The atmosphere in the study was extremely cold and somber.
After a long pause, Lin Yi took a deep breath and said solemnly, "I plan to go back to the Jian family. I should return to my biological parents."
Lin Zong observed his expression and found that he was just disappointed, but not overly agitated, resentful, or inclined to report him.
Lin Zong's anxiety subsided; it seemed Lin Yi hadn't remembered exactly what happened back then.
Yes, back then I was able to find the best psychologist to instill new memories in him.
He couldn't possibly remember how he sent that nanny on her way back then.
Even Feifei doesn't know the full truth of the matter.
Lin Yi couldn't possibly know.
Lin Zong slowly sat down in the chair behind him, his gaze still seeming somewhat reluctant: "How did you know these things? Did an outsider tell you? You need to be careful; some people have ulterior motives..."
Lin Yi interrupted him calmly before he could finish speaking: "No, I found out myself. As for how I found out, you don't need to know."
Lin Zong was silent for a while, then suddenly rested his hands on his forehead, lowered his head and smiled bitterly, murmuring about what happened back then: "Well, I knew that this secret would not be kept one day... but my careful cultivation of you over the years has not been fake."
“Back then, Feifei told me that you were my lucky star, and she also predicted that you were about to be kidnapped, so the two of us set off to rescue you. When we arrived, the nanny had already died in an accident, and it was the two of us who saved you.”
He certainly wouldn't let Lin Yi go so easily, after all, he had nurtured him for so many years.
So he started playing the emotional card with Lin Yi here.
A former Best Actor winner, his acting skills are indeed very captivating.
But Lin Yi wasn't stupid. His expression remained completely unmoved as he retorted, "My biological parents aren't ordinary people. They're two renowned scientists. The disappearance of their eldest son must be all over the news, right? Can't you see that? After you saved me, why didn't you return me to my biological parents?"
Lin Zong's fingers trembled uncontrollably as he choked out, "Back then, you had an intellectual disability, and you mistook Feifei for your sister and me for your father... I admit, I always knew you were Jianci and Zhenman's son, but seeing that innocent little child, so pure as a blank sheet of paper, following behind me, calling me 'Dad' so dependently... I just couldn't bear to let you go..."
Lin Zong covered his eyes, as if he could no longer hold back his tears.
Seeing this middle-aged man shedding tears in front of him, Lin Yi felt both sad and somewhat reluctant.
But he can still distinguish right from wrong.
Just because you can't bear to part with someone else's child doesn't mean you can keep them at home and raise them yourself.
Have you considered the feelings of your biological parents?
At this point, he didn't want to say anything more. He had said everything he needed to say, and now he had to go home and return to his biological parents.
"In any case, thank you for your guidance over the years," Lin Yi said sincerely. "Could you please return my equipment to me?"
Lin Zong originally took his equipment because he suspected that Lin Yi had multiple personalities and was being remotely guided.
It turned out they were wrong; Lin Yi wasn't like that at all, so there was no need to keep him around.
He took his equipment out of his coat pocket and handed it back to Lin Yi, then hesitated before saying, "Feifei, you..."
He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.
He had always known about his daughter's feelings, but it was too embarrassing and inappropriate to talk about them.
He took a deep breath and said in an almost pleading tone, "Just spend her twentieth birthday with her, and that will be my last wish. From now on, you two will no longer be siblings, and our father-son relationship will be over, okay?"
Lin Yi took his equipment, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with his request.
He calmly asked, "Don't you think there's something wrong with your daughter? Don't you think her persona regarding metaphysics is... completely unbelievable? I don't know how she was able to accurately predict those major events before, but if she were really that capable, how come she couldn't predict her own misfortunes in these two episodes?"
Lin Yi paused for a moment, carefully choosing his address, before continuing, "Mr. Lin, if you also find that something is wrong with your daughter, you should persuade her to turn over a new leaf as soon as possible. Continuing to indulge her without any limits will only lead her into a darker abyss."
After he finished speaking, he turned and left without the slightest hesitation.
Lin Zong's gaze also instantly darkened.
He watched as the "son" he had raised for fourteen years left home without looking back.
Lin Yunfei, who is outside, still has no idea what happened.
Only after Lin Yi left did she dare to come to the study and ask Lin Zong, "Dad, what's wrong with brother today? Why did his attitude change so suddenly? He was fine before the smoke."
Lin Zong recalled Lin Yi's behavior when he was being tested by the father and daughter. After careful consideration, he realized that his attitude at that time was already very distant, and there was no longer any trust between the father and son as usual.
During the ten-odd minutes that the father and daughter were separated from him when the thick smoke appeared, he must have confirmed his suspicions.
As for how to verify it, that's no longer important.
The important thing is that we can't afford to break ties with him now.
After all, if the matter from back then were truly investigated... even if he couldn't recall that the nanny died at his hands, he would still be guilty of keeping someone else's child locked up by his side for years.
He left the entertainment industry and no longer needs to care about public opinion, but Fei Fei can't.
"His attitude towards you changed drastically because he already knows what you did to Jian Zhizhen, and he's decided to go back to the Jian family." Lin Zong sighed softly, comforting Lin Yunfei. "Try to look on the bright side. Haven't you always wanted to admit that you and he aren't siblings? Now your wish has been half fulfilled. Besides... he's just being cold, he hasn't really turned against you, has he?"
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