After the college entrance examination, life began to follow one's heart

Chapter 224 Shang Wanjun's Mother: Wanjun, what kind of family does Xiao Xu come from?
The filming of "The Great Jing Dynasty" began on Tuesday morning.

So, after school on Monday afternoon, Xu Lin went to Shang Wanjun's office as soon as possible.

Actually, the main reason is that Xu Lin had asked Shang Wanjun to help him ask for leave many times on his phone, averaging two or three times a week, and Shang Wanjun was responsible for writing the leave slips.

Xu Lin thought for a moment and figured that since he was going out to eat anyway, he might as well treat her to a meal.

As for any other thoughts, Xu Lin had none.

He also understood Shang Wanjun's thought process; her thinking pattern was completely different from that of a normal woman, so he couldn't treat her like a normal woman.

We arrived at Shang Wanjun's counselor's office.

Xu Lin saw two other counselors from other colleges, and a middle-aged woman sitting next to Shang Wanjun.

Xu Lin recognized the other person as Lin Jingrou, Shang Wanjun's mother, whom he had met once before.

However, upon seeing the other party, Xu Lin instinctively felt a little guilty.

You know, the last time Shang Wanjun's blind date sent her a message, Xu Lin sent her a photo of himself kissing Shang Wanjun. I wonder if this guy sent it to Lin Ya too.

Fortunately, Lin Jingrou only glanced at Xu Lin and didn't react, clearly unaware of anything.

"Hello Auntie."

Xu Lin took the initiative to greet him.

"I remember you. We met last year. You were a student in one of my daughter's classes, right?"

"Yes, I'm Xu Lin from Economics Class 1. Auntie, you can just call me Xiao Xu."

Since Shang Wanjun had already informed him of his leave request, she presented him with two leave slips.

Everything was already going smoothly.

Xu Lin picked up the pen and quickly signed the document.

After giving her the leave slip, Xu Lin said, "Teacher, Auntie, how about we grab a bite to eat together?"

"Let's have dinner together?" Lin Jingrou asked curiously.

Xu Lin smiled and said, "I've been taking a lot of leave lately, which has caused a lot of trouble for the teacher, so it's only right that I treat you to a meal."

Shang Wanjun didn't say anything else, but simply said, "Then let's go eat!"

"What about you, Auntie?"

"Auntie, you should go too!"

Seeing her daughter leave, Lin Jingrou thought she should go along too.

So, not long after, the three of them left the office together.

Today, Xu Lin drove the Panamera GTS.

Lin Jingrou doesn't pay attention to cars, so she doesn't recognize the Panamera or the Porsche logo.

The Panamera GTS parked there, judging from its appearance alone, clearly wasn't an ordinary car.

A luxury car at first glance!
Especially after Xu Lin opened the car door for Lin Jingrou, she noticed that the seats and interior were noticeably different from those of ordinary cars.

Lin Jingrou couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Xu, what kind of car is this? Auntie is afraid that sitting in it will make your car dirty."

"Palamera".

Xu Lin wasn't trying to show off. He took out the money from his card, which was equivalent to over a thousand kilograms of cash, in the form of one hundred yuan each.

A Panamera GTS, Xu Lin rounded it up to 2.5 million.

Taking a 100-dollar denomination as an example, how heavy is 2.5 million?

That's only 28.75 kilograms.

What do you mean?
It weighs less than thirty kilograms.

It's just the weight of a child.

Therefore, Xu Linzhen didn't bother to show off; he took everything in stride.

"Oh."

Lin Jingrou seemed to have heard this name somewhere before, but she couldn't remember where she was looking.

After getting into the car, Lin Jingrou turned on her phone. Since she didn't have a dedicated car-tracking app, she simply opened the browser's search bar.

Pinyin input: pa la mei la?

Palamera?

this?

Search: How much does a Panamera cost?

When the results came out, Lin Jingrou was shocked. This Panamera actually cost more than a million.
For a moment, Lin Jingrou felt a little awkward sitting in the car.

