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Chapter 157: Fate's Bond! Warm Currents

"Sister, give me the bill, I'll go pay the bill." Lin Xiao stood up and said calmly.

Li Shuang blinked her big eyes, as if she wanted to hold back the tears, but in the end she failed and could only wipe them away gently.

She took out a few receipts from her bag, handed them to Lin Xiao, and said angrily, "I hate you. You still saw my embarrassed look."

Lin Xiao took the receipt and went back to the payment counter on the first floor. He not only paid the outstanding balance, but also deposited 50,000 yuan into it.

Everything seems very peaceful and natural.

After a while, Li Shuang came down, followed by a little tail.

This must be her sister, following her timidly.

Lin Xiao squatted down and asked, "What's your name?"

"Li Xue." The little girl was very well-behaved, her big eyes full of flattery, she just wanted others to like her.

Li Shuang stepped forward and asked, "Xiaoxiao, have you eaten?"

Lin Xiao said: "Not yet."

"Let's go and have dinner with my sister."

Then, the three of them went to a chaos shop near the hospital.

It’s only five yuan a bowl, and there are a dozen large wontons with shepherd’s purse and meat, as well as those with bamboo shoots and meat.

The soup is made of seaweed and dried shrimp.

Li Xue is so young, but the bowl seems bigger than her head.

"Can she finish it?" Lin Xiao asked.

"I can finish it." Li Xue said timidly.

As a result, the little girl actually finished the whole bowl of wontons.

There is a twenty-year age difference between her and Li Shuang. Lin Xiaogang asked, and she is only seven years old this year.

Li Shuang was born when her mother was 43 years old, so she was truly a late-born daughter.

I don't know what the background story is.

While eating, the little girl secretly looked at Lin Xiao, and when Lin Xiao looked over, she quickly looked away.

A very timid little girl, but full of curiosity.

"Isn't she going to school?"

Li Shuang said: "There are no decent kindergartens in the countryside. After my father fell ill, he went to many places for treatment, so he kept her with him."

The little girl ate the wonton while pricked up her ears and listened carefully to what the adults said.

Once the topic is about her, she immediately acts as the most obedient person.

There is a small garden behind the Pulmonary Hospital.

Li Shuang didn't hold her sister's hand, Lin Xiao held her hand.

She walked very carefully, fearing that if she walked too slowly, Lin Xiao would dislike her.

While walking seriously, he had to keep an eye on his sister and brother, which seemed a bit difficult.

"Xiaoxiao, am I being unfilial?" Li Shuang said softly, "After he got sick, I kept paying for him, but I didn't come to the hospital very often, let alone keep vigil for him. I even hated coming here."

"No……"

"Mom and Dad said my sister is filial." The little girl Li Xue suddenly whispered.

As she spoke, her voice became lower and lower and she lowered her head again.

Li Shuang is certainly not unfilial, but after knowing the truth, she finds it difficult to face her family.

An unfilial daughter will not always give money to her family.

Her younger brother was getting married, so she gave the family tens of thousands of yuan.

Li Weishan fell ill, and she had already spent more than 100,000 yuan.

I don't know how many credit cards I've overdrawn.

The three of them walked around the small garden twice and saw a puppy. Li Xue wanted to go up and play with the puppy. Lin Xiao encouraged her to go, but she shook her head again and held Lin Xiao's finger tightly.

She is still young and feels insecure in this strange big city and is very dependent on adults.

"Let's go, let's go back." Li Shuang said.

Then, the three of them returned to the ward, and the two men had left.

I saw another man coming.

Li Shuang's mother felt both proud and sad.

My daughter is really good.

There are so many men who like her and pursue her, and each one is more handsome than the other.

This one is different.

She was an experienced person and could tell at a glance that her daughter looked at the boy differently.

She couldn't describe it.

If you read a lot, you will know that this is sticky tenderness.

"Young man, what's your last name? How old are you?" Li Shuang's mother asked.

"Auntie, my last name is Lin, and I'm... twenty years old this year." He felt embarrassed when he said this age.

Li Shuang next to her blushed for no apparent reason.

Only twenty?
That's too small.

Li Shuang said: "Don't think too much, this is my brother."

Li Shuang's mother gave up some of her thoughts and looked worried again.

"Originally, I was going to take the money to arrange a marriage for your brother in a few days. Everything was settled, but now the marriage is probably going to fall through." Li Shuang's mother said, "It was really hard to find a good girl, but now the girl's family must be angry. Their good daughter-in-law is going to belong to someone else."

Li Weishan wanted to say something, but before he could say it, he burst into a violent cough.

