Chapter 38: Biased Scales
"There's tea and coffee in the office. Lin Xi, which one would you like?"
"Oh, I forgot, you can't speak." The man seemed to be mocking this.
So, Chen Yan got coffee for Lin's mother and juice for Lin Xi.
This seems to be specially used for receiving guests. It is packed in a glass bottle with a sealed bottle mouth.
Lin Xi pursed her lips and looked at the juice in her hand.
Lin Xi thought to herself: So the coffee and tea just now were mocking my inability to speak? They've already chosen it for me, right? What's the point of my opinion?
Mother Lin took a sip of her coffee and said, "Mm, very authentic."
"The coffee beans are freshly air-shipped, as long as you like them." When talking to her mother-in-law, Lin Xi could hear the sincerity in her tone.
"Okay, I brought your wife here today so that you can spend some time alone together." Lin's mother said directly.
Lin Xi: ...
"I'm afraid my wife doesn't want to see me." Chen Yan looked at Lin Xi with a smile.
"How could that be? Okay, I'm leaving now. You two can talk slowly if you have anything to say."
Having said that, Lin's mother quickly slipped away.
Lin Xi stood still. You are really my mother. If you have anything else to say, just say it slowly. You know I can’t speak…
"Just don't delay my work." Chen Yan no longer looked at Lin Xi.
In Lin Xi's opinion, from the beginning to the end, he felt that the other party was either playing tricks on him or was not giving him a good face.
Forget it, I'll just bear with this humiliation for now.
As time passed, Lin Xi gradually became bored.
Sitting on the sofa, feeling drowsy.
Chen Yan was busy all the time, occasionally looking up at Lin Xi.
From day to night, Chen Yan finally took a break.
He lit a cigarette lazily, pinching a thin cigarette between his two slender and even fingers.
The man stared at Lin Xi who was sleeping on the sofa, not knowing what he was thinking. He smoked half of the cigarette and half of it burned on its own.
Then he curled his lips in mockery, "Besides me, when did you have another man? And he's such a disgusting fellow."
The man talked to himself in a low and slow voice.
In the middle of the night, Lin Xi woke up because her arm was numb and she was resting her head on it.
She was in a daze, still confused. What time was it? Was it the next day?
But why is it still dark outside?
Looking around, when Lin Xi saw Shen Yan still working in front of the computer, he was almost surprised to speak.
"Hmm"
It was the first time in a long time that I made a sound.
“Wuwuwu…”
Worrying about the child.
Lin Xi: You are such a workaholic!
"Behave yourself when you wake up." Shen Yan said in a cold tone.
Lin Xi tried to make another sound, "Hmm."
I feel like my vocal cords have changed. I couldn't make any sound before, but now I can hum.
I was originally very happy, but Chen Yan's stare made me lose all my mood.
Lin Xi didn't say anything. She bent down to take off her high heels and lay down on the sofa.
Change your sleeping position.
After working until the early morning, Chen Yan finally finished his work.
Light up a second cigarette to relieve fatigue.
He took off his suit jacket and covered Lin Xi with it.
The president's office and a bedroom for rest.
Chen Yan turned off the lights in the office. In the hazy moonlight, Lin Xi had a good dream.
The next morning, the two sat face to face and had breakfast together.
Lin Xi looked at the rich meal and thought to herself, this person is so delicate and meticulous.
Yes, Chen Yan would put down his chopsticks after taking two bites of each dish.
Lin Xi was drinking porridge and her eyes widened. Wow, he ate less than her as a girl!
Excuse me, how did this person grow to be over 1.8 meters tall?
"Do you need to ask Aunt Lin to pick you up?"
Lin Xi nodded.
Shen Yan took out his cell phone and dialed Lin Xi's mother's number.
He said a few words and then hung up.
Said to Lin Xi: "Your mother will come at eleven o'clock, wait a while."
Lin Xi continued to nod.
"If you're bored, you can read my book. Can you recognize the words?"
She didn't recognize her entire family, and couldn't even recognize a single word. How could Miss Lin, who had been well-educated since childhood, suddenly become illiterate?
Lin Xi: Look down on me.
So, Lin Xi took a book called "Pride and Prejudice".
Shen Yan snorted coldly.
Lin Xi pouted.
Not to mention, girls in their twenties look even more charming and adorable when they pout like this.
"I've never seen..." He seemed to be talking to himself.
Lin Xi showed a shocked expression again.
This time, Chen Yan remained silent, turned on his computer, and went to get a cup of tea that his secretary had prepared early.
Halfway through the book, Mr. Darcy is confessing his love to Elizabeth.
The office door was suddenly pushed open, and Lin Xi saw her mother walk in.
She closed the book reluctantly.
