Chapter 103
[The first two chapters have been revised. Those who haven't read them can take a look~]
As soon as Yan Xi finished speaking, Lin Zhi came forward with a debt contract.
Lin Sibo was even more confused. "You actually want me to pay you back? How much effort did our Lin family put into you? How many years have we raised you? Why are you so disregarding of our friendship?"
Yan Xi said frankly, "I have already returned to you what you have given me."
"Bullshit!" Lin Sibo cursed. "Ten million is nothing! Not to mention fifteen years, even five years would be more than ten million! Your parents only agreed to end their relationship with you for ten million out of consideration for you. How can you really think you can pay off the debt you owe us?"
"You are such an ungrateful person, an ungrateful person who can never be tamed..."
Lin Sibo was so angry that he wanted to hit Yan Xi, but just as he stretched out his hand, a powerful hand suddenly grabbed him, followed by a slap in the face!
Lin Sibo was beaten badly.
He raised his head and looked at the woman in front of him who was as cold as the moon.
Lu Wan Ningling is as sharp as a knife. She is ruthless even when facing those big business tycoons, let alone a little kid like Lin Sibo.
She was wearing cone-shaped high heels and stood in front of Lin Sibo. "If the Lin family was good to her, would she borrow 10 million from the Zhou family to break off relations with the Lin family? Can't you think about it carefully?"
Lin Sibo was not convinced, "I have calculated my pocket money, 10 million is definitely not enough!"
Yan Xi said calmly, "That's you. Mr. Lin gave us the same amount of pocket money, but Mrs. Lin gave you my share."
"When I ended my relationship with the Lin family, I calculated all my past expenses. Ten million was no more, no less."
In a normal family, perhaps money cannot be used to settle the matter, because there is still the love of parents. But Lin's father is a person who doesn't care about things, and Mrs. Lin is a stepmother who has no feelings for Yan Xi and leaves her to the nanny.
Therefore, the Lin family's care for Yan Xi can really be measured by money.
"That, that's just your one-sided statement!" Lin Sibo yelled, "It's definitely not enough!"
Lu Wanning said coldly, "The money that is not enough to spend is your father's money, so you have no right to have a say!"
Lu Wanning had already discovered that Yan Xi didn't even know some basic social skills of the wealthy families. For example, she couldn't do ballroom dancing, which almost all the daughters and young masters of wealthy families knew. So she didn't go to dance at Zhou Qingyu's birthday party.
A wealthy family's training of a daughter is all-round, not only in terms of knowledge and studies, but also in terms of her body, figure, dance, art and so on.
But Yan Xi has been weak since childhood and not good at art, only good at academics.
Because education is the only shortcut for the poor to rise to success.
A daughter of a wealthy family is only the best in academics and intelligence. Is this considered well-raised?
Lin Sibo was still not convinced. Lu Wanning didn't bother to waste words on these brainless people. When Lin Sibo wanted to yell, she knocked him down in a few moves.
Yan Xi was stunned.
Lu Wanning's skills were so agile that at that moment, she thought she was watching a police action movie!
Lu Wanning stretched his muscles and said, "I've learned Sanda before, this is nothing."
——
Afterwards, Lin Sibo was driven out of the Xingyao Building by security guards.
Before leaving, Yan Xi said to him, "If you don't want the Lin family to go bankrupt, don't come to me in the future."
Maybe because he had been stepping on Yan Xi's head for fifteen years, Lin Sibo was not afraid of Yan Xi, but he was afraid of Lu Wanning and the Lin family going bankrupt, so he ran away with his tail between his legs.
Yan Xi returned to the rest area and got a bottle of mineral water for Lu Wanning.
"Mr. Lu, thank you very much."
Lu Wanning shrugged. "It's nothing. If you are interested in Sanda, I can recommend my coach to you. It's better for girls to have some self-defense skills."
Yan Xi pondered for a moment. She had always neglected her health. After all, when she was in the Lin family, Mrs. Lin didn't pay much attention to it. Later, she was studying and didn't need to use her physical strength.
But when she was recording a variety show with Zhou Qingyu some time ago, she really felt that she was not in good physical condition.
Yan Xi nodded, "I'll consider it."
The two chatted for a while and completed the signing of the contract at the same time. Yan Xi saw Lu Wanning off.
