This ringtone is still ringing when the New Year is approaching...
A person suddenly appeared in Jin Sichen's mind.
Not many people would call Lin Fan.
Those who are slightly familiar with each other, such as young people like him and John Woo, would rather choose communication software to communicate.
It is extremely convenient to send a voice message, a picture, or make a video call directly.
As a result, the people who choose to make phone calls are mainly elderly people who are not familiar with the software, and relatively unfamiliar people, such as business partners, couriers, and salespeople...
Come to think of it, the Chinese New Year is only a few days away, so it’s really time.
He glanced at Lin Fan, his expression not changing much, and calmly answered the phone, even turning on the hands-free mode out of habit.
"Hey, Xiaofan, when are you going to have your holiday?" Lin Ma's voice came out, and Jin Sichen said to himself, "As expected."
"Holiday...will take a few more days." This time, Lin Fan did not show any resistance to going home.
On the one hand, her mental state has almost adjusted.
Jin Sichen has always encouraged her to live like a normal person, and going home for the New Year is one of the most normal things she does.
You can't hide in your own home. How can you hide there for the rest of your life?
On the other hand, she felt that she could face Lin Ma more calmly.
The story begins when she was lying on the hospital bed shortly after she woke up from her last accident.
The sun was shining brightly that day.
Lin Fan received a call from Lin's mother.
Lin's mother didn't call very often. Generally speaking, she only called when she had something important to do, and rarely called just to check in on Lin Fan.
She was complaining to Lin Fan on the phone about how her father had fallen asleep while smoking, and the cigarette had burned a big hole in the bed...
Lin Fan lay on the hospital bed, looking at the sunlight coming in through the window, leaving spots of light on the blinds.
Lin Ma's sharp voice from time to time penetrated her periosteum and reached her heart, leaving a slight tingling sensation there.
Lin Fan smiled helplessly. She was indeed a bit of a jerk...
After waking up this time, even though 800 people were so nice to her, she always felt it was unreal.
It wasn't until she heard Lin Ma's harsh words that she felt like she was still alive...
Lin Fan's mind kept flashing back to his childhood. Laughter, anger, and scolding... the happy times the three of them had once shared.
Because of her anger towards Lin's mother, all these once beautiful memories were thrown into a corner.
She resisted Lin's mother and felt that she did not understand her. It was because of Lin's mother's tyranny that she suffered a series of hardships later.
But think about it, how could she have ever understood Lin Ma?
They are just accusing each other from different standpoints.
Mother Lin raised her, and although she didn't provide her with much care, she didn't owe her anything materially.
Every time I go home, there are always Lin Fan’s favorite dishes on the table.
No matter how harshly she said it, she kept putting food into Lin Fan's bowl with her chopsticks, fearing that she wouldn't be full.
I still remember one year when I went home, Lin's mother shouted to Lin Fan, "You've lost weight" as soon as she saw him.
Lin Fan looked at his muscular figure, his clothes so tight the zipper was about to burst, and reported his weight. Only then did Lin's mother, stunned, change her tune and say he should lose weight...
Lin Fan has always known that Lin's mother actually loves her, but that love is always accompanied by hurt, and it is not the right way to express it.
When she was briefly awake on the operating table, she looked at the bright light and felt cold all over, as if she was in an ice cave.
There were vague sounds in my ears, and it seemed like there were a lot of people walking around.
At that time, she only thought of Lin Ma. She especially wanted Lin Ma to hold her in her arms and warm her like she did when she was a child...
It has been a long time since she called out "Mom".
Lin's mother seemed not to notice and never protested.
But did Lin Ma really not notice?
"You said that if it's a dish he likes, he can just drink for a while, and eat a plate of peanuts with wine until ten o'clock. I still have to wait for him to clear the table..." On the other end of the phone, Lin's mother kept complaining.
Lin Fan suddenly realized that she had no idea what Lin Ma liked to eat.
She knew that Lin Ma liked playing mahjong, fancy clothes and golden jewelry, high heels, and the hustle and bustle of vanity, but she had never noticed what Lin Ma liked to eat...
Of course, she also didn't pay attention to Lin's father's preferences.
Lin's mother may not be a good mother, and Lin's father may not be a competent father.
But is she a good daughter?
When I should have been studying hard, I deliberately didn't study, and every time I brought the test papers home, the scores were terrible.
To escape my family, I chose to study in a city far from home during college. After graduation, I went straight to Gaohe. Although the drive was only a little over three hours, I could only return home for a few days during the Chinese New Year.
She only saw herself: her own efforts, her own losses, her own sadness, her own pain.
But he never focused on his parents.
We know that they are getting older and gradually unable to keep up with the development of this society.
He seemed to be filial and bought them the latest smartphones, but he still felt that they were too slow to react and that no matter how he taught them, they just couldn't understand...
Lin Fan didn't know when Lin's mother hung up the phone. When Gao Fei woke her up, she was already in tears.
