Reborn since 2005

Chapter 288 Kind Parents

Yan Xin and Xiao Shiyu didn't communicate much when they were studying. That is, when they first sat at the same table, they occasionally exchanged a few words. Later, when they were at different tables, they basically stopped talking.

That is to say, before the college entrance examination, the monitor suggested that all the students in the same class should add their QQ numbers so that they could contact each other easily in the future, so they added their QQ numbers.

We have been classmates for three years, and we don’t talk as much together as they do on QQ.

Their relationship in school was just that of classmates, not even friends.

After leaving campus, I kept in touch more on QQ.

Some people are like that. They can't say a lot of things when they meet in person, but they can say it online.

In the previous life, Yan Xin and Xiao Shiyu had no connection on QQ, mainly due to low self-esteem. They felt that they were not from the same world as such a girl with a good family background, good academic performance and good looks, and there was nothing to talk about.

More than ten years later, Xiao Shiyu suddenly wanted to meet him, which made him somewhat puzzled as to why.

After being reborn, I no longer have that inferiority complex and can actually start a conversation.

What made the relationship between the two people even further was the fact that Xiao Shiyu was asked to play his girlfriend last year.

After this incident, the two became friends.

Yan Xin actually has some regrets about this matter.

What he heard about Xiao Shiyu's marriage to a rich old man in his previous life made him think that she was a money-worshiping girl, and that paying him five hundred yuan to play his girlfriend was just a deal.

As a result, they agreed to him at the time, but secretly gave him the money later.

This is what I owe her.

He doesn't like to owe favors because they are difficult to repay.

But things have become like this, and there is no way to stuff the five hundred yuan back, so I can only owe this favor.

I still have that thought in my heart. If there is a chance to repay this favor, I must do it in time.

If he hadn't owed this favor, he might not have taken the time to come here to meet Xiao Shiyu during the Chinese New Year.

However, after chatting with Xiao Shiyu, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Xiao Shiyu has a high emotional intelligence and is very good at taking care of people's emotions. When chatting, she will not embarrass anyone or be in a cold mood.

It feels quite comfortable.

When he was studying, Xiao Shiyu had a cold image in Yan Xin's mind. Under normal circumstances, Yan Xin would not dare to talk to this girl, even if they were roommates for half a year.

Now after getting in touch with him, I discovered that he is quite easy to talk to.

Xiao Shiyu has more contact with her former classmates, and her popularity is better than that of Yan Xin.

But this is quite normal, she is a beautiful girl after all.

Yan Xin had a low self-esteem back then, and not many did well in school.

Xiao Shiyu knows the current situation of many students in the class. She knows very well which students have been admitted to junior college, which students have chosen to repeat their studies, and which of them have been admitted to junior college in this year's college entrance examination.

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In her class, she was the only one who passed the exam.

The highest achievement of the rest is to be admitted to a junior college.

Most of them went out to work.

Some of them are married.

This surprised Yan Xin: "Are some of our classmates married? Isn't that too young?"

"Not only are there more, but there are several more." Xiao Shiyu said, "There are both boys and girls, but there are more female classmates."

She named all the married classmates.

There is only one male among them. Although he is in the same class as them, he has failed a grade before and is two or three years older than both of them. Now he has reached the marriageable age, and it is normal to get married.

The other few are female classmates. Women can get married only if they are twenty years old, and they have also reached this age.

As the names were spoken one by one, the figures of those classmates also appeared in Yan Xin's mind.

One of the female classmates seemed to be quite interesting to him when she was studying. She always took the initiative to talk to him. After graduation, she even sent him a QQ message saying that she wanted to come to his house.

It's just that Yan Xin said that he was already working outside, that's all.

He didn't have a mobile phone at that time, and he couldn't access QQ anytime and anywhere. It was inconvenient to contact him, and there was no contact later.

Unexpectedly, more than a year later, the other party actually got married, which is really disappointing.

Yan Xin didn't feel anything for that female classmate, but he felt that time passed too fast, and he felt that the mountains and rivers were still the same, but everything had changed.

