Xia Wenxi and Lin Shen had originally planned to spend the following weekend together, but they didn't expect that they would both be so busy for the next two weekends in a row.
A week later, on Friday, before leaving get off work, Lin Shen received a long-awaited call from Lin Shuyu, asking him to go to the resort in Wushan over the weekend.
Lin Shen initially wanted to refuse and go next weekend, but because of the WeChat group they had met before, he knew that this time it wasn't just him who had been invited.
Instead, he called all four of his children over at the same time.
He certainly wouldn't do this if it weren't something very important.
So on Friday night, when Lin Shen and Xia Wenxi were having dinner together, Lin Shen brought up the matter.
"It's okay, if we can't see each other this week, we can always meet next week. We can see each other anytime."
"Okay, sure."
Because of their conversation last week, Lin Shen talked more this time and began to confide in Xia Wenxi.
"Actually, when I found out he had called all of us over, I started wondering what it was about. I even wondered if it was him..."
Lin Shen didn't say what he meant after that, but everyone understood.
"After this thought popped into my head, I was actually a little sad. Although it wasn't much, it was enough to surprise me. I thought I no longer cared about my father at all."
"He is, after all, your father, someone you lived with; this is perfectly normal."
"yes."
Lin Shen nodded, then suddenly smiled, "But I don't think it's that kind of situation. I recently heard someone say that he walks briskly every day, full of energy, and his health might even be better than when he was at home."
We'll only find out what it is when we get there.
At this moment, Lin Shen didn't want to say much about Lin Shuyu, and instead talked about the subsequent arrangements.
"I'll be pretty busy next week. I'll be away on a business trip for a few days starting Monday. I'll cook you something delicious when I get back this weekend."
"You can go on your business trip without worry. I can still eat delicious food even when you're not home."
Upon hearing this, Lin Shen showed a slight sadness, his lips pressed into a straight line.
"Wenxi, I'm a little sad that you said that."
In the past, Lin Shen would never have said such a thing, but once he started, he became less and less stressed about it.
Sometimes she would even take the opportunity to act cute or coquettish.
Of course, that's how Xia Wenxi sees it as acting cute; Lin Shen never thinks he's acting cute.
Xia Wenxi stretched out her hands and manually adjusted Lin Shen's straight lips into an upward curve before speaking:
"You come back from a long business trip and instead of resting, you want to cook for me? Do you think I'm some kind of landlord Huang Shiren?"
"You are not."
Lin Shen grabbed Xia Wenxi's hand and kissed it.
"Yang Bailao was oppressed, but Lin Shen did it voluntarily."
"If you're a willing Yang Bailao (a character from a Chinese folktale who has been exploited), then wouldn't I be a forced version of Huang Shiren (a character from a Chinese folktale who has been exploited)? We can just go out to eat then."
"Okay, let's eat out. You can take a week to see what you want to eat."
Because Lin Shen had to head to Wushan Resort early Saturday morning, he took Xia Wenxi home after dinner on Friday.
After getting off the bus, the young couple, deeply in love, were reluctant to part. Lin Shen escorted Xia Wenxi all the way to her doorstep and hugged her for a while before separating.
Lost in their reluctance to part, neither of them noticed that the door above the steps had opened.
Then three heads popped up in a neat row.
"Mom and Dad, Xia Wensheng, what are you doing?"
Xia heard the sound, shrank back, got up, and opened the door.
He joked, "Watching an idol drama."
As soon as he finished speaking, his own mother elbowed him.
"Have you eaten out yet? Xiao Shen, would you like to come in and sit down?"
Upon hearing this, Xia Wenxi answered for Lin Shen, "Mom, Lin Shen has something to do early tomorrow morning, so let him go home early."
Upon hearing this, Ke Shurong and Xia Hengyuan did not keep him any longer, only reminding him to be careful.
Xia Wenxi never expected that upon returning home, she would be told something else.
"Your sister Minghuan's parents are coming here next week, and our two families will be meeting up. Saturday or Sunday is fine. I've already spoken to my parents. Are you free next weekend?"
"It's nothing, just let me know when you've arranged the time and place."
After Xia Wenxi finished speaking, she told Lin Shen about it on WeChat. She would see which day Xia Wensheng had arranged and then make sure that day was free.
We said last week that we would spend the weekend together, but we couldn't find a time that fit in for two consecutive weekends.
However, Xia Wenxi wasn't too disappointed. When the two of them made the date, they didn't think about putting everything else aside just because they were focused on the date.
The prerequisite for spending the weekend together is that both of them are free and have nothing else important to do.
Early Saturday morning, Lin Shen got up to prepare to go to Wushan. The four of them did not agree on a departure time, but coincidentally they arrived at the place almost at the same time.
Upon arrival, someone quickly led them to see Lin Shuyu.
Lin Zhan kept looking around the resort the whole way, and when they were almost there, he finally couldn't help but say, "He really knows how to enjoy life."
And she secretly decided in her heart that she would come and live here someday.
Lin Shuyu lives alone in a large garden, like a smaller garden, but it has courtyards, streams, rockeries, and small bridges.
Lin Shuyu was waiting for his children in a pavilion, accompanied by a young-looking caregiver.
Upon seeing Lin Shen and the others arrive, Lin Shuyu patted the caregiver's hand and said something to her. She giggled and left for the time being.
Seeing the father's "interaction" with the female caregiver, all four of them frowned.
When they received the news, they all had the same guess, and more or less, they felt a little uneasy.
At this moment, everyone felt as if they had swallowed a fly.
All speculation is unnecessary; Lin Shu-yu seems to have no problem living another twenty years.
Lin Yu was truly glad that he had his vasectomy done back then, otherwise he would have welcomed a half-brother when he was old enough to be a grandfather.
Lin Shuyu looked at his four children with a smile, appearing exactly like a kind and benevolent old man.
"I heard you two have been getting along quite well lately?"
No one answered him. Of course, he hadn't expected to hear an answer anyway; he already knew, so he didn't need one.
Lin Shuyu smiled again and said his second sentence.
"Did I call you all here because I thought I was going to die?"
Still, no one answered him.
"You're thinking too soon. The doctors all say I can live to be over a hundred. I called you here today because I have something to tell you."
"Fourth brother."
Lin Shuyu suddenly called out to Lin Shen, and everyone instinctively thought their father was going to give his younger brother some instructions about the company. Who knew he would say something like—
"I thought you were the most like me, but who would have thought you'd be the biggest womanizer in our family? When you're in love, you practically have your soul in your body."
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