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    Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Returning to China

    afterwards.

    Lin Yi got up to pour water, but as soon as he stood up, he almost came into close contact with the ground.

    Before Shen Beidao had time to put on his clothes, he went up and caught Lin Yi, “I’m here, don’t move.”

    Shen Beidao carried him back to bed, “You need to drink more hot water now, your hands are so cold.”

    As he spoke, he stood up, put his bare feet on the floor, and walked to the kitchen to boil water.

    After a while, a cup of steaming water was brought over, “From now on, don’t go to places like that with your classmates. Stay up late. Alcohol is not good for your health.”

    “Do you not want me to go to the bar? Or are you simply jealous when you see me with someone else?” Lin Yi took a sip and muttered in a low voice, “It’s really the position of the palace, the measure of the mistress.”

    “Mistress?” Shen Beidao was stunned for a moment and put the cigarette he had smoked back into the cigarette case. “Sometimes it would be nice to be a mistress. You don’t have to worry about the superficial appearance and you can just do whatever you want in bed.”

    “If I really find a mistress, I have to do the above, I have done it before!” Lin Yi became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke. He raised his head and wanted to offer to pressure him once, but when he met Shen Beidao’s eyes, he suddenly felt something bad.

    “Although the counterattack needs to be put on the agenda, I’m tired today, so let’s discuss it another day. What about me… I need to rest, and I have to go to class tomorrow!”

    “Tomorrow is Saturday, and you have no classes all day. You sent me the class schedule for last week, and I remember it very clearly.”

    Lin Yi: “…”

    The lie was exposed in person, and he was so embarrassed that he could dig his toes out of the three bedrooms and one living room.

    Shen Beidao’s memory is ridiculously good, especially when it comes to things about him.

    He glanced at his watch, “It’s past twelve o’clock now, it’s the next day, good morning, my dear.”

    “When a new day starts, shouldn’t it be a good morning kiss?”

    Lin Yi’s scalp was numb and his heart was beating uncontrollably at his tender and dangerous “Dear”.

    He turned away: “Now, it’s early morning…what kind of morning is it…”

    Apart from Lin Yi’s harsh words, his body was completely soft, and the temperature in the room was rising.

    A familiar dangerous aura was continuously emanating from Shen Beidao, and was about to wrap him up.

    “Why doesn’t it count? It’s already the second day, why don’t you give me a kiss?”

    Lin Yi turned away, “I don’t want it.”

    He bent down directly and kissed her.

    The velvet pajamas that Lin Yi was originally wearing had slipped off his shoulders at some point, revealing a large area of ​​fair skin that still had traces of last night.

    The glass with half a glass of water left in his hand was ruthlessly taken away by Shen Beidao during the kiss.

    However, the cup did not fall on the bedside table, but was placed casually on the carpet next to it, making a dull and slight “thunk”.

    The water in the cup sloshed a few times, spilled a few drops, and spread a few deeper marks on the dark carpet.

    But no one cared about the cup at the moment.

    Lin Yi was so confused by this long and deep kiss that his body could only passively endure and respond…

    “But I’ll get hurt if I keep doing this.”

    “I’ll be gentle.”

    “But no matter how gentle you are, you can’t shrink in size -”

    “Baby, it’s a potential stock…”

    “I believe that the baby is very adaptable and can accommodate him intact, right?”

    Lin Yi buried his head in the quilt and thought: I don’t know if the hospital here is easy to register. From now on, Shen Beidao will have to register in advance the day before he comes!

    He now seriously suspects that Shen Beidao is fat!

    Otherwise, why would I not be able to swallow it?!

    A year later, Jiangzhou Airport arrived at the international arrival gate.

    Shen Beidao stood in the most conspicuous position at the airport pick-up gate, holding a large bouquet of flowers in his hand.

    He put aside all work arrangements today and started dealing with emails and phone calls in the morning just to be here on time in the afternoon.

    The phone kept ringing and he had to answer it.

