Lin Yuhe had seen the engagement banquet before, and the master of ceremonies bit the bullet and talked nonsense, but he didn't expect that he would have to come to such an event so soon. He explained indiscriminately, and managed to hide Shen Huixi from the past.
Fortunately, Shen Huixi was not a talkative person, so he walked away after helping Lin Yuhe get the tickets.
After Shen Huixi left, Lin Yuhe continued to worry about his phone. He remembered that on the road just now, Mr. Lu asked him about adding friends. At that time, Lin Yuhe was still a little surprised, why Mr. Lu focused on this.
It wasn't until now that he realized the real reason.
Thinking about how in Lu Nan's eyes, he even added Fang Zishu as a friend, but he was the only one who failed to approve his application, and Lin Yuhe's mentality collapsed.
He really didn't mean it... Is it still useful to explain now
After struggling with the phone for a long time, Lin Yuhe finally had to choose to pass the application.
He touched the screen very lightly, like a dragonfly touching water, and quickly withdrew his hand after tapping, as if he was afraid of being bitten.
But there is always something to be faced, Lin Yuhe took a deep breath, picked up the phone, and prepared to apologize to Mr. Lu first.
The screen had already jumped to the chat window. Lin Yuhe was deliberating on his words. He had just typed two words, but suddenly found that the other party's status had changed to "typing".
Lin Yuhe: "..."
Isn't Mr. Lu busy with work
He felt inexplicably guilty of being caught by his parents for doing something wrong, and the message over there had already been sent.
Arrived at the dormitory
Um. Lin Yuhe replied, sorry Mr. Lu, I didn't pay attention to the friend application before, I just saw it
There was silence for a while, no reply, only a picture was sent.
It was a screenshot of the word "Mr. Lu" in the message that Lin Yuhe just sent.
Lin Yuhe was stunned.
He understood what the other party meant, and it wasn't that he couldn't remember the name "brother"—Lin Yuhe's memory had always been very good, even if it wasn't good, he should remember after being corrected so many times.
He just doesn't know exactly what occasions this cooperation includes.
Does WeChat private chat count
Before Lin Yuhe could reply, another message came over there.
Lu Nan: There is no need to apologize for such a trivial matter.
Lu Nan: Don't be too cautious.
Lin Yuhe touched the tip of his nose.
Mr. Lu is really a nice person. He sighed again, thought for a while, and replied.
ok brother
There was silence over there, and there was no reply for a long time.
Lin Yuhe never knew how powerful the "brother" he called out was, so he didn't care about the other party's silence, only thinking that Lu Nan was busy.
Looking back, Lin and He responded to a few questions about grades from their roommates. Seeing that the other party had no new news, they sent a message.
I'm going to wash up first, brother work hard
It also comes with a "hard work" emoticon package.
After posting, he got up and was about to go to the bathroom when his phone vibrated suddenly.
Lu Nan: Rest early.
Lin Yuhe Hui: Okay, brother too
Lu Nan: Good night, sweet dreams.
Lin Yuhe discovered that Mr. Lu was a rare type of person who would punctuate every WeChat message. His punctuation marks are quite complete, and when he sends a message, he will appear a little serious.
But when this kind of seriousness is matched with the soft good night and good dreams, it is not abrupt.
On the contrary, it gave people a warm sense of peace of mind.
Perhaps there really was such a thing as a "speaking spirit". Lin Yuhe did sleep well that night.
He also dreamed about his mother.
In the following days, Lin Yuhe still went to class as usual. After the engagement ended, his life didn't change much.
The wedding date has been set, next month, there is still a little time from now. What is really close at hand is the publicity plan for the wedding.
These propagandas have two main functions. On the one hand, the Lu family still has ideas about the choice of Lu Nan's marriage partner. Only when Lin Yuhe confirms the identity of true love can they dispel their ideas. On the other hand, as the new chairman, Lu Nan also needs some soft publicity to neutralize his too cold and hard personal image.
