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

Chapter 244 Mother and Son Chat: Ms. Ren Wants to See Ning Yuhan

He and Chi Linyue had a pleasant meal together.

This Western meal cost Ms. Ren a little over a thousand yuan.

How could two women eat so much? Well, it's because this Western restaurant is indeed not cheap.

However, a little over a thousand is nothing to Ms. Ren.

In Ms. Ren's opinion, as long as she's happy, that's all that matters.

She was indeed in a good mood today and felt that she and Chi Linyue had a lot in common.

Actually, the common topic was Xu Lin.

This is something most mothers have in common: they think their sons are a treasure and have a biased view of them.

Ms. Ren did not feel there was anything wrong with it.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Chi Linyue took her to the hotel.

Ms. Ren had booked a hotel in the provincial capital in advance and planned to go straight to the hotel after getting off the high-speed rail station, but she did not expect to run into Chi Linyue.

Now it's Chi Linyue who will take her there.

"Miss Chi, today has been really troublesome."

"It's alright, Sister Ren, get some rest!"

"Okay, see you next time."

Then, Chi Linyue drove away.

As Ms. Ren watched the other car disappear, she couldn't help but wonder, "Who will this perfect woman be my wife in the future?"

How happy must this man be as a husband?
Or rather, what kind of man is worthy of this seemingly perfect and flawless girl?

However, Ms. Ren then realized that she had fallen into a common misconception among married women.

That is, why is it necessary to get married? Why is it inevitable to get married?

An exceptionally outstanding woman may not necessarily get married, and the same applies to exceptionally outstanding men.

Marriage is not a necessity for these outstanding individuals.

Ms. Ren, having cleared her mind, stopped thinking about it and went straight upstairs to her room after checking in.

This room costs over a thousand yuan a night.

Then, there was a twin room.

Who sleeps in the other bed?

An hour later, Xu Lin arrived, looking travel-worn.

Oh shit.

My biological mother actually came.

Xu Lin received the call and, of course, rushed over.

dong dong...

Ms. Ren quickly let him in.

"I've already rented a place, right? You can come and stay there."

Xu Lin put down a cup of milk tea. "I bought you a cup of milk tea."

"I recently cut out sugar. As I get older, sugar is bad for my skin."

Then Ms. Ren said that she had recently followed a blogger who talked about the effect of quitting sugar on delaying aging, and so on and so forth.

"I'll drink it then! Hey, I can actually drink two glasses!"

Xu Lin was fearless. He was already cheating, with an immunity buff, so eating arsenic was like drinking milk powder for him.

"Actually, I originally booked a single room, but I suddenly wanted to see my eldest son, so I changed it to a double room."

"Oh."

"I ran into Chi Linyue today," Mom suddenly said.

"Ah? Where?"

Xu Lin had just taken off his shoes and was about to lean against the headboard when he suddenly paused.

"I had dinner with her tonight, and we had a very good chat."

"and then?"

"Then she took me to the hotel, a Maybach S680. It was the second time I had ever ridden in such a nice car."

Xu Lin thought to himself that Ms. Ren probably hadn't noticed anything.

He said, "The Maybach S680 costs only a few million, and even the top-of-the-line model is less than five million. If you want to drive one, I'll buy you one."

"Why would I drive such an expensive car? My Mercedes C-Class is much more comfortable."

Ms. Ren had just finished showering and was combing her hair. As she combed her hair, she said, "Being too rich isn't good either. If I drive an expensive car, I won't be able to chat, eat, and go shopping happily with my old friends."

You're young, so you might not understand yet. Although there are no longer classes in this society, there are still social strata. Just like when your mother was young, she had many more friends than she does now, but many of them gradually lost contact with her because the gap between social classes has become increasingly wide.

