151: Chapter 150: The First Ti Left to a Man 151: Chapter 150: The First Ti Left to a Man Chapter 150: The First Ti Given to a Man
In order to evade Old Man Nangong’s probing questions, Lin Zifeng thought it best to leave the ho early.
Seeing that the day was still young, it was only half past six in the morning, and there were vendors selling breakfast on the roadside, he decided to pick up so food for the security brothers.
After all, the migrant workers going into the city to work were not living too optimistically, as everyone who leaves ho just wants to earn more money for their wives, children, and parents, and life outside was indeed quite tough.
“Boss, give fifty buns.”
As he saw a bun shop exuding a delicious aroma, Lin Zifeng quickly walked over.
Speaking of buns, his heart felt a tinge of sentintality.
In the past, around this ti every day, wasn’t his mother also bringing him here to eat buns?
Every ti he rembered his mother’s kind and beautiful face, a sense of sadness would inexplicably arise in Lin Zifeng’s heart.
Seeing a young mother next to the bun shop with a cute porcelain doll-like little girl, the scene seed to trigger certain mories for Lin Zifeng.
“Mommy, I won’t eat the at, I’ll eat the skin, and you can eat the filling, okay?”
The little girl’s delicate voice was incredibly endearing, and the young mother stroked the little one’s head, smiling tenderly, “Okay, okay.
You eat the skin, and I’ll eat the filling.”
“Hee hee, that’s great.” The little girl sported a bob haircut, dressed in a cartoonish mother-child outfit, with eyes as lively and delicate as a pair of gems.
Seeing this scene, Lin Zifeng’s eyes grew even more moist.
Once upon a ti, hadn’t he too been part of a scene just like this one?
Unfortunately, all that was now gone.
His parents were honest and simple rural folks, and Lin Zifeng simply could not fathom why they had suddenly disappeared.
And this disappearance had lasted for five years, without a single word from them.
Thinking of this, Lin Zifeng’s heart twisted in pain.
At that mont, the little girl’s clear and bright gaze mischievously swept toward Lin Zifeng, and seeing the moisture in his eyes, she was touched.
In her innocent kindness, she walked towards Lin Zifeng with a bun in her wobbly hands.
Blinking her innocuous big eyes, she said, “Uncle, why are you crying?
Is it because you have no buns to eat?
Here, Uncle, have this bun.”
The little girl was exceptionally cute, especially her eyes that were clear and transparent, free of any impurities.
Instantly, Lin Zifeng felt an urge to laugh.
So she felt sorry for him.
Seeing her own daughter approaching Lin Zifeng with a bun, the young mother was instantly joyful and nodded at Lin Zifeng with a smile.
Lin Zifeng also nodded politely back at her, then revealed a bright smile and said, “If I eat it, what will you eat?”
Seeing Lin Zifeng turn from tears to smiles, the little one was very pleased, raising her little pink fists and said in a milky voice, “Uncle, don’t worry, I still have more, and if it’s not enough, I’ll ask Mom to buy so more.”
The little one was missing two front teeth, clearly a sign of having enjoyed too much sugar, and she was at the stage of losing her baby teeth.
Even her speech was slightly whistling.
Seeing Lin Zifeng glance at her missing front teeth, the little one quickly covered her mouth with her hand and asked, “Uncle, what are you looking at?”
Ha ha, what a cute little one.
Yet Lin Zifeng didn’t want to point it out, for even if the little one had flaws now, they shouldn’t be directly pointed out.
It would not be good for her future growth.
“Uncle won’t eat this bun.
How about Uncle buys you so buns later?”
Lin Zifeng picked up the little girl, admiring her exquisite features, and thought to himself that she would surely grow into a stunning beauty.
“Co, give Uncle a kiss.”
Being picked up by Lin Zifeng, the little girl was a bit at a loss, blinking her tearful eyes at her mother, then said seriously, “No kiss!”
“…?”
Lin Zifeng was taken aback!
One mont all was fine, and the next, she changed her mind.
Had he made a mistake by picking her up, or was she displeased because he had not asked for permission first?
“Mommy said that a girl’s first ti should not be given to a man casually; otherwise, you would have to take responsibility.”
“Pfft…!”
Lin Zifeng burst into laughter, seeing the little one still looking serious, as if to say he wasn’t the man of her dreams, almost making him laugh out loud.
It was just too funny.
Looking back at her young mother, even though the woman wasn’t particularly striking, she had a slender figure and was neatly dressed.
Her pretty face also blushed instantly, not expecting her precious daughter to suddenly co out with such a prankish remark.
It was simply too amusing.
After putting the little girl down, Lin Zifeng went straight to the bun shop, ordered so buns, and cheerfully handed them to the little girl.
“Uncle is treating you to buns.”
“No!
Mommy said not to take things from strangers casually.”
The little rascal struck a seriously solemn pose once more, puffing up her cheeks with the defiance of soone refusing to be swayed.
Lin Zifeng was amused all over again.
In the end, with no other choice, Lin Zifeng still handed over the buns to her mom.
The young mother accepted the buns Lin Zifeng offered with a smile and walked away gracefully.
