Lin Wei's question was not asked randomly.
Logically speaking, her dating life has nothing to do with her neighbors.
However, compared to her parents, she was indeed better taken care of by her neighbors.
Logically speaking, she should be staying at her aunt's house now, and having her aunt as an elder should be enough.
But what can they do when those neighbors live right across from them?
Compared to her aunt, they did take care of Lin Wei for a longer period of time.
But she was worried that Lin Xiaomeng would overthink it.
“Aunt, please don’t misunderstand. You’re definitely closer to us, but Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu did take good care of me when we were in the new city. Even though I only ate a meal at their house, the years were tough, and everyone worked hard to earn just enough for a meal.”
"I understand, I won't misunderstand."
Lin Xiaomeng really didn't misunderstand.
Lin Wei did this partly out of courtesy, and partly because the Liu family had treated her very well.
But she still understood the difference between close and distant relationships.
She would buy gold for Lin Xiaomeng and store it all with her.
But the Liu family—
have to.
Lin Wei, who wasn't a complete orphan, was indeed not a particularly conscientious person.
"Please come over after dinner. We'll have dinner at our house tomorrow. There are no men in our family, so it would be nice to have Uncle Liu help us entertain."
Uncle Liu entertained Shen Jize?
"Aunt, Shen Jize is Uncle Liu's boss, and Uncle Liu is probably..."
Lin Xiaomeng interrupted her, "This is not something you should worry about."
Okay.
Then she stopped caring.
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After a quick dinner, Lin Xiaomeng took her two children and knocked on Uncle Liu's door.
"Brother Liu, Sister Liu, are you home?"
Zhang Xiaoping had just finished washing the dishes when the courtyard gate opened in front of her.
"Xiaomeng, what brings you all here? Have you had dinner yet?"
"I've already eaten, I've already eaten. I came here specifically to find you. I hope I didn't disturb your meal."
"No, we just finished eating too, come in quickly."
In the living room, Lin Xiaomeng led them to sit down and explained the purpose of their visit.
"Here's the thing, Weiwei has a boyfriend who's her classmate. She's planning to invite him over for dinner tomorrow so they can get to know each other and the place. Weiwei said that when she lived in the new city, Brother Liu and Sister Liu took special care of her. I figured we're not related by blood, and he's not much different from me. In fact, you guys are even closer to Weiwei than I am."
"We discussed it and decided to invite you to come along tomorrow to meet Weiwei's boyfriend."
Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu are both honest people. They care about Lin Wei's relationship status, but they would never have such thoughts about her.
The couple quickly refused, saying, "This is inappropriate."
“It’s appropriate, it’s appropriate.” Lin Wei said, “When my dad was alive, he often took me to your house for meals. I grew up under your watchful eye. Uncle Liu and my dad also grew up together.”
Given this kind of relationship, it's actually quite appropriate for us to have a meal together.
“The important thing is…” Lin Xiaomeng said, “Weiwei and I don’t have any relatives, and there’s no man in our family, so it’s inevitable that people will look down on us.”
Although she wasn't sure if people in Hong Kong valued these things.
But in this day and age, I doubt anyone wouldn't watch it.
Sure enough, Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu agreed without hesitation.
“Okay, let’s go take a look. If that’s the case, I’ll call the eldest and the youngest back. Seeing that Weiwei has two older brothers, the other party will have to think twice about what they say.”
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Thanks to Shen Jize, I finally saw Liu Jianli, the second son of the Liu family, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, at the dinner table the next day.
"Brother Cai, it's been a long time indeed."
The Liu family has two sons, Awang and Acai.
Children love to be given nicknames, and the two of them never liked this nickname since they were little.
Liu Jianli doesn't like it now either. "Weiwei, don't call me that anymore. Everyone outside calls me Brother Li now."
“Okay, Brother Li.” Turning around, Lin Wei called out to Liu Jianmin, “Brother Min.”
Liu Jianmin was very emotional, "Thanks to you, Weiwei has finally changed her way of addressing me. I wanted to say it when we first met, 'Awang, Awang, no one has called me that for so many years,' but I was too embarrassed to say it, afraid that you would get angry and scold me again."
He wasn't afraid of Lin Wei's advances; a young girl's blows don't hurt.
But they've grown up eventually.
But Shen Jize found it interesting.
"Weiwei actually hit me?"
Liu Jianli, deeply influenced by Lin Wei, nodded vigorously.
"She's quite the feisty one, brother. You must have had a tough time."
No sooner had they finished speaking than Lin Wei, who had just left, stood before them, glaring angrily.
“I’ve only been gone a short while, and you’re already talking badly about me here.”
"It was my brother who said it, not me."
Liu Jianli immediately shifted the blame.
The dishes were almost ready, so Lin Xiaomeng brought out wine and drinks, arranged for everyone to be seated, and once the last dish was served, the group immediately began to eat.
It has to be said that the Lin family's home is even more lively today than during the Lunar New Year.
"Please don't be shy, everyone."
Lin Xiaomeng, as the hostess, entertained everyone.
The parents had their own social routine, and with Shen Jize's cooperation, they quickly became friends after just a few words.
But in order to have more topics to talk about, everyone ended up talking about work.
For example, construction sites.
For example, a renovation company.
Liu Jianmin said, "Weiwei has already given all the drawings she made to Mr. Shen's people. Once the location is chosen, I will find a renovation team to start immediately. If the place can be renovated, we should try not to demolish it. If we can bring people to see it in person, it will definitely be more attractive than the photos."
“Okay, that factory building was originally abandoned. We can display it for a while, and then take it to the customers’ homes to see the houses after they are built.”
“Okay, do whatever is convenient for you. I’ll take care of the publicity afterwards. I plan to promote our decoration company and make a name for ourselves first. If we get business, I’ll increase the publicity efforts…”
As we chatted, the meal passed by in the blink of an eye.
There was no discomfort or embarrassment at all during the entire process.
That's the name—
No one dared to call Shen Jize by his given name; they always addressed him as Mr. Shen or Boss Shen.
Of course, Lin Xiaomeng was an exception; she immediately called out "Ji Ze" with great enthusiasm.
After seeing Shen Jize to the door, Shen Jize was still a little jealous.
“My aunt calls me directly, but Weiwei still calls me Chen classmate.”
"Nonsense, I clearly called out Shen Jize."
Shen Jize was unhappy, "But I called you Weiwei."
"So what would you like me to call you?" Lin Wei leaned close to his ear, "Darling? Baby? Or... Baby?"
Even with the reopening in the 1990s, it hadn't reached the point where people were constantly calling each other "darling" or "baby."
Almost as soon as Lin Wei shouted, Shen Jize's face turned red, which was unusual.
“I… Vivi, I never expected you to be like this, Vivi.”
"Ji Ze, is it okay for me to call you that?"
“Okay, but it would be even better if it were done in private, like you just did.”
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