Mr. Lin is crazy about his cute wife

It was a little after four in the afternoon and the sky in the north had gradually darkened. There seemed to be an unusually heavy amount of snow this year and snowflakes were floating outside the window again.

Li Xier sat in a heated office. She held the cup of milk tea in one hand and drew circles on the desk with the other. She took a sip of the milk tea, which was icy and refreshing.

Although it is deep winter, Li Xier still likes to drink cold drinks and eat ice cream, which are also the source of her happiness.

Li Xier has no classes today. Winter vacation is coming soon and teaching has ended. Her next job will mainly be to continue to help students with rehearsals for the drama "Thunderstorm".

Li Xier was drinking milk tea, thinking about Lin Yitong this morning. He was surprisingly good-tempered. Not only did he take the initiative to send her to work, he also said that he would pick her up from get off work in the evening and have dinner together.

This was the first time in Li Xier and Lin Yitang's two years of marriage that Lin Yitang had never asked her out, sent her to work, or picked her up from school. The first two times he came to her school, he was also to accompany Gao Liying, not for her.

Li Xier felt that Lin Yitong was probably doing this for Grandma Lin to see. After all, they now lived in the old house, and under the watchful eyes of Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin, they always had to pretend to be in love.

"Hey, Xier, what are you thinking about? I've been standing here for almost eight hundred years!" Duan Ge waved his hand towards Li Xier's face.

Li Xier came back to her senses, "Teacher Duan, it's almost time to get off work, where are we going to play?"

Young people may not go home on time every day after get off work, especially someone like Duan Ge, who comes from a wealthy family, is tall and handsome, and has great taste in clothes. He should be a playboy after get off work.

"Let's go home. A good man like me will never talk nonsense outside." Duan Ge blinked and gave a wink.

"Duan Ge, you have changed. You have become more like an acting teacher. Tomorrow I will switch with you. You will teach acting and I will teach Chinese." Li Xier teased him with a smile.

"Am I so frivolous in your eyes? I don't have a girlfriend, but I won't date anyone blindly. I'd rather be single than be with someone I don't like. I'll stick with one person forever."

"Being faithful to one person, these words sound unreal when they come out of your mouth. Are all your girlfriends so faithful from the day you meet to the day you break up?" Li Xier teased him deliberately.

"No, Li Xier, am I that kind of person? Otherwise, hey, let's give it a try and date, and let me show you how loyal I am." Duan Ge was anxious and spoke without thinking.

"I'm married and I can't delay a young talent like you." Li Xier giggled.

Li Xier had known Duan Ge for a year and knew that he was a good person, so she smiled at him.

"After get off work, let's go eat something delicious and keep an old widower like me company." Duan Ge bowed.

Li Xier was amused. "Okay, what do you want to eat?"

"Anything is fine, what about you?" Duan Ge had a cute expression.

"I want to eat the spicy hot pot in Shichahai. I really want to eat it." Li Xier thought about how Lin Yitong looked when he went to eat spicy hot pot last time, and smiled.

"You must still remember what you said: home is the only castle, and we will continue to run along the rice-scented river..."

The music of "Dou Xiang" sounded and Li Xier answered the WeChat video.

"Xier, it's almost time to get off work. Let's have dinner together tonight. How about spicy hotpot? We didn't enjoy it well last time." Tang Tang had a smiling face.

"I've made an appointment with Duan Ge. How about the three of us go together?" Li Xier looked at Duan Ge.

Duan Ge sat in the office chair opposite Xier, playing with a ballpoint pen in his hand.

"Of course I'm happy to have a beautiful woman by my side. Come along, I'll treat you." Duan Ge smiled, looking sunny and handsome.

"Okay, see you in Shichahai later." Tang Tang hung up the video.

Li Xier and her best friend Tang Tang often share everything with each other, so Tang Tang has known Duan Ge for a long time.

Li Xier would occasionally mention to Duan Ge her best friend Tang Tang, with whom she had played since the age of four, so Duan Ge was no stranger to Tang Tang.

Today we just happened to have the opportunity to have dinner together, and two people who had heard of each other happened to meet each other.

Just before the end of the get off work day, Lin Yitang's assistant Mingzi called Li Xier and told her that Lin Yitang would have to attend a New Year's party tonight, and Li Xier's grandfather would also attend. It seemed to be an important event. The assistant said that Lin Yitang had asked him to pick up Li Xier after get off work.

Li Xier was not too disappointed. She found that when she was planning to give up this relationship and the man she had loved for more than 20 years, she didn't feel so bad when this idea came out. It turned out that stubborn persistence in love was imprisoning herself.

Li Xier refused her assistant's request to pick her up.

