Old man Lin was stunned for a moment, almost not believing his ears.
What does this girl say
Not qualified
"You..." Old man Lin raised his hand and pointed at Xuejiao with a look of disbelief.
The old man Lin was very angry. He actually came here to warn Gu Xuejiao.
Because he knew that his grandson was out of control, he started with this girl.
It's just that he didn't expect that when he arrived at the school gate, he happened to see Gu Xuejiao, and it happened that his grandson was also here.
He also didn't want to confront his grandson, but when he saw this calm grandson running to the school gate for a little girl, he felt angry.
But what made him even more angry was... how dare this girl speak to him like this
Xue Jiao raised her chin, her expression did not change in the slightest.
"You are presumptuous! I am his grandfather, why am I not qualified?" Old Man Lin stamped his feet on the ground with anger, with a look of resentment.
Xuejiao looked at him and said seriously: "I don't think you are qualified to be a grandfather. When you don't treat your grandson as a blood relative, you are not his grandfather, and naturally you are not qualified to manage him."
"Presumptuous..." Old Man Lin's crutches bumped on the ground, panting heavily, "You are presumptuous!"
Xue Jiao looked at him coldly. She had never seen her relatives in her last life, nor had she enjoyed the feeling of family affection. But the old man has been raising her and caring for her. Looking back in this life, it is actually a family relationship, a family relationship without blood relationship.
An old man who is not related by blood gave her affection, and her biological parents in her previous life gave birth to her, but they were unwilling to support her. Xuejiao didn't understand family affection before, she thought that only blood relationship was family affection.
But in this life, she discovered that those who are not related by blood do not necessarily have no family affection, and those who are related by blood do not necessarily have family affection.
This person does not give Lin Zhihua family affection, but wants Lin Zhihua to have relative respect for him
What's the point!
"You have raised Lin Zhihua, so when you make a big mistake, Lin Zhihua will let you eat, drink and live, and will give you a comfortable life. He has been benevolent and righteous enough to you, but you are not satisfied, and he still wants to interfere. his life."
Xue Jiao's eyes were cold: "It doesn't matter who he likes or who he wants to marry. You don't need to interfere in his affairs in the name of being good for him. You don't need it."
Old man Lin was panting heavily, clapping his heart with one hand and widening his eyes.
"you you… "
"I'm telling the truth. Have you really loved Lin Zhihua? Have you considered his life? You also helped Zhou to abuse him. Did you ever think about the uncontrollable things that would happen in that car accident?" Xue Jiao asked, raised his voice, and spit out every word.
If it wasn't for her to come through, that car accident, it seems that the most powerful and best man in the world would have ruined his glory in that car accident.
No one in this world will know how powerful this man is, and no one will know what kind of brilliance this man will create.
In such a scene, Xue Jiao felt uncomfortable just thinking about it.
He felt that he was still Lin Zhihua's grandfather, but he was also the one who almost killed this man!
"If you haven't fulfilled your obligations, don't try to exercise your rights!" Xue Jiao's voice became a bit sharp and angry, which was completely different from the past.
Lin Zhihua stood behind Xuejiao and looked at her blankly.
Jiaojiao is protecting him
This kind of thing is not once or twice, the old man is angry, ordered, angry...
Even his parents would only stand by, and would even succumb to the old man, and then follow along to teach him.
Lin Zhihua used to be too lazy to talk nonsense with them, just out of sight and out of mind.
Locking up the old man and sending his parents out of the country is his way of dealing with it, and it is also his way of dealing with it.
But today, a skinny little girl, a girl he wants to open his arms and keep guarding...
The girl suddenly stood in front of him and said those words that hurt him.
She questioned the old man, for him.
Even under such circumstances, Lin Zhihua's mouth was slightly smiling, and his eyes began to fill with tenderness.
His water jasmine.
The old man Lin was so angry that his eyes almost went dark. The middle-aged man immediately supported him, the old man stopped and pushed the man away.
Then he looked at the two with cannibalistic eyes, his voice trembling: "Lin Zhihua, do you want her to say that about your grandfather?"
The old man Lin's eyes questioned, staring at the two of them fiercely.
The corners of Lin Zhihua's mouth raised slightly: "I think she is right..."
"you… "
Xuejiao pulled Lin Zhihua's sleeve and took a deep breath: "Let's go."
Lin Zhihua smiled and said, "Okay."
