Uncle Nine, where are you running to?

During the meal, Xia Youren and the other two, who were exhausted, ate voraciously.

Only Lin Zheng remained slow and measured.

A bite of rice, a bite of vegetables.

A mouthful of rice, half a mouthful of rice.

A grain of rice...

He glanced at the silent phone and hummed softly.

Ah Zhi silently glanced at the teeth mark on his left ear and raised her lips silently.

The love of middle-aged people is also very sweet.

I have to say that Sister Jingzhi is quite resourceful. She seduced her conservative father so much that he lost his appetite.

She put a piece of food into Lin Zheng's bowl with her chopsticks and casually said, "Dad, didn't you say you were going to play chess with Uncle Hu? When are you going?"

Lin Zheng's eyes paused, he looked down at the shredded potatoes in the bowl, and a cold arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Let's close the shop early and go tonight."

Ah Zhi wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, "Then... can we go?"

Lin Zheng raised his head to look at her, paused, and said:

"You can go to Old Hu's house. Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Don't bother her."

Which one?

That her?

Ah Zhi pouted and reached out to shake Lin Zheng's arm, "Dad, I just wanted to play with her. She invited me to play before."

Lin Zheng's gaze shifted from Azhi's face to Xia Youren's face, and then to A Bing.

A Bing's scalp tightened, and he immediately put down his chopsticks and waved his hand, "I'm not going. I'm going to the movies tonight. It's fine if they go."

Then his gaze shifted back to Xia Youren's face.

Xia Youren didn't know how many times Lin Zheng had disliked him. He smiled indifferently and said, "Anyway, I have nothing to do today. Wherever Ah Zhi goes, I will go."

As he spoke, he also mentioned as a person who had experienced this:

"Uncle, you can't be too shameless when you're in love. You've just checked your phone hundreds of times. If you miss her, just give her a call."

Being teased by this brat in front of his subordinates and daughter, Lin Zheng wanted to strangle Xia Youren to death.

So he raised his eyebrows and chin, "How's work going?"

"Got a promotion?"

"Did you get a raise?"

"Do you still want to wander around like a street urchin?"

After three questions in a row, Xia Youren was so embarrassed that his face turned blue.

Now it's his turn to be unable to eat.

"Oh, Dad!" Ah Zhi frowned and kicked his legs a little, "Didn't you say you agreed to let me date him?"

Xia Youren was startled, and immediately raised his head and looked at Lin Zheng in shock.

Lin Zheng remained unmoved, retracting his gaze, his face still stern. "Dating is one thing, but marriage requires more consideration. I hope both of you will consider this carefully."

Xia Youren pursed his lips, put away his previous cheerful look, frowned and asked Lin Zheng:

"What about you? When you were with her, weren't you driven by feelings, unable to control your emotions, unable to suppress your impulse, wanting to be closer to her? Did you consider all that?"

Lin Zheng was stunned by his question.

Then he closed his mouth, lowered his brows and thought deeply.

Just over a minute.

He suddenly raised his eyes, tilted his head to the right, raised his hand and gently stroked Azhi's hair, "Azhi, Dad is not an irresponsible person."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Xia Youren from time to time, as if to criticize him, "Also, a man must first have the foundation for building a family and career, so that she can feel at ease. Only then can he talk about marriage."

"Also, it starts with emotion and ends with etiquette."

In order to save face for his daughter, Lin Zheng stopped talking.

He believed that Xia Youren could understand.

Fortunately, he was already 70% full. Lin Zheng put down the money, took the car keys and stood up.

"……dad."

Ah Zhi stopped acting like a spoiled child and instead just called out obediently.

Lin Zheng glanced at her sideways, sighed secretly, and raised one arm towards her, "Let's go when you're full. I'll take you there."

Azhi's beautiful eyes suddenly curved into two arcs.

She then stood up, stretched out her hand, squeezed Lin Zheng's hand, turned around and winked at Xia Youren:

"You should go back and rest early."

"……Um."

Xia Youren didn't insist anymore, but just responded softly.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the banknotes under Lin Zheng's bowl, his brows slowly furrowed.

Young people who have just entered society understand for the first time that ideals cannot be just fantasies. They must first have bread before love can last.

Behind his ear, the sweet voice of his girlfriend drifted increasingly farther away.