It looked pitiful and disgusting.
Chen Yan is now signing the contract, and he looks very handsome when writing with the pen.
After signing the contract, Shen Yan looked at Lin Xi and raised his eyebrows.
It seems to be asking, what's the matter?
Lin Xi tried her best to use sign language.
Perhaps because of her understanding of Lin Xi, even the mother didn't understand, but Chen Yan did.
"Take it."
Lin Xi smiled happily.
Mother Lin also smiled helplessly, "Okay, Xiao Shen, you go ahead and get busy."
"Yeah." replied.
"Okay, bye."
On the way back to the Lin Mansion, Lin Xi was thinking about this person Chen Yan.
Does he have a bit of a tough-minded but tender side?
This feeling is so fascinating.
You see, even if Lin Xi lost her memory, she would still fall in love with Shen Yan again and again.
"Your friend Xuedan heard that you were found, so she came to your house early in the morning, but you were not there."
Lin Xi: Xuedan? I don’t have any impression of her.
"But Xuedan is waiting for you at the Lin Mansion. You'll be able to see her when you get home."
Lin Xi is a little socially anxious. After meeting this unknown friend, she found that the other person was a chatterbox.
"It's okay, Xixi. Even if you can't speak, I won't despise you. I'll feel especially sorry for you."
Lin Xi: I’m so touched. What happened?
Lin Xi didn't cry first, Xuedan cried first.
"Wow, you know, when I heard you were back, I almost fainted with joy!"
During the time when she lost her beloved Lin Xi, Xuedan felt that this was not real at many moments. Every time she thought about the past, she couldn't help but cry.
"We would be most heartbroken if you left. Please don't abandon us again, okay?"
As she spoke, Xuedan gave Lin Xi a big hug.
Lin Xi: Okay.
*
There is nothing that Shen Yan cannot get done if he gets involved.
It has been found out that Qin Ran called Lin Xi to make an appointment on the day of the incident.
That area is very far north of Beijing, so there is no surveillance.
Now we need a witness.
So on the day the investigation came out, Chen Yan asked Qin Mingzhou and Qin Ran out.
It had been a long time since I last saw the two siblings. Sitting in the president's office, Shen Yan even made tea himself.
Speaking of which, Shen Yan’s tea ceremony is indeed good, but he is too lazy to do it himself.
Ordinary people don’t have this treatment, only “special people” can.
"Brother Chen Yan, what's the wind blowing today? You actually took the initiative to ask us out."
"You'll know later." Shen Yan's smile did not reach his eyes.
"Why is Mr. Shen still keeping us in suspense?" Qin Mingzhou took a cup of tea.
Qin Ran is also like this.
"In that case, I'll be frank. Sister Qin Ran, is my wife missing because of you?" Chen Yan stared at Qin Ran with a half-smile, looking particularly scary.
“Cough cough cough…”
Qin Ran felt guilty and choked, coughing loudly.
Then he tried hard to cover it up, his palms clearly pinching himself, but his face was calm, "Brother Chen Yan, what are you talking about."
Qin Mingzhou was displeased, “Chen Yan, what do you mean by this?”
"What do you mean? Qin Ran asked Lin Xi out, and she just happened to disappear at the place you agreed to meet."
As he spoke, Shen Yan played a recording of a phone call.
As luck would have it, the mobile phone Lin Xi was using was a newly developed product of Shen’s.
He had selfish motives at the time, so he installed the surveillance function privately.
Connected to his phone, Shen Yan could have checked it at will, but he never did.
Now it helps a lot.
The conversation between Lin Xi and Qin Ran ended.
Qin Ran was so frightened that her face turned pale and she regretted her decision.
When she heard that Lin Xi was in trouble, she knew that she was being used by Su Wan again.
Since Su Wan was so unkind and unjust, she had to tell everything.
"It was Su Wan. All of this was instructed by Su Wan. But she didn't tell me why she asked Mrs. Shen out."
Qin Mingzhou's eyes went dark.
This time the Qin family cannot escape responsibility.
"Su Wan." Shen Yannian said.
After leaving Shen Group, Qin Mingzhou lost his temper with Qin Ran in the car.
"Didn't I tell you! You are not allowed to have any contact with that woman!"
Qin Ran remained silent, fiddling with her fingers.
"Mrs. Shen, she is Mrs. Shen! Hehehe, you are so brave to ask her out, and you are so brave to admit it!"
Qin Mingzhou was really impressed by his sister's courage.
"Su Wan didn't say she wanted to kill Lin Xi! How would I know... I regret it too, wuwuwuwu."
"Who asked you to admit it? Who allowed you to admit it?" Qin Mingzhou was almost angry to death.
Now, the Qin family is in trouble.