After all, Lin Jingrou's family is a well-off family. Despite being associated with the so-called "elite" status of Jiangdu, they don't actually have much money. She and her husband's combined annual income is just over 400,000 yuan, which is enough to make a well-off family with no worries about food and drink.

Besides, this is Jiangdu. 400,000 yuan here is nothing compared to a small city.

Xu Lin's car was worth over a million yuan, which shocked her.

Lin Jingrou didn't say a word the whole way, and didn't know what to say. Besides, her daughter was sitting in the passenger seat, while she was sitting in the back.

Upon arriving at their destination, Xu Lin needed to find a parking space, so he asked Shang Wanjun and the others to get out of the car and wait for him.

Now that only the two of them were left, Lin Jingrou couldn't help but ask her daughter, "Wanjun, what kind of family does Xiao Xu come from? I looked up this car, and it costs over a million!"

"So what if it's over a million?" Shang Wanjun retorted.

"I'll just ask."

"You're probably thinking of pressuring him to get married again, but don't overthink it. He has a girlfriend, and I'm five years older than him."

"If you don't find a good partner soon, while you're still under 25, the golden age for women is right there. The younger you are, the higher your bargaining power. Once you get older, to your twenties or thirties, no one will want you."

Lin Jingrou couldn't help but say, "You didn't like that doctor last time either, and what did you do to make him so unhappy? You even blocked me."

"I just don't like him. Besides, that doctor is over thirty. To put it bluntly, he might be showing signs of old age. I don't like him at all. And don't rush him. If fate brings you together, you'll find it. If not, you can't force it."

"Sigh, Mom doesn't know what to say to you."

Lin Jingrou felt helpless.

A few minutes later, Xu Lin parked his car and came over.

Looking at him, Lin Jingrou found Xu Lin even more pleasing to the eye.

It's obvious that the car, worth over a million, has given him a filter.

However, Lin Jingrou was unaware that Xu Lin's car was worth over two million yuan.

"Auntie, teacher, come with me."

The restaurant was an upscale establishment, with an average cost of over two thousand yuan per person.

While the restaurant isn't exactly opulent, its decor is definitely high-end.

Shang Wanjun didn't feel anything special. For someone with a rich inner world, Shang Wanjun didn't feel anything about these high-class things.

In fact, Shang Wanjun has a rather sophisticated look. Today, she is wearing a long dress and high heels. Although she comes from an ordinary background, her appearance is not petty. On the contrary, she is quite dignified. In addition, she has a refined and elegant temperament, which comes from her knowledge of literature. So even though her clothes are not brand names, they give people the feeling of brand names when she wears them.

In addition, Shang Wanjun gives people a strong feeling that she should come from a highly educated family, and a top-tier one at that.

Lin Jingrou, on the other hand, was not so calm. She felt that this restaurant seemed very high-end.

Especially after the waiter led them to their seats, Lin Jingrou sat down and saw the menu.

This……

A dish costing four digits?

"Xiao Xu, isn't this place too expensive?"

Lin Jingrou was a little uneasy. It wasn't that she was afraid Xu Lin would ask her to pay, but she felt embarrassed because it was so expensive to treat her and her daughter to a meal.

What kind of delicacies are these?

"It's nothing, it's just a small amount of money."

Xu Lin smiled and said, "Auntie, you can eat as much as you want." "Auntie feels bad that you're spending so much money on this expensive meal."

"My teacher has helped me a lot, so it's no big deal to treat her to a meal. Please don't feel uncomfortable, Auntie."

"Ok."

This restaurant is actually a foreign restaurant; most of the chefs and waiters are foreigners, and there are very few Chinese people.

As for the food, such as beef bone marrow ginger soup, comb eel, banquet salmon, truffle beef, etc., these things may not sound like much, but they are really not cheap. Otherwise, the average cost per person would not be more than 2,000 yuan. And that is even if you eat less. 2,000 yuan per person is not the maximum.

Xu Lin and his group ordered seven dishes, two desserts, a soup, and three glasses of juice.