Xuejiao pulled him and left here, not wanting to see this old man again.
Behind, came the roar of the old man Lin...
"stop!"
No one pays attention to him.
Xue Jiao was angry, she couldn't tell anyone that Lin Zhihua was almost killed, and that was how she was in her previous life.
She wasn't even sure, after she said it, whether the stubborn old man would care that he really killed his grandson.
Lin Zhihua doesn't care about the old man at all, anyway, after this time, he won't let him come out again.
But because... Xuejiao was protecting him, he even thought the old man's jumping was cute.
"Zijiao..." Lin Zhihua looked at the sleeve she was pulling, and his voice was soft.
His voice carried complicated feelings that Xue Jiao didn't understand. Xue Jiao didn't have time to care about these now, and her head, which was burned by anger, calmed down slightly.
He let go of his hand and stopped.
Lin Zhihua looked at her released hand, slightly disappointed.
Xuejiao turned back and looked at Lin Zhihua with a distressed look in her eyes: "You...don't be sad..."
Lin Zhihua was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile on his lips: "I'm not sad."
What's so sad about what you're used to.
Xuejiao still felt distressed, she took a deep breath, and then said: "Lin Zhihua, what you taught me, why should we care about people who don't care about us. For people you don't care about, there is no need to let them control your life. If you don't want to get married, or when to get married, that's all your own business, not the things that hurt your relatives."
Lin Zhihua looked at the serious face of the girl in front of him and nodded lightly: "Okay."
He enjoyed the feeling of being cared about by her at this moment, and it would be an unforgettable memory for him.
The warmth of this moment, the warmth that spreads from the depths of my heart, is comforting and joyful.
"Let's not be troubled and obstructed by these words. You are so good, you should live the life you want." Xue Jiao looked at him firmly, her eyes encouraging.
Lin Zhihua smiled and nodded: "Okay."
After a while, he said again: "Zijiao, you have grown up."
Xuejiao froze for a moment, then looked at him blankly: "Huh?"
"Thank you for what you just said." Lin Zhihua continued with a smile.
Xuejiao smiled embarrassedly, a little shy: "Thank you, we are friends, you have always been good to me, of course I will also be good to you!"
Lin Zhihua: "..."
He was silent for a moment, then smiled helplessly.
I just said that she has grown up, but the result is still the same, emotionally not open at all.
His repayment of gratitude and friendship will not be deliberately considered to this point.
This is love.
…
Lin Zhihua sent Xuejiao back to Cheng's house. Cheng Shuo and Li Sitong were sitting on the sofa, holding the list and talking.
Xue Jiao wondered while changing her shoes, "Mom and Dad?"
"Zijiao is back." Cheng Shuo smiled, "We are looking at the list of your entrance banquet."
Xuejiao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that she held the entrance banquet and the coming-of-age ceremony together.
The eighteen-year-old in the previous life passed smoothly. In this life, there will be a coming-of-age ceremony, and Xue Jiao feels a little embarrassed just thinking about it.
"Oh… "
Cheng Shuo beckoned: "My parents have drawn up a list of friends in business."
Xuejiao walked over and nodded obediently.
As Cheng Shuo said before, he took this opportunity to contact all the partners he could contact in Beijing, and Li Sitong also took this opportunity to communicate with other ladies.
"Parents just wanted to ask you, which friends do you want to invite? Originally, I wanted to hold your coming-of-age ceremony and the entrance banquet separately..."
Xuejiao shook her head and smiled indifferently: "It's alright, it's a rare trouble to do together, I have few friends."
Cheng Shuo was a little helpless.
Xuejiao thought about it carefully, and went through her friend seriously...
"I want to invite Jiaxue, Chu Sheng, Xi Junyang, and Lin Zhihua..." She paused, without mentioning Yi Tianyu.
She shouldn't be in front of him.
Cheng Shuo and Li Sitong looked at each other, obviously thinking of Yi Tianyu, but did not ask.
Cheng Shuo just smiled: "Is there any other friends you need to invite?"
Xuejiao thought about it seriously, then shook her head.
It seems that apart from these four people, she doesn't have the kind of friends who can invite to Beijing for a birthday party.
Cheng Shuo also realized that she had few friends, and said with a smile, "Going to college, I have a lot more free time, Jiaojiao, you can try to make more friends."
