The call had just ended when Shen Linyue heard He Xiao's question.
"Do you think I should get to know him?" she asked, puzzled.
Having come this far, she had already decided to stop hiding her background from Ah Xiao, but she still didn't know how to send out the paternity test results from the upstairs bedroom.
He Xiao pursed his lips and frowned as he looked at her. He naturally believed what Lin Yue said.
She came to Taipei to find him as soon as she returned to the country. Not only did she not have a chance to see his grandfather, but she also skipped out at the last minute when her grandfather was at Jiang Yanxin's birthday party.
So, Lin Yue had never met her maternal grandfather and therefore didn't know him.
But he always felt that the relationship between them was strange.
"Why are you afraid to meet my grandfather?" the boy asked directly, seizing on something. "At Jiang Yanxin's birthday party last time, you agreed to take me to meet my grandfather, but you messed up at the crucial moment, as if my grandfather were some kind of monster."
The boy finally remembered the important point.
Shen Linyue's heart also jumped. "I explained last time that it was because of diarrhea. Also, I'm not afraid of your grandfather. We'll go to Nanshi to see him tomorrow, and you'll definitely know the reason then."
Speaking of this, Shen Linyue's tense heart began to relax. It seemed like a good opportunity to reveal her identity.
I just don't know if Ah Xiao will be very angry then.
He Xiao narrowed his eyes: "Well, so you were hiding something from me after all!"
Shen Linyue: "..."
Seeing him like this, Shen Linyue wanted to tease him even more.
A slight smile curved her lips, and without a trace of guilt or panic on her face, she said, "Yes, I'm hiding something from you."
He Xiao stared at her, his eyes wide with disbelief: "You've been hiding something from me, and you still have the nerve to talk about it so casually?"
"Am I really that insignificant to you?" The young man seemed to see right through her, and showed her a look of utter disappointment. "Lin Yue, I was wrong about you after all. I've arranged your schedule for tomorrow in detail, and this is how you repay me?"
Seeing the boy start acting, Shen Linyue's lips twitched and she said, "With such good acting skills, you should enter the entertainment industry."
He Xiao looked down at her condescendingly, arms crossed, his expression indignant: "Tell me what you've been hiding from me now, and I'll let bygones be bygones."
Shen Linyue remained unmoved and even raised her head to smile at him.
"I'm relieved to hear that. You'll find out tomorrow." She remained mysterious.
Shen Linyue sighed inwardly, hoping that Ah Xiao would truly remain calm as he had said.
After saying this, Shen Linyue turned and walked towards the stairwell, leaving the boy with only her back view.
He Xiao: "???"
She wouldn't be deliberately taking actions against the Jiang family without telling him, and doing it all by herself, would she?
Just like in the movies, the other person only learns the truth after the sacrifice, and then suffers unbearable pain.
He Xiao was startled by his own imagination. When he looked up again, Lin Yue's figure had already disappeared around the corner of the stairs.
"Young Master, here's your milk. Drink it so you can get some rest tonight," the butler said.
He Xiao snapped out of his reverie, looked at the milk in the butler's hand, pursed his lips and nodded: "Alright, you should get some rest. I'll bring Lin Yue's cup."
The butler paused slightly, a loving smile appearing in his eyes: "Yes, young master, thank you for your concern."
The young master has really grown up; he's even started to care about people now.
The butler was filled with mixed emotions.
...
Before Shen Linyue could even warm her seat, there was a knock on her bedroom door.
She opened the door and saw the young man standing outside. She raised an eyebrow: "Is there anything else you haven't asked?"
"What? Every time I call you, it's something urgent?" He Xiao rolled his eyes, handed over the hot milk, and said through gritted teeth, "You're really something, Lin Yue, to be treated like a fool for your kindness."
Shen Linyue silently accepted the milk, and seeing that the boy was still standing there without moving, she couldn't help but tease him.
"The milk has been delivered. How much longer are you planning to stay?"
He Xiao looked hesitant, but Shen Linyue could easily see through him. She just thought he was kind of cute and wanted to tease him a bit.
"Do you remember what you promised me?" He hesitated for a moment, but still asked, not taking her teasing tone to heart.
Shen Linyue was stunned, now completely confused.
She had promised He Xiao many things, but how could she possibly know which ones they were?
"So, what exactly is it?" Shen Lin asked hesitantly.
He Xiao's expression froze, and he looked at her as if she were a scumbag.
Shen Linyue: "?" So?
"You promised you wouldn't take risks on your own, you should remember that, right?" the boy said through gritted teeth.
Shen Linyue suddenly realized what was going on and wondered what the boy was up to now.
"Of course, I value my life a lot, okay?"
He Xiao breathed a sigh of relief after receiving her reply, his expression gradually relaxing, but he said aloud:
"Fine, you said it yourself. If you dare to go back on your word, we're done. We'll never see each other again for the rest of our lives!"
Shen Linyue looked at him in shock: "Is this necessary? And how childish! Help!"
Is the current He Xiao really the same arrogant person he used to be?
He Xiao didn't finish speaking. Before leaving, he gave her a look and went upstairs.
Shen Linyue was left alone, pondering his words, unable to understand them.
...
Jiang Zhixing returned to the Jiang family home very late.
Old Zhao kept him behind for a long talk about the upcoming national mathematics competition.
But as soon as he entered the Jiang family courtyard, he sensed something was wrong. The villa, which usually had a few lights on even late at night, was pitch black.
The butler, who was supposed to rest only after he returned safely, has also disappeared.
The security here is excellent, so Jiang Zhixing is not worried about whether his home has been broken into.
It wasn't until he stepped into the villa and turned on the nearest light that he realized that while everything inside seemed normal, something was amiss.
Jiang Zhixing frowned slightly and walked slowly into the living room, thinking about going to the second-floor monitoring room to see what had happened at home.
Just as he reached the top of the stairs, a very eye-catching men's tie suddenly caught his eye.
Jiang Zhixing abruptly stopped in his tracks, his pupils contracted almost imperceptibly, and he stood there stunned.
Even though he was completely ignorant of the ways of the world, the tie still stung his eyes and cracked a hole in his heart.
My father has been gone for many years, and it's only natural for my mother to want to find a partner. However, she has never brought anyone back here except for Uncle Jiang.
Even with Uncle Jiang, the atmosphere between the two was very harmonious on the surface, and she never overstepped her bounds in front of him.
But now, the tie lying alone on the ground seems to be mocking him.
Look, Jiang Zhixing, you're not that important to your mother either...
Jiang Zhixing gritted his teeth, forcing himself to calm down. Perhaps he was wrong. His mother cared about him, and she might not know that this thing was left here.
He clenched his fists and stared at the dark stairwell, which resembled the gaping maw of a monster, threatening to devour him completely if he stepped inside.
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