Li Shuang's mother hurried forward to give him water. The couple had a very good relationship.

The little girl, Li Xue, also stepped forward and gently patted her father on the back.

I stayed in the ward for a while, waiting for the director to come for consultation.

"Although it was delivered very late, it was finally saved."

"Continue to receive treatment, and it will be cured."

“Although it costs a lot of money, people are more important than money.”

Lin Xiao said: "You are right, you are right."

Then he sent the chief medical team out of the ward.

This person is not only the director, but also the vice president. She glanced at Lin Xiao and said, "Young man, don't complain about spending too much money. This girl is very good, and you've made a profit."

Lin Xiao said: "Thank you, Dean."

When I returned to the ward, Li Shuang was peeling an apple.

After peeling the apple, she put it in her mother's hands.

"Mom, I'm going back first."

Li Shuang's mother said, "Shuang'er, there are many patients here, and they keep coughing. Can you take your sister back?"

Little Li Xue looked at her sister timidly, her big eyes full of desire.

"Um……"

From beginning to end, the sick Li Weishan remained silent.

After Li Shuang and Lin Xiao left, he crawled into bed and slapped himself hard several times with his non-injected hand.

Then cried silently.

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Soon after the little girl got on the bus, she was very excited at first and looked at the scenery outside with wide eyes, full of curiosity.

But after a while, I fell asleep.

"How is your brother?" Lin Xiao asked.

Li Shuang said, "Li Xiang? He's very honest, graduated from a technical secondary school, and works as a technician in a fairly large factory. He comes to Shanghai to visit his parents every few days. He also said he doesn't want to get married and wants to give the money to his father for medical treatment."

The car drove back to the house rented by Li Shuang.

As soon as Li Shuang picked up her sister, she woke up immediately and insisted on walking by herself.

After arriving home, Li Shuang gave her sister a bath first.

Lin Xiao was watching TV outside.

I happened to be watching the foreign language channel of Dragon TV, and it was a rerun, and it happened to be Li Shuang.

She is beautiful, generous and determined on TV.

At this time, the laughter of a little girl came from the bathroom.

"Dirty child, you dirty child..." Li Shuang teased her sister's face while taking a bath.

The little girl felt her sister's closeness and finally became bolder, showing the liveliness that a child should have.

After taking a bath, she was given new clothes.

Xiaoxue looked even prettier, with rosy cheeks, like a porcelain doll.

"Go to bed..." She carried her sister to the small room.

Little Li Xue was still very excited. She touched the little bed and the little quilt and was reluctant to go to sleep.

But when she heard her sister tell her to go to bed quickly, she tried hard to close her eyes.

I just wanted to be nice, but I fell asleep quickly.

Li Shuang said that she didn't want to take care of her family and wasn't close to her sister, but she still bought a small bed and new bedding.

In fact, she might have already made the decision in her heart.

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Next, Li Shuang threw her sister's dirty clothes into the washing machine and started cleaning the house.

In fact, the house is already very clean.

However, she seemed unable to face what was going to happen next, so she was looking for something to do.

"I have to go to the stage later."

"There's a meeting."

Lin Xiao said: "Sister Shuang, please give me those credit card bills."

Suddenly...

Li Shuang paused.

"Xiaoxiao, let me pay it back slowly, okay?" she almost begged.

"I saved money, moved to a cheaper house, and didn't buy many clothes. I was able to pay it off gradually."

Lin Xiao didn't say anything, but just looked at her quietly.

Finally, her tears flowed again.

Standing in the living room, motionless.

Start to really cry out loud.

Lin Xiao didn't say anything, but found the bank card in his bag.

Then he used her computer to open the online banking and transferred 200,000 yuan to her card number.

"Sister, you have to go to the station for a meeting soon, you should take a shower and put on makeup."

"Then I'm leaving, sis!"

After giving the money, Lin Xiao left quickly.

He didn't want to see Li Shuang's self-esteem shattered.

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Lin Xiao was driving on the way back to the company when he received a call from Li Fangfang.

"Chengze, it's winter vacation now."

Lin Xiao said: "Yes, everyone will leave school one after another in the next few days."

"When will you and Bubble come back? Uncle and aunt will go to the station to pick you up."

Lin Xiao said: "I drove back this year and went straight home."

"Oh, you bought a car." Li Fangfang said, "Chengze is amazing. Our Paopao has a good eye."

Lin Xiao said: "There is a lot of work at the company here, I will be home in about four or five days."

Li Fangfang said, "Okay, okay, then let's prepare well at home. All the relatives at home want to see you. Let's book a big private room and have a meal together, okay?"

