The dinner was a great success, and the only thing left was setting a date for them to get their marriage certificate.
However, it was decided not too slowly, just two weeks later, which was the day when Lin Zimao's new semester started.
Two days later, Lin Zimao received an admission letter from Feige University. In order to recruit better students, Feige University made the admission letter exquisite and creative.
Half a month passed in a flash.
During this half month, Lin Zimao lived a peaceful but not free life. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the marriage, Lin Bei did not allow him to wander around outside, nor did he introduce his second son to any relatives or friends. Lin Zimao was followed by a driver wherever he went. Lin Zimao simply stayed in the Lin family for half a month without going anywhere, just waiting for the school to start.
During the half month he stayed at the Lin family, the person he interacted with the most was Lin Zihua. After all, he was the only one in the family who was on summer vacation, and they were the only ones who had free time.
Lin Zihua likes to provoke Lin Zimao. Seeing that Lin Zihua is spoiled, Lin Zimao doesn't bother to argue with him. He doesn't need Lin Zihua's approval. His indifferent attitude makes Lin Zihua even more annoyed, so he challenges Lin Zimao. Lin Zimao happened to be bored too, so he played a few games with him. Lin Zihua was beaten like a dog, and he never dared to provoke his second brother Lin again because he lost all his pocket money.
Lin Bei has to go to work at the company every day, Bai Meiying also has to go around the clothing brand store under her name, and is busy dealing with various wealthy ladies, so they have no time to pay attention to Lin Zimao. Lin Zifeng works with his tutor at school, and except for the first day when Lin Zimao came back to see him, he has never returned to the Lin family. As for Lin Ziyi, she is now a senior high school student. Not only does she have to attend training classes for more than eight hours every day, but she also has endless test questions to do when she comes back at night. Although she has some ideas, she doesn't have the energy to confront Lin Zimao.
Therefore, although Lin Zimao is not a free man, the past half month without any troubles is not bad. Every day he just surfs the Internet to learn about the new school, plays games, reads books and sleeps. He even gained a pound of weight and lives a very comfortable life.
The first day of school is approaching.
Lin Bei took time out of his busy schedule to keep a close eye on him and arranged for him to report to school in advance. He also discussed with the Jiang family and had him pack his bags and stay at Jiang Xuan's place on the day of registration. Then he went to get the marriage certificate on the first day of school and told Lin Zimao Jiang Xuan's address.
If the certificate had not been obtained, Lin Bei would have wanted to pack him up and send him over long ago.
In this way, Lin Zimao moved back home twice within a month.
He still brought two worn-out suitcases. Lin Bei looked at them and became displeased: "Why are you still using old suitcases? Luo Ming, why don't you buy him two new ones?"
The housekeeper said helplessly: "Sir, the second young master said he was nostalgic."
As soon as Lin Zimao stuffed the pepper and salt into the new cat bag and walked down from upstairs, Lin Bei didn't mention the box again.
Because the two children are still in school, the marriage between the two families was not publicized in a big way, but those in the industry knew everything they should know. As for who the marriage was between, is there any need to say it? It must be the younger generation of the two families.
The marriage between the Jiang and Lin families at least shows that the interests of the two families are temporarily tied together.
Lin Bei has been in high spirits recently because the marriage was finalized and his favorite eldest son was saved. He couldn't be disloyal to the eldest son, and his grandparents were not easy to deal with and couldn't afford to offend them. Fortunately, the Jiang family accepted the second son. Although he can't say he can rest easy now, he can relax and play golf.
Lin Bei asked Lin Zimao: "Do you have Jiang Xuan's contact number?"
Lin Zimao only remembered that beautiful but cold face. As for the contact number, there was none.
Lin Zimao shook his head: "We are not familiar with each other, how could it be possible?"
Lin Bei: "You are so disappointing. You are going to get the marriage certificate tomorrow. Why don't you just get along with others properly?"
Lin Zimao suddenly said, "Brother, they are all more capable than me."
Lin Bei was choked. He knew that Lin Zimao was trying to stop him from talking. Did he know something? That shouldn't be the case. He didn't know anyone in Ningcheng.
