[Gao Gan] If you don't love it, you will be soft!

"Me?" Zhang Xichen turned the steering wheel, "I work at the World Trade Center, and I'm the nominal general manager of a foreign language training institution."

"General manager?" Lin Weidong was quite surprised. This noble young man really looks like a real office worker, but the position of general manager is still a bit different from his temperament.

Zhang Xichen said with a smile: "So it's in name."

Lin Weidong was puzzled: "Could it be that you are taking a casual job? Judging by your age, you are actually about the same age as me. What privilege do you have to eat free rice in the company?"

Zhang Xichen said: "You probably don't know. My mother is the founder of this training institution. She didn't remarry after divorce. She was the only son of mine. After she passed away, the property was naturally left to me. To tell you the truth, my bank There is still a nine-figure inheritance in the account, even if I don't work for the rest of my life, I can live happily ever after."

Lin Weidong smiled a little: "It really is a rich man, and he is envious of us working-class people."

Zhang Xichen also laughed at himself: "The money belongs to my mother after all, and I feel guilty for using it. Therefore, I have always wanted to change careers and hand over the company to competent people."

Lin Weidong nodded and said, "I quite agree with your attitude. You look very gentle, not like a cunning businessman."

Zhang Xichen said with a smile: "How can you tell that I am gentle?"

"Feeling," Lin Weidong said, "my feeling has always been quite accurate."

Zhang Xichen smiled without saying a word, and drove slowly.

"Then what are you going to do in the future? I mean, if the company is handed over to someone else, where do you want to go?" Lin Weidong asked.

Zhang Xichen thought for a while: "I'm actually quite lazy, don't laugh at me. What do you think about opening a coffee shop? I've already chosen the location, it's on the side of Wuyue Plaza."

Lin Weidong had never been to a coffee shop before, so he didn't know how to manage such a place, so he said, "You can figure out how to handle this kind of thing. Isn't Wuyue Plaza still under construction? You bought the lot?"

"It's not buying, it's renting. I'll make a reservation first, and then I'll be the first to move in."

Lin Weidong didn't understand these ways, so he just asked: "Where does the money come from, your mother's inheritance?"

Zhang Xichen said: "The money has to be spent, sooner or later, my mother left so much money to me, so I hope it can be of use to me."

Lin Weidong nodded silently: "Nine-figure inheritance, have you ever thought about donating it to the Hope Project?"

Zhang Xichen smiled bitterly: "Donating to the Hope Project may not be of much use. I want to build a school for the children of migrant workers. Like the father and son we met this morning, they belong to migrant workers. , I just want to help people like this.”

Lin Weidong thought it was good: "Your idea is very practical. After all, if you donate it to the Hope Project, it will definitely not be able to quench your thirst."

"Or a fund could be set up to reward students who do well in school but come from poor families."

Lin Weidong smiled and nodded: "It's all good. I'm very happy that you have this kind of heart. It's rare for a rich man to be as generous as you."

Zhang Xichen said with a shallow smile: "What I do must match your profession."

Lin Weidong's tone rose, and he hummed: "Why do you have to match me?"

Zhang Xichen quickly changed his mind: "Aren't we good friends?"

Lin Weidong laughed: "Your friend is really worth it."

Zhang Xichen curled the corners of his mouth silently, and the smile on his face was obvious.

I drove to Lin Weidong's house, and happened to meet Lin's father coming back from get off work. It was only after four o'clock, and the rain was already light at that time.

Lin Weidong's house is more than ten years old. Although it is old, it is very strong. The walls have been repainted with white paint, the windows on the opposite sides have been replaced with aluminum alloy windows, and the wires have been rearranged. Still catch the eye.

Lin Weidong didn't let Zhang Xichen go home immediately, but let him sit at the gate for a while, grabbed some tea, and made a cup of tea for him.

When the tea was brought out, Father Lin happened to walk in from outside. As soon as he took off his poncho, Zhang Xichen stood up respectfully and said hello Lin Bo.

Father Lin was taken aback for a moment, only to realize that it was Zhang Xichen, the little nephew.When he came back just now, he saw the white Audi parked at the door, and thought it belonged to someone next door. Unexpectedly, it was his little nephew who came to play at his house.

He hung the poncho on a bamboo pole that was placed horizontally against the wall, and said, "Xichen, why come here when you have time?"

Zhang Xichen gave a general account of what happened in the morning.

Father Lin glanced at his son, and said, "You brat, why are you always meddling in other people's business and dragging Xichen to follow you..."

Zhang Xichen quickly interjected: "Uncle Lin, it's okay, I don't want to go to work anyway, so it's good to help out. Wei Dong is not meddling in his own business, but a good person and good deed."

Father Lin shook his head helplessly: "It's useless these days to be a good person and do good deeds. Did you see in the news that the young man was kind enough to help a fallen old lady, but the old lady slandered the young man for pushing her down? You Are you saying that you are wronged or not?"

Lin Weidong retorted: "Dad, you can't generalize, this society still has a conscience."

Father Lin glanced at his son, ignored him, turned to Zhang Xichen's direction, and said, "Xichen, it's getting late, so stay and have a meal before you leave. Uncle, I will cook for myself."

"That's so funny."

"You can stay and eat." Lin Weidong said this.

When Zhang Xichen heard this, he didn't refuse, and followed Father Lin to the kitchen, desperately asking for help.

Lin's father wanted Zhang Xichen to stay for dinner, largely because he wanted the other party to experience his cooking skills. How could he let the other party help, but he couldn't help this little nephew, so he had to say: "If you want to help, just serve the plate. .”

Although it was just serving dishes, Zhang Xichen was quite happy.

When it was time for dinner, Lin Weidong was criticized.

"Look how hardworking Xichen is. Unlike you, he knows how to sit and eat melon seeds, but he doesn't know how to hold hands."

