The next day, Cao Xuan's fever had subsided.
He sat up and leaned his back against the sofa, looking much better than yesterday.
Cao Xuan was a fierce-looking man with cold eyebrows and hard facial lines. He rarely smiled and had a solitary and cold personality.
He looked at the paintings hanging on the wall of the lounge, his eyes burning with obsession.
In Cao Xuan's mind, Lin Xi is an unattainable goddess, while he is the scum of society, a rotten man struggling in the mud.
He never thought that one day he would be able to enter Lin Xi's studio, lie on the sofa in her studio, and be taken care of by her. This was simply a gift from God to him.
Lin Xi came in with a big bag of takeout, unpacked it, took out the food inside, and placed them one by one on the coffee table, just like a good wife and mother.
Cao Xuan watched Lin Xi's actions, and an indescribable warmth rose in his heart.
Lin Xi picked up a bowl of porridge and handed it to Cao Xuan.
"Hey, Xuan, this is your porridge. You're weak right now, so you can only drink porridge for now."
Cao Xuan reached out to take the bowl of porridge, his lips curled up slightly, and he looked at Lin Xi with tenderness in his eyes.
"Thanks."
Lin Xi responded with a sweet smile.
After both of them had eaten, a noise was heard outside the lounge.
Before the two people in the lounge could react.
Lin Cheng ignored Li Chanyi's obstruction and rushed into the lounge.
As soon as Lin Cheng entered the room, he saw a strange man with a large area of bandages sitting next to Lin Xi, and he couldn't help but frown.
Cao Xuan looked at Lin Cheng with a defensive look, as if he was ready to attack at any time.
When Lin Xi saw that the person coming was Lin Cheng, he was stunned for a few seconds before reacting. He signaled Cao Xuan with his eyes not to speak, then stood up and pushed Lin Cheng towards the door.
"Brother, go out first. We can talk outside."
Lin Cheng glanced at Cao Xuan fiercely, turned and walked out of the lounge, and followed Lin Xi to the reception room.
"Xixi, is that man inside an accomplice in your conspiracy to frame Xuqiu?"
The first thing Lin Cheng said was to question Lin Xi, which made Lin Xi angry, but she still put on an expression of hurt and aggrieved, and spoke with a choked voice.
"Brother, so you stormed into my studio just to vent your anger on Lin Xuqiu."
"You came right up and questioned me, convicting me. What else can I say?"
Obviously, Lin Xi's trick didn't work on Lin Cheng. Lin Cheng didn't show any distress or regret for his questioning.
"It's not me who convicted you, it's all the evidence that shows you're involved."
"Xixi, why are you doing this?"
Yesterday's series of blows had already made Lin Xi nervous, and now being questioned by Lin Cheng like this, Lin Xi simply stopped acting.
Anyway, the truth had already been revealed, and it was futile for her to say anything more, so she vented all her resentment.
"Okay, then I'll tell you honestly. I hate Lin Xuqiu. I hate her for taking the initiative to come and claim my family. She ruined my peaceful and happy life."
"She took away my parents, and she also took you away."
"She clearly knew the complexities of the Lin family, but she said nothing and watched me return to that den of intrigue and scheming."
Lin Cheng looked at Lin Xi in disbelief, his eyes full of disappointment. He didn't expect Lin Xi to confuse right and wrong like this.
"Lin Xi, what does this have to do with Xu Qiu?"
"Whether she's there or not, you'll always be Mr. and Mrs. Lin Shichang's biological daughter."
"It was you who wanted to go back to that home. No one forced you to recognize your biological family. Seeing your longing for your biological family, we didn't even dare to try to keep you, for fear of putting pressure on you."
"If you really valued our relationship that much, you wouldn't have only returned home once in all these months, and that time was to report Xu Qiu."
"You're unhappy now, so you're putting all the blame on Xu Qiu. Why are you so unreasonable?"
Lin Xi didn't expect that her brother, who usually doted on her so much, would scold her harshly.
She stared at Lin Cheng with her scarlet eyes and accused him.
"Oh, am I unreasonable?"
"Are you completely innocent?"
"I don't ask for much. I just hope that you and mom and dad can love me like before. But since Lin Xuqiu came into being, everything has changed."
"If you can treat me equally, will I be jealous of Lin Xuqiu?"
"We have lived together for twenty-four years, not twenty-four days. How could you betray me like this?"
Lin Cheng looked at Lin Xi, who looked like a madman in front of him. He felt heartbroken and even more angry.
"Lin Xi, has your conscience been eaten by a dog?"
"Ever since you were little, you've always loved vying for favor. I'm only five years older than you, but I always give in to you. Even though I know you always complain about me to my parents and say bad things about me, I don't care because you're my sister."
"Your parents have given you all their love. Have you ever been wronged for a single day in the Lin family?"
"Just because your parents recognized their biological daughter, you became upset and even fabricated evidence to slander Xu Qiu. You're truly horrible."
"Yesterday, even though Mom and Dad knew you'd done something so vicious and hurt their own daughter, they still chose to defend you. Xu Qiu was so angry that she cut off contact with her parents, and yet you kept complaining that they didn't love you enough."
"Lin Xi, you are such an ungrateful person."
After saying that, Lin Cheng turned around and left the studio, not wanting to see Lin Xi again.
Lin Xi recalled what Lin Cheng had just said, that her adoptive parents chose her over Xu Qiu.
She suddenly felt that she had not completely lost the battle.
She wiped the tears from her face, raised the corners of her lips slightly, and revealed a victorious smile.
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