Everyone loves gruel

Lin Xizhou consciously went to find Lin Zheng after class. Lin Zheng packed up the books on the podium and took them in his hand, and asked him, "What's the next class?"

"Uh... music class, but it should be changed to self-study."

"Oh, fine." Lin Zheng replied with a smile, "Then I'll waste your time, let's go to the back playground."

Lin Xizhou was taken aback, but he didn't say anything. Now that the college entrance examination was approaching, it was common for the head teacher to talk to the students, so he left the classroom with Lin Zheng.

Next to the playground is the cafeteria. Lin Zheng went to buy a hamburger and a bottle of green tea. When he came out, he unscrewed the green tea and handed it to Lin Xizhou, "Drink some water first."

Lin Xizhou inexplicably took it and took a few sips, then Lin Zheng unpacked the hamburger, took the green tea from Lin Xizhou's hand and twisted the lid, then handed him the hamburger.

"What are you doing?" Lin Xizhou took the burger in a daze.

"I saw you eating sausages when I was reading in the morning." Lin Zheng said with a smile, "What's the matter, didn't you eat breakfast this morning?"

Lin Xizhou had no choice but to lower his head silently and bite the hamburger. He only drank a cup of coffee in the morning, but it turned out that it was not enough.As soon as he came to school, he felt a little hungry. It happened that Gu Yan brought sausages, so he gnawed on the sausages while reciting ancient prose, and was caught by Lin Zheng.

The two walked slowly along the playground. Lin Zheng waited patiently for him to eat half of the hamburger before asking, "Xizhou, what's the matter with you and Cheng Hao?"

Lin Zheng's abrupt words made Lin Xizhou almost choke to death on the chicken. He quickly took green tea and poured down half of the bottle before stammering, "No, nothing."

"Do you really think I don't know anything?" Lin Zheng sighed, and smiled wryly, "I've seen it before when I went out to play, and I added him on WeChat... After thinking about it together, I'm basically sure."

Lin Xizhou twitched the corners of his mouth. Also, Cheng Hao’s WeChat name is the soup spoon of gruel. There is a slightly yellowish explanation. Cheng Hao said that he wanted to use a spoon to fill up the juice of gruel (…), so WeChat This is where the name comes from.

"Yesterday, I asked you to go to the printing room on the first floor of the office building to get the test papers. It took you a long time to come back, and your condition was not right after that." Lin Zheng said, "Later, I heard that Cheng Hao had resigned. Going to work for his father's company, only returning to the infirmary occasionally to help, and not leaving the job completely until the end of the semester."

Lin Xizhou didn't speak. Lin Zheng paused, and then continued, "Xizhou, you are very smart and your grades are stable. If you perform well in the college entrance examination, you will definitely get a very impressive grade."

"But your family background is there, the college entrance examination is not so important. In fact, even if you don't have a grand background, the college entrance examination is not the decisive factor in life." Lin Zheng said, "Although as a teacher, these are not very important. Appropriate, but, I just want you to have a good time, that's all."

Some people are born with more advantages than others, and these advantages also give them more choices at the various crossroads of life.Lin Xizhou was determined to go to the north to study in a famous school before, but now he broke into a forest halfway, which made him hesitate.If they really went eight thousand miles away to finish their four-year university studies, or continued their graduate studies before returning, the Lin family might not know what would happen.

Lin Xizhou smiled, finished the last bite of the hamburger, and said vaguely, "Actually, I don't have any pressure, it's quite relaxed."

"That would be the best." Lin Zheng said with a smile, "Be normal, pay more attention to rest, and ensure sleep in the future. Now that the college entrance examination is approaching, there is a little more homework. You don't need to do some basic questions. You can Talk directly to the teachers of each subject."

Feeling that Lin Zheng was opening the back door for him, Lin Xizhou laughed out loud, "Privilege of being a top student?"

"Of course." Lin Zheng blinked at him, "You are my favorite student."

The two said as they walked, after such a chat and Lin Xizhou had breakfast, most of the class had passed, and Lin Zheng didn't waste much time, so he asked Lin Xizhou to go back to the classroom first, and he had to go to the printing room to get the test papers.

Lin Xizhou said, "I'll go get it. Anyway, you don't have any classes, so you can go back directly, so you don't have to go back to the office again."

"No need," Lin Zheng waved his hand, "Auntie in the printing room probably hasn't printed it yet, I'll wait there for a while, you go back to the classroom to do your homework first, don't waste time."

Lin Xizhou didn't force it, nodded, turned around and was about to go back, but when he accidentally looked up, he saw Cheng Hao standing in the parking lot behind the playground, wearing a black suit that was the same as Lin Jiyao's, looking intently at him. watching them.