Gao Fei was so scared that he wanted to call for help on the spot, but she stopped him.
When Gao Fei saw that there was an incoming call from Lin's mother on his phone, he mistakenly thought that Lin's mother was making things difficult for her and was crying out of anger, so he comforted her not to take it to heart.
Since then, Lin Fan decided to let go of the past.
She had died once... oh no, twice. What else could she not let go of?
Let Lin Ma go.
Let yourself go too.
After thinking about it this way, my mood suddenly became much more open. When I think of Lin Ma again, I no longer frown reflexively because of the bitterness and hatred.
Sure enough, when it comes to life and death, nothing matters.
Besides, in her current condition, she is destined to be unable to fulfill her parents' wish of getting married and having children.
Although they don't have to worry about money, the two old people will definitely feel lonely when they see others with children and grandchildren...
Spending New Year's time with her is a kind of spiritual comfort, right? No matter how much more... I can only give her money.
So this time, Lin Fan wasn't opposed to going home for the Lunar New Year, and his mentality remained relatively stable. He even established a strategic policy of "trying to be tolerant if Lin's mother makes any excessive remarks."
There are 365 days in a year, but the Chinese New Year is the only time we can spend time with our family.
She used to tolerate her boss, the client, and even some strangers she didn’t know, but why can’t she tolerate it in front of her parents who gave birth to her?
It will definitely work! Lin Fan clenched his fists in his heart.
It really doesn't work...
Just look for Jin Sichen...
"...Hey, kid, why are you silent again? Is the signal bad?" Mother Lin tapped her phone and asked again, "How many days will it take? It's already this late, and there's still no definite answer?"
The "pa pa" knocking sound suddenly pulled Lin Fan away from her memories. When she raised her eyes, Wu Yusen's cell phone was handed to her, and the words on it were "holiday time".
"The 29th is a holiday, um... I should probably pack up." Lin Fan said to the person on the phone as he looked at it. "I'll be back on the morning of the 30th."
"Another thirty!" Mother Lin was unhappy.
"There's nothing we can do. The official rule is that the 30th is a day off, and our company even had it off a day earlier." Lin Fan proudly raised his eyebrows at the two people next to him, meaning that his nonsense was becoming more and more fluent.
"That's true." Lin's mother immediately stopped talking and asked, "When did you leave after the New Year? You don't have to go back to work early, do you?"
"Not really. I'll still be working on the seventh day after the Lunar New Year." Lin Fan replied, "Seven days off, that's pretty good, right?"
Lin Fan hid one day before and after the holiday. On the one hand, there were many things to do before the New Year, and there was definitely not enough time to buy a house or a car.
On the other hand... of course it still offends Lin Ma a little.
Although I need to spend more time with her, but given Lin Ma's personality...well, let's start with seven days.
"Well, it's not bad this year." Lin's mother expressed satisfaction. "Then why are you coming back? Do you want your dad to pick you up?"
"No need. I can take a bus there myself. It's not like I can't find the place. Stop bothering me." Lin Fan refused.
"Okay, that's it." Mother Lin was very happy. "I have to go buy some more vegetables quickly. I won't tell you for now."
"Beep, beep..." The phone was hung up mercilessly.
Lin Fan looked up and saw Jin Sichen and Wu Yusen looking at her with a smile, so she shrugged with the corners of her mouth pulled.
"Okay, Lin Fan, that's awesome!" Jin Sichen gave her a thumbs up.
He had been secretly on guard against the recurrence of last year's situation, but he didn't expect that Lin Fan had grown to this point without his knowledge.
"Dr. Jin is still the best teacher." Lin Fan pretended to bow to Jin Sichen.
"Okay, okay, I give you special permission to become a disciple." Jin Sichen didn't ask what happened to this change, and went straight into the previous topic.
"Okay, where were we just now? Oh, the chassis. It's best not to buy a sports car. The chassis is too low and it is easy to get stuck..."
"My car has a high chassis. Do you want to take a look?" John Woo opened his phone to look for pictures.
"Come on, your car is too high." Jin Sichen complained bluntly.
Lin Fan looked at the two of them with a smile. For some reason, he felt that this might be a good year.
The deeper the love, the deeper the resentment. Has anyone noticed that Lin Fan never calls "Mom"? The only time he did was when he was angry. I've been teasing this for so long, and no one noticed? Haha, isn't that too subtle?
As I was writing, it suddenly dawned on me that our parents and I were simply looking at things from different perspectives. Everyone was clinging to their own position, and few people would consider the other person's perspective.
I hope all families are loving and caring, without misunderstandings and hurt.
A new chapter on the morning of the first day of the new year. Do you feel a little bit of warmth?
Also, last night's comment about not wanting Lin's mother to stay. I changed that part and wanted to reply to the comment, but the comment was gone... I didn't delete it, it might have disappeared automatically when I changed the post.