Chapter 284 His Childhood

After lunch, Li Yansheng went to a video conference. Lin Shutang stood under the eaves to get some fresh air. After a few minutes, a figure appeared beside him.

"Is the lunch to your liking?"

Lin Shutang turned his head and saw Li Yansheng's aunt. He could tell that the other party was greeting with good intentions, and Lin Shutang smiled politely and replied, "It's delicious."

"Come sit over there with me!"

Lin Shutang thought for a few seconds, guessing that she must have something to say to him, and nodded: "Okay."

The two sat down in the pavilion, and Li Yi asked, "Did Yansheng ever tell you about his childhood?"

Lin Shutang remained silent.

"When Yansheng was in elementary school, his parents' relationship became strained and they lived apart. My brother wasn't a good husband, nor was he a good father. Before his relationship with my eldest sister-in-law completely broke down, Yansheng's life had always been taken care of by his eldest sister-in-law. After she left, he, as a father, couldn't even remember that he had a son to take care of. My father was good to his grandson, but at that time he also had business to run, so there were always times when he couldn't take care of him."

Li Yi was originally looking towards the swimming pool, but when she finished, she turned back to look at Lin Shutang. "About half a year after they separated, Yansheng came home from school with wounds all over his face and arms. He treated the wounds himself, and no one in the family noticed. Not his father, not his grandfather, not the servants."

"At that time, I was still in college, living away from home, and didn't go home often. I happened to have no classes that day, so I came back and brought some things for Yansheng, intending to put them in his room. But then I saw that he had a fever and was lying in bed, not going to school."

Lin Shutang: "Didn't the driver who took him to school notice it?"

Li Yi shook her head: "No."

Lin Shutang could no longer hear what Li Yi said next. When she came to her senses, Li Yi had already left.

Lin Shutang sat alone in the pavilion, his mind full of what he had just heard. In such a large family, how much must Li Yansheng have been neglected by his family for the servants who cared for him to not take him seriously, for no one to notice that he was injured or ill.

And at that time, he was just a child.

Suddenly, Lin Shutang wanted to see Li Yansheng right away. He wanted to see him very much. So he stood up and walked towards the villa, walking faster and faster.

Lin Shutang trotted in and trotted upstairs. It was the first time she did this in the Li family. When she passed the living room, several servants who were cleaning looked at her in surprise.

However, when he was about to reach the second floor, he was stopped by someone.

It was Li Sheng. He seemed to have recovered his composure and became his usual nonchalant and fake-smiling self again.

He supported himself on the fence with his hands, leaning against it crookedly, blocking Lin Shutang's way.

Lin Shutang looked up at him and gestured for him to move aside.

Li Sheng, however, still maintained his previous action: "Sister-in-law, are you looking for brother?"

"Well, get out of the way."

"What I said to you before still counts. Why don't you just follow me? My eldest brother has been kicked out of the company and has nothing left. His little, shabby company in Beijing is not going to amount to anything."

Lin Shutang gave a fake smile: "I heard from Yansheng that your father wants you to start as a department manager!"

Hearing this, Li Sheng could no longer laugh. He stood up straight, straightened his clothes and left. Before leaving, he pointed at Lin Shutang and said, "You have no taste."

When I reached the second floor, Li Yansheng had already emerged from his study, likely having heard the commotion. He still had a Bluetooth headset on one ear, clearly still in the meeting.

Lin Shutang looked at him, and then, without hesitation, quickened his pace and went upstairs.

When Li Yansheng hugged the girl in his arms, he didn't understand why, but he could tell that the little girl was in a bad mood.

He rubbed the back of her head, then, as if holding a child, he held her legs and wrapped them around his waist, hugging her face to face.

Then he lifted his foot to close the door and carried her to the desk. He took off his headphones and closed his notebook before speaking softly, "What's wrong?"

Lin Shutang still didn't speak. Li Yansheng carried her to the sofa and sat down. After a moment of silence, he turned his head and kissed the person who buried her face in his neck.

A gentle, feather-like kiss with a soothing tone fell on the neck, making it itchy. Only then did Lin Shutang raise his head.