The two people's eyes met, Cheng Hao was still looking at him blankly, Lin Xizhou moved his eyes away first, said goodbye to Lin Zheng, crossed the playground and walked back to the teaching building by another road, just bypassing Cheng Hao.

Lin Xizhou walked calmly and calmly all the way, but he felt that a gaze was still relentlessly sticking to him, and it didn't disappear until he turned the corner and walked away.

Lin Xizhou sighed lowly, Cheng Hao is really different, with the suit on his face, he looks like a president and an entrepreneur.

He couldn't tell what it felt like, and he didn't know whether Cheng Hao's change was good or bad.Let alone Cheng Hao, maybe Lin Xizhou himself will become like that in the future.Who knows what the future holds.

******

Life in the sprint stage of the college entrance examination is the same. You do the questions in class, do the questions in class, go home at night, continue to do the questions, and then go to sleep.Lin Jiyao knew that he valued this exam, so he didn't bother him too much, but told Mrs. Zhang to cook more soup to supplement nutrition; Lin Chi went back to university for classes, and because of the distance, he had only been home for the past four months once.

To sum up, the family has been harmonious these days, and the rice ball has grown to more than one year old, and its height and weight are all rising like blowing a balloon.When Lin Xizhou left the school gate at the end of the first morning of the college entrance examination, he saw Lin Jiyao waiting for him under the shade of a tree opposite the school gate holding Fantuan. Ji Yao didn't hold back any of them, and could only watch helplessly as the rice ball threw itself on Lin Xizhou.

"Dad, why are you here?" Lin Xizhou took the dog leash and walked towards Lin Jiyao, "It's a hot day, just wait in the car."

Lin Jiyao smiled, and put his arms around his shoulders, "Isn't this your college entrance examination?" There are always parents waiting at the gate of the college entrance examination site, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is crowded.He waited at the right time, while many other parents waited from sending their children to the end of the exam.

"Will you be nervous about the exam?" Lin Jiyao asked.

Lin Xizhou shook his head. There's nothing to be nervous about. It's just that halfway through the exam, he would suddenly remember that this was the last time he would do the exam. He would take a little distraction, and then quickly resume the exam.

This was an experience worth remembering, until Lin Xizhou and Gu Yan walked out of the school together after the two-day college entrance examination, still feeling a sense of unreality.

Three years of high school ended in the blink of an eye, Lin Jiyao and Fantuan were still waiting outside the door, and Lin Xizhou and Gu Yan got in the car after saying goodbye.The rice ball placed on the back seat of the car insisted on being with Lin Xizhou through various channels, and almost flew straight into the windshield, so frightened that Lin Xizhou had no choice but to let the Samoyed squat on his feet.

"Xiao Xi," Lin Jiyao turned his head to look at him, and then quickly turned his head to look at the road, "Try entering the company during the summer vacation? I'll let you get acquainted."

"Okay." Lin Xizhou said.

Lin Jiyao was a little surprised to agree so readily. After a pause, he asked again, "Then where do you want to study in university?"

"A 985 school in another province." Lin Xizhou said, "It's only about an hour by plane, not far away."

Hearing this, Lin Jiyao had a twitch of veins on his forehead, and it took more than an hour to fly, so where is it not far?Selfishly speaking, he hoped that Lin Xizhou would stay in this province to study, and it would be best to live at home.But Lin Jiyao also knows that very few boys are willing to go to college and continue to live in this province, so the flight of more than an hour... Well, it is barely acceptable.

However, the reason why Lin Xizhou chose to compromise was actually because he saw Cheng Hao at school that day.

If it was before, Lin Xizhou would never have imagined that Cheng Hao would one day wear an expensive hand-made custom suit like Lin Jiyao, button the shirt to the top button meticulously, and then face the collapse of Mount Tai. Change your attitude to face everything.

At that time, he gradually understood that people are the most fickle, and there is nothing in the world that can be relied on forever except himself. Even if someone like Cheng Hao embarked on this road, why would he refuse?It's okay if there is no Lin Chi, but now Lin Chi is obviously going to come back to replace him - not to coexist with him, but to replace him.Because from Lin Chi's point of view, he is the only heir of the Lin family who is entitled to all property.Lin Xizhou is not a descendant of the Lin family at all, so he shouldn't own any of the Lin family.

If he still backs down like a fool now, Lin Xizhou can almost imagine what a tragic end he will have when Lin Chi gains real power and Lin Jiyao is unable to protect him.

So even if Lin Xizhou wasn't of the Lin family's blood, he didn't intend to give up everything he had now.

