River City Story

After breakfast, Lin Yan didn't go back to the bedroom, he continued to stay at the dining table basking in the sun.After cleaning the kitchen, He Zhengxi also dragged out a chair, sat down opposite him, spread out his homework, and waited for the drips to finish while doing the problems.

A quarter of an hour later, He Zhengxi closed the book, looked up at the infusion bag and said, "It seems to be gone, I'll help you get the injection."

His movements were quick and standard, and Lin Yan felt no pain in the back of his hand, nor did he return blood.

"You have good skills, did you learn from your grandfather?" Lin Yan praised.

He Zhengxi carefully helped him paste the cotton ball, raised his face and said seriously: "I still have many skills that you don't know, so try not to use them."

Lin Yan laughed straight after hearing this: "No, I only catch a cold once or twice a year."

He Zhengxi pushed the infusion stand to the bedroom, turned his back to Lin Yan and said, "It's not just a cold, we both have to be healthy." He stopped before entering the door, turned his face, and looked at Lin Yan intently, with Emphatically, "Health in every sense, okay?"

Lin Yan's expression froze for a moment, and then he smiled again, "Okay, you must be healthy."

He Zhengxi hooked his little finger with him from the air, and said with a bright smile, "What you say is what you say."

Lin Yan also smiled and raised his hand: "Listen to you."

After hanging the water, Lin Yan's hand was free, and He Zhengxi went over to him and asked him, "I still have to do some questions, brother, do you want to read? I'll help you."

Lin Yan leaned on the back of the chair, closed his eyes and said, "Help me get the top book from the left drawer, as well as the pen on the table."

"Okay, wait."

He Zhengxi often went into Lin Yan's bedroom, but he never opened his drawers. The one on the left contained professional books, and the one on the right was locked, but the key was in the storage box on the table.He turned his head and glanced outside at the big brother who was stretching his neck to follow the sunlight and turned his head. He wiped the sweat from his palms and took out the ink pad in his pocket.

"Take a book, what are you trying to do?" Lin Yan shouted.

"Oh! Here it is. I flipped through a few pages, and it's quite interesting." He Zhengxi put away the ink pads, straightened the keys, closed the door and walked out with his usual expression.

Lin Yan took the book and looked at He Zhengxi, "Aren't you focusing on studying medicine? There is only one year left before the college entrance examination. Do you have a favorite school?"

He Zhengxi scratched his hair, thought for a few seconds, and replied, "Yes."

Lin Yan still looked at him with deep eyes, "Where is it? In Yancheng?"

He Zhengxi dodged and said, "Ah, yes."

Lin Yan understood, bowed his head and opened the book, "Anywhere is fine, as long as you can learn what you want."

He Zhengxi: "...um."

This topic instantly made the originally soft and pleasant atmosphere in the room a little subtle.For more than an hour afterward, the two held their books and test papers, faced each other with their heads bowed in silence, one was doing the questions with a guilty conscience, and the other was memorizing the key points indifferently.

Just before lunch, the doorbell rang suddenly.

"Who is so good at picking the time." Lin Yan put on his coat again and walked over, "I guess it's Cheng Qi, this person is so lazy, he is the manager of the restaurant, but he can't cook, he always says he's here to hang out... ..." He lowered his head to look into the cat's eyes as he spoke, but then backed away after finishing.

"Who? A salesman?" He Zhengxi also approached the cat. After a few seconds, he turned his head and asked Lin Yan, "Do you want to open the door for scum?"

Lin Yan pinched his swollen temples, turned around and thought hard, and finally said, "Forget it, give it to him."

He Zhengxi looked at Lin Yan's back and felt that his elder brother was very fragile today.

"I'll be fine if I want to beat you or scold you when I come in." He said with a smile.

"Forget it." Lin Yan said, "Dirty your hands."

After Lin Xucheng entered, he was asked to wear disposable slippers, and his complexion was not very good.He Zhengxi didn't even bother to give him a glance, so he wouldn't care about his face, let alone take the initiative to make tea.After he let the person in, he sat down beside Lin Yan.

"Your little house is pretty good." Lin Xucheng consciously sat on the sofa opposite the two brothers, looking for something to say.

