Chapter 372

"Hello." Lin Zhao greeted with a smile.

The girl's eyes brightened slightly, and she tentatively held her hand. Seeing that she didn't struggle, she curved her eyes again, her smile sweetness exceeding the limit.

Lin Zhao asked directly: "What's your name? And what's your relationship with Lin Shisheng?!"

"My name is Tao Tao." The girl answered honestly. As for what the relationship was, she blushed and didn't say clearly.

"Zhaozhao, call me brother!" Lin Shisheng jumped.

"Explain clearly what this situation is first, then I'll decide whether to call you brother." Lin Zhao snorted coldly.

Lin Shisheng said to the girl: "Tao Tao, you go back to the room first."

Called Tao Tao?

The person is like her name.

Lin Zhao muttered in her heart.

Tao Tao smiled at Lin Zhao and left obediently.

"Don't look at your brother with the eyes of looking at a beast. That's a little miserable package I saved on the road while driving. How would I know she would be a troublemaker? I couldn't throw her away, so I could only bring her back." Lin Shisheng explained in a few words.

Lin Zhao's eyes were contemptuous. "I'm afraid you were moved by her beauty."

"Cough." Lin Shisheng coughed a few times embarrassedly and complained: "When I just saved her, her face was full of mud. What kind of beauty did I see?"

"Then it was because she was delicate and soft, you were just moved by her beauty." Lin Zhao nailed him to the pillar of shame.

She knew her second brother too well; if it wasn't something that touched him, he would absolutely not have brought anyone back.

Lin Zhao couldn't help but be sarcastic. "I'm really scared. I don't want to marry again in the future. Women are just trouble..."

She actually returned the words Lin Shisheng had once said to him exactly.

Lin Shisheng was embarrassed.

"Zhaozhao, spare me once, don't slap your brother's face." He begged for mercy.

"Hmph." Lin Zhao snorted coldly and pulled Lin Xuan and Lin Zheng over. "Your father did such an unreliable thing. Did you two cry secretly? If you feel uncomfortable, tell me, and I'll beat Lin Shisheng for you. I am your own aunt, and I stand on your side."

Lin Shisheng was about to cry. "Zhaozhao, I am your own brother."

"Go aside, I don't want to talk to you now." Lin Zhao was full of willfulness.

Lin Heling smiled indulgently and didn't say a word to his daughter.

The second one deserves it.

Lin Xuan snuggled beside her aunt, shook her head, and said softly: "Aunt, my sister and I are fine. Aunt Tao Tao is very good, we don't dislike her."

Tao Tao had a soft personality and was very pure. She was sold by her stepmother to people in the mountains to be a shared wife. She pretended to be weak and honest, looking for opportunities to escape, fell and was covered in injuries, and almost lost her life under the car.

Fortunately, heaven didn't cut off all paths, and she was finally saved by Lin Shisheng.

Lin Shisheng pulled her out of the abyss, and she couldn't tell whether it was gratitude or something else toward him.

She only knew that she felt at ease staying by his side, didn't ask for anything, and just wanted to pester him.

This was the first ray of light she encountered in her short life.

During the time she came to the Lin family, Tao Tao was very measured and diligent, and the Lin Xuan sisters had a good impression of her.

Noticing her aunt looking at herself, Zheng Zheng was very calm and said indifferently: "I don't care. As long as Dad is happy."

She had been independent since she was a child, and she must have emotional needs, but she wasn't overbearing.

"I thought too much." Lin Zhao pinched her face.

Zheng Zheng hugged Lin Zhao. "I know Aunt is doing it for our own good."

"As long as you know, I will always be your backing." Lin Zhao promised.

She looked at Lin Shisheng. "What are second brother's thoughts? When will the banquet be held?!"

The question was straightforward.

Lin Shisheng was stunned.

"What do you mean?" Lin Zhao looked at him with the eyes of looking at a scumbag. "You wouldn't, would you? Bringing someone back but not willing to marry her—isn't this a scumbag?"

