Lin Yi

Zhong Ningning has been busy with her medical treatment these days and has wanted to take her sister to visit Beijing for a long time, but unfortunately it has been put on hold.

Since they had some free time today, Zhong Ningning took Lin Yan out early in the morning.

Lin Yan had a headache watching Zhong Ningning who kept buying things. When he saw her about to go into a sweets shop, Lin Yan hurriedly stopped her: "Zhong Ningning, you have bought enough. If you buy more, you won't be able to finish them."

"There are still many delicious foods that sister hasn't tasted yet," Zhong Ningning curled her lips, "I received so many gifts on my birthday before, and it's rare that I get so much money. I want to treat sister to all these delicious foods."

"Am I your sister who is short of money? Do I need you to treat me?" Lin Yan knocked on Zhong Ningning's head and said helplessly.

Of course, Lin Yan is not short of money. Even eight hundred Zhong Ningnings cannot squander the inheritance left by his master.

"Okay." Zhong Ningning lowered her head in disappointment, and paused for a moment before continuing to buy.

Zhong Ningning certainly knew how rich Lin Yan was, but her elder sister had always provided for her in the past, and now she wanted to do more for her elder sister.

Seeing this, Lin Yan softened his heart. Knowing Aning's little thoughts, he touched Zhong Ningning's head and said, "Let's go and continue shopping."

Zhong Ningning's eyes immediately lit up, and the two of them traveled through the streets of the capital all day until it was almost dark.

Just as the two were about to go back, they ran into a familiar figure.

The man was wearing a green robe, his eyes were dark, there was an unconcealable sadness between his brows, and his whole body had a decadent temperament. To outsiders, he looked like an unremarkable scholar.

The moment he saw this person, Lin Yan's face instantly turned cold. He pulled Zhong Ningning away and didn't want to stay any longer.

Lin Yi had just come out of the pastry shop. When he saw Lin Yan, his eyes were full of surprise. Then he saw that Lin Yan looked like he wished he would never see him again in his life, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Lin Yi carried the pastries and returned to his residence in a daze. If it weren't for the servants following him, he would have almost bumped into someone along the way.

Tang Yuelin waited at Lin Yi's residence for half an hour. Seeing that Lin Yi had not returned yet, she couldn't help but worry. She had finally pestered Lin Yi to go out and buy her some pastries, and she didn't want anything unexpected to happen.

"I specifically asked Ah Man to follow me, so nothing should happen," Tang Yuelin thought.

Tang Yuelin waited anxiously at the door and finally saw Lin Yi. Seeing that he looked strange, Tang Yuelin signaled Ah Man behind him with her eyes.

Unfortunately, Tang Yuelin didn't understand Ah Man's twitching eyes.

Lin Yi handed the pastries he bought to Tang Yuelin, his eyes empty and he said stiffly: "The pastries have been bought, please go back, Miss Tang. I am a little tired and want to take a rest."

"Okay, then you can have a good rest. I won't disturb you." After saying that, Tang Yuelin left, looking back at Lin Yi's door every few steps.

After Lin Yi's house was no longer visible, Tang Yuelin turned around and asked Ah Man: "What happened to Brother Lin Yi? He went out to buy some pastries and ended up like this."

Ah Man told everything he saw, waved his hand and said: "Anyway, Young Master Lin became like this after seeing that woman."

Then Ah Man began to mutter: "Miss, you come to see Master Lin every day, but you don't even consider whether he appreciates it. That girl must not be Master Lin's confidante. If that happens, all your efforts will be in vain, and you will be the one crying."

"What do you know?" Tang Yuelin knocked on A'man's head.

After listening to Ah Man's description, Tang Yuelin knew that Lin Yi must have met his elder sister Lin Yan.

Lin Yi is the only son of Lin Yan's master, Lin Jiumen. Lin Jiumen is the number one figure in the martial arts world and is in charge of the largest sect in the martial arts world. Such a large sect naturally needs someone to inherit it. His only son, Lin Yi, has been placed with high hopes since he was born.

Unfortunately, Lin Yi was not cut out for this since he was a child. He did not inherit Lin Jiumen's martial arts talent at all. Instead, like his uncle, he loved reading since he was a child. His teacher praised him as a child prodigy and said he would become a high-ranking official in the future.

After Lin Jiumen picked up Lin Yan, he found that she was a genius, so he placed his hopes on Lin Yan. She lived up to his expectations and perfectly inherited all of Lin Jiumen's martial arts.

After inheriting the inheritance, Lin Jiumen no longer had any expectations for his son, but he also firmly disagreed with Lin Yi taking the imperial examinations and becoming an official.