In addition to these two aspects, Wu Xin also analyzed many other roles for Lin Yuhe. Lin Yuhe actually didn't listen very carefully, but only remembered that the publicity plan would start soon.
But what surprised him was that a few days had passed since the engagement banquet, and there had been no movement in the publicity that had been agreed upon.
The focus of Yancheng media's attention is still on Taiping Group's business affairs, but reports on private information about the land disaster are rarely published in newspapers.
On the contrary, several newspapers in Xiangjiang reported the engagement of Lu's parents and grandsons, but none of them had any substantive content.
There is even less real information about Lin Yuhe, which is very different from the specially released propaganda information at first glance.
Lin Yuhe couldn't help but feel a little strange, hadn't he already captured so much material that could be released to show affection? Even if you have spent a lot of time on the phone and bills, why don't you let it go now
But Lin Yuhe was strange, but he didn't worry too much. Anyway, he also listened to orders and cooperated, and he was ready to let him go early in the morning.
He doesn't care about these things, some people do.
After the engagement ended, Wu Xin was not idle either. She had been proactively communicating with Lu Nan's team, and was still busy contacting Xiangjiang's relationship and collecting various information about the Lu family.
After the Lu family's information was sorted out, she specifically called Lin Yuhe home.
Before Lin and He got engaged, they had heard Wu Xin's special speech several times. When Wu Xin called him again, he didn't really want to go.
But getting married is different from getting engaged, the scene is more grand, and you have to go to Xiangjiang to hold the wedding. People from the Lu family will also be there at that time, so Wu Xin made it clear on the phone.
"You must come here once, and you must understand all the information about the Lu family."
Lin Yuhe was urged several times back and forth, but in desperation, he had no choice but to go.
The roots of the Lin family and the Wu family are not in Yancheng, and Wu Xin and Lin's father did not live in Yancheng. But for this marriage, they moved here specially, and they have been temporarily living in Yancheng during this time.
Lin's father didn't have a house in Yancheng, and what Lin Yuhe was going to this time was a property bought by the Wu family in Yancheng.
He had never been here before, and he relied on his mobile phone to navigate when he came here. After entering the door, the furnishings here are even more unfamiliar to him, a completely strange place.
Wu Xin was sorting out the materials in the study, and it was the nanny who opened the door for Lin Yuhe. The aunt invited Lin Yuhe to the sofa and poured him a glass of water.
Lin Yuhe thanked him and looked around casually.
Yancheng is very expensive, and this house is roughly estimated to be at least 150 square meters, which is considered a large apartment.
Although it is only a temporary residence, the house has been installed long ago, and the decoration is quite exquisite. The lighting here is very good and the space is sufficient. The living room is connected to two bedrooms on the main side, and the study is a few steps away. There is Wu Xiaohan's dance practice room next to it. At first glance, it is warm and spacious.
The only place where there is no Lin and He.
Wu Xin came out of the study, and when he passed by the door, he just heard the sound of keys ringing outside the door.
She walked over and opened the door directly.
The opening of the door was not small, and Lin Yuhe heard it too. He looked up and saw Father Lin walking in.
Father Lin was talking to Wu Xin with a smile: "I just took out the key, and the door opened. Is it too early to leave work today?"
He didn't see Lin Yuhe sitting on the sofa, leaning over while talking, kissing Wu Xin's cheek affectionately.
Lin Yuhe watched them silently.
Lin Yuhe used to be very familiar with this action - a long time ago, when Dad came home every day, he would smile and kiss his mother on the cheek with an intimate gesture and a gentle expression.
It was exactly the same as the expression and action of him kissing Wu Xin now.
Lin Yuhe knew about it a long time ago.
It turns out that a piece of love can be equally copied to another person, with no difference in weight.
It turns out that if love can't last long, you can continue with another person.
Wu Xin helped Father Lin hang up the coat that he had taken off. Father Lin changed into his slippers and walked in, only to see Lin Yuhe in the living room.
"Xiaohe is back?" Father Lin was very happy to see him, "Have you eaten yet? Dad will make you something?"
