Chapter 84

Chapter 84: Station C and Station Xi (4th update, first subscription, votes!)

After staying at Mei Fang’s house for a while, Mei Lijun came back from shopping with Xiao Xia and her husband.

During the year-end period, Mei Lijun took leave to return from Baizhou City to be with his family. After Mei Fang told his parents about Lin You Xi’s situation, he expressed his wish to have Lin You Xi stay overnight at their home. Without hesitation, the couple strongly supported this idea.

“You can stay as long as you want at our place. Our house might not be big, but it’s warm.”

“Didn’t you always say you wanted a bigger house?”

“Now that the kids have grown up, and Xiaoya, right… Where is Xiaoya?”

“She’s playing at Xia Yuan’s house, I forgot to pick her up.”

Xiao Xia immediately became very upset, “How could she go play at Xia Yuan’s? Has she finished her homework? What kind of brother are you… I asked you to supervise Xiaoya’s studies.”

“You daughter is so mischievous, how can I possibly supervise her effectively.”

“Oh, look at you, you don’t take any responsibility.”

Xiao Xia criticized Mei Fang a few times, then seeing Lin You Xi looking somewhat awkward, she walked over and patted Lin You Xi on the shoulder to comfort her.

“Don’t worry, You Xi. We’re familiar with Old Lin. If he wants to find you a new mother, it must be for your own good. You’re a sensible child, think it through carefully. Your father has had a tough time too…”

Most adults’ comfort and advice are based on factual theories, and such a top-down attitude often overlooks the purest feelings in a child’s heart, which was precisely what Mei Fang opposed when comforting Lin You Xi.

Of course, this was only noticeable because Mei Fang was a child with the double buff of child identity and adult mentality. Fortunately, Lin You Xi had been pacified by Mei Fang, and her heart had been more or less unknotted. She didn’t feel repelled by Xiao Xia’s comfort and echoed her.

“I’ll think it through… If Dad really likes that aunt and she can lighten his burden, I’m willing to try getting along with her.”

“Sigh… Our You Xi is truly a good child.”

Xiao Xia hugged Lin You Xi’s shoulders; she adored this girl like a daughter.

“But if that aunt isn’t nice to you or you’re unhappy at home, we will always welcome you here.”

“Mm-hm, thank you Aunt Mei.”

Lin You Xi’s eyes were full of gratitude.

In the nearly ten years since losing her mother, Xiao Xia, who had always been gentle and kind to her, could indeed be considered half a mother to Lin You Xi.

“Mom, how are we sleeping tonight?”

Mei Fang’s house was a typical 110 square meter three-bedroom apartment with a master bedroom, secondary bedroom, and study. Usually, Mei Fang slept in his room, Mei Ya and her mom in the master bedroom. Recently, with her father back, the three of them slept in the master bedroom, and Mei Fang slept alone.

“That means Xiaoya and You Xi will sleep in your room, and you—”

“Just let Mei Fang sleep in the living room. This sofa I bought two years ago is extremely comfortable.”

“No need, Aunt… I’ll just sleep on the sofa.”

“You child… saying such nonsense, it’s so cold, how can I let you sleep in the living room.”

Mei Fang tilted his head, looking puzzled, “So I can freeze, right?”

“As a boy, why compete with girls? I’ll just get you another layer of blankets.”

At this moment, Mei Lijun chimed in, “Exactly, Mei Fang, being with Xia Yuan and You Xi for a long time makes you seem too feminine, not at all like a good man from the Mei family. You need more masculinity. Freezing is nothing; when I was your age, I was chopping wood bare-chested in winter, and I was strong!”

“Why are you still at home? Go pick up Xiaoya, then go buy groceries!”

“Ahh, we just got back from shopping, we’re exhausted. Can I have some water…”

“Dad, you’re so healthy, why are you tired from shopping?”

Mei Fang stood with his arms crossed, looking very arrogant, “I never tire of shopping with Xia Yuan and You Xi, no matter how much we carry. You sit in the office all day, yet you get tired from shopping with Mom. Truly lacking in masculinity.”

“How can you say that! How can you say that!”

Xiao Xia pinched Mei Fang’s head hard, “You’re so attentive when shopping with Xia Yuan and You Xi, but you get tired carrying a basket of groceries for your mother. You’re a son who can’t be raised properly.”

“Stop hitting me, stop! Mom, You Xi is watching, I’m not going to lose face!”

Mei Fang held his head and fled, in this loving and humorous family, Lin You Xi sitting there finally released all her pressure and burst out laughing. The Meis’ eyes all fell on Lin You Xi.

This child… it seemed to be the first time she had laughed so happily in many years.

Mei Lijun picked Xiaoya up from Xia Yuan’s house; the wild girl had already fallen asleep at Xia Yuan’s. Lin You Xi accompanied Mei Fang in looking at the web page code.

Learning Golang was quite difficult for Mei Fang, who was a programmer halfway through his career. However, Lin You Xi’s progress was significantly faster than his. Mei Fang’s experience with code was limited to understanding it, and the gap between him and Lin You Xi was only due to his starting programming three years earlier.

However, ever since Lin You Xi showed interest in Java and gradually delved into various codes known to Mei Fang, her learning speed was incredibly fast. She was already showing signs of surpassing Mei Fang, her teacher.

“This bug has eluded me for so long, and you found it right away.”

“Therefore, adding comments is crucial. You didn’t even remember to add comments here, and you forgot to delete a loop statement earlier, causing the problem log to be a repetitive stack of this bug.”

“It’s troublesome to fix this… maybe we can develop a quick way to add comments in future updates.”

“If you’re not used to it, I can handle this part… you can see how to load the Flash player module into the webpage.”

“No problem.”

Lin You Xi then asked, “Afang, Afang, if this website is set up later, have you thought of what to name it?”

“Hmm…”

“Now that there’s an A station in China, why don’t we call it C station?”

“C station? Why not B station?”

“Because the pronunciation of the letter ‘C’ in English is similar to your name ‘Xi’. Don’t you think calling it C (Xi) station would be more meaningful?”

Lin You Xi felt a bit embarrassed, “But… this is your guidance, it should be called M station.”

“M doesn’t work!”

“Why not?”

“M sounds weird, and it doesn’t sound like Mei!”

“…”

Lin You Xi didn’t continue arguing.

C station…

Looking at the messy backend modules on the computer screen, Lin You Xi became contemplative.

(End of Chapter)