The two of them were sitting in the living room chatting. At about ten o'clock, the alarm clock set by Xiao Shiyu's mobile phone rang. She looked at the time, stood up, and said with a smile:

"It's time to cook. Old classmate, will you help me cook together, or will you just watch TV here?"

Of course Yan Xin couldn't say that he was just sitting here watching TV, so he stood up and said:

"I can't cook, but I can help you."

"Then let's cook a meal together." Xiao Shiyu said.

The two of them walked to the kitchen, and Yan Xin was a little curious: "Who cooked for Dad when you were not at home?"

Xiao Shiyu smiled and said: "My mother is still here. She doesn't have to go to work. She is just in this store and there are other people in the store. Usually at this time, she will go home to cook. Sometimes.

I was really too busy, so my dad ate in the cafeteria."

"What do your parents do?" Yan Xin asked again.

He heard Xiao Shiyu say that her father was a civil servant and her mother was in business, but he didn't know what they did.

Xiao Shiyu did not hide anything from him, saying: "My dad is a civil servant, and my mom runs a furniture store. My dad used to work in the town, and the furniture store was also opened in our town. Last year, there were some changes in my dad's work.

, came to the county, and my mother also came with her. She still did her old job and opened a furniture store. My cousin and cousin-in-law helped to look after the store, and she had quite a lot of free time."

Yan Xin asked: "Then will your mother come back for lunch today?"

Xiao Shiyu shook her head: "She is not here today. There are relatives getting married in her hometown, and she is going to have a feast there."

She said with a smile: "Originally, she wanted to take me to the banquet with her, but I didn't like the elders asking around like interrogating prisoners and asking some strange questions, so I told her that I was here today.

If your classmates come over to play, you should receive them."

Yan Xin couldn't help laughing: "So I am your shield?"

Xiao Shiyu smiled and shook her head: "That's not true. When I told my mother that a classmate was coming over, I hadn't contacted you yet. But I thought, with so many classmates coming back for the New Year, I could always find someone to help me cope.

This is an errand."

Yan Xin nodded: "That's true."

Xiao Shiyu is so pretty, and there are quite a few people who are willing to do her this favor.

Xiao Shiyu added: "The first person I looked for was you. I didn't have high hopes at first. I thought you had written so many good songs, and now you should be a very busy man. You may not have any

Come over here, I didn’t expect you to agree.”

"Old classmates have requests, and I must agree to this." Yan Xin said seriously.

"Really? I'm so honored." Xiao Shiyu said happily.

He added: "My dad has indeed told me several times that he wants to meet you, a talented young man. He really likes your songs. He still has a few CDs with your songs at home.

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"I'm honored too." Yan Xin said.

Xiao Shiyu said a little embarrassedly: "But they are all pirated copies."

Yan Xin shrugged: "You can guess this, because the singers in our company have only released one record. If you say how many copies you bought, it must be pirated."

The company originally did not make money from records. Now that piracy is rampant and there are many free download resources on the Internet, it is difficult to make money from record sales itself, so he doesn't care about it.

While cooking, he still couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked Xiao Shiyu what position her father, a civil servant, held.

I still have some selfish reasons for asking this - if you get to know someone who is an official and build a good relationship, you won't have to worry about being bullied in the future.

He has never thought about collusion between government and business. He will not put his career here. He just doesn't want to be bullied.

Xiao Shiyu didn't hide it from him and told him about her father's position.

It's not that big of an official, it's just a deputy department level. I used to work in the town, but I was transferred to the county last year and worked as the deputy director of the civil affairs department.

He is not the leader of a powerful department.

Her family's income mainly comes from the furniture store owned by her mother, and her annual income is several times higher than her father's salary.

The houses in the town and the houses I bought in this county all depended on the money earned from the furniture store.

Xiao Shiyu explained this way, probably because she wanted to express this meaning to Yan Xin - although my father is a civil servant, he has not been corrupt, and my family's current money is made by my mother's business.

Yan Xin didn't say anything, but there was some disapproval in his heart.

He is not a person who has just stepped out of society, and he still has some knowledge of this society. He feels that if Xiao Shiyu's father did not have such a position, her mother's furniture store business may not be so profitable.