Lin Yan turned his head and looked out of the window: "Fortunately, the house is indeed small, probably less than one-fifth of your big villa."

Lin Xucheng rubbed his nose and said awkwardly, "Haha, you kid, you have a lot of fun talking."

Lin Yan turned his head back and said unhurriedly: "Today is not a working day? Why don't you come to my house when you have time? Let the assistant do it if you have something to do."

Lin Xucheng avoided Lin Yan's staring eyes, put the bag in his hand on the coffee table, and said, "Yesterday you helped find Lin Cong. We and your mother are very grateful. Come today..."

"Please wait a moment." Lin Yan signaled him to pause, "If you don't know how to address it, you can just call it by your first name, or uncle or aunt, or big brother or sister, but don't say anything about your parents, it doesn't conform to the facts."

Lin Xucheng's expression was obviously not very good, but he quickly changed into a more kind smile, and said: "...Your Auntie Yu and I are very grateful for what happened yesterday. Lin Cong asked us to have a good chat with you , I know, I’m afraid you don’t like to listen to us.” He took out an envelope from his bag and pushed it in front of Lin Yan, “No matter how much you talk at any time, it’s not as solid as money. You can accept this card. Down."

Lin Yan raised his face, smiled and shook his head: "You father and son are really in the same line." He opened the envelope, pinched the card and asked, "How much is it?"

"There are 120 million in it, and every year in the future, I will deposit a sum of money in it."

"What is the purpose of you giving me the money?" Lin Yan put the card back.

"Purpose?" Lin Xucheng was a little surprised, "Of course it is to compensate you for the hardships you have suffered all these years. What other purpose do you have? You are my... son, what purpose do I have for you?"

"I thought it was to gag me, to avoid news like "Famous Private Entrepreneur Abandoned His Son Many Years Ago." Lin Yan lowered his head and smiled to himself, and continued: "You don't have to worry, I don't I will go outside and talk about your past, continue to be a philanthropic entrepreneur, and build more roads and bridges for my hometown, which is a good thing. In the future, when I return to my hometown to worship my ancestors, the car will be easier to walk."

Lin Xucheng's face was dark and he didn't speak.

He is not such a kind person, and his mood always changes as he says. When he is in a good mood, everything is fine. When he is in a bad mood, he can smash things easily. The older he gets, the more uncertain he becomes.Lin Xucheng has done too many cruel things all these years, and his heart has long been as hard as a stone.As for abandoning Lin Yan back then, he had already attributed it to his helplessness.Not long ago, when Lin Xucheng first learned about Lin Yan from Lin Cong, he was shocked at first, but when the two met, Lin Xucheng found that Lin Yan had grown up very well, and even studied in a famous university. The guilt is nothing at all.

Born indifferent, no one is more important than himself. Lin Xucheng has such a character.As for Yu Qin, she is a woman without her own opinions, she has to refer to Lin Xucheng's opinion for everything.In such a family environment, it seems normal for Lin Cong to run away from home often.

Lin Yan pursed his lips tightly and watched Lin Xucheng intently.After a second of time passed, his heart sank by a minute.He understood Lin Xucheng very well, even though the time they spent together was very short.He knew that Lin Xucheng had long lost affection for his elder son, and now that he met again, he would at most treat him like a distant relative.

The living room was so quiet that only the sound of the clock passing by was left.

"I..." Lin Yan tried to calm down, "I understand, we have nothing to say." He picked up the envelope and said to Lin Xucheng, "I will accept the money. When I return to Xicheng in a few years, I should It is enough to buy a one-bedroom apartment for my adoptive father."

Lin Xucheng frowned: "The housing price in Xicheng is so high?"

Lin Yan: "Isn't Yancheng higher?"

Lin Xucheng: "I will give you some money, don't worry."

Lin Yan stood up with a gloomy expression and said, "No need, leave all your money to my dear son." He walked to the kitchen, made a cup of tea, and brought it to Lin Xucheng, "As for what happened more than ten years ago, I also It is impossible to repeatedly mention it to outsiders."

Lin Xucheng's face finally turned from black to white, and he even showed some approval. He smiled and said, "You have a good personality, much better than Lin Cong. You are very suitable for business, and you will surely succeed."

