senior [rebirth]

Making biscuits has long been handy for Lin Xi. Although the various tools at home are not as rich as those in the pet coffee later, but after a long time of making, Lin Xi knows how to make subtractions in this area.

It's just that a 16-year-old who has never touched cooking is not as dexterous as a 27-year-old.

Fortunately, Lin Xi was open to it, so he quickly gave up the appearance and decided to keep the taste.

After he put two full layers of biscuits in the oven, he stood in the kitchen and watched the oven work.During the period, I inadvertently caught a glimpse of the reflection of my face – Lin’s kitchen is not big, and because the oven is not used frequently, it does not occupy a place on the countertop, but is placed on a shelf next to it.There are several layers of shelves, and Lin Xi stands up straight now, just enough to see her childish face and those round eyes that are too obvious because she is too thin, on the position of the oven screen.

This was the first time he looked at himself after he returned to high school. He looked at him, and for some reason, he suddenly wanted to laugh.

Before Yao Zijing lamented to him that Xu Han was taller than 1.8 meters, he only cared about his pride and never remembered that he himself was only 1.6 meters taller.Let’s just say that when he was standing with Yao Zijing just now, he was actually a little shorter than Yao Zijing.

This incident seemed to hit Lin Xi's point of laughter, looking at his thin, innocent and slightly green face in the oven, he stood in the kitchen and laughed silently for a long time.

The reason why she was so short in the first year of high school was not only the slow development time, but also related to Lin Xi's bad habit of not eating for a long time during that period.After the correction, he jumped up more than ten centimeters in the second and third year of high school, and finally grew to 178.

Only two centimeters away from 180.

So this time, if he can start eating more early this time to supplement his nutrition, maybe it will be broken by two centimeters?

Lin Xi thought for a while idly, then glanced at the time, went to find the ingredients in the refrigerator, and prepared to cook a meal for himself--in fact, he was not very attached to the matter of height, but returned to this age, inexplicably It's just a little fun to develop yourself.As for whether it will be 178 or 180 in the end, there is no significant difference to Lin Xi. He doesn't even know how long he can stay in this fantasy scene.

Thinking of this, Lin Xi couldn't help but pause slightly with the hand holding the refrigerator door.

Li Rende pushed the door open at this time.

Lin's house is not big, half a step inside from the entrance is the kitchen door.Li Rende seemed to have heard the sound of the oven, as soon as he came in, he subconsciously looked in the direction of the kitchen. Seeing that Lin Xi was using it, his simple and honest face showed a hint of surprise in an instant.

He looked at the oven that was already in operation, and seemed to subconsciously want to ask what Lin Xi was doing, but Lin Xi's attitude towards him all the time made him not dare to ask, for fear of making people unhappy.

––The smile at noon was at best an episode, not enough to immediately dissolve their long-term stiff relationship.

So Li Rende stood at the door of the kitchen for a long time, looking at the oven and Lin Xi, and finally only showed a cautious and cramped smile.It seemed to say "Oh, so you are using the oven", then took off his shoes and walked silently in the direction of the living room, not daring to make any unnecessary movements.

However, not only Li Rende was surprised when he saw Lin Xi, Lin Xi was also stunned when he saw Li Rende.

After all, he lived alone for too long. Halfway through college, he moved out of the dormitory for some reason. After Lin Meiling and Li Rende died, he lived alone for several years, so just now he subconsciously went to the refrigerator to cook for himself, completely forgot How much Li Rende used to prepare meals for him in high school.

––At first, I did it at home. After I applied for the canteen, I brought it to Lin Xi from the canteen. In order to let Lin Xi eat on time every time, I even applied with my supervisor to leave work early in the afternoon and go to the first batch in the morning to help .

It's a pity that Lin Xi at that time never appreciated it, and was never willing to discover and accept these silent contributions behind Li Rende.

Thinking of this, he took a step forward and looked out of the kitchen.I saw Li Rende put a red cloth bag with things on the table after entering the door, and then stood in front of the table for a while, raising and lowering his hands, as if hesitating and not knowing what to do.After a long time, he went to the master bedroom where he and Lin Meiling lived.