Lin Yuhe smiled and said, "Dad, I've eaten."
"Have you eaten? Why did you eat so early?" Lin's father was a little disappointed, but he didn't want to give up. "Then why don't you eat some more for supper?"
"Hey, why didn't you tell Dad to come over earlier, Dad hasn't cooked for a long time, I just made dinner when you came over, let's eat together."
Wu Xin doesn't cook. The nanny usually does the cooking at home. Occasionally, Lin's father will also cook.
Lin Yuhe shook his head and said, "I'm full, Dad, next time."
"Okay, don't eat too much when you're full. It's not good for your stomach. Next time." Father Lin was a little regretful. After thinking about it, he said, "How about this weekend? Our family happens to be fine."
Lin Yuhe didn't agree or refuse, but said: "For the weekend, I'll wait for the teacher's arrangement, and come if there's nothing else to do."
"Hey, good." Father Lin said with a smile, "Dad is waiting to cook you a big meal."
While they were talking, Wu Xin had already arranged the materials one by one and placed them on the tea table in front of Lin Yuhe.
After the two finished chatting, she said to Lin Yuhe, "Okay, let's talk about the Lu family."
"We're going to get married next month. At that time, in Xiangjiang, there will be many more people present than at the engagement, and people from the Lu family will also be present. You must remember their information clearly, and you must not make any mistakes."
The first thing she emphasized was the rules.
"The Lu family is very strict about rules. They are a wealthy family for generations, and they are the most particular about this."
Lin Yuhe also had a general understanding during this period. These rich families in Xiangjiang are actually quite feudal in the eyes of modern society, and there are still a large number of media secretly filming and reporting. Many secrets exposed have no bottom line. It's eye-popping.
When it came to the mainland, most people couldn't understand it, and it felt like they were watching some big family drama from the last century.
Lin Yuhe was not interested in gossip before, and now he is even less interested in this kind of wealthy life that seems to be in another world. He only hopes to complete the task and divorce early. After a long time, the rumors have passed, and he can start again Come back to your normal life.
After talking about those complicated rules, Wu Xin started to introduce the Lu family again.
The Wu family is much better off than the Lin family, and they were fortunate to have had contact with the Lu family before. This time, Wu Xin asked someone to find Xiangjiang's relationship again, and sorted out a very detailed piece of information about the Lu family, and put it all in front of Lin Yuhe.
"The head of the Lu family, Lu Guangze, started his business with real estate. He has five wives and concubines, four sons, three grandsons and one granddaughter."
Among these people, Lin and He don't know each other very well except Lu Nan, so everyone needs to remember their names.
When Wu Xin was introducing, the door was opened again.
It was Wu Xiaohan who came in. She was wearing a leather jacket, stepped on a pair of rivet Martin boots, and had a thick smoky makeup on her face. She just came back from madness.
She walked right in and threw her handbag on the sofa. Hearing Wu Xin's explanation to Lin Yuhe, he sneered.
"You even have to tell how many members of the Lu family, why don't you know anything?"
Wu Xiaohan has only two attitudes towards Lin Yuhe, either turning a blind eye or ridiculing, and his attitude is quite unkind. But when Lin Yuhe spoke to Wu Xiaohan, his tone was always calm.
He said: "I never thought about entering the Lu family, so I didn't know about it."
Father Lin, who came out to greet Wu Xiaohan, couldn't help frowning when he heard it.
The conversation between the two of them inadvertently hit his sore foot. Originally, Lin Yuhe really didn't need to understand these things. He should have his own life instead of being sold to Lu Nan.
It was rare for Lin's father to face Wu Xiaohan: "Xiaohan, why are you talking to your brother?"
He usually has a good temper and loves his children, and he has never been angry at all. This sentence is already considered serious.
Wu Xiaohan rolled his eyes: "Cut."
The attitude is very rude.
Wu Xin was very satisfied with Lin Yuhe's answer, and felt that he was neither ambitious nor threatening, which was quite easy to handle.
