Lisco's American Life

"Dad, Mom, I don't have anything to do this afternoon. I'll go out for a while."

Before Yu E had time to answer, Lin Qi walked out with his bag on his back and took the keys to the family's pickup truck from the checkout counter.

"Wait a minute, Qiqi."

Lin Guozhong gestured to his wife with his eyes. Yu E glanced at her useless wife and opened her mouth to call out to Lin Qi.

"What's wrong? Have you eaten?"

Lynch took an apple from the table, stuffed it into his mouth, and stopped in his tracks.

"You've eaten, that's it. You sit down first."

Yu E looked at her son, and while considering her words, she picked up the stool and placed it opposite her.

"What's going on? Let's talk about it when I get back?"

Lin Qi looked at the mysterious parents and felt that the whole atmosphere was quite cautious.

"That's right, your father and I want to talk to you."

Lin Qi had no choice but to put his bag on the table beside him, and then sat down opposite his parents.

Yu E and Lin Guozhong looked at each other. They didn't know where to start for a while, and they were afraid that their words would irritate Lin Qi and make his condition worse.

Lin Qi watched his parents winking at each other,

"Mom and Dad, if you need anything, just tell me. I'm waiting to go out."

Lin Guozhong lit another cigarette and spoke.

"Son, it's like this. You are a relatively sensible child. Our restaurant has been very busy during this period. Your mother and I have also neglected to take care of you. Are you tired recently?"

"Hi,"

Lynch took another bite of the apple, juice flowing from the corner of his mouth.

"I'm so old, what do I need you to take care of? Just take care of your own body. I can't make enough money."

"So have you been in a bad mood lately? Is there anything you want to eat?"

Yu E asked cautiously.

"No, I can eat several bowls of rice every day, and I don't feel bad at all."

Lin Qi answered in confusion, still unclear about what his parents meant.

"Mom and Dad, if you have anything to ask, just ask directly. Don't be presumptuous, I won't understand you either."

Lynch raised his watch and glanced at the hands. The time he made an appointment with Tina was coming soon.

"That's right, your mother and I are wondering if you have been feeling uncomfortable in any way recently, and we would like to ask Mikey to come over and take a look at you."

"McGee? The one on the corner?"

Lin Qi was stunned. After thinking for a moment, he realized who his parents were talking about.

"Why are you looking for him? Let me tell you, he is a psychiatrist and can't treat anything else. Did you hear me coughing? It's nothing, I just caught a cold. Just ask my mother to make me some pear tea.

No need to see a doctor, what a waste."

Lin Qi suddenly realized that he and Tina often chatted on the mobile phone until midnight recently, so he had a cough. Maybe his parents thought he was sick, so he asked.

"We know, we just want him to show you."

Lin Guozhong replied, and then he and Yu E stared at Lin Qi.

"Qiqi. Don't be afraid. If you feel uncomfortable, tell your mother. Don't be afraid of spending money. Health is important. Mental illness is also a disease. The neighbor next to your aunt is Chang Hai. He suffers from depression. His family doesn't take it seriously.

He committed suicide in the end, how tragic it was."

"Brother Chang Hai committed suicide? When did it happen?"

Lynch didn't understand even more.

"Just a few years ago, you didn't go home, so you didn't know that he had a daughter. He left his parents and children behind and left alone."

"It does not make sense!"

Lin Qi interrupted Yu E's introduction.

"What do you two elders mean? Do you think there is something wrong with me?"

Lin Qi was confused by the couple's continuous questioning, and he didn't react until now.

"I think we can't hide our illness and avoid medical treatment."

Lin Guozhong threw the cigarette butt under his feet and stamped it out.

"I'm fine, I don't have any illnesses, it's inexplicable!"

Lin Qi was in a terrible mood. It was really outrageous that his parents suspected him of being mentally ill.

"Then I think you've been a little nervous lately."

"All right."

Lin Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only tell the truth.

"I'm in love, so I've been distracted lately."

"Are you in love?"

Lin Guozhong and Yu E looked at each other, and it took them a long time to write together but it was an error. Fortunately, they were both mentally prepared. They didn't expect the result to be so simple.

Yu E stepped forward and gave Lin Guozhong a slap on the back.

"You have nothing to do every day, right? It scares me a lot."

Lin Guozhong was also very depressed, but he didn't expect this to be the reason.

Yu E quickly walked up to Lin Qi and hugged him affectionately.

"Here, tell Mom, who is your partner? How old is he? What does he do? Does he look good? Do you have any photos?"

Lynch was worried by a series of questions. The reason why he didn't want to tell his parents at first was because of this. He and Tina had just started getting together, and neither of them was quite sure about their feelings, and they planned to get along well and get to know each other better.

But if his mother knew about it, she would be ready to prepare a wedding for her in the next second.

"Don't ask. We just started and we don't know if we are compatible. If we don't get together in the end, wouldn't you be very disappointed?"

However, seeing Yu E's somewhat disappointed expression, Lin Qi couldn't bear it, and his parents were also worried about him.

"Okay. She is the classmate of Li Sko's girlfriend Zhang Li. Her name is Tina. You have met her."

"Zhang Li's classmate?"

Lin Guozhong recalled carefully that he had indeed seen it when he was a guest at the castle last time.

"The black man?"

"No! White people."

Yu E's memory is better, and she remembered it as soon as Lin Qi described it.

"That one! Okay, he looks good."

Lin Qi thought that his parents basically had no interaction with Tina on a daily basis, so he simply stopped hiding it and directly pulled out the photos of Tina on his phone and showed them to them.

"I have the impression that this girl is very polite, but her Chinese is very awkward."

The last time they visited the castle, Tina greeted her in Chinese, which she had just learned, but her tone was difficult to pronounce, so the elders didn't understand her.

"Okay, as long as it's okay, it's good to be with others. We don't mind what kind of girlfriend you find. Just be happy."

After figuring out the reason for Lin Qi's recent abnormality, Lin Guozhong was no longer as worried as he was at the beginning.

"When you go out now, you just want to date someone else, right? Go ahead and don't make people wait. Honey, get him some money and be generous."

"No, I have enough money."

Looking at his mother running to the cash box to get money, Lynch quickly answered and then left the restaurant as if running away.

"Oh, it's great, our son also has a girlfriend."

Yu E took the money and looked at Lin Qi's cheerful look, feeling very pleased.