Xuejiao nodded and replied softly, "Okay."
"that… "
"Ok?"
Xuejiao was puzzled.
Cheng Shuo took back what he wanted to say and only said, "It's okay."
Lin Zhihua is one of the few friends in Jiaozi's heart. He can't stop Lin Zhihua from attending the coming-of-age ceremony because of his own reasons.
"By the way, Jiaozi, the dress your mother bought for you. Let's walk around and show you." Li Sitong suddenly stood up and said happily.
Xuejiao was stunned for a moment, and followed helplessly into the house.
…
Xuejiao's coming-of-age ceremony was half a month after she received the admission letter from Tsinghua University.
her eighteenth birthday.
Xuejiao didn't know her birthday in her previous life. The old man wrote down the day he picked her up. Every year, when the old man closed the stall on that day, he would buy her a small cake.
In the helpless eyes of the old man, she gave him half of it.
The happiness of children is too simple, it is that little sweet cake.
For her to go to school, the old man and Xuejiao are very frugal, and the small cakes are only bought on her birthday.
As for the old man's birthday... Xuejiao doesn't know, he never fails.
After the old man left, no one bought Xuejiao cakes, and Xuejiao didn't want to buy it herself.
In her last life, she only lived to be eighteen years old, which was about a month earlier than now. She spent that day while working.
Every day is no different.
But in this life, after she became Gu Xuejiao, she had a grand and grand eighteenth birthday.
On this day, she and Li Sitong did their hair and makeup in the morning, put on a beautiful dress in the afternoon, and rushed to the hotel first.
They are the hosts, arriving early and waiting for their upcoming guests.
Jiaxue, Chu Sheng, and Xi Junyang are all in City C, which is relatively far away, so they will arrive early.
Cheng Shuo and the others thought that they would be the first to come, but soon after they arrived at the hotel, the first one to arrive turned out to be... Lin Zhihua.
Cheng Shuo: "..."
Lin Zhihua first smiled at Cheng Shuo and Li Sitong: "Uncle Cheng, Aunt Li."
"Hey!" Li Sitong deserved it.
Cheng Shuo snorted and said nothing.
"Why did you come so early!" Xue Jiao's eyes widened slightly, "The table doesn't start until seven o'clock!"
"I want to come earlier." Lin Zhihua laughed. He smiled very nicely, and that good-looking face was particularly eye-catching, as if there was only one person under the spotlight.
Xuejiao shook her head helplessly: "Then sit down for a while."
Lin Zhihua nodded and looked at Xue Jiao without blinking.
Xuejiao put on makeup today. Li Sitong didn't like Xuejiao's makeup very much because of his past memories. Of course, Xuejiao himself didn't like it either.
But today is different. Li Sitong said that she has become an adult and has drawn a dividing line from her youth. On such an important day, she must appear in the best-looking manner.
Therefore, for the first time, Xuejiao appeared in front of Lin Zhihua wearing makeup.
She was beautiful in the first place. She was originally a stubborn white rose. After putting on makeup, she looked like a delicate red rose.
The tear mole at the corner of the eye was tapped, like a cinnabar mole on the heart.
When the thick eyelashes twitched, there were waves in my heart.
The long white gauze dress shows a slender waist and a slender figure.
There is a large area of nudity behind the long skirt, but the scattered long hair is all covered up, looming.
"Cough cough cough." Cheng Shuo coughed darkly.
Lin Zhihua retracted his gaze and smiled softly: "Zijiao, happy birthday, congratulations, you are eighteen years old."
He had been waiting for this day for over a year.
Gently reach out and hug the person in a light motion.
Xuejiao was stunned for a moment, then smiled randomly, Lin Zhihua quickly released.
His heart beat fast, and he breathed silently, calming his breath.
Then he took out a small box from his bag and handed it to Xue Jiao.
For a moment, Cheng Shuo and Li Sitong thought he was asking for marriage.
But when the box opened, it was a small and delicate necklace.
With a pair of small silver-white wings hanging on it, Xuejiao was slightly surprised.
Lin Zhihua's voice sounded in my ears...
"Zijiao, an eighteen-year-old gift for you, I hope you have a pair of wings and fly freely in the future."
Xue Jiao's eyes lit up, she raised her head, and looked at him in surprise.
After a while, Xue Jiao stretched out her hand and hugged Lin Zhihua: "Thank you... I like it very much... "
There was joy in her voice, and it was her most satisfying gift.
