Reborn in 2005, starting with repairing mobile phones

Uncle Cai came over.

"Uncle and Auntie, why don't you stay for lunch? We've booked a private room to welcome Mr. Lin, and also to welcome you!"

Li Xiuzhen paused for a moment and looked at Lin Dong.

Lin Dong nodded.

"it is good."

The private room was in a nearby Cantonese restaurant; it wasn't big, but it was quiet.

The tea was poured before the dishes were served.

Uncle Cai, Zheng Hao, sat next to Lin Dong, followed by Zhang Mingyuan, Zhou Chengyu, and Su Xiaowen. Li Xiuzhen and Lin Guodong sat in the main seats, looking somewhat awkward, picking up their teacups and putting them down repeatedly, unsure of where to put their hands.

Uncle Cai spoke first.

"Uncle and Aunt, you don't know about Mr. Lin's activities in San Francisco, do you?"

As he said this, he quickly glanced at Lin Dong.

Lin Dong held his teacup, neither speaking nor looking at him.

Uncle Cai understood.

He put down his teacup and sat down a bit further forward.

"That trip was absolutely amazing."

Li Xiuzhen was stunned for a moment.

"San Francisco?"

"Yes!" Uncle Cai's eyes lit up. "Listen to me—"

He put down his teacup and began to speak.

"The day Mr. Lin arrived in San Francisco, we set our sights on a shipment. Several people were vying for it. There were big bosses from Hong Kong, capital from the Middle East, and local power players—the Rossi family. Those people are not to be trifled with."

Li Xiuzhen was stunned.

"and then?"

"Then, Mr. Lin—" Uncle Cai slapped his thigh, "he called those families to a table, discussed a plan, and satisfied everyone. Guess what? We got that batch of goods."

Li Xiuzhen turned her head and looked at Lin Dong.

Lin Dong held his teacup without saying a word.

Zhang Mingyuan chimed in from the side, "I was truly impressed by President Lin's performance at Stanford."

Li Xiuzhen turned around again.

"Stanford?"

Zhang Mingyuan nodded.

"We were attending a tech conference at Stanford when a white guy came up to us. Mr. Lin walked over and challenged him to a competition. It was radio frequency design, the kind of design difficult for a master's thesis. The white guy ran it in fifteen minutes and got 95 points. Mr. Lin—"

He paused.

"Two minutes. 100 points. Not even a perfect score."

Li Xiuzhen opened her mouth.

"Two minutes?"

Zhou Chengyu pushed up his glasses.

"Later, that white senior also went up; he was the most outstanding PhD in radio frequency from Stanford. Mr. Lin still only lasted two minutes."

He paused.

"That person accepted his defeat wholeheartedly."

Li Xiuzhen then looked at Lin Dong.

Lin Dong remained silent, only a slight smile played on his lips.

Su Xiaowen said softly from the side.

"Later, Steve Jobs personally spoke with him."

Li Xiuzhen was stunned.

"Steve Jobs?"

Su Xiaowen nodded.

"Steve Jobs of Apple. His company is many times larger than ours. He's an incredibly talented person. He gave a speech at Stanford, and Mr. Lin was the student representative. After he finished speaking, Jobs waited for him backstage and they chatted for more than ten minutes."

Li Xiuzhen opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word for a long time.

She turned to look at Lin Dong. These people were portraying her son as some kind of hero. Defeating the Doctor in two minutes, receiving a personal meeting with Steve Jobs, and single-handedly taking all the goods a table of people were fighting over…

She listened, both happy and somewhat dazed. Was this her son? The son who had almost died from a high fever as a child, the son she had to borrow from all her relatives to save?

Why bring this up?

His negotiations in San Francisco, his game at Stanford, and Jobs standing in front of him.

Each of these things, if told to me, would make Mom happy for half a year.

But that's enough to worry her for six months.

Lin Dong finally spoke.

"Mom, eat some vegetables."

