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"Have you thought about what to say? Don't let the cat out of the bag."
"Yeah." Lin Youxi nodded, followed Mei Fang into the house, and told her father about winning the grand prize at the New Year Supermarket.
"Going to the supermarket with Mei Fang... Is this the car I won in the lottery?"
Lin Guochuan looked at the electric car outside the house, as well as the "overjoyed" expressions of Lin Youxi and Mei Fang. He was still a little confused after just waking up, and did not seem very happy. He just scratched his head and said, "Since you two won together, we can't keep it all to ourselves."
"It's okay, Uncle Lin, I just accompanied Youxi to buy things, and the prize was drawn by her, it has nothing to do with me. I just helped Youxi ride back."
"You can't say that. How much is this car? I'll give you half. But Mei Fang, you have to go back and give it to your mother. I'll call your mother to talk about this later."
As Lin Guochuan spoke, he took out a dozen hundred-dollar bills from his wallet and handed them to Mei Fang.
"No, really no, Uncle Lin——"
"Afang, just take it." Lin Youxi was also persuading Mei Fang to take over, and seeing this, Mei Fang no longer refused.
"This car is pretty good...you two kids are quite capable."
Lin Guochuan finally came to his senses and looked at the electric bike with great joy. "My old motorcycle always won't start. Now I have a replacement."
"It's just that this bike is a little small, so it's not very convenient for Uncle Lin to ride."
"It's okay if it's small, uncle, I don't care about that, as long as I can ride it, haha."
Just as his daughter said, Lin Guochuan didn't care about whether the bike was suitable for him. He smiled and said, "When you are older, Fang, I will lend you this bike."
"Okay, Uncle Lin!"
"Then Dad, I'm going to go play at Afang's house now."
"Are you coming back for lunch?"
"I'm back. I'll eat at home and go over in the afternoon." Lin Youxi nodded. "It's rare for you to stay at home and not go to the construction site. I must accompany you for dinner."
"It's okay for me. If you want to eat at Mei Fang's house, that's fine too."
After saying goodbye to his daughter Mei Fang, Lin Guochuan tried to drive the electric car that Lin Youxi won in the lottery.
Although it is a bit crowded, electric cars are much easier to start than motorcycles.
I can pick Youxi up to school when I’m free in the future.
Lin Guochuan was thinking about something when he suddenly found a small receipt tucked under the storage baffle on the inside of the electric car.
He bent down and picked up the receipt, which had the contact number of the Aima Electric Vehicle Shop and the payment amount written on it.
Lin Guochuan immediately realized that the gift given to him was not as simple as winning a lottery.
He immediately turned on his cell phone and prepared to call Mei Fang's home.
But his finger hovered over the dial key for a moment and then dropped it.
……
Lin Guochuan sat on the electric bike in silence for a long time, staring blankly at the sky.
In his eyes, Youxi has always been a sensible daughter that he is proud of.
But the more sensible she was, the more guilty he felt as a father.
He felt guilty for not caring enough for his daughter and didn't even know she had saved so much money.
He has always left Lin Youxi's New Year's money to his daughter, and his daughter also has her own savings account.
Besides that, she should have found a way to make some money.
As for the source of the money, he believed that his daughter would not do anything out of line, and her best friend Mei Fang should also know the whole process...
After a while, he looked through his phone's address book and dialed the number again.
This time, the call was to a friend of his.
The two exchanged pleasantries on the phone for a while, and then Lin Guochuan got down to business:
"By the way, Lao Jiang, about the thing you mentioned last time..."
"Hey, Lao Lin, have you finally come to your senses? I've said it before, people should always look forward, and it's time for you to move on. Also, you may not care, but Youxi is already this age, and there are many things you can't teach her as a father, and you don't have time to take good care of her."
"No matter what, in this family, there must always be a mother, otherwise the daughter will never feel like she belongs."
"I know... Then please contact her and see when she is free to meet. I want to have a good chat with her."
"I told you about her situation last time. Do you have any other questions?"
Lin Guochuan paused and continued, "Nothing... Let's talk about it after we meet."
"As long as...she can be nice to Youxi."
Chapter 074 Winter Interlude Story
The winter of 2008 came exceptionally early. Although it had not snowed yet, the temperature dropped quickly. Everyone wore thick cotton-padded jackets in early December. The windows of the classroom were covered with a thin layer of fog. Students sitting by the windows liked to write words or draw patterns on the windows.
On sunny days, during breaks, everyone would grab a spot on the railing and line up to bask in the winter warmth.
Lin Youxi is one of the few people who rarely goes out to bask in the sun. She is naturally afraid of cold and usually stays in the classroom to study or read. Only when a familiar figure appears at the classroom door will she stand up and move around.
Xia Yuan usually looked for Lin Youxi during the break between the third class, but most of the time they went to the bathroom together. If Mei Fang was outside, Xia Yuan would first approach Mei Fang and then ask Mei Fang to call Lin Youxi out.