Lin Xiao said, "Okay." Li Fangfang said, "After you and Paopao get home, stay at Lin Shan's house for two days. Then you can bring Paopao back to your house to stay for two days, and then send her back..."

"Alas, there is some trouble."

Lin Xiao said: "It's not a problem, not a problem at all."

Li Fangfang: "It would be great if you could get married before you turn 22. You two wouldn't have to go through all the hassles. You could spend the New Year at our house this year and at your house next year, saving you the hassle of going back and forth."

After that, Li Fangfang chatted for a while before asking, "Chengze, are you driving? I heard a horn."

Lin Xiao said: "Yes."

Li Fangfang said: "Oh, you should have told me earlier that it's not safe to talk on the phone while driving. Auntie hung up."

"Auntie will go and decorate your room and make sure you live comfortably."

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Lin Xiao had just returned home and his hand was on the door handle.

The door opens!
Because Bubble had pointed ears, she ran over and looked through the peephole as soon as Lin Xiao got out of the elevator.

"Woof woof, guess how many points I got in the postgraduate entrance examination this time?"

Lin Xiao said: "I guess 300 points."

"No way..." Bubble: "There's a reward for guessing correctly."

Lin Xiao: "Then I guess 406 points."

"How did you know? Did Professor Fang tell you a long time ago, and you are cheating..."

Bubble's score was really quite high. Even Lin Xiao didn't expect that she said she was stupid every day, but she got such a high score.

"Come on, let's go celebrate and eat at a nice restaurant."

Next, Bubble dressed up very beautifully, took Lin Xiao's hand, and jumped for joy.

Lin Xiao’s car is a BMW X5, which is considered a very good car in this era.

Bought it some time ago.

Even in the city center of Shanghai, driving an X5 with a beautiful and charming girl by your side is enough to attract many envious glances.

After the big meal, Paopao was still reluctant to go home, so she didn’t drive. Instead, she took Lin Xiao’s hand and strolled around Julu Road.

There are quite a lot of bars in this area.

Bubble just watched from outside and didn't go in.

Suddenly, in a bar, she saw a familiar figure.

It’s Li Shuang, and Xia Xi.

The two opened a bottle of wine.

Already a little drunk.

"Should we go in?" Bubble whispered.

Lin Xiao: "It's better not to go in. They might have something to say in private."

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In the next few days, Li Shuang did not contact Lin Xiao.

The school had already gone on winter break, but because of Facebook Night, many people delayed going home.

The Chinese New Year is just a few days away, and the last group of people in the school are about to go home.

There was a dinner party in Lin Xiao’s dormitory and Jiang Li’er’s dormitory.

This time I didn’t try to go to any private restaurant, I just randomly found a restaurant.

Several people were half drunk.

Then it was over.

In the middle of the conversation, Lin Xiao received a call from Xia Xi.

"Come to the company."

Lin Xiao went to the company. Xia Xi was in the office, wearing silk pajamas and sitting directly on the carpet.

Behind her office is her room, where she sleeps most of the time.

However, even though we are half-siblings, you don't have to be so shy. At least wear something else under your pajamas.

Xia Xi held a glass of whiskey and placed a report in front of Lin Xiao: "Boss, how long do you think our money can last?"

Lin Xiao and Xia Xi had a combined capital of about 60 million at the beginning, and now they have spent nearly half of it.

Lin Xiao asked: "About half a year?"

Xia Xi said: "Yes, half a year!"

"The Alumni Directory burned through 10 million US dollars in a short period of time and had to be sold to Sohu for 30 million. We can't make the same mistake again."

“Facebook Night was a huge success.”

“The social network of acquaintances we built has been extremely successful.”

“The activity level is increasing every day, and many communities are born every day.”

"Next, we at Facebook will promote it in universities in first-tier cities across the country, which will again require a lot of money."

"Our only source of income is the overseas copyright of Plants vs. Zombies 1. Microsoft is willing to pay more than one million US dollars for it. Of course, if the sales exceed a certain number, there will be a share of the sales, but distant water cannot quench immediate thirst."

"Next, we need to control the target software and acquire Qianqian Jingting."

"So our funding can only last for half a year at most."

Xia Xi said: "So those dozens or hundreds of hit songs you mentioned, can they really bring us a huge amount of income to sustain Facebook's massive spending?"

Now the whole network is also hotly discussing this issue.

Because it won’t be long before albums by several grassroots singers are released.

In addition to Ergou's fans, the entire music circle and the entire Internet circle are waiting to see a big joke.

