At the dinner table, Chen Yuqin asked earnestly about Zhao Minglei's situation at school. Zhao Minglei started talking with joy, especially when he proudly mentioned that he had been elected to the student union and became a cadre of the student union. Chen Yuqin was very concerned about the "prospective son-in-law" he had chosen.

"I feel even more satisfied.

In Chen Yuqin's view, Zhao Minglei has a cheerful personality, is good at sociability, and is a college student. He must have a bright future in the future, and he knows his family situation well. Such an outstanding young man is undoubtedly a good match for Lin Yan.

"Yanzi, you must learn from Minglei. Don't just study. Contact your classmates more in school and participate in more social activities. By the way, Minglei, my Yanzi has been stubborn since he was a child and doesn't understand the ways of the world. In the future, he will be like this

You have to teach her well!"

"Yan Zi has a very good character. Don't worry, Auntie, I will do it." Zhao Minglei said with a smile, while looking at Lin Yan with tenderness in his eyes.

The chopsticks in Lin Yan's hand paused for a moment. The education she received since she was a child has made Lin Yan restrain her inner dissatisfaction, but now she can't restrain it.

Just when he was about to put down his chopsticks and explain the matter clearly, Lin Daoyuan on the side took a piece of fish and put it in Lin Yan's bowl.

"Yanzi, don't you love fish? Your mother made it specially for you today, eat more." Lin Daoyuan said to his daughter kindly, with a hint of meaningful warning in his eyes.

"Thank you, Dad." Lin Yan sighed inwardly. She thanked her father, picked up her chopsticks and continued eating.

Lin Yan was very tired after eating this meal. After the meal, Zhao Minglei stayed at his home for a while. When Zhao Minglei got up to leave late, Chen Yuqin originally planned to ask Lin Yan to send Zhao Minglei out, but at this time Lin Daoyuan was

Lin Yan got out of the way and found a reason to talk to Lin Yan about something, so that Lin Yan was not too embarrassed.

He signaled Lin Yan to follow him into the study, and after Lin Yan entered, he closed the door. Lin Daoyuan sat down, lit a cigarette, exhaled a cloud of smoke and looked at his grown-up daughter.

"Tell me, your attitude is not right today. Do you have any opinions on Zhao Minglei?" Lin Daoyuan asked.

"Dad!" Lin Yan had been holding it in for so long and felt aggrieved. When she heard this, her father's eyes suddenly turned red.

"Sit down and talk slowly..." Lin Daoyuan pointed to the sofa beside him.

Lin Yan sat down and glanced at her father. Lin Daoyuan didn't talk much at home on weekdays, but the children had been afraid of him since they were young. In the eyes of the children, Lin Daoyuan was a very principled and strict father.

"Dad, I don't have any feelings for Zhao Minglei. I even...even dislike this person." Now that her father has seen her thoughts, Lin Yan doesn't hide it, not to mention that she had planned to make it clear today.

Since her father asked Lin Yan, she planned to tell the truth.

Immediately, Lin Yan talked about her views on Zhao Minglei. In Chen Yuqin's eyes, Zhao Minglei may be an absolutely outstanding man, but for Lin Yan, their personalities, hobbies, or outlook on life and world are completely different.

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Chen Yuqin never consulted Lin Yan about this matter from the beginning, which made Lin Yan extremely dissatisfied. More importantly, in order to make Lin Yan and Zhao Minglei a couple, Chen Yuqin secretly hid Song Yuanchao's gift without telling Lin Yan.

her letter.

These days, Lin Yan has been holding back her grievances in her heart, and she is even more angry about this matter. Now that Lin Daoyuan asked this question, Lin Yan did not hide it, and immediately said everything she wanted to say.

"Dad, maybe Zhao Minglei is a good partner in your eyes, but when you are talking about a partner, don't you have to respect the opinions of both parties? Do you need to be in love with each other? Do you need to understand each other and have an emotional foundation? If you let me love

For a person who doesn’t love me at all, even if I have to live with this person for the rest of my life, I simply can’t imagine what kind of future this will be.”

Lin Yan said this. Lin Daoyuan looked at his daughter and sighed slightly in his heart. It seemed that his daughter really didn't like this Zhao Minglei.

Although he does not deny that Zhao Minglei is an excellent man, Lin Daoyuan has one point of view that is different from his wife Chen Yuqin, that is, he feels that Zhao Minglei is very ambitious and is more utilitarian than ordinary people.

If Lin Yan accepts Zhao Minglei, these problems are not a big problem. With the status of his family and the Zhao family, Zhao Minglei also has this qualification. But if Lin Yan has no interest in Zhao Minglei from the beginning, then this may be the future of their lives.