My mom is considered quite successful. Those who are much less well-off than me, even if we were close friends in school, are now strangers. I had a friend back then, a very good friend, very beautiful, and from a good family. She later married a high-ranking official, and now her husband holds a very high position. We've lost contact with him. My mom's point is that everyone has their own social circle. Your social class determines your circle, and your friends are basically from that class. "Think about it," she says, "if I drove a car worth millions, I probably wouldn't have any friends. People would probably be afraid to get your seats dirty if they rode in your car."

"What about Aunt Jing?"

Aunt Jing is Yu Xinyan's mother.

"How can that be the same? Our two families are very close, it's not the same. Besides, your Aunt Jing and I have a lot in common."

"Oh."

"I heard from Chi Linyue that you recently went to Beijing and did background music for a CCTV program. What was that for?"

"Didn't you say you'd provide background music for the show?"

Is it a big show?

"Theoretically, it should be a big program, similar to the cultural variety show 'Everlasting Classics'? In terms of audience reach, it obviously can't compare to those random celebrity variety shows."

"That's still amazing!"

Ms. Ren asked, "So how are you feeling?"

"This time I'm going to show my face in public."

"What do you mean by showing your face in public?"

"I'm about to become awesome."

"Go away, what's so great about that? If you're going to say something impressive, don't use those vulgar words."

"Then I'll become incredibly powerful, and when I'm famous throughout the capital, I'll buy you a big house!"

“You’re just making empty promises, just like your dad when he was young. He used to say he’d buy me a big villa, but I never saw him do it.”

"Oh, you're mistaken. I really can buy you a big villa, not just make empty promises. I would never make empty promises to a beautiful lady, nor do I deign to do so."

Ms. Ren became interested when the topic of villas came up.

"If I lived in a big villa, I would raise chickens and grow vegetables in the yard..." she kept talking, mentioning raising chickens, growing vegetables and watering flowers, as if she had awakened her longing for rural life.

When Xu Lin heard her talk about these future plans, he thought that she might just be acting on impulse. "Can you stand the smell of chicken manure?" he thought. He remembered when he was a child, he visited his maternal grandfather's house. They still raised chickens and pigs. The smell of the chicken coops and pigsties was incredibly refreshing. No farmer would like the rural life of farming. Agritourism is for city people who just want something new. If you really let them live in the countryside, they'd behave themselves.

Ms. Ren continued, "And when you get married and have two or three children, your mother can take care of your grandchildren. You absolutely cannot be an only child, otherwise your children will be very lonely, just like you were when you were a child."

"I don't think two or three is enough. At least five or six, or seven or eight, would be more lively, just like my grandfather's house. There are many people in the family, and swallows come to build their nests. Besides, a villa must have two or three floors, right? And the area is large, with several rooms on each floor. If there are too few people, there won't be enough atmosphere, and it won't be lively enough. So it must be lively with more people."

"Do you think your wives are pigs? Seven or eight of them!"

"How about I marry a few more?"

"If you're so capable, then marry a few more." Ms. Ren didn't take it to heart. After all, he was her eldest son. How could she not know what kind of person he was from childhood to adulthood? It's just that Xu Lin is often frivolous, but he might just be teasing you. Moreover, Xu Lin's thinking is rather unconventional. His thought process is neither a straight line nor a curve. His thought process might be like lightning, and you can't catch the trajectory of his thought process at all.

However, what Ms. Ren did not expect was that Xu Lin could actually find her several daughters-in-law, and that one day in the future, taking care of the children would make her question the meaning of life.

"Mom is coming to Jiangdu this time and also wants to see your girlfriend."

Ms. Ren finally revealed her true purpose. If she had talked to Xu Lin on her phone tonight, he might have pretended to be dead and disappeared. But now, with their son right here, how could he pretend to be dead? She was determined to get to the bottom of it.

"Sure, I'll bring her over to meet you tomorrow."

Ok?
Ms. Ren was surprised that Xu Lin agreed so readily.

What are her family's circumstances?

"From a small county town, a small place."

Xu Lin's family is well-off. Ms. Ren has several million yuan in savings, not to mention his father's side. His father alone has a net worth of A9 level, which means a net worth of nine figures, the so-called rich class.