    “Hello? Professor Shen! Oh no, it’s time to call Mr. Shen! Have you arrived? Have you picked up Lin Yi?”

    “We will arrive at Terminal 3 in about half an hour.”

    Zhang Zexuan was chirping on the other end of the phone, “I’m still on a business trip, and I’m still on the highway. It’s still an hour and a half before we get to Jiangzhou. When we get to the hotel, you guys eat first, and when I arrive, I’ll give you three cups of wine to help our artist, Lin Da, catch the wind! No need to wait…”

    “Hey, hey! I haven’t finished speaking yet!”

    There was an argument on the other end of the phone, and Xie Chun interrupted him, “You guys come over to eat at home. I asked aunt to prepare the dishes. Xiao Zhang will send you the address later.”

    “Uncle, have you told Lin Yi?”

    “You bring him here. How can he have to eat out for his first meal after returning from school?”

    Shen Beidao said nothing more, only responded “I understand” and hung up the phone.

    He looked at the bustling crowd at the exit and thought about how to talk to Lin Yi later.

    Just say go to Xie Chun’s house?

    With Lin Yi’s clear-cut temperament of love and hate, coupled with the exhaustion of jet lag from having just returned to China, I’m afraid he would be furious on the spot.

    In the past two years, although Lin Yi would call Xie Chun every now and then when he was abroad, judging from his attitude last month, Lin Yi still had some serious opinions about his father.

    During Lin Yi’s first year studying abroad, Xie Chun had been working in the United States and did not come back for a year.

    It is said that Zhang Zexuan followed his family’s arrangements and went to work in a public institution.

    One time we met at a restaurant and saw that he had a girlfriend with him.

    Later, during a summer vacation, Lin Yi returned to China for twenty days, and Xie Chun returned to China to see his son.

    As for why Zhang Zexuan returned to Xie Chun now, Shen Beidao didn’t know.

    In the evening, around seven o’clock.

    In the direction of the exit, a familiar figure rushed out almost running, carrying a backpack and dragging a small boarding case.

    At a glance, he saw the figure standing out from the crowd holding flowers, and his eyes instantly lit up!

    “Husband——!!!”

    “Finally we don’t have to be in different places!!” Lin Yi buried his face in his neck and rubbed it hard, “I don’t have to look at you through the screen anymore!! I will stick with you every day from now on!!”

    Shen Beidao laughed. He held him firmly with one hand and protected the bouquet with the other. He lowered his head and kissed the top of his hair. His voice was gentle: “I just went to see you last week. We’ve only been apart for a week.”

    Having said that, the tightening of his arms betrayed the same longing for him.

    Lin Yi kissed him hard, “You don’t know how difficult it has been for me these past few days since you left! I have to be busy with the school’s graduation exhibition, and deal with interviews with professors, and I have to pack my luggage and deal with rent cancellations by myself… It’s just physically and mentally exhausted!”

    Shen Beidao raised his eyebrows and said with a bit of doubt in his tone: “Huh? I remember that before I left, most of the luggage had been packed and sealed, and even the labels were attached. What new things did you buy?”

    “Keep it secret for now! I’ll show it to you when I get back! Let’s go, go to the carousel first and get my big box! There are treasures in it!”

    He pulled Shen Beidao towards the baggage claim area. The original fatigue was long gone, and the excitement of returning home overwhelmed everything else.

    …….

    Shen Beidao drove Lin Yi to Xie Chun’s villa.

    I bought this villa not long after returning to China two years ago, and Lin Yi has never been here.

    The two got out of the car, and the nanny waiting at the door came forward and enthusiastically took Lin Yi’s luggage.

    Entering the villa, the high-ceilinged hall is spacious and elegant, and the decoration is in a modern and simple style, but it lacks a “home” atmosphere and is more like a high-end club.

    Xie Chun heard the noise and walked out of the living room.

