. Add to that the emotional intensity of the situation, and you're driven to want to get to know that person, and you're in love at first sight.
This is the case with Lin Minghe.
Xia Cheng's appearance, figure, and scent all met his current aesthetic standards. In a life-threatening situation, he was attracted by her courage and integrity, which no one else possessed, and his body began to feel pleasure.
At first, he only thought that his blushing and heartbeat were due to Jin Fei's palm in the shopping mall and the gazes of everyone.
But after taking Xia Cheng to the hospital, his heartbeat that could not calm down for a long time told him that it was love at first sight, also commonly known as chemistry.
Lin Minghe wants to understand Xia Cheng, what she requires in a partner, her values, goals, attitude towards life, and whether she likes pets.
But he wasn't very good at picking up girls, and couldn't even plan his meals properly.
Now that Xia Cheng had labeled him a playboy, he felt at a loss and subconsciously turned to his two good friends for help.
After hanging up the phone with Xia Cheng, Lin Minghe clicked into the group chat.
"What should I do? The person I like says I'm a playboy and doesn't want to continue chatting with me. Am I going to fail?"
A few hours later, Yu Jingyuan and Xun Sheng replied to the message.
Xun Sheng was curious about who he liked, and Yu Jingyuan was considerate enough to help him with some ideas.
"Next time you give an interview, clarify it in front of the whole country."
That's indeed a good idea.
But when is the next interview?
Lin Minghe thought about it and called Fat Brother.
"Didn't a media outlet want to interview me before? Please contact them and arrange a video interview."
Fatty was so frightened that his chicken leg dropped.
"Aren't you annoying?"
Lin Minghe chuckled: "Who's annoying? Me? How could I possibly say something like that? You must have remembered it wrongly."
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