She still hasn't figured out how to talk to Lu Wanning about another DNA test, but Yan Xi also thinks that it's not a bad idea to maintain their current relationship.
The two separated, Lu Wanning left the Xingyao Building, and Yan Xi also returned upstairs to continue working.
In an unnoticed corner, someone picked up the bottle of mineral water.
…
Lu Wanning sat in the car with his eyes closed, resting his mind.
A few minutes later, the car door opened and the assistant got in and sat next to her.
She was holding two bottles of mineral water in her hands, which were the two bottles that Lu Wanning and Yan Xi had just drunk.
"Mr. Lu, we have obtained Miss Yan's DNA. One of these two mineral water bottles was drunk by you, and the other was drunk by Miss Yan."
Lu Wan stared at the two mineral water bottles.
“Send it for inspection.”
Regardless, she was going to try again.
——
Yan Xi returned upstairs to work.
Xingyao is very lively today. Lu Wanning came in person to discuss the contract; Lin Sibo came to make trouble; after a while, Lin Ranran also came to apologize to Yan Xi.
Lin Ranran was really afraid of Zhou Yanci.
She was even more afraid that Lin Sibo would do something and Yan Xi would end up blaming her. With the experience of the Lin and Chu families, she didn't dare to take the risk.
In the conference room, before Yan Xi sat down, Lin Ranran stood up anxiously, "Yan Xi, I know Lin Sibo came to see you, but I really am not..."
Yan Xi waved her hands and said, "You have already said it once.
I don't blame you for what happened."
Lin Ranran breathed a sigh of relief.
But he became even more worried. If he didn't blame her, then he should blame Lin Sibo?
Is Zhou Yanci going to attack the Lin family again?
The Lin family...she also has a share!
"Lin Ranran, since you came to see me, it's just right. I have something to tell you."
Yan Xi snapped her fingers, and Lin Zhi came over with a document. Yan Xi pushed the document in front of Lin Ranran.
"What is this?" Lin Ranran opened the document.
"Evidence that Lin Sibo changed his age."
"Change age?" Lin Ranran was puzzled. Lin Sibo was only 18 years old, why should his age be changed?
No, why did Yan Xi have to tell her specifically about such a small matter as Lin Sibo changing his age?
Yan Xi: "Lin Sibo's ID card says he is 18 years old, but in fact, he is 20 years old, one month older than us."
Lin Ranran looked confused, but after two seconds, she reacted quickly.
How could Lin Sibo be older than her and Yan Xi? Madam Lin was the successor to Lin's father!
If Lin Sibo is older than the two of them, doesn't that mean that Father Lin had already had an affair with Mrs. Lin before their mother passed away?
Lin Ranran held the certificate in her hand, her fingers trembling.
Even though she had never met her long-dead mother, she felt sad for her.
Yan Xi saw Lin Ranran's shocked expression and realized that she had seen the significance of this age-changing certificate.
"I knew about this a long time ago," Yan Xi said, "There was a boy in my family who was two years younger than me, but he didn't have a baby period and was the same age as me. I'm not stupid, so how could I not know the cat stuff?"
"But Mr. Lin and Mrs. Lin thought I was too young to remember."
Living in the circle of wealthy families since childhood, Yan Xi has been exposed to the messy relationships of the wealthy families. She soon realized that her father had an affair with Mrs. Lin early on, but did not want people to know that Lin Sibo was an illegitimate child, so he changed his age.
Lin Sibo also relied on his parents' favor to bully Yan Xi in various ways.
He stole Yan Xi's pocket money, forced Yan Xi to help him with his homework, and asked Yan Xi to cover for him when he went out to play.
Yan Xi did as instructed.
Mrs. Lin intentionally or unintentionally raised Yan Xi to be a useless daughter; Yan Xi also followed Lin Sibo in every way, making him a useless young master.
Since childhood, Yan Xi has helped Lin Sibo with all his homework. Whenever Lin Sibo skipped classes to play games, smoke, drink, or get into trouble, Yan Xi would cover it up for him.
Father Lin and Mrs. Lin once thought that Lin Sibo was very outstanding.
Boiling a frog in warm water, Lin Sibo can do nothing now except playing.