Mei Fang and Xia Yuan's frequent interactions naturally attracted the curiosity of some classmates. One day, a girl in the class suddenly came up to Mei Fang and asked:
"Mei Fang, are you close to the beauty in Class 8?"
"Banhua?"
Mei Fang asked in confusion, "You are so young, why are you already commenting on this?"
"What? Aren't you the same age as us?"
The girl rolled her eyes at Mei Fang in annoyance, "Um, um, what! Are you and her, in that kind of relationship? You two are seen flirting in the corridor every day."
"Don't gossip about these things, just study hard."
"If you don't answer directly, I will take it as your consent!"
The girl seemed very happy. Mei Fang thought that she was probably asking on behalf of a boy she liked, so she said a few perfunctory words to her and then sent the girl away.
Junior high school is a very dangerous age. There is no heavy academic burden, but one also begins to become curious about the relationship between men and women and strives to shed the identity of a child.
This age group is also a high-incidence period of rebellion. Boys and girls are in a throbbing fantasy and will easily launch an ignorant offensive against the opposite sex they like.
Our Yuanyuan is so cute, I would definitely be troubled if she thinks about me...
Mei Fang's plan was to not respond directly to her relationship with Xia Yuan, but to create some vague rumors to discourage some boys who were interested in her.
After all, generally speaking, boys in junior high school are more concerned about their reputation and rarely do things like poaching girls.
Mei Fang was thinking, but was suddenly brought back to his senses by a pat on the shoulder.
"Ah Fang, what are you thinking about?"
Xia Yuan was wearing a snow-white outer jacket today, a red panda scarf around her neck, and a pair of very cute furry bunny earmuffs on her head. She greeted him with a smile.
"You have quite a lot of tricks."
"I already told you this once when I left the house this morning. And you're still telling me."
Xia Yuan punched Mei Fang angrily, "Were you talking to the girls in your class just now?"
"Can't I talk to the girls in my class?"
"Of course it doesn't matter to Youxi! As for the other girls..."
Xia Yuan made a humming sound, rolled his eyes, then stared at Mei Fang for a while, and finally patted his shoulder with a smile.
"Forget it, I'm not such a stingy girl. Go and help me call Youxi out. I have something to talk to her about."
"I know, I know……"
Xia Yuan pushed Mei Fang into the classroom. Mei Fang sat down at her seat and turned back to nod at Lin Youxi who was doing her homework. She was rubbing her hands while doing her homework and looked very cold.
"Youxi, Yuanyuan asked you to go out."
"Hmm...wait for me a moment."
Lin Youxi agreed verbally, her eyes still fixed on the question in front of her, and then she slowly stood up and looked outside the classroom. Xia Yuan was standing at the door of the classroom, making her signature handshake gesture towards Lin Youxi. Lin Youxi trotted over, and Xia Yuan pulled Lin Youxi to his side, holding their arms closely.
He said something happened, but turned out to be going to the bathroom!
I have to accompany you too. The relationship between girls is really strange.
After a long while, Lin Youxi returned to her seat, and Mei Fang noticed that she was wearing Xia Yuan's bunny earmuffs and gloves when she came back.
"..."
Lin Youxi was adjusting the position of her earmuffs when she noticed Mei Fang was looking at her. She poked Mei Fang's cheek with the end of her pen and said, "Turn around."
"You are not allowed to watch it yet."
Mei Fang was spinning a pen in her seat out of boredom. Her deskmate Wang Jiachang saw how skillfully and vigorously Mei Fang twirled the pen and immediately became very interested.
"Mei Fang, how do you transfer this pen? Teach me too!"
"There's no trick to this. You just need to practice. I learned this through practice. Look at me, hey, like this, and then like this..."
"Wow, this hand-switching move is amazing! You will definitely win the Global Pen Spinning Championship!"
Another boy happened to pass by Mei Fang's seat. Seeing Mei Fang's great skills, he was immediately attracted.
"Wow, that's awesome, Brother Fang! Everyone come and watch Brother Fang spin the pen!"
Mei Fang relied on her excellent pen-spinning skills to attract a large number of boys to stop and watch. Everyone could not help but applaud and wanted to learn from Mei Fang. Mei Fang was intimidated by her boring vanity and kept showing off her skills.
"Boys are so childish."
Yue Xinyi looked at the cheerful Mei Fang with disdain, and then lowered her head to read her romance novel.
She was fascinated by a very sweet plot in the novel, which described a story of childhood sweethearts studying together at home and eventually ended up in bed. Yue Xinyi's ears turned red.
Then Lin Youxi's voice suddenly rang in Yue Xinyi's ears:
"Yue Xinyi, what do you usually watch? You look so happy."
"Of course it's a literary masterpiece!"
Yue Xinyi defended herself with a pitiful look on her face, "I'm the representative of the Chinese class, so it's normal for me to read more classics, right?"