Cheng Shuo stood by and watched, his face slightly darkened.
For some reason, he felt that Lin Zhihua was more like Xuejiao than him at the moment... Dad.
Cheng Shuo: "..."
This thought made him laugh, looked at Lin Zhihua and said, "Mr. Lin, go over there and sit for a while."
"Okay." Lin Zhihua didn't feel awkward, and followed Cheng Shuo to sit and chat.
It seems harmonious and friendly, but the dialogue is...
"Mr. Lin, you really care about my daughter, you are more like a father than my father."
"Uncle Cheng, don't worry, I will treat Jiaozi as my daughter for the rest of my life."
"...I'm not very relieved."
"You can rest assured."
"President Lin, it is said that the family is in a hurry to urge marriage? My daughter is still young."
"You can wait, ten or eight years, I can afford to wait."
"… "
…
"Happy birthday!" Liu Jiaxue reached out and hugged Xuejiao.
Xue Jiao smiled. This is her friend. She may not see each other in the future, but true friendship will not be weakened by distance.
Those solid friendships, even if there is no contact at ordinary times, they will still be the same when they meet again. You are still the person I care about.
Chu Sheng also came, wearing a suit and carrying a gift box.
"Classmates, happy birthday."
He called her classmate, because they were still classmates in the future.
"Classmate, thank you." Xue Jiao smiled.
"I heard that you all went into Professor Tan's office?" Chu Sheng gave a thumbs up, "You are going first."
Xuejiao rolled her eyes: "It's like you won't catch up, do you have a goal?"
Chu Shenggu exaggerated: "Have you seen it all?"
Xuejiao smiled and shook her head. After arranging Chu Sheng and Liu Jiaxue, she was taken by Cheng Shuo and Li Sitong to receive the guests who were also Cheng Shuo's business partners.
"Mr. Xu! Welcome!" Cheng Shuo smiled and squinted his eyes, looking very happy and enthusiastic.
Mr. Xu's attitude is a little lighter. His business status is higher than that of Cheng Shuo. Today's participation in this banquet is purely a compliment.
"Haha, bless Boss Cheng, you are both sons and daughters, all of them are promising!"
It has to be said that even if they are rewarded for this, they have a higher status than Cheng Shuo, and they have to admit that Cheng Shuo's children are well raised.
Good-looking, strong, and temperament is also the upper class.
Because such children will look at Cheng Shuo highly in the eyes of unfamiliar people.
"There's nowhere, they're all nerds."
"Your sons and daughters..." President Xu's voice stopped, his eyes stopped at a corner of the hall.
For a moment, he rubbed his eyes in surprise.
"That's... Lin Zhihua?"
Cheng Shuo's smile froze.
However, President Xu suddenly became enthusiastic. As soon as he grasped Cheng Shuo's hand, he seemed enthusiastic and anxious.
"Mr. Cheng, you are not being kind. You and Lin are familiar with each other, and there is no rumor at all."
Cheng Shuo smiled: "I'm not very familiar with it either."
Mr. Xu had a face of "don't lie to me", and then said, "You can come here if you are not familiar with it? Who in the industry doesn't know how difficult it is to hire Lin Zhihua, brother, I treat you as a brother, and you have to be sincere!"
Cheng Shuo smiled, but his expression showed nothing.
President Xu warmly greeted him for a long time, as if they had a very good relationship, and then he left with a smile and walked directly to Lin Zhihua.
There is more than one such person.
They never thought that they would meet Lin Zhihua at the boss of such a small company.
This is why Cheng Shuo didn't want Lin Zhihua to come. If they were not familiar with it, he would be very happy if they could borrow Lin Zhihua's light.
This is the case in shopping malls, and those who want face will not go for long.
But now, Lin Zhihua was thinking about his daughter, and taking advantage of this light, he felt a little unhappy in his heart.
It was Cheng Mingze who comforted him: "Dad, don't be embarrassed. Lin Zhihua is coming, and we can't stop him. As for him and Jiaozi, we certainly can't let go so easily."
Cheng Shuo looked at Jiaozi, who was being held politely by the other boss's wife not far away, and nodded, thinking about it too.
No matter what!
He will not simply let go, unless Jiaozi himself is willing!
Therefore, Cheng Shuo, who originally wanted to open up the situation in Beijing, just because of Lin Zhihua's arrival was like a green light.
