Chapter 22 Is Lin Xi your biological sister?
Startled, Lin Xi quickly reached out and put a piece of fish on her plate; she couldn't let her employer get angry.
The fish was smooth, tender, and fragrant, and Lin Xi was impressed by her own cooking skills.
Seeing that she had picked up fish twice more, Song Xu stopped saying anything.
The dining table was quiet; the three of them ate without speaking. Lin Xi was the first to finish eating and put down her chopsticks.
Song Xu and Song Chen looked at her at the same time, and Lin Xi felt embarrassed by their stares. "I'm done eating, please enjoy your meal."
Hearing that Lin Xi had finished eating, Song Xu and Song Chen quickened their pace. The lamb chops on their plates were gone in no time, the fish bones were exposed in the middle of the fish plate, leaving only the fish head and tail, and only a few vegetable leaves remained on the two plates of vegetables.
Lin Xi: Did she not do enough?
She seemed to have underestimated the appetites of two grown men. "Are you full? I can cook another dish, it'll be quick."
Song Xu and Song Chen put down their chopsticks and said at the same time, "No need."
Lin Xi propped herself up, looking at the empty plates and bowls on the table with a worried expression. Should she ask President Song for help again? That wouldn't be appropriate.
Song Chen got up, skillfully put the dishes together, and put them in the dishwasher in the kitchen. When he returned to the dining table, he saw Lin Xi's surprised look.
"What, are you afraid I'll steal your job?" Song Chen asked jokingly.
Lin Xi nodded earnestly, "Attorney Song, can I handle all of this from now on?"
Song Chen was surprised that she actually nodded, and a smile spread across her face. "Don't worry, I'm going on a business trip tomorrow. All the housework is yours, I won't take it from you."
"Brother, are you going on another business trip tomorrow?" Song Xu felt sorry for his brother. The family had many businesses, but he insisted on opening his own law firm, taking on cases big and small non-stop.
If Song Chen knew what Song Xu was really thinking, he would definitely be amused and annoyed. He wondered who was constantly giving him things to do without paying him.
"I've taken on an infringement case. My flight is at nine o'clock tomorrow morning." Song Chen's gaze followed Lin Xi's hand as she wiped the table.
"So early," Song Xu said worriedly, "Your flight is at nine o'clock, and you have to leave at six o'clock. You must eat breakfast."
Song Chen hummed in agreement, "You're even more controlling than our mother."
"I still need to prepare some materials, so I'll go back to my room first." After saying that, Song Chen nodded to Lin Xi and turned to go back to his room.
Lin Xi then wiped the table clean.
Song Xu crossed his arms and looked at her. "Do you want to go back to your room? I'll take you back."
Lin Xi pointed to the wheelchair parked in the kitchen. "President Song, you can just push the wheelchair over for me. I can manage on my own."
Don't carry her around too much; it's too easy for people to misunderstand.
Song Xu respected Lin Xi's choice, pushed the wheelchair over, helped Lin Xi sit down, and escorted her to the room door, saying, "Get some rest."
After Lin Xi closed her door, Song Xu turned and left, returning to his bedroom.
He sat down at his desk, opened a drawer on one side, and took out a box with a combination lock.
After setting the password and opening the box, there was an old photograph stained with blood. It showed a woman in her fifties or sixties, with a handsome young man on her left and a pretty young girl on her right.
The little girl has a small beauty mark under her left eye and a sweet smile.
Song Xu touched the boy with his fingers, then touched the little girl, and asked, "Brother, is Lin Xi your biological sister?"
We might get Lin Xi's sample tomorrow, and we'll know the results once the kinship test is done.
At this moment, Lin Xi was also sitting at her desk, taking out her English dictionary, turning to the page with the photo, looking at the boy in the photo, and saying to herself, "Brother, you must still be alive, right?"
She must still be alive, perhaps she has just forgotten her and her grandmother.
It's okay, as long as she remembers. When she has money, power, and connections in the future, she will definitely find her brother.
After setting up the photos, Lin Xi calmed down and began memorizing vocabulary.
Whenever she gets tired of studying, she looks at this photo, and the belief that her brother inspired her to keep going.
An hour later, Lin Xi stretched and prepared to take a break. She picked up her phone and found several unread messages.
Lin Xi has a habit of silencing her phone when studying to avoid being disturbed.
She opened the messages; they were from Bai Tiantian, about seven or eight in total, all long voice messages, along with a transfer of 800 yuan.
Why would Bai Tiantian transfer money to her? Lin Xi patiently listened to the entire voice message.
It turns out that after Bai Tiantian found out that Lin Xi was quitting the car model job, she didn't want to do it anymore either. The organizers were just too disgusting.
However, she insisted on finishing the day's work, asking the organizer for a day's pay, and also getting Lin Xi's wages, which she then transferred to Lin Xi.
Bai Tiantian's abilities amazed Lin Xi. Their salaries weren't paid daily; they were settled only after the auto show ended.
How did Bai Tiantian manage to get a day's wages?
What surprised Lin Xi even more was that Lawyer Song had already helped her get her wages for today, so why did Bai Tiantian ask for another one?
Upon seeing the 800 yuan transferred, Lin Xi understood. Her daily wage had been increased to 1,000 yuan by the organizers, which Bai Tiantian was unaware of. Therefore, this 800 yuan must have been given to her by Bai Tiantian herself.
Lin Xi thought for a moment and sent Bai Tiantian a message: [Thank you, Tiantian, but someone has already given me today's wages. This 800 yuan is yours, right?]
【Huh? Really? Hehe, I tried to do something good secretly but got caught.】Bai Tiantian quickly replied to the message, along with a few cute emojis.
Just as she had thought, Lin Xi sighed. Perhaps her words and actions had given Bai Tiantian a message—she was very poor.
"Be careful when you come to Jiangbei to study alone. Don't treat everyone as a friend, or you'll easily be deceived." Lin Xi felt that Bai Tiantian was too naive and couldn't help but give her another word of advice.
Bai Tiantian's message kept showing "typing is in progress" for a full five minutes before Lin Xi finally received a message from her.
[XiXi, my sixth sense tells me you wouldn't lie to me. Are you free tomorrow? How about I treat you to dinner?]
Lin Xi touched her ankle; it still hurt a bit. She definitely wouldn't be able to go out tomorrow. [Sorry, Sweetie, I sprained my ankle today and can't go out for the time being. I'll ask you out again when I'm better; I'll treat you to dinner.]
She couldn't afford to treat someone to something expensive, but she could afford to treat Bai Tiantian to a bowl of noodles.
"Then take good care of your injury, and we'll meet again."
Lin Xi liked this about Bai Tiantian: she was very warm and cheerful, but she never pried into things during conversations and was very tactful in her words and actions.
After putting down her phone, Lin Xi memorized vocabulary for a while, and then began researching the various brands and origins of luxury goods, as well as the characteristics of different fabrics.
She was busy until 11 p.m. before she quickly washed up and went to bed to rest.
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The next morning, Song Chen walked out of his room carrying a briefcase.
He sniffed the aroma of food, walked into the dining room, and sure enough, saw a steamer of xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) and a bowl of hot millet porridge on the table.
Hearing the sound, Lin Xi stood up from the kitchen. "Attorney Song, let's finish breakfast before we catch our flight."
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