“I… I didn’t think much about it at the time. I didn’t know it would turn out like this.” Qin Ran realized it belatedly, and a vague sense of unease quietly sprouted.
The driver in front was indeed the old man from the Qin family. He had a very high psychological quality and seemed not to hear anything from beginning to end.
Qin Ran was terrified all the way. What would happen if her mother found out?
Will she be kicked out of the Qin family?
However, Qin Ran believed that news about Qin's mother would not come so soon.
As a result, the car was stopped just as it turned into Qin's house.
Butler Qin said, "Master Qin, Miss Qin, Madam wants to see you."
At this time, a light rain began to fall outside.
Butler Qin held an umbrella, the car lights shining on him. His serious face looked like something out of a horror movie in Qin Ran's eyes.
"Snap"
When Mother Qin saw Qin Ran, she slapped her in the face.
"Chen Yan called me and said that you and someone called Su Wan conspired to murder the eldest daughter of the Lin family. Lin family, Shen family, you really hate our Qin family for not dying sooner, don't you?"
"I didn't mean that, Mom. I was being used, too." Qin Ran felt so wronged that she started to cry.
"You dare to lie? Today, I will beat you to death." Mrs. Qin was furious.
He raised his hand again to hit Qin Ran.
Qin Ran closed her eyes and said, "Beat me to death!"
She is just an adopted daughter anyway.
In the end, the slap did not come as expected, and Qin Ran opened her eyes.
It was discovered that it was Qin Mingzhou who caught Mrs. Qin's arm.
Madam Qin's pupils trembled. "Qin Mingzhou, are you going to disobey your mother just for such an ungrateful person?"
"Father passed away early, and I know it's not easy for you to maintain this family alone. But this time, can you please not hit your sister again? It's my fault too. I wanted her to marry into the Shen family. It was me who wanted your sister to ruin Miss Lin's feelings. That's why your sister has been targeting Lin Xi."
"Marrying into the Shen family, hahahaha, how could Qin Ran be so capable of that? I think Shen Yan is very clear-headed and only my son has been deceived by her."
Madam Qin has a problem with Qin Ran.
It's because she developed feelings for her brother that she shouldn't have.
"You raised her since she was a child, and I grew up with her. Don't you really have any feelings for her?"
"Call Su Wan. Qin Ran, I'm telling you, find Su Wan for me. Tell her everything you did. Didn't you just make a phone call and not do anything else?"
"Well, no. I just made a phone call, and it was Su Wanrang who made it."
"You don't know?"
“I don’t know.” Qin Ran only had a vague understanding.
The next day, Qin Ran went directly to Su Wan's residence and banged on the door.
"Come out! Come out!"
The noise was so loud that it disturbed the neighbors next door.
An old lady came out and said, "Little girl, stop knocking. This little girl moved out a few months ago. This house is ready to be sold."
“Moved away…and you really did it??” Qin Ran muttered to herself in disbelief.
"What are you talking about, little girl?"
"Oh no, thank you grandma."
Qin Ran turned and left, then took out her phone and called her brother.
"Su Wan is not at home. She moved away."
"That's her." Qin Mingzhou said in a low voice.
Qin Ran couldn't help but sneer. Su Wan, you really are just giving up.
However, it was a lot of trouble and I got myself involved.
But Lin Xi is not dead!
Mrs. Qin said that Mrs. Shen found it.
…
After Qin Mingzhou told Shen Yan about this matter.
After Shen Yan hung up the phone, he smoked a cigarette.
It only took him a cigarette to make a decision. The balance had already tilted towards Lin Xi, hadn't it?
Starting from that night at the Sophie Hotel, I first fell in love with Lin Xi's body, and then as a person.
He called his secretary's cell phone number again.
"Find Su Wan as soon as possible."
The Lin family is also trying hard to collect evidence.
Finally, Aunt Wang said that she heard the young lady talk to Miss Qin on the phone before leaving.
That afternoon, Lin Xi sat on the swing in the garden in a daze.
Mother Lin walked over with a fruit plate in her hand, "Xixi, eat some fruit to replenish your vitamins."
Lin Xi took the fork, picked up a piece of watermelon and put it in her mouth.
Sweet and delicious, honey to the heart.
"Xixi, Mom will definitely seek justice for you."
When Lin's mother thought that although Lin Xi was found, she had lost her memory and became a little mute, she, as a mother, felt worse than anyone else.
Lin Xi: Thank you, Mom.
Lin's mother thought of the tombstone and laughed, crying and laughing at the same time.
No wonder Chen Yan has never been there once. It turns out that her son-in-law is smart.
Lin Xi reached out to wipe away her mother's tears and gently kissed her forehead.
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