After get off work, Li Xier and Duan Ge went straight to the Malatang restaurant in Shichahai.

It was a snowy day, the sky was light orange and slightly bright, and although the cars on the road were moving slowly, they were in good order. When the two of them arrived, Tang Tang had already arrived.

Maybe because it was snowing, there weren’t many customers in the store and the environment instantly felt better.

Tang Tang was wearing the secretary uniform of Li's Enterprise, a black suit jacket, a white shirt, and black trousers. She had short bob hair, looked smart and capable, and wore a pair of small diamond gourd earrings on her ears, which were delicate and small.

"Tang Tang, my best friend." Li Xier introduced her to Duan Ge.

"Duan Ge, my good buddy." Li Xier said to Tang Tang.

"You two should get to know each other." Li Xier sat down.

"Hello, Miss Tangtang, I'm Duan Ge, I always hear Xier talking about you."

"Hello, I often hear Xier mention you, it's a pleasure to meet you."

The two shook hands.

Young people are not shy when they meet, they have many topics to talk about and the atmosphere is very harmonious.

Tang Tang had a small, long, golden badge pinned to his suit jacket, with "Tang Tang" engraved on it, and a line of small words underneath - Secretary of the President's Office.

Tang Tang saw Li Xier looking at her name tag and explained, "I ran out quickly after get off work. Otherwise, I would easily be caught by my boss and asked to work overtime. So I didn't have time to change clothes. Running this way is safer." Tang Tang looked very experienced.

"Is Li Yishan so cruel? He always forces you to work overtime, even on snowy days?" Li Xier complained about her brother.

"Of course, not every day, but in half a month, I have to work overtime for about 12 days." Tang Tang said naturally while eating spicy hot pot.

"Working overtime for 12 days? That's too much of a loss of self-esteem. You have to work every day?" Duan Ge felt that he was not capable of doing such a job.

"Yes, we work for private bosses, and we are on call at any time. It is normal for us to work overtime on holidays.

"Being a teacher like you has good benefits, a good reputation, various holidays, and winter and summer vacations to have fun. It's so comfortable. So, choosing a career is a very, very important technical job." Tang Tang looked up at Duan Ge and found that he was very handsome. Although he was a little unruly and handsome, he was very polite when eating.

Duan Ge also happened to look up and looked at Tang Tang, a very beautiful girl. She spoke quickly, but her manners were gentle and beautiful.

Li Xier looked at Tang Tang with a bit of heartache. Her family's business was not small, but because she loved Li Yishan, she refused to work for her family's company and insisted on working for Li's company, starting as a small assistant and working her way up to the secretary of the president's office. Li Xier blamed her brother a bit for not knowing how to cherish, always dating blindly, but refusing to treat Tang Tang well, and maintaining a superior-subordinate relationship with Tang Tang all these years.

The meal was very delicious, and the three of them were all chatting happily, unlike the previous few days when Lin Yitong and Li Yishan were around.

"Come on, let's have milk tea instead of wine. Let's go one by one. We can hang out together when we have time in the future." Duan Ge raised his glass.

After three cups of milk tea, they clinked glasses and finished their meal happily.

After dinner, I strolled around Shichahai to help digest the food.

The Shichahai area is full of the ancient and heavy atmosphere of the capital city, and there is also a small bar street with bright lights and wine, which is particularly attractive when night falls.

Although Shichahai is called a sea, it is actually a natural lake. Children who grew up in Beijing love to come here to play in winter. When the lake freezes, they skate, play sledding, etc., having endless fun.

In the current weather in Beijing, the lake has not frozen yet, and the neon lights are reflected on the water. It is snowing and the sky is orange, which is a nice view.

"Our first gathering was a success. Let’s take a selfie." Tang Tang took out his cell phone.

"Yes, yes, yes, let's celebrate the first time the three of us eat spicy hot pot." Duan Ge also came over.

“Take nice pictures and post them on WeChat Moments.” Duan Ge is a sharingist and loves posting on WeChat Moments.

The three of them leaned against the white marble railing by the lake and took a photo. Duan Ge was in the middle, and Tang Tang and Li Xier stood on his left and right.

The three of them have bright smiles and are all good-looking, so the photo turns out great.

“Let’s take a photo together for the first time and post it on WeChat Moments together,” Duan Ge suggested.

Li Xier and Tang Tang also agreed. After all, beautiful photos are suitable for sharing.

Duan Ge created a group chat for the three of them, named "Malatang Trio". Tang Tang posted today's photos in the group of three, which also facilitated daily communication.

