Chapter 325: Kneeling to enjoy, never leaving

After resting for two days, Lin Zhao returns to her post. Having rested for a long time, she is used to waking up naturally and not being restrained. Going to work on time again, she really isn't used to it, like a free bird trapped in a cage, feeling uncomfortable all over.

Fortunately, the work is not busy, and there is gossip to listen to, so the time is not hard to pass.

Li Fen says: "If you don't come back, you'll miss the wedding candy."

Lin Zhao thinks she is talking about the marriage of Yuan Xiang and Li Song, smiling: "Sister Xiang Xiang is getting married, no matter what I have to do, I will rush back."

"Not just our own wedding candy, but also Comrade Wang's." Li Fen shifts her gaze to Wang Ju's blushing face.

Lin Zhao looks over, surprised: "A Ju is getting married? When?!"

Wang Ju's expression is shy, her face dyed crimson, "September, still a few months away."

"That's before my family's happy event. This year is really full of happy events. I'll go then." Lin Zhao smiles.

"Great, I'll be very relieved if you go!" Wang Ju's expression is close, "I don't have many friends here. The only one I can talk to is you. I'm very happy you can attend my wedding."

"My honor." Lin Zhao smiles lightly.

Her eldest brother being able to have a job is all thanks to the news from Comrade Wang Ju. She is getting married, so she will naturally go, and she must send a good wedding gift.

Only in this way can she live up to their acquaintance and her enthusiastic help.

Lin Zhao didn't work for a few days before the new semester started, and the little gods were sent to school.

The twins have Bang Bang and the others to take care of, and the twins have Gu Mother to take care of. Except for the "bitterness" of going to work, Lin Zhao's life is easy.

From time to time, she sends a letter to her man and sends some meat to her third brother to improve his food.

Occasionally, she receives telegrams from her parents, guessing where they are and what novel things they have encountered based on the few words.

Hai City.

Lin Lin Heling and Song Song Xiwei finished sending the telegram to their hometown and were walking on a small path to the guest house when they spotted a familiar figure.

Looking at that familiar yet strange person, he stands still, his pupils shrinking, his face full of disbelief.

Unconsciously approaching quickly.

Squeezing two words from his throat.

"De Uncle?"

Lin Lin Heling stands in the night, the street lamp stretching his figure very long. He stands against the light, and the old man sweeping the street with a sick body can't see his face clearly.

The old man just thought he heard wrong, looked at Lin Lin Heling once, and then turned around to continue sweeping the floor.

De Uncle?

He is probably going to die soon.

Always hearing things.

Dying is also good, can go serve the Gu Laoyezi again. This is Lin De's fortune.

The moment the old man turns around, Lin Lin Heling sees his side face, his throat suddenly choking, and he calls out again with a trembling voice, "De Uncle."

This time, Lin De hears it clearly.

He turns around slowly, trying hard to open his eyes, wanting to see the face of the person standing against the light clearly.

Lin Lin Heling's hand hanging by his trouser seam trembles slightly, steps forward, his gaze falling on the old man's face.

This face is very different from the one in his memory.

De Uncle, who watched him grow up, is neat and clean, calm in behavior, and always has a relaxed and calm manner at any time.

The old man in front of him is in rags, his back slightly hunched. If it weren't for the occasional familiar feeling, Lin Lin Heling almost wouldn't dare to recognize him.

"De Uncle, is it really you?"

Lin De's old eyes stare at the person who called his name. The thorny broom falls to the ground, his old eyes widen, and he grabs Lin Lin Heling's arm abruptly.

"Little Young Master?" The hoarse voice trembles.

Hearing this title, Lin Lin Heling is sure this is De Uncle who watched him grow up.

In the old society's way of saying it, Lin De was born in the Lin family, adopted by his grandfather, and grew up with his father. He used to manage part of the Lin family's business and was a trustworthy person.

"It's me, De Uncle, why are you here... sweeping the street?" Lin Lin Heling's voice is restrained, "What about my grandfather and the others?"

The Lin family's heritage is ancient, a big family, with talented people in the family. At the same time, there are many rules, and the titles are also very rigid.

Lin De's lips tremble slightly, his eyes dyed scarlet with hatred, full of grief, "Gu Laoyezi is gone..."

Lin Lin Heling's chest stings, and his eyes go black in bursts.

Many pictures flash in his mind, and then quickly dissipate.

He covers his heart, his eyes red, "I thought about it, but... I also held a few extravagant hopes of seeing Grandfather again. Didn't expect..."

The words didn't fall, his voice choked and he couldn't speak.

Lin De hurriedly wipes the corners of his eyes, saying: "Little Young Master, Gu Laoyezi doesn't want to see you like this. He was thinking of you before he left."

Facts are facts.

The Lin family has been preserved for generations. No matter the natural or man-made disasters, it hasn't affected the family's inheritance. This has a direct connection with the vision of the family's helmsman.

The Lin Gu Laoyezi is the helmsman of the Lin family. He can preserve the family's strength in the war, and even make the whole family flourish and create new brilliance. It won't work without vision and matching ability.

