Chapter 15: Eldest brother is beaten by Mrs. Shen, and Shen Jiaojiao stands by and does not help.
Clearly, Mrs. Shen did not want the scandal of the Shen family raising the wrong daughter to become public knowledge, and she did her best to suppress the matter in the hillside villa area.
At least, people like the security team haven't gotten their hands on the Shen family's business yet, and Mrs. Shen doesn't want even ordinary people like them to gossip about the Shen family.
So she could only laugh it off.
"It seems to be a misunderstanding. You can leave now. I will handle the rest."
Lin Muyan quickly stepped forward to help Lin Xiao up. Seeing that he had injuries on his face and was clutching his sternum, she guessed that he had been beaten and couldn't help but question him.
"You hit him? The facts aren't clear yet, what right do you have to hit him?"
Lin Xiao's handsome face was bruised and swollen. He was clearly badly injured, but he didn't want to make a big fuss and ruin the harmony.
"Are you Mu Yan's younger sister?"
Lin Muyan nodded, and Lin Xiao quickly said:
"Little sister, I'm fine, let's go."
Lin Muyan refused to listen. She stared intently at the security guards, noticing the stun guns they carried, and frowned, saying coldly:
"Who gave you permission to use excessive force? What if you break something? How will you compensate us?"
"this……"
The security guard who had attacked looked to Mrs. Shen for help, but she avoided his gaze. Lin Muyan then realized that it was Mrs. Shen who had instructed the security guard to injure Lin Xiao.
Lin Muyan guessed that perhaps Mrs. Shen really hated the Lin family to the bone. So when Lin Xiao revealed his identity and wanted to see his former sister, Mrs. Shen had ulterior motives and deliberately said that Lin Xiao was a bad person so that the security guards would beat him up.
She never expected that her once gentle and kind foster mother could be so indiscriminate in distinguishing right from wrong.
If she's going to hate, she shouldn't hate the next generation. What does this have to do with Lin Xiao? Why did she almost cripple him?
"Little sister, I'm fine. Let's go. Can you take me to the hospital?"
Lin Xiao didn't want to pursue the matter, and was also afraid that this sister she had just recognized might fight against the Shen family for her sake.
He hadn't thought this through; he hadn't expected that Shen Jiaojiao would forget him so quickly.
Or perhaps, she never truly considered the Lin family her home.
Starting from her rebellious teenage years, Jiao Jiao changed. She became vain and always fantasized that she was a princess who should enjoy the best life in the world. She would complain about her family's poverty every day and even speak ill of them, saying that her parents were useless and that if they couldn't afford to raise children, why did they have so many?
At the time, as the eldest brother, he only thought that his sister was going through a rebellious phase. He had been through that phase himself, but he would eventually figure it out and accept reality.
But no, Jiao Jiao never truly got over her rebellious phase.
Even upon learning that she was the true daughter of the Shen family, she threw away everything her parents had sold her, and burned all her clothes and dresses.
She looked down at their whole family with a smug satisfaction and uttered those hurtful words:
"You can all continue to live a miserable life crammed into this garbage dump. I'm going to enjoy life."
She left without a second thought, fleeing the Lin family she had disliked for so many years.
Lin Xiao was still worried about her, wondering if she would be bullied or targeted in the Shen family because of her unlikable personality. He wanted to come and check on her and stand up for her.
But what was the result? He didn't even get to see Jiaojiao's face before Mrs. Shen had him beaten up without even asking what happened.
Sigh, have there really been any kindness or affection over these past twenty years?
He felt sorry for his parents...
Lin Muyan listened to her elder brother's almost pleading words, her emotions were extremely complicated.
She looked up at Mrs. Shen, wanting to face her adoptive mother with the same affection she used to have for her, but now she realized she couldn't.
She didn't know when it started, but Mrs. Shen felt like a stranger to her. Everything about the Shen family felt extremely unfamiliar to her, as if it were completely different from the home she had lived in for twenty years.
Mrs. Shen felt uneasy under Lin Muyan's gaze, and the security guards' amused stares were also quite irritating. She quickly smiled and said:
"Hey, Mu Yan, why don't you take him to the hospital? I'll send you a car."
Mrs. Shen felt a little guilty, but what she feared even more was that Lin Muyan would be there and embarrass her in front of so many security guards.
The Shen family's reputation is of utmost importance; it cannot be ruined by such a minor character.
Lin Muyan pursed her lips and decisively rejected Mrs. Shen.
"No need, I will take him myself. Please, Mrs. Shen, when you see members of the Lin family in the future, do not resort to violence without thinking. That is not the behavior of a wealthy lady."
"Also, what happened twenty years ago may not be as you say. You can investigate. Believe me, it has absolutely nothing to do with the Lin family."
After Lin Muyan finished speaking, she helped Lin Xiao turn around to leave, but then, as if remembering something, she said without turning her head:
"By the way, Jiaojiao is sick, and her condition can't be delayed. She has to go to the psychiatric department of the city hospital almost every month. If Mrs. Shen has time, she should take her to see a doctor as soon as possible, so as not to delay her treatment."
After saying that, Lin Muyan left gracefully, suddenly feeling refreshed.
She didn't know why, she was just very angry.
She had originally planned to go to the city hospital to check if Shen Jiaojiao really went there for treatment often, but just now, she changed her mind.
She wanted to tell her adoptive mother about this. Call her malicious if you want, but the Shen family has to know about it eventually. Let Mrs. Shen investigate it herself.
Not long after Lin Muyan left, a shocking piece of gossip spread throughout the villa on the hillside.
The security guards always felt that Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen's way of getting along was strange, as if Mrs. Shen treated Miss Shen like a thief.
So they started using all sorts of back channels and connections to unravel the mystery, and finally got to know the gossip that was two days late.
It turns out that Shen Muyan from the Shen family was a fake heiress who was switched at birth. The real Shen family heiress was brought back, but I heard that she was living a miserable life outside, and when she was brought back, she looked like a beggar...
Lin Muyan took Lin Xiao to the hospital. Fortunately, they were all superficial injuries and would be fine after being bandaged.
The brother and sister sat face to face in the restaurant for the first time, and Lin Xiao was visibly nervous.
I rushed back early this morning hoping to see my second sister, but I didn't. Instead, I unexpectedly ran into her at the Shen family's house, and I ended up in such a sorry state.
Lin Xiao glanced at his sister, whom he had been switched at birth for twenty years, every now and then, feeling a mix of emotions.
She was so noble, her eyes filled with composure and confidence, truly befitting someone raised in a wealthy family.
Would someone as outstanding as her really choose to live with the Lin family now? Would she truly accept the Lin family from the bottom of her heart?
Lin Muyan knew her older brother was looking her over, so she let him look openly. But after all the dishes were served, he hadn't said a word. Lin Muyan couldn't help but sigh and say:
“I know you have a lot of questions for me, you can ask them directly.”
In fact, Lin Xiao was only four years older than her. Because of the Shen family, she completed all her studies at the age of twenty and graduated just like Lin Xiao.
Logically speaking, her knowledge and experience far surpass Lin Xiao's.
Therefore, when they got along, she found it difficult to treat this young man in front of her as her older brother.
She might deliberately lower her posture in front of elders, but there's no need for that when facing peers.
Lin Xiao suddenly felt immense pressure and secretly marveled. His second sister truly lived up to her reputation as a wealthy heiress for twenty years; her aura was simply extraordinary.
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