Chapter 213: Following Chen Ran’s Example

Chapter 213: Following Chen Ran’s Example

Chapter 213: Following Chen Ran’s Example

Chen Xi looked at his older cousin who was busy working in front of him and muttering something he couldn't understand at all, and he couldn't help but shook his head.

"How are you doing in Australia? Are you being bullied by foreigners?"

After a few minutes, Chen Ran closed the lid of the computer case and turned to look at him.

"Whoever dares to bully me, I will beat him until he kneels down and begs for mercy."

"boast!"

Chen Ran shook his head, looking unconvinced.

"When you are in Australia, buy me an iPhone. I'll ask my uncle in the United States to buy it for me. It's cheaper." Chen Ran touched his chin and thought.

"Uh, it seems like Apple is going to release a new phone soon." Think about it, the Apple phone will be released in a few days, and then officially go on sale in a few months. Chen Xi didn't expect that his brother had already set his eyes on this thing.

"Brother, how's your work going?"

"What else can I do? I'm responsible for the company's network protection every day." Chen Ran felt unhappy when he thought about the things he didn't like to do. He had just graduated from university and joined a company in a daze, and then started working on network protection in a daze.

"That's great, the company can't do without you! If you leave, the whole company will be finished. This is a stable job!"

"Oh, you're overthinking it. The company is now sending me to give lectures all over the country to teach those employees this knowledge."

"That's good, at least don't teach the core stuff to others."

"I thought so at first, but when I saw what those idiots came up with, I got mad and told them everything I knew."

"…Are you planning to retire early?"

Looking at this confused brother, he didn't know what to say. The brother was a down-to-earth person and didn't like to play tricks in the workplace. Although he knew everything, he did things completely differently from what he thought.

"I don't like this job in the first place. Renting in Shanghai is so expensive! I take your sister-in-law out for dinner after I get my salary, but she can't find a job and has no money left. She still relies on your uncle for help!"

"..."

In fact, after deducting rent and living expenses, Chen Ran still had some money left over from his salary, but he spent it all on buying electronic products. He didn't even take these big expenses into account.

"Let's do it first. If it doesn't work out, I'll go back to Xinlu and save on rent. That's great! Haha!" Chen Ran is a person who looks at life very open-mindedly and does not have any competitive spirit. As long as there are no problems in life and he can do what he likes, that's enough.

"So what do you want to do in the future?" Chen Xi asked.

"It doesn't matter. As long as I have the freedom to work, I don't have to work on time from 9 to 5. It's fine as long as the work suits my interests. In fact, the network security protection is also good, but it requires me to be at work on time. I live far away from the company, which is not very convenient."

Chen Ran lit a cigarette and started smoking.

"You're smoking in the room again, making the house full of smoke." At this time, grandma walked in, saw Chen Ran smoking in the room, and immediately patted him.

Chen Ran had no choice but to go outside to smoke.

"Oh, he's been staying at my place for a few days and he's already made the room stink, and he's been smoking at home." Grandma gently pushed open the window, and as the window sash moved slowly, the smell of smoke in the room seemed to be quickly swept away by an invisible force and dissipated outdoors.

Instead, a fresh and pleasant air quietly flows in like a trickle, bringing a touch of vitality and vigor to the room.

"It's only January now, why is he back? Doesn't he have to go to work?"

"During the New Year's Day holiday, he directly asked for a few more days off. I think he just didn't want to work there anymore."

Grandma said this angrily, but on second thought it was a good idea, as Chen Ran didn’t have to work away from home and could come and accompany her often.

Chen Xi and Chen Ran have a very good relationship, just like real brothers. He has always followed Chen Ran around and played with him since they were young. Both of them were raised by their grandmother.

In the past, their parents were busy, so the two of them lived in their grandmother's house. Grandpa passed away early, and grandma was lonely living alone. Having the two of them added a lot of vitality to this big house.

"Hey, I told you to learn a skill a long time ago. My friend opened a clinic in Mo Village, and now it's getting bigger and bigger..."