Lin Yitong was originally planning to leave work early, but suddenly received a call from Li Xier's grandfather, "Yitong, accompany me to a New Year's party in the evening. Some of the important people attending today will be very helpful to you in the future." Since Grandpa Li had spoken, of course Lin Yitong had to go, and he had to cancel his date with Xier.

During the meal, Lin Yitong took out his cell phone to see if there was any message from Li Xier.

Lin Yitong has two mobile phones, one for work and one for personal use.

His work mobile phone is occasionally managed by his secretary.

His personal cell phone is only in his own hands, and only family members and close friends will appear in his phone.

He swiped his finger across the screen, looking for Xier's profile picture. He clicked it, but there was no message at all. It seemed that she didn't look for him.

Lin Yitong could feel that since Gao Liying returned to China, Li Xier's attitude towards him was not as warm as before. She got angry at him more often than before, and her words and actions were much colder.

Lin Yitong looked at Li Xier's WeChat avatar. It was a photo he took of her at the beach when their family was on vacation at an island villa this summer. The girl was dancing in a red tulle dress, and she looked graceful against the backdrop of the light blue sea and golden sand.

He scrolled back through the chat messages with Li Xier and stopped at last week, when Li Xier asked him if he would go back to the old house for dinner, but he did not reply. After that, Li Xier never sent him a message again.

Lin Yitong opened his circle of friends, and the person he had been waiting for all night appeared in his circle of friends.

Li Xier posted a photo of three people. In the middle was a handsome young man, with Tang Tang and Li Xier next to him. The background seemed to be near Shichahai.

The caption was: A gathering of three people, a spicy hot pot feast, success, yeah yeah yeah! It can be seen that they were in a good mood and had a lot of fun.

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It was already past half past nine when Li Xier returned to the old house. Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin had already returned to their rooms.

A set of small light strips are turned on in the living room, creating a warm yellow glow that is warm and soft.

"You're back. Where have you been?"

Li Xier was startled, she thought Lin Yitong might not have returned from the social event yet.

When I looked over, I saw Lin Yitong leaning on a large leather sofa with a relaxed posture. He was wearing a dark green suit with a tie hanging loosely around his neck. He had not changed into his home clothes. Perhaps he had just returned not long ago.

"I went to have dinner with some friends." Li Xier took off her coat, walked up to him, and sat on the sofa opposite him.

"What friend? You come home so late?" Lin Yitong said in a bad tone.

"It's just a little after nine o'clock, how late can it be?" Li Xier looked surprised.

"Have you been back for a long time?" Li Xier looked into Lin Yitong's eyes.

"I'm going for a social event. Your grandfather notified me to go at the last minute. I'm here for official business." Lin Yitong also looked into Li Xier's eyes.

Li Xier stood up and looked at Lin Yitong with a smile, "I meet friends for socializing. Friends and business are equally important." As she spoke, Li Xier prepared to go upstairs.

Lin Yitong grabbed her arm and brought her to sit on his lap. "It's so late and there's no bodyguard to protect you. How can a girl be outside alone? It's unsafe and dangerous. Don't you know?" He whispered in her ear.

Li Xier simply let him hold her and sat on his lap, "Lin Yitong, I was also hanging out alone this late at night before, and you didn't say it was dangerous?"

Seeing Li Xier talking back at him, Lin Yitang found it cute. Recently, Li Xier no longer called him brother, but called him by his name, in a sharp tone, as if she had become a different person.

"The Lin family has house rules. Women in the Lin family must go home before nine o'clock in the evening and cannot stay outside alone."

"Do the Lin family rules only apply to the women of the Lin family? Can the men of the Lin family stay out all night?" Li Xier said in a playful tone.

"Are there any rules in the Lin family's family that stipulate that a man from the Lin family doesn't go home or even make a phone call when he comes back from a business trip? I heard that he goes straight back to the company. Should he be punished according to the family rules?" Li Xier turned her head and looked at Lin Yitong.

Lin Yitong laughed out loud, his laughter was hearty, and his peach blossom eyes were narrowed.

"Tsk, what's so funny? You have nothing to say, right? Memorize the house rules first, then tell me."

Li Xier wanted to stand up, but Lin Yitang held her down. "Okay, Mrs. Lin is right. It is abrupt for only women to follow the family rules. We need equality for both sexes. From now on, both men and women in the Lin family must go home before nine o'clock. Curfew, nine o'clock."

"Okay, whoever violates the family rules will be punished according to the family law. Let me add one more rule: whoever comes home late and doesn't call or lies will be punished twice as much." Li Xier stiffened her neck.

"Okay, deal." Lin Yitong stretched out his hand and motioned Li Xier to shake hands.

Li Xier held Lin Yitang's hand and shook it twice with great sincerity. "Deal, happy cooperation!"