CHAPTER 469: CHAPTER 107: DAD IS HERE_3

Xu Lin walked at the very back.

But someone as dazzling as Xu Lin would never really fade into obscurity.

They went downstairs.

Liu Fumin turned around, scanned the group, and found Xu Lin walking at the back, coming over.

"Cheng, Xu Lin, which ’Lin’ is it?"

Liu Fumin asked.

Xu Cheng replied, "It’s ’Lin’ as in ’as graceful as willow and elegant as a pine tree’."

"Haha, I see, Xu Lin, what a nice name!"

Xu Cheng gave Xu Lin a meaningful look, and Xu Lin understood, greeting, "Hello, Mayor Liu."

"Haha, just call me Uncle. Your father and I have known each other since university, for a long time, I was even his senior!"

Liu Fumin laughed heartily.

"Hello, Uncle," Xu Lin spoke again.

Everyone saw this and noticed how quickly the distance between them had closed, and a few among them were quite envious.

In this land, in ancient times, people respected scholars, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants. In modern times, it’s scholars, merchants, craftsmen, and farmers. The status of scholars has never changed.

Liu Fumin, getting straight to the point, asked, "Young man, do you have a girlfriend?"

When everyone heard this, they knew what it meant.

Liu Fumin had two daughters; the eldest was married, but the younger one wasn’t.

In the system, when a big shot encounters an outstanding young man, and he has an unmarried daughter, he might consider marrying his daughter to him.

For the young man, it’s like fast-tracking to success.

This is what people often say: having an impressive father-in-law can save you at least forty years of detours.

Liu Fumin’s intention was clear; he wanted to make a match.

Xu Lin didn’t expect him to be so direct.

But he was no ordinary person anymore, so he politely declined.

"Uncle, I have a girlfriend."

"I see, what a pity!"

Liu Fumin sighed with regret, looking at Xu Lin, wondering just how successful this young man would become in the future.

Liu Fumin patted Xu Lin’s shoulder, "You’re very impressive, your future should be limitless!"

"Still studying?"

"Yes, at Jiangdu University of Finance and Economics."

Xu Lin walked alongside him.

"Impressive, a prestigious university! When your dad and I were in college, I was in my fourth year while he was in his first. Back then, our university was only a second-tier college!"

Xu Lin thought to himself, you’re no simple person either, "Uncle, you’re quite impressive yourself!"

Liu Fumin was of deputy director level, not like a university president or anything.

This was serious official rank.

"Haha, your dad is much better than me, living freely half his life. People like me tread carefully, fearing constant uncertainty, often not in control of my own fate."

Liu Fumin patted Xu Lin’s shoulder again, "Uncle hopes you achieve great things in the future!"

Xu Lin nodded, "I’ll do my best."

Liu Fumin was about to get in the car and leave, but he gave Xu Lin’s shoulder one last pat, feeling a bit regretful that Xu Lin already had a partner.

"That’s a deputy director, and you turned him down. I’ve met his daughter, she’s quite pretty, three years older than you, you know the saying, ’a woman three years older is a gold brick to hold on to.’

After parting ways with everyone, Xu Cheng took out a cigarette and lit it.

"As pretty as my mom?"

"Not quite, your mom is one in a million, hard to find."

Xu Cheng handed the cigarette pack to Xu Lin, who took one and lit it with the lighter.

"Got a girlfriend now?"

"Yeah."

Xu Lin’s love life was a bit complicated.

"How’s that going?"

"Met in college, not a bit less than mom."

"That’s good."

The father and son smoked a cigarette there.

Later Xu Lin was driving, passing by a flower shop.

Xu Cheng saw it from a distance and had Xu Lin stop the car.

"You want to buy flowers?"

"Yes, flowers."

"For my mom?"

"Who else?"

Xu Lin parked outside the flower shop.

Xu Cheng got out and bought a large bouquet of roses.

"Let’s go."

"Ok."

Half an hour later, Xu Lin drove to the entrance of the community, about to drive inside.

"Just park here."

Xu Cheng suddenly said, "Help me give the flowers to your mom!"

"You’re not going up?"

"We’ve been having some disagreements, can’t be bothered to go up, I’ll deal with it when we go back home for New Year. Just give her the flowers."

"Alright."

Xu Lin understood, aware that the old couple often quarreled. They had been divorced a long time, but actually, their relationship was much like a normal married couple. It didn’t affect their bond, they just argued a lot but easily reconciled, then continued this cycle. So, it was quite an unusual situation.

"Old man, see you at New Year then!"

"Mm."

Xu Cheng nodded slightly.

Xu Lin took the roses, said goodbye to the old man, and watched as Xu Cheng drove away into the night.

When Xu Lin got home, Ms. Ren and Rong Xiyan were watching TV in the living room.

Rong Xiyan saw Xu Lin come in with a huge bouquet of roses and excitedly said, "Xu Lin, are those roses for me?"

"What are you thinking?"

Xu Lin rolled his eyes at Rong Xiyan, "These roses are obviously for my beautiful Ms. Ren Yan!"

"Mom, giving you a bunch of roses, praise me quickly!"

Xu Lin offered them with both hands, imitating an English gentleman.

But Ms. Ren glanced briefly and said, "Did that bastard buy these?"

"How did you know?" Xu Lin was surprised.

"Because only he would buy me such a big bunch of roses, you little rascal only buy small bunches!"

"Is there such a difference?"

"Of course there is!"

Ms. Ren accepted the roses, leaving her deep in thought.