However, this kind of thing cannot be said to be corruption.

It seems impossible to say how upright it is.

He has also heard of similar things.

Xiao Shiyu's words explained why her family's conditions were so good.

Yan Xin just couldn't understand the thought of her marrying an old man who was decades older than him.

Logically speaking, a girl from such a wealthy family would not marry someone she doesn't like just for money.

Does she really love that old man?

I have some doubts in my heart.

But it's not easy to ask Xiao Shiyu about this matter. Even if she did, she wouldn't be able to get the answer - because Xiao Shiyu herself didn't know that something like this would happen to her a few years later.

The two of them are in this kitchen, cooking and chatting at the same time. They won't feel tired or bored.

Yan Xin is not good at cooking, so the taste of his food can only be said to be better than that of his father, but he can still get started.

In his previous life, he had rich experience in serving as Feng Xi's assistant.

It seems that Xiao Shiyu has never seriously learned to cook. She probably learned how to make home-cooked dishes from her mother. She seems to be a wild person and not as professional as Ai Lili.

However, those who cook those dishes are quite skilled.

She told Yan Xin that she had started learning to cook when she was in elementary school. Sometimes she had to take care of herself when she was alone at home.

She also likes to cook, and she is thinking of enrolling in a cooking class to improve her cooking skills after graduating from college.

Yan Xin thought to himself: "This girl is not bad. Anyone who wants to marry her will be very lucky."

Just thinking about her future, she unexpectedly married an old man who was decades older than her. A few years after her marriage, the old man died and inherited hundreds of millions of wealth by herself.

With that kind of wealth, I don't even know how to cook myself.

It's a bit of a pity.

After he was reborn, he wanted to change his own destiny, his father's destiny, Feng Xi's destiny, and later he also wanted to change Ai Lili's destiny.

But he never thought about changing Xiao Shiyu's fate.

Even now he doesn't have such thoughts.

It is indeed a pity for a young and beautiful girl to marry an old man who is decades older than her.

But, that's her own choice.

And she also gained huge benefits through such a choice.

What others think is a pity may be the most worthwhile investment for her.

So he doesn't need to change this.

Forcibly changing someone, thinking that you are saving others from suffering, may actually be pushing them into a sea of ​​fire.

Before he confirmed his relationship with Aili, he still had some thoughts about Xiao Shiyu, a beautiful old classmate, and he also thought about whether to change her fate.

The main reason why I have that concern is because this old classmate is beautiful, and there are no other emotional factors.

He had not only seen Xiao Shiyu's beauty as a girl, but also her beauty as she matured. It was impossible to say that he was completely unmoved.

Men are visual animals after all. When they see a beautiful girl, they will have some thoughts.

However, after establishing a relationship with Ellie, I no longer had such thoughts.

Bigamy is illegal. If you can't give the other party a result, don't start it.

This is what he requires of himself.

Without that kind of thought, he would naturally not interfere with Xiao Shiyu's choice.

If you like money, it is not an unfortunate thing if you finally get it.

It can only be said that if Xiao Shiyu doesn't want to live that kind of life and needs his help, he will still help if he can.

Just because of the kindness this girl helped me last year.

The kitchen wasn't very busy, and Xiao Shiyu didn't plan to cook many dishes. The two of them could handle it with ease.

She told Yan Xin that she usually only eats four dishes at home, two meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and a soup.

Sometimes there will be an extra dish of kimchi as an appetizer.

This time Yan Xin came over and was a guest after all, so he cooked a few more dishes.

The soup is seaweed and egg drop soup, which is very simple to make.

The dishes include braised pork ribs, steamed crucian carp, scrambled eggs with chives, and fried pork with winter bamboo shoots.

In addition, they also heated up a plate of braised pork belly, a cold dish of dried radish, and a plate of preserved eggs.

A total of eight dishes can be made.

Xiao Shiyu had calculated the time for cooking these dishes, so that he would not cook them too early and the food would be cold, and he would not wait until his father came back before the food was ready.

At around 12:00, the food was almost done.

Several plates of food were placed on the dining table, and two of them were held in bowls to prevent them from getting cold.

A few minutes later, the doorbell rang.

