C266 Put It down

Qiao Lin had been working hard during this period of time. After the night in the Qin family and what happened to Qin Shu, logically speaking, he should feel uneasy, but on the contrary, he felt much more at ease. Previously, Qin's mother could accept this kind of thing. There was still hope for him and Qin Lang.

Now that he was at ease, Qiao Lin fell into a deep sleep and would not wake up until the alarm went off.

However, when he was woken up by the alarm clock, it was already ten o'clock in the morning.

It seemed that Qin Lang had changed the time of his alarm clock.

At this moment, the smell of food filled the room. Qiao Lin quickly got up, washed up, and went out.

Yu was watching cartoons alone in the living room. As soon as he saw Qiao Lin coming out, he wanted to push him back to his room, "Dad Qiao Lin, why are you up? Dad asked me to keep an eye on you and said that you've been working hard recently and needed to sleep more."

"But I'm already awake. Come with me to the kitchen to see if there's anything I can help you with." Qiao Lin carried the baby in his arms and walked towards the kitchen.

At this moment, the kitchen was bustling with activity. Qin's mother, Qin Shi, the three siblings, and Zhou Yao were all present. With so many people squeezing into the originally spacious kitchen, it seemed a little crowded.

Everyone had a clear division of labor. Zhou Yao seemed to know how to cook, and his knife skills looked pretty good. At this moment, he was in charge of cutting up the side dishes for New Year's Eve dinner. Under his command, his sister was seasoning some of the food that needed to be marinated in advance. Qin Lang and Qin Shu did not know how to cook, so one of them was in charge of picking the vegetables and the other was in charge of washing them. Qin's mother, on the other hand, was the chef.

As soon as he entered the kitchen, Yu broke free from Qiao Lin's arms and went to ask Grandma for food.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Qiao Lin stood at the door and asked carefully.

Only then did the busy people in the kitchen notice him.

Almost at the same time, Qin's mother turned around and looked at him. When she saw that he was already dressed, she quickly said, "Why don't you sleep for a while? Qin Lang said that you have been working very hard recently. Every time that brat comes back from filming, he has to sleep for a day and a night before getting out of bed."

Thinking about how he had only woken up at this time of the night and how Qin's mother had complained about it, Qiao Lin scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, "Auntie, I slept very well last night. Besides, I was actually just a supporting role. The scenes were not that heavy, so I wasn't very tired."

Qin's mother turned around and waved the spatula, "Small supporting role? Don't underestimate yourself. Qin Lang told me that you worked very hard and that your acting skills were good. In fact, you should have finished filming that movie of yours a long time ago. The producer added the extra scenes because you interpreted the role too well. Auntie believes that you will have a bright future."

Being praised like this during the Lunar New Year, Qiao Lin felt even more embarrassed, "Thank you, Auntie. I will definitely work harder. But I would like to help out with this New Year's Eve dinner today."

Qin's mother turned around and looked around the kitchen, realizing that there seemed to be nothing that Qiao Lin could do now, "Why don't you have breakfast first? I'll call you later if there's anything else."

As soon as Qin's mother finished speaking, Qin Lang took out a bowl of hot porridge from the microwave and gave it to Qiao Lin, "You can go to the living room to eat first. My mother made this for you this morning."

"Thank you, Auntie." Qiao Lin took the bowl and left the kitchen.

Just as Qiao Lin sat down at the dining table, his phone rang before he could have breakfast.

At this moment, he thought that the call was from Qiao Yan. He took out his phone and realized that it was from his mother, Nan Xin.

There was a moment of silence when he picked up the phone.

Qiao Lin hesitated for a few seconds but did not say the word 'mother', "What's the matter?"

Although he did not manage to call her mother, Qiao Lin's tone had become much gentler. Previously, due to the commotion caused by his mother's visit to his father and his mother's forgotten birthday, Qiao Lin did not treat her well on the phone that day. Now that he knew that the two of them had indeed met because of work and that his mother had bought the land of the Qiao family for the branch company and did not intend to ruin Qin Lang and Jiang Peiru's plan, Qiao Lin felt a little guilty.

"It's okay. Isn't it New Year's Eve? Uncle Gao and I are the only ones at home for this New Year's Eve dinner. I just wanted to ask if you have time. If you do, can you..."

"Sorry." Qiao Lin rejected his mother but immediately explained, "I'm at Qin Lang's house now. I promised him that I would go home with him for New Year's Eve and have dinner with his family tonight. If I suddenly decide to leave, I'm afraid it won't be good for me. So, can we have dinner tomorrow?"

"Alright, alright, tomorrow it is." Nan Xin's voice was agitated. "Give me the address, and I'll have someone pick you up tomorrow. We're not going to the hotel."

"Just make something. It's not too troublesome." Qiao Lin did not feel good about it. He had thought that his father would ignore him for the sake of work, his mother would ignore him, and with what had happened to him, he would hate his parents as much as he had always hated them. He had even thought of going against them to take revenge on them.

But in the last two days, when he had suddenly put these resentments aside and tried to accept his parents' advances, it seemed to him that his parents were not the only ones who were happy.

"Okay, okay, okay. Then I will be your childhood love..." Nan Xin swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth. Sensing that her son no longer rejected her like before, Nan Xin treated him even more carefully, afraid that she would mention something that would make Qiao Lin unhappy, "If Qin Lang has nothing else to do tomorrow, ask him to come with us."

"Alright, I'll ask him later." Qiao Lin did not know if the Qin family would tell him tomorrow, so he could only ask Qin Lang first before replying to his mother.

"Alright, I'll go to the supermarket to buy some groceries now. If he comes, remember to text me. I'll prepare more."

"Okay."

Qiao Lin hung up the phone and his heart, which had just relaxed, suddenly became heavy again. He thought back to his mother's excited voice on the phone. She was trying so hard to please him now, why couldn't she contact him all these years? Even if it was just a phone call, he would not feel abandoned or lonely by her all these years.

"Dad Qiao Lin, what's wrong?" At this moment, Yu came to the dining table with a handful of garlic and carefully placed it on the table.

"Nothing," Qiao Lin put on a smile, "Is your grandma asking us to peel the garlic?"

Yu nodded, "So, Dad Qiao Lin, hurry up and eat breakfast. After that, we'll get to work."

"Alright," Qiao Lin patted Yu's little head and started to eat the porridge with the spoon in his hand.

Yu suddenly leaned against him and whispered, "Dad Qiao Lin, Dad asked me to ask you if the person who spoke to you on the phone asked me to accompany you to dinner with her tomorrow. Dad said he would go with you."