"Dad, aren't you going out? Why are you back in the store?"

What followed was the cold response from his future father-in-law.

"Bring a bundle of twine."

"Since someone insists on playing dirty tricks on me, I don't have to show mercy!"

Xia Youren stood up suddenly.

Forget it, his uncle was about to get angry, so he decided not to join in the fun.

……

seven thirty.

In room 101.

Old Hu turned his sore neck and slowly woke up.

As he turned, he felt something rough rubbing against his skin at the back of his neck.

Old Hu wanted to raise his hand to touch it, but found that he could not move his hands and feet.

Look down.

Well, he was tied to the chair with hemp rope, very tightly, even his ankles were tied to the chair legs.

He was so scared that he kept twisting his arms and looking around frantically for the culprit.

"No need to waste your efforts."

A hand reached out from behind and gently patted his shoulder.

The aroma of medicine floated in the air, and Lao Hu felt a chill on his back. His first reaction was that the truth had been revealed.

"You, what are you doing? Breaking into my house for no reason and tying me up, you know that's illegal, right?"

Lin Zheng snorted coldly, walked to the front, pulled a chair and sat down, "You know what you have done. We have known each other for so many years, and you know my temper."

"If I have a grudge, I will definitely take revenge."

Old Hu laughed dryly and pulled the corner of his mouth. "I just...see your store isn't very popular, so I'm trying to attract more customers to your store. Don't you make a lot of money?"

Lin Zheng leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms and said indifferently:

"Do you want to help me, or do you want to tire me to death?"

"..."

Old Hu hesitated for a long time, feeling too guilty to utter a single word in rebuttal. He could only bring up the past again and began to rehash the old scores with Lin Zheng:

"I was the one who picked Jingzhi first. You're so shameless! I recommended her to you out of kindness, but you actually kept it a secret from me and got together with her! Do you still consider me your brother?!"

Lin Zheng ignored Lao Hu's unreasonable words and turned to look out the window.

In the living room of the house next door, the curtains were wide open.

The inside of the house with incandescent lights on is clearly visible.

Two children and two women, some curled up on the sofa, some sitting on the carpet, not knowing what they were watching on TV, but all of them were laughing so hard that they were bent over with joy.

Lin Zheng pursed his lips and secretly glared at the woman who was smiling the happiest.

This heartless guy can still laugh.

Not only does he have a love rival near his home, but there is also a man at work who is eyeing her. He really can't let his guard down for a moment.

As if noticing his gaze, Jingzhi glanced over here.

Knowing that he would not do anything to Lao Hu, Jingzhi did not worry too much. She just smiled at Lao Hu very embarrassedly, then glared at Lin Zheng with a pout, and waved at him, motioning him to come over.

Lin Zheng's eyes showed a hint of grievance.

He turned his head suddenly and stood up.

"If you don't provoke me, I won't take action."

"For her sake today, I'll forgive you this time."

As he said this, he untied one of Lao Hu's feet and lifted his leg to lay flat on the chair he had just been sitting on.

Lin Zheng fixed his stretched legs on the chair.

Take off your shoes and socks.

It was not until the feather brushed against the soles of his feet that Lao Hu discovered that there was a transparent fishing line hanging from the ceiling.

A black and white feather was tied to the end, level with the soles of his feet.

"Hahaha, I was wrong! Lao Lin, please let me go! At worst, I won't call! Hahaha, please brush the hair away for me!!"

"Open it?" The petty-minded Lin Zheng curled the corners of his mouth, walked directly to the window and opened it.

The cool night breeze instantly rushed into the house, causing the feather to spin.

Old Hu was trembling from being tickled, and even tears came out of his eyes. "I want to accuse you! Hahahaha! Nm, you stingy, stinky Taoist priest! Yo yo yo ~ It itches so bad!"

Lin Zheng had a sinister smile on his face. He picked up the small blanket on the sofa with two fingers, walked over and gently covered Lao Hu with it.

"Don't accuse me of being disloyal. It's even more dewy, brother...please keep warm."

Old Hu rolled his eyes with tears in his eyes, "Old Lin, I fucked you..."

"Tsk."

Lin Zheng walked towards the entrance, whispering:

"Zhizhi doesn't like men who swear."

"besides……"

"Relationships are about mutual affection, not...first come, first served."