Chapter 111: Parents Return Home

  Liu Wanchuan's old face turned red with embarrassment at Lorraine's words.

  Lorin patted his shoulder: "Alright, don't make any more arrangements. These two days I'm also free, so take a few days off. Before you go back to the countryside, you should at least buy some good food and drink, fun things, and nice clothes to bring back, right? In these days, if you feel bored, I'll call Lianzi and the others, whoever is free will accompany you around."

  Liu Wanchuan looked at Luolin's serious expression, intending to refute it, but helplessly shrugged his shoulders: "Alright, Lin Ge, let's just take a break. I really should go buy some things too."

  "Uh-huh." Lorraine glanced at the time, "Let's go out and get something to eat. You look like you haven't eaten yet, right? Don't worry, there's a network administrator keeping an eye on things temporarily, nothing will happen."

  "Alright." Liu Wanchuan stood up, adjusted his collar, and followed Luo Lin out of the Brothers Internet Cafe.

  Two people ate a casual meal, and then Loring left the Brother Internet Cafe, rushing to the development section of Night Market Street. When he arrived, he found that Daqiang Ge and Lang Gou were both there, and the development progress was very fast, without any obstruction. After saying a few casual words, Loring shifted the topic to the key point.

  "Big Qiang, A Yao, apart from supervising here, you guys don't have anything too important to do in your daily lives, right?" Under a temporarily built thatched hut, the three of them sat down, each lighting up a cigarette, puffing out smoke.

  Dajiang Ge and Lang Gou exchanged a glance, shook their heads in unison: "No, although the development project of this night market street is not a tiring task, we still need to be on guard at all times. Tomorrow is the 28th of the lunar calendar, these workers should also take a break, today is our last day of supervision, after the New Year, let's take a rest, it can't be considered busy."

  "Hmm, I have a good job here, are you going or not?" Lorrin suddenly smiled and said, "It's very suitable for you guys, these tasks, I reckon Da Qiang Ge and A Yao Ge, you're already familiar with them."

  "What job?" Brother Daqiang's eyes lit up slightly in front of him.

  "You should know that the Caesar Palace has been taken over by our Luo Group, right? It's now officially renamed as Zhoujiang Clubhouse. We're short of some experienced management personnel. I'd like to invite you to go over and help out. As for the salary, it's naturally very generous." Luo Lin crushed his cigarette in his hand and smiled slightly.

  "Huh?" The wolf dog paused for a moment, then said, "But I heard that Fat Eagle wasn't fired, and his work background at the Caesar Palace is also clean. Isn't he still the general manager of the hotel?"

  "That's right." Lorraine waved her hand, "But he alone is not enough. He is now the department manager of the bathing department and the lobby manager, while there are three main departments in the State River Club, another department is the guest room department, and another department is the leisure and entertainment department. So, if Big Qiang and A Yao go over, they can fill the vacancies of these two positions."

  Upon hearing Lorraine's words, Daqiang Ge and Lang Gou revealed a hint of a smile. This feeling wasn't bad, anyway, it would still take some time for the night market street to be developed. Why not go to the Zhoujiang Club to do a department manager position? After all, they were all under the Loshen Group's name, and they had Young Master Luo helping out, so there was no risk of losing out. As for this side of the night market street development, they could arrange for their subordinates to take care of it, with salaries paid as usual, a win-win situation.

  "Alright! It's settled then!"

  …………

  Leaving the night market on one street of the development zone, Lorraine hailed a taxi and headed straight home.

  Back home, taking off his coat, leaning on the soft sofa in the hall, Loring lit a cigarette. As the smoke rose slowly, Loring slowly raised his head, and his eyes narrowed...

  Now, the Luo Group's development in Zhenzhou has entered the right track. Qian Baiwan was also eliminated by his own tactics, at least, he overturned his power in Zhenzhou. The development of Night Market Street is also on the right track, and Caesar Palace officially became a property of the Luo Group, renamed as Zhoujiang Club. Daqiang Ge and Lang Gou both went to help with the management, so there shouldn't be any problems. In addition, Liu Wanchuan is in charge of the school's internet cafe and bar, he doesn't feel worried at all, even if something unexpected happens, Daqiang Ge and Lang Gou should be able to help out.

  Maybe... it's time for me to go to Beijing?

  As soon as he thought of going to Yanjing, Pan Jiajun's arrogant face involuntarily appeared in his mind. Luo Lin felt his heart suddenly beating violently... Although it had been so long since his rebirth, the harm this person had caused him in his previous life still made him remember vividly, and the pain of his family being destroyed that was hidden in his heart seemed to be aching again.

  "Pan Jiajun... the Four Young Masters of the Imperial City, the four great aristocratic families..." Luo Lin took a deep breath and muttered to himself. Indeed, for his current strength, the power of the four great aristocratic families in the Imperial City was still a huge mountain. To contend with this mountain, it wasn't just about developing his family's business with all his might, but also secretly cultivating his own underground forces. Currently, no one in the entire Yongzhou City could rival him, but what about in the Imperial City? His meager power was nothing compared to the great aristocratic families, wasn't it equivalent to an ant?

