Seeing him enter the room, Du Feng and the others' eyes lit up, and they quickly stood up and came to him to greet him.
Especially Du Ming and his wife, if someone who didn't know the inside story saw how caring they were, they would think they were Li Xu's biological parents.
As Li Xu was responding one by one, a deep voice suddenly came from his ear, "Dad, who is this guest?"
Good job.
I don’t know when Du Lin came over, and he was still looking at Li Xu.
Hearing this, the room instantly became quiet, and the people standing in front of Du Lin even made room for him.
When he walked in front of Li Xu, Du Ming forced a smile on his face and introduced him, "His name is Li Xu. He is your younger sister's fiancé. I mentioned him to you in the letter before."
Just as he was about to introduce Du Lin, Li Xu extended his hands enthusiastically and said, "You must be Brother Du Lin, right? I've heard Uncle Du and the others mention you a lot, and this time I finally meet you in person."
Only then did he see Du Lin's appearance. He saw that the other person had a dark face, ordinary features, and many forehead wrinkles. He did not look like a man in his twenties at all.
To be honest, apart from some similarities between his eyebrows and eyes with Du Ming, he doesn't look much like the Du family members sitting in the room.
However, the other person was not short, and was more than half a head taller than Li Xu.
Du Lin stretched out his right hand to shake Li Xu's, then pulled up the corners of his mouth, revealing a very ugly smile, "My dad and the others are too busy avoiding me, it's impossible for them to mention me often."
Li Xu: ...
You are quite self-aware.
But I've already said it. If you take it back, it would seem dishonest of me.
So he thought about it and said with a smile, "Brother Du Lin, as far as I know, Uncle Du often brags to outsiders that he has a soldier son."
"That's right. I'm your father. How can a father hide from his son?" Du Ming quickly agreed.
He said this in a very firm manner. If he had not looked away and did not dare to look directly at Du Lin, Li Xu might have really believed it.
Du Lin retracted his right hand and said calmly, "Sit down first and talk later."
"Yes, yes, yes. Sit down first. Xiaohong, go make Xiaoxu a cup of tea."
While greeting him, Yang Li arranged Li Xu to sit next to Du Lin.
In this way, she would not be able to see the face of her eldest son.
Li Xu shook his head secretly, thinking, aren't you guys exaggerating too much?
At this time, Du Lin suddenly said, "I heard that it was you who suggested that the third son get married as soon as possible?"
Hearing this, Li Xu coughed twice, then hurriedly explained, "Brother Du, Xiao Sen said he doesn't want to join the army. I think forcing someone is useless. If he doesn't want to, forcing him is useless, and it might even cause some trouble. So I gave him an idea."
"I'm just asking, why are you so anxious?" Du Lin shook his head and sighed, as if talking to himself, "It's better not to go. At least I can be safe at home."
"ah?"
Not to mention Li Xu, even Du Ming and the others were stunned for a moment. Yang Li asked, "Boss, didn't you want the third child to join the army the most? Why have you changed your mind now?"
"Before was before, now is now. To be honest, I was furious when I first heard the news that the third brother was engaged. But at the end of last year, I suddenly realized that not joining the army might not be a bad thing. I am enough to serve the country, there is no need for the third brother to go too."
After hearing Du Lin's explanation, Li Xu's brain started working rapidly.
He quickly thought of a possibility, and hesitantly asked, "Brother Du, did you change your mind because of last year's self-defense counterattack against India?"
This incident was reported in newspapers many times at the time and caused heated discussions among people. Even those who did not have the habit of reading newspapers or were illiterate could hear related content from other people.
Du Lin nodded without saying anything more.
Now everyone understood that he might have felt that being a soldier was too risky through this incident, so he changed his mind.
But this is not surprising. There are only a few people in the Du family. If anything happens to any one of them, it would be unacceptable.
Thinking of this, Yang Li's face showed a worried expression, "Boss, how about you decide when to return from the army?"
"No, I think being a soldier is pretty good."
"Do you want to stay in the army your whole life and never get married or have children?"
Even though Du Ming and his wife usually act like they don't care about his marriage, he is their biological son after all. Even if they don't want to see his face, they are actually very worried about his major life events.
After a moment of silence, Du Lin said, "Don't worry, let's talk about it in two years. Besides, the second son is getting married soon. With him and the third son around, the Du family's incense will not be cut off."
Du Ming was a little angry, and he dared not look directly at them. "It's their business if they have children. You have to think about your own problems. Haven't you seen what happens to those who don't have children when they get old?"
Nowadays, if you don’t have children, your fate in old age will most likely be miserable.
To put it bluntly, they are still playing the same trick of eating up the whole family.
Only a very few can receive careful care from their relatives and die of old age.
Du Lin certainly understood this, and then he looked back without giving in, "I have seen it, but I don't want to think about it now."
Du Ming was about to speak when Yang Li patted his arm and sighed, "Forget it, let him be. He's only in his twenties. It won't be too late to talk about this in a few years."
Then she said to Du Lin, "Boss, it's okay if you don't want to get married now, and it's okay if you don't want to retire, but you have to promise us that you will protect your own safety. Can you do that?"
"Yes." Du Lin answered without hesitation.
Although Du Ming was somewhat unwilling, he did not continue discussing the topic. Instead, he looked aside and asked, "Boss, how did you know that idea was related to Xiaoxu?"
He must get to the bottom of this matter.
If Du Lin had not changed his mind, he couldn't imagine how the other party would treat Li Xu with his stubborn temper.
As soon as these words were spoken, Li Xu quickly pricked up his ears and listened.
He wanted to know who betrayed him so that he could thank him properly.
Hearing the question, Du Lin turned his head and looked straight at Du Sen.
Du Sen hadn't dared to look at him, so he didn't notice his gaze. Seeing this, Li Xu grinned, "Xiao Sen, were you the one who told Brother Du about this?"
"Ah?" Du Sen was stunned for a moment, then said decisively, "No, how could I possibly tell him? Since he came back, I haven't even dared to say a few words to him."
"The third brother didn't tell me directly. I inferred it from the details of his conversation."
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