Chapter 103 Elopement
"There are guests at home?" Lin Hong, the boss of the Lin family, is over 60 years old. He has been obsessed with research all his life and has almost zero interpersonal skills.
When he saw Li Zhao for the first time, he subconsciously asked: "My brother and sister, are you a relative of your parents?"
"Brother, come in and talk first, it's cold outside." Seeing Lin Hong's beard and his hair was messy, Lin Shen knew that he had just returned from the research institute.
Li Zhao didn't know who the person was, but when the professor called him the eldest brother, he got up and went to the kitchen to get a new pair of bowls and chopsticks. When he came out of the kitchen, Lin Hong was already sitting at the table and said excitedly what the gene bank was.
"The construction of the gene bank requires a lot of data and software support, and it consumes a lot of money. At the beginning of this year, due to the shortage of funds, the institute originally planned to stop the project." Lin Hong took over the bowls and chopsticks brought by Li Zhao. "As a result, at this critical moment, someone donated a large amount of funds to support the project to continue. In order to complete the project as soon as possible, he even increased his investment and helped the institute introduce several assistants with outstanding capabilities."
Lin Hong took two sips of chicken soup and continued to share the good news with his younger brother: "I heard from others that this sponsor has a very important friend who has been separated from his parents since childhood and has suffered a lot. It was for this friend that he spent a lot of money to help the project continue."
Hearing this sentence, Li Zhao paused. For some reason, he thought of Yan Ting.
Lin Hong finished speaking in one breath, picked up the chopsticks and started eating. He didn't pick on the meal, and he ate one bite at a time, which was very regular.
Li Zhao thought, maybe this is the mystery of scientific research masters?
Perhaps seeing Li Zhao's gaze, Lin Hong suddenly looked up and looked at him: "Which relative is you a brother and sister-in-law?"
"Brother, he is a student of Peking University, not a relative of my parents' home." Du Yushu smiled helplessly, "After you finish your meal, you will live here tonight, and let your assistant pick you up tomorrow."
"Oh." Lin Hongduo looked at Li Zhao, "He looks a bit like you, I thought he was your relative."
When this sentence came out, Li Zhao felt that the expressions of the professor and aunt were a little strange, as if they were sad and helpless. Even when he looked at him, he felt a little embarrassed.
This made Li Zhao, who had originally planned to eat four bowls of rice, only ate three bowls.
After dinner, Li Zhao was going to help wash the dishes, but was stopped by Du Yushu and handed over all the dirty bowls to Lin Shen: "You accompany Uncle Lin to watch TV for a while, I'll go to the kitchen to tell Lao Lin something."
When the kitchen door was closed, Li Zhao heard the sound of tap water flowing out, and... a faint crying sound.
Li Zhao was a little embarrassed, and Lin Hong, who was sitting next to him, looked a little at a loss.
"I said the wrong thing again." He was a little restless, holding the sofa cushion with both hands, which was pleated by him.
Li Zhao didn't know what to say, so he had to push the fruit plate on the table in front of Lin Hong.
After a while, the professor came out and he smiled gently at Li Zhao: "It's snowing outside, go back to the dormitory early, take the exam seriously tomorrow, and strive to get a scholarship."
"If you have to be serious, it will make me too embarrassed for the scholarship." Li Zhao pretended not to see that the atmosphere at Professor Lin's house was wrong, and walked to the kitchen door and said goodbye to Du Yushu: "Auntie, I'll go back to the dormitory first."
"Be careful on the road." Du Yushu packed a bag of fruit for Li Zhao, "Take it back and eat it with the classmates in the dormitory, don't stay up late at night."
Her smile was still gentle, but the corners of her eyes looked a little red.
"Okay." Li Zhao knew that he shouldn't speak, so he squeezed out a big smile at Du Yushu and left Professor Lin's house with the fruit.
The sky was slightly dark and the snow was getting heavy again. Li Zhao took a breath and realized that he had forgotten to put on the scarf. The snowflakes fell into his neck, making him tremble twice with cold.
"Zhaozhao, wait."
Du Yushu chased after her with a scarf. She came out too quickly and didn't even have time to put on her coat.
"Auntie, it's cold outside, don't catch a cold." Li Zhao ran forward to take the scarf and urged Du Yushu to go back to the house.
"Okay." Du Yushu looked at Li Zhao, smiled and turned around to walk into the faculty building. As soon as he reached the stairs, Lin Shen ran over with her coat.
"If your drama fans know that their goddess is not wearing a coat in the snow, they will definitely scold me for not taking good care of you." Lin Shen walked home with his wife's shoulder, "Are you cold?"
Du Yushu shook his head.
"Yu Shu, you like Li Zhao's child so much, why don't I talk to him and accept him as my godson..."
"No." Du Yushu shook his head, opened the door and walked into the room, "When Shao Shao found out, he would think that we had forgotten him and didn't like him, he would be sad."
Lin Shen wanted to speak but stopped. He gently closed the door and poured a cup of hot water for his wife: "Drink some water."
"Lao Lin, there is a mole on the back of the child's neck, just like Shaoshao." Du Yushu held the cup and his voice was trembling. "Every time I see him, I can't help but think that our Shaoshao has grown up and should be as beautiful as him."
But she knew that Shaoshao's age was always three months old, and he didn't even have time to run around in this world.
She knew that fantasizing Li Zhao as her child was disrespectful to Li Zhao, and she also wanted to control herself, but she couldn't do it.
