Chapter 156: So Obedient?

Lin Xiangxi stroked his chin and suggested, “The deadline must be approaching. You better be good these next few days, sis.”

“That’s what I plan to do,” Lin Xiangnan said honestly. “I’m not going out to buy things today. Let’s go to your restaurant and get something to eat from Uncle Fatty.”

“Okay, will you come to work with me?” Lin Xiangxi enthusiastically invited.

“You go first. I’ll buy meat later and come over.”

Upon learning that Lin Xiangnan wouldn’t be eating at home today, Hu Meili secretly gnashed her teeth but held back her anger.

It was useless to be angry. Lin Xiangnan wouldn’t change.

Lin Xiangnan spent the morning chatting with his former colleagues and the afternoon catching up with old classmates and friends. He had dinner at the restaurant before returning home with Lin Xiangxi.

As they were approaching their doorstep, Lin Xiangnan suddenly saw his elder brother, who hadn’t returned home either, standing outside talking to someone.

“That woman, isn’t it Zhou Kangmei?” Lin Xiangnan asked suspiciously. “What’s going on? Wasn’t Zhou Kangmei chasing him pretty hard before? Not anymore?”

Lin Xiangxi stretched his neck to take a look. “Oh, this person… she’s from our street, seems to work at the grain store.”

“Someone from the grain store, what’s she got to do with Big Brother?” Lin Xiangnan couldn’t help but gossip. “The way they are, it looks really strange.”

“I don’t really know. But every time I go to the grain store to buy grain, this sister is quite kind to me.” Lin Xiangxi thought for a moment and added, “But Zhou Kangmei also comes to our restaurant often and is nice to me too.”

Lin Xiangxi was oblivious, and he didn’t care if his brother was whispering to someone. He directly pulled Lin Xiangnan forward.

Reaching his brother’s side, he loudly asked, “Big Brother, what are you doing outside? Why haven’t you gone home yet?”

The girl talking to Lin Xiangdong, seeing this, didn’t say anything more. She smiled at Lin Xiangnan and his sister, then said to Lin Xiangdong, “Remember to come to the grain store tomorrow. I’ll save some good rice for you.”

“I have to work overtime, I can’t come.” Lin Xiangdong refused.

“Then let Aunt Hu come.” The girl said, not waiting for Lin Xiangdong to reply, she flicked her braid and left.

Under the gaze of Lin Xiangnan’s bright eyes, Lin Xiangdong could only helplessly explain, “There’s nothing else. The grain store got a batch of good rice, she was afraid I wouldn’t get any, so she came to tell me.”

“You really won’t go?” Lin Xiangnan asked.

“No.”

Lin Xiangnan clicked her tongue.

When she was eighteen, beautiful as a flower, she didn’t have as many suitors as Lin Xiangdong. Now, she was married, and she couldn’t compare anymore.

Lin Xiangdong walked ahead, Lin Xiangnan followed behind, whispering to her younger brother.

“You stay at home and know more. Tell me quickly, besides Zhou Kangmei and this girl from the grain store, who else is interested in Big Brother?”

Nowadays, people are very cautious outside. Single men and women are even embarrassed to talk together, and if there’s something going on, it’s very obvious.

Lin Xiangxi wouldn’t say much about his brother’s gossip to outsiders, but he would tell his own sister everything.

“There’s a female comrade from the pharmaceutical factory, she has a beautiful smile… there’s a sister from Second Aunt’s family, she asked through Second Aunt… and Big Brother’s junior high school classmate…”

“Wow~~” Lin Xiangnan couldn’t help but exclaim.

Lin Xiangdong, walking ahead, tried to hold it back, but finally couldn’t help but turn around and remind them, “You two are talking about me behind my back, can’t you be quieter? I heard everything!”

“Then do you have anything to add?” Lin Xiangnan looked at him expectantly.

Second-hand gossip is nowhere near as exciting as first-hand gossip.

Lin Xiangdong held it back for a long time, only able to squeeze out a sentence, “Little brother is just talking nonsense. Don’t believe him.”

“Oh.”

Lin Xiangnan nodded obediently, showing her agreement, then turned back to continue whispering with Lin Xiangxi.

Lin Xiangdong couldn’t do anything about them, he could only quicken his pace, jogging home, out of sight, out of mind.

“Big Brother, why are you running? Aren’t you afraid that we’ll talk bad about you behind your back when you’re not here?” Lin Xiangnan and her younger brother chased after him.

“You two just talk bad about me behind my back.” Lin Xiangdong said with resentment. “I can’t handle it if you say it to my face.”

As the subject of the gossip, Lin Xiangdong didn’t want to hear it at all.

But Lin Xiangxi was in the middle of a good story, and there was no way he would stop in the middle of it. The two siblings stood at the doorstep, continuing to gossip with great enthusiasm.

Hu Meili vaguely heard a bit of it and quickly came over to listen closely.

However, seeing Hu Meili coming, Lin Xiangxi shut up, awkwardly smiling at Hu Meili. “Mom.”

“Keep talking, why did you stop?” Hu Meili urged.

“Cough, Xiaobao must be missing me. I’ll go play with him.” Lin Xiangnan was the first to leave.

“I’ll go brush my shoes.” Lin Xiangxi also found an excuse to slip away.

Seeing this gossip group disband, Hu Meili stomped her foot in anger.

Young people’s love affairs, they don’t like to share with their elders. Even if she squeezed in, she was an outsider. Hu Meili felt like she was being excluded.

It was embarrassing to talk gossip with her son, but not with her daughter.

So Hu Meili followed Lin Xiangnan’s behind, “Don’t hide, tell me quickly.”

Hu Laolao held the child and shouted from behind, “Hu Meili, Dabao is still with me!”

“Mom, you hold him for a while, I’ll pick him up when he’s going to sleep.” Hu Meili said without turning back.

None of the three children were perfect. Any child she picked out, in Hu Meili’s eyes, had a bunch of flaws.

Although she loved her eldest son the most, she had secretly cursed Lin Xiangdong’s indecisive personality countless times.

After understanding Lin Xiangdong’s love life, Hu Meili was scared and directly urged him to get married.

“You’re 24 this year, you’re so old, you can’t delay anymore, just get married quickly.”

Lin Xiangdong said obediently, “Mom, I also think I should get married. But I want to wait until next year or the year after.”

But delaying tactics didn’t work on Hu Meili. She continued, “Xiaonan got married the year before last, you’re the older brother and you’re still single, people will laugh at you if you say it out loud. It’s best to get married this year…”

Lin Xiangnan heard this and her head grew big. How familiar this tactic was. When she was on blind dates, Hu Meili used the same tactics to pressure her to get married.

But she was a contrarian, no matter how Hu Meili urged, she remained unmoved.

She had her own rhythm.

If she hadn’t liked Gu Zhenhua, she wouldn’t have compromised and gotten married.

But Lin Xiangdong obviously didn’t have any bottom line. Hu Meili pressured him, and he obediently said, “Anyway, I don’t have anyone I particularly like. I’ll just listen to Mom, Mom’s taste won’t be bad. But my situation before, and the matter of saving money to compensate my ex-wife, Mom, you can’t hide it from the girl.”

Lin Xiangnan looked at her elder brother in shock. He was so obedient, making her seem rebellious back then.