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Chapter 214 My son has made something of himself!
"Dad, do you think this necklace of mine looks nice?"

After dinner, Zhou Min, the mother, stood in front of the mirror and looked at the gold necklace hanging around her neck, unable to suppress a smile.

Moreover, she had been admiring it for more than half an hour and still hadn't had enough, which clearly showed that she was in a very good mood.

As we all know, for a family to have a good atmosphere, the lady of the house must be in a good mood; otherwise, the house will be unbearable to stay in.

Old Lin, who has been married for so many years, clearly knows this trick well. He showed no impatience whatsoever, but instead showered his wife with compliments, making her extremely happy.

“It looks great. This necklace is a perfect match for you. But then again, no matter how beautiful this necklace is, it’s only because it’s made up for by my wife. Otherwise, it’s just an ordinary chain, and I wouldn’t even give it a second glance,” Old Lin said with a smile.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Zhou Min's lips curled up even wider, but she still chuckled and scolded, "Get lost! It's good that you never bought me these things before. It's my eldest son who feels sorry for his mother. Ah, my life has been worthwhile."

Seeing this, Lin Mo couldn't help but give a thumbs up to his father, who was sitting on the sofa smoking, and whispered, "Dad, you're really something! You can use the same flattery twice. I admire you!"

How could you not admire him? His mother asked casually, and his father first praised the necklace for being beautiful, and then emphasized that no matter how beautiful the necklace was, it couldn't compare to his wife's beauty. That's definitely high emotional intelligence.

Lin Mo strongly suspects that, given his father's job and appearance are not as good as his mother's, he only managed to win over his wife with his sweet talk; otherwise, the two of them would never have made it.

"Kid, go ahead and learn. Your dad has plenty of tricks up his sleeve," Old Lin said, quite pleased with himself.

Just then, Zhou Min, the mother, came over and sat down beside him, asking, "By the way, son, you said you went out for an internship and earned some money? How did you earn it, and how much did you earn?"

Although his mother was blinded by the gifts, she wasn't stupid. Her son was a senior in college; how much money could he possibly earn from an internship? She used to send him living expenses every month.

But this time when he came back, his father had a bottle of Moutai liquor and a carton of cigarettes, which cost nearly three thousand yuan, not to mention the gold necklace around his neck.

Gold is so expensive now. Her necklace must weigh at least 20 or 30 grams. If you include the craftsmanship fee, such a necklace could cost 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. And that's definitely not the kind of money her son could earn from his internship.

Hearing this, Lin Mo took a deep breath and then said, "Since you asked, I'll tell you the truth. You and Dad, please sit tight, I don't want to scare you."

Old Lin:
Zhou Min:
What a boastful tone! He even scared them both. This kid's gotten too big for his britches.

"Son, tell me, did you win the lottery?" Old Lin asked.

This is the only reasonable explanation; otherwise, he simply couldn't think of any way his son could make a fortune.

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo rolled his eyes at his father. Although he had considered using this reason before, this was just too disrespectful!

"No, firstly, when your son went out for an internship, he met a wealthy guy, and we got along quite well."

Old Lin: "Becoming sworn brothers, with the support of benefactors?"

Lin Mo: "No, Dad, don't interrupt me! Besides, she's a woman!"

Zhou Min: "You're dating her, and you're living off her?"

Lin Mo: "Why don't you guys tell me?"

For some reason, although his parents raised him to adulthood, they always gave people the feeling of being unreliable. But on the other hand, Lin Mo's personality is more or less like that of his parents, because sometimes he is not very reliable either, and occasionally he will do some incomprehensible things as if he has a brainstem deficiency.

And as the source of this idea, it's not surprising that his parents had this thought.

Zhou Min: "Ahem, well, my son said, don't cause trouble!"

Old Lin: "I wasn't causing trouble. You were the one who said our son was a kept man, okay? Okay, I was the one causing trouble. Son, you go on, Dad promises not to interrupt."

Zhou Min: "And Mom!"

Lin Mo:
With a sigh, Lin Mo recounted how he had accidentally acquired two Angong Niuhuang Wan pills at a low price and then sold them at a high price to a wealthy older brother he knew, Yuan Meng, thus earning his first pot of gold.

Then he made a fortune in the stock market and is now a moderately wealthy man.

"You mean, you actually have over a million in your hands now?" Old Lin asked in astonishment.

Zhou Min, Zhou Min's mother, exclaimed with delight, "No, the money? Mom will save it for you. With this money, you can buy an apartment in the city outright, and you'll still have a car left over. Your mom can just give you a dowry!"