Li Xiuzhen didn't move.

She looked at her son, at the face she had seen for eighteen years, and suddenly felt a little unfamiliar with him. It was as if she had never known that her son had done so many things outside.

She opened her mouth.

"Ah Dong, you've never mentioned any of this."

Lin Dong picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and put it into her bowl.

"There's nothing to say." If she did, she would have to consider whether it was very dangerous at that time, whether those people were not easy to deal with, and what would happen if she lost.

She shouldn't be thinking about these things.

Li Xiuzhen looked at the piece of vegetable in her bowl, her eyes a little red. This child has always been like this since she was little.

When he came home with first place in the exam, I asked him how he did, and he said, "It was just okay." When he came home upset about something at school, I asked him what happened, and he said, "Nothing."

Only say the good things, never the bad. Only reassure her, don't let her worry.

She used to think that it was because he didn't like to talk.

Now she knows.

It's not that I don't like to talk.

I didn't want her to worry.

As the dishes were served one after another, the atmosphere gradually warmed up.

Zhang Mingyuan recounted the first time he met Lin Dong in a back alley of Guanlan. He had a knife to his hand when Lin Dong drove up in a Mercedes, threw down 90,000 yuan, and took him away.

Zhou Chengyu was talking about Lin Dong in a teahouse, where a picture made him decide to leave the laboratory.

Su Xiaowen didn't say anything, but the corners of her mouth remained curved.

Li Xiuzhen's eyes reddened several times as she listened.

Lin Guodong remained silent, but raised his wine glass several times.

After a few rounds of drinks, Li Xiuzhen stood up.

She held her wine glass, looking at the group of young people at the table.

"Everyone," she said, "I can't speak. I just want to say—thank you."

She paused.

"Adong is all alone in Shenzhen, and we, as his parents, can't take care of him. If anything happens in the future, please bear with us and help him out."

She raised her glass.

"Auntie would like to toast you all."

Several people stood up.

Zhang Mingyuan quickly said, "Auntie, you're too kind! It's Mr. Lin who's taking good care of us!"

Zhou Chengyu nodded.

"Yes, it was General Manager Lin who led us around."

Su Xiaowen also stood up, holding up her cup.

"Auntie, don't worry."

Uncle Cai added from the side.

"Auntie, Mr. Lin is our boss and also family. You and Uncle can rest assured."

Li Xiuzhen looked at them, and her eyes reddened again.

She drank the wine in her glass in one gulp.

The dinner party ended at 2 p.m.

A few people stood at the restaurant entrance, bathed in bright sunlight.

Uncle Cai took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Li Xiuzhen with both hands.

"Auntie, please keep this. My phone number is on it. Call me anytime if you need anything. My phone is on 24/7."

Li Xiuzhen took it, glanced at it, and then carefully put it into her bag.

"Okay, okay, thank you, Manager Wang."

Uncle Cai waved his hand.

Zhang Mingyuan, Zhou Chengyu, and Su Xiaowen also came over to say goodbye.

"Take care, Uncle and Aunt."

"Come visit the company often when you have time."

Li Xiuzhen nodded one by one.

Lin Dong stood to the side, watching this scene unfold.

Zheng Hao had already driven the car to the door.

Lin Dong opened the car door.

"Mom, get in the car, let's go see where we live first."

Li Xiuzhen nodded and got into the car.

Lin Dong glanced at Zheng Hao.

Zheng Hao nodded.

Lin Dong didn't say anything and got into the passenger seat.

The car slowly drove away.

In the rearview mirror, those people were still standing at the restaurant entrance, waving in this direction.

Li Xiuzhen looked back.

"Ah Dong, your colleagues are all really nice people."

Lin Dong hummed in agreement.

Li Xiuzhen paused.

"Learn from others more in the future, don't always keep it to yourself."

Lin Dong's lips curved slightly.

"understood."

The car turned onto the main road.

Ahead lies the direction of Shenzhen University.