If we're talking about family background and social standing, most girls wouldn't be good enough for a family like Xu Lin's.

Xu Lin said, "Don't say you disagree."

When it comes to matters like marriage, Xu Lin will not listen to his parents.

First of all, he is financially independent, so he can be fearless in everything. Those who have to consider their parents' opinions when buying a car or a house will naturally listen to whatever their family says.

“I didn’t say I disagreed. As long as the girl is a good person and her parents are okay with it, I won’t object.”

My mom said, "When I married your dad, your grandparents were farmers who didn't have much education, but they were very reasonable. Your parents-in-law were also very good people. You don't know, books and TV say that rural areas are very simple and honest, but that only applies to a portion of people. In our village, before the crackdown on organized crime, there were several bad people. They all ended up in jail, and one of them is still in prison, sentenced to life imprisonment!"
As for the villagers, many of them spent their days gossiping and talking nonsense. They said my mother was very beautiful; when she married into the village, where could you find a girl as pretty as me? Back then, the economy hadn't developed, and rural women toiled in the fields. I didn't fit in, and the villagers talked about me, saying I couldn't stay, that I'd run away, that I'd seduce men—they said very hurtful things. I've never felt so wronged in my life. Your father wasn't home at the time, but thankfully your grandparents were there to make the decision. They said marriage is a serious matter, and you have to consider the other person's parents when choosing a partner.”

“Her parents are fine; they are honest and kind people. I took her home before and met her family. Her grandparents are also very nice.”

"As long as the person is a good person, that's enough."

"But which bastards used to talk about you? Damn it."

“It was a long time ago, and I haven’t stayed in the village for very long, maybe half a year. Your dad came back from Vietnam and bought a house in the county town, so I haven’t been back to the countryside much.”

Ms. Ren said, "When your dad came back, he heard that people in the village were talking about me. At that time, there was an old man who was talking the loudest. Your dad went up and slapped her five times, making her cry. When her husband came, your dad also hit him. When her brother came, your dad joined in. And your dad is tall and strong. You see, there aren't many people in the village who are taller than him. At that time, no one in the village could stop the fight. Don't be fooled by your dad's gentle and refined appearance, which makes him look like a cultured intellectual. That's because he started to cultivate his character after he turned thirty. He used to be very irritable. When he got angry, even his own mother couldn't stop him."

"Comfortable."

Upon hearing that his biological father had intervened, Xu Lin immediately felt a sense of relief wash over him.

But then again, his father smuggled rosewood to Vietnam. How could someone do that without being daring? And they even gossiped about his wife.

"Moreover, when your father came back from Vietnam, he made money and was the first in the village to buy a house in the county town. He was also the first to drive a car. His first car was a Lexus, I remember it was called something like 350, I forgot. It was an entry-level luxury sedan at the time, costing four or five hundred thousand yuan. That was in 07, the year you were born. He was already driving that kind of car. When we went to the village, no one dared to look down on our family."

"The old man was this rich back then."

I bought a car for 400,000 to 500,000 yuan in 2007. Did everyone else in the village drive a 125 at that time?

Don't underestimate the 125. It's just a motorcycle. In rural areas nearly twenty years ago, not every household had one, let alone a four-wheeled one.

Of course, those wealthy villages are not included in this discussion. Back then, in the early 21st century, the vast majority of rural areas across the country were very poor, and motorcycles were the primary mode of transportation for most rural people. During the Spring Festival travel rush at that time, the massive army of motorcycles was comparable to an army marching. It's nothing like now, where four wheels are everywhere.
my country joined the WTO at the end of 01, and its economy began to take off.

"Actually, it wasn't him who bought it. He used all his money to buy a house. When he went to Vietnam, he met a big brother, and the car was bought for him directly by that big brother. That person thought highly of your dad, and for the next few years, your dad worked for him and gradually became wealthy."

"What big brother? I've never heard of him."

The old man had clearly been guided by a benefactor, and buying him a car worth four or five hundred thousand yuan showed that he thought highly of his father.

