Chapter 20

Before, Bai Jinzi used all kinds of tricks in front of him, but he always looked clueless, like a young man who was not good at emotions.

Now that you see the delicious cabbages in their garden, you’re going to go after them every day, right?

But the old man had a smile on his face and didn’t show any unhappiness about his cabbages being taken away.

After all, the good cabbages in his family were not grown in his own vegetable yard, so he couldn’t show his dissatisfaction even if he was in his heart.

“Grandpa, why are you here?”

Li Mo walked up to the old man and subconsciously took his arm.

Her movements were smooth and fluid, as if she had done this countless times before.

The old man felt that this was the magic of blood.

It was as if they were born to get along like this.

“Uncle, please have some tea!” Zhao Linya made a cup of tea and placed it on the table.

The old man looked at Zhao Linya, his face full of heartache when he thought of what he saw on the news today.

“I saw the news. You’ve been raising two children by yourself these years. It’s been hard work for you.”

Zhao Linya smiled and said, “Momo and Xiaoshuo are both very good children. We accompany each other and it’s not hard at all.”

“You are very good, so the children you raise are also very good.”

Zhao Linya felt a little embarrassed: “Uncle, you are too kind.”

“Now that all the hardship has ended, everything will be better. Momo and Xiaoshuo will both respect you.”

After saying this, the old man naturally stopped talking so as not to make Zhao Linya sad.

He said, “I heard that Momo achieved excellent results in the computer competition and will be going to the United States to compete next month. I thought she might need some practice these days, so I bought her a computer.”

The old man glanced at the cardboard box on the ground and chuckled, “But it seems I’m a little late. But Xiao Shuo is in high school now, so he has computer classes, right? This computer can be placed in Xiao Shuo’s bedroom.”

Just as Zhao Linya was about to refuse, Li Mo said, “Then I’ll thank Grandpa on behalf of Xiao Shuo. He’ll be so happy to see this.”

Having seen enough of Bai Jinzi’s behavior, Mr. Bai likes his granddaughter’s unpretentious demeanor.

Soon, Lu Jichuan and the old man’s people started wiring the computer separately.

They are all original all-in-one machines. Once the wiring is done, it is easy to complete.

When Li Shuo came back, he saw a computer in his bedroom and jumped for joy. He kept saying that when he grew up, he and his sister would honor Grandpa Bai together.

The old man laughed out loud.

After Lu Jichuan fixed the computer for Li Mo, he felt embarrassed to stay any longer and prepared to leave.

Li Mo immediately said, “I’ll take you out.”

Seeing the old man looking at him, Lu Jichuan rationally felt that he should refuse, but in the end, his mouth did not listen to his brain and nodded: “Okay.”

Old man: “…”

As the three of them walked out the door, Zhang Fu said, “I’m going to warm up the car.”

After saying that, he ran away.

The stars are shining and the night breeze is cool.

The two people’s bodies were cast into two overlapping long oblique shadows on the ground by the silver moonlight.

“Are you cold?” Seeing that Li Mo didn’t say anything, Lu Jichuan didn’t know what to say, so he could only bite the bullet and find a topic.

“It’s not cold. You’re still asking me, but every time I see you, you’re only wearing a thin military jacket. You’re still young now, but when you get older, you’ll start to feel pain here and there.”

Li Mo’s complaints were natural. In her previous life, less than a year after returning from the US, he had already been to their pain department numerous times. It was all caused by his carelessness during his youth.

Although Lu Jichuan didn’t know why she said that to him, but…

He quite liked being told that.

“I have clothes on underneath.”

“Can’t you wear one more layer?”

Li Mo’s voice was faint, and the ending tone was a bit dragged out, which really touched Lu Jichuan’s heart.

“Wearing an extra layer makes it inconvenient to exercise. But you’re right. I’ll wear more when I’m not on a mission next time.”

After saying two or three words, he had already walked to the side of the car.

“Are you nervous about competing next month?”

Li Mo shook his head: “Don’t be nervous, they can’t compare to me.”

Lu Jichuan couldn’t help but raise the corners of his lips. Not only did he not think that she underestimated the enemy, he even admired her slightly arrogant look.

“Then you should practice hard at home. I wish you can achieve excellent results in international competitions.”

Li Mo nodded: “Of course I will.”

“Our country developed late in computer science and has always lagged behind those developed capitalist countries. If you can achieve excellent results in international competitions, I will give you a special gift.”

When the mind is hot, these words come out of my mouth.

Lu Jichuan himself was stunned for a moment.

After all, he used to look down on men who gave women gifts all the time, thinking they were love-brained.

He believes that true love is about understanding and cherishing each other, and it is an emotion that even if you have nothing, you can support each other through the darkest road of life and greet the sunrise together.

Giving gifts all the time is not true love.

But for some reason, when facing Li Mo, he became love-brained and always wanted to give her the best things in the world.

“What special gift?” Li Mo was curious.

Lu Jichuan answered honestly, “I haven’t decided yet. I’ll go back and think about it, but I promise it will be special.”

Li Mo was amused by him and said, “Then you don’t have to think about it. If I win first place, you must agree to one of my requests.”

“Sure.” Lu Jichuan agreed without thinking.

Li Mo was surprised: “You don’t even ask what the request is? What if I want to sell you out?”

“If you sell me, will you come to see me?”

Seeing the man’s gloomy eyes, Li Mo suddenly imagined Cuihua standing at the entrance of the village, wearing a scarf and stretching her neck to wait for someone who would never come back. She was immediately amused.

She chuckled and nodded vigorously: “Yes! Definitely!”

Lu Jichuan’s lips curled up slightly: “Then it’s okay to sell it.”

Li Mo laughed out loud at Lu Jichuan’s appearance.

After all, in her impression, he was a very cold man.

When she left, he just casually asked her, “Can’t you not leave?”

She said she wanted to leave and would come back when she had the chance, so he stopped trying to persuade her.

After her nationality was changed by her mother, he never contacted her again.

Later, she was called by her motherland and found a way to escape from the surveillance of the United States and return home. After she changed her nationality, he contacted her again.

This person is emotionally indifferent and restrained, so when Li Mo heard what he said, it felt a little unreal.

It seems that she didn’t fully understand Lu Jichuan before.

After seeing Lu Jichuan off, the old man couldn’t bear to delay his granddaughter’s evening study time any longer, so he asked before leaving: “Momo, have you thought about which friends to invite to the family reunion party this weekend?”

Li Mo nodded: “I’ve thought about it.”

The old man immediately asked Assistant Zhou to hand over a large stack of invitations and asked her to distribute them to her friends.

“Most of the guests at this party are young people, so I told everyone not to wear formal attire and to be casual. It’s your day, so you can wear whatever you want. Oh, Grandpa also bought you some clothes, so if there’s anything you like, you can wear it then.”

After saying that, Secretary Zhou immediately asked someone to bring in more than 20 sets of clothes.

Even Zhao Linya and Li Shuo’s clothing were not left out.

Li Mo took her mother and Li Shuo out to see the old man off. The old man kept saying, “No need to see me off,” but he held Li Mo’s hand tightly. A typical example of someone who says one thing and does another.

The Hongqi slowly drove away. Mr. Bai, who had been smiling brightly just now, suddenly lost his smile. He picked up his much smaller cell phone and made a call.

As soon as the phone was connected, he yelled angrily, “Old Man Lu, your pigs are almost eating up all our cabbages! I don’t care, you have to give me an explanation!”