35 Relief
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After reading the entire letter, Bai Xia felt a chill on her face. She reached out to wipe away the tears from her cheeks, then carefully folded the letter and put it in her bag, then turned her head to look at the scenery outside the car window.
"Whichever area do you want to live in? I'll have someone clean up the place."
A calm man's voice echoed in her ears. Bai Xia turned around and glanced at him. "Let's talk about it later. Let's finish the other formalities first. Great-grandfather's passing will definitely affect the company's stock price. We still have to be wary of others taking advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble."
"I bought a villa by the sea a while ago. After I'm discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, I want to go there and stay for a few days to relax. Do you want to go?" she asked casually.
Lu Lin was silent for a moment, then replied, "Okay."
Although I have been very busy recently, my daughter really needs to adjust her mood. No matter how smart she is, she is just a child and I am afraid she cannot digest so many changes at once.
After returning to the hospital, Bai Xia asked the nurse to check the wound again. Although he had been out for a day, there was nothing abnormal with the wound. If nothing unexpected happened, he could be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
Every day the heroine brought all kinds of food over, and since she hadn't been exercising recently, her weight increased by another two kilograms. Fortunately, the wound healed quickly, and the pink scab could already be seen.
On Wednesday, she specifically asked the male lead not to come to pick her up, otherwise if she ran into Song Xun, the two of them would start arguing again. He should just go about his own business.
He Yuehua and others also wanted to come and see her. To celebrate her discharge from the hospital, Bai Xia simply invited them to have a barbecue at the beachside villa, which she had bought specially for her vacation.
As expected, the heroine told her that she could only eat two skewers and not touch other high-fat, high-salt meats or heavy-tasting foods, otherwise it would affect the healing of the wound.
Bai Xia agreed verbally, but when she saw the lamb leg that Lu Shuo brought, she couldn't take her eyes off it. The other party must have done it on purpose.
The sea breeze blew across the beach, and waves hit the shore. He Yuehua and a few others were diligently turning the eggplants over until a line of sight came into their sight. Everyone's face changed, and they subconsciously looked at Song Xun.
Bai Xia took off her sunglasses and turned her head, and found someone coming towards her. Assistant Xu said that the company has been very busy recently, and maybe they were afraid that she would be bored staying alone in the beach villa, so the male protagonist rushed over after work to have dinner with her.
"Uncle Lu." He Yuehua greeted him honestly.
Qi Mo and Lin Yan also nodded slightly, "Uncle Lu."
Bai Ruanwen was flipping the roasted lamb leg. Seeing Lu Lin, he smiled slightly and motioned for Song Xun to bring over a chair.
Lu Lin glanced at the barbecue ingredients on the table and frowned, "You can't eat these."
Bai Xia picked up a bottle of soda and threw it over. "Grandpa said that the most important thing for people is to live happily. It won't hurt to eat a little. If you don't want to eat it, you can grill it for us. I won't have any objections."
Looking at his daughter's bright smile, Lu Lin paused, his brows no longer tense, and he finally took the soda, unscrewed it, and handed it to her.
"Thank you." Bai Xia smiled at him.
"Let's go swimming!"
Perhaps because he didn't dare to stay with Lu Lin, Qi Mo patted Lin Yan's arm. He felt guilty when he saw Bai Xia's father.
"I'll go too. Let's have a competition. Whoever loses will treat everyone to dinner tomorrow!" Lu Shuo said as he picked up his goggles and put them on.
Bai Xia leaned back and drank a soda, then looked at the out-of-place Lu Lin, "Do you want to join them? Spending more time with young people can also make you more energetic, or don't you know how to swim?"
"I was the one who taught him how to swim." Song Xunduo brought over two chairs.
Lu Lin squinted his eyes and sneered, "Haven't you washed your face in a long time? You're so shameless."
Bai Ruanwen helplessly lowered his head and sprinkled the seasoning. When he looked up again, he saw that the two of them were wearing swimming goggles, as if they were going to compete with each other.
"Ahhhhh, come on, uncle!" He Yuehua raised her hands and shouted.
Bai Xia took out a telescope from the box and saw that several people had already reached the water's edge. Lu Shuo was the one in the worst shape and it was obvious that he didn't exercise regularly.
"Whoever loses has to clean the house today!" she shouted loudly, standing on a chair.
Bai Ruanwen looked at the young people on the beach and smiled faintly, "Xiao Qi and the others should exercise regularly."
"No way, Uncle Song and Uncle Lu have maintained such good figures, they even have eight-pack abs. This is what regular exercise looks like!" He Yuehua covered her face with her hands and her eyes widened.