She said to Wu Xiaohan: "Okay, Mom still has business to do, go back to your own room."
Wu Xiaohan grabbed her handbag and left.
Wu Xin yelled at her back: "Wash your face well!"
Her response was a slamming sound of the door.
After Wu Xiaohan left, Wu Xin continued to tell Lin Yuhe about the Lu family. She compiled a whole map of the Lu family's interpersonal relationship, and asked Lin Yuhe to write down everyone's identity, personality, and preferences.
In addition, she repeated the importance of rules several times, all kinds of red tape, over and over again.
After finally finishing all this, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.
Lin Yuhe took his coat and was about to leave when Father Lin came out.
"Finished?" He said, "It's so late, Xiaohe should stay at home."
Lin Yuhe put on his coat: "No need, Dad, I still have class tomorrow morning."
Father Lin had no choice but to give up, he turned around and planned to change his coat: "Then wait, I'll drive you back."
Wu Xin called him: "Didn't you say you were going to give me a massage tonight? I just sat for more than two hours, and my shoulders are stiff."
Lin Yuhe said: "It's okay, Dad, you can go to work, I can go back by myself, just in time for the subway."
Father Lin's footsteps paused slightly, he hesitated for a moment, before making a decision, Lin Yuhe, who had put on his coat, had already opened the door and left.
In late autumn and winter, the night wind is very cold. In Yancheng in winter, the cold wind scrapes across people's bare skin like a knife, forcing out a kind of pain that penetrates to the bone marrow.
There was still a long way to go from the subway station to the school gate, and when they got back to the dormitory, Lin Yuhe was already frozen through.
He wore a mask, but it still couldn't block the cold wind. His nose and throat were irritated by the cold, making him uncomfortable, and his chest was a little stuffy.
But after returning to the dormitory, Lin Yuhe did not stay in the heated room, but went up to the roof of the dormitory alone.
Compared with a closed room, a high place can make him relax more.
Standing on the edge of the roof and looking down, the view is wide and everything is silent. The street lights in the school were lit in rows, but they couldn't melt away the dark night, as if they might be swallowed by darkness at any time.
After watching for a while, Lin Yuhe's mood gradually calmed down.
He took a slow breath through the mask, and in a trance, he remembered the scene when he came to the rooftop last time.
It was the day before the engagement. He came back from his stepmother and was in a bad mood. When he looked down from the rooftop, he received a call from Mr. Lu.
Just as Lin Yuhe was thinking about it, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.
He paused, took out his phone and glanced at the screen.
What was displayed on the screen turned out to be "brother".
It's a coincidence.
Both times he called when he was not in a good mood.
Lin Yuhe answered the phone: "Hello?"
The man's deep voice came, covering the whistling wind around him.
"What are you doing?" Lu Nan asked, "I just sent you a message, but I haven't seen a reply. It's so late, are you still busy with homework?"
"No, I just came back from home," Lin Yuhe said, "I might have been on the road just now, so I didn't pay attention to the news."
These days, the two chatted on WeChat from time to time. Lin and He were a little surprised at first, but then they gradually got used to it, and they also regarded this conversation as something they wanted to cooperate with, without thinking too much about it.
Lu Nan asked, "What did you do at home?"
Lin Yuhe sucked his cold nose, and said: "Auntie prepared some information about the Lu family for me, so that I can remember all the elders and learn the rules of the Lu family."
There was silence on the phone for a while, and then came Lu Nan's calm voice: "You don't need to learn."
"Um?"
Lin Yuhe was stunned.
Don't the Lu family have many rules? Just now my stepmother said a lot, including which foot should be taken first when entering the door to show respect...
"Don't learn those rules."
Lu Nan repeated it.
His tone is very cold, but in the cold wind of this winter night, it is like cold steel, supporting a shelter from wind and rain.
"It doesn't matter what other people say."
The calm and firm words fell into Lin Yuhe's ears word by word.
"You just have to listen to me alone."