395: Chapter 395 The Year is Approaching

The Lin Family Old Residence.

Lin Heng sat on the threshold, somewhat spaced out.

Next to him was the uninvited guest from before, Su Xueer.

Su Xueer sat beside Lin Heng, looking slightly awkward. She secretly glanced at Lin Heng, unsure of what to say.

As for Lin Xiaoxiao, the clever girl had long found an excuse to leave the two of them alone.

At this moment, Lin Heng's expression wasn't great, but he still managed to appear somewhat calm.

He looked outside, lost in thought.

Su Xueer nervously fiddled with the hem of her skirt, forcing an awkward smile onto her face.

Recalling what had just happened, Su Xueer managed a stiff smile, finally gathering her courage to approach Lin Heng.

Tensely clutching the corner of her skirt, Su Xueer finally spoke, "About what happened just now... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... I was just too nervous at the time."

"It's fine... I didn't take that to heart at all."

However, upon hearing this, Lin Heng seemed to snap back to reality. He just casually waved his hand.

Hearing this, Su Xueer secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But for some reason, hearing Lin Heng's indifferent words made Su Xueer feel an emptiness in her heart, as if something had been taken away from her soul.

She felt a strange sense of loss.

Damn it!

Lin Heng clearly didn't care that much about her previous foolishness, so why was she still so sad?

In fact, why did she even feel a bit regretful?

Su Xueer didn't know what was wrong with her.

Moreover... just now, surrounded by Lin Heng's numerous female relatives, she had actually felt a shy yet joyful emotion.

Could it be that she had already developed feelings for Lin Heng to that extent?

But there didn't seem to be anything between them...

This sent Su Xueer spiraling deeper into a vortex, unable to extricate herself.

And just at this moment...

After Lin Heng replied to Su Xueer, something seemed to flicker in his eyes.

It was as if the thing he had been pondering deeply in his mind moments ago had finally found an answer!

Then, Lin Heng turned his head and looked at the slightly flustered Su Xueer beside him.

"Xueer Senior Sister, can you do me a favor?"

Suddenly, Lin Heng pursed his lips and spoke.

Huh??

Su Xueer was stunned by his words.

She also turned her head to look at Lin Heng.

It was still that handsome and resolute face.

However, when those words came out of his mouth, why did it give her a bad feeling?

The two stared at each other for a moment...

As if sealing some kind of agreement, Su Xueer nodded shyly.

At that moment, Lin Xiaoxiao, who was hiding behind and peeking, finally revealed a cunning smile.

"Heh heh heh... They're finally together. It wasn't a waste of all my effort, heh heh heh..."

...

Meanwhile.

As the New Year approached... more and more people began returning to their hometowns.

And their village clearly had quite a few young men who had made good for themselves outside and were now returning...

Those young people who had been venturing out in the world had finally come home to roost and were heading toward the village they had left.

After the incident with Er Niu, the Old Village Chief led the effort to repair the road, transforming the originally muddy ground by laying down some quicklime... and charcoal residue from daily fires.

This way, if a car got stuck in the mud on this road, at least they wouldn't need outsiders to push it.

And as the New Year drew near, more and more cars began rushing back to their hometowns.

More and more luxury cars appeared on the road.

Initially, people could only see basic commuter cars costing around 100,000 yuan, but soon higher-end BBA cars appeared. Later on, some people were even driving high-end cars like Porsches back!

At this moment, the village finally reached its peak excitement!

At the village entrance.

Luxury cars whizzed past.

This left the Village Entrance Aunties completely dumbfounded.

Good heavens!

Previously, they thought Er Niu driving a Passat was already impressive enough, but now... Good lord, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and BMW were just the standard configuration!

It was even said that driving a Crown was necessary to prove one hadn't wasted their time outside.

There were even Land Rovers and Porsches leading the way...

Upon entering the village, they would first drive around for a lap before slowly parking their cars in the small courtyard in front of their own homes.

Moreover, they insisted on parking outside the courtyard, not inside!

Why? To show off!

However... this also drew a lot of curses.

...

"Damn your ancestors!"

Early in the morning, while most places were still asleep, they were immediately woken up by a burst of shouting and cursing.

Many people, after a night of revelry, were still groggy. Hearing the noise, they quickly scrambled out of bed to watch the excitement.

Huh? What happened?

Everyone showed curiosity and hurried toward where the sound was coming from.

The village was tiny, so the distance didn't matter much; usually, it was just a few steps away.

And just like that, they quickly arrived at the source of the noise.

Up ahead...

Two men in their thirties were standing there, each with a luxury car beside them.

One was a Mercedes-Benz E, the other an Audi A6.

Both were worth around four to five hundred thousand yuan.

At that moment, the owners of these two cars were standing there, shouting insults at each other, neither willing to back down. They were so angry their faces were red, looking like they wanted to strangle the other person immediately.

Heh heh? Time for some good drama!

The crowd stopped to watch, their faces filled with curiosity.

Gawking was practically the biggest feature of their village.

They had nothing else to do on normal days, let alone now during the New Year when they mostly just ate and slept, slept and ate—it was too carefree!

With such a juicy piece of gossip appearing, was there any reason for them not to partake?

For instance, the faction of Village Entrance Aunties arrived first.

Some of these people even brought peanuts, sunflower seeds, and small stools!

Good heavens!

Their main goal was to arrive at the battlefield first!

After these people were all gathered, the rest arrived slowly afterward.

And soon, the conflict erupted.

"F*** your mother! Are you blind? How the hell do you drive?"

"Do you know how much my Mercedes-Benz E costs?!"

"Damn it, I'll scare you to death if I tell you! You probably can't afford it in your whole life!"

The Mercedes-Benz Car Owner roared, extending his rough finger to poke the other man's chest fiercely, as if using steel rebar.

He looked determined to fight until the end unless the other party paid compensation.