The main reason is that Xu Lin eats a lot, so he ordered a lot.

At this point, the total price had already exceeded ten thousand.

Lin Jingrou was shocked when she saw the total price on the menu, thinking that it was almost a month's salary for her.

She is a university teacher, but not at a top-tier university; she is an associate professor at an ordinary college, and her take-home pay is around 15,000 yuan.

Lin Yajing didn't feel comfortable eating. She felt that if she ate just one bite of meat, she could have a proper, sumptuous meal at an ordinary restaurant.

Where is Shang Wanjun?

She didn't feel uncomfortable at all. On the one hand, it was her personality; she was always easygoing and quiet. On the other hand, she was very familiar with Xu Lin.

Xu Lin, as the host, was even more uncomfortable; this matter had nothing to do with him.

Even with an elder like Lin Jingrou present, Xu Lin remained calm and continued to eat heartily.

Are you kidding me? Who does he need to consider when he eats?

A man's face is determined by his economic strength or power, just those two things. As for the reputation and status that come with it, none of that matters. As long as he is strong enough, that's all that matters.

For example, if you arrive at your future father-in-law's house driving a car worth hundreds of thousands, and his family isn't as well-off as you, even if you don't bring any gifts, they won't say anything and will still be polite and friendly. But if you have nothing, arrive by taxi, and your career is a mess, even if you bring Moutai and Wuliangye liquor, your future father-in-law might not respect you. He might even throw those things away. What kind of idiot would want to marry his daughter?
So Xu Lin just ate normally, wanting to enjoy himself.

Moreover, he doesn't waste food; he finishes everything that's on the table.

More than an hour later, everyone had eaten and drunk their fill.

There was an auntie with them, so Xu Lin didn't suggest where to go for fun. He just walked around with the mother and daughter for about half an hour, and then took them home.

But tonight we're going back to the neighborhood where they live.

Xu Lin then took them back to an old neighborhood, where there were low, small houses.

“Xiao Xu, this is an old neighborhood. Look, it’s not a high-rise building.”

Lin Jingrou said.

"Auntie, I think this kind of small villa is better. You see, you don't have to squeeze into the elevator with a bunch of people."

Xu Lin was speaking from the heart. Not to mention the truly high-end residential areas, their facilities and services are excellent, no doubt about it.

But most people live in ordinary residential areas, where there are only a few elevators in a building, and the floors start at thirty or forty. How long do you have to wait for an elevator? In the summer, a group of people squeeze into the elevator, and there are all sorts of smells. High-rise residential areas are not necessarily better.

Therefore, Xu Lin's experience might not be that good either.

After chatting with his aunt for a few minutes, Xu Lin said goodbye to Shang Wanjun.

"Teacher, and auntie, see you next time."

"Mmm." Shang Wanjun nodded.

Lin Jingrou waved goodbye, "Xiao Xu, come visit next time!"

"Okay, Auntie, I'll go now, I have something to do later."

"Okay, okay, drive carefully!"

"Row."

Xu Lin then drove away.

"This child is exceptionally polite!"

Lin Jingrou couldn't help but sigh.

Then, Lin Jingrou added, "Wanjun, what kind of family does Xiao Xu come from? Wow, he's rich, polite, and so handsome. Oh, and he's tall too. I bet he's at least 1.9 meters tall."

Lin Jingrou is 1.67 meters tall. Although she is wearing women's leather shoes with a 5-centimeter heel, she still has to look up at Xu Lin.

"I'm not sure, but I'd say around 1.86 meters tall."

Shang Wanjun really didn't know Xu Lin's height.

"What kind of family could raise a child like this?" Lin Jingrou murmured to herself.

Shang Wanjun heard it, but ignored it.

She knew that Lin Jingrou was quite realistic in some ways. For example, she said that Xu Lin was polite, but what if Xu Lin had driven an electric car today?

Shang Wanjun estimates that Lin Jingrou might not say Xu Lin was polite.

A short while later, the mother and daughter walked into the residential area together.