    He was still wearing a dark suit, but without a tie, and looked a little less serious than usual.But

    But Lin Yi could see the tiredness on his face, as well as a few white hairs on his temples.

    “Dad, is the company very busy recently?”

    The sound of “Dad” made Xie Chun feel warm in his heart, and the boredom of the past few days seemed to have dissipated a lot.

    It seems that my son has gone out to experience for two years, and he has indeed grown up, become sensible, and knows how to care about others.

    “I’m a little busy. I’ll be fine after I’ve been busy for a while.” Xie Chun waved his hands, “You go wash your hands first and get ready to eat. I asked Auntie to cook your favorite food.”

    “Yeah.” Lin Yi turned around and saw Zhang Zexuan walking out of the toilet, fastening his belt as he walked.

    “Oh! Son, you are back!” Zhang Zexuan’s eyes lit up, and an exaggerated smile instantly appeared on his face, “I was just looking at the door for a long time, just like the old woman at the entrance of the village who was looking forward to her son’s return, with eyes filled with tears.”

    Lin Yi was happy when he saw him. He opened his arms and gave him a big hug: “Yes, good son, your father is back.”

    Needless to say, real brothers want to be each other’s dad.

    “I miss you so much!” Zhang Zexuan hugged back hard and deliberately patted Lin Yi on the back, “Let me see, dad, do you only eat sashimi in Japan? Why do you feel that you are not fat but still thin?”

    The two were laughing and joking, hurting each other, and instantly regained that heartless sense of brotherhood.

    “Why are you saving someone today? Where are Li Rui, Zhou Ziyang and the others?”

    “Li Rui came back from vacation two days ago. Zhou Ziyang and the others went on a trip and said they would come back next week. The group just posted travel photos to show off!”

    Zhang Zexuan hooked Lin Yi’s shoulders, lowered his voice, and said mysteriously, “There is another secret, you will never guess it!!”

    At this time, Xie Chun came out of the bedroom and raised his voice to stop: “Zhang Zexuan, don’t talk nonsense!”

    Lin Yi was startled by his father’s sudden severity.

    In his memory, although Xie Chun was not particularly close to him, he had never spoken to Zhang Zexuan in such an almost scolding tone.

    Because Zhang Zexuan is his friend after all.

    Zhang Zexuan was also stunned, and curled his lips with some dissatisfaction: “Uncle Xie, what are you doing! What happened to me and Lin Yi chatting…”

    “Yiyi, come here, here is your favorite mustard-flavored sushi.”

    Lin Yi was indeed hungry. He temporarily put Zhang Zexuan’s “gossip” and his father’s strangeness behind him, and trotted over: “Where is it? Let me try it! I eat it every day in Japan, but when I come back, I am super greedy!!”

    Xie Chun took advantage of Lin Yi’s running away and walked up to Zhang Zexuan. He raised his hand and patted his shoulder gently, “Don’t say anything nonsense, especially today.”

    “Hey!!” What did I say?

    Several people took their seats in the spacious restaurant one after another.

    On the dining table, there are Lin Yi’s favorite Japanese food, as well as authentic Jiangzhou local cuisine, and exquisite Cantonese dim sum, which is obviously a lot of thought.

    Lin Yi was used to saving money outside, but he was a little uncomfortable for a while.

    Zhang Zexuan sat next to Lin Yi, “I haven’t finished what I just said. Zhou Ziyang said that he is getting married at the end of the year. Who do you think he will be with?”

    “Huh? Marry?”

    Lin Yizheng was holding a piece of salmon sashimi. Hearing this, he subconsciously glanced at Shen Beidao, who was eating quietly next to him, “Isn’t he just graduated not long ago, who are you following?”

    “Zhao Qing.” Zhang Zexuan spat out two words and looked at Lin Yi’s eyes that instantly widened with satisfaction.

    “What the hell?! Zhao Qing?!” Lin Yi was so shocked that he almost choked on the mustard and coughed several times. Shen Beidao handed over a glass of water calmly, “The two of them?! When did it happen? They were hidden deep enough!”

