Seventies Sweetheart: From Breakup to Billionaire

Chapter 342: You Two Should Be Together

The once cold bed became much warmer with the help of the hot water bottle.Lin Xiang no longer tossed and turned, holding the hot water bottle, she quickly fell asleep.

The next morning, Mrs. Lin got up and realized Cheng Jinyun had returned.

She patted her head, "Look at me, I slept so deeply, I didn’t even know when you came back."

"I didn’t plan to wake you, so I purposely kept my voice down."

Cheng Jinyun brought out food from the kitchen, "I saw there were buns and fried balls in the cupboard, so I heated them a bit and cooked some porridge. Come, let’s have breakfast."

At the table, Lin Xiang quietly kept her head down while eating, never once looking at Cheng Jinyun.

Even when Cheng Jinyun and Mrs. Lin chatted, she didn’t say a word.

No one had ever told her that after becoming interested, interacting with the person you have feelings for would be so awkward!

Mrs. Lin took a bite of a bun and asked Cheng Jinyun, "How long are you staying this time?"

"I have a half-month holiday, and I’ll accompany you back to Beijing."

Mrs. Lin then asked Lin Xiang, "When does your school start?"

"Registration is on the sixteenth of the first lunar month, and classes officially start on the eighteenth."

Mrs. Lin calculated the time, "We’ll stay until the fifth day of the new year, then visit your father’s grave and buy tickets to return to Beijing. We’ll take two days on the road, rest for two more days when we get back, and then it’s almost time to open."

Even though registration at Huaqing University is the sixteenth of the first lunar month, quite a few students plan to go a bit earlier.

Plus, after being closed for a long time, Mrs. Lin is worried she might struggle to adapt to reopening, so it’s better to head back early.

Lin Xiang and Cheng Jinyun had no objections to this plan.

After breakfast, the three cleaned the house inside and out, then carried things to Fifth Aunt’s house.

"Sister-in-law, why did you bring so many things?"

"It’s New Year, you can’t show up empty-handed. Besides, you know our situation, folks in the village have given the girl quite a lot, the three of us can’t eat so much, and it’ll spoil if left, so might as well bring some to enrich our New Year’s Eve dinner."

"Alright, then I won’t be polite with you."

Fifth Aunt welcomed the three in, made each a cup of malt essence, and asked Cheng Jinyun, "You came back last night?"

"Yes, around half past eight in the evening."

"When are you leaving?"

"I’ll leave with my mom and the girl."

Fifth Aunt asked again, "Now that you’re back, what about your family on your side?"

Cheng Jinyun’s situation now is different from before.

He used to be Lin Yun, part of the Lin Family; his registration was with the Lin Family, emotionally and logically he should spend the New Year with them.

But now, he has reverted his name to his original one, though temporarily registered with the army, he hadn’t joined his biological father’s registration book, but he has found his own family, raising concerns if spending the New Year again with the Lin Family would make his own family think too much.

Cheng Jinyun replied, "Last year I couldn’t accompany them for the New Year because I was in the army, this year, having finished things, I definitely had to come back to spend the New Year with them."

Uncle and Aunt knew this situation, not only did they not stop Cheng Jinyun, they even encouraged him to come back to the Lin Family to spend time with Lin Xiang and Mrs. Lin.

"That’s nice, really nice."

Fifth Aunt called Mrs. Lin to the kitchen, "Second sister-in-law, there are too many people today, I can’t handle it alone, can you help me a bit?"

"Fifth Aunt, let me help too."

Lin Xiang had already rolled up her sleeves ready to enter the kitchen, but Fifth Aunt pushed her out.

"No need. You haven’t seen each other often, have a good chat, your mom and I are enough."

"Old Five, head to town later, bring Mrs. Ge’s family too, it’ll be more fun with more people for the reunion dinner."

"Got it, I’ll go right now."

In the main room, Lin Xiang, Cheng Jinyun, Chunya, and Dong Sheng sat around the table in silence, only the sound of Chunya cracking sunflower seeds could be heard.

"Brother Ah Yun, can I ask you a question?"

Dong Sheng was the first to break the silence, actively asking Cheng Jinyun.

"Sure."

Next, Dong Sheng and Cheng Jinyun engaged in a lively discussion around the topic of joining the army.

Chunya dragged her chair closer to Lin Xiang and whispered to her.

"Are you fighting with Brother Ah Yun?"

"Huh? No, I don’t think so."

"You don’t know? How could you ask me?" Chunya drank some water and continued cracking sunflower seeds, "I’m too familiar with your situation with Brother Ah Yun. When I was dating someone before, it was like this at first. Clearly liking someone, yet always too timid to look at them, cautiously testing in everything you do."

"You are like this, Brother Ah Yun is also like this, especially every time he looks at you, that gaze, tsk tsk, I say, you two just need to be together already!"

Chunya, caught up in her gossip, raised her voice more and more, almost shouting the last sentence.

Lin Xiang was startled and quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

Cheng Jinyun noticed their commotion, turned to look, seeing it was just some playful banter between the girls, he didn’t interrupt and continued discussing with Dong Sheng the age to enlist.

Chunya exerted a lot of effort to break free from Lin Xiang’s grasp, "Girlie, your reaction just proved you’re guilty! Tell me, you and Brother Ah Yun..."

"Shut up!" Lin Xiang took a piece of peach puff and stuffed it into Chunya’s mouth, "I’ll go see if there’s anything I can help with in the kitchen, I’m not talking to you anymore."

In the kitchen, Fifth Aunt and Mrs. Lin were also discussing the feasibility of the two dating.

Fifth Aunt suggested many things, but Mrs. Lin didn’t accept any.

"No, no, we can’t let people think my child can’t get married, like we’re rushing them. At least he has to bring it up first."

Fifth Aunt helplessly, "Ah Yun and Girlie are children you watched grow up. Don’t you know their characters? Both are stubborn, otherwise, it wouldn’t be left unspoken until now. As parents, sometimes you have to be a bit proactive, if it doesn’t work, let me do it."

"Alright then."

This time Mrs. Lin agreed readily.

Fifth Aunt didn’t mind either, continuing to discuss little details with Mrs. Lin.

Lin Xiang stood at the kitchen door, unnoticed by them, she heard their conversation clearly.

Breaking this barrier, wanting her and Cheng Jinyun to be together?

Mom agrees for them to be together?

Lin Xiang felt the joy within her.

Yet at the same time, she felt it wasn’t quite right, how could this matter let parents intervene? Wasn’t she a bit useless?

"What are you thinking about, so deeply?"

While Lin Xiang was still pondering, a familiar voice sounded by her ear.

She looked up and found Cheng Jinyun standing right in front of her.

His big hand pressed against her forehead, "No fever, is there something else making you uncomfortable?"