At this time, several people had already gone into the water. The target seemed to be the buoy one hundred meters away. Bai Xia kept observing with a telescope. The first person he saw was Lu Shuo who was lagging behind. This kid never exercised, so it was obvious that he was at the bottom.
It was difficult to tell who was better among the other four, but young people had a natural advantage. After all, their physical strength was not at the same level. It was not until the return journey that the three of them widened the gap. Lu Lin swam first, followed by Lin Yan, while Song Xun and Qi Mo were in almost the same position.
Until the final sprint, Lin Yan suddenly exerted his strength and rushed to the first place, while Lu Lin temporarily took second place.
After getting ashore, everyone went to the villa to change clothes. Soon everyone changed into dry clothes, but their hair was still wet. Bai Xia threw a towel to each person.
When it was Lu Shuo's turn, she couldn't help but complain, "You're a young man after all, how come your body management is worse than two middle-aged men in their forties?"
Hearing this, Lu Shuo immediately lifted up his shirt and pointed at the dotted line on his abdomen. "I exercise regularly, okay? Do you see these abdominal muscles? They're just not very obvious."
Bai Xia didn't want to expose him, so she just pulled up his clothes around his abdomen and said, "My waistline is more obvious than yours."
Lu Lin and Song Xun reached out and pressed her arms at the same time. Bai Xia blinked and then put her clothes down.
It's just showing my abs. We still wear swimsuits during swimming classes at school.
"Uncles, you have great physical strength." Qi Mo opened the cans and handed one to each of them.
Lu Lin leaned back in the recliner, took the wine he handed over, and looked at the sunset in the distance. He said in a neutral tone, "It's you who can't do it."
You still want to covet his daughter in this state?
"You may not be as good as Xiao Qi when you are young." Song Xun rarely retorted.
Lu Lin squinted his eyes and said, "Look at yourself. You're so slow. In a few years, you'll have age spots."
Song Xun wasn't angry either. "You're talking as if you won't get age spots."
Hearing this, Lu Lin sneered, took a sip of wine, and then leaned back to look at the sunset glow on the sea.
Accustomed to the bickering between the two, Bai Ruanwen handed a plate of roasted corn kernels to his daughter.
Bai Xia asked Lu Lin to help out as well, telling him not to just order people around all the time. There wasn't so much ready-made food to eat.
Seeing that the male protagonist finally moved his body to flip the lamb leg, Bai Xia took a plate of grilled chicken wings to a beach chair in the distance, and He Yuehua also kept covering for her.
"Although you lost to my elder brother, you don't have to be discouraged. My elder brother works out every morning and evening without fail. His looks and aura were very popular in the entire circle back then. You still have to practice more, otherwise you won't even be able to pass my elder brother's test." Lu Shuo hooked his arm around Qi Mo's neck and comforted him kindly.
The latter kept smiling, "Actually, I let them do it. Do you believe it?"
How could he not swim faster than two middle-aged men? It was just that he was a little slower due to the social conventions. It was obvious at first glance that Lin Yan didn't understand the social conventions.
"You?" Lu Shuo looked him up and down, "I don't believe it."
Qi Mo frowned, "Then let's have another match, and the loser will buy dinner."
Lu Shuo seemed unwilling to give up. The two of them walked on the beach and then went to the seaside. He took off his shirt and jumped into the water.
Seeing this scene, He Yuehua did not mind the trouble and immediately took the telescope to act as a referee.
Bai Xia leaned back in the recliner and bit some corn kernels. The long-lost cumin flavor stimulated her taste buds. She felt fuller. It turned out that strong flavors could make people happier.
Until a bottle of mineral water was handed to her, she turned her head to look at the person behind her and took it. "Do you swim often?"
He has a good body management, unlike Lu Shuo's dotted lines. The best medical beauty for men is self-discipline.
"Occasionally." Lin Yan sat next to her, expressionless. "If an eighteen-year-old's physical strength is not as good as a forty-year-old, then you really need to consider your own problems."
You have to consider the social etiquette, but you can't let your elders think that you are in poor health, otherwise you won't even be able to enter the Lu family.
"Are you saying that Qi Mo and Lu Shuo are not in good health?" Bai Xia looked strange. What kind of fake brotherhood was this?
Lin Yan: "Maybe they don't have enough endurance."
“…”
She seriously suspected that he was being sarcastic.
Bai Xia put the garbage in the bag, then took out a wet tissue to wipe his hands, and looked at the two people racing in the water in the distance. It seemed that they were racing faster than before. Perhaps this was a man's desire to win.