At the beginning, as soon as he found something wrong, the Gu Laoyezi decided immediately, planning to take the Lin family to the other side.

The plan was perfect. The younger generation of the family was taken away by the current head of the family, Lin Lin Heling's father, leaving first.

Lin Gu Laoyezi stayed behind.

Where did he know.

Just as he was leaving, he suddenly learned the news of his most beloved little grandson.

Lin Lin Heling was brought up by the Gu Laoyezi since he was a child and was his favorite junior. The loss of his little grandson was the deepest pain in the Lin Gu Laoyezi's heart.

Now that he finally knew his news, and knew that his little grandson was suffering from illness and not living well, how could the Gu Laoyezi bear to leave.

So he called the boat to leave first, and he stayed behind to find his grandson, thinking of a way to leave after finding him, and reunite with them.

At that time, the situation was chaotic, and everyone had selfish motives.

The behemoth of the Lin family was watched by all parties, and Lin Gu Laoyezi and the remaining forces hadn't left Hai City yet, when...

Lin De remembered the body of the Gu Laoyezi he picked up more than three months later, thin as a bag of skin and bones, covered with wounds of all sizes, and a shocking strangulation mark on his neck.

The Gu Laoyezi was clearly tortured to death.

Knowing that the Little Young Master and the Gu Laoyezi were deeply attached to each other, Lin De didn't dare to inform Lin Lin Heling of these things.

"It's not convenient to talk here, go to the place where I live and talk slowly." Lin De changes the subject, also afraid of being noticed by those who care, after all, his identity... is not good.

Lin Lin Heling and Song Song Xiwei follow De Uncle to the place where he lives.

The place where De Uncle lives is very broken, close to the public toilet, the smell is very heavy, the room doesn't even have windows, and there is no electricity, relying on kerosene lamps for lighting.

Lin Lin Heling's eyes are sore, his heart as if split in two by something.

"De Uncle, why do you live here, what about the others in the Lin family?"

Lin De closes the door, cautiously lowering his voice, vaguely saying: "The head of the family took the others to the other side, all are fine."

His expression is worshipful, "Gu Laoyezi is really a god, he will never make mistakes. He saved the Lin family from another disaster again. He is worthy of being the person I admire most in Lin De."

Knowing that everyone else in the family is fine, Lin Lin Heling's brows relax. 【3

The light of the kerosene lamp dimmed. Lin De adjusted the wick, and the deformity of his right hand was exposed before Lin Lin Heling's eyes.

Except for the thumb and index finger, his three other fingers had been completely severed.

"Uncle De, your hand?" Lin Lin Heling's gaze was turbulent.

He could feel that Uncle De was hiding something from him, but this was a close elder who had watched him grow up. He didn't want to force an answer and put the other person in a difficult position if they weren't willing to speak.

"It's nothing, just an accident," Lin De said, pulling his hand back nonchalantly.

The respected Gu Laoyezi had been persecuted to death; naturally, he wouldn't let the culprits live. He sought out the remaining hands of the Lin family and took the lives of the masterminds in a near-torturous fashion.

Although he lost a few fingers, Lin De didn't take it to heart.

To avenge the Gu Laoyezi, he wouldn't blink even if it cost him his life.

What is there to fear in death?

His life was given to him by the Gu Laoyezi.

Lin Lin Heling knew how tight-lipped the elders of the family were, so he didn't waste breath asking. He said, "Uncle De, you don't have any close acquaintances in Haicheng anymore. Why not leave here with me?"

Lin De was stunned.

He had never thought he could choose another way of life.

Song Song Xiwei had remained silent, but upon noticing Lin Lin Heling's gaze, she spoke her first sentence: "Lin Heling forgot where his home was for many years, and only remembered the past in the last year. Although he doesn't say it, he has always been thinking about his family. You are the only close person he can see. He definitely couldn't bear to leave you here while he departs. I see your situation here isn't good; why not just return to the village with us? It might not be as prosperous and lively as Haicheng, but it is peaceful and comfortable. When the Lin family returns in the future, you can come back then."

Ripples stirred in Lin De's heart.

His acquaintances were long gone, and he was indeed very lonely here, without even a soul to talk to. He truly feared that if time went on, he would lose his mind.

However...

"I can't leave," Uncle De said bitterly.

"Every station has people who are at odds with me; those people won't let me leave."

Watching him struggle to survive was the punishment those people gave him.

Those people—some were seeking revenge for the person they killed; the more miserable he lived and the more insults he suffered, the more satisfied they were. Others believed he knew where the Lin family's treasure was hidden and wanted to extract the Lin family's wealth from him.

Heh.

What kind of person was he? Personally trained by the Gu Laoyezi, how could he bow his head?

The Lin family did leave behind wealth, but it all belonged to the Young Master. No one else was to touch it!

"Who are the people Uncle De is talking about?" Lin Lin Heling asked.

"Just some old enemies, not anyone important," Lin De said with disdain.

