Chapter 951: Not as Pampered as Mrs. Gu

This time, Lin Shu laughed out loud.

Gu Jingyan glared at him, and Lin Shu smiled and said, "It feels a bit like when you and your wife just divorced."

He summed it up in four words - deserted by everyone.

Gu Jingyan...

Lin Shu finally sent Gu Jingyan to the old house. The old lady was just joking. How could she not let her eldest grandson go home for the New Year's Eve dinner?

Uncle Qin was waiting at the door early. When he saw the car stop, he walked up to it and opened the door, "Lin Shu, don't leave yet. The old lady has something to tell you."

Lin Shu was surprised, but still agreed.

Second uncle went on a business trip a few days ago. There was a serious flu there, and he was also infected and couldn't get back. Second aunt resented Gu Jingyan for calling the police to arrest Gu Jingran. Her husband was not there, and she was too lazy to come to the New Year's Eve dinner to save face.

Zhong Meilan was afraid of the old lady, so she ran to Zhong Xiang to celebrate the New Year early.

Only the three of them, the grandparents and the uncle Qin and his wife, were left at home.

Gu Jingyang was annoyed that Gu Jingyan had driven her out of the Imperial Garden last night. Seeing that he ignored her, she turned her head and played with her phone.

The old lady came downstairs, changed into new clothes, and looked energetic. When she saw Lin Shu, she greeted him warmly, "Xiao Lin, you are here."

Lin Shu nodded politely, "Madam, do you have something to talk to me about?"

"Let's eat first," the old lady said with a smile, "Let's talk while we eat."

Lin Shu glanced at Gu Jingyang. Wouldn't the old lady hold a blind date party on New Year's Eve?

He whispered, "Madam, my mother is still waiting for me to go back home for dinner. If she is not in a hurry, she can wait until tomorrow-"

"Xiao Shu?"

Before Lin Shu finished speaking, he suddenly heard his mother's voice.

He was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had heard it wrong, but turned around and saw Mother Lin appear behind him in a festive red down jacket.

"Mom?" Lin Shu was surprised, "Why are you here?"

The old lady smiled and said, "I asked someone to bring Mrs. Lin here. It's New Year's Eve, and you two are alone. It's lonely. It's just right for you to come home and spend New Year's Eve together. Mrs. Lin, I'm sorry for not explaining it to you clearly."

Mother Lin was a little reserved at first, but she was relieved when she heard that the old lady had specially invited them to spend the New Year.

God knows when she received the call, she thought her son had made some mistakes in the company.

Mother Lin hurriedly said, "It's okay, don't call me Madam, just call me by my name. My last name is Meng, and my name is Meng Yun."

"Then I'll call you Xiao Meng, okay?" The old lady had a kind face, which made it easy for people to let down their guard.

Mother Lin nodded, "Of course."

She hurriedly handed over the things in her hand, rubbed her hands, and said unnaturally, "I came suddenly, and I didn't prepare any gifts, so I brought some specialties from my hometown. They are all made by myself. The packaging is not good-looking, but the taste is very good. You... don't dislike it."

The old lady glanced at Lin Shu.

Except for being surprised that Mother Lin appeared here at the beginning, Lin Shu's expression has been steady and serious since then.

Seeing the specialties packed in the red bags of the vegetable market by Mother Lin, there was no special expression on his face, but when he heard Mother Lin say that she made them herself, a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes.

The old lady retracted her gaze and said with a smile, "How could it be, now that living conditions are better, everything is mass-produced in workshops, how can it be as delicious as what you make at home, I think it is very precious, thank you."

Mother Lin suddenly became more reserved, thinking that after all, they are from a wealthy family, so well-educated and so polite.

She blushed and said unsmoothly, "No... you're welcome. Try it. If you like it, I'll make some more next time and ask Xiaoshu to bring it to you."

The old lady nodded and said softly, "Don't stand, sit down, let's eat and talk."

The Gu family's New Year's Eve dinner was very sumptuous, especially since the old lady had planned to call Mother Lin over. In order to show her importance, she prepared even more sumptuous food.

Five people sat at a table, and there were twenty or thirty cold and hot dishes. Mother Lin was having dinner with Lin Shu's leader for the first time, so she was very reserved and didn't dare to say or move anything, for fear that she would bring bad luck to her son.

Lin Shu handed Mother Lin a pair of chopsticks and whispered, "Mom, don't be reserved. The old lady doesn't have so many rules."

Mother Lin responded, but she only picked up the dish in front of her with her chopsticks.

The old lady observed for a while and asked with a smile, "Xiao Meng, among so many dishes, is the one in front of you the only one that tastes good?"

Mother Lin was stunned and shook her head, "No, no, they are all delicious."

The old lady said gently, "Then try them all," and then said to Lin Shu, "Lin Shu, help pick up the dishes. You must eat well and be full during the New Year."

Lin Shu responded and specially picked some dishes that Mother Lin liked and gave them to her.

Gu Jingyang sat opposite them, drinking soup and staring at them curiously.

Lin Shu never mentioned family matters, and she thought he was an orphan.

But Mother Lin looked so old, about ten years older than her mother.

Did she have a child in her old age?

She glanced at Gu Jingyan, wanting to ask her brother how old Lin Shu's mother was.

As a result, Gu Jingyan only knew how to eat and didn't even look at her.

Gu Jingyang pouted and took the initiative to talk to Mother Lin.

"Aunt Meng, is Lin Shu your only child?"

Mother Lin nodded, thinking about how Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin addressed Gu Jingyang just now, and said, "Yes, Miss Jingyang."

Gu Jingyang almost choked on a mouthful of soup.

After coughing for a long time, his face turned red, he said, "Just call me by my name, no need to call me Miss."

Mother Lin spoke with a local accent, and it sounded really strange to call her "Miss Jingyang" in a serious manner.

Mother Lin responded.

Gu Jingyang asked again, "You came to Jiangcheng to celebrate the New Year with Lin Shu, so where is Lin Shu's father?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong.

Gu Jingyan frowned, "Just eat, why are you talking so much?"

Gu Jingyang was puzzled.

Mother Lin then said, "When Xiaoshu was in high school, his father passed away."

Gu Jingyang finally understood why her brother got angry, and suddenly became embarrassed, "I'm sorry..."

"It's okay," Mother Lin was very optimistic, "You don't know, Xiaoshu is a child who always reports good news but not bad news, and he doesn't like to talk about it."

Gu Jingyang asked again, "Aunt Meng, were you almost forty when you gave birth to Linshu?"

Mother Lin was stunned, "I... I gave birth to Xiaoshu at twenty-three."

Gu Jingyang was surprised, "Are you only fifty years old? I thought you were over sixty."

Mother Lin suddenly became embarrassed and more uncomfortable, "Maybe, maybe I look old."

Gu Jingyan frowned, and just as he was about to speak, the old lady under the table kicked him, and Gu Jingyan frowned and closed his mouth.

Lin Shu handed Mother Lin a cup of hot tea and said calmly, "My mother used to work in a chemical factory. The night shift pay there is twice as much as the day shift. After my father passed away, in order to earn more money for my studies, she worked night shifts for a month or two, working all night all year round. Naturally, she can't live as well as Madam Gu." (End of this chapter)