It seemed that he had decided to give Lin Xi some space, lest he would feel that he was disturbing him.However, after taking two steps, he still couldn't help but look back towards the kitchen, finally revealing his true thoughts.

Lin Xi was both happy and sad, and couldn't help calling out, "Uncle."

Li Rende was the one who could get in touch with him every day, and he was also the one who accepted Lin Xi's most violent emotions at that time. He was afraid that it would arouse his suspicion, so Lin Xi didn't think about making a big change to him all at once. Low, almost inaudible if you don't listen carefully.

But Li Rende heard it. Not only did he hear it, but he immediately walked towards the kitchen, gestured at him continuously, and asked enthusiastically, "What's the matter?"

Lin Xi pursed his lips on purpose, then lowered his voice and said, "Hungry, is there anything to eat?"

Li Rende's eyes lit up when he heard it, he nodded without saying anything, and immediately rushed to the living room table to take out the stainless steel insulation box from the red cloth bag.While driving, he hurriedly handed it in Lin Xi's direction, as if he was afraid that Lin Xi would regret not being hungry if he was a step too late.

Open the top cover of the insulated box, and there are sweet and sour pork ribs, vegetables and mushrooms fried for the boarding students and senior high school students in the evening.Both of these were made by Li Rende himself. The other dish of beef with green peppers was made by his colleague. He looked good, and Lin Xi prepared it in advance when it came out of the pot.In addition, there is a bowl of winter melon ribs soup.

Li Rende has always been thinking about Lin Xi's thin body. I don't know where he heard that he loved to drink soup when he was a child. Whenever he came across soup with meat, he wanted to bring it back like chicken blood. He wanted to let him eat more. .

But no matter how hard Li Rende tried, Lin Xi would never eat anything in the past. Even if Li Rende carefully put it in front of him, it was useless. When he went to Lin Xi's room the next day, it must still be placed in the original packaging.

This was the case in the past, but not today.

Li Rende discovered miraculously that Lin Xi not only took his meal, but also whispered a thank you to him when he left.

This sound was lighter than the "Uncle" before, and it took Li Rende a long time to react to it.He stayed in place for a long time, and then couldn't help but think of the scene when Lin Xi ran to the window where he was at noon.

The sunshine at that time was really good, shining warmly on Lin Xi's thin body and the road under his feet, as if it was going to illuminate the whole world for him.

Li Rende thought for a long time, and suddenly he couldn't stop being silly.A pair of eyes are narrowed, and the corners of the eyes are drooping down.He laughed for a while, then lowered his head again, touched the red cloth bag in his hand with his rough hands, and folded it.

I always feel that this seems to be a good sign.

When Lin Meiling came home that night, she saw Li Rende who was obviously in a good mood.

Lin Xi actually looks more like Lin Meiling, or the former Lin Meiling.Round eyes, black hair, gentle demeanor, crooked eyebrows when laughing, and occasionally wearing a cheongsam, a typical Jiangnan woman.In addition, Lin Meiling was born in a scholarly family, and is also a professor of the History Department of Mancheng University. The words that she has a poetic and bookish spirit in her belly probably couldn't be more appropriate for her in the past.

But after the sudden change in the family, Lin Meiling didn't seem to grow up all of a sudden.

The round eyes gradually gave birth to edges and corners, and the vitality inside slowly disappeared, replaced by wrinkles and a sense of meanness that could not be ignored.The smile on the corner of her lips no longer exists, and the aura of the whole person has darkened, and it is almost difficult to see the shadow of the past from her body.

"What are you doing?" Lin Meiling who entered the door frowned when she saw Li Rende's cheerful look.

Her tone was bad, but Li Rende didn't care.Smiling at her, he showed Lin Meiling a small plate of biscuits from the bedside table like holding a treasure.Then he gestured with one hand and said, "Xi Xi made it today and said he would leave it for us to eat. Would you like to have a taste?"

