Chapter 6 You are my father, that's true, then I'll curse you twice...
The room was quiet except for the annoying noise from the cell phone receiver.
Lin Suxing was already skeptical about her adoptive father calling her, and she answered the phone mainly because she didn't want her teammates to think that she didn't even answer her parents' calls.
But in his heart, he had completely lost trust in his mother and father.
The memory fragments from the original text that the system transmitted to his brain were still vivid in his mind.
"Mom! I won't marry him! I'd rather die than marry him! That man is old, ugly, and disgusting, I'll go crazy!"
Lin Ke recalled the ugly, bald, middle-aged man downstairs who weighed over 200 pounds, clutching her mother's arm and pleading desperately.
Looking at her pampered and carefully nurtured son, Lin's mother was naturally extremely reluctant. Marrying that kind of person was like pushing Lin Ke into a fire pit!
The man was more than twenty years older than Lin Ke. His eyes were filled with undisguised greed and possessiveness, and his words were full of vulgarity and arrogance. How could he be worthy of her child?
However, under the double blow of macroeconomic turmoil and several wrong decisions, the Lin family's business was no longer what it used to be. The crisis of a broken capital chain was like a ferocious beast, devouring all of their remaining assets.
If no more funds are injected, the Lin Group will have no choice but to declare bankruptcy!
The middle-aged man who was downstairs proposing to Lin Ke could undoubtedly save Lin's life.
The man became rich overnight after a huge mineral deposit was discovered in the mountains of his hometown. He rose to become a sought-after "new rich" and fell in love with Lin Ke at first sight at a banquet. He promised to help the Lin family out of its crisis after marrying Lin Ke.
A shrewd and cold light flashed in Lin's mother's eyes as she entered Lin Suxing's narrow, quiet, and dark room.
The middle-aged woman's face was plastered with an almost hypocritical kindness she had never shown to Lin Suxing before, but her tone left no room for doubt: "Suxing, you know the situation our family is in right now. We're at a critical juncture, facing life or death. And that Mr. Wang from earlier is very wealthy; he can save our family."
She took a step forward, her voice low but carrying a tremendous sense of pressure: "You are also a child of the Lin family. It's time for you to contribute to this family. We will talk to Boss Wang and tell him that Keke is not in good health and has a delicate nature, and we are afraid that she will not be taken good care of. You are sensible and steady, so let him consider you. As long as he nods, the funds will be in place immediately."
Lin Suxing stared in disbelief at the woman in front of him who was his biological mother. He felt a chill run from his feet to his head, freezing his blood.
Not only have they repeatedly robbed him of his opportunities and trampled on his dreams, but now they actually want to package him up like a gift and send him to that disgusting nouveau riche in exchange for their wealth and glory.
The boy stood there, like a frozen sculpture, utterly devoid of warmth. A profound sense of absurdity and humiliation overwhelmed him; he didn't even have the strength to be angry.
It turns out that in this family, he didn't even have the right to be a person and have his own life.
He was merely a tool that could be used to exchange for benefits at any time, a sacrifice for whom even marriage and body could be given up.
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Lin Suxing clenched his fist.
Anyone who treats him as an object to be exchanged for benefits, even if they are related by blood, does not deserve to be his family.
The father's accusations continued on the other end of the phone: "Keke called us last night, crying so hard he almost couldn't breathe, saying you bullied him and made the whole group ostracize him... Suxing, maybe you feel that Keke has taken away everything you should have had all these years, but now that you're back, don't hold grudges anymore. Treat him like your younger brother, okay?"
This long, seemingly fair but actually biased argument about the Mariana Trench was full of flaws, and Lin Suxing felt that he would be too cowardly not to scold him.
Because his adoptive mother repeatedly told him before she passed away from a serious illness that he should return to his biological parents' home to take care of each other, he returned to the Lin family and fulfilled his duty as a "good child".
Otherwise, he wouldn't want to "come back to this home" at all.
He doesn't care about the Lin family's money at all; he'll earn it himself if he needs it.
However, judging from the original plot provided to him by the system, his biological parents have always looked down on him and wanted to squeeze out his remaining value so that he would marry a bald, 200-pound old man. They don't seem to have any remorse for his past wandering.
Thinking of this, Lin Ke prepared to fight back: "I know you're anxious, but don't be so hasty, Ta Die. When did I ever ostracize him? Does he have any evidence? He's clearly ostracizing me, and I'm turning the tables on him. You all believe him just because he says so, without even asking me? Isn't that favoritism? Taking sides, huh?"
Before Lin's father could react, Lin Suxing's mouth was as fast as a machine gun: "He said I felt like he stole everything from me? I've never said anything like that. If he really thinks that way, he can compensate me. But so far, all I've seen is him pulling others together, trying to steal the spotlight, and not letting me be in the frame. He's really malicious."