Lin Yi's uncle died because he offended the powerful when he was an official. When Lin Yi's mother found out, she worried every day and finally died of excessive grief.

But Lin Yi has always admired his uncle and always regarded him as a role model, but Lin Jiumen refused to agree.

When Lin Yi was thirteen years old, he secretly went to take the Tongsheng exam. When Lin Jiumen found out, he broke his legs and tore up all of Lin Yi's books. The father and son had a big quarrel. After Lin Yi's leg healed, he ran away from home and was never heard from again.

Lin Jiumen was a stubborn man who refused to lower himself to look for his son. Who would have thought that the quarrel between the father and son lasted for so long that Lin Jiumen became seriously ill. The father and son were separated forever and could not reconcile.

Lin Jiumen never saw his son again until his death.

When Dr. Zhao told Lin Yan that her master had only half a month to live, Lin Yan was stunned. She was only eighteen years old at that time. She was completely panicked and at a loss. She only knew that her master said he wanted to see Lin Yi for the last time.

Lin Yan and Lin Yi had been exchanging letters over the years. After learning that his master was dying, he rushed to find Lin Yi but it was too late, so he immediately sent a message to Lin Yi.

But Lin Yan waited and waited, until her master grabbed her hand and asked where Lin Yi was. She grabbed her hand and said that she regretted stopping him from taking the imperial examination. But in the end, she only received a letter.

Lin Yan was so excited when he received the letter that he gave it to his master before he had time to read the contents. However, his master's smile froze after reading the letter. It turned out that the letter was to sever ties with him.

The letter said: "My son is now a high-ranking official, so please don't come looking for me. There is a huge gap in status between you and me as father and son. I am now severing ties with you and will have nothing to do with you from now on."

Lin Jiumen started vomiting blood after seeing the letter. Lin Yan tore the letter to pieces and frantically grabbed his master's hand and shouted, "Master, that letter is fake. Lin Yi must have lied to you."

Perhaps knowing he was leaving, Lin Jiumen's mood gradually calmed down. He said to Lin Yan, "Ayan, Master can't accompany you anymore. Please tell Ayi that I regret tearing up his books and preventing him from taking the imperial examination. Tell him that his father is proud of him and hopes that he will become a good official and forge his own path in the future."

"Ah Yan, you have always been the master's pride. The master is sorry for you. You have to walk the road ahead on your own. Poor little Yan, the Nanshan Sect can only rely on you to support it."

"Also, 'Yan' means treasure. Little Yan, there are many meanings to life in this world. Don't be obsessed with the past anymore. Go find more people who love you in this world."

As he spoke, Lin Jiumen's breathing gradually became calmer and he gradually died.

Perhaps because he was too sad to see his master pass away, Lin Yan was unable to understand the meaning of Lin Jiumen's last words.

In the end, he called out to his master until his throat was hoarse and his tears dried up, but he still couldn't wake Lin Jiumen up.

Over the years, Lin Jiumen treated Lin Yan like his own daughter, and Lin Yan had long regarded him as his adopted father. Seeing his master die of regret, Lin Yan's heart was filled with endless resentment, resentment towards Lin Yi.

As for Lin Yi, he was not seen until Lin Yan had taken care of his master's funeral.

A year after his master passed away, Lin Yan met Lin Yi. At that time, Lin Yi had a beard and looked depressed, as if he had aged ten years.

When Lin Yan saw him, he sneered in his heart and said to Lin Yi in a sarcastic tone: "Isn't someone a high-ranking official? Doesn't he look down on people of our status and position?"

"Why, are you down and out now?"

At first, Lin Yi just thought that Lin Yan was angry after seeing the letter, so he said, "I will explain the letter to you later. I want to see my father."

Lin Yan looked at his hypocritical face and sneered: "Oh, you want to see the master? Now use the dagger to cut your own neck. Maybe the master is still thinking about you and waiting for you on the road to the underworld."

When Lin Yi heard this, he knew that Lin Yan would not joke about this matter. His voice trembled, but he still couldn't believe it and asked, "What do you mean?"

Lin Yan stared at him with eyes that seemed to want to cut him into pieces, and pointed the sword at Lin Yi: "What else can it mean? Master is gone, and he wanted to see you again until his death, but what about you? A letter came to sever all ties with him."

Then he thought of something and sneered: "Why, now that you have become a high-ranking official, you look down on your master and are afraid that your master will cling to you?"

Lin Yi held his head in his hands, his expression dazed: "I don't believe it. Three years ago you told me that my father was in good health. How could this happen?"

Then he approached Lin Yan and said, "Tell me, it's fake, right? You lied to me, right?"

