Due to the need to offer sacrifices and bid farewell to the old year, my uncle Mei Lixiong and his family would return to their hometown in Baimei County a few days before the New Year in previous years, and go with Mei Lijun to sweep the tombs and burn incense to grandparents and other ancestors of the Mei family.
In previous years they would live in the old house belonging to their ancestors, but this year the situation is slightly different.
The area around the ancestral house of Meilijun's family is undergoing zoning reconstruction, and the old house is also being renovated, which means that Meilijun will receive a demolition subsidy.
Of course, this event is not consistent with his previous life. In his previous life, after Mei Lijun failed in business, he sold his house in the community and returned to his ancestral house. There has been no planning in the vicinity, and this change makes it difficult not to associate it with Director Mei’s current status.
However, Meilijun has always been very careful about his reputation. He has checked the document planning process and found that everything is in accordance with the rules and regulations, so there is nothing wrong with it.
Now that Meilijun has a large family and a lot of wealth and has no financial pressure, he is naturally willing to share the demolition compensation for the old house and the resettlement of the new house with his older brothers and younger sisters.
This time, I invited my eldest brother Meilixiong to come over early because I wanted to discuss these matters with them and see whether Meilixiong and his family have the idea and willingness to return to Baimei County to live.
While adults are worrying about their own things, the next generation is enjoying a carefree childhood and passionate youth.
Mei Yue had only recently heard from Mei Ya about the love story between Mei Fang and his two childhood sweethearts. Being very curious, she kept asking Mei Fang for photos. Mei Fang had no choice but to send Mei Yue the photo of the two of them that Xia Yuan had taken for her before leaving home. Her girlish heart was immediately filled with excitement.
"You've actually been able to know two girls for more than ten years. You're pretty amazing, Xiao Fangzi! How come you kept it a secret for so long and never told Sister Yueyue about it?"
"I'm not hiding anything... There's nothing I can bring up with them, okay?"
Mei Yue looked at the photos of Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi carefully.
"From the photos, these two little sisters are beautiful in their own ways, but I personally prefer the one with the brightest smile."
"Did you say fate?"
Mei Yue confirmed Xia Yuan's identity with Mei Fang before nodding and saying, "She looks more energetic. Xiao Fangzi, you are sometimes too boring. You need a positive, sunny and cheerful girl like this to accompany you. Otherwise, even if you grow up, you may not understand anything."
It seems that Youxi's dignified image is indeed very deceptive...
"Sister Yueyue, don't worry about this... Speaking of which, I've shown you the photos. Where's Sister Yueyue's boyfriend?"
"Okay, so this is why you showed it to me. Here, this is it."
Mei Yue showed Mei Fang the photo of the young man in her cell phone album.
Mei Fang nodded, and he looked exactly like the scumbag in his memory.
At first glance, he looks mature and reliable, and his daily life photos seem to be very stylish. He always takes selfies of drinking coffee, beautiful scenery photos and literary texts.
Of course, from the perspective of 2022, the information presented by Sister Yueyue is easy to make people feel fake at first glance;
However, the Internet was not developed enough in 2012. In the era when idol dramas were popular, girls like Sister Yueyue, who came from an ordinary family and had just entered the society, were full of passion, vitality and innocence. They had naive fantasies about love and did not know how dangerous the world was. The first pit they stepped into was too painful.
"Sister Yueyue, how long have you known him? How did you meet him?"
"It's been almost half a year. He and I met at a senior's wedding."
"I didn't give him my contact information the first time because I thought he seemed a bit frivolous. But later we ran into each other in a cafe near our company and chatted for a while, and I found that he was actually an approachable guy."
Mei Yue showed her liking for him as she spoke, "He really pays attention to details. Although he is very busy at work, he always thinks about me and asks about my well-being. We have many common hobbies, such as eating together and watching movies together. When I am unhappy, he is willing to chat with me until very late..."
"The most important thing is that he respects me. We have known each other for such a long time, and he has never touched me casually. I think this is great. Xiao Fangzi, don't touch your two childhood sweethearts casually, okay? I tell you, most girls especially hate frivolous boys."
