Chapter 1
Chapter 1
After successfully passing the security check, Fang Jiawen and Lin Zimao boarded the civilian starship bound for Feige Xingning City.
Half an hour later, the starship took off on time, with a voyage of one week.
The starship passed through the atmosphere and lifted off quickly. After a while, after a rumbling sound, the starship entered a fixed route.
They booked a first-class rest cabin with a separate double room. After pressing the button on the display screen, the bed and desk would slide out automatically, and the spacious room became narrower, with a simple bathroom next door.
Lin Zimao lay on the window sill and looked curiously into the dark space.
5 minutes later, a beautiful stewardess came over in person and asked what they wanted for lunch.
Lin Zimao looked at the menu given by the stewardess, and said not too much, "Whatever is expensive, let's have a glass of red wine, steak, Coke, Sprite, and orange juice."
The stewardess said yes, she is not surprised, there will always be such people on Alpha Planet.
Fang Jiawen felt that Lin Zimao looked a little new to the world and wanted to cover his face, but considering that he had never left Alpha Planet since he was a child, he couldn't blame him.
Lin Zimao didn't seem to sense Fang Jiawen's embarrassment. He stared out of the window, his eyes showed reluctance for the place where he grew up, and asked Fang Jiawen casually: "Assistant Fang, I heard there is still room for jumping, it will be very fast." Are you uncomfortable?"
Fang Jiawen said: "Don't worry, civilian starships now have shockproof functions. As long as you don't get flying car sickness, there is basically no major problem, and it will pass in a while."
Fang Jiawen thought of something, turned on his communicator, and sent Lin Zimao a holographic dynamic photo.
Lin Zimao felt a little strange when he received the photo that Fang Jiawen sent to him in person.
This dynamic photo belongs to a man who is too beautiful to be true. The photo was taken secretly. He should be reading a book in the library, with his left fingertips resting on his forehead, and his right hand flipping a page of the book, as if he sensed that someone was taking pictures of him, and then He closed the book and got up, with indifference written on his brows and eyes, and his eyes were not warm when he looked around. What made Lin Zimao unable to move his eyes away was his beautiful face carefully sculpted by God. He was too handsome.
"Who is this?" Lin Zimao raised his eyes to look at Fang Jiawen, and at the same time he was a little puzzled. Fang Jiawen had sent him a photo of his father's current family of five before, but those people were not at all similar to the one in front of him. place.
Fang Jiawen is one of the assistants of Lin Zimao's father, Lin Bei. As an assistant who is usually responsible for picking up and dropping off the children, he still knows more or less about the Lin family's family affairs, and about this photo, the boss came to pick up Lin Zimao before he left. Maoshi has made it a point.
He said according to the boss's intention: "He is your fiancé, after returning to Ningcheng, you will marry him."
Lin Zimao sat on the edge of the bed, crossed his legs, and blinked suspiciously: "My fiancé?"
Fang Jiawen repeated again patiently: "Yes, your fiancé, after you return to Ningcheng, you will marry Young Master Jiang Xuan."
Lin Zimao was silent for a while: "A real marriage or a fake marriage?"
"Of course it's a real marriage, and the two of you will become a legal husband and wife relationship." Fang Jiawen noticed Lin Zimao's silence, and wondered if the sudden arrival of his fiancé hit the young boy who had just grown up. He must be very upset now. confused.
Lin Zimao came back to his senses and tilted his head, with an unknown smile in his eyes: "I'm really married, why do I suddenly have a fiancé?"
Fang Jiawen didn't tell Lin Zimao that they were actually a commercial marriage, and his job was just to say goodbye to Lin Zimao's upcoming marriage, which made him mentally prepared.
Lin Zimao opened the holographic dynamic photo again, and used his fingertips to touch the person in the photo, telling him to turn to face him. This person is indeed very eye-catching, and it would be a good idea to marry him.
After that, Lin Zimao didn't talk to Fang Jiawen about his fiancé anymore. He wanted to ask, but they would experience a space jump every day. Fang Jiawen was dizzy and vomited, and lay pale on the bed every day. He was only able to relax safely after inhaling dizziness, and he didn't have the energy to tell Lin Zimao more about his fiancé, and he didn't know much about it.
On the other hand, Lin Zimao is very energetic every day. He walks around on the starship, and only returns to his room when he is sleeping. He does not disturb his father's right-hand man to rest. , will find that Lin Zimao looks at him with a bit of pity.
As if to say, ship sickness, how pitiful.
After getting off the starship, Fang Jiawen finally came back to life, and Lin Zimao's curiosity about new things also surfaced.
They got into the flying car that Fang Jiawen had parked at the Starship Field, and a flying car that was smaller, faster, and more exaggerated speeded past his eyes.
Below are towering high-rise buildings, with huge LOGOs and advertisements of major companies displayed on the holographic screens on the roof. There are energy-saving buses and rail transit on the ground on the green avenue, as well as pedestrians who can't see clearly.
