Chapter 159: Misunderstanding?

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Liu Lin had just emerged from the room and was headed to the main room when he saw Liu Sen fly out the door. With him were quite a few youngsters. Liu Lin was a little concerned that Liu Sen would accidentally run about and fall into the ravine, so he quickly followed him out and shouted, “Senzi! Don’t run so fast! Be careful not to fall into the ravine!”

From a distance, Liu Sen called out an agreement. 

Liu Lin shook his head. He was about to turn back into the house, but then hesitated. Instead, he started to walk toward the old residence. The old residence was still the same, nothing much had changed about it. It was here that Liu Lin spent the first eight years of his life. It was here that Liu Lin spent his harshest, most unforgettable days. Which was why, even though they were very young when it happened, he and dage remembered everything clearly. 

The courtyard door was locked. Liu Lin hesitated a moment before pushing his sleeves back, channeled his youth and leapt over the wall. 

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“My name is Wang Guang, and my sister is Wang Feng. My dad is Wang… Wang something” Wang Guang scratched his head, trying to recall. Liu Lin however, had already recognised the family – they stayed at the front of the village. The adults in the family didn’t really have any relationship with his parents. Wang Feng was probably about two years younger than him? They had frequently played when they were younger. 

“What’s up? What’s over there?” Liu Lin then asked. 

Wang Guang however, was getting noticeably urgent. He wanted to play with his friends, but before he had completed this big responsibility of his, he couldn’t! So he quickly dragged Liu Lin behind him and walked there, “Oh, it’s nothing much! Someone is just looking for you!” Then he pulled him determinedly along. 

Liu Lin was bewildered. He could only turn and remind Liu Sen, “Senzi! Make sure you give the ravine a wide berth! Do you hear?!”

Liu Sen just gave an “Umhmm”. Who knew what he was dredging from the water – he didn’t even lift his head. Quite a few of the children were also looking on with interest. 

Liu Lin was pulled under a hibiscus tree when he saw a 14 or 15 year-old girl. She was dressed in a new lotus coloured outfit, looking at him shyly. 

Liu Lin immediately understood. He came to a complete stop and patted the little kid tugging him on the arm, “Enough, enough. I am already here. You can let go now.”

Seeing that his jiejie had already started to walk over, the child felt that he had discharged his responsibilities. So he let go and ran off, “Jie, I’m off to play!”

Liu Lin saw that the girl’s face was completely red as she walked over. He coughed and smiled, “You must be Wang Feng? You’ve grown so much – I didn’t recognise you.”

Wang Feng walked over, face red, “And yet, you still know who I am?”

Liu Lin mentally cried. With a smile on his face, he said, “Your brother just told me! He’s called Wang Guang, and his sister is Wang Feng. When he said that, I remembered….” To discourage this girl’s intentions, Liu Lin deliberately spoke in a distant tone. “That’s right, was there something you needed me for?”

Wang Feng slowly took something out of her pocket. Liu Lin was a bit anxious, and backed up a few steps. He worried that fellow villagers would see what would happen, and spread unpleasant rumours. He wasn’t worried for himself – after all, he didn’t stay in the village, and he was male. But Wang Feng’s reputation might take a serious hit…. Wang Feng should know this.

After a long time, Wang Feng took a pouch like object and passed it to him, “Brother Liu Lin, what do you think of my handiwork?”

Liu Lin paused for a moment before letting out a sigh of relief. It seemed he had misunderstood! This Wang Feng must’ve come to him because she was a previous playmate, and was hoping that he would give her a job in the workshop. That was definitely no problem!

Liu Lin smiled and reached for it, “Are you thinking of working in the workshop? Actually, it would have been better to go directly to Liu Xu’er….”

But Wang Feng’s next statement scared Liu Lin into immediately retracting his hand, “That’s not it, I…. made this for you specially.”

Liu Lin immediately understood and retreated slightly. There was no misunderstanding! He quickly spoke up, “About that… Wang Feng, you should head back quickly. You’re already not a child – it’s not good to be speaking to a male like this. Although we are all from the same village, we still need to be mindful of this.”

Wang Feng immediately looked up at him, feeling so wronged her lips were pressed flat. Her eyes were filled with tears – it looked at any moment about to fall.

