Never Meeting Again In Our Next Life (Living Life Over) - Volume 1 (100)
When Xia Lin returned from his internship at the hospital, he saw Uncle Teng standing in the yard with a cigarette in his mouth, washing his car leisurely and repeatedly.
The door of the living room was open and no one was inside.
Xia Lin asked casually before entering the house: “Uncle Teng, where are they?”
“Oh, the Master has an appointment day and said he won’t be back for dinner,” Uncle Teng continued, “The old lady went out to play mahjong. I’ll pick her up later. As for the eldest master and Zhou Shuo…” Uncle Teng thought about it, “After seeing the eldest master went straight to the study after getting off work, Zhou Shuo seemed to have followed suit.”
Xia Lin nodded. He happened to have something to talk about with Xia Liang so he went up to the second floor and walked to the entrance of the study room.
Just when he was about to knock on the door, he heard Xia Liang’s voice faintly.
“What did you just say?” He sounded a little surprised.
“I don’t plan to join the army,” Zhou Shuo repeated in a low voice, “I have revoked my school’s recommendation application.”
“Why?” Xia Liang paused. “Is it because of what grandma said a while ago?”
Xia Lin stood outside the door in a daze. He didn’t know what grandma said but Zhou Shuo gave up the idea of joining the army.
Zhou Shuo did not speak.
Xia Liang continued: “Xiao Lin had an accident in Zilin Village which scared the old woman and made her complain with a few words. The incident was unintentional. In the face of such natural disasters, even if you followed Xiao Lin, it’s just a waste of your life. We know it in our hearts. Don’t worry about the old woman.”
Xia Lin realized that they were talking about that.
In the previous life, the Xia family’s industrial transformation failed. Father Xia took the old lady Xia to stay in the country for only half a month before returning. Later, a mudslide occurred. Xia Liang was afraid that it would affect her health, so he kept it from her.
In this life, Xia’s father and Mrs. Xia planned to live in the country for a long time. Naturally, the mudslide incident cannot be concealed. Old Mrs. Xia loves her grandson and has nowhere to vent her grievances, so she can only complain that Zhou Shuo didn’t follow to protect Xia Lin.
At that time, everyone just thought she was angry and didn’t even think about it. How could Zhou Shuo silently revoke the school’s recommendation application? This surprised both of the Xia brothers.
Xia Lin was about to push the door to persuade Zhou Shuo when Zhou Shuo said: “It’s not because of the old lady. Master, I just want to stay in Xia’s house and do whatever you want. ”
In the room, Xia Liang was silent for a moment. He looked at Zhou Shuo then said, “Didn’t you say that being a soldier is your dream? Why don’t you want to go to the army now? I want to hear your true thoughts.”
Zhou Shuo lowered his head and twisted his eyebrows slightly as if there was something unspeakable.
Xia Liang looked at him for a long while, sighed, and slowly said: “Zhou Shuo, maybe you don’t know this, but in fact, I treat you as a brother in my heart. Although I can’t compare you favorably with Xiao Lin, I do hope that you can live comfortably and happily in this home.”
He paused, “If you have any unspeakable concerns, you can also say it and I will find a way to help you solve it.”
Zhou Shuo pursed his lips and whispered, “My dream has changed.”
“What?” Xia Liang didn’t quite understand.
“I hope… I can stay with the young master. Do things 一”
“Do you want to study economic management?” Xia Liang pondered for a long time before he came up with such a conclusion.
Zhou Shuo clenched his fist with his hand hanging beside him, then let it go reluctantly. “Yes,” he sighed almost inaudibly, “I want to learn economic management and I hope the young master will make it happen.”
Xia Liang pondered for a moment and said: “Since you are very determined, of course, I am willing to fulfill it. It’s just that the major you studied before is not right… Well, you first follow me as an assistant for a while and I will try my best to teach you something. When the time is right in the future, I will arrange a suitable position for you. What do you think?”
Zhou Shuo suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with joy that could not be concealed: “Thank you, young master!”
Xia Lin, standing outside the door, slowly let go of the door handle.
He frowned and fell into contemplation. Recently, he always felt that Zhou Shuo was a little abnormal, always preoccupied, and when he saw Xia Liang, he always stopped.
Xia Lin hadn’t studied the reasons behind Zhou Shou’s abnormality in the past. At this time, he overheard the conversation between the two of them. Although Xia Liang didn’t notice anything, Xia Lin had gradually become aware of it and then he had a strange feeling. Didn’t Zhuo Shou say that he is afraid of his brother? He really couldn’t understand.
He was hesitating whether to avoid him first but Zhou Shuo had already opened the door unexpectedly.
The two stood for a while. Zhou Shuo had no expression on his face but Xia Lin, after he accidentally peeked through Zhou Shuo’s inner secret emotions, raised his hand and said hello with some guilty conscience: “Oh, what a coincidence.”
Zhou Shuo looked at him inexplicably for a while then nodded and said, “Brother Lin.”
Xia Liang in the room heard Xia Lin’s voice, looked sideways, and asked, “Is Xiao Lin outside?”
“Hey, brother.” Xia Lin replied.
“Come in, I have something to say to you.”
At this time, Zhou Shuo had already turned around and left. Xia Lin looked at Zhou Shuo’s back, feeling a little complicated.
As a friend, he hopes that Zhou Shuo’s emotional road will go smoother but if the object is his straight brother, the road is destined to be bumpy a hundredfold.