Sometimes it's like this, even if others don't know the specific relationship between him and Lin Zhihua, but because of the relationship, they won't embarrass Cheng Shuo.
Although not necessarily willing to help, but as long as it is not embarrassing, it is the greatest help.
Pengcheng, after today, officially took root in Beijing.
That night, Xuejiao officially came of age, and the banquet was a success, because Lin Zhihua, Cheng Shuo's business partner, was full of enthusiasm.
And Xuejiao's few friends are also very sincere people.
It was lively and lively until after nine o'clock in the evening, and the banquet was over.
"...I really appreciate everyone taking the time out of your busy schedules to see the little girl's school entrance banquet, thank you!"
Cheng Shuo gave his last speech, and then smiled and sent away every "passionate" business friend.
Xuejiao also arranged Jiaxue and Chu Sheng in the hotel room. Today, Xi Junyang didn't come, and sent her a message of blessing.
After graduation, it is like this, there will be such and such things, and then I will miss this banquet and the next meeting.
After a long time, it was not a strong feeling, and gradually faded, and finally only unfamiliar politeness remained.
After everyone left, Cheng Shuo turned his head contentedly: "Zijiao..."
Looking at Lin Zhihua who was still standing, Cheng Shuo raised his eyebrows: "Why haven't you left yet?"
How can we deliver the prepared surprise if you don't go
Lin Zhihua adjusted her clothes and approached: "No hurry."
You are not in a hurry, we are in a hurry!
Cheng Shuo choked for a while and said, "Our family has something to do, you..."
Hearing the family, Lin Zhihua didn't even want to leave.
Li Sitong was quite satisfied, she felt that Lin Zhihua had perfectly matched her imagination for her son-in-law.
Now it's even more... The more I look at it, the more satisfied I am.
"It's okay, Zhihua stay." Li Sitong said, but Cheng Shuo didn't say anything.
Cheng Mingze also gave Lin Zhihua a dissatisfied look.
Xuejiao was at a loss: "What kind of riddle are you playing?"
Cheng Shuo immediately ignored Lin Zhihua and smiled at Xuejiao: "Jiaojiao, look back."
"Ah?" Xuejiao froze for a moment, then turned back
He turned around blankly.
"Bang..." The flower ribbon exploded, the lights dimmed, and the red curtain that had been covering it all fell down, and the flowers were clustered in large numbers.
Jasmine, happy birthday.
Xuejiao was stunned, and turned her head dumbly and stiffly.
And then was stunned again.
Cheng Shuo and Li Sitong pushed the cake, and Cheng Mingze held a pair of big wings.
"Jianjiao, today is your eighteenth birthday, our family..." Cheng Shuo paused, thinking of Lin Zhihua, who was not a family, but still couldn't leave...
It just paused, and he continued: "Our family hopes that our baby will always be happy and have an unforgettable eighteenth birthday."
Li Sitong's eyes were slightly red, and the little baby who was a little big in his arms had grown to such a big size now.
"Jiaojiao, mother... I wish you would never grow up and be happy forever."
Cheng Mingze gave her the wings: "But time doesn't stop if we want to, you will grow up slowly, you will start to have your own troubles and awkwardness, and you will also start to have your own dreams. We are your relatives, family, and forever. your backing."
Cheng Shuo and Li Sitong had already walked up to Xuejiao: "Zijiao, you are eighteen years old. From now on, you will be like a bird, leaving the bird's nest you grew up with and going out to soar. Dad doesn't ask how great you are. I don't ask you to make great achievements, as long as you are happy every day, that's enough..."
Speaking of the back, Cheng Shuo's voice was choked, and Xue Jiao's eyes were red.
"Dad... Mom... Brother..." Xue Jiao burst into tears.
She is lucky to have such relatives in her life.
Gu Xuejiao, I don't know where you have gone, but I also wish you happiness.
Thank you for all this, thank you.
I'm very happy.
"Come on, Jiaojiao, put those big wings on your back!" Cheng Mingze saw Xuejiao crying, fluttered his wings, and coaxed her with a smile.
Lin Zhihua interjected: "It may not be easy to fly with such big wings, so take the small wings I gave you."
"Pfft..." Xue Jiao couldn't help laughing again.
Cheng Shuo: "..."
That who is who, why is there you everywhere