As the saying goes, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles, traveling ten thousand miles is not as good as meeting countless people, and meeting countless people is not as good as having a mentor to guide you.

A benefactor can make your entire life worthwhile through hard work and struggle.

A car that cost 400,000 to 500,000 yuan about 20 years ago is something most people can't afford now.

Four or five hundred thousand is the price of a Mercedes-Benz E300, which is the ceiling for ordinary people. Many people, especially those with families, can only afford cars in the tens of thousands. The real world is not like Douyin or Zhihu, where the average person is a graduate of a top university and earns a million a year.

“He passed away from illness more than ten years ago. You saw him when you were a child, but you probably don’t remember him. Your father would go to sweep his grave every year.”

"Oh, that's good. The old man is loyal and righteous."

"So I think that a woman must find a reliable husband. Of course, the same applies to Xu Lin, you are a man, so you must also be reliable."

"You're a woman, it's pointless for you to say this. You women are easily emotional and don't think before you speak."

"Stinky boy!"

His mother glared at him.

Xu Lin felt that if you believe a woman who says she likes men in this way or that way, you're doomed. For example, if a woman says she doesn't like you smoking or drinking, and you quit, you're ruined. The right thing to do is to find someone who doesn't mind your smoking and drinking. This is called selection, not pandering. The core is independent personality.

Therefore, Xu Lin would not listen to anything Ms. Ren said; he would just ignore it or listen to only a little bit.

"Go take a shower and get some rest early tonight."

"okay!"

It was only 9:30 p.m. when Xu Lin finished taking a shower.

Can you sleep at this hour?
Obviously not.

So Ms. Ren and Xu Lin talked for a long time, until 11 p.m., before they both fell asleep.

The next morning, because I got up early, there wasn't much to eat.

The two could only grab breakfast at KFC.

"What time do you start class this morning?" Ms. Ren asked as she checked the time while eating breakfast; it was 6:40.

"I don't care whether I go to class or not, I've already talked to the principal."

"You told the principal?"

Ms. Ren is not an ignorant parent. Your principal is not just a primary or middle school principal, but the principal of a top key university, a truly influential person in society. Why would you talk to the principal instead of attending class?

"Yes, I went to his office a few days ago and talked to him. The principal thinks highly of me and said he hopes I will work hard so that the school will be proud of me in the future."

"real or fake?"

In a university like the University of Finance and Economics, there are really a lot of outstanding people, and Xu Lin is often frivolous, so Ms. Ren always felt that her eldest son was teasing her.

“Ms. Ren, you’re underestimating me. If the school had a list of outstanding alumni, I would definitely be on it. And right now, no matter what, I’m an exceptional person. There are very few people my age who are more capable than me.”

Xu Lin was being modest. In the whole world, under the age of thirty, no one is more capable than him, regardless of gender or family background. Even if you are born into royalty, in terms of awesomeness, you guys are no match for me. You should all step aside.

Although he's said to be cheating, heroes come from all walks of life. Aren't all those second- or third-generation rich kids just relying on their families? Are they really that great? If you put them at the bottom of society and let them struggle like ordinary people, they might not be much better than the grassroots, and might even be much worse. After all, those top students who rely on their intelligence can easily crush them.

"Oh."

Ms. Ren looked at him, but ultimately said nothing, though she felt quite proud inside.

After the two finished eating.

Xu Lin then drove her to the procuratorate, where she was to meet with the parties involved.

Xu Lin went back to class.

He still has to take Ning Yuhan to see Ms. Ren today, which is a bit of a headache.

However, even an ugly daughter-in-law eventually has to meet her in-laws.

Yes, a beautiful wife.

So after school in the afternoon, Xu Lin and Ning Yuhan went out together.

Because there are three people: him, Ning Yuhan, and his mother.

So he can't drive an electric car anymore; Xu Lin drives a Panamera.

Ning Yuhan thought she was going out to eat with Xu Lin, just like usual.