Lin Shisheng couldn't laugh or cry. "Zhaozhao..."

What unforgivable thing had he done?

"I haven't figured it out yet, and I don't want to take advantage of someone's vulnerability. Don't worry, brother is not a scumbag."

Lin Zhao saw her second brother's struggle and didn't press him anymore. "Okay, as long as you have a plan in your heart."

"Second brother has a plan." Lin Shisheng swore.

"No matter what decision second brother makes, you are not allowed to hurt Sister Sister Xuanxuan and Zheng Zheng's hearts. If you hurt their hearts, I will take them away." Lin Zhao's expression was serious.

"I won't."

Song Xiwei patted Zhaozhao's back and laughed: "With your father and me watching, they won't suffer any losses."

Lin Zhao felt sorry that Sister Sister Xuanxuan and Zheng Zheng hadn't received motherly love. Their endings in the original book were tragic, and she always wanted to be better to them.

Since both nieces liked that Tao Tao, she wouldn't be the villain. After all, with family members watching, they wouldn't be bullied.

Lin Zhao looked at Chen Yu. "Eldest sister-in-law, I'm going to follow the army after the New Year and want to sell my job. Do you want that job of mine?"

Chen Yu was slightly startled.

Lin Shichang answered for his wife first. "Yes, your eldest sister-in-law wants it."

Chen Yu wanted to go to work, but: "What about San Dan and Si Dan?"

At this time, a pretty little face poked into the room.

"I can take care of them." The little girl's voice was soft, and her appearance was obedient.

Lin Shisheng sighed. "Why are you eavesdropping again."

Others were also used to it.

Tao Tao knew how to read people's faces and knew that the Lin family wasn't angry. She tentatively poked her foot in, and since she wasn't driven away, she covered her mouth and chuckled, quickly entering the room and pulling Lin Shisheng's hem.

"I'm afraid when I'm alone."

Lin Shisheng pinched the bridge of his nose. "What are you afraid of at home."

Tao Tao changed her words. "I want to stay by your side."

Lin Shisheng was speechless. "Troublemaker."

"I want to be your troublemaker alone." Tao Tao's smile was sweet, and she didn't take his words to heart at all.

Lin Zhao covered her cheek, her teeth aching.

This girl is so sweet.

Must be a peach blossom spirit reincarnated.

She would raise both hands and feet in support of her entering the Lin family door.

A beauty-obsessed person is just so unreasonable!

Her second brother married someone with no looks and no character the first time. Wanting to find a simple and pretty wife wasn't wrong.

Seeing Zhaozhao staring at the second brother's ambiguous object in a daze, Gu Chenghuai pinched her chin and aimed her face at himself.

Where are you looking?!

Lin Heling laughed lightly. "Zhaozhao, after the New Year, your mother and I will go to the military district with you."

This statement woke Lin Zhao up, and her eyes and brows were full of joy. "Are Mom and Dad going to see little brother?"

"There are two reasons. First, to send you off; your mother and I won't be at ease without seeing where you will live next. Second, to see your little brother and Mo Mo and Bai Bai." Lin Heling's voice was slow.

This year Meng Jiusi spent the New Year with Old Man Meng and didn't return to his hometown.

Lin Zhao clapped her hands, her eyes curved with laughter. "That's great." She hugged Song Xiwei's arm and shook it. "With Mom there, I can save a lot of trouble, and I can sleep soundly at night."

Song Xiwei poked her forehead. "Bad girl, you only know how to order me around."

Although she said that, the corners of her mouth were raised high, and the look in her eyes when she looked at her daughter was as indulgent as could be.

Tao Tao's eyes were bright.

She originally didn't intend to marry Lin Shisheng, but after understanding the personalities of the Lin family, she firmed up her idea of marrying him.

She wanted to join such a warm home.

Having said that, Lin Zhao looked at Lin Shichang and Chen Yu. "The job is left to eldest sister-in-law, so it's settled, okay?"

