Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 127 - 98: The Lofty Father-in-Law and the Unreserved Son-in-Law
Hearing his wife’s nagging, Lin Moxuan immediately protested: "I’m putting on airs?"
"When did I ever put on airs?"
"I never said he couldn’t come over; it’s him who doesn’t want to!"
Chen Qingzhu didn’t respond, but the force of her chopping increased noticeably, and the knife made a "bang bang bang" sound on the cutting board.
Lin Moxuan fell silent and quietly went to the study to practice calligraphy.
Not sure how much time had passed.
Laughter and chatter came from the living room.
Clearly, the grandchildren had arrived.
Lin Moxuan quickly put down the brush in his hand and walked out of the study.
"Grandpa!"
Shen Yanran, who had just been clinging to Grandma for a while, saw her grandfather Lin Moxuan and quickly greeted him with a cheerful smile.
"Grandpa, why do you look so haggard?"
"Are you working too hard?"
Shen Yanran, who approached Lin Moxuan, noticed that her grandfather didn’t look well and immediately expressed her concern.
"It’s nothing."
"Just didn’t sleep well."
Looking at his now grown-up and graceful granddaughter, Lin Moxuan’s eyes were full of affectionate smiles.
At this time, Shen Yixiao also came over: "Grandpa, want to play a couple of games?"
"I haven’t played chess much lately and wonder if I’ve lost my touch."
Every time Shen Yixiao came over, he would play Chinese chess with Lin Moxuan. When he was little, he couldn’t beat Grandpa, but in the past two years, they’ve been about evenly matched.
"Sure!"
Lin Moxuan nodded, scanned the living room, and saw Shen Qiushan.
He was chatting with his wife, Chen Qingzhu, making her laugh heartily, though what about was unclear.
"Ahem!"
Lin Moxuan walked over and gave a couple of gentle coughs, suggesting to Shen Qiushan his presence.
"Dad."
"How have you been feeling lately?"
Shen Qiushan had already seen Lin Moxuan but never took the initiative to greet him.
Because he understood this father-in-law well, and knew that Moxuan had always disliked him, so naturally, it wasn’t necessary to put on a warm face just to be met with a cold shoulder.
Now that Lin Moxuan took the initiative to approach, Shen Qiushan couldn’t pretend not to see him.
"Hmm!"
"I’m good."
Lin Moxuan gave a slight nod. His attitude toward Shen Qiushan was entirely different from that toward his grandchildren.
It was much colder.
Shen Qiushan was long used to it and had enough psychological preparation, so he didn’t take it to heart.
On the side, Chen Qingzhu gave Lin Moxuan a meaningful look, seemingly reminding him of her previous instructions.
"I heard you’re planning to go to college?"
Lin Moxuan sat across from Shen Qiushan, his tone still cold and even somewhat accusatory.
"Yes."
"I’ve been studying hard recently."
Shen Qiushan responded with a smile, trying to maintain a good attitude.
"Although I don’t quite agree with your approach."
"I still respect your choice, but since you’ve decided to go to college, make sure you achieve something!"
Lin Moxuan straightforwardly stated his stance.
"Yes, I’m doing my best." Shen Qiushan nodded.
"Do you know how to play chess?"
"Play a couple of games with me!"
Lin Moxuan said with a stern face.
"Uh?"
"Okay!"
Shen Qiushan was initially taken aback but quickly agreed.
Even though they didn’t interact much usually, he still somewhat understood this father-in-law. After all, it wasn’t his first or second time visiting the Lin family. Lin Moxuan always had a cold demeanor, rarely showing him any affection.
But now, he actually suggested playing chess. Although Lin Moxuan still maintained a stern face, this was already a sign of wanting to ease the relationship.
Originally preparing to play chess with Grandpa, Shen Yixiao sensibly went to fetch the chess set.
He was also aware that Grandpa had always been prejudiced against his dad, so inviting him to play chess was quite unprecedented.
Lin Xiamo and Lin Jiayu, seated beside each other, were also rather surprised. They both knew their father’s attitude toward Shen Qiushan, and today was indeed different from the past.
Chen Qingzhu nodded in satisfaction: "You guys go ahead and play; I’ll go finish cooking the rest of the dishes."
After speaking, she got up and went to the kitchen.
"Mom, let me help you."
Lin Xiamo followed her. She could cook, but since she always lived at home, the cooking was usually handled by her mom, Chen Qingzhu, so she seldom had the chance to practice.
"No need, the dishes are all prepared, nothing much left to do."
Chen Qingzhu waved her hand at her daughter, but Lin Xiamo insisted on going into the kitchen, partially to help, but also wanting to ask her mom why her dad’s attitude toward Shen Qiushan had changed.
"Mom, what’s up with Dad today?"
"He wasn’t like this toward brother-in-law before."
Lin Xiamo asked quietly.
"Before you guys came back, I spoke to him."
"Qiushan hasn’t done anything wrong to our family, and Chuxue’s death wasn’t what he wanted."
"Besides, so many years have passed, Yanran and Xiaoxiao have grown up, it’s time to move on."
After speaking, Chen Qingzhu added: "Oh, by the way, last night your dad was reading that novel Qiushan wrote, stayed up the whole night until this morning!"
"Stayed up the whole night?"
Lin Xiamo was shocked.
"Yes, he only slept in the morning, just woke up not long ago."
"Momo, did you read that novel Qiushan wrote?"
"Is it that captivating? I thought your dad would just flip through it, didn’t expect him to read all night!"
Chen Qingzhu was also very curious about the novel her son-in-law wrote but hadn’t found time to read it yet.
Upon hearing her mom’s question, Lin Xiamo hesitated slightly, then replied: "I read a bit of the novel, it’s well-written, but I’ve been so busy with work that I didn’t read it carefully."