Lin Jingrou couldn't help but say again, "I wish my future son-in-law had a standard like Xiao Xu's."

"Why don't you just say I should marry Xu Lin? What about Xu Lin's standards? There's no other guy like him in the world. What ifs?"

In Shang Wanjun's heart, Xu Lin was a unique existence, having everything she wanted, and most importantly, he could seamlessly connect with her brainwaves.

This is what is known as a soulmate.

There can't be another Xu Lin in this world.

Lin Jingrou rolled her eyes and said, "Well, it's not impossible."

"Don't bring up that kind of thing, and I have no intention of getting married."

“You’re just thinking about too many random things. What’s with this idea of ​​not getting married? The reason why young people don’t want to get married these days is because many of them simply don’t have the means. The cost of getting married, starting a family, and raising a family in this society is just too high. I won’t say anything about that. But our family isn’t bad off. Your mother is an associate professor at a university, although it’s not a top-tier university. Your father works at a research institute. You see, our family is considered a highly educated family. And you’re so beautiful. All these factors combined mean you can be matched with a very prestigious family. You see, a while ago, didn’t a bureau chief want you to be his daughter-in-law? But you weren’t willing.”

Shang Wanjun remembered that the bureau chief's son was quite a playboy in private, but Lin Jingrou didn't know that. Shang Wanjun knew, but she was too lazy to say anything. Besides, the bureau chief's son was also ugly. At twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old, he had a greasy aura about him. Not only was his speech greasy, but he himself was greasy. Moreover, even if he were good-looking, Shang Wanjun wouldn't like him. She simply didn't care for families of officials.

Shang Wanjun thought of Xu Lin, who was also quite adept at such things.

She only knew that Xu Lin had a girlfriend, and she didn't know anything about his relationship with Rong Xiyan.

Having two relationships at the same time makes him a scumbag in the conventional sense.

But Shang Wanjun said nothing and had no objection.

Of course, Shang Wanjun didn't care about all this nonsense, because she called her relationship and feelings with Xu Lin "spiritual communion," which is a spiritual exchange, or in more formal terms, Platonic communication. But Shang Wanjun also felt that their communication transcended the so-called Platonic nature. After all, what kind of nonsense are those so-called Platonic relationships talking about?

The artsy Shang Wanjun felt that the topics she and Xu Lin discussed were much more sophisticated.

Therefore, she neither cares about nor is interested in Xu Lin's personal love life.

This is Shang Wanjun's attitude.

Furthermore, Shang Wanjun genuinely doesn't want to get married or have children.

She felt that marriage would bind her for life, and having children would make it even more so, because once she had children, her life would become a cage from which she could never escape.

Furthermore, Shang Wanjun also felt that she would not be a good mother, and that she was incapable of raising a child well.

Shang Wanjun was used to freedom. She once thought about living like a hermit, but the world had too many shackles that prevented her from escaping. This was the contradiction between Shang Wanjun's ideals and reality, and she could only try her best to balance the relationship between them.

Therefore, she doesn't want to get married or have children; she wants to live the life she likes.

This is Shangwanjun's current thought, but what about the future?
That's hard to say.

Xu Lin had no idea what Shang Wanjun was thinking. After he got home, he started to do his own thing.

A while has passed, and three episodes of "I Am a Singer" have already aired. Tse Ting has already appeared on stage twice and is currently very popular on the show, even giving the impression that he is steadily in first place.

Furthermore, because Xie Ting performed twice, he trended on social media twice without Xu Lin's help in promoting him. One of those times he topped the entertainment trending list. With these two trending topics, plus the huge exposure brought by the show "Singer," his original number of fans has increased to more than 4.3 million. It's unknown how many fans he will have by the end of this season.

However, there are still ten episodes left in the show, so there are still quite a few things to be done.

Xu Lin's job tonight is to answer Xie Ting's questions, such as teaching him the next song so that he can handle the opponent in the next episode.

Finally, he didn't fall asleep until after 2 a.m., and then Tuesday arrived in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)