Chen Yu looked at her husband.

"It's settled." Lin Shichang said in a deep voice.

Lin Heling spoke. "Eldest, inquire about houses; it's best to buy a courtyard so you can bring your wife and children into the city later."

He had mentioned this before.

Lin Shichang had also kept it in mind and inquired, but it was difficult.

He smiled bitterly. "Housing in the city is very tight, and everyone is queuing up to wait for housing allocation."

"Did eldest brother forget me? I have a house." Lin Zhao spoke. "If I follow the army, no one will live in that courtyard. If eldest sister-in-law has a job, she can take Da Dan and the others to live in it. Houses will break if no one lives in them for too long."

Lin Shichang patted his head. "I really forgot."

He didn't stand on ceremony with his own sister. "I will pay rent at the market price."

Lin Zhao wasn't short of this bit, but if eldest brother wanted to give it, she would take it.

"Okay."

"The furniture is all ready-made, eldest brother and sister-in-law can just move in."

Chen Yu's expression was excited. "Is it confirmed? What if we aren't used to living in the city?"

"What do you mean what if? There are bicycles. If you want to return to the village, I'll take you back. It's not a big problem." Lin Shichang worked in the city and was already used to city life, so he accepted it the fastest.

Lin Zhao saw Chen Yu's nervousness and comforted her: "The job at the supply and marketing cooperative isn't difficult. I'll hand it over to you clearly. Xiang Xiang's eldest sister-in-law also works there, and she will help you if there's anything. Eldest sister-in-law, don't have too much pressure."

"Hmm, thank you, Zhaozhao." Chen Yu was full of gratitude.

Thinking of something, her face was stained with worry again. "San Dan and Si Dan..."

Lin Zhao said immediately: "There is a nursery class, it only costs two yuan a month. Send the children there when you go to work and pick them up after work. I've investigated it, it's quite reliable, and there are many comrades inside who are very serious and responsible. It's just that I don't know if San Dan and Si Dan are old enough."

"It's okay, we'll ask later. If it really doesn't work, we'll hire someone to bring them." Lin Shichang believed that ways are thought of by people, and there was no problem that couldn't be solved.

Tao Tao, who was staying quietly beside Lin Shisheng, raised her hand again. "I can bring them."

In order to sell her for a good price, her father and stepmother didn't let her do farm work, and because she was born with fair skin, she grew up with a hibiscus face, but she did plenty of chores at home—making clothes, cooking, bringing children... even growing vegetables, she knew how to do them, and did them very well.

Lin Shisheng looked at her. "What does it have to do with you?"

He hadn't figured out how to deal with this person yet.

Tao Tao's eyes were bright, and she said happily: "Are you feeling sorry for me?" She was moved. "Second brother Lin, you are really good, you are the best person I have ever met, and the person who treats me the best."

Lin Shisheng was helpless and speechless.

This little fool relied on this set of talking to herself to pester him until he couldn't get away, and he brought her back.

Damn it!

Lin Zhao quite liked Tao Tao; this girl was straightforward and easy to understand.

Being able to escape the clutches of bad people, she couldn't be without schemes, but having schemes wasn't a crime. Relying on schemes to protect herself was also admirable.

Noticing the soft gaze Lin Zhao cast on herself, Tao Tao moved the stool, sat beside Lin Zhao, added hot water to her teacup, tentatively held her hand, and smiled ingratiatingly.

"Are you ingratiating yourself with me?" Lin Zhao raised her eyebrows lightly.

Tao Tao didn't deny it. "Yes, second brother Lin values you. If you treat me differently, he will accept me faster."

This statement was so straightforward that Lin Zhao laughed out loud.

"What did you see in him? My second brother has been divorced once and has two children. You are so pretty and have a likable personality, it's not like you can't find a better object." She said deliberately.

While speaking, she secretly swept toward her second brother's face.

A hint of obscurity flashed in the young man's eyes, and he lowered his head.

