Lin Jin didn't spend too long in the countryside. Around 7 o'clock in the evening, after having dinner at his grandparents’ house and waiting for his mother to finish a round of mahjong, the family once again took the bus back to their home in the county town.
It wasn't that his grandparents didn't try to keep them, nor was his mother unwilling to stay. It was simply that Lin Jin used various excuses to act spoiled, leaving his mother helpless with no other choice.
Even without the task, Lin Jin did not want to stay at his grandparents’ house. After all, someone here had already set their sights on him. Staying even an hour longer was dangerous. if Lin Jingwei got news and came over to find Lin Jin, that would be terrifying, right? It must be stated that this guy was a bad person who once wanted to sexually assault Lin Jin.
However, when they had left, it was a family of four. But on this return trip, they had become five. His cousin, ignoring her mother's objections, insisted on coming over to Lin Jin's house to play and sleepover. As a result, the original arrangement of two people sleeping on the floor might have to change to three.
Two men and one woman, or should it be said as two women and one man?
Well, who is a man and who is woman depends on what Lin Chen himself thinks.
It was already past eight by the time they got home. Lin Jin, Lin Chen, and their cousin Zhao Ruo who followed them, returned home first. It was unknown where their parents went to have fun.
Naturally, Lin Jin was very happy to see the two of them getting along. He was especially pleased when they would go out and spend time alone. Who knows, maybe the two of them would deepen their relationship or something.
Speaking of which, his dad had also started looking for a job. Although he had wasted nearly ten years of his life on gambling, his foundations as a businessman wasn’t lost. Usually, he appeared cold as if the whole world owed him money, but when it came to doing business, his smile and flattery never ceased, treating clients as if they were his own father.
So sometimes, Lin Jin found it hard to figure out his dad's intentions and mood. He was expressionless when happy and also expressionless when unhappy. When he was happy, he was expressionless, when unhappy, he was expressionless. When there was an expression, it was probably because he’s already infuriated enough to start treating you as a client. But it could also be because he was so happy he couldn’t control it anymore.
"Cousin, your home doesn’t even have wifi?" Cousin Zhao Ruo a bit unhappily sat on the sofa. "When I came to play before, there was still a computer."
"That was before my dad gambled." Lin Jin stood by the coffee table. He poured himself a glass of water, drank it in one gulp, and then did a big stretch. "The fact we still have a TV after his gambling is already pretty good."
Eight o’clock. Lin Jin had no plays to go out. Moreover, those two fellows, Lin Chen and Zhao Ruo, had played an entire afternoon at the internet cafe. , Lin Jin had no plans to go out and play. Moreover, Lin Chen and Zhao Ruo had spent the entire afternoon playing in the internet café. Now, both of them had their eyes half-closed on the sofa, as if they’ll fall asleep anytime in the next half hour.
Lin Jin also felt a little uncomfortable. Staying in the internet cafe all afternoon had almost smoked him into a piece of jerky. Now, his whole body reeked of cigarette smoke. The smoke smell made him want to take a shower, but he was worried that the thin clothes he’ll change into after might reveal something to his cousin.
Speaking of Zhao Ruo, although she looked like a complete tomboy who knew how to drink and smoke, she had a pretty good figure. She was about the same height as Lin Jin, but was a bit more filled out. Her legs were a bit shorter and she had some meat on her stomach. The problem was that most of her fat seemed to be concentrated on her chest area. This seventeen year old girl was only 1.6 meters tall, but the chest was more than enough for a C.
Anyways, Lin Jin wasn't exactly an expert so he could only guess it as a C cup.
As for Lin Jin, his long legs were his best feature, but unfortunately, his chest was too small. Although it had grown a lot compared to before, it was still lacking compared to normal eighteen year old girls.
Lin Jin was stunned. When did he start subconsciously comparing himself with those girls?
"By the way brother, when is your birthday?"
Zhao Ruo rushed to take a shower. Lin Chen sat beside Lin Jin and asked Lin Jin, "I remember your birthday is coming up soon, right?"
Lin Jin frowned as he thought about it, before finally shaking his head and innocently looking at Lin Chen.
In Lin Jin’s family, they usually celebrated according to the Lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar. He knew his birthday for the Gregorian calendar, he even had his ID Card number memorized. But he completely forgotten when his birthday was on the Lunar calendar.
"You even forget your own birthday?" Lin Chen was somewhat incredulous. "Then how do you celebrate it every year?"
"I haven't celebrated my birthday in seven or eight years" Lin Jin recalled. Ever since his mother left and his father became addicted to gambling, his birthday had become just become a decoration. Moreover, he didn't really like celebrating his birthday very much, feeling a bit uncomfortable with the idea that each birthday meant getting older and having more responsibilities.