After receiving the stead buns from the bakery owner, Lin Zifeng’s phone in his pocket started ringing again.
Pulling out his cell phone and looking at the unknown number on the screen, Lin Zifeng couldn’t recall whose it was.
He casually pressed the answer button and said cheerfully, “Hello, who’s this?”
There was silence on the other end of the line for a while, with no response, regardless of how many tis Lin Zifeng called out.
This person is really boring, calling soone and then not saying anything for so long, a rare oddity in the world, Lin Zifeng thought to himself.
Just as he was about to hang up, a timid, gentle voice ca from the other end, “Is this…
Lin Zifeng?”
Clearly, the caller was a young girl, with a voice filled with subtlety but still warm and gentle.
Lin Zifeng suddenly perked up.
Could it be that as I walk down the main street, so mysterious beauty is calling ?
Such a wonderful thing happening is just too blissful.
“Who are you?” Lin Zifeng asked heartily.
“Lin…
Lin Zifeng, it’s Li Lin,” the caller responded.
Li Lin?
The pesky shadow from the house next door?
Lin Zifeng searched through his mories.
It had been a long ti since he last went ho.
He never expected the tail that used to follow him around would take the initiative to call him.
“Oh!
So it’s Teacher Li.
What an honor!”
Lin Zifeng teased on purpose.
“Pfft!
Lin Zifeng, you’re so annoying, what ‘Teacher Li’ and whatnot,” Li Lin protested petulantly, her dissatisfaction clear.
“What’s up, Linlin?
What made you think to call today?” Actually, as he asked these questions, Lin Zifeng was purposely thickening his skin.
He vividly rembered,
the last ti he was ho, while visiting at Li Linlin’s place, he accidentally saw her in the shower when he went to use the restroom.
He felt guilty for a long ti about that incident, planning to let the mory fade over ti.
But to his surprise, she had taken the initiative to call him.
“Lin Zifeng, how co you haven’t co to see us in so many days?
Have you forgotten about Linlin that quickly?”
“Er…
I’ve been busy, completely worn out, with no ti to make it back,” Lin Zifeng derided his own behavior inwardly.
What exactly had he been busy with these days?
Besides tussling with a few won, he honestly didn’t know what he’d been busy with.
“No matter how busy you are, you need to take care of yourself.
Do you have ti tonight, Lin Zifeng?
Can you co back?”
It seed like Li Lin thought long and hard before finally making up her mind.
She was determined to have her Lin Zifeng co over for dinner tonight, no matter what.
After their last abrupt goodbye, Li Lin harbored lingering resentnt—he had left without a proper farewell, not giving them ti to reminisce.
It had been five years since they last t.
“Tonight?”
“What’s the matter, Lin Zifeng?
You don’t have ti tonight?
If you’re really busy, then forget it—maybe so other ti,” Li Lin’s voice grew uncomfortable towards the end, tinged with a slight sense of disappointnt.
Today was her birthday, and she just wanted Lin Zifeng to co over for a good al together.
Yet she didn’t want him to spend money on her, so the considerate girl didn’t reveal her intentions.
“OK!
I’ll definitely co back tonight,” Lin Zifeng said, hearing the slight disappointnt in Li Lin’s voice, not wanting to hurt her feelings.
After all, the Li family and his own had been old neighbors, and ever since she was little, she’d loved trailing behind him.
Five years had flown by, so it was only right for him to go back.
Even though Li Lin’s dad had swindled him out of over two hundred thousand yuan, that had nothing to do with her, and Lin Zifeng wasn’t short on money these days anyway.
“That’s settled then.
You have to co tonight, Lin Zifeng.
I’ll make lots of dishes that you like and wait for you,” she said.
Upon hearing Lin Zifeng’s agreent, the young girl cheered silently, her spirits high.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Zifeng continued on the crowded, directionless bus.
A dozen minutes later, he arrived at Tianyu, rushing to the security departnt with a big bag of stead buns and soy milk—breakfast for everyone.
Along the way, he generously offered a few buns to every colleague from the security departnt, regardless if they’d had breakfast or not, just wanting to brighten everyone’s day.
Lin Zifeng had bought a ton of buns, after all.
Now, Lin Zifeng was a well-known figure in the security departnt, and his popularity was at its peak.
If it had been the old days and he had co in with a big bag of buns like today, he might have gotten kicked out long ago.
As he walked into the security departnt with the buns, he set off a bun frenzy.
In no ti, they were snatched up, leaving only two that nobody fought over.
After all, they were bought by Lin Zifeng and everyone thought it right to leave them for him.
While everyone was happily munching on buns and sharing risqué jokes, Mu Yang, for so reason, decided to sashay over to the security departnt, hips swinging, clutching her briefcase.
Under the dumbstruck gazes of the security personnel, she went straight to the desk, picked up the two remaining buns, and bit into one.
She giggled, “Did you buy these?”
Last night’s events had already been surprising enough for everyone, and they hardly expected that just a day later, this woman would co looking for Lin Zifeng again.
Seeing this, everyone discreetly moved aside, both resigned and sowhat envious as they quietly gossiped.
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