Mixed in 1980

Chapter 439 Getting along
“I…” Chen Yanjin was stunned.

I went out to buy a pack of cigarettes and smoked one outside. My wife sent me a WeChat message saying she wanted to bring me a box of chewing gum and wait for me in the yard so we could watch the night sky together.

How did I become your sister-in-law?
As soon as she loosened her grip, the sister-in-law suddenly regained her strength, and without a doubt, she was punched in the eye socket again.

Chen Yanjin covered his eyes and screamed in agony.

Hearing the screams, Chen Yanyin came down with a bag of dried fruit. Seeing the scene, her lips twitched. Ah Ling had really gone all out: "Second brother, you..."

Chen Yanjin gritted his teeth, turned around and left.

Without a doubt, Chen Laosi was tricked by his own wife, and he was also an accomplice; otherwise, there would be no way to explain the coincidence.

Ye Ling gritted her teeth: "Chen Laosi, you did this on purpose!"

Chen Yanyin looked completely innocent: "What are you talking about? I just felt it was too boring to just sit there, so I went upstairs to get a bag of dried fruit."

"Eat slowly by yourself!" Ye Ling snorted.

Back in my room, my face still felt burning. I was acting very strangely today; I even seemed to be enjoying that feeling.

"Ye Wan, shouldn't you give me an explanation?" Chen Yanjin returned to the room and glared at his wife.

Ye Wan shrugged: "What does this have to do with me?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yanjin was so angry that his teeth itched. He pushed his wife down onto the bed, turned her over, and slapped her buttocks a few times.

Ye Wan turned her head away, biting her lip.

Chen Yanjin, annoyed, slapped him again: "Looking all wronged, who are you trying to impress? Did Fourth Brother get involved too?"

Ye Wan quickly shook her head; she couldn't betray the fourth brother.

After a moment's hesitation, he chuckled and said, "Second Brother Chen, I saw it all just now. That girl didn't resist at all. She has feelings for you."

Chen Yanjin pointed to her eye socket: "What's this?"

Ye Wan said sullenly, "She only made a move after you let go. She didn't make a move before you let go, am I right?"

Seeing her husband gritting his teeth, Ye Wan added, "You didn't lose anything, really, a grown man, so indecisive."

"Ye Wan, you deserve to be taught a lesson!"

"Come on, I'm not afraid of you!"

……

As dawn broke, Ye Ling, seeing Chen Laosi fast asleep, picked up her luggage, left the guesthouse, hailed a car, and headed straight for the airport.

Once at the airport, he sent a WeChat message to Chen Laosi and his sister: "I'm going back to Minxia!"

Old Chen was still fast asleep, purely out of laziness.

Ye Wan tossed and turned for half the night, unable to muster any strength, and didn't wake up until eleven o'clock. She habitually picked up her phone, saw the WeChat message from her sister, and slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

She called her husband, who was comforting their son, over and handed him the phone: "See? This girl is confused and trying to escape."

Chen Yanjin gritted his teeth, not wanting to pay any attention to her.

When Ye Ling got home, it was already past noon. She took out her key and inserted it into the door, but it wouldn't open: "Did Mom and Dad change the locks? Honestly, they didn't even tell me beforehand."

As he spoke, he began to knock on the door.

Soon, the door opened, and inside was a strange couple. Ye Ling asked in surprise, "Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"

"Your house? We just bought this house."

"bought?"

After chatting for a while, Ye Ling quickly figured out that her parents had sold the house without telling her.

Fearing something might have happened at home, Ye Ling quickly took out her phone and dialed her father's number, only to learn that her parents had sold their house and gone to Beijing to buy a new one.

The reason was that one sentence he uttered at the time: "Why don't you move to the capital and live there?"

The reason I didn't tell myself was that I didn't want my sister to know yet. We just bought a house and are settling in, so I plan to tell her in a few days.

"My sister is on vacation in Guilin. Send me the address, and I'll go back tomorrow." Ye Ling smiled wryly, knowing she could only find a hotel to stay in for the night.

The sun is setting in the west!
It had cooled down outside, and Chen Yanyin was about to go out for a stroll when her second brother called her back, and then her eldest nephew was handed to her.

"No, why should I? I'm here on vacation, not to be a babysitter."

"Just because you meddle in other people's business."

Chen Yanjin sneered, took his wife's hand and went out, which made Chen Laosi grit his teeth in anger. However, when he saw the cute little nephew in his arms, his mood improved.

"Little one, you're spending today with your auntie."

With the nanny by her side, Chen Yanyin took the little one out for a leisurely stroll, taking turns carrying him when they got tired.

"Chen Yanyin, what are you doing here?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yanyin paused in her tracks and looked towards the intersection beside her, where she saw Lu You, his parents, and his sister: "What a coincidence!"

She shook the little one in her arms: "My second brother and sister-in-law are on vacation, and I'm just an unlucky guy who was dragged here to be their nanny."

After saying that, he greeted his family.

Lu Yan also invited her to have dinner together, and Chen Yanyin did not refuse. The more people there are, the more lively it will be. Besides, they have met before and are not strangers.

Under Zhao Yuanyuan's tutelage, Chen Laosi learned to coax people from a young age. In just one meal, he managed to make Lu's father, Lu's mother, and Lu Yan beam with joy.