Lin Weidong was quite helpless: "Dad, didn't I sit and do other things when you were cooking before? You didn't say a word at that time, why do you feel disgusted now?"

So Lin's father took advantage of the topic: "You used to be a little kid, and it was only natural for me to burn it for you. Now that you are old enough, you should have moved out long ago. Look at this business, a child of your age is still Who spends all day eating away from their parents? You have to reflect on yourself."

Father Lin couldn't help poking Lin Weidong's forehead.

Lin Weidong pretended to shake back and forth a few times, looking childish.

Zhang Xichen sat across from him and laughed silently, but finally put on an envious expression.

"Lin Bo, it's a very happy thing for my son to live with his father for so many years. Don't talk about Wei Dong, let's have dinner."

Lin Bo also obeyed, saying eat, eat.

Lin Weidong saw that Zhang Xichen was in love with the scene, but he couldn't say much in front of his father, so he desperately put vegetables in Zhang Xichen's bowl and told him to eat more, eat more.

"Oh, by the way, dad, where's grandma?" After dinner, Lin Weidong asked belatedly.

"I asked your uncle to pick me up at noon today, and I will come back after a while."

Lin Weidong snorted: "Let me just say, grandma has four sons and one daughter, why does she keep asking you to support them? Uncle and the others should have taken action a long time ago."

Lin's father glared at Lin Weidong, indicating that there were outsiders present, and said less about family issues.

Lin Weidong was straight-hearted, and said whatever came to his mind: "Dad, Zhang Xichen is no outsider, my good brother, don't you call him nephew?"

Father Lin put down his chopsticks, feeling a little sullen.

Zhang Xichen saw that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and quickly smoothed things over, saying: "Hurry up and eat, such a good dish, if you don't finish it, it will be wasted."

Lin Weidong didn't know which nerve was touched by these words, he suddenly changed the subject and said: "Dad, you don't know, Zhang Xichen's craftsmanship is really good, he can compete with what you have, let him cook a table of dishes for you to try some other day , to your satisfaction."

These words did not ease Father Lin's expression. Instead, he said, "I haven't seen you praise someone like this before. It's true that you have changed your nature."

Lin Weidong said: "This is the truth." Then he ate with big mouthfuls.

Zhang Xichen remained silent, listening to the conversation between the father and son and eating the food in silence.

Father Lin chewed a few mouthfuls of green vegetable leaves, then paused suddenly, as if thinking of something, and said, "Xiaodong, you don't have a girlfriend yet. Dad's unit just transferred a female teacher who is about your age and also Haven't found a partner yet, Dad is thinking about whether to match you two?"

When Zhang Xichen heard this, his hands holding the chopsticks visibly shook, but neither father nor son noticed.

Lin Weidong swallowed a mouthful of food: "Dad, I'm still young and don't want to fall in love. Don't meddle with me."

Father Lin's complexion changed: "How can you call it meddling? The little girl has a good family background, good character, and good looks. She doesn't have any requirements for the other half, so she just wants to find someone who is responsible to marry. Little bastard, Dad It's for your consideration, do you know that the fat and water don't flow into other people's fields?"

Lin Weidong put down his chopsticks, and his face was not very good-looking: "Dad, falling in love is one thing, and getting married is another. I don't even want to fall in love now, let alone get married. Don't make red lines for me. In this matter Come on, I won't obey you."

"Why are you so stubborn, kid?" Father Lin's voice became louder.

Lin Weidong frowned and looked at him: "Dad, there are a lot of young guys like me in the institute who are not in love or married, so why worry!"

Father Lin realized that there was an outsider present, and he was embarrassed to argue with his son, so he sighed helplessly and ate by himself.

Zhang Xichen looked at the father and son in front of him, and felt that he should say something.

He pondered for a while, and said: "Lin Bo, Wei Dong, stop arguing. Falling in love and getting married are not child's play, and you can't be in a hurry. Lin Bo, Wei Dong doesn't want to be with that girl, you If you insist on matching, it will ultimately delay the girl's youth. Wei Dong may also have this in mind. He is an adult, so he must have some ideas. When it comes to late marriage and late childbearing, there are men in our company who are not married in their early thirties. It’s much better, people’s thinking is different from before, and they all advocate rational marriage.”

After Zhang Xichen finished speaking, Lin Weidong stretched out his hand from under the table and secretly gave him a thumbs up. Zhang Xichen bent his mouth towards him.

Father Lin coughed: "Since Xichen has said so, I won't force it, but Xiaodong, don't let your guard down, you have to seize the right time, you know?"

Lin Weidong nodded perfunctorily, but he was thinking of another matter.My own father had seized the opportunity back then, but in the end, he was cheated and ruthlessly betrayed.Two marriages, both of which ended in the same way. I was wrong when I met an unkind person.

Learning from the past, Lin Weidong is really afraid, afraid that his marriage will have the same result, so instead of making do with it, it is better not to love, and being alone is fine.

Of course, this is all Lin Weidong's own thoughts. He waited for the day to tell his father, let's go to the nursing home together.

When Lin Weidong sent Zhang Xichen out, the other party suddenly asked him in the dark: "Weidong, if you want to go on a blind date in the future, will you go on a blind date?"

Lin Weidong didn't know why Zhang Xichen asked this suddenly, it was a bit out of date.

"What are you worrying about, don't you want to get involved too?"

Zhang Xichen lowered his head and opened the car door: "Just ask casually, don't pay too much attention to it. I'm going back." He said and started the car.

Lin Weidong leaned down | turned to the car window and said hello to him, and the car slowly left his sight.

Lin's father called Lin Weidong back and asked him to help clear the table, muttering, "You are too close to men, so you don't want to fall in love with girls?"