"Happy Chinese New Year, Uncle and Aunt."
"Welcome, welcome. Please come in and have a seat."
Shen Yue walked in and looked around: "Wow, Lin Chen, your house is so big! Can you show us around?"
"Let's go."
"There's a small movie theater in the basement. We can go see a movie together later. The second floor is my parents' and Anrou's room, and the third floor is my room. I'm also planning to set up an e-sports room on the third floor. Fatty, come and play sometime."
"I'll be there whenever you call, Brother Chen, hehe."
“There’s also a pavilion outside, which is perfect for playing cards while sunbathing these days.”
"Wow, Lin Chen, your house is so nice!"
"Miss, if you like it, hurry up and tell your dad to come and buy one too. There are quite a few empty villas around here."
"I'll ask my dad to come and take a look later."
An Rou walked to the door and saw the four people chatting in the pavilion. She called out, "Come and have some fruit."
"Okay, Sister Anrou."
The four of them went back to the living room and sat down to eat fruit.
Lin's parents kept glancing back and forth at An Rou, Chen Yue, and Xiao Wan, afraid that they might start fighting at any moment. Fortunately, the three of them were talking about school and company matters, and occasionally they would chat about the customs of Wushang. The atmosphere was quite good, and Lin's parents finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After finishing the fruit, the group went to the basement to watch a movie. Lin Chen looked around and found that there weren't any new movies available, so he picked "Initial D".
When Lin Chen saw Takumi and Natsuki get into the Mercedes, he asked Fatty, "Fatty, did you understand?"
The fat man replied, "I understand now. Xia Shu is so pitiful. It's really a cruel twist of fate."
Lin Chen shook his head: "No, it's that even the fastest AE86 can't beat a Mercedes."
Shen Yue said with a look of disgust, "Lin Chen, I didn't expect you to be like this."
Su Xiaowan understood the meaning behind Lin Chen's words and explained, "Lin Chen means that if Takumi's family were rich, then Natsuki wouldn't need to do such things to make a living. She would have both love and bread. Unfortunately, Takumi has nothing but racing talent, so he can't compare to Mercedes."
Lin Chen glanced at Su Xiaowan in surprise. He had only used a reference from his past life, but Su Xiaowan had interpreted it so logically. It was true that reading comprehension was a natural talent of the Chinese.
That evening, the group stayed at Lin Chen's house for dinner and then left.
After washing up, Lin Chen went to his study on the third floor, turned on his computer, and began to continue his work from before the Lunar New Year. The basic framework of Mixin was already complete, and now he was starting to fill in the various functions within it.
Lin Chen was busy until late at night and hadn't gone to sleep yet when suddenly the study door opened. When Lin Chen looked up, he saw that it was An Rou.
"Anrou, why aren't you asleep yet?"
Ever since Lin's mother recognized An Rou as her goddaughter, Lin Chen has always called An Rou by her name. They're all family now, so calling her "senior sister" isn't appropriate, and calling her "older sister" is too awkward. So he compromised by calling her by her name.
An Rou usually calls Lin Chen by his name, but when she gets excited, she will blurt out the words "Dog Boss".
"I couldn't sleep, and I saw the light was still on in the study upstairs, so I came up to see if you were still busy."
"Yes, I'm writing code. Our company's focus next year will be on mobile phones."
"Are you really that optimistic about the future of Android phones?"
"To put it simply, I think the future smartphone market will be like the eight major sects besieging Bright Peak. The eight major sects are Android phones, and the Demonic Sect is the iPhone."
"Is the iPhone really that powerful?"
"Steve Jobs was simply a genius. His design of the iPhone laid the foundation for almost the entire smartphone industry. Android is just another way of realizing his vision, just like Windows did back then."
An Rou sat down opposite Lin Chen, put her feet up on the chair, crossed her arms, and looked at Lin Chen, saying, "Lin Chen, when you asked me to draw a picture half a year ago, did you ever think about this day?"
Lin Chen rolled his eyes upon hearing this: "I never would have imagined that my mother would recognize you as her goddaughter. My employee has suddenly become my god-sister. Who am I supposed to complain to?"
"Hehehe, I wasn't talking about that, I was talking about the company."
"A company? No, I didn't. I originally just wanted to sell Fruit Ninja and make some money so I could be a happy little millionaire. But when I first started college, I was young and naive, and you tricked me into starting a company. And then it got out of control."
"Hehehe, so you're saying it's my fault after all?"
"Oh well, I'm already on this sinking ship, so who can I blame but fate?"
"Lin Chen, thank you so much. Half a year ago, before I even knew you, I chose to trust you. I never imagined that my life would change so drastically. You know, during my most difficult time, after paying my tuition, I didn't even have money to top up my meal card. I could only eat expired bread every night after the convenience store where I worked closed."
Hearing this, Lin Chen stopped typing, closed his laptop screen, looked at An Rou, and said earnestly, "An Rou, as long as I'm here, I will never let you suffer like this again."
An Rou smiled happily.
"Okay, little brother."
Lin Chen, enraged and embarrassed, said, "If you call my brother again, he'll get angry!"
"Okay, little brother."
"...Fine, whatever. I'm hungry. Could you cook me some instant noodles?"
"Fine, what can I do? Your sister is beautiful and kind-hearted."
An Rou ran up to the kitchen on the first floor to cook instant noodles. Lin Chen smiled as he watched her go, then turned on his laptop and continued coding.
In the days that followed, Lin Chen spent almost all his time coding, except when he went out to visit relatives for the New Year. Seeing how focused he was, his parents didn't bother him. After all, they now had an even more obedient daughter.
Finally, on the day before the Lantern Festival, Lin Chen completed version 1.0 of MiXin. In addition to the normal text, picture and voice chat functions, it added a function that allows users to register by binding their mobile phone number and automatically search for contacts and Moments.
After saving the code, Lin Chen shut down his computer and went downstairs, where he found that Fatty, Shen Yue, and Su Xiaowan had all arrived.
"Hey, what brings you all here? You didn't even say hello."
"Lin Chen, you've been like you've vanished into thin air lately. We've tagged you in the group so many times but no one has replied. We were worried something had happened to you. School starts the day after tomorrow, so we came to see you."
"Oh, I've been quite busy these past few days and haven't checked my phone much. I didn't realize school starts the day after tomorrow. Time really flies."
"Brother Chen, I'd rather ride back to Shanghai in your car."
“Okay, then let’s all five of us go back in one car, there’s just enough room.”
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