Xiao Shiyu said to Yan Xin: "It should be my dad who is here."

While talking, he went over to open the door.

Yan Xin, who was originally sitting, stood up at this time.

Xiao Shiyu is his classmate and friend. Xiao Shiyu's father is an elder to him. When an elder comes, of course he cannot sit there and remain still.

Xiao Shiyu opened the door, and a middle-aged man wearing a black woolen coat appeared at the door.

"Dad, you're back!"

Xiao Shiyu first greeted Yan Xin warmly, and then pointed his hand towards Yan Xin:

"This is the musical talent I told you about, my classmate Yan Xinyan."

Then he introduced to Yan Xin: "Yan Xin, this is my dad."

Dad Xiao's eyes lit up and a smile appeared on his face: "Are you the one who wrote the song "Exiled Immortal"? I like the songs you wrote very much. I like every one of them. It's so good! I really don't.

To think that Shishi actually has a classmate as awesome as you!"

Yan Xin said embarrassedly: "I didn't study well when I was studying, so I just liked those messy things, which made Uncle Xiao laugh."

"That's not messy stuff," Dad Xiao said seriously, "that's a literary and artistic work, the spiritual food for the common people!"

This is a bit flattering.

Yan Xin had no choice but to be humble once again for those real songwriters.

I had never met Xiao Shiyu’s father in my previous life, and this was the first time I met him.

All I can say is that he looks like an official.

Especially that big belly, in this era, it is basically a symbol of being an official in this small county.

Most people really can't grow such a big belly if they want to.

Of course, in a few years, middle-aged men with big bellies will be seen everywhere in small counties.

A big belly is no longer a symbol of high-quality life, but has become a worry for most middle-aged people.

Although there is a smile on his face, when he is not smiling, there is a dignity between his eyebrows.

——This is actually not surprising. It’s not that anyone is born with the so-called official aura. It’s just that if you stay in a position of power for a long time, you will naturally develop that aura.

Not to mention a deputy-level civil servant in a small county town, even a security guard of a property management company, if he has been there for a long time, he will have a sense of majesty in front of the employees below him.

The more power you have, the stronger your aura will be.

His attitude toward Yan Xin is quite warm, maybe because he really likes Yan Xin's songs, or maybe it's just his own temper.

Yan Xin was a little uneasy at first, feeling that an elder who was a civil servant might not be so easy to deal with.

But after talking for a few words, I found that the other party's attitude was very kind and there was no airs at all, so I felt relieved.

He is an easy person to get along with.

After Xiao's father came back, he washed his hands and went to the dining table to prepare for dinner.

Xiao Shiyu also brought over a bottle of wine sent by Yan Xin and said with a smile: "Dad, this is the wine sent by Yan Xin. I'll pour it for you and you can see how it tastes."

Dad Xiao took a look and said, "I've had this wine before, and it's pretty good."

Then he blamed Yan Xin: "You said you kid, you can just come here, why do you give me such a heavy gift? This bottle of wine costs a few hundred yuan, right?"

He drinks a lot of wine, but rarely buys wine by himself. It is normal for him not to know the specific price.

Yan Xin could only smile and say: "This is not expensive."

Xiao Shiyu poured wine for her father and said: "Dad, you don't know, Yan Xin is not only good at writing songs, he is also good at making money. He opened a company with the money he earned from writing songs and made his own

Boss, now my family has built a house, and I also bought a house in Yangcheng. This time when I came back for the New Year, the cars I drove were all Mercedes-Benz."

Dad Xiao listened and looked at Yan Xin with his eyes brightening: "Xiao Yan, I didn't expect you to have such ability!"

Yan Xin said modestly: "It's just good luck, and I got help from some friends. I can't do anything by myself."

This is actually true.

Without the help of others, relying only on himself, he should still be a small security guard. At most, he can save some money to buy some stocks, and he will have the opportunity to build a brick house next year.

It is absolutely impossible to own the current assets.

Dad Xiao only thought he was being humble, and had a better impression of him, and asked him enthusiastically if he wanted to have a drink with him.

