Chapter 468: – Eldest Cousin Came
Two days later, Lin Jin's video was released, and their older cousin Wu Jia arrived.
It was his older cousin’s first time coming to Guangdong. Apparently, he'd had a big fight with their grandparents so he decided to come over and stay for a while. As for why they argued, he hadn’t told her mom.
Lin Jin and Lin Chen were sitting on the sofa in the living room watching TV. They didn’t wait long before the front door opened and their mom led their cousin Wu Jia into the house.
"Lin Chen, Lin Jin, your cousin is here." Their mom said with a smile.
When they were little, about four or five years old, Lin Chen and Lin Jin were really attached to their cousin Wu Jia. They could basically be considered as his two little followers. Whenever they did something bad, they would first push it to their cousin. If they wanted to do something, finding their cousin was also definitely the way to go. It was just that after they moved to the city, the two’s contact with their cousin dropped a lot. Later, their mom took Lin Chen to Guangdong, while Lin Jin got a bit depressed because of it so she basically didn’t play with her cousin anymore.
Then even later, their cousin went abroad, so they lost contact even more.
Their mom thought their cousin’s arrival would cheer up Lin Jin, but she saw that Lin Jin was still expressionlessly watching TV and playing on her phone. As for Lin Chen, he hadn't seen their cousin in a long time and didn't seem too excited either.
"Wu Jia, why don't you stay with Lin Chen for the next couple of days?" Seeing that the two of them weren’t very enthusiastic, their mom had no choice but to be enthusiastic herself. She smiled and praised their cousin, "You're getting more and more handsome. It's only been a few days since we last met."
The last time they met, this cousin’s hair was just normal black hair. But now, he had dyed it blond and even got it permed. He did indeed look a lot more handsome, but he didn't look mature at all anymore. Rather, he looked a bit more like a gangster.
"I just permed my hair." Cousin Wu Jia carried his luggage in his hands and followed their mom into Lin Chen's room to put his stuff down.
Since Lin Jin’s mom ran a clothing store, she couldn't spend much time with their cousin. After getting him settled in, she immediately left.
After that, cousin Wu Jia also came over to sit on the sofa and watch TV.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Lin Jin turned her head to glance at her cousin, then lowered her head and went back to her phone, looking bored.
Lin Chen couldn't hold it in anymore. After sitting with this cousin for about ten minutes, he finally asked curiously: "Cousin, how come you came over to our place?"
"I had a fight with grandpa and grandma." His face always wore a gentle smile. It wasn’t known if it was a habit he picked up from abroad or from running his own milk tea shop.
"Oh." Lin Chen nodded, then thought a bit and asked, "Then why not go to your maternal grandparents' house?"
"They passed away a long time ago."
Lin Chen suddenly realized he had said the wrong thing and shut his mouth with a dumbfounded look.
In the past, when Lin Chen was only four or five years old, their eldest cousin really liked to stay at his maternal grandparents' place, so that was why Lin Chen asked.
But their cousin didn't seem to mind. He was still gently smiling as he asked: "Is there anything fun to do in Guangzhou? Take me out tonight or tomorrow?"
"Sure." Lin Chen agreed without hesitation.
"You guys go ahead, I'm not going." Lin Jin pouted. As a lazy salted fish, she would much rather just stay at home.
Besides, she wasn't that close with her cousin anymore, and she was now a girl. If she tagged along, her cousin might feel uncomfortable.
After all, in this cousin’s eyes, she was probably the same as a freak, right?
Lin Jin stood up. Even though this cousin seemed supportive when she was at their grandparent’s house, who knows what he really thought.
She went straight back to her room, locked the door, and laid down on the bed for a nap.
So yeah, she still needed to use two to three day’s time to properly dupe her cousin and get him to join her crew.
So, how should she dupe her cousin?
Lin Jin thought her cousin was pretty handsome, at least on the same level as Xia Tian. But he had dyed his hair blond. Although it looked okay, some people might not like that hair color.
While Lin Jin was lost in thought on her side, things were getting more and more spirited over in the living room.
Their eldest cousin Wu Jia had nothing to do, so he started chatting with Lin Chen: "Are there any fun places in Guangzhou?"
"I'm not too sure either. But anyway, there's lots of good food." Lin Chen shrugged. He also wasn’t very interested in the TV. "There's a good rice noodle and sweet soup dessert place nearby. There’s also a steakhouse with pretty good taste and the atmosphere is good too."
"Then let’s go tomorrow?"
"Sure, let’s call my sister too. She’s been just cooped up at home everyday so much she’s about to mold." Lin Chen clearly didn’t like Lin Jin staying at home all day. Like this, it was just him alone whenever he went out usually, so Lin Jin coming over basically made no difference to him.
"Will she come?" Wu Jia didn’t know Lin Jin too well, especially after he went abroad. When he came back, he suddenly found that Lin Jin was very different from the old tagalong tail of a cousin. If it wasn’t for the name still being the same, he really would have thought Lin Jin was some unknown girl.
"Probably. Even though she says she's a salted fish, she would still go out for a walk every day." Lin Chen crossed his legs and grabbed the fruit from the coffee table to munch on. Those fruits had all been washed by his mom, so there was no worries about it being dirty.
"Okay, I'll go sort out my luggage." Wu Jia nodded, stood up, and walked towards Lin Chen’s room.
Lin Chen found it boring to watch the TV by himself, so he simply followed along, hoping to see how he could help out and maybe play some games with cousin Wu Jia.
"Speaking of which, why did you suddenly come to hang out at our place?" Lin Chen was a bit curious about Wu Jia. In his eyes, cousin Wu Jia was a mature and successful person, not on the same level as him and Lin Jin, two students.
"Had a fight with grandpa and grandma." Wu Jia put his backpack into Lin Chen’s closet and helplessly smiled "Earlier, aunt and Lin Jin went to grandpa’s house but got kicked out. I wanted to go and smooth things over but ended up arguing with them too."
"Old people are just so stubborn. Didn’t she just turn into a girl? Lin Jin’s originally so pretty, There’s basically no difference if she became a girl and if she didn’t. I don’t know why grandpa and grandma are making such a fuss."
Lin Chen blinked, looking completely confused.
Although he knew that his mom had gone back to their hometown before, he thought she was just going to pick up Lin Jin.
"Now I can't go back even if I want to. Luckily, there’s people to watch the shop so it’s okay. Grandpa and grandma are really mad this time." Wu Jia shook his head and said with some worry "I don’t know if their body can handle it."
Lin Chen continued to be confused.