Yan Xi did all this to prepare for herself. Father Lin did not favor boys over girls. Yan Xi believed that as long as Lin Sibo entered the Lin family, his father would naturally find out how useless Lin Sibo was. Then, even if Mrs. Lin disagreed, the Lin family would eventually be handed over to Yan Xi.
But Yan Xi didn't expect that she was tricked by Mrs. Lin.
Mrs. Lin found that Lin Sibo could not beat Yan Xi, so she went to find the real daughter of the Lin family.
That's right, there were rumors outside that the real and fake daughter of the Lin family were secretly exchanged by the resentful nanny, but in fact it was Mrs. Lin who instructed the nanny to do this.
Mrs. Lin has always known that the real daughter of the Lin family is in an orphanage. She didn't want Lin Ranran to return to the Lin family, but Yan Xi is too outstanding. Yan Xi will definitely take away everything from Lin Sibo.
Mrs. Lin had no choice but to let Lin Ranran come back.
After hearing everything Yan Xi said, Lin Ranran was shocked and speechless.
She used to naively think that it was the nanny who caused trouble and replaced her and Yan Xi, but it turned out that it was Mrs. Lin who did it!
Her miserable life was actually caused by Mrs. Lin!
"Why are you telling me this?" Lin Ranran asked Yan Xi tremblingly.
"In this matter of the real and fake daughter, we are both victims," Yan Xi said calmly, "Originally, I left the Lin family, and everything in the Lin family had nothing to do with me, but you reminded me today, so I am willing to tell you the truth."
"I know you don't like me, and I don't like you that much either, but if someone has to take control of the Lin Corporation, I hope that person is you."
Lin Ranran staggered away from Xingyao.
She still needed to digest what Yan Xi said, her father's betrayal, her stepmother's persecution, and her useless brother...
She was confused and at a loss. Thinking carefully, she realized that being as timid as Yan Xi was was the best way for her to take back the Lin family and take revenge on her father and Madam Lin.
…
At the window of the high-rise building of Xingyao, Yan Xi watched Lin Ranran leave.
The system popped up: [Host, I thought you wouldn't tell Lin Ranran the truth! ]
"Let them fight each other!" Yan Xi shrugged, "And I mean it sincerely. If someone has to take control of the Lin Group, I hope it's Lin Ranran."
Lin Ranran is indeed very rude and loves to stir up trouble. But the most outrageous thing she has done is to expose her relationship with Yan Xi as the real daughter of a rich man.
But Lin's father cheated on his wife, and Mrs. Lin secretly replaced the two children. These two people are even more disgusting.
Therefore, if Lin Ranran can succeed and defeat Lin's father and Mrs. Lin, there would be nothing wrong with that.
[The Lin family is really no good, their class is too low, even in palace fighting dramas they can’t last more than three episodes! ]
The system smacked its lips, [But host, have you ever thought that you might also be tricked? ]
Yan Xi was stunned and didn't react.
[I just saw that Lu Wanning's assistant secretly took away the bottle of mineral water you drank! Lu Wanning's trip was not just for sponsorship! ]
[It seems that their real target is you. They want to get your DNA! ]
Yan Xi looked puzzled, "Why did Lu Wan Ning suddenly want my DNA?" After a moment she realized, "Does she know about my blood transfusion?"
[I don't know,] the system was also confused, [I just noticed that her assistant went to the trash can and took away the mineral water bottle you just drank. I thought it was a bit suspicious, so I followed and took a look.]
As for why Lu Wanning wanted to do this, the system didn't know.
After all, it is a passerby system that can occasionally hack into surveillance cameras in public areas, but that's all. The system cannot see what happened in the past.
Yan Xi contacted Aunt Zhang immediately without hesitation.
On the other end of the phone, Aunt Zhang was practicing Tai Chi with Father Zhou. The sound of gurgling water in the garden and the background sound of Tai Chi came from the receiver.
"Xiao Xi! Yes, I went to the hospital yesterday, the same one where we had our last physical examination. They said there were some issues with my physical examination data and asked me to go for a re-examination."
Yan Xi asked quickly, "Did they ask you to do any tests?"
Aunt Zhang waved her hands and said, "I just drew a tube of blood. What's wrong with that?"
"It's okay, thank you Aunt Zhang~"
Yan Xi hung up the phone.
Since it was a blood draw, there was no doubt about it. The Lu family had already discovered that the blood was from Aunt Zhang.