However, now is not the time to study which flying car model is smoother and more handsome. Fang Jiawen turned on autopilot, freed his hands, and introduced Lin Zimao about the Lin family.
Lin Zimao has an older brother who is the child born to Lin Bei and his first wife, but after ten years of marriage, the two divorced due to emotional discord, and the child stayed in the Lin family.
Lin Zimao was the child born to Lin Bei and his second wife Xu Qiujie, but the couple divorced after less than three years of marriage. After that, Xu Qiujie took Lin Zimao back to his hometown Alpha Star, a relatively low-level planet.
After Lin Bei and Xu Qiujie divorced, they soon had a third wife. The relationship between husband and wife has been maintained until now, and they gave birth to two children, including Lin Zimao, Lin Bei has four children in total.
It stands to reason that Lin Zimao, who has never lived in Ningcheng, should not be responsible for the important task of this marriage. good relationship.
In order not to offend the Lu family, it is impossible for Lin Bei to choose Lin Zifeng as a candidate. As for the other two, the only candidate is Lin Zimao, who has been living in the countryside and whose mother passed away two years ago. .
As for why Jiang's family would accept it, Lin Zimao didn't quite understand it, but he has no other choice now that he wants to live in Ningcheng. his whereabouts.
But Fang Jiawen didn't mention it, and after spending a few days with Lin Zimao, he felt that it was good that he didn't know about the commercial marriage.
Fang Jiawen, who was in a trance for a while, didn't notice that Lin Zimao who was looking out the window made an imperceptible sneer.
The flying car parked smoothly on the parking lot of the Lin family.
The robot butler unloaded two large suitcases from the flying car, and Fang Jiawen didn't understand how Lin Zimao could pack so many heavy and heavy items in that small, barren house.There was another cage at the back, in which was a sleepy silver-gray cat with a round face. It was more dizzy than Fang Jiawen, who was ship-sick. Seeing its familiar owner, it meowed twice.
The Lin family had already learned from Fang Jiawen the date and time of Lin Zimao's arrival. It happened to be around six o'clock in the evening when Lin Zimao arrived at the Lin family.
Lin Bei has come back from the company and is waiting at home. His current wife, Bai Meiying, is arranging dinner in the kitchen to welcome Lin Zimao back. Her two children have already returned. The son is playing holographic games in the room, and the daughter is spreading the word next to Lin Bei. Jiao Jiao.
Fang Jiawen and Lin Zimao changed shoes and entered the room. Fang Jiawen said, "Mr. Lin, the second young master is here."
Lin Bei, who was listening to his daughter telling interesting things about school, raised his head and looked at Lin Zimao who was carrying the cat cage. He was a little displeased when he saw the sleepy pet cat, but this was the first time the father and son met after more than ten years. The first time they met, he immediately suppressed this dislike.
The housekeeper knew that Lin Bei didn't like pets, so he immediately stepped forward to take the cage for Lin Zimao. Lin Zimao said flatly, "Trouble."
Lin Bei asked Lin Zimao: "Zimao, is the journey going well?"
Lin Zimao said without energy: "Fortunately, there is no scenery."
Lin Bei said: "Space also has the scenery of space, if you have a chance in the future, you can experience it again." He turned to Lin Ziyi and said, "Go upstairs and ask Zihua to come down."
Lin Ziyi said yes obediently, and smiled at Lin Zimao again, but I really don't know how much of the smile there is.
Then Lin Bei's current wife, Bai Meiying, came out of the kitchen. She is a typical gentle beauty who is well maintained. Unlike the mother of two children, she doesn't speak too loudly. Lin Bei took the initiative to introduce Lin Zimao: "Just call me auntie." .”
She glanced at Lin Zimao up and down, and said softly, "Isn't it hard work on Zimao's road, is it okay when you pass the jumping point?"
Lin Zimao said again that it was okay.
Lin Zihua, who came down from upstairs, has just entered the first year of high school. He belongs to the rebellious period, and there is an undisguised disapproval in his eyes. In his eyes, he only feels that he is wearing a white shirt and a pair of jeans, and a pair of worn-out clothes. Lin Zimao, a sneaker player, is so out of place that he doesn't fit in with their upper-class family. This person is actually his second brother, and he doesn't want to admit it too much.
Lin Bei proudly introduced to Lin Zimao: "This is your fourth brother. He just won the first prize in the city's math competition. It's amazing."
Lin Zimao pulled out a small smile, and said in a not very emotional way: "Excellent."
Lin Zihua raised her chin, and proudly called him Second Brother.
Lin Bei patted Lin Zihua on the shoulder, but the other party ignored him. Lin Bei turned his head and went to the kitchen. Lin Bei said kindly that the child was rebellious, and then said to Lin Zimao: "Your elder brother needs some time when he comes back from school. Study one this year."
As soon as the words were finished, a slender young man walked in. He handed a gift box in his hand to the butler, and confessed a few words. It was a chestnut cake, their dessert tonight.
He looked at Lin Zimao, whose face was too pale: "Are you there?"