Only Lin Xiao silently organized a miracle to happen.

However, even if these divine songs make a lot of money, the settlement period is still long.

Next, the company needs to burn a lot of money and cannot wait until it is short of money to look for money.

Xia Xi: "There are two ways now. The first is to accept venture capital money."

Lin Xiao: "Have many venture capitalists approached us?"

Xia Xi: "A lot. Hong Kong venture capital in Miyazaki, as well as Softbank, Sequoia Capital, etc., all want to negotiate."

These capital giants are really sharp.

"The second option is to seek a bank loan."

International capital may be allowed to come in in the future, because when expanding overseas, or even when expanding to a certain extreme domestically, it is necessary to tie up many stakeholders rather than going it alone.

But it is absolutely impossible to allow venture capital to come in now because the valuation is too unfavorable.

"Go to the bank for a loan." Lin Xiao said.

Xia Xi said: "So maybe you are going to flirt with Secretary Lian again. Her father just became the third in command in the city."

"If you want a large loan, the closest way is to find Secretary Lian."

"Please use your beauty tricks to your heart's content."

"Also, there is one more thing."

Lin Xiao asked: "It's my sister, and Sister Su Tao's side?"

Xia Xi: "Yes, including Miranda, those ten girls."

"Except for Ou Feifei, the other girls are all very lonely because they can't find their place in the new company."

These dozen girls were the first to follow Lin Xiao, and they were also very excited when the new company started.

But soon, they found that they were a little powerless.

Because this time it is real high-tech, whether it is a game company, Lightning Entertainment, or Facebook.

They feel like they are useless.

Most girls are in administrative positions, but they find that they have little to do every day, yet they still get a good salary.

But this feeling of powerlessness makes them more and more lonely and powerless.

Even in the company, there are fewer and fewer people talking and they are becoming less and less active.

Because they were once the backbone and support of the company, and it was once glorious.

According to normal entrepreneurial logic, those who cannot keep up with the team will be automatically eliminated.

Anyway, I have already given you some money from the last sale of the company.

However, these ten girls have followed Lin Xiao from the very beginning, and have worked hard and given everything for the development of the company.

And the most important thing is that they may not be useless.

If they are placed in other positions, they will still shine brightly and can create huge benefits.

"And what are your plans for Li Shuang?" Xia Xi said, "She is at her most confused moment now."

“I don’t know where to go.”

"You paid 80,000 yuan for the patient's medical expenses, and transferred another 200,000 yuan into his card."

"Why, do you still want to support her?"

"Well...well...then I don't mind."

"Anyway, as a family of three, we can live a good life, which is better than anything else."

Lin Xiao said: "Didn't you say before that it was a family of four?"

Xia Xi said disdainfully: "Do you have such ability? I don't mind a family of five, the key is that you don't have the ability."

"She is also useless, and her fate is controlled by a little man like you."

“I feel overwhelmed every day now.”

"FUCK, she keeps saying we are a family, but it's all fake. I drink with her every day, but it doesn't help."

"Woman, your name is weakness."

"You should go find her and explain things to her, or she will go crazy sooner or later."

Lin Xiao said: "I understand."

"Xia Xi, what are you going to do for the New Year this year?"

Xia Xi: "What can I do? I can stay in the company."

Lin Xiao: "I stayed at the company last year because it was urgent and time was running out. This year it's not so urgent, so I can take it easy."

"Come home with me to celebrate the New Year this year."

Xia Xi pointed at her aggressive and beautiful face and said, "Me? Go back to your house for the New Year?"

Lin Xiao said: "Is it not possible? We are half-siblings."

"Besides, my new house has been built and the conditions are pretty good. It even has air conditioning."

Xia Xi turned her head away. She didn’t know how long it had been since she last celebrated the New Year.

Since her mother passed away, she no longer has the concept of celebrating the New Year.

"Okay, okay, let's go, let's go." She waved her hand.

"I'm going to sleep, leave now."

She spoke with impatience, but from deep within her heart, a stream of warmth flowed into her.

FUCK, start a business.

We really have a family now.

"Remember, give Li Shuang an explanation as soon as possible. No matter what you want to do, tell her clearly."

"Otherwise, her spirit will really collapse. You know how self-respecting and strong she is."

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The next day, Lin Xiao called Li Shuang.

This time, she didn't say anything, but listened quietly.

"Sister Shuang, let's have dinner together tonight. I'll text you the location."

Li Shuang asked softly, "Just the two of us?"

Lin Xiao said: "That's right."

Li Shuang: "Okay."

"See you tonight, sis."

"See you tonight, kiddo."

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