    “It is said that after graduation, Zhao Qing went to her ex-boyfriend’s hometown, a small fourth- and fifth-tier city, to develop. After two months there, she discovered that the man was a complete mama’s boy who would do whatever he wanted. Zhao Qing suffered a lot of grievances.”

    “There was a particularly fierce quarrel, and the man actually pushed her. You know Zhao Qing’s temper. At three o’clock in the middle of the night, she just rushed out of the door with her suitcase!”

    “It just so happened that Zhou Ziyang was sent by the company to intern at the branch in that city. Sister Qing was cold and scared on the street. She looked through her address book and didn’t know who to look for. Zhou Ziyang received a call and asked about her location. Without saying a word, he drove there in the early morning and picked up Sister Qing. He drove for more than ten hours overnight and sent her directly home.”

    “What happened next?” Lin Yi was so entranced that he even forgot to eat.

    “Then? Later, Zhao Qing’s parents found out the cause and effect. They were so scared that they thanked Zhou Ziyang in various ways and often invited him to his home for dinner.”

    “Later, Zhou Ziyang performed well at work and was transferred back to the Jiangzhou headquarters. He gradually contacted Zhao Qing more and more, and even met his parents last month.”

    Zhang Zexuan slapped his thigh: “These two people are really hiding it! A few days ago, they were wandering hand in hand in the scenic spot next to my house. I happened to go out to take out the garbage, and I caught him, so I took action!”

    “Sister Qing said, men, you still can’t just look at appearance, you have to look at whether you have a heart, whether you love her or not.”

    Lin Yi didn’t stop eating, and nodded, “Zhao Qing is actually a bit like you. He looks carefree, but in fact, he will dig deep into his heart and lungs for whoever he identifies, without reservation. Sometimes, if you give too easily, you will get hurt easily.”

    Shen Beidao silently put another piece of his favorite sweet and sour pork ribs into Lin Yi’s bowl.

    Zhang Zexuan came closer to Lin Yi, put his arm on the back of his chair, blinked and asked, “You also think that I am a good man who is particularly worthy of trust and very dedicated, don’t you?”

    Lin Yizheng lowered his head to gnaw on the ribs and nodded along with his words: “Yes, although you are usually not formal, you must be serious about relationships, but don’t envy Zhou Ziyang. Fate can’t be rushed, what is supposed to come will always come.”

    This is what Zhang Zexuan was waiting for!

    “What if it’s already here?”

    Lin Yi stopped chewing and looked sideways at him, his eyes full of curiosity: “Who is it? Do I know him? Our classmate? Or a new colleague from your unit?”

    Zhang Zexuan raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the main seat of the dining table: “Sit there!”

    Lin Yi looked in the direction of his finger——

    Shen Beidao’s chopsticks stopped in the air.

    Xie Chun took a sip of red wine.

    Lin Yi’s gaze went beyond Xie Chun and landed not far behind him on the man who was walking out of the kitchen with a soup bowl——

    On the body of a nanny who is about fifty years old and wearing an apron with a kind face.

    “Xuanzi, that aunt seems very kind, but is she… old enough to be your godmother? Isn’t this… inappropriate?”

    Zhang Zexuan:…???

    Xie Chun:…………

    Shen Beidao silently put down his chopsticks, picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth, covering up the corners of his lips that could almost be raised uncontrollably at that moment.

    The air was suddenly eerily quiet.

    (End of text)

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    The author has something to say: The end of this chapter corresponds to what Zhao Qing did in the first chapter, closing the loop.

    Sometimes we may be like the supporting characters of a book, summarized in just a few sentences, but they are all the protagonists of their own lives.

    The extra chapter will write about Tiantian’s daily life, Lin Yi’s entrepreneurial career + Shen Beidao’s foreign assistant, and how he always wants to counterattack hhh

    Thanks for the update. I actually wanted to write more, but I’m done. See you in the next one!

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