You Nainai nodded at Bai Xiaonian's father and opened the trunk …
Bai Xiaonian's father's eyes widened as he watched You Nainai pick up the suitcase that even he had trouble lifting with one hand and place it into the trunk with ease. "Is this young lady also Xiaonian's friend? I've never seen him before … He looks so skinny, but he's so strong! "
You Nainai was about to explain that she was Lin Nuan's bodyguard and assistant when Bai Xiaonian admitted it first. "Right … my new friend!"
You Nainai smiled, a little embarrassed.
"Old Bai, you don't have to send me off!" Bai Xiaonian said to her father. "It's enough that Nuan Nuan and Nainai are sending me back. Don't go and add to the mess. They'll have to send you back later!"
Bai Xiaonian's father pursed his lips. He knew his daughter too well. She was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold back his tears and embarrass himself in front of his friends if he went to the airport.
But he only had one daughter, and now that she was going to the United States, even though they could see each other via video chat every day, he didn't have much time to see her in person. He couldn't bear to part with her …
Lin Nuan understood Bai Xiaonian's thoughts. She also understood her father's thoughts.
A middle-aged man who had gotten up for a morning jog came out of the building. When he saw Bai Xiaonian carrying her luggage, his gaze turned to Bai Xiaonian's father. He smiled and rubbed his face as he greeted, "Hey, Old Bai, you're sending your daughter to the airport!"
Bai Xiaonian's father smiled and nodded. That person lived below them and was a chess friend of Bai Xiaonian's father.
"Old Bai's daughter is so promising! Now he's going to work in the United States, unlike that brat in my house who's already 30 years old and still living off his parents! Xiaonian, do a good job! Remember to show our country's might and don't let others bully us! Take care of yourself! "
Bai Xiaonian smiled and nodded at her father's chess friend. "Got it, Uncle Qian. Don't worry!"
"Then I'll go jogging first!"
Watching Uncle Qian run off, Lin Nuan said, "Let Uncle go!"
Bai Xiaonian opened her mouth, but when she saw Lao Bai's face tensed up, looking like he was trying not to cry, she felt bad and nodded. "Then get in the car! You're not allowed to cry! "
On the way to the airport, Bai Xiaonian's father was unusually silent. Bai Xiaonian, on the other hand, kept reminding her father to take his medicine on time, to remember to lock the door when he went to bed at night, and not to make do with his three meals a day. Only by eating properly would he be in good health.
Lin Nuan, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, looked at Bai Xiaonian's father and Bai Xiaonian through the rearview mirror, and the corners of her lips turned up slightly.
At the airport, Bai Xiaonian's father kept asking Bai Xiaonian if she had brought this and that. Bai Xiaonian took out everything and showed it to her father.
Seeing that they wouldn't make it if they didn't go through the security check now, Bai Xiaonian's father hurriedly helped Bai Xiaonian pack her luggage, then took out a card from his down jacket pocket and handed it to Bai Xiaonian.
Bai Xiaonian was stunned. She picked up the scarf that had fallen to the ground and patted it. She frowned and asked, "Old Bai, what do you mean by this?"
"You'll need a lot of money overseas! Take it! " Bai Xiaonian's father held up Bai Xiaonian's hand and stuffed the card into it. "The password is your birthday!"
Bai Xiaonian had thought that she would put on a good act. Even if she had to wave goodbye before going through the security check, she wouldn't cry. However, the bank card made Bai Xiaonian unable to hide the tears in her eyes.
She frowned and said, "Don't you know that you need to take your medicine now? I should be the one giving you money. Why are you giving me money? It's not like I don't have money.
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Can you not make me … worry like this? "
Bai Xiaonian's voice was choked up, and her voice couldn't help but tremble when she said the last few words.
She deliberately pretended to be impatient because she was afraid that the final farewell would be like this. She kept telling herself not to cry, but she couldn't hold on to it until the end.
"Take it! Don't make Papa worry! "Bai Xiaonian's father's eyes were also red.
The father and daughter had depended on each other for so many years. Now, his only daughter was leaving his side …
Bai Xiaonian was used to being lazy since she was young. She changed her clothes every day, but she didn't know how to put them in the washing machine. She also didn't know which brands and materials of clothes couldn't be placed in the washing machine, and which clothes needed to be sent to the cleaners!
Bai Xiaonian's father then thought of how there would be no one to take care of her in the future … He didn't know if she would be able to eat hot meals every day.
Bai Xiaonian released the handle of her suitcase and stuffed the bank card into the pocket of her father's down jacket. She helped him adjust the jacket. "Papa … keep this. Don't make me worry! I'll definitely ask you if I need it! "
Bai Xiaonian's father nodded after a long while with reddened eyes.
Lin Nuan handed Bai Xiaonian a square box with a pair of gloves inside. Bai Xiaonian gazed at Lin Nuan with watery eyes.
"I only know that you don't have the habit of wearing gloves! But I still feel that I should prepare a pair for you! "Lin Nuan smiled lightly.
Bai Xiaonian stuffed the gloves together with the box into the backpack Lin Nuan gave her and nodded. "I'll definitely wear gloves in the future!"
Lin Nuan hugged Bai Xiaonian. Perhaps because Bai Xiaonian's father was more restrained, he only waved his hand at his daughter and didn't hug her. He only reminded her to put her safety first.
You Nainai wasn't used to being too close to others. She hesitantly stepped forward and shook hands with Bai Xiaonian, making Bai Xiaonian laugh.
After watching Bai Xiaonian pass the security check, Bai Xiaonian's father said, "Let's go!"
By the time they came out of the airport's underground parking lot, the sky was already bright.
On the way home, he didn't say a word. He only stared seriously at the plane taking off when the car drove away from the airport.
"Uncle, if you miss Xiaonian in the future, you can go to America to visit her, or you can wait until she comes back from her holidays …" Lin Nuan consoled Bai Xiaonian's father.
Bai Xiaonian's father nodded, smiling and joking with Lin Nuan. He couldn't hide the loneliness in his expression. "From today onward, I'm considered an empty nest old man!"
After sending Bai Xiaonian's father home, Lin Nuan received a call from Lin Ran on the way to Jinjiang TV Station.
Lin Ran said that it would be Lin Jingquan's birthday in a few days. Liang Mulan said that for Lin Jingquan's birthday this time around, the whole family should have a simple meal at home and not make it too grand. After beating around the bush for a while, she finally told Lin Nuan that if Lin Nuan had the time one day, she could bring Fu Huai 'an and Tuan Tuan to the Lin house for a meal. When the time came, she wanted to bring Ji Yun to the Lin house as well. Liang Mulan and Lin Jingquan had already agreed.
Lin Nuan wasn't a fool. She could tell if Lin Ran was sincere in her invitation. Hearing Lin Ran's sincerity, Lin Nuan thought about it and agreed.
Before hanging up, Lin Ran seemed to have suddenly thought of something and said to Lin Nuan, "Gu Shaoting will be coming over too!"
Lin Ran said that they were going to have a family meal, and then she said that Gu Shaoting would be there too. Lin Nuan sensed that something was amiss …
The monthly tickets at the end of the month had doubled! Come on, babies! Counting the doubling, he could throw in twenty pieces! I'm counting on you, my babies!
(End of Chapter)
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