Abyss of ignorance

"I call you Jiang Lin directly, you call me sister, I can't call you aunt, it's okay, just follow my generation!" Lin Xiaodong, who has always been careless about these things, doesn't know why this time he is so special. care.

The two women at the table looked at him at the same time, but their eyes were completely different.

Lin's mother was confused, but Jiang Lin's eyes were much more complicated.

Mama Lin looked at Jiang Lin, waiting for her claim, as if this matter was very important and would determine many things.

Jiang Lin put her hands under the table, grabbed the corner of her clothes, and then called Lin's mother in a low voice: "Sister Hailian."

Mother Lin smiled satisfied after hearing this: "That's it, Mr. Jiang, we know each other now. I don't think you need to be polite to me. I have nothing to do after retirement. It is useless to count on Lin Xiaodong. I'd better come here every day to bring you food, and take care of my body earlier, so I don't have to live in his crappy house."

Inside and outside the words, there are opinions about them being in the same room.

"Mom, I told you, you don't need to come here. Jiang Lin is almost fine." Lin Xiaodong didn't know what he was upset about, but everything that Lin's mother said today was not so pleasant.

"What Jiang Lin, she is an elder, so she has to be called Teacher Jiang." Mother Lin insisted.

"She is Jiang Lin, she is not an elder with me!" Lin Xiaodong blurted out, and after he said it, he found that Lin's mother in front of him was shocked.

"Lin Xiaodong?!" Lin's mother opened her eyes wide and looked at him, as if the son in front of her was a stranger, "You, do you know what you're talking about?"

Lin Xiaodong scratched his messy hair, he asked himself, when he said this, he didn't fully think about why he did it.

The small living room fell into an awkward silence.

"Sister Hailian is right, I am your elder." Jiang Lin's voice was very soft, but every word was very clear.

Lin Xiaodong looked at her, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Jiang Lin, who only heard her continue: "Although the Lantian Mansion has been sealed up, my father's house is still there, and I can live there." Turning to Mama Lin, she called out "Sister Hailian" again, "I've caused trouble for Xiaodong during this period, and I didn't bring anything with me when I came out. I can pack up and leave after dinner."

She called him Xiaodong, not Captain Lin.

"Mom, I'll take you back later." Lin Xiaodong said, looking anxious to see off the guests.

Mama Lin, who was always cheerful, was worried this time, and said relentlessly, "You send Teacher Jiang off first."

"Okay, I'll call a car, you guys get in the car together, I'll see you off first, then Jiang Lin, okay?" Lin Xiaodong said angrily.

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The atmosphere in the car was as awkward as it was in the house. Lin Ma pulled Jiang Lin to sit in the back row, while Lin Xiaodong was forced to sit in the co-pilot's seat.

From the new district to Lin Xiaodong's original residence, the journey has never been so long.

Under Lin Xiaodong's repeated assurances, Lin's mother reluctantly got out of the car.

"Where are we going next?" the taxi driver asked the two of them.

"No. 21, Hawthorne East Road." Jiang Lin reported from the back row.

The driver kicked the accelerator, and the car headed towards East Hawthorne Road.

Hawsang East Road is the commercial district with the longest history in Linzhou, and it was once an important commercial center in the southeastern region during the Republic of China.

However, with the turn of the century, only a few buildings of the Republic of China along the street are still standing on Hawthorne East Road today, reminding passers-by of its former glory.On both sides of the road, you can find a small alley and go in. They are all old-fashioned western-style buildings that look good, but when you go inside, you will find dozens of people crowded together for generations. In places without toilets and kitchens, and The rats and the mildew have lived together for decades, waiting for the mansion to be bought by the rich.It's a pity that such western-style buildings are often expensive but have no market. Those who live in them can only self-hypnotize and live a hypothetical life of the rich.

"Just pull over and stop in front." After Jiang Lin finished speaking, the driver leaned firmly on the side of the road.

Lin Xiaodong looked out the car window and asked worriedly, "Which building is your house? I'll take you up there."

"No need, I don't have any luggage." Jiang Lin whispered, she had already got out of the car, as if she was afraid that Lin Xiaodong would follow, she waved to him as soon as the car door was closed.

The driver turned around, Lin Xiaodong looked back, Jiang Lin was still standing by the side of the road, watching him go away, alone.

He was somewhat unbearable.

At this time, the driver muttered to the side: "Strange, I have been driving for so many years, and I have never heard that there is still No. 21 on Hawthorne East Road. I think No. 20 will end."

He does not mean that.

Lin Xiaodong hurriedly turned his head again, and Jiang Lin was still standing there, not moving half a step.

"Master, turn around and go back!" Lin Xiaodong said hastily.

"Huh? What's the situation?" The driver grumbled, turning the steering wheel and turning around.

The car stopped at the original position again. Before it stopped, Lin Xiaodong rushed out of the car and stood in front of Jiang Lin.

"I'll take you home." He stared at her and said word by word.

"It's okay...I..." Jiang Lin stammered, as if she had made a big mistake.

"Are you sure there is your home here?" Lin Xiaodong looked at her with sharp eyes, but Jiang Lin avoided his eyes.

She bit her lip, her sallow face flushed for the first time.

"Hey! Are you going to get in the car or not? If you don't get in the car, you will pay the bill?!" The taxi driver beside him urged.

Without further ado, Lin Xiaodong took out a hundred-yuan bill and handed it to the driver: "You don't need to look for it." He never left Jiang Lin's eyes as he spoke.

It seems that if Jiang Lin doesn't take him home, he won't give up.

"Crack" the shriveled luggage bag in Jiang Lin's hand fell to the ground.

She covered her face with her hands and began to cry, saying inarticulately: "I just don't want to trouble you... My father's house has long been sold by Xu Binyong, and the 'cell' in the Lantian mansion has also been sealed up. I have no place. You can go... But, your mother is right, I will only give you a bad name living with you..."

The more Jiang Lin cried, the more sad she became, her shoulders shrugged and her whole body trembled.

Lin Xiaodong couldn't see a woman being wronged like this in front of him.

From the time he rescued Jiang Lin to now, scenes and scenes kept appearing in his mind. He couldn't tell what his concern for Jiang Lin was, but he knew that it wasn't as simple as a sense of responsibility.

He didn't say another word, looked at her helpless appearance, grabbed her hand covering her face, and said firmly, "Go! Come home with me!"

Lin Xiaodong held Jiang Lin's hand like this, and stood on the side of the road stretching out his hand to hail a taxi.

On the second floor of the old-fashioned shop across the road, in an inconspicuous window, a pair of eyes were watching all this, with a sinister smile on the corner of his mouth...