Lin Yan followed his words and continued to chat: "Fortunately, I have a part-time job in a small restaurant after class. I hope I can borrow your good words and become a rich man in the future."

Lin Xucheng praised: "A few days ago, I went there for dinner, and your business is not bad."

"Okay? You are asking too much."

"Money is not too much."

He Zhengxi was stunned when he heard it. He felt that there might be something wrong with Lin Xucheng's mind. This is not a normal father at all. What's even more incredible is that Lin Yan can still chat with Lin Xucheng.

As expected, the power of blood relationship still exists, He Zhengxi thought.In essence, these two people are indeed similar, but Lin Yan has more popularity.

In the following time, Lin Xucheng has been talking endlessly about his family history, his grand blueprint for the future, and how he was far-sighted when he encountered the economic crisis.Probably, Lin Cong and Yu Qin didn't listen to him talking about these things very much, and when they caught Lin Yan, they didn't even want to be reserved.At such a moment, Lin Xucheng has a bit of a father in him.

After half an hour, Lin Yan couldn't bear it anymore.He took the mobile phone, pressed it for a while, and finally poked the alarm clock. When the bell rang, he patted his clothes and stood up, saying that he would go into the room to answer the call.

He Zhengxi followed suit. He walked to the hanger and began to fiddle with his schoolbag.

No one in the living room paid attention to Lin Xucheng. He drank the cup of tea poured by Lin Yan to the bottom and said:

"Okay, you guys are busy, study hard, I'm leaving."

Lin Yan walked out of the bedroom, put on his clothes and followed, and sent him outside the door.

Lin Xucheng went down two steps, turned around and said, "You don't have to force yourself to come out to see it off, you don't like to do it."

Lin Yan complained, are you so considerate? "I don't intend to go any further," he said with a smile.

Lin Xucheng took out a cigarette from his bag, lit it, smiled indifferently, pointed to the sticker on the back of Lin Yan's hand that he forgot to tear off and said, "Take good care of yourself."

Lin Yan put his hands in his pockets: "You have no right to remind me."

Lin Xucheng exhaled a puff of smoke out of the window, and said slowly, "That's right, after all, you think I'm a scum."

Lin Yan's fingers pinching the door frame tightened for a moment, and then loosened quickly. He lowered his head and bit his lip, with light blood stains on the dry and cracked surface.

There were neighbors talking in the corridor, from far to near, Lin Xucheng put out the cigarette and said, "Go back, I'm leaving."

Lin Yan didn't answer any more, turned around and entered the room, and closed the anti-theft door.

He sat on the sofa, staring at the card in a daze. Not long after, he got up and went into his bedroom. Then he opened the door and ran out with a handbag.

"Brother? Why are you going? It's cold outside, a suit..." Before He Zhengxi finished speaking, Lin Yan had disappeared. He sighed, picked up his keys and coat, and ran downstairs after him.

Lin Yan has insisted on running for more than a year, and now he is not as good as He Zhengxi except for the amount of muscle, and the two are on par in terms of speed.He tried his best and quickly caught up with Lin Xucheng who had already walked outside the gate of the community.

"Wait a minute, don't go yet," he yelled.

Lin Xucheng stopped in his tracks, turned his face and said, "I've been charged 120 million, and it's fine if I don't call you dad. You don't even bother to say uncle?"

Lin Yan walked up to Lin Xucheng and stuffed the envelope into his pocket, "That's why I came here."

Lin Xucheng frowned displeasedly: "What do you mean?"

Lin Yan took a breath and said, "I don't want your money, and we will continue to be passers-by in the future, so that I will be more relaxed."

Lin Xucheng smiled and said: "Just now, I thought you were worthy of being my son, but now, I have to deny it. I don't know if you are stupid or you are too weak to withstand pressure." He took the card Come out, between two fingers, "Are you sure you don't want this money?"

Lin Yan nodded: "I don't want it, you keep it, leave it to Lin Cong, or give it to Yu Qin to eat, drink and have fun."

"The one who is in prison, your adoptive father, what will you do when you get out of prison?" Lin Xucheng asked, raising his eyes, "When a person reaches middle age, he can accomplish nothing, and how can he do without money?"