Lin Yan's sword penetrated Lin Yi's chest. Looking at Lin Yi's collapsed expression, he sneered, "Who are you pretending to be like this for? If you hadn't sent a message to sever ties with Master, Master wouldn't have died of suffocation."

Of course this was false. Lin Yan concealed some of the truth. At that time, she was full of resentment and just wanted to make Lin Yi feel regretful.

Lin Yi's eyes were bloodshot, and he tried hard to stop his voice from shaking. "You mean Dad died because of that letter?"

Lin Yan just wanted to see him regretful, so he continued to provoke him: "Before Master left, he hoped that you could come to see him. He always said that he didn't blame you, but what about you?"

Lin Yi grabbed the sword in front of him, blood oozing from his palm. He looked straight into Lin Yan's eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "I want to see my father."

Then he walked straight forward, the sword piercing deeper into his chest, and more blood oozed out.

"In the back mountain", Lin Yan looked at Lin Yi's desperate behavior and finally took the sword.

Lin Yi immediately ran to the back mountain, knelt down in front of Lin Jiumen’s grave, and slapped himself repeatedly: "I am an unfilial son, an unfilial son, it’s all my fault, I deserve to die."

He sat in front of the grave for a whole day, blood oozing from his chest, and finally he fainted from exhaustion.

Lin Yan was afraid that he would be unlucky if he died in front of his master's grave, so he threw him to the doctor at the foot of the mountain. When he woke up, he left a message: "Go away, don't let me see you again, and the master doesn't want to see you either."

Then Lin Yan seemed to remember something and turned around and said, "Master said before he died that he wanted to see you become a high-ranking official. You'd better not die like this, otherwise I will look down on you."

Looking at Lin Yi's appearance, Lin Yan's eyes were filled with pity, but when he thought of his master's look of deep regret before his death, only resentment remained in his heart.

Later, Lin Yan inherited the Nanshan Sect and became the head of the Nanshan Sect. He was busy with sect affairs all day long and never asked about anything related to Lin Yi.

Afterwards, Lin Yan underestimated his enemy and was ambushed by a force in the martial arts world. He was seriously injured and had no contact with Lin Yi again.

After Lin Yi returned to the capital, he continued to take the imperial examinations and became the youngest number one scholar in the Song Dynasty.

Lin Yi has been acting abnormally since then, becoming indifferent to everything. Then he suddenly went crazy and desperately investigated those nobles who relied on their power to kill people.

After that, everyone in the court was terrified of Lin Yi.

Because Lin Yi is not afraid of offending people, or even death, and he has the support of the Regent, everyone in the court wants to avoid him when they see him.

Tang Yuelin stared at the direction of the Lin Mansion, feeling anxious. She had finally managed to get Lin Yan to come to the capital, and Ayi's illness could not be delayed any longer.

Then she thought of something and calmed down. Now that Lin Yan was in the capital, there would always be a way to resolve the misunderstanding between the two siblings.

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Zhong Ningning was pulled by Lin Yan and quickly returned home. It was the first time she saw her elder sister so angry.

Looking at Lin Yan's gloomy face, she considered her tone and spoke carefully: "Sister, do you have a grudge against the man you just met on the street?"

When Lin Yan heard Aning's words, his expression softened and he said, "He is just a cold-hearted and cold-blooded person. But remember I told you that my master has a son."

"I remember, his name is Lin Yi. I remember my sister said that when he was thirteen, he had a big fight with Senior Lin and ran away from home in order to become an official," Zhong Ningning recalled, "So the man just now was Lin Yi?"

"That's right." When Lin Yi picked up Aning, he had already run away from home. After that, in order to let him concentrate on preparing for the imperial examination, Lin Yan rarely disturbed him, so Zhong Ningning had never seen Lin Yi.

"Why does sister hate him so much?" Zhong Ningning asked tentatively.

After the master passed away, Lin Yan did not tell Zhong Ningning about this matter, thinking it was unlucky. Since An Ning wanted to know, she did not hide it and told her about the bad things Lin Yi did when the master was dying.

"What Lin Yi did is really inhuman. He even abandoned his own father after becoming an official." Zhong Ningning was furious after hearing this, "How could Master Lin give birth to such a son."

"But I feel like I've seen that person somewhere before. I seem to have heard the name Lin Yi from someone else." Zhong Ningning shook her head, "Where is it?"

"Don't think about it," Lin Yan patted Zhong Ningning, "It's unlucky to mention him. He is not an important person anyway."

Having said that, Lin Yan thought of Lin Yi's thin appearance, a complex emotion flashed in his eyes, and his heart became even more irritated. Then he shook his thoughts and stopped thinking about him.