  The more she thought about it, the more anxious Loraine became, but these things couldn't be rushed... What to do?

  Finally, Loring made up his mind that when his parents came back for the New Year, he would discuss and arrange for himself to attend a key university in Beijing. Incidentally, he asked about the development of the Luo Group in Yanjing, as he was about to fill out his college application soon. After going to Yanjing, he would have to consider more for the family business. If you really want to compete with the four major wealthy families, then you must develop in Yanjing. Currently, it is 2006, and Loring is quite familiar with the economic development prospects of the past two years, which should be his advantage...

  Just as he was puffing out smoke and narrowing his eyes in thought, suddenly the door of the house was opened from outside.

  Then two figures walked in... Lorin turned around and saw it was Dad and Mom!!

  It's been almost half a year since I've seen my parents, and Lorrine was really anxious! Almost subconsciously, she got up and made a gesture to welcome them, with a surprised face: "Dad! Mom! Are you back?!"

  The parents returned home to see their son Loring, of course, also a joy... but when they smelled the pungent smoke filling the room and saw the cigarette in Loring's hand, Su Jianrong and Li Hong immediately turned pale, then revealed an extremely severe expression, with shocked eyes, staring at Loring angrily.

  Lorin saw his parents' suddenly serious expressions, and he was taken aback, pausing in confusion, then mechanically putting the cigarette to his lips, taking a drag, furrowing his brow with a puzzled expression.

  But when the smoke rose from his own mouth, Lorraine suddenly realized it!!! Oh my god!!! ——Damn it! He forgot that he was still a student and actually smoked in front of his parents!!! I want to die!!!

  In the moment of realization, Lorraine hastily threw away the cigarette butt in her hand and then stepped on it to extinguish it. With a forced smile, she gave her parents a "heh heh, accidental, accidental, purely accidental..." expression.

  "You little scamp!!! How dare you be so smug?!!!" Mother Li Hong saw Luo Lin's smiling face at this moment, and immediately became furious, without even changing her shoes, she pulled out a slipper from the shoe cabinet and rushed towards Luo Lin with a fierce aura, "Not coming back for several months!!! Have you gone mad?!!!!"

  "Ah! Mom! - I said it was an accident! Me! Me... Oww!" Lorin hastily waved his hand, but didn't have time to explain. His mother slapped him hard on the butt with a slippers sole, and Lorin cooperated by letting out a pained cry.

  …………

  After a whole afternoon of quarreling, the parents finally accepted the fact that Lorraine smoked. There was no way around it, the child had grown up and Lin actually understood things too. At least, after Lorraine took out her exam results from school for this period, the parents felt that the child still had a future and hadn't been fooling around, as for the bad habit of smoking, at such a young age, she hadn't gotten addicted yet, with strict control, it should be possible to quit.

  As for this point, Lorraine secretly felt bitter, her soul was an old smoker, how could she quit so easily?

  At dinner time, Loring brought another surprise to his parents, that is, he personally went to the kitchen and cooked various sumptuous dishes and the extremely nourishing old turtle soup. The fragrance of the food made people drool with desire.

  Jian Rong and Li Hong looked at the dishes on the table, both of them were a bit stunned.

  Is that their little son? The last time they came back, they clearly felt Lorin's growth, and this time they came back, the feeling was even stronger. Of course, apart from Lorin learning to smoke, Lorin has really grown up now. Seeing one's children grow up and become sensible and filial is the most comforting thing for parents in every family, and Jian Rong and Li Hong are no exception.

  It's time for Chinese New Year, and Su Jianrong is also happy. He asked his wife to go to the study room and bring out a bottle of old wine, which he drank with his son.

  After a few cups of wine, Luoluo suddenly said: "Dad, Mom, I've thought it through. When I fill out my college application, I plan to apply to Jinghua University in Yanjing."

  "Hmm...hmm?" Upon hearing Lorrine's words, Jiansheng Rong showed a slight nod, but suddenly froze and repeated, "Jinghua University?"

  Jinghua University, the highest-ranked university in Huaxia last year, has a history of nearly a hundred years. It is an old school with a long history and is the birthplace of many modern ideas. Every year, graduates from it are high-end talents who are sought after by various industries in society.

  Luo Lin's progress in this period of time is self-evident. However... wanting to take the entrance exam for Jing Hua University still has some difficulty, right? Although Su Jian Rong has connections and money, and can even find a backdoor into the school, he never planned on using his wealth to get his son into Jing Hua University. After all, treating the symptoms but not the root cause is useless; with a poor foundation, going to Jing Hua University would only have a negative influence, nothing else. He had already told Luo Lin that if he wanted to go to Jing Hua University, he should take the exam himself.

  "Are you confident about passing the exam?" Su Jianrong asked after a moment of hesitation.

  Lorraine smiled and said humbly: "It should be okay."