After Lin Meiling understood what he meant, she frowned a little deeper. She pursed her lips and looked away after only looking at the biscuit. Her gaze became colder. She said "don't eat it", and then sat down by the dressing table.

But Li Rende didn't give up so easily. He put down the biscuit, sat beside Lin Meiling and made gestures.

"I tried it, it's really delicious, Xixi is very talented in making this."

"He took some of all the flavors, and the rest seemed to be for his classmates. Has the relationship with his classmates improved?"

"My wife, try a little, even just one piece, it's really delicious, and it's all Xixi's heart."

Li Rende wanted to persuade a lot, and the gestures naturally became faster and faster. However, the biscuit incident seemed to hit something in Lin Meiling's heart that was particularly unhappy. She put down the comb, gave Li Rende a cold look, and said, "It's so noisy." No, don't talk!"

Li Rende's arrogance went down immediately, and he flattened his mouth a little bit aggrieved after a while.

... He didn't speak either.

But the slander is the slander, Li Rende still hopes that Lin Meiling can taste the biscuits made by Lin Xi.So all night, I kept looking for the presence of Lin Meiling.

However, Lin Meiling didn't eat until she turned off the lights and went to bed.

Not only that, but he went to school early the next morning without even seeing Lin Xi.

Regarding the fact that Lin Meiling left early in the morning, Lin Xi felt very complicated.

As early as the day before when he met Li Rende at home, he realized that he would see Lin Meiling again in the future.

Different from the pure guilt towards Li Rende, the feeling towards Lin Meiling... It is difficult for Lin Xi to sum it up in one word.

When he was a child, his mother was really kind to him, so when Lin Meiling started to ignore him because of family changes, Lin Xi felt extremely hard to accept.

Children always yearn for love instinctively. The love that their mother gave and took away once made Lin Xi so sad when he was a teenager that he secretly cried countless times, and because of this, he became extremely sensitive.The dolls beside his bed began to increase gradually at that time, as if when Lin Xi was a child, he wanted to replace and compensate himself for something.

That's why Lin Xi was so happy when Lin Meiling gradually started to return home after her biological father died.

He thought he could finally regain his childhood life and live in harmony with his mother.Unexpectedly, judging from the historical results, Lin Meiling only returned home more frequently. Until the final death of illness, Lin Xi and her failed to reach a reconciliation.

However, when she was dying, Lin Meiling once said a lot to Lin Xi in a different way.

She first pulled Lin Xi's wrist with great strength, and told him how good Li Rende had been to him all these years, and that Lin Xi could not like him, but she couldn't bully him after she left.In particular, he mentioned the two of them's later house, saying that Lin Xi could not take it away, but had to keep it for Li Rende's retirement, and even forced Lin Xi to swear.

Lin Meiling was dignified and elegant all her life, and before she died, her words were extremely restrained and orderly. After Lin Xi agreed, the strength in her hands gradually faded, and she completely returned to the sick bed.

However, at that time Lin Xi couldn't stay in that ward any longer, so he thought of calling Li Rende for her.But before the person got up, he saw Lin Meiling raised her hand falsely again.

Her tired eyelids trembled for a long time, and finally her eyes fell on a very low empty seat.He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

When others talk about these things, they can guess and even speculate that Lin Xi had also struggled strongly in the last three days and three nights.

But he doesn't want to think about those now, it's been too long, he looks away.In the past, he and Lin Meiling were both victims. Both of them made the same wrong choice in the wrong environment. From this point of view, they are indeed biological mother and child.But now it is meaningless to talk about who is more wrong between him and Lin Meiling.

After eating the breakfast prepared by Li Rende and saying thank you in a low voice, Lin Xi put Lin Meiling's affairs behind him and ran to school with the biscuit box he made yesterday.

But after all, Lin Xi was not so happy because he was affected by the memory of the past, so as soon as he arrived at school, he immediately ran upstairs with the biscuit box and waited near the second and third classes of high school where Xu Hanlai was.

The weather is still fine today.

He wanted to see his senior.