After all, he is a middle-aged man who has been in the business world for many years. Lin Bei changed his attitude and said, "I have already told them the time for you to move in. Jiang Xuan should be waiting for you at the school. I will get his phone number for you later. Remember to contact him and communicate with him more. You will be husband and wife in the future."
Lin Zimao nodded, picked up the cat bag and got into the car.
The person who took him to school to report was not the Lin family's driver, but Fang Jiawen, who had not been seen for many days.
Lin Bei escorted him to the door and emphasized again: "Don't forget what happened tomorrow. I'll ask Assistant Fang to wait for you at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow."
Lin Zimao knew that he was afraid that he would go back on his word: "I know." He sent Fang Jiawen to keep an eye on him.
Lin Bei asked again: "Did you bring the notice?"
Lin Zimao: “In the bag.”
Although Lin Bei and Lin Zimao do not have the conditions to become close father and son, so far Lin Bei has shown some concern for him on the surface and has maintained a sufficient distance.
When seeing Fang Jiawen again, Lin Zimao actually felt a sense of familiarity.
"You are the one who picks up and drops off the kids every time. Are you the assistant who is responsible for picking up and dropping off the kids at the boss's house?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Last week, an assistant named Cheng came to tutor Lin Ziyi. I was wondering if one of them would be responsible for picking up the child from school, one would be responsible for tutoring, one would be responsible for handling Lin Bei's daily life, and one would be responsible for security."
"You make it sound like that." Fang Jiawen smiled. Mr. Lin likes to show off. He does have several good assistants, including three others. After careful consideration, he found that Lin Zimao directly called him boss Lin Bei, which surprised him. It revealed his dissatisfaction with his boss, but it had nothing to do with him.
It takes about an hour to get from the Lin family to the school by flying car.
Looking down from the air, you can feel the uniqueness of this top university in the top capital star. Feige University covers a large area and has different types of buildings, some high and some low, each different, like a town full of local customs.
Fang Jiawen parked the flying car in the school parking lot.
Feige University accepts applications from students from all planets in the alliance. Only students with the best grades or special talents can apply and be approved. The entrance examination is also extremely strict. For most students, this is their way of admission.
For students living on the capital star, there are different ways of admission that suit them, and the difficulty of entry is reduced. There are also exceptions, such as families or academicians who have made contributions to the alliance. They will have one or two recommended places in their names, and they can decide who to give the places to.
The Jiang family invests a lot in Feige University every year, so it is not difficult for them to get a place.
The new students’ registration period is scheduled for three days, and today is the second day.
Fang Jiawen took Lin Zimao to complete the admission procedures. When asked about whether beds should be reserved, Lin Zimao had a different opinion.
He said to the senior student who was in charge of welcoming the new students, "I'll keep it for you."
Fang Jiawen asked him, "Don't you live outside?"
Lin Zimao said: "There is no rule that I can't keep a bed."
Besides, he and that guy haven’t completed the formalities yet.
Fang Jiawen whispered, "Second Young Master, you must go on time tomorrow."
Lin Zimao smiled and said, "I can't run away from here. I'm just worried that I'll be busy with exams, so I want to reserve a bed for you." He thought for a moment and gave a more convincing reason, "You know, my grades are bad."
Fang Jiawen understood immediately. Even if Lin Zimao didn't know that this was an arranged marriage, he was not familiar with Jiang Xuan, and they didn't know how their relationship would develop in the future. The house was not his yet. If they had a quarrel or a conflict in the future, Lin Zimao would have nowhere to go.
For some reason I felt a little sorry for this boy who had just returned from the garbage planet and had just turned eighteen.
"Okay, then keep the dormitory." It's just a little more fee, and the Lin family doesn't care about the fees.
Fang Jiawen's time is limited. After delivering Lin Zimao's luggage to his new residence, he has to go back to work, so he has no time to take Lin Zimao around the campus.
When the two returned to the car, Lin Zimao happened to receive a call from Lin Bei, which was Jiang Xuan's private number.
Lin Zimao didn't call directly, but sent a message to the other party.
[Jiang Xuan, I'm Lin Zimao. I'm moving things to your place now. Are you home?]
Registration office of the Mecha Design Department of the Mecha College of Feige University.