Grandma started nagging again. She liked to talk about medicine. Every time she met someone, she would talk about her deeds when she was young, such as how many operations she had performed without mistakes, what awards she had won, and how she had met the leaders of the country at that time, etc. Chen Xi knew that he had to learn a skill, but he was not very interested in medicine, and it was not something that could be learned in two or three years.

Most Chinese who study abroad study business, and now his major has been shaped, so it is unrealistic for him to change to study something else.

Listening to his grandmother's nagging, Chen Xi felt overwhelmed. No wonder his cousin ran outside to smoke.

"Your uncle and his family work in Huajing, so they may not come back for the New Year. Fortunately, you two are here to keep me company. You always spent the holidays alone before, and you finally came back this time..." Grandma thought about how Chen Xi had sometimes spent the Spring Festival alone abroad in the past, and she felt that it was not easy for him.

"Got it, grandma. Go help my mom prepare the dishes."

"You little brat, you didn't even talk to your grandma properly when you came back."

Grandma reached out and patted him on the back.

"Hey, the old man from the house next door passed away yesterday. Several people leave here every year. I don't know why I..."

"Don't worry, grandma. You are in good health. You are a doctor and can treat yourself."

While eating, Chen Xi heard his grandmother's words and hurriedly comforted her.

My grandmother is in good health. In her previous life, she was in good health even though she was over 90 years old. The retirement home has a special ambulance and medical station, and there is a military hospital next to it, so any problems can be treated in time.

"Several kids in our retirement home have graduated now and are working in public institutions. I think you should come back after you finish your studies and find a job in a state-owned enterprise." Grandma nagging while eating. People of their generation like a stable job and insist on staying in a fixed job for their entire lives.

Since Chen Xi's family was in business, he never thought about it that way.

He doesn't like that kind of fixed life and job, which is stable but a bit boring.

"Are you in a relationship? Your brother already has a girlfriend, but your uncle and aunt don't like her."

"No." Chen Xi lowered his head and didn't dare to look at his grandmother. In front of their older generation, if he said that he had found a girlfriend from the Sakura Country, he would be scolded to death.

You have to know that my grandfather joined the army and fought against the Japanese, all the way to Korea.

My grandmother was born in Qinhuai and studied in Qinhuai, so naturally she doesn't like the Sakura people.

Although Chen Xi felt that times had changed and he could find a girlfriend on his own, he did not want to ruin his relationship with his family.

Now thinking about what Shen Xinyi and Zhao Lingshan said, maybe my family would really object!

However, their family members are different from others and are quite open-minded. For example, Chen's father does not have the idea of ​​continuing the family line like ordinary families.

Many people around Chen Xi couldn’t understand it and thought that even if they divorced, Chen’s father would still give some of the money to Chen Xi, but things are often not like this.

In the eyes of Chen's father, he is the most important person. Chen Xi once asked his father and got the same answer.

Chen's father said that the most important thing is to protect himself, and other people are none of his business.

Things like being urged to get married would never happen in his family. In his previous life, Chen Xi was already in his thirties, and his family didn't urge him to get married.

Chen's father even thought that it was too early for him to get married in his thirties, and he should get married in his forties. Men should focus on their careers in the early stages.

As for women, if they have money, what can women not have?
As the old saying goes, start a family first and then build a career, in Chen's father's opinion, it should be the other way around.

"What's there to dislike? I'm getting married myself, so why should I care what they do?" Chen Ran curled his lips indifferently.

His current girlfriend is not satisfactory in every aspect in the eyes of his family. Her figure, appearance, education and family background are all average. But Chen Ran just likes her. They are classmates and have fallen in love over time. He doesn't care about the girl's inferior conditions at all.

However, later on, no matter how much his parents nagged them, they still listened to their son's ideas and gave Chen Ran some living expenses from time to time.

Chen Xi thought that if it really didn't work, he would follow Chen Ran's example. Anyway, now that the matter was settled, when they got married or had children, their parents probably wouldn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)