CH 54

Luo Xing handed the fruit basket he brought to Aunt Xu, and smiled ingratiatingly at old Mr. Lin: “Mr. Lin, I’m Suiyan’s friend. Do you… remember me?”

Mr. Lin smiled: “I remember you. Suiyan mentioned that you are his classmate. When I was sick some time ago, you visited me at the nursing home.”

Luo Xing’s eyes lit up, and his smile became brighter: “I’ve been thinking about your health, and yesterday I happened to talk to President Mu. He said that you had recovered, and was coming home today.  I came over with him, If it’s too sudden then I’ll…”

Mr. Lin said: “There’s nothing wrong with it. Come and sit down. It’ll be livelier with more people.”

After sitting down, Mu Lang naturally took an orange from the fruit bowl. While peeling the orange, he turned to Su Yuli and said, “Junior, you promised to inform me when you picked up Grandpa to bring him home. That’s not kind of you.”

Su Yuli thought to himself you also came without notifying me.

Mr. Lin didn’t know what had happened between Mu Lang and Su Yuli. He smiled and explained, “A-Lang, it’s not Xiao Jin’s fault. I told him not to tell you.”

Mu Lang murmured, “Oh?” He handed the peeled oranges to Mr. Lin: “Why didn’t Grandpa tell me? Isn’t this a good thing? It’s worth celebrating.”

“When I was in the nursing home, you came to see me a lot. I know you’re worried about me, and that’s enough.” Mr. Lin took the orange, broke a piece off it but didn’t eat it: “I heard that your mother is not in good health recently, so you should spend more time with her.”

Mu Lang’s hand on his knee gently shook after hearing Mr. Lin’s words, then he loosened his grip. He lowered his eyes, and after a quiet moment, he pulled out a faint smile: “Grandpa, you don’t have to worry. It’s not that serious. Today, if I hadn’t stopped by, my mother would have wanted to come with me.”

Mr. Lin was relieved: “That’s good, that’s good.”

Aunt Xu brought some freshly squeezed juice over, and Su Yuli took it and passed it out. He heard Mu Lang say, “Why don’t I see Suiyan?”

“He’s at work.” Mr. Lin said, “He won’t be back until later.”

After saying that, he called out to Su Yuli: “Xiao Jin, what time is it? Is it time for Suiyan to come back?”

“It’s almost twelve o’clock.” Su Yuli looked at the clock on the wall and said, “It should be soon. I’ll give him a call.”

Su Yuli dialed Lin Suiyan’s cell phone, but no one answered. He said: “Strange, why isn’t he answering the phone?”

Mu Lang had a light smile on his lips and a relaxed posture. He said: “The project must be very important for Suiyan to work on it personally. It’s normal to work on it cautiously.”

Luo Xing politely handed the juice to Elder Lin and smiled, “Yeah, let’s wait.”

After waiting for another half an hour, Su Yuli kept calling. He frowned and said, “That’s weird, Xiao Li didn’t answer his phone either.”

Xiao Li was Lin Suiyan’s driver.

Mr. Lin looked at the time and said, “Suiyan is a measured person. If there isn’t anything important then he will not answer the phone. Xiao Jin, we won’t wait for him. Let’s eat first.”

Even if it’s a family member, there are still guests. It’s really unreasonable to let them go hungry together.

Su Yuli saw Mr. Lin get up and he hurriedly went over and helped him up with Mu Lang.

After everyone was seated, Aunt Xu brought the prepared meals to the table.

Mr. Lin was getting older and eating as much as he could. Su Yuli kept poking at his cell phone trying to get in touch with Lin Suiyan. Luo Xing frequently looked in the direction of the door.

It was Mu Lang who kept chatting with the old Mr. Lin, coaxing the old man to laugh from time to time.

While they were chatting, the doorbell rang suddenly, and the people at the dining table fell silent at the same time, looking in the direction of the door.

Mr. Lin said with a smile: “It looks like Suiyan is back.”

Aunt Xu came out of the kitchen, wiped her hands and said with a smile, “I’ll open the door.”

Mu Lang put his phone on the table and said, “I’ll do it.”

Aunt Xu said: “That’s no good. You’re a guest …”

Mu Lang had already stood up and walked toward the door, saying, “It’s not that Suiyan has returned. It’s the gift I prepared for Grandpa that’s arrived. ”

Aunt Xu sighed, and only then did she give up.

Mr. Lin was in a good mood and smiled: “You kid, I’m just happy that you came to  see me. You don’t have to spend any money.”

Mu Lang smiled strangely and said, “It’s what I should do.”

In contrast to Mr. Lin’s happiness, Su Yuli couldn’t help but frown. What kind of gift can’t be brought with you when you come, but can be delivered halfway?

Mu Lang had already opened the door, he briefly exchanged a few words with the deliveryman. Then he closed the door and walked over. There was a bunch of flowers in his arms.

Looking at the flowers, the expressions of everyone in the room changed.

Su Yuli suddenly stood up from his seat and looked at Mu Lang coldly: “Mr. Mu, what do you mean by this?”

——Mu Lang was holding a bunch of chrysanthemums in his arms.

The smile on Mr. Lin’s face disappeared, and even Luo Xing widened his eyes in astonishment and stood up.

Luo Xing said anxiously: “President Mu, you, what are you doing?”

As everyone knows, chrysanthemums are used to pay homage to the dead. Mu Lang is so mixed up in the business world he’s like a fish in water. It was impossible for him to make such a mistake. The only explanation is that he did it on purpose.

Mu Lang didn’t seem to feel the change in the room’s atmosphere, still with a faint smile on his face, he walked slowly to the table and showed the chrysanthemums in his arms to Elder Lin.

“Grandpa, look, I specially ordered this bouquet of flowers. Are they beautiful?”

After Mu Lang finished speaking, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and said with a smile: “Oh, I just made a mistake. This bunch of flowers isn’t for grandpa.”

Su Yuli stood beside Mr. Lin and said coldly, “It’s for you.”

Mu Lang raised a finger and waved it in front of him. He made an attractive picture, but it brought an uneasy feeling for no reason.

Mu Lang glanced at the clock on the wall and said with a smile, “Junior, help me look at them.  Will Suiyan like this bunch of flowers?”

Hearing the coldness in his words, Mr. Lin and Su Yuli’s expressions changed dramatically at the same time.

Su Yuli glanced at the time. It was almost two o’clock. Lin Suiyan hadn’t come back yet, there must be something wrong.

Su Yuli said coldly, “Mu Lang, what did you do to Suiyan?”