Chapter 49

Chapter 49

In the evening, the guests sat in the courtyard to enjoy the cool night air.

At this moment, the male host of the farmhouse came to greet them.

When he arrived, he was carrying a plate of sunflower seeds.

However, no one understood what language he was speaking; it was completely incomprehensible.

The guests exchanged puzzled glances.

Coincidentally, the male host first approached Zhou Ke and began enthusiastically talking to him: "#@#%&..."

Zhou Ke: "!!"

What should he do?

He started digging his toes into the ground!

The male host continued to talk at length to Zhou Ke.

Zhou Ke, who already had social anxiety, became even more nervous, his face turning red from the foreign language he couldn't understand.

The male host kept talking.

Zhou Ke: "..."

He had no idea how to handle this situation.

Feeling suffocated, what could he do?

"Hahaha, Zhou Ke looks exactly like me when I'm forced to interact with strangers."

"So, what language is the male host speaking? Why can't I understand a single word?"

"This scene is too funny!"

At this moment, Zhou Ke instinctively turned to seek help from others.

His eyes immediately fell on Lin Yi, and upon seeing him, his expression changed as if he had found a savior. He quickly hid behind Lin Yi.

Before Lin Yi could react, the male host walked over to him.

The male host said enthusiastically: "￥%#@..."

Lin Yi: "..."

After a brief pause, he calmly replied, "Sure, thank you."

The male host continued: "%￥^&..."

Lin Yi: "Yes, thank you."

The male host: "&%#￥..."

Lin Yi: "Yes, thank you for your hospitality."

After saying all that, the male host placed the plate of sunflower seeds on the table in front of the guests and left, seemingly satisfied.

Everyone around was stunned.

Could Lin Yi actually converse with the male host?

Shen Feng asked the question everyone was wondering: "How can you understand what this person is saying?"

Everyone looked at Lin Yi curiously, waiting for his answer.

At this moment, Lin Yi slowly picked up some sunflower seeds from the plate, cracking them while calmly saying, "I don't understand."

Everyone present: "!!"

What?

Shen Feng continued asking the question everyone was wondering: "Then why did you act like you understood him and communicate so smoothly?"

Lin Yi responded in confusion, "Does it require any skill? No matter what they say, just respond with 'thank you.' Besides, even if we don't know what they're saying, we should still say thank you for bringing us a plate of sunflower seeds."

Others: "..."

Could it really be that simple?!

"I have the same expression as the other guests right now. Lin Yi's social skills are amazing."

"As someone with social anxiety, I'm genuinely envious."

"Hahaha, I was fooled too. I thought Lin Yi really understood what the other person was saying."

"What is this level of social skill!!"

In the countryside, people go to bed early.

By nine o'clock in the evening, the hosts here were ready to sleep.

Following local customs, the guests also went to bed early.

The group moved from the courtyard into the house and began washing up.

Huo Mianmian always took care of his own washing without needing any help from adults.

He rummaged through his suitcase and found his small towel. Then he soaked it in warm water, wrung it out, and gently wiped his face with it.

Just like a little snail, his movements were slow but meticulous.

Soon, Huo Mianmian's face became moist from the water, his eyes glistening, his lips red and teeth white, making him look incredibly soft and adorable.

There was an elderly grandfather in this farmhouse.

The grandfather was already in his seventies, and his eyesight wasn't very good.

He stood in front of Huo Mianmian, leaning on his walking stick, staring at him for a long time before asking in a kind, aged voice, "Is this a little girl? She looks so pretty."

Huo Mianmian: "..."

Huh?

He stood there holding the small towel, blinking in confusion.

"Hahaha, our Mianmian is so pretty that he can be mistaken for a little girl!"

"I've had the same feeling for a while now. Mianmian's appearance is so delicate; if he grew his hair a bit longer, he could pass as a little sister."

Lin Yi laughed when he heard the grandfather's words.

Indeed, with his rosy lips and white teeth, Mianmian did look a bit like a little girl.

Thinking about this, Lin Yi suddenly got an idea.

He grabbed a stool to sit on and called out to Huo Mianmian, "Kid, come here."

Huo Mianmian obediently walked over to Lin Yi's side.

At this moment, Lin Yi reached out to touch Huo Mianmian's hair.

Huo Mianmian's hair was smooth and soft, giving a great feel.

Just like how Huo Mianmian felt overall—soft and cuddly.

Of course, Lin Yi didn't just want to touch Huo Mianmian's hair.

He had other plans!

He casually picked up a nearby rope, took two strands of Huo Mianmian's hair, and tied them into... two pigtails.

Instantly, Huo Mianmian turned into a cute kid with two pigtails.

All the stray hairs on Huo Mianmian's forehead were tied up, revealing his eyes fully, making his black, glass-like eyes even rounder.

He looked even more delicate and lively, cuteness off the charts!!

After tying the pigtails, Lin Yi admired his handiwork proudly, growing more satisfied the more he looked. He couldn't help but reach out and pinch Huo Mianmian's chubby cheeks, genuinely exclaiming, "Kid! You're too cute!!"

Having such a cute kid to pet whenever he wanted was truly a super happy thing!!

"Ahhh, I'm screaming right here!!"

"Mianmian is so cute it's speechless!!"

"Why is there such a cute kid!! Why isn't this cute kid mine!!"

Huo Mianmian didn't know what was happening; he reached out to touch his head.

Lin Yi, who was still admiring the sight, quickly stopped him, "Kid, wait a moment. Let me take a few photos to commemorate this."

Saying that, he took out his phone and snapped away, taking pictures from all angles, capturing over ten shots in total.

The viewers also frantically took screenshots to keep as mementos.