Mei Fang thought: In my case, “they touched me” and “they asked me to touch them”, so I shouldn’t be considered frivolous…
He then asked Mei Yue: "Have you ever been to this brother's company?"
"Hmm... I haven't been there. He said he was working in the Internet industry. He studied computer science. Didn't you like computers when you were a kid? You know this, right, IT guy?"
Mei Fang looked at him and shook his head. "IT guys don't have the time to dress themselves up like this. They always look haggard, with dark circles under their eyes, and they can stay up all night to fix bugs. How can they be as glamorous as him?"
“Starting a business is not an easy thing to begin with, and it is even harder to succeed if the boss doesn’t work hard… Of course, I may have gone a little too far.”
Mei Fang knew that such persuasion needed to be gradual, and he did not appear to be a high school student, so he calmed down his offensive a little.
"I just thought that he seemed like a good boyfriend, but this brother didn't sound busy at all, which was completely different from the startup bosses I knew."
Mei Yue thought for a moment, "Hmm... Every time I send him a message, he replies within seconds. I asked him about it, but he said that he only did so because he set me to [Special Care]. But maybe he really hasn't been very busy recently? I guess Internet companies shouldn't be busy all year round, right?"
"That's right... This brother must be a very capable IT guy."
"Yeah! He is not only the founder, but also a very good programmer. His technical strength is well-known in the industry."
"Since he has so much time recently, I just happen to have some problems with programming. I have a piece of code that has not been compiled and I can't find where the bug is. There is no one around me who knows this. Can you send it to my brother for me to take a look?"
Mei Yue has always known that Mei Fang has been interested in programming since he was a child, but she did not think that her cousin's ten years of coding experience had much value. At best, he was at the level of a beginner, so she naturally did not take his problem seriously.
Moreover, this cousin seemed to be quite dissatisfied with her boyfriend-to-be, which was a great opportunity for the two to build trust.
"Sure, I'll send it to him for you. He always replies to my messages within seconds. I promise to help you solve it right away."
"Yeah, there's no need to worry... Just tell me the plan tomorrow night."
Mei Fang successfully sent his old code to Mei Yue, and since then Mei Yue has been waiting for the other party to send a message.
By the next night, she was still staring at her phone.
Mei Fang strolled leisurely in the garden and came in front of Mei Yue, who was looking worried.
"How's it going, Sister Yueyue, has your brother fixed the bug for me?"
"Well... he said it would be ready soon, but he hasn't replied to my messages in the past two days. I'm a little worried."
"Maybe you're busy with work?" Mei Fang pretended to remind him.
"How can it be such a coincidence? Do you think I'm stupid?"
Mei Yue thought about it, and then asked Mei Fang, "Did you really write this code yourself? Did you come up with some difficult coding questions to test him?"
"I wrote it myself... I have no technical skills, so I commented on each line. Since this guy is a big shot in the industry, he should be able to understand it by looking at the comments. If you don't believe me, search it on Baidu. If you can find it, doesn't it prove that I found this code on the Internet?"
Mei Fang plays the role of a naive person with a harmless look on his face, and Mei Yue gradually realizes that something is wrong.
"Maybe he really is like you said, that some Internet company is cheating me... No, I have to call him and ask him."
Just as Mei Yue finished speaking, her cell phone suddenly vibrated. She looked at the content of the message and then forwarded the message to Mei Fang with a smile.
"He has been busy with company matters these past two days and has been fixing bugs overnight, so he forgot to send me a reply. Can you check to see if it has been fixed?"
Mei Fang waved her hands and sighed, "Don't look at it, Sister Yueyue."
"Your boyfriend-to-be is a complete dud."
I know you don't like plots without sweet moments... But the cousin character is supposed to appear at this point, and it's just briefly mentioned, mainly to lay the groundwork for some of the later plots. Three chapters, right? The sweet moments will start in the next chapter.
Today is my birthday, please don't curse me and I'll have a happy birthday. Thank you! There will be a chapter updated later.
(End of this chapter)