At this moment, the door was pushed open and Mr. Feng returned.
Because Feng Cai didn’t greet him in advance when he returned home, Mr. Feng was very surprised to see him. Then, a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes. Then, he immediately suppressed the smile on his face and returned to his usual serious expression. He said calmly, “You’re back.”
Because of their conservative upbringing, people in this era were always very reserved when it came to expressing their love, in order to maintain their parental authority in front of their children.
Feng Cai hadn’t been home for two years. Seeing Mr. Feng’s usual serious attitude towards him, he was a little disappointed. “Dad.”
Mr. Feng nodded and said in a low voice, “I didn’t know you were coming back today. I’ll go buy some more groceries.” With that, he turned around and left.
Before long, Lin Lin returned with Feng Xian. Because of Feng Xian’s tip-off, she already knew that Feng Cai was at home in advance. As soon as she entered, she smiled and said, “You’re back for the new year. The house will be lively this year!”
After so many years of practice, Feng Cai had also learned how to maintain pretenses. Moreover, when dealing with someone like Lin Lin, he had to be better at pretending than her . Therefore, Feng Cai also smiled and replied, “Yes, I haven’t been home for a long time. I’m back to visit everyone this year.”
The two of them smiled and exchanged a few pleasantries before Lin Lin entered the kitchen. Because of Feng Cai’s arrival, Feng Cai’s sister-in-law hadn’t finished cooking the dishes.
Feng Yu worked far away and ate in the office canteen at noon.
Therefore, after the dishes were ready, they were served on the table. When Mr. Feng returned home with the groceries, he saw the dishes on the table and smiled. “I thought there weren’t enough dishes, so I specifically went downstairs to buy some ready-made dishes.”
Lin Lin smiled and said, “It’s all because my son ran to inform me when he saw that his second brother was back. I went to the market to buy a fish before I went home.”
Mr. Feng nodded in satisfaction. “You’re the one who dotes on him the most!”
Feng Cai sneered to himself. All these years, what he admired the most was Lin Lin’s efficiency.
Everyone began to eat.
Mr. Feng asked in confusion, “Did your brother apply for your leave?”
When Feng Cai first went to the countryside, Mr. Feng used his connections to apply for leave for him every year. However, after the application was approved, he would let Feng Yu send it in his own name. Feng Yu wasn’t allowed to mention his name.
However, because Feng Cai went with resentment, he refused to go home for the first two years. It wasn’t until the third year after his nephew was born that Feng Cai thought of going home for the new year. However, when he left, the father and son fell out again. In a fit of anger, Mr. Feng didn’t look for any of his connections for this matter for the past two years, so Feng Cai thought that Feng Yu had found someone to do it behind his back.
Feng Cai didn’t hide the fact that he needed Mr. Feng’s help this time. “We have a factory in the village and need the machines in the factory, so the village chief approved the application.”
Mr. Feng asked with concern, “You’re working in the factory now?”
Lin Lin stopped chewing and secretly pricked up her ears to listen carefully.
Feng Cai replied, “The factory will open after the new year. I came back to look at the equipment first.”
Mr. Feng revealed a gratified expression. “Looks like you did well in the village. See, I was right to send you there! If I had stayed in the city and slacked off like you did in the past, you wouldn’t have become so capable!”
Feng Cai tightened his grip on his chopsticks. His originally relaxed expression became a little stiff. He didn’t speak, but Mr. Feng didn’t notice. He was still smug about the decision he had made.
Seeing this, Lin Lin lowered her head and ate to hide her joy.
Grandma Feng knew that this was a source of sadness to Feng Cai. Unfortunately, Mr. Feng didn’t notice it at all. Grandma Feng looked at Feng Cai nervously, afraid that the family would start arguing.
Feng Cai was no longer the impulsive 17-year-old from back then. A self-deprecating smile appeared on his face.
That’s right. He had the image of being a good-for-nothing.
Although he had been mischievous since he was young, he never denied what he had done.
After the money theft incident that Lin Lin had planned back then, as long as he and Lin Lin went against each other, Lin Lin would believe all of Lin Lin’s slander towards him. To Feng Cai, his father’s distrust was the reason he felt hurt.