385: Chapter 385 Old Friends

Meanwhile,

Lin Heng and Lin Xiaoxiao had arrived in the countryside by bus.

He carried large and small bags on his shoulder, while holding Lin Xiaoxiao's hand with his right hand.

Seeing this familiar place again, Lin Heng felt a wave of emotion in his heart.

It really is my hometown!

The environment here is truly great!

"In the future, if there's a chance, I must build a villa here. If one day we don't want to work anymore, we can come back here to retire."

Lin Heng smiled slightly, filled with a bit of longing.

Hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at Lin Heng.

"Hmph, you better maintain this attitude. You'll see what happens later."

She snorted slightly, speaking with a hint of defiance.

Lin Heng just smiled and shook his head.

"How is that possible?"

"The people here are so easy to get along with; everyone is from the same village. Have you forgotten the days when we used to eat at their house when we were kids?"

Lin Heng always remembered those who had taken care of them.

It wasn't until middle school, and then after getting into high school, that contact gradually lessened, but they still came back once every New Year.

Previously, due to time constraints, they returned less often, but this time, after handling the matters at hand, Lin Heng and Lin Xiaoxiao finally had enough time to return to their former hometown.

However, Lin Xiaoxiao pouted, unconvinced.

Seeing Lin Heng's expectant expression, Lin Xiaoxiao naturally had nothing more to say.

Instead, she felt a bit sorry for her older brother.

"Sigh, I just hope the aunties in the village will be a little more merciful with their words and go easy on him."

Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at Lin Heng, truly unwilling to strike her brother's confidence.

And soon...

After Lin Heng and Lin Xiaoxiao got off the bus, they walked step by step toward the village.

It wasn't far from the village entrance, just a few steps away.

Lin Heng naturally didn't think much of it.

He quickly led Lin Xiaoxiao toward the village entrance.

At that moment...

Suddenly, a small car came driving from ahead.

Lin Heng pulled Lin Xiaoxiao closer to him, shielding Xiaoxiao behind him.

Rural roads were quite narrow, and it would be bad if there was a scrape.

The car was nothing, but if a person got hurt, Lin Heng could smash the other party along with their car.

However...

As the other party passed Lin Heng and Lin Xiaoxiao, they quickly slowed down.

Oh... drivers are this polite nowadays?

Lin Heng took a second look at them.

In just a few seconds, the car was already dozens of meters away from them.

But!

Suddenly, the car stopped, and a head poked out from the window.

"Lin Heng! Brother Heng?"

Huh?

The other person recognized him?

Lin Heng was slightly stunned.

And quickly, the other party immediately reversed the car.

That was what you call skill.

Reversing was so much smoother than driving forward!

Lin Heng wondered how much practice this guy must have put in daily.

At this moment, the other person's face appeared before Lin Heng and Lin Xiaoxiao.

"Er Niu?"

Lin Heng quickly recognized the person.

He had dropped out of middle school and was later heard to have gone south to try his luck. Lin Heng didn't know what level he had reached.

But being able to drive a car in the village... and it was the latest model Volkswagen Passat, it seemed he was doing quite well.

Otherwise, how could he afford such a car?

Never mind anything else, for someone not relying on their parents to afford a car worth nearly two hundred thousand RMB in their early twenties was already enough to be proud of!

Lin Heng offered his sincere congratulations.

"You're driving a new car, looks like you've been doing well these past few years... I remember we used to skip class together."

He reminisced slightly.

However...

When Lin Heng called out the other person's nickname, Er Niu's expression quickly changed.

He's already in his twenties, and this guy is still calling him by his nickname in front of others!

Rude!

But after all, Er Niu had struggled in society for several years, so he could still control his expression.

He put on a smile.

"Ah, it's nothing compared to you University Students now. Those are just childhood matters, let's not mention them."

Saying that, he almost subconsciously took out cigarettes and offered a few to Lin Heng.

"Sorry, I don't smoke."

Lin Heng calmly waved his hand, refusing.

Upon hearing this, Er Niu, who already didn't have a very good expression toward Lin Heng, became even stiffer.

But he just gave a faint smile.

The look in his eyes gradually became contemptuous.

It was like a carnivore seeing a herbivore from a lower position on the food chain.

Er Niu didn't say anything more.

He just silently put his cigarettes away, then looked Lin Heng up and down.

Seeing Lin Heng's scholarly demeanor, Er Niu had already labeled him.

The two of them were no longer people from the same world.

But as someone in the seafood market business in the south, he certainly didn't feel inferior to Lin Heng.

He immediately lit a cigarette for himself, and as the spark burned, he spoke casually:

"How is it? You're about to graduate, right?"

"Have you decided what job you're going to do next?"

"I heard you got into a prestigious university back then, bringing glory to the ancestors!

"After graduating, shouldn't you be making over ten thousand a month?"

There was a hint of disdain in every word.

In the current job market, graduating and immediately earning a monthly salary of over ten thousand was extremely rare!

If you even had to use your own money for housing and food... calculated like that, it would be good if you didn't spend everything!

Er Niu now recalled that he was fortunate to have dropped out early; otherwise, if he had just managed to get into a low-tier undergraduate program, he probably wouldn't even know where to beg for food right now.

Upon hearing this, Lin Heng just smiled.

"International Trade... this major really isn't very conducive to finding a job. We'll talk about finding work when the time comes; we'll take it one step at a time."

Lin Heng replied casually.

"Hehe... You kid have a pretty good mindset. You'll know once you enter society."

Er Niu licked his dry lips and said without concealment.

Young people who are still students staying in school are just too naive. Even if they know how cruel society is, they don't truly know how cruel it is.

Taking another drag of his cigarette, Er Niu flicked the ash. On his face, weathered by the years, a different expression quickly appeared.

Glancing sideways at Lin Xiaoxiao behind Lin Heng, Er Niu's heart stirred slightly.

He licked his dry lips and changed his tone, speaking heartily:

"Alright, who can say what the future holds?"

"There's still some distance to go, right? I see you have a lot of things. Why don't you get in my car? I'll give you a ride back?"

As he said this, Er Niu's gaze remained fixed on Lin Xiaoxiao's long legs, showing a hint of covetousness.