"Then I'll go ask mom" Lin Chen said and started calling their mother before Lin Jin could stop him.
Lin Jin's face was filled with helplessness. His memory was not very good to begin with. He couldn't even remember the birthdays of his parents or Lin Chen. And since the Lunar calendar wasn’t really used anymore, he felt it was quite normal to not know his birthday.
"Mom said your birthday is on the eighth day of this lunar month" Lin Chen excitedly reported back after getting the answer from their mother. "I'm leaving on the ninth, just in time to celebrate your birthday.”
"Let’s not, I don't want to celebrate my birthday" Lin Jin’s small face crinkled up into a frown, pouting as he complained "I already haven't celebrated my birthday in seven or eight years. Suddenly celebrating it would make me uncomfortable. I wouldn’t know what to do, and it would be awkward. Besides, celebrating a birthday usually involves inviting a lot of people, which is a waste of money."
"You buying me a phone is a bigger waste of money" Lin Chen retorted, pulling out his phone. "Look, you even bought it behind my back."
"Spending money on you and spending on myself are two different things, okay?"
Lin Jin was always frugal. He only had one pair of shoes which he had bought for thirty yuan from a street stall in May of last year. These shoes were almost falling apart, with the tip nearly torn and the soles worn flat, yet he still thought they were wearable. Even when he thought about buying new shoes, he found the cheap ones not good looking enough and the good looking ones too expensive, so he never got around to replacing them.
However, when it came to spending money on Lin Chen or buying gifts for the birthdays of his friends in the dormitory, he was not stingy. Last September, shortly after school started, when Wu Min had a birthday, Lin Jin spent his own money to buy a birthday cake, moving Wu Min so much he almost cried.
Wu Min had said that no classmate had ever celebrated his birthday before.
"Anyway, I'll remember your birthday on the eighth. I'll take care of it" Lin Chen said as he lowered his head and started fiddling around on his phone. "It won’t be too extravagant, but I think you'll like it."
"If it’s not extravagant, I don’t want it" Lin Jin replied haughtily wih his head held high.
Zhao Ruo walked out dressed in shorts and a T-shirt after finishing her shower. Hearing Lin Jin and Lin Chen's conversation, she chimed in with a smile: "If cousin Lin Jin is celebrating his birthday, I’m joining!"
Lin Jin didn't spend too long in the countryside. Around 7 o'clock in the evening, after having dinner at his grandparents’ house and waiting for his mother to finish a round of mahjong, the family once again took the bus back to their home in the county town.
It wasn't that his grandparents didn't try to keep them, nor was his mother unwilling to stay. It was simply that Lin Jin used various excuses to act spoiled, leaving his mother helpless with no other choice.
Even without the task, Lin Jin did not want to stay at his grandparents’ house. After all, someone here had already set their sights on him. Staying even an hour longer was dangerous. if Lin Jingwei got news and came over to find Lin Jin, that would be terrifying, right? It must be stated that this guy was a bad person who once wanted to sexually assault Lin Jin.
However, when they had left, it was a family of four. But on this return trip, they had become five. His cousin, ignoring her mother's objections, insisted on coming over to Lin Jin's house to play and sleepover. As a result, the original arrangement of two people sleeping on the floor might have to change to three.
Two men and one woman, or should it be said as two women and one man?
Well, who is a man and who is woman depends on what Lin Chen himself thinks.
It was already past eight by the time they got home. Lin Jin, Lin Chen, and their cousin Zhao Ruo who followed them, returned home first. It was unknown where their parents went to have fun.
Naturally, Lin Jin was very happy to see the two of them getting along. He was especially pleased when they would go out and spend time alone. Who knows, maybe the two of them would deepen their relationship or something.
Speaking of which, his dad had also started looking for a job. Although he had wasted nearly ten years of his life on gambling, his foundations as a businessman wasn’t lost. Usually, he appeared cold as if the whole world owed him money, but when it came to doing business, his smile and flattery never ceased, treating clients as if they were his own father.
So sometimes, Lin Jin found it hard to figure out his dad's intentions and mood. He was expressionless when happy and also expressionless when unhappy. When he was happy, he was expressionless, when unhappy, he was expressionless. When there was an expression, it was probably because he’s already infuriated enough to start treating you as a client. But it could also be because he was so happy he couldn’t control it anymore.
"Cousin, your home doesn’t even have wifi?" Cousin Zhao Ruo a bit unhappily sat on the sofa. "When I came to play before, there was still a computer."
"That was before my dad gambled." Lin Jin stood by the coffee table. He poured himself a glass of water, drank it in one gulp, and then did a big stretch. "The fact we still have a TV after his gambling is already pretty good."