[Host, isn't this normal? They will find out sooner or later.]
[The plot probably discovered your card bug, so if the Lu family verifies the DNA again, they will definitely find that the blood sample has nothing to do with the Lu family. The first verification was a mistake.]
Yan Xi also knew this. At that time, she just wanted to fix the bug and didn't want to be forced to be tied to the Lu family and then be killed by the plot. So Yan Xi didn't think this matter could be kept secret for long.
"However, if the Lu family found Aunt Zhang accurately, it means that they also found the doctor who I bribed to help with the blood transfusion, and they also knew that the person who actually did the blood transfusion was me."
[Yes, the Lu family must have discovered it! ]
"Since the Lu family knew that I was the one who had the blood transfusion, why didn't they just come clean with me, but instead secretly asked for my DNA?"
This is what Yan Xi finds contradictory.
The reason for requesting Yan Xi's DNA may be to complete the DNA test that was not completed before. Yan Xi also told Lu Beiyu that she didn't want to look for her family again because she was afraid of disappointment, so the Lu family may have secretly obtained her DNA this time.
But Yan Xi couldn't understand why Lu Wanning didn't show her cards when she knew clearly that she had changed her blood.
In the matter of blood transfusion, it can be said that she played a trick on the Lu family. Can the Lu family still pretend that nothing happened? Are the Lu family so easy to talk to?
Yan Xi always felt... a little strange.
The system feels like it's running out of brains. [Could it be that the Lu family only knows that the blood sample is from Aunt Zhang, but they don't know that you replaced it?]
Yan Xi immediately contacted the doctor who she had bribed to perform the blood transfusion.
Doctor: [The Lu family did not discover this matter and did not come to see me.]
[Ms. Yan, what happened? ]
Yan Xi:!!!
The Lu family didn’t even know about this!
Do they still think the blood transfusion was an accident?
Her mind was in a mess, and Yan Xi always felt like there was a missing thread, a thread that could connect everything.
Soon, Yan Xi reacted.
"The blood sample exchange was not discovered by the Lu family. Someone told them about it."
"Besides, that person most likely asked the Lu family to secretly collect my DNA, so that even if the test results show that I have no blood relationship with the Lu family, I won't be sad because I don't know."
The system opened its mouth wide: [Ah? There is a third party? But besides the Lu family, who else would know about this! ]
Yan Xi looked at the system intently with sharp eyes.
"It's Zhou Yanci."
System:!!!
The system's eyes were darting around, not daring to look into Yan Xi's eyes: [Host, what are you saying? I don't understand...]
"That day at Qingqing's birthday party, you mentioned something about DNA. Zhou Yanci was next to me at the time, so he probably heard it too."
"So, Zhou Yanci has already awakened, right?"
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Zhou's House
The end of the year is approaching, and Zhou is currently busy with a big project. Zhou Yanci's schedule has become busy again, and he often works overtime until eight or nine o'clock.
But this is much better than when I was busy with both Zhou and Meng's affairs at the same time.
In Haicheng in early winter, it gets dark very quickly.
When Zhou Yanci returned to Zhou's house, it was already pitch dark.
The old man had a regular schedule, and by this time he had probably already eaten and gone back to his room to soak his feet.
Yan Xi often reads documents in the living room and waits for him.
But today, when Zhou Yanci returned to Zhou's house, he didn't see Yan Xi. Only the ball of light that always followed Yan Xi was dozing on the table.
Zhou Yanci stepped forward and tapped the system on the forehead.
"Where's Xixi?"
He is not a host bound to the system, so he cannot communicate with the system through his mind. He still has to speak out loud so that the system can hear him.
The system woke up in a daze, and when it saw Zhou Yanci, its eyes widened.
It deliberately ignored Zhou Yanci, buried its head in the table, and kept mumbling: [Can’t see me, can’t see me, can’t see me…]
Zhou Yanci thought this ball was a little funny. It was clearly a high-dimensional life form, but its IQ seemed very low.
He was about to knock on the small ball of light again when he heard the girl's voice from behind him, "You are awake after all."
Zhou Yanci turned around and saw Yan Xi standing behind him.
The system was scared to death. It was most afraid of this kind of Shura scene. Its little head shrank and disappeared.
Zhou Yanci frowned and lowered his voice.
