System: Master Your Life-Chapter 482 - 112 Valentine’s Day Part 1_2

Looking at Xu Lin’s dad, at that time their family was still in the countryside, living in a typical southern mud-brick house, usually left unrepaired, so it might even leak during rainy days.

Anyway, the old man, who was poorer than poor, was shut out, and later Xu Cheng took a bold step, went to smuggle rosewood in Vietnam, basically putting his life on the line, and almost died over there. Eventually, he returned with enough money to buy a car and a house, but Xu Cheng never went back to his grandfather’s place again.

"You ask first."

"Why don’t you ask?"

"You ask."

"Fine, I’ll ask."

Xu Lin sent a message to the old man, asking if he would go.

Xu Cheng replied instantly: "Not going."

Xu Lin showed the message to Ms. Ren, and she didn’t comment on the matter.

Xu Lin looked at her without saying anything. Actually, his mom had somewhat eloped with his dad back then, but his grandfather’s side wouldn’t relent, neither giving the household register, so they couldn’t get married. It was only after his dad came back with money to buy a house that they agreed to the marriage.

At around five in the afternoon, Xu Lin was in his room playing games.

Ms. Ren and Rong Xiyi were getting ready to go out.

"Xu Lin, are you coming to dinner? With your Aunt Jingjing."

"Not going."

What’s so great about women having dinner?

Aunt Jingjing is Lin Yajing.

"We might not be back until nine tonight. You can cook whatever you want or order takeout. And if you’re ordering takeout, don’t go for the cheap ones..."

His mom thought pricier takeout was relatively more hygienic, and she rambled on for a few minutes.

"Got it, you two can head out."

"Brat, are you complaining your mom is nagging?"

"Not at all." Xu Lin grinned.

"We’re off!"

Soon, Xu Lin was the only one left at home.

However, he didn’t continue playing games; instead, ten minutes later, seeing no one around to bother him, Xu Lin resumed his workout.

Only a few more points needed to get his stats above 80 and unlock a reward.

And the day after tomorrow, Xu Lin would be heading back to his old home, so he needed to push hard to boost his stats in the meantime.

On the other side.

Rong Xiyi was heading out with Ms. Ren.

And Lin Yajing was also going out with Yu Xinyan.

You see, Classmate Rong and Yu Xinyan knew each other, and even had some conflicts.

So when they saw each other, both were surprised, not expecting to meet here, let alone have dinner together tonight.

Both their expressions changed because of that.

But after all, there were adults around, so neither of them showed anything, nor did they mention knowing each other.

Then the adults introduced them to each other. On Lin Yajing’s side, she learned that Classmate Rong was named Rong Xiyi, ’Xiyi’ as in ’color’.

"Goddaughter?"

Lin Yajing walked ahead with Ms. Ren, asking quietly out of curiosity.

"Goddaughter." Ms. Ren nodded.

Then Ms. Ren briefly explained in a low voice that Rong Xiyi was Xu Lin’s classmate, and due to special circumstances with her family, her mother had passed away, her father ignored her, and neither did her grandparents show her any love. Her grandparents were also gone, so she was almost at the point of having no one to rely on.

Since she didn’t have a daughter herself, they became like mother and daughter.

"Such a lovely girl, and her dad doesn’t care? Any parent would cherish her beyond words!"

Lin Yajing said, completely astonished.

"In big families, maybe it’s lacking in humanity, and she’s also being marginalized by a stepmother at home."

"That’s really pitiful."

They didn’t speak loudly, considering Rong Xiyi’s feelings. After all, there are things you can’t just say. Even if not meant that way, if the person listening is somewhat sensitive, they might think of bad things, thus affecting their relationship.

Ms. Ren: "I wonder if the two of them can become friends."

Ms. Ren meant Classmate Rong and Yu Xinyan.

"They’re similar in age, probably have common topics, and my Yanyan doesn’t make a lot of friends. I actually want her to make more friends."

"That’s good then."

"Initially, I thought she was Xu Lin’s girlfriend."

"Xu Lin hasn’t had a girlfriend yet!" Ms. Ren said.

"Oh? I heard Xu Lin say he has a girlfriend, and Cheng told Jianhua too."

"Hmm?"

Ms. Ren’s mind went blank with a big question mark.

"You didn’t know?" Lin Yajing was curious.

Ms. Ren shook her head.

"That boy didn’t tell me! No way, I need to ask him tonight!"

"Maybe he’s afraid you’ll nag him?"

Lin Yajing laughed, the two were quite familiar, so they chatted openly.

"That brat!"

And Xu Cheng hadn’t told her either!

"Your Xu Lin is quite outstanding, you know? I heard from Jianhua that the other day Cheng took Xu Lin to a dinner, where the deputy mayor of the provincial capital wanted to introduce his daughter to him, but Xu Lin refused, saying he already had a girlfriend. I heard the deputy mayor’s daughter is quite pretty, not ugly at all."

"The deputy mayor of the provincial capital?"

Ms. Ren thought about it and realized she had seen this person once during some city meeting. Of course, a high-ranking official wouldn’t know someone as insignificant as her.

"He wanted to introduce his daughter to my son?" Ms. Ren was quite amazed.

"Cheng said so, and it shouldn’t be false, Xu Lin is very outstanding now!"

"He has indeed changed a lot since he started university."

Reflecting on it, Xu Lin began transforming during the summer break, initially making tens of thousands writing articles for others, which surprised Ms. Ren considerably but was still within her range of acceptance.

But later, learning he was earning over eight million before tax per month writing novels made Ms. Ren feel things were starting to get out of hand.

Now that the semester had ended, Xu Lin’s achievements had soared beyond imagination.

And, he’s only eighteen, with four months to go until his nineteenth birthday!