Eight o’clock. Lin Jin had no plays to go out. Moreover, those two fellows, Lin Chen and Zhao Ruo, had played an entire afternoon at the internet cafe. , Lin Jin had no plans to go out and play. Moreover, Lin Chen and Zhao Ruo had spent the entire afternoon playing in the internet café. Now, both of them had their eyes half-closed on the sofa, as if they’ll fall asleep anytime in the next half hour.
Lin Jin also felt a little uncomfortable. Staying in the internet cafe all afternoon had almost smoked him into a piece of jerky. Now, his whole body reeked of cigarette smoke. The smoke smell made him want to take a shower, but he was worried that the thin clothes he’ll change into after might reveal something to his cousin.
Speaking of Zhao Ruo, although she looked like a complete tomboy who knew how to drink and smoke, she had a pretty good figure. She was about the same height as Lin Jin, but was a bit more filled out. Her legs were a bit shorter and she had some meat on her stomach. The problem was that most of her fat seemed to be concentrated on her chest area. This seventeen year old girl was only 1.6 meters tall, but the chest was more than enough for a C.
Anyways, Lin Jin wasn't exactly an expert so he could only guess it as a C cup.
As for Lin Jin, his long legs were his best feature, but unfortunately, his chest was too small. Although it had grown a lot compared to before, it was still lacking compared to normal eighteen year old girls.
Lin Jin was stunned. When did he start subconsciously comparing himself with those girls?
"By the way brother, when is your birthday?"
Zhao Ruo rushed to take a shower. Lin Chen sat beside Lin Jin and asked Lin Jin, "I remember your birthday is coming up soon, right?"
Lin Jin frowned as he thought about it, before finally shaking his head and innocently looking at Lin Chen.
In Lin Jin’s family, they usually celebrated according to the Lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar. He knew his birthday for the Gregorian calendar, he even had his ID Card number memorized. But he completely forgotten when his birthday was on the Lunar calendar.
"You even forget your own birthday?" Lin Chen was somewhat incredulous. "Then how do you celebrate it every year?"
"I haven't celebrated my birthday in seven or eight years" Lin Jin recalled. Ever since his mother left and his father became addicted to gambling, his birthday had become just become a decoration. Moreover, he didn't really like celebrating his birthday very much, feeling a bit uncomfortable with the idea that each birthday meant getting older and having more responsibilities.
"Then I'll go ask mom" Lin Chen said and started calling their mother before Lin Jin could stop him.
Lin Jin's face was filled with helplessness. His memory was not very good to begin with. He couldn't even remember the birthdays of his parents or Lin Chen. And since the Lunar calendar wasn’t really used anymore, he felt it was quite normal to not know his birthday.
"Mom said your birthday is on the eighth day of this lunar month" Lin Chen excitedly reported back after getting the answer from their mother. "I'm leaving on the ninth, just in time to celebrate your birthday.”
"Let’s not, I don't want to celebrate my birthday" Lin Jin’s small face crinkled up into a frown, pouting as he complained "I already haven't celebrated my birthday in seven or eight years. Suddenly celebrating it would make me uncomfortable. I wouldn’t know what to do, and it would be awkward. Besides, celebrating a birthday usually involves inviting a lot of people, which is a waste of money."
"You buying me a phone is a bigger waste of money" Lin Chen retorted, pulling out his phone. "Look, you even bought it behind my back."
"Spending money on you and spending on myself are two different things, okay?"
Lin Jin was always frugal. He only had one pair of shoes which he had bought for thirty yuan from a street stall in May of last year. These shoes were almost falling apart, with the tip nearly torn and the soles worn flat, yet he still thought they were wearable. Even when he thought about buying new shoes, he found the cheap ones not good looking enough and the good looking ones too expensive, so he never got around to replacing them.
However, when it came to spending money on Lin Chen or buying gifts for the birthdays of his friends in the dormitory, he was not stingy. Last September, shortly after school started, when Wu Min had a birthday, Lin Jin spent his own money to buy a birthday cake, moving Wu Min so much he almost cried.
Wu Min had said that no classmate had ever celebrated his birthday before.
"Anyway, I'll remember your birthday on the eighth. I'll take care of it" Lin Chen said as he lowered his head and started fiddling around on his phone. "It won’t be too extravagant, but I think you'll like it."
"If it’s not extravagant, I don’t want it" Lin Jin replied haughtily wih his head held high.
Zhao Ruo walked out dressed in shorts and a T-shirt after finishing her shower. Hearing Lin Jin and Lin Chen's conversation, she chimed in with a smile: "If cousin Lin Jin is celebrating his birthday, I’m joining!"