“Xixi.”
At the end of November, the nights were as cool as water.
The lights in the hall were bright, but they couldn't illuminate the inky black night outside.
Zhou Yanci was panicked for a moment. He had been the CEO of Zhou Corporation for so long, and he had seen all kinds of situations. But now, facing Yan Xi, he actually felt nervous.
Yan Xi looked at Zhou Yanci in confusion, "Why didn't you tell me?"
She hid the truth from Zhou Yanci, firstly because of the plot, and secondly because she felt guilty. She felt that her relationship with Zhou Yanci was a lie from the beginning.
But Zhou Yanci is not like that. He has always been sincere to me. Now that he has awakened, why would he hide it from me?
Zhou Yanci lowered his head and suddenly laughed at himself.
Yan Xi would never know that when he woke up and knew everything Yan Xi had done, what filled his heart was not her secret, but panic.
It turns out that she approached him not because she liked him, but even her concern for him was fake.
She really has no feelings for herself.
Now that the story has ended, Qingyu has broken free from the control of the story. Yan Xi no longer needs to brush up her luck points, and no longer needs him.
Zhou Yanci was afraid. He was afraid that after revealing his cards, his final influence on Yan Xi would disappear, and he would no longer be important to her.
Rather than having this possibility, it is better to pretend that you know nothing.
Maybe there is a possibility...even if the cards are revealed, the relationship between the two will not change.
But Zhou Yanci was unwilling to gamble.
Just like Yan Xi's first crush was on him, she might have forgotten him in the following years.
So why bother, it's fine to keep it as it is.
"Just think of it as... I did it on purpose." Zhou Yanci's voice was very weak.
Yan Xi stared at Zhou Yanci in a daze. She really didn’t understand. Maybe it was because it was her first time in love, so she was confused about some situations.
Yan Xi stepped forward and gently held Zhou Yanci's hand, "Zhou Yanci, are you angry with me? Please don't be angry, I didn't mean it before... I will definitely not hide it from you in the future!"
"I wanted to confront you that day, but I thought you were not aware of it."
Zhou Yanci was stunned.
Of all the cards, this is the one he hopes for the most, but he also fears the other one the most.
Yan Xi didn't understand what he was worried about, but in the end she still said what he wanted to hear most.
At that moment, Zhou Yanci's heart was filled with joy, the haze in his eyes disappeared, and he hugged Yan Xi tightly.
…
The night in Haicheng was suddenly stormy.
Clearly, midsummer had already ended, and the drizzling rain was washing over this glittering city, just like the day when Zhou Yanci first met Yan Xi.
The floodgates in the sky were opened, and the rain washed away all the past and the unbearable things.
Zhou Yanci understood very early that people always gain a lot in life, but they also lose a lot. He has experienced the departure of relatives and the comings and goings of friends.
But he didn't want Yan Xi to leave.
She was the only color in his black and white world, making him feel that such a boring life seemed to have some interest. Even though he later knew that the color was fake, he still craved the existence of color.
In the later part of the novel, Zhou Yanci dies suddenly from overwork, and the doctor uses a defibrillator to shock his heart in a final attempt to save him.
Zhou Yanci's consciousness floated in the air.
My body floated out in a line, always trying to reach him.
And his consciousness just looked at the line indifferently.
Maybe if he holds on a little longer, he'll be able to reach that line.
But he didn't.
Life is boring, and most people around him are so boring. He has almost everything he wants, and he has also experienced that most people cannot reach him.
Zhou Yanci had no regrets in his life, but he also had nothing special to remember.
He understood himself then and he also understands himself now.
When he died suddenly, he was still conscious and calm, but when a physical examination showed early-stage cancer some time ago, he felt palpitations and panic.
He seemed to have a connection with this world.
The wind was getting stronger outside, the rain was washing against the house, and the floor-to-ceiling windows were covered with thick curtains.
Zhou Yanci hugged Yan Xi tightly, and his movements became more intense.
With her ten fingers clenched, Yan Xi moaned softly and bit Zhou Yanci's thin shoulder.
The hard teeth left a clear mark, but Zhou Yanci felt more excited and more alive.
He sucked Yan Xi's lips and licked her earlobes, over and over again...
In his previous life, he didn't catch that line.
In this life, he just wants to hold this thread tighter.
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