Before Yan Xin could refuse, Xiao Shiyu refused for him: "Dad, Yan Xin has to drive back today, but he can't drink, not even a sip. If you are bored drinking alone, I will accompany you.

Let’s have a drink.”

This also made Yan Xin breathe a sigh of relief.

I don’t know if it’s because of liver function problems, but he really can’t drink enough. He gets drunk after drinking even a little bit of wine. The most he can drink is some beer, and he can’t drink too much.

A small glass of white wine like this is enough.

Moreover, he particularly dislikes the taste of liquor as it is too spicy.

When Dad Xiao heard that he was going to drive back, it was hard to persuade him to drink.

However, Xiao Shiyu actually poured herself a glass of wine and drank with her father.

As for Yan Xin, he could only drink orange juice instead and drink frequently with the father and daughter.

Because of drinking, it took more than half an hour to finish the meal.

Yan Xin noticed that Xiao Shiyu drank two glasses of wine with her father.

That cup was a very small cup. A full cup of wine would only be about one tael.

I drank two glasses, not more than 2 taels, which is not a good drinker.

But for Yan Xin, that was already a huge amount.

Two ounces of white wine was enough to make him drunk.

But after Xiao Shiyu drank two glasses of white wine, his face didn't turn red, and his speech was normal.

He couldn't help but sigh that this old classmate had such a good drinking capacity.

Of course, the truth may just be that he's a bad drinker.

Dad Xiao was not drunk, and his expressions were normal when he spoke.

After finishing the meal, he asked Xiao Shiyu to clean up the dishes, while he pulled Yan Xin to the living room to sit down. Xiao Shiyu made a cup of tea for each of them, and they drank the tea and chatted.

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Not long after, Xiao Shiyu came out after washing the dishes and sat there, chatting with them.

During this process, Yan Xin found that the relationship between their father and daughter was very good. It can be seen from their interactions that this is a very happy family.

Xiao's father is a civil servant and must support national policies, so he has an only daughter, Xiao Shiyu. As a child, there is no patriarchal thought and he still loves this daughter very much.

He also showed a considerable degree of respect for Yan Xin, the friend brought by his daughter, and was very enthusiastic, but not so enthusiastic that it made people uncomfortable.

Yan Xin thought of something inexplicably: "If Feng Xi's parents were so reasonable, we wouldn't have had such a difficult time in our previous life."

Then I thought: "If I had married Xiao Shiyu in my previous life, I would have been very happy, right?"

But when this idea came up, I denied it again:

"That's not necessarily the case. With the conditions I had in my previous life, how could Xiao Shiyu marry me? Her father may not be as polite to me as he is now."

Another question came to mind: "If I am still the same as before, just a little security guard, will Lily like me and choose to fall out with her mother and live with me for the rest of her life?"

Suddenly, I felt that this question was a bit cruel.

Maybe, he can't make himself better, and the only one who is willing to marry him and face the hardships of life with him in this life is Feng Xi.

Coming to such a conclusion made him feel a little dazed, and he felt a little absent-minded while chatting.

Dad Xiao has to go to work in the afternoon and will leave at 1:40.

Yan Xin also stood up and said goodbye. He said he wanted to buy some new year's goods to take home.

Xiao's father hesitated for a few words, then stopped and said to Xiao Shiyu: "There are still two legs of sika deer meat hanging on the balcony. Give one leg to Xiao Yan."

Xiao Shiyu responded, ran to the balcony, quickly brought a leg of venison, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Yan Xin.

Yan Xin didn't show any pretense, he thanked him and accepted it, just in time to have a taste of it, and there was another dish for the Chinese New Year.

Following Xiao's father downstairs, Xiao Shiyu followed him downstairs.

After going downstairs, Yan Xin drove Xiao's father to where he worked, and then bought some fireworks, salutes, Spring Festival couplets and lanterns before driving home.

When preparing to go back, he thought about whether to go to the Golden Dawn store to have a look. He hesitated for a long time, but finally gave up the idea and drove home.

I spent the whole afternoon chopping firewood the day before yesterday, and I used too much force. My arms and waist have been hurting for the past two days, which has affected my coding status. I hope I can provide an update in the next few days.

(End of chapter)