But the trouble is that Lin Xizhou is not sure that he can keep Lin Chi under control, whether it is now or in the future.But if he wanted to get people out, he really couldn't think of any reason, and Lin Chi hadn't done anything bad so far.

The situation is not too bad... But things are still in a hurry, so we can only take one step at a time.

******

The summer vacation after the college entrance examination is very long, Lin Xizhou will have nothing to do after returning to school for the graduation ceremony, and the results will not be known until the end of June.So he followed Lin Jiyao to the company, but unlike Lin Chi's treatment, Lin Xizhou studied with Lin Jiyao, and was introduced to several senior executives who often came into contact with Lin Jiyao.

But Lin Xizhou was only a senior high school graduate after all, so he couldn't learn anything too profound.Lin Jiyao just explained to him the company structure, the company's various departments and their functions, and what they mainly do and what they rely on to obtain profits.

For the next few days, everything was normal, so normal that Lin Xizhou thought that Lin Jiyao had forgotten everything before, until that day Lin Jiyao's secretary was severely reprimanded for chatting with him while holding a cup of coffee, Lin Xizhou suddenly realized that the relationship between them was still the same and never got better.

Back in the office, Lin Xizhou was a little silent.

"Xiaoxi," Lin Jiyao said, turning around to look at him, his dark eyes were bottomless, "You know, I can't let go."

"Why?" Lin Xizhou shouted out of control, "Didn't everything be fine before? You can do it, you can just be a father, why—"

"Before?" Lin Jiyao smiled. He walked to Lin Xizhou's side, tentatively put his hand on his shoulder.In fact, Lin Xizhou was used to such ordinary intimate actions before, even if that happened just now, he just froze for a moment now, and didn't react too much.

"Xiaoxi, look, it's good that you don't avoid me anymore." Lin Jiyao said softly, "But how can I see you getting close to others and still be indifferent?" He stroked Lin Xizhou's side face, "If he hugs you, kisses you, even..."

"Then don't look!" Lin Xizhou waved his hand away angrily, "I don't want to dwell on this issue anymore, Lin Jiyao, I will be with someone else one day." After a pause, his tone suddenly He calmed down strangely, "Dad, if you can't accept it, I can go abroad with him and go home once a year, so as not to disturb your eyes."

"Him?" Lin Jiyao raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Who, Cheng Hao?"

"If Mr. Cheng hadn't apologized to me again, I wouldn't have known you were with Cheng Hao again." Lin Jiyao said again, with an indescribably complicated expression, "Xiaoxi, Cheng Hao is about to get engaged, Why are you bothering about him?"

"When did I bother?" Lin Xizhou said blankly, as if thinking of something, he looked up at Lin Jiyao, and said in a cold voice, "I was with him before, but it was three months ago. We broke up. He mentioned it, Lin Jiyao, are you satisfied?"

Seeing Lin Xizhou's lowered eyes and somewhat disappointed look, Lin Jiyao's first reaction was not happiness, but anger.

Angry that Cheng Hao let Cheng Hao ruin the treasure that he was holding and protecting so much that he was afraid of falling. Where did he get so hard on carrying Cheng Lao before, but now he ran away for the sake of beauty and future. Engagement, dare to say something sincere to him?

"Dad, don't you just want me to be happy? Why do you insist on forcing me to do things I don't want to do?" Lin Xizhou asked him, "You know me best, you should know that I can't accept..." He moved his lips with difficulty, and said the last word, "...you."

There was silence in the office, and the hustle and bustle of traffic outside the window seemed to be cut off.Lin Jiyao turned his back silently, yes, he knew Lin Xizhou, he knew that Lin Xizhou regarded all this as chaos.He is immoral, but the sad thing is that he knows it's impossible, but he still deceives himself and wants to get closer to him.

Lin Xizhou said, "Dad, just allow me to be selfish just once, can't you make me happy?" At the end, his voice was even pleading.

Lin Jiyao's hands trembled a little, he could do anything for Lin Xizhou, let alone for the happiness of his life.Can... suppress feelings?Let him watch his sweetheart flirt with others?The pain was like stabbing his heart with a knife, how could he bear it?

However, thinking about this, Lin Jiyao remembered what Lin Xizhou had said before. He just wanted Lin Xizhou to be happy all his life. If the two were forced to be together, it would not be Lin Xizhou who would be happy, but him. Has he also become Lin Jiyao?

Looking at Lin Jiyao's back, Lin Xizhou couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that he hadn't spoken for a long time. It seemed that the bitter trick just now was still useful, and Lin Jiyao just needed time to think.

Thinking about it, Lin Xizhou didn't stay any longer, and quietly left the office.