"Are you trying to stimulate me? Or exert so-called pressure?" Lin Yan turned around and motioned for He Zhengxi to come over. He took the coat and put it on, looked up at the sky, sighed, then lowered his head and smiled again: "I It’s only been 20 years in this life, other things can’t be said for the time being, but there is one thing, I’m pretty sure…”

Lin Xucheng crossed his arms and gave him an attentive look.

Lin Yan raised his face, pointed to his ear, and curled the corner of his mouth and said, "The biggest stimulus I have ever experienced in my life, and the most difficult hurdle is that you threw me at the gate of the orphanage casually. He pointed at Lin Xucheng's eyebrows, his eyes were indifferent, and his tone was calm, "You, and Yu Qin, at that time, one of you was stupid, the other was cheap, and you were a perfect match. You two were in the hospital, in front of your son, discussing how to treat him When I sent you away, did you feel any guilt?"

Lin Xucheng looked serious and did not speak.

Lin Yan closed his eyes, opened them again, exhaled and continued: "Look, you can't get the answer, so I can't take your money. By the way, one last time, don't come again." He also handed over the handbag To Lin Xucheng, "It contains 3 yuan from Lin Cong, and you take it back with you."

Lin Xucheng stared at Lin Yan silently for a long time without raising his hand.

"If you don't take it, then I will go to support public welfare undertakings." Lin Yan said.

"Okay, I'll take it." Lin Xucheng reached out to take the bag, "I'm sorry we missed your growth, you are very self-reliant, which is a good thing."

"Don't use the entrepreneurial training class, I don't need your fake compliments."

"That's it." Lin Xucheng returned to his car, "According to what you want, I can only say goodbye to you now."

Lin Yan bent down and looked down at Lin Xucheng in the car: "No, we will never see each other again, understand."

Lin Xucheng started the car: "Okay, then it's gone."

Lin Yan waved to him: "Go."

The black car gradually drove away, finally turned to the main road, merged into the traffic flow, and quickly disappeared.

Lin Yan stood near the fence outside the community for a few minutes, collecting his thoughts.

He thought, I'm afraid this time the real fate has come to an end. The father-son relationship between himself and Lin Xucheng is already clear, so it's better to just throw it away, clean it up, and make each other feel at ease.

He Zhengxi was waiting not far away, he actually didn't quite understand why Lin Yan didn't want the more than 100 million yuan.

"Let's go." Lin Yan said to him, "It's probably too late to cook at this time, go up and change clothes, bring your schoolbag, let's go to the door and order two bowls of noodles."

"Then I have to add two servings of beef." He Zhengxi said.

"Isn't it more delicious with fried eggs?" Lin Yan said.

"Of course not, beef is delicious, it's meat!"

"Eggs are also meat, you should try it."

"Beef is delicious too, you never put beef in."

"You didn't spare the fried eggs either."

The two briefly ate lunch, turned their directions, and went about their own affairs.

Lin Yan walked into the classroom, and Cui Chen leaned over to chat with him.

"Your brother this morning, cow!" He said excitedly.

"What's my brother doing?" Lin Yan took out his professional textbook, "Do you have the notes from the morning? Show me."

Cui Chen threw Chen Li's next door over, and continued: "Your brother will help you ask for leave, call the counselor, I heard that the counselor is chatting."

"Ah? Where did you know that?" Lin Yan frowned in surprise, "Besides, my younger brother is only in his teens, how old are our counselors? What do they have to talk about?"

Cui Chen slammed the table: "That's right! So it's awesome! You go back and ask him, and teach us the teaching skills. The counselor is very difficult to talk to."

Lin Yan motioned Cui Chen to keep his voice down, and said, "My brother likes to eat beef, so he is better."

"You take me for a fool, I'm serious."

"If you are not stupid, who is stupid? I am also serious."

"You guys!" Su Lihang interrupted again at the right time, "Don't ask me to remind you every time! The teacher is here!"

Lin Yan bumped Cui Chen with his elbow, "Did you hear that, Counselor Su said you."

Cui Chen: "Fuck you! It's you!"

"Lin Yan! Cui Chen! You still look like a primary school student, but you have to go to the corridor to attend class!" The teacher yelled at the podium, throwing the textbook.