Lin Daoyuan has been engaged in revolutionary work all his life and sees the nature of the problem far more clearly than ordinary people.

"Yanzi, daddy wants to ask you something." After Lin Yan finished speaking, Lin Daoyuan took a puff of cigarette and said.

"Do you already have someone in mind?"

Lin Daoyuan's eyes were vicious. He saw that Lin Yan must have other reasons for rejecting Zhao Minglei besides the reasons she mentioned, and this reason was perhaps the most important.

Lin Yan bit her lower lip slightly, lowered her head and said nothing for a while. Lin Daoyuan did not rush her and quietly waited for her answer.

"Yes!" Lin Yan suddenly raised her head and admitted this to her father.

Lin Daoyuan's expression remained serious. He looked into his daughter's eyes, as if to confirm whether her daughter was telling the truth.

"Tell me, tell me about this person of yours," Lin Daoyuan said lightly.

"His name is Song Yuanchao. He is from Shanghai. He is two years older than me. He and I are both educated youths who went to the countryside in the northwest..." When this happened, Lin Yan no longer concealed anything and talked about her and Song Yuanchao.

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Different from talking about Zhao Minglei just now, when talking about Song Yuanchao, Lin Yan's face was full of energy and her eyes were shining, especially when she was telling about the past events between herself and Song Yuanchao when she was in the northwest, the smile hanging from the corner of Lin Yan's mouth

A smile from the heart made people feel the deep feelings between her and Song Yuanchao.

"In the college entrance examination, our team there had a limited quota. In order to ensure that I could apply, Yuan Korea voluntarily gave up his quota..." Lin Yan recounted the past, her eyes seemed to have traveled back through time and space to that time.

"In order for me to have the conditions to study for the exam, I set off from Aid Korea at three in the morning and walked dozens of miles of mountain roads to the county town to collect books and tutoring materials. I didn't come back until midnight. I ate two steamed buns and drank a pot of cold water throughout the day.

In order to give me enough time to prepare for the exam, Yuan Chao took over all the work in my field, and one person took over the work of two people. Not only that, he also used a plum blossom watch left to him by his father to get the work from a fellow villager.

They replaced old hens and eggs over there to supplement my nutrition..."

As he spoke, Lin Yan couldn't help but shed tears. During the days when he was reviewing and preparing for the exam, Song Yuanchao tried almost every means to create better conditions for Lin Yan. When Lin Yan was finally admitted to college, she almost lost weight.

A large circle of Song Yuanchao congratulated Lin Yan with heartfelt smiles and silently helped her prepare her luggage for returning to the city...

Lin Yan remembered that on the day she left, Song Yuanchao took her to the train. He stood on the platform and looked at Lin Yan affectionately, watching the train slowly start.

When the train left the platform, Lin Yan's tears fell uncontrollably. She stuck her head out of the window, waved to Song Yuanchao desperately, and shouted: "Yuanchao! I'll wait for you at Capital University! You

You must come!”

Song Yuanchao on the platform did the same thing, running after the train and shouting, waving to himself until the two could no longer see each other...

Taking out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from the corner of her eyes, Lin Yan's voice was choked with sobs. This was the most unforgettable moment in her life, and it was also the last time she met Song Yuanchao.

Lin Daoyuan listened quietly to his daughter's story. The cigarette butt in his hand had long been extinguished.

He could feel the sincere feelings between his daughter and Song Yuanchao. If all this was true, this young man named Song Yuanchao had paid too much for Lin Yan.

Subconsciously he picked up the cigarette and took a puff, then realized that the cigarette was out. Lin Daoyuan threw the extinguished cigarette butt into the ashtray, took out another cigarette from the cigarette case on the side and lit it, and asked: "Then Song Yuanchao was admitted to university.

What?"

Lin Yan shook her head: "I later learned that Song Yuanchao fell ill after he sent me away. The local medical conditions were poor. He was so seriously ill that he almost didn't survive. It took several months for him to slowly recover.

But it was precisely because of this illness that Song Yuanchao failed to enter college, and then the policy changed again. He and several other educated youth returned to the city from there, back to Shanghai..."

"What a pity...such a good young man..." Lin Daoyuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Judging from Lin Yan's story, Song Yuanchao was originally fully capable of going to college, but because he gave up his place to Lin Yan for the first time

, and the second time he lost his reputation due to illness.

"What about him now?"

"He is now in Shanghai, because his father was a teacher at Shanghai No. 2 Middle School, so after he returned, he found the leader of No. 2 Middle School and worked in the school-run factory of No. 2 Middle School. He worked very hard and was well received by the leaders.

Attention, in just a few months he has become the workshop director of the factory."
Chapter completed!