Seeing their reactions, Lin Mo wasn't too surprised; it was all within his expectations. This was one of the reasons he didn't want to tell his cousin, because if she knew, she would definitely tell his mother, and if his mother knew, she would definitely ask him for money.

Although the elderly couple both work, buying a house still puts some pressure on them. In addition, the cost of daily life and the living expenses of their son who is still in school are also a considerable expense.

The couple originally planned to wait until their son graduated and worked for two years to stabilize his job before making a down payment on the house and paying it off with their housing provident fund. However, they were surprised by the unexpected turn of events.

"Ahem, forget about the money, Mom. I still have a use for it. I'm graduating soon and I want to do something on my own," Lin Mo said.

Although he had taken out a million, he still had nearly four hundred left, but he still wanted to keep the money for a rainy day.

"No way! What are you going to do with so much money? You have to listen to me on this. Here you go, Mom."

Before Mom could finish speaking, Old Lin interrupted, "Let our son keep the money himself, Dad supports you!"

"Huh? What do you mean? He's just a student, over a million yuan! What if young people squander it?" Zhou Min, the mother, objected.

It wasn't that she wanted the money; after all, she only had one child. She just felt that her son was still young, and since the money was obtained by luck, she was afraid he wouldn't be able to handle it.

“The money was earned by my son himself. He said that he is about to graduate and has some ideas. Even if he loses it, it is his own choice. Your son just earned money and you want to keep it in your hands. You still want your child to be successful. How many children whose money is controlled by their parents have you seen who are successful?”
"As for reckless spending, I trust my son. He's never spent money recklessly since he was little. That's settled then," Comrade Lin said firmly.

At home, although his father usually indulges his mother, when it comes to important matters, his father almost always makes the decisions.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Hui, the mother, clicked her tongue and then waved her hand impatiently, saying, "Fine, I don't care anymore. Spend it however you want. That's why we say you two share the same surname!"

It's obvious that Mom took her words to heart. The reasoning is simple: they are an ordinary family, and they can't offer much help to their child. But they can't hold their child back when they start to make progress.

If she insists, she can indeed get this money from her son. And then what? Her son is about to graduate, they can buy a house and a car, and she can scrape together some dowry to get married and live the same life as them?

"Hey, wife, what are you saying? We share the same surname, so I don't have to listen to you at home," Old Lin said with a fawning smile, his face once again adorned with the honest man's.

Seeing this, Lin Mo couldn't help but sigh. His father only had this one good quality, and he wondered why he hadn't inherited it. If he had his father's eloquence, he would have been able to find a girlfriend in no time. "Ahem, well, I have something to do," Lin Mo said, drawing the attention of the two of them.

"What else do you want, kid? Speak up. Since your mom's in a good mood today, she definitely won't scold you for small things!" Old Lin quickly warned his wife.

Lin Mo:
“It’s a good thing, a good thing. An old professor at our school thinks I’m good and has been wanting me to pursue a master’s degree. However, I just can’t learn her major. But she has a husband who is a professor of traditional Chinese medicine at Jiangning Medical College and the vice president of Jiangning Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. He thinks I have good talent and wants me to study traditional Chinese medicine with him.”

I happened to have some free time right now, so I started learning. And I also brought you some nice things back with me this time.”

As he spoke, Lin Mo began to take out the health supplements he had prepared.

"Mom, this honey is wild. It's good for bowel movements, beauty, and skin health. I've tried it myself, and it works well."

And these fish oil and oral liquid were bought for me by my teacher through special channels. She said they're good for the body. Don't try to buy them yourself from outside just by looking at the packaging; the products are all different.”

But clearly, his parents weren't paying attention to any of that. Instead, they asked excitedly, "Son, you're really not lying to your mother? Your teacher really wants you to go to graduate school, and that professor wants to teach you medicine?"

No matter how good these health supplements are, can they be more important than my son's future?
“It’s more real than real gold, so you can rest assured. Besides, they’ve already asked me to call them teachers. Whether it’s for graduate studies or studying medicine with Professor Li, they’re willing to teach me,” Lin Mo said, as she found information about the two professors online and showed it to her mother.

Seeing that her son spoke with such certainty and didn't seem to be lying, Zhou Min, the mother, clasped her hands together and jumped up and down excitedly: "Hahaha, my son has made something of himself! He's really made something of himself! His dad, your family must be incredibly lucky! Who knows, we might even produce a graduate student!"