Liu Lin was even more embarrassed. He wanted to say something, but didn’t know how to reject her kindly. Seeing Wang Feng still so upset, with the pouch still held in her outstretched hand, he forced a smile and said, “You should keep that. I thought you wanted to discuss working in the workshop…. Since it’s not, then shall we just forget about everything? I am also….”

Wang Feng stamped her foot and started to cry, “Don’t say anymore!”

Liu Lin really didn’t know what to say! It was the first time he’d experienced this type of embarrassing situation. He just wanted to explain himself clearly to the other person, to prevent her from misunderstanding. Of course he didn’t want to hurt her, but he had just said all that in a rush and caused Wang Feng to finally cry. 

He was just feeling rather helpless when the sound of running was heard. A loud voice called out, “Erge! You’re here. Quickly come home with me! Did you forget what ersao said? You’re not to wander around the village!”

Liu Lin turned and looked at Liu Sen. His eyes were round! Ersao? Since when was there such a person?!

Liu Sen very convincingly came over and slowly raised his head to smile at Wang Feng and greeted her, “Sister Wang Feng.”

The instant Wang Feng heard him mention ‘ersao’, her eyes had widened! After staring at Liu Lin for a while, she stammeringly asked, “You…. you’re already married?! Why… why didn’t I know about this?”

Liu Sen asked curiously, “Why should you know?”

Wang Feng had already been crying to begin with! With this, she couldn’t resist any longer. She turned, covered her face and ran away crying. 

Liu Lin was stunned. Liu Sen shook his head and sighed, “What about that. My erge doesn’t like full figured girls. Doesn’t she know that?”

Just as he spoke, he was given a smart rap to the back of his head! Liu Sen cried out pitifully, “Why did you hit me? I just rescued you from an uncomfortable situation. Instead of thanking me, you hit me?!”

Liu Lin breathed in deeply before saying, “What a capable fellow you are! Too smart for your own good? What about my likes and dislikes…. Is that the sort of thing a child like you should be saying?! Exactly what is stuffed in your head!”

Liu Sen also breathed in deeply, “Erge, you’d best not hit me again! If you do, I will get angry! Why are all of you finding me an eyesore over the festival? Why are all of you hitting me?!”

Liu Lin hadn’t expected that he would get angry over this. Amused, he said, “Who else hit you – why don’t I know about it?”

“Jie! She twisted my ear…. Forget it, I’m not angry anyway.” As Liu Sen spoke, he felt that his words were a tad exaggerated, so he couldn’t resist laughing. 

Liu Lin also smiled and shook his head. Then he asked, “Your jie has always been so protective of you! What on earth did you say to make her so angry? Is it related to your jiefu?”

Liu Sen nodded, “That’s right… It’s nothing, erge, guess what I heard?”

Liu Lin couldn’t quite follow the changes in conversation. He was just asking about Liu Xu’er; how did the conversation suddenly swing so wildly. So he asked, “What did you hear?”

Liu Sen giggled and shared what Xiaolian and Mrs Yu had said. Unlike Liu Xu’er, Liu Lin wasn’t concerned about whether it was appropriate for him to have overheard the conversation. He instead became rather solemn. Liu Yun’er…. So that’s how she got married to Fang Jicheng?

Liu Lin was the one most interested in Liu Yun’er’s store. He had known for a long time that the store was something Liu Yun’er had encouraged Fang Jicheng to open. It was likely that Fang Jicheng had seen their family’s store make money and felt that Liu Yun’er should also have some abilities in this area, which was why he agreed. It’s now been nearly a year – they should have already lost quite a bit of money, right?

Liu Lin then recalled that it had been some time since he had gone over to Liu Yun’er’s store. He really needed to find some time to have a look and see if it was still open or not. It might have already closed! 

After finally figuring out what had happened, Liu Lin smiled and rubbed Liu Sen’s head. “You are too much! You are so young – don’t listen to anything you’re not supposed to! Not only did you listen to it, you even parroted it! Of course your jie would twist your ear!”

Liu Sen then sighed, “Then I can only pretend not to know… I am actually so smart, why do all of you think I’m a child?”

“Because you are a child! I think you should stop going to the store! Doing business at such a young age, instead of learning the good, you pick up all sorts of strange ideas!”

“Erge, you can’t say that! I feel like I’ve learnt a lot….”

As the brothers spoke, they returned to the house.