"How do you know I like camellias?" she glanced at me.
Lin Yan turned his head and looked at the girl next to him. "I am the group leader in the first grade. Your art assignment is a painting of camellias."
Later he looked it up and found out that camellia has another flower language: struggle and victory.
Bai Xia's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she turned her head to meet his gaze. "Why are you remembering all this?"
Their eyes met. The girl's eyes were bright and clear. Lin Yan turned his head to look at the distant sea, and his ears gradually turned red. "People subconsciously pay attention to things they like."
Seeing his slightly tense jaw, Bai Xia realized for the first time that he could also be nervous. Her eyebrows twitched slightly, "What do you think is liking? What is love?"
Lin Yan thought for a moment, then pursed his lips, "Liking is an uncontrollable heartbeat, and love is the understanding of the soul."
Just like he didn't know when it started, subconsciously paying attention to her every move. Although his mind told him to just observe, his heartbeat always betrayed his reason first.
Bai Xia's face was full of suspicion. Seeing that his ears were red, it was obvious that he was not as calm as he appeared.
She then stood up, opened her arms, and looked out at the two people competing on the sea. Her eyebrows moved slightly, "I don't know what your soul is like yet. I'll tell you when I can understand it one day."
She did have some desire to explore Lin Yan, but men were just a way to spice up life. Everything should be left to nature. Once she took it to heart, it would affect the balance of life.
After sweeping around, she put the garbage into the nearest trash can and walked towards the barbecue stall.
The sea breeze blew on his face. Looking at the children laughing and playing, Bai Ruanwen couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth slightly. He rarely picked up a can of soda and looked at Lu Lin with a smile.
The latter was stunned for a moment, looking at her smiling eyes, and finally picked up the can and clinked it with hers. He glanced at the person behind him, casually touched Song Xun's cup, then raised his head and took a big sip.
Song Xun also smiled and picked up the cup and drank it all.
The three of them looked at each other, then looked at the girl walking towards them, and unconsciously the corners of their mouths curled up slightly.
"Mom, don't you not drink?" Bai Xia keenly noticed the beer in front of Bai Ruanwen.
Lu Lin's eyebrows twitched slightly, "Your mother used to steal your grandfather's wine to drink."
"I didn't drink yours." Bai Ruanwen frowned slightly.
"Yes, didn't you steal great-grandfather's wine to drink?" Bai Xia glared at him.
Lu Lin didn't say anything, but drank the wine silently. Song Xun put a hand on his shoulder and the two of them clinked the bottles together again.
"Are you planning to move out in the future? It's not safe to be alone. Why don't you live with me?" Bai Ruanwen held her daughter's hand.
Bai Xia leaned over and hugged her mother's neck, "I'm not alone, don't I have a father here?"
Lu Lin paused, and his grip on the can tightened quietly. In his memory, this seemed to be the first time his daughter called him in person.
"I'll listen to you and don't bully your father in the future." Bai Ruanwen smiled and patted her arm.
Bai Xia pouted, "How could I bully him? I care about him so much. Every time he skips breakfast, I ask Assistant Xu to watch him eat."
Nine out of ten bosses have stomachaches because they don’t eat breakfast, and one has a migraine. She always keeps an eye on the male protagonist to prevent him from developing bad habits.
"Your father is old and needs someone to look after him." Song Xun smiled helplessly.
Lu Lin immediately glanced at him unhappily, "Pay attention to your age spots."
Feeling that the two of them were about to start arguing again, Bai Xia had no choice but to pick up a bottle of soda, open it, and then raise his arms, "Okay, okay, I wish you eternal youth."
Bai Ruanwen picked up his wine glass and clinked it with his daughter's. The other two also stretched out their arms and clinked theirs. The sea breeze blew on their faces. They looked at each other and smiled as they sat back, watching the sea water lapping against the beach.
Bai Xia put her hands behind her head, feeling the hair beside her ears blown by the sea breeze. She looked at the sunset on the coastline and suddenly felt the freedom that Lu Jinnian talked about.
Maybe relatives are like the sun. When you feel it is scorching, it sets in the blink of an eye. The most important thing is to cherish the present and have a clear conscience.
Sometimes she wonders what the meaning of life is, is it to strive for victory, or to do something valuable for society.
It wasn't until she saw Lu Jinnian's letter that she seemed to understand.
The meaning of life lies in what kind of meaning you want to give it. If one wants to live a free and unrestrained life, then freedom is the meaning of her life.
【Author’s words】
It’s finished! I feel like it’s complete!
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