"A Mianmian like this, I can't miss!!"

"I'll set this as my screensaver!!"

"Can I have Mianmian? I want a kid like this too!!"

After taking the photos, Lin Yi showed them to Huo Mianmian.

Huo Mianmian found himself in the photos quite novel.

He reached up to touch the two pigtails on his head.

It felt a bit strange but fun~

After a while of playing around, Lin Yi untied Huo Mianmian's pigtails and brought him back to their bedroom to rest.

The live stream was shut down, and the guests ended their day of filming.

On the other side, He Nian received a call.

It was from Lin Yi's mother.

Lin Yi's mother consulted He Nian about some matters, and He Nian patiently answered each question.

Lin Yi's mother praised He Nian profusely and then prepared to hang up.

At that moment, He Nian saw Lin Yi returning to his bedroom and about to close the door. He suddenly had an idea and approached Lin Yi a few steps with his phone, putting it on speaker.

He wanted to give Lin Yi a hard time!

Since Lin Yi had been having everything go smoothly lately, he would use his family to bring him down a notch.

After all, in his past impression, his useless cousin still cared about his family.

After He Nian walked up to Lin Yi, he continued speaking to Aunt Lin on the phone: "Aunt, actually, I didn't answer your question very well just now. Cousin must know more about these issues. Why don't you ask him?"

Lin Yi leaned against the door and looked at He Nian coldly as he suddenly approached.

At this moment, He Nian came closer and whispered, "Cousin, I think you have many misunderstandings with Uncle and Aunt. Why not take this opportunity to talk and clear them up?"

Lin Yi remained completely unmoved by these words, his expression indifferent.

Was He Nian really that kind-hearted, thinking about improving his relationship with his family?

More likely, he was hoping to pour oil on the fire.

Sure enough, when Aunt Lin heard He Nian's words, her emotions flared up, and she angrily cursed, "Lin Yi is here? He's nothing but an ungrateful son!! I consider this son dead, out of sight, out of mind!!"

Aunt Lin's sharp voice came through the phone's speaker.

It was only because they were separated by a phone screen; if she were standing in front of Lin Yi, it would be even worse.

Listening to these words, He Nian was secretly delighted, but he still said worriedly, "Aunt, don't say that. Cousin still cares about you; he might have just been a bit negligent recently, so he hasn't taken care of the family."

With He Nian's words, Aunt Lin became even angrier, "He cares about us? Would someone like him, with a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs, care about us? Nian, you're too kind, which is why you've been deceived by someone like Lin Yi..."

He Nian looked at Lin Yi with a troubled face, seemingly blaming himself for failing to mend the relationship between Lin Yi and Aunt Lin.

In reality, he couldn't contain his smugness.

Wasn't Lin Yi always arrogant? Now, he was being scolded by the family he cared about the most.

Lin Yi must be feeling terrible right now, right?

However, what puzzled He Nian was that Lin Yi didn't seem to be suffering at all.

He Nian carefully observed Lin Yi, trying to detect any hint of negative emotion.

Unfortunately, there was none.

At this moment, Lin Yi simply looked at him indifferently, his face showing no change, as if he didn't care at all about what Aunt Lin had said.

He Nian was confused.

Didn't his useless cousin care deeply about his family? Why did he show no reaction upon hearing Aunt Lin's harsh words? What was going wrong?

At this moment, Lin Yi placed his hand on the door, making a motion to close it, and said to He Nian, "Anything else? I'm going to sleep."

He Nian: "??"

Why was everything so different from what he had imagined?

After hearing Aunt Lin's words, Lin Yi was still calm and even wanted to go to bed?

Unwilling to give up, He Nian was about to continue talking to Aunt Lin on the phone to further provoke her anger.

Unfortunately, Lin Yi had already closed the door halfway: "Move aside."

He Nian naturally refused, insisting, "Cousin, wait!"

Lin Yi, of course, didn't wait and shut the door.

He Nian, in a panic, stepped forward, "Cousin..."

As he moved forward, Lin Yi closed the door.

With a loud "bang," the door shut.

He Nian's phone was hit by the door and fell to the ground with a "clank."

The phone screen shattered into pieces.

He Nian: "..."

He looked at the tightly closed door in front of him and then at the broken phone on the ground.

He Nian's face turned green.

Yet, he couldn't blame Lin Yi, as it was his own fault for getting too close when Lin Yi was closing the door, causing his phone to fall.

He never expected that not only did he fail to upset Lin Yi, but he also lost his phone, leaving him stomping in frustration.

Inside the bedroom.

After Lin Yi closed the door and entered, he found Huo Mianmian sitting in front of the bedside table, resting his chin on his hands, staring at a bowl of tangyuan on the table.

This bowl of tangyuan was probably left there by the farmer's family as a late-night snack to prevent them from getting hungry.

Lin Yi walked over and asked Huo Mianmian, "Zai, why are you staring at the tangyuan?"

Huo Mianmian, hearing Lin Yi's voice, pointed at one of the tangyuan and said, "Dad, this tangyuan seems drunk."

Lin Yi curiously asked, "Why do you say that?"

He took a closer look at the tangyuan Huo Mianmian was pointing at and noticed that its black sesame filling had leaked out due to overcooking.

But how was that related to being drunk?

At this moment, Huo Mianmian explained in a soft voice, "Because this tangyuan threw up."

The tangyuan got drunk and vomited its black sesame filling.

Not bad, that makes a lot of sense.

Hearing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Ha ha ha ha!"

While he hadn't been affected by He Nian's actions just now, he had to admit that he was indeed in a better mood now.

His Mianmian was truly like a little angel, so healing!