It wasn't that he wasn't moved at all.

Tsk, men really all look at faces.

Tao Tao shook her head like a rattle. "I don't want anyone else, second brother Lin is the best."

Her little eyes looked at Lin Shisheng, full of admiration.

"Second brother Lin is capable, doesn't favor boys over girls, and is a good man. I just want to be his object."

Lin Shisheng's expression softened slightly, and his whole aura became spring-like.

Lin Zhao: A guy who only has his mouth floating when he falls into the water.

Obviously caring about her, but pretending to be reserved.

Funny.

"I support you." Lin Zhao clenched her fists, her face full of support.

Tao Tao's eyes were incredibly bright. She dragged the stool back to Lin Shisheng's side and pulled his sleeve. "Your sister supports me! Did you hear that? Your sister supports me!! So when are you going to marry me?"

The Lin family: "..."

What a niche request.

Tao Tao had always been so direct when speaking, and the Lin family was used to it, so they just stayed silent for a few seconds, pretending they hadn't heard.

Lin Shisheng pulled away his sleeve, feeling uncomfortable all over. "Why are you so shameless? You are a female comrade, be more reserved."

"What is reserved? I haven't studied, I don't understand." The little girl was acting shamelessly. She was desperate to marry; she was already twenty-two and wanted a home of her own.

Lin Shisheng couldn't handle it and said: "We'll talk after the New Year."

Tao Tao took it seriously and said excitedly: "Okay, we'll get married after the New Year, I'm going to embroider the wedding dress."

After speaking, she ran away, fearing Lin Shisheng would go back on his word.

Lin Shisheng: "..."

Chen Yu covered her mouth and laughed. "It seems there will be a happy event in the family soon."

Lin Shichang laughed: "Didn't second brother just get allocated a house? I heard it's over forty square meters, two rooms, enough to use."

"Second brother got a house?" Lin Zhao just learned about this.

"Just got it, there's nothing yet." Lin Shisheng said busily.

"You aren't an old employee, how could you get it? Aren't you all queuing up?" The supply and marketing cooperative also had a housing allocation policy, which required seniority and waiting slowly.

Lin Shisheng leaned back, crossed his legs, and sat like a general. "Your brother is capable, housing allocation isn't a big deal."

"If you don't want to say it, don't say it, why boast." Lin Zhao pouted.

She ignored her second brother, who had no proper shape, and looked at Sister Sister Xuanxuan and Zheng Zheng. "It looks like your father's old house is really on fire. If you two go to the city to live with him, will you be afraid?"

Lin Shisheng listened to this and bit his cheek.

Damn, the description is really accurate.

Sister Sister Xuanxuan's expression was confused. "Aunt, what is an old house on fire? I don't understand."

"... This, you don't need to understand." Lin Zhao took the tea Gu Chenghuai handed to her hand and took a light sip.

Zheng Zheng said seriously: "I'm not afraid, I will protect my sister. With me here, no one can bully her."

Lin Zhao rubbed her face. "Zheng Zheng is great."

She patted Zheng Zheng's head. "I'll use your notebook and pen."

Zheng Zheng didn't understand, but still obediently took her notebook.

Lin Zhao crossed her legs and wrote a string of numbers and the military district address in her notebook.

"This is my address and phone number. If you are wronged, call me, and I will pick you up to my place. No matter where I am, there will always be a room for you two."

"So don't be afraid, do you know?"

Sister Sister Xuanxuan kept the address and phone number in her heart and nodded seriously. "I know, if I'm wronged, I'll find Aunt."

Lin Shisheng smiled bitterly. "Zhaozhao, I am their own father, I will take good care of them."

"Second brother has to go to work and disappears for half a month or a month at a time. Relying on you is not as good as letting Sister Sister Xuanxuan and Zheng Zheng be independent." Lin Zhao said.

Relying on mountains, mountains rely; relying on trees, trees run.

People live in the world, everything must rely on themselves.

Lin Shisheng had nothing to say.