Lin Bei said: "He just arrived, Zimao, I still remember that when you left, your elder brother was still crying, and he was so angry that he didn't eat for two days."
Lin Zimao quietly looked at this elder brother who was a head taller than Lin Bei, feeling quite intimidated.
Lin Zifeng glanced at Lin Bei, and said directly to Lin Zimao, "I'll take you to your room after dinner."
Lin Zimao nodded: "Okay." He had no impression of everyone here, and left Ningcheng when he was just over one year old.
This dinner was quite harmonious, and it was a welcome feast.
After dinner, Lin Zifeng took him to the new room as promised. The overall layout was very similar to the Mediterranean style of the house. The room was spacious, bright, neat and clean, and the floor was covered with expensive beige carpets. The two appearances he brought A large, heavily worn box in the middle looked like a clown who had strayed into an elegant music hall.
Lin Zifeng said to him: "If there is anything you don't like, tell the housekeeper."
Lin Zimao nodded: "Well, thank you, brother."
The housekeeper brought the round-faced cat to Lin Zimao, and the other party thoughtfully gave the cat a delicious bath. When Lin Zimao took the salt and pepper, it was full of shampoo, but now it is more delicious than a frosted eggplant. listless.
Pepper doesn't like to take a bath.
Lin Zimao's face darkened: "Why did you give it a bath? It will get sick when it first arrives in a strange environment."
The housekeeper said: "Second young master, I have never had a pet at home. Your kitten is too dirty and has many bacteria on it. I washed it for the health of you and your family. I just gave it some insect repellent. medicine."
Lin Zimao looked straight at him and said, "But at least you have to ask for my opinion first."
Lin Zifeng saw the cat took a step back, he was a little afraid of small animals: "Uncle Luo also has good intentions."
Lin Zimao raised his eyes and remained silent. He gently scratched Pepper's chin to relieve its tension.
Steward Luo realized that the second young master who had just arrived was a bit tough, so he apologized first: "Sorry, second young master, I also didn't mean to, next time I will definitely not make my own decisions."
When Lin Zifeng and Luo Guanjia thought that Lin Zimao would say "forget it", he said: "I regard salt and pepper as my family. It is very important to me, and this is no exception." After speaking, Lin Zimao went back to the room to rest with salt and pepper .
Lin Ziyi, who was standing in the stairwell at some point, took in everything just now, smiled at Lin Zifeng, and asked him whether it was true or not: "Brother, second brother came back from Alpha Star, right? The quality of people there is very low.”
Lin Zifeng acted as if he didn't hear, he walked around her and went back to the room without saying a word.
In the Interstellar Alliance, planets are divided into five levels. The fifth-level star at the end is also called a garbage star due to lack of resources, and the Alpha star belongs to the fifth-level star.
It was quite tiring to stay on the starship for a week, and deal with a hypocritical family. Lin Zimao felt a little sleepy after taking a shower, but he still managed to reply a few messages with the communicator.
No matter what the Lin family thought of him, he slept soundly that night smelling the shampoo from Pepper and Salt.
The next morning, he woke up with the tip of his nose wet with salt and pepper.
When I opened my eyes, I was still a little uncomfortable with the morning sun of the first-magnitude star, it was too dazzling.
Steward Luo was carrying a few sets of new clothes in his hand. He put away yesterday's negligence today, introduced these tailor-made clothes to Lin Zimao one by one, and explained that they had been washed and could be worn directly, and put them all in his room. inside.
He got up late and no one else was there.
Lin Bei didn't go to the company today. After Lin Zimao had breakfast, he called him to the study.
When Lin Bei faced Lin Zimao today, he lacked the gentleness of yesterday, and his tone was more commanding: "Tonight I will take you to have a meal with Uncle Jiang and the others. Assistant Fang should have mentioned Jiang Xuan to you. .”
Lin Zimao said, "I mentioned it."
Lin Bei said: "Uncle Jiang hopes that you will get your certificates in the near future." He deliberately omitted the part about the commercial marriage.
Lin Zimao played with a Pixiu ornament on Lin Bei's desk, tossing it left and right: "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Lin Bei was worried that he would drop his antique, so he snatched Pixiu and put it in the drawer.
He said in his heart that it was not them who were in a hurry, but himself, but he still pushed the matter to the other party: "Your Uncle Jiang is a bit superstitious, Jiang Xuan was not in good health when he was young, I hope you marry him, it will be a blessing. "
Lin Zimao got goosebumps from the ancient and superstitious saying "Chongxi", and at the same time felt a little amused by Lin Bei's poor excuse. He nodded casually: "Okay, I see."
Lin Bei was very surprised. He thought Lin Zimao would argue with him, but he didn't expect Lin Zimao to be so obedient. He saved the step of persuasion, but the tough threats prepared early in the morning were all blocked in his throat.
Just when he thought the matter could be settled, Lin Zimao suddenly asked Lin Bei before leaving the study: "Dad, can you give me some money? I want to buy a decent meeting gift for my fiancé."
Lin Bei: "...it should be." The kid didn't seem to call him dad yesterday?
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