Song Song Xiwei said, "Those people are watching the trains and cars, but what if Second Brother comes to pick us up?"

Lin Lin Heling thought the same thing. "I was thinking that too! I'll call the transport team tomorrow morning and ask him."

"Mm," Song Song Xiwei said. "If that doesn't work, we'll think of other ways."

"Who is Second Brother?" Uncle De asked, guessing something, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"My son, the second one," Lin Lin Heling smiled.

Uncle De's old eyes brightened slightly.

The Young Master has descendants!!

He stood up and walked toward the dilapidated cabinet against the wall, opening the door to reveal a black spirit tablet inside.

The old man bowed deeply to the tablet, filled with both sorrow and joy.

"Gu Laoyezi, the Young Master is doing well and has already married and had children. You can rest in peace."

Lin Lin Heling walked to the tablet, and scenes of his spirited grandfather holding him on his lap and teaching him with care flashed through his mind.

His eyes turned red.

"Grandfather, Lin Heling returned late and made you worry. If there is a next life, Lin Heling still wants to be your grandson, enjoying your company, and never leaving."

Uncle De patted his Young Master's shoulder, comforting him silently.

"Uncle De, I want to know, where is Grandfather's grave?" Lin Lin Heling composed his emotions.

Uncle De looked at him, as if seeing that young man who was pampered by the whole family yet humble and handsome.

If only the Young Master hadn't been lost, the Lin family would surely be whole.

He wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "I'll take the Young Master tomorrow morning."

"Uncle De, please call me by my name. There is no Young Master anymore," Lin Lin Heling said.

"... Alright," Uncle De said reluctantly.

He came from the old society, and the concepts of superior and inferior were carved into his bones.

The Young Master would always be his little master.

The next morning, Lin Lin Heling and Lin De went to the grandfather's grave, while Song Song Xiwei went to the post office to call Lin Lin Shisheng.

They were lucky and managed to reach him as hoped.

Upon hearing the call from Song Song Xiwei, Lin Lin Shisheng was so shocked his jaw nearly hit the floor.

"... Mom?" This call of "Mom" was filled with uncertainty.

Song Song Xiwei: "..."

"It's me."

"Are you awake? I have something urgent to ask of you."

Lin Lin Shisheng straightened up. "What is it?"

"I want you to come to Haicheng to pick us up," Song Song Xiwei said directly.

"..." Lin Lin Shisheng's brain went blank for a moment. He asked uncertainly, "Mom, you're not joking with me, are you? I'm going to Haicheng to pick up you and Dad? Why don't you take the train? Trains are so comfortable. You two are getting on in years; won't your whole bodies ache sitting in my truck?"

"Stop the nonsense!" Song Song Xiwei interrupted his rambling, asking only: "Can you do it or not?"

Lin Lin Shisheng choked. "I can, but..."

Before he could finish, Song Song Xiwei gave him an address, demanded he come as soon as possible, and hung up the phone.

Leaving Lin Lin Shisheng dumbfounded on the spot.

"Why couldn't I even ask..." he said gloomily. "It's true, trains are so comfortable, sleeper cars! You can lie down! Why must you insist on suffering?"

Grumbling aside, Lin Lin Shisheng didn't dare delay and went to apply for leave from his superiors.

Originally, this wasn't compliant, but he had enough influence. The transport team gave him a transport task along the way and let him go, only asking him to mind the time and not disappear for too long.

Lin Lin Shisheng slipped the leader two packs of cigarettes and left with a grin.

The transport team leader: "That brat, he sure knows how to handle people."

As he spoke, he took the cigarettes.

No one dislikes someone who knows how to get things done.

The transport team hurdle was cleared, but there was still the family.

Lin Lin Shisheng made a special trip home to explain the matter.

Chen Yu said quickly, "Then go quickly, mind your safety on the road, and be sure to bring Mom and Dad back safely. Don't worry about the house; I'm here, you can rest easy."

"Then I'll leave the house to you, Sister-in-law." Lin Lin Shisheng felt very ashamed.

Chu Ning was still at home; his sister-in-law had even more to worry about.

Chen Yu smiled. "It's no trouble, Comrade Chu has helped me a lot."

This was the truth. Chu Ning loved children, was gentle and patient, and when Chen Yu couldn't keep up, she would take the initiative to help with the kids. She really was a good girl.

"Is that so?" Lin Lin Shisheng was very surprised. He looked at Chu Ning. "Sorry to trouble you, Comrade Chu."

Chu Ning shook her head. "I should be the one saying sorry for the trouble."

The Lin family provided her with a place to stay, and she was grateful in her heart. Doing what she could was nothing.

Looking at the twins' young, innocent faces, it felt like it could heal the wounds in her heart!

Lin Lin Shisheng didn't stay long. He packed a few changes of clothes, prepared some dry rations, and left home immediately, not even waiting for his daughter to finish school.

Sister Xuanxuan was very disappointed to learn he was going out on a drive again, but when she heard he was going to pick up her grandparents, that disappointment vanished without a trace.

Grandma and Gu Laoyezi are coming back!!