So much so that after they parted, Lu Yan couldn't help but sigh, "That girl is really nice. If her family weren't so rich, Xiao You should really go after her." "Don't think such things," Lu You said, pursing his lips.

Chen Yanyin is indeed very good. She is good-looking, has a great figure, and is well-mannered. She is very easygoing and doesn't act like a rich girl.

But as I said before, it's all about different social classes.

In other words, imagine you have such a partner. You save up two months' salary to buy them a gift, but they casually pull out something that's worth two years' salary of yours.

How should I deal with this person?
Lu You, a scholar, had no intention of living off a woman, nor did he have the ability to do so.

After spending two days playing with his family, Lu You returned home and stayed for two more days before heading to the capital, where he still had several experiments to complete.

I had just returned to Beijing when I received a WeChat message from Chen Yanyin: "Are you back in Beijing yet? I'd like to treat you to dinner."

Lu You was speechless. He treated her to a meal in Guilin, and upon returning to the capital, he immediately wanted to reciprocate: "We've just arrived in the capital, where should we eat?"

Soon, Chen Yanyin sent a location: a shop with a rather peculiar name in Sesame Alley, Nanluoguxiang.

Lu You took a quick shower, changed into clean clothes, and set off. Half an hour later, he arrived at Nanluoguxiang, only to find it was a private restaurant located inside a courtyard house.

Asking the waiter, they found the reserved private room, where Chen Yanyin was already waiting: "Didn't you say you were going to Guilin for a summer vacation? You're back in Beijing so soon?"

"Don't even mention it, I'm just a nanny."

Chen Yanyin picked up the teapot and poured a cup for Lu You: "You have no idea how much trouble my second brother is. He and my sister-in-law spend their days alone, while I take care of their children every day."

"You two siblings have such a great relationship."

“You and your sister have a very good relationship, don’t you? We have three mothers and five siblings, but we’re all the same. We don’t distinguish which mother gave birth to us,” Chen Yanyin said with a smile.

After thinking for a moment, he explained, "My older sister has always been very strict with me. Anyone who dares to say that they weren't born to the same mother as someone else will definitely get a beating."

"That's good." Lu You nodded slightly.

She added with a sigh, "In comparison, my family is more complicated. I have a very good relationship with my sister, but my relationship with my older brother is just so-so."

"I used to fight a lot when I was a kid."

"To be precise, I was often beaten. When I grew up, he moved away early and stopped caring about me. I rarely contacted him either."

After listening to him, Chen Yanyin smiled and said, "No matter what the situation, it's all normal. Sometimes, even blood ties can't connect the closeness or distance between people."

"Brothers turning against each other, sisters fighting – a quick glance online reveals countless similar stories."

"But it's hard to explain."

"All I can say is that everyone has their own difficulties and their own thoughts. Don't expect everyone to think the same way you do; that's impossible."

"You're quite insightful," Lu You said in surprise.

Chen Yanyin rolled her eyes at him: "You make it sound like I'm naive. The struggles between people are clearly written in history books."

Lu You was slightly taken aback: "You don't have a master's degree in economics, but you study history?"

"The economics major includes courses such as the history of economic thought and the history of economic ideas. Many economic games are actually games of ideas, so studying more history is definitely not a bad thing."

Chen Yanyin took a sip of tea and continued, "My dad studies history a lot and has written quite a few books. I've read them a lot since I was little, so I can understand some of them."

"Your father is a writer?" Lu You asked in surprise.

Chen Yanyin nodded slightly: "Do you usually watch dramas? The Awakening Era, Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Dynasty, The Reign of Zhenguan... are all adapted from novels written by my dad."

Lu You nodded blankly, having read them all: "I thought your father was a businessman, but I never expected him to be a great writer of historical fiction."

“That was written by my dad before he went into business.”

Chen Yanyin chuckled and joked, "Anyway, my dad is amazing. Before 1985, he was the most popular writer in the country, without a doubt."

As they were talking, the waiter started serving the dishes.

After the meal, Chen Yanyin even escorted the person back. Lu You returned to his dormitory, opened a search app, and found the author of these books: Chen Fan.

Searching for Chen Fan again yields an encyclopedia entry.

The entry is very simple, just the author and introduction of his works, but there is not a single word about his business.

"Chen Fan's collection of editorials, Chen Fan's view of the world, and novels. He's quite prolific. Wow, he's not only a master of domestic historical fiction, but also a master of dystopian novels."

"The Matrix and The Hunger Games are examples."

Lu You clicked his tongue in amazement, searched for Chen Fan's collection of editorials online, read a few chapters, and couldn't help but complain: "Is he a big troll? He's just here to insult people."

"He's really good at cursing, though, when he should say something he doesn't."

"With this kind of skill, if he were to get into a verbal battle with someone, tsk tsk... I doubt many people could out-argue him."

In the following days, Lu You often read books.

After reading the collection of editorials, I read "Chen Fan's View of the World," and it really is in line with the same style. The difference is that he no longer criticizes people, but criticizes other countries.

The insults were more offensive than anything else.

In fact, many online jokes can be traced back to this: "It turns out that people were making these jokes back in the 1980s. I thought they were invented in the internet age."

After pondering for a while, Lu You took pictures of some passages from the book and posted them directly to his Weibo account: "Recommending a great book for cursing!"

During this time, Chen Yanyin would occasionally send him WeChat messages, and gradually, they started contacting each other more often.

(End of this chapter)