A boy with red lips and white teeth was standing in front of Jiang Xuan. He smiled at Jiang Xuan very cutely and his voice was soft.
"Brother Jiang Xuan, thank you for taking the time to accompany me to register. I didn't expect that our design institute is so big and there are so many people registering today. My flying car seems to be broken, and I have to wait in line for a taxi to go back. My cousin will come to pick me up in an hour. Can you take me around the school first? You studied here for a year, so you must be familiar with the environment here."
He is Jiang Xuan’s neighbor’s younger brother Cheng Chen. The two of them are childhood sweethearts. Jiang Xuan cannot refuse this childhood sweetheart for the time being, mainly because Cheng Chen is a member of the Student Union and is also in charge of the registration of new students, so he is just helping out a little.
A text message came in and he looked down.
He had been opposed to the marriage with Lin Zimao from the beginning to the end, and now this person wanted to live in his private space, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
He replied:
[I have something else to do. I will be back in an hour.]
Lin Zimao:
[Then I'll wait for you.]
Jiang Xuan nodded: "Yes."
Cheng Chen happily pulled his arm and walked out: "I heard that our school's library has the largest collection of books in the alliance?"
Jiang Xuan wanted to pull his arm out, but he thought for a moment and didn't move: "Yeah."
Cheng Chen asked him: "Do you usually read here?"
Jiang Xuan said: "Occasionally."
Cheng Chen asked again: "After visiting the library, can I go to the mecha exhibition hall? I heard that there are mecha exhibits that are nearly a hundred years old, and there are also first-generation models to see."
Jiang Xuan nodded: "Okay."
Cheng Chen thought that although Brother Jiang Xuan was indifferent to everyone, at least he would respond to him, and he felt indescribably happy.
After visiting the library, they went to the exhibition hall. Time passed by minute by minute, and before they knew it, forty minutes had passed.
Cheng Chen wanted to stay alone with Jiang Xuan for a while longer, but his tactless cousin came to pick him up.
Jiang Xuan sent Cheng Chen to the car. Although he didn't talk much and wasn't very enthusiastic, his face alone was enough to charm everyone. He attracted the attention of many freshmen in the library and the mecha exhibition hall.
The most popular post on the school forum is "Freshman met a super super super handsome guy, please tell me if he is a senior or a freshman! I want to pursue him!"
Floor 1: Oh shit, the eternal ice beauty comes to school today
2nd floor: Freshmen are so lucky. Seeing this person means you are very lucky today. She is the school beauty of our Feige University!
Floor 3: Where is it, where is it, let me go and run into him by chance [drooling], the handsome guy on campus!
Floor 4: No matter how you look at it, the school hunk is the most handsome, no doubt about it, no objection accepted.
Floor 5: Mom asked me why my eyes were blurry on the screen!
None of this had anything to do with Jiang Xuan who was walking home. He felt uncomfortable at the thought that someone was about to share space with him, but he still suppressed his dissatisfaction and left school.
Jiang Xuan has his own flying car, but today is the day for new students to register and the traffic is extremely congested, so he chose to take the school's ground bus back.
It started raining as soon as we got on the bus. The rain got heavier and heavier, and instantly turned into a downpour, hitting the bus windows.
There were also new students registering alone on the bus, making it more crowded than usual. Because they were satisfied with the environment of their new school, the new students were very excited and talked loudly. Jiang Xuan felt a little annoyed.
After getting off the bus, Jiang Xuan squeezed through the crowd. The bus stop was some distance away from where he lived, so he had to walk there. He opened the folding umbrella that he always carried in his bag and walked back.
He never thought that he would see Lin Zimao leaning against the wall with a cat bag in his arms on a rainy day, and would still remember the scene of their second meeting many years later.
At this time, there were two large suitcases at Lin Zimao's feet. The sounds of cats' meowing and raindrops were intertwined. He hugged the cat bag tightly and whispered to comfort the round-faced cat that was meowing inside. The rain wet his black hair and soaked his shirt. The rain got heavier, and he shrank his thin body against the wall, as if he wanted to block the rain that penetrated every hole for the cat.
One person and one cat, they look a little pitiful.
Jiang Xuan pursed his lips, holding the umbrella and quickening his pace.