She knew Lin Mo's academic performance; he struggled to even get into a second-tier university, let alone consider postgraduate studies.

Old Lin was also laughing non-stop. Even though it had only been half a year since they last met, he suddenly felt that his son had become quite successful.

Just then, Lin Mo suddenly whispered, "Mom, maybe it's because your ancestral graves are emitting auspicious smoke?"

“My family’s ancestral graves? What does my family’s ancestral graves have to do with you? Even your uncles’ children haven’t benefited from them, how could it be your turn?” Zhou Min, the mother, said with a sneer.

Lin Mo's lips twitched. It really had nothing to do with me. If you have any questions, just go to my cousin. I'm innocent.

"Wait, none of that matters. There's also this. You and Dad should take two pills a day. This stuff is my teacher's secret recipe. It has lung-cleansing properties and you can't buy it anywhere else." Lin Mo took out the bottle with the packaging torn off, which contained the Poria cocos throat lozenges.

The reason he brought up Professor Li's matter was for this reason, because if it weren't for Professor Li's identity, the two of them wouldn't have taken the things he brought back seriously at all.

He was especially worried that the two of them would give away the fish oil and bone-strengthening liquid; he was afraid he would cry himself to death if they did.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, both of them took it much more seriously.

"Does this stuff really work?" Mom Zhou Min opened it and took a look, only to find that it contained ordinary white pills.

Lin Mo: "Your son wouldn't harm you, would he? Tonight, you and your dad each take two pills, and you'll see the effects by tomorrow morning. Especially my dad, he's a long-time smoker, and you've been inhaling secondhand smoke for so many years, you'll definitely cough up black phlegm by tomorrow morning."

Only my teacher has this medicine. After you and Dad finish it, don't tell anyone; the ingredients are hard to find.

For so long, Lin Mo had always believed that this was the best thing he had ever found. It was potent and fast-acting. He had consumed about half a bottle himself, and then stopped taking it once the black phlegm disappeared.

Seeing his solemn expression, the two exchanged a glance, and then Old Lin immediately poured out two pills, put them in his mouth, and swallowed them with the tea on the table.

"Whether it works or not, let's try it first. It was brought back by my son's teacher, so it must be something good."

His mother, Zhou Min, rolled her eyes at him and said, "Nonsense! My son wasn't this serious when he said he earned a million earlier, so it must be something good. I'll try it too and see if it's really that miraculous."

After saying that, he also ate two pills. Seeing this, Lin Mo felt relieved. As long as the two of them saw the effect by tomorrow morning, they would naturally treat the fish oil, honey, and other things he brought back as valuable items without him having to ask.

"Son, Mom is in a good mood today. Tell me, what do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you and cook it for you tomorrow," Zhou Min said to her son with a smile, sitting next to her husband.

She received so many surprises today. First, her son grew into a handsome young man, then he earned over a million yuan, and even a university professor wanted him to take the postgraduate entrance exam. For a mother, this was simply the best news ever.

"I'm fine with anything, I'll eat whatever you make," Lin Mo replied.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Min's mood immediately dropped a bit, but Lin Mo quickly saw what the standard answer looked like.

Old Lin: "What your mom makes isn't delicious? Especially tonight's braised pork and fish, they're even better than what you get in restaurants!"

Zhou Min: Really?

Old Lin: "Of course, you doubt my taste?"

Zhou Min: "Hehehe, you have excellent taste!"

Old Lin: "With enough effort, you too can lie through your teeth like me."

Zhou Min: "Hahaha, get lost! If you don't like it, why don't you cook?"

Although his father teased his wife, it was obvious that his mother took it to heart and laughed quite happily.

"I just don't have the talent for cooking!" Old Lin laughed, leaning against his wife's waist from upstairs.

Hearing this, Zhou Min, the mother, asked curiously, "Then what is your talent?"

Upon hearing this, Old Lin thought for a moment, then released his grip on his wife's hand, raised his head, and said, "My talent is that I can shorten my arms!"

"Your arms have gotten shorter? No, how did you notice?"

I noticed it when I put my arm around your waist just now.

After a moment's reaction, Zhou Min, the mother, raised her hand and slapped him, saying, "Hahaha, get out of here! You think I'm fat, don't you!"

Lin Mo stood there stunned for a while before realizing what had happened. Watching his parents showing affection in front of him, he felt like he had been forcibly held down and fed a mouthful of pig feed.

Enraged, Lin Mo stood up abruptly and struck a pose as if Ultraman were firing a beam of light at the two of them:
"just!!"

(End of this chapter)