Lin Yuan on the other end of the phone was stunned. He never expected that Lin Suxing, who was usually well-behaved and taciturn, would suddenly go crazy and start arguing: "You! How can you talk back to your father like that! So what if you don't have the center position? You're just making malicious assumptions about your brother and your father. You've only lost the camera and the center position, but Keke and I have lost the harmony of our family and the affection between brothers!"
Lin Suxing: ?
Even the system couldn't take it anymore: "Host, yell at him!! I can't stand it anymore!! What kind of madman is this?!"
Lin Suxing responded immediately, launching a counterattack: "Then why don't you ask Lin Ke to give up the spotlight and the center position? If he voluntarily gives it up to make things right for me, our family can still be harmonious, right? What, is the harmony and affection in this family something I achieve by giving in?"
“Keke has been spoiled by us since he was little. He’s a spoiled brat. Dad only hopes you’ll give in to him because he thinks you’re sensible and obedient! He’s feeling a huge sense of loss now that he knows he’s not your mother’s or my biological child. He’s been crying every day. You’ve already received so much. You should give in to him at a time like this!” Lin Yuan’s PUA words sounded so sincere that someone with a naive personality might actually be fooled by him.
Lin Suxing felt that this kind of person was impossible to communicate with, and was also glad that the staff had left, otherwise her confrontation with the parents would probably have become the subject of gossip.
Lin Yuan continued barking, feigning seriousness: "Su Xing, Dad knows you're sensible. This time, just let Ke Ke have his way. He said yesterday he wanted to switch groups, but we asked the production team, and the segments from the previous group selections can't be reshot, so it's best to let Ke Ke go back to your group. Just let him be the center, okay? Be good."
Lin Suxing laughed out loud in anger: "The center position was decided by everyone's votes, why should I give it to him? If you're so great, why don't you, Tadie, start a new show for him and have him withdraw from the competition to be the center every time on your new show~"
"If family harmony requires sacrificing me as the price, then I politely decline. Don't call me again and bark like a dog. Bye-bye." Lin Suxing slammed the phone down.
Lin Yuan was so angry at Lin Suxing's sudden "rebellion" that he almost smashed his phone. He muttered to himself, "As expected, kids from the countryside are just ill-mannered! What's the difference between someone who doesn't even respect his own father and an animal! I told you long ago not to bring him back! A child like this is of no use to our Lin family!"
The maid standing not far away, wiping the lamp stand, curled her lip: She's biased and yet she blames the child for being ignorant and ill-mannered!
She had met the young master of Su Xing. He was not only handsome and refined, but also kind and easy-going. He never scolded them, the working class, for trivial matters, unlike Lin Ke.
She accidentally knocked over Young Master Su Xing's jewelry shelf while cleaning the room, but Young Master Su Xing didn't blame her at all. He even asked her if she was hurt!
While cursing, Lin Yuan made a phone call to his eldest son, Lin Siyi, who was on the other side of the ocean in the middle of the night.
The phone was finally answered after a long busy signal, the caller still sleepy: "...Dad? What's wrong?"
"Can't I call you if there's nothing wrong?!" Lin Yuan's anger hadn't subsided, and he instantly interpreted Lin Siyi's unintentional words as an impolite interrogation, "Do you even see me as your father anymore?!"
Lin Siyi: "..."
An antique Tiffany & Co. brass table lamp on the bedside table is the only light source in the room. It shines low, and its spherical lampshade gently gathers the light into a warm, dim halo, like a piece of warm amber in the darkness.
The light barely illuminated a corner of the bedside, plunging the rest of the room into deeper shadows, blurring and softening the outlines of the furniture at the boundary between light and shadow.
A single sofa not far away features Baxter's classic zipper design, with its frosted leather upholstery presenting a sophisticated gray tone in the dim light.
Lin Siyi's gaze fell on the sofa, and she sighed softly, waiting for her father to speak.
He knew that Lin Yuan must have something he needed his help with, which was why he called in the middle of the night, but the other party always acted like a father who was above all else, which really disgusted him.
Lin Siyi believes that even between mothers/fathers and children, there should be mutual respect.
Instead of using the excuse of raising children as a form of moral blackmail, they should act like emperors and issue orders to their children.
Sure enough, after sulking for a while, Lin Yuan suddenly remembered what he needed to do: "You said before that you have friends at Kiwi Film and Television, right? Keke is currently in Kiwi's talent show. Could you ask him to help switch Keke to another group?"
Lin Siyi frowned and swept her thick black hair, which was scattered messily on her forehead, back: "Why change groups? Most of their programs are broadcast live, so there's no way to manipulate things behind the scenes."
Lin Yuan paused, "...Sigh, Ke Ke was wronged on the show. She said she was ostracized by Su Xing and others. What kind of nonsense is this? Today I called Su Xing to ask him about it, and he turned around and scolded me. Does he even consider our Lin family his own?"
"Su Xing, along with the others, ostracized Ke Ke?" Lin Siyi almost burst out laughing when she pictured that scene in her mind.
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