"Teacher, I'm sorry!"

"We were wrong!"

Lin Yan still had a fever, but it was much better than in the morning. Of course, the thing that refreshed him the most was rejecting Lin Xucheng's 120 million.

After class, he rode his bicycle and whistled all the way out of the school gate.But after not riding for many meters, Lin Yan always felt that something was wrong, so he had to go back again.

"get out of class ends so early? You're like a statue here."

"The exam will be tomorrow, and there will be a class early today." He Zhengxi said with his schoolbag on his back.

"Then you don't go home and stay here, come here to see people?" Lin Yan asked.

He Zhengxi grabbed his schoolbag and laughed straight: "That's right, I came to see someone, and the person who saw it happened to be you." Just now, Lin Yan's handsome and cheerful appearance happened to be seen by him, and he was very satisfied.

Lin Yan waved his hand: "I can't bear it, I can't bear it." He patted the back seat of the car, "Come on, I'll send you back first."

"Your bicycle is a bit short, I can hardly put my legs down." He Zhengxi stepped on it and said.

Lin Yan stretched his legs and kicked a few times, and said mockingly: "Don't boast, my car has even carried Su Lihang, he is taller than you."

"Wait!" He Zhengxi put his feet on the ground and forced an emergency brake, "Has anyone else been in this car?"

"Of course! Su Lihang, Cui Chen, Cheng Qi, Chen Li was the first to sit." Lin Yan counted the heads for him one by one.

"Ha... so many people, really uncomfortable."

Lin Yan turned his head and twisted He Zhengxi's head, and said with a smile: "The person who sold me the car with the senior has 100 if not 80!"

He Zhengxi pursed his lips: "I'm not unhappy with him, but after you bought it..."

Lin Yan kicked up again and accelerated vigorously: "I've never seen such a stingy person like you. They are just my classmates. With your big brain, can you think of something serious?"

He Zhengxi tugged at the corner of Lin Yan's clothes: "I have such a big brain, except for studying, I can only hold you."

Lin Yan shook his body while holding the handle of the bike, and begged, "Master, don't write poetry anytime and anywhere, I don't want to ride around on the street."

"Then I'll change the subject." He Zhengxi stopped what he was doing.

"Huh? You said."

"I asked you not to be angry."

"You ask first, so I can confirm whether I need to be angry." Lin Yan slowed down.

"Oh..." He Zhengxi stared at Lin Yan's butt for a few seconds, and asked, "Why don't you want the more than 100 million? With that money, you can rest and rest, so you don't have to work so hard."

Lin Yan didn't speak, a gust of wind lingered in the ears of the two of them, and when the red light came on, he stretched out his foot to brake the car, and then said:

"For Lin Xucheng, a face is more important than anything else. However, for me, self-esteem is more important than anything else. I took the money, and I don't need to call him dad when we meet in the future, but I have to treat him as an elder. Do you think he Is it worthy of such respect?"

He Zhengxi shook his head: "It's not worth it."

Lin Yan said with emotion: "Yeah, it's not worth it. I can't respect him as an elder. I won't give him that face. Over the years, there are only a few things that have supported me, more than 100 million yuan. I can't bear to sell it..."

Before he finished speaking, He Zhengxi suddenly pointed forward: "The light is green."

"You are really... a spoiler." Lin Yan moved his bicycle to the sidewalk and continued: "Now I'm not that poor anymore, I admit this is the most important point. My life is fine, and your family is not short of money, maybe Uncle is in prison, and he only spends a small amount of money a month. In this way, I don’t really have any burden. I earn some money, no matter how much, at least it’s comfortable.” He rang the car bell twice, as if thinking It sounded like something, and smiled again, "When I was in the first year of high school, when I introduced myself in the class, I said that I wanted to be the richest man in the universe. Now, although I also want to be very rich, I am not so persistent. You, me, Uncle Xu, and those who have treated us well, everyone is safe and healthy, and that is the most important thing."

"The body of a 20-year-old, the mind of a 50-year-old." He Zhengxi said.

"Not yet 20 years old!" Lin Yan slapped the handlebar to correct him.

"You said it yourself before."

"He Zhengxi!!"