When Lao Lin came back and said that she met a boy who looked a little like her and had a mole on her neck on the playground. She thought that Lao Lin had hallucinations when she missed the child. Later, she saw Li Zhao herself and found that Lao Lin did not lie to her.
But it is too common to have moles on the neck. Two or three of the ten people around them may have moles on their necks, but the location or size is slightly different.
Facing Li Zhao's bright smile, she didn't even have the shame to tell the child that their kindness to him and their care for him all came from their empathy for their biological children.
She felt guilty, but she always wanted to look at him a few more times.
Then I deceive myself in my heart, and my children will definitely be so obedient and likable when they grow up.
"Second brother, brother and sister, you go to the gene bank to collect genetic data, maybe..."
Lin Hong wanted to say, maybe the child is not dead yet?
This kind of hope is too slim, and it is even a mental torture for Lin Shen and his wife. Even Lin Hong, who has zero emotional intelligence, is still unable to say it.
The room became quiet, Lin Shen held his wife and turned his head to look at the heavy snow floating outside the window.
He couldn't help but think that he should have brought an umbrella for Li Zhao's child just now.
When he returned to the dormitory, his roommates were all reading books. When he saw Li Zhao coming back, Qian Duo said, "There is no seat in the study room, we didn't occupy a seat, so we came back."
"The other students went there early in the morning, so it's normal for you to lose your seat." Li Zhao washed the fruits and distributed them, "Eat the fruits, I'll go to the bathroom to make a phone call."
As soon as he finished speaking, the phone ringtone rang and Yan Ting's phone called in first.
"Zhaozhao." Yan Ting's speech speed was a little faster than usual, "Have I disturbed you from studying?"
"No, I'm just about to call you, so you call me first." Li Zhao walked to the toilet and closed the toilet door so as not to affect his roommates' reading, "Is there any delicious supper?"
"Yes." Yan Ting flipped through the report of the establishment of the gene bank handed to him by the institute. "Zhaozhao, the relevant departments have recently established a gene bank, which has a function to help lost children and their parents to compare genes, and wait for your exam to end..."
Li Zhao could no longer listen to what Yan Ting said later. He remembered Professor Lin’s elder brother that the gene bank plan was almost stranded. In the end, the gene bank plan was successfully completed because someone provided a lot of financial and technical support.
It turns out that this person is really Yan Ting.
"Tingting." Li Zhao felt that he suddenly missed Yan Ting very much at this moment, "I miss you."
Yan Ting's words came to an abrupt end. After about a few seconds, he spoke: "Do you... miss them?"
Li Zhao knew that the "they" in Yan Ting's words refer to his biological parents.
"No, I miss you." Li Zhao opened the bathroom window, and the cold wind stabilized his emotions. "Tingting, in my heart, you are the most important lover and my most important relative. You have already allowed me to have a home."
Yan Ting had imagined many possibilities when Li Zhao found his parents. They did not like Zhao Zhao, or they did not like Zhao Zhao to be with men, and they were even no longer in the world.
But Zhaozhao wanted to find his parents and wanted to get a home.
But he never thought that Li Zhao would tell him that he had given him a home.
The anxiety that was once suppressed by reason all disappeared at this moment.
"Yan Ting, I don't seem to have told you." In this small toilet, Li Zhao's tone was as gentle as the winter sunshine, "I love you."
"No matter whether I can find my parents in the future, you are my favorite person." Li Zhao chuckled, "No one can break us apart except you."
He couldn't bear to let Yan Ting go a little uneasy, nor did he feel any sadness.
"Zhaozhao." Yan Ting gasped while talking, and he was rushing to the road, "If your future parents don't agree to us being together..."
"Then I'll run away with you." Li Zhao laughed, "No one can stop him."
"Okay, let's elope." Yan Ting stood down the dormitory building, looked up at the dormitory window where Li Zhao was, "Zhaozhao, come down."
"What?" Li Zhao thought of something, opened the toilet door vigorously, lay on the balcony and looked down. A man wearing a long windbreaker with snow on his hair and shoulders stood downstairs.
"I'll take you to elope."
"Okay." Li Zhao took the phone, opened the dormitory door and ran out, "Wait for me."
"What's wrong?" Qian Duo saw Li Zhao running so fast that he didn't even have time to close the door. He walked to the balcony and looked down. There was no beauty except a fool standing in the open air with a cold wind blowing downstairs.
Just as he was thinking, he saw Li Zhao rushing out of the dormitory gate and jumping onto the "fool".
The "fool" held Li Zhao and reached out to help him cover the down jacket and hat on his head, covering him tightly, and then bent down and carried him on his back.
Carrying... on your body?!
Qian Duo widened his eyes, feeling that he seemed to have seen something he shouldn't have seen.
"Qian Duoduo, what are you looking at?" Chen Peng saw Qian Duo lying on the balcony and was about to get up to take a look.
"Nothing." Qian Duo naturally pressed Chen Peng back to the stool and walked to his table, "Just see if the snow is stopped outside."
He subconsciously helped Li Zhao choose to hide it. The fewer people know about this kind of thing, the better.
Fortunately, it was dark, and no one knew that it was Li Zhao, otherwise the popular headlines tomorrow would have been very lively.
The author has something to say: Tingting baby and Zhaozhao baby held hands and eloped from kindergarten.
Because they suspect that parents won't let them play together.
Chapter completed!