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."
林冉冉确實很欠，也愛挑事。但她做得最過分的事情，也不過想曝光自己和顏兮真假千金的關系。
可林父出軌，林夫人又偷偷換了兩個孩子，這兩人更令人惡心。
所以如果林冉冉能成功，贏過林父和林夫人，也沒什麽不好。
【林家确實不行，檔次太低，宮鬥劇裏都玩不過三集！】
系統吧唧嘴，【但宿主，你有沒有想過，你或許也被人擺了一道呢？】
顏兮愣了愣，沒反應過來。
【我剛看到，陸晚凝的助理偷偷拿走了你喝過的礦泉水瓶！陸晚凝此行果然不只是為了贊助呢！】
【看來，她們真正的目的是你，是想搞到你的DNA哦！】
顏兮面露不解，“陸晚凝怎麽會突然要我的DNA？”片刻後她反應過來，“她知道我換血樣的事情了？”
【我不知道哇，】系統也一頭霧水，【我就是注意到她的助理去翻垃圾桶，拿走了你們剛喝過的礦泉水瓶，覺得有點問題，就跟上去看了眼。】
至于陸晚凝為什麽要做，系統就不知道了。
畢竟是路人甲系統，偶爾可以侵入公共區域的監控攝像頭，但僅此而已，系統看不到過去發生的事情。
顏兮沒有猶豫，立刻聯系張姨。
電話那頭，張姨跟着周父在打太極，聽筒裏傳來園林裏流水潺潺，以及太極的背景音。
“小兮呀！是呀，我昨天去醫院了，就是我們上次體檢那家，他們說我的體檢數據有點問題，要我去複查一下。”
顏兮連忙問，“他們有讓你做什麽檢查嗎？”
張姨擺擺手，“就抽了管血，怎麽了？”
“沒事，謝謝張姨了~”
顏兮挂斷電話。
既然是抽血，那百分百沒跑了，陸家已經發現那管血是張姨的。
【宿主，這不是正常的嗎？他們會發現，這是遲早的事情。】
【劇情估計也發現你卡bug，所以陸家只要再驗證一次DNA，肯定會發現那管血樣和陸家人沒關系，第一次是驗證失誤。】
顏兮也知道這點。當時只是想卡bug，不想強行和陸家綁定，再被劇情殺。所以顏兮也沒覺得這件事能瞞多久。
“但是，如果陸家準确無誤地找到張姨，說明他們大概率也找到我買通幫忙換血樣的醫生，也知道真正換血樣的人是我。”
【是哦，陸家肯定發現了！】
“既然陸家都知道換血樣的人是我，為什麽不直接和我攤牌，反而還偷偷要我的DNA？”
這才是顏兮覺得矛盾的點。
要顏兮的DNA，可能是想要完成之前沒有完成的DNA檢測。顏兮也曾和陸北嶼說過，怕失望所以不想再找家人，所以陸家這次很可能暗中搞來她的DNA。
但顏兮無法理解，明明知道她換血樣，陸晚凝為什麽不攤牌？
換血樣這事兒，可以說是她耍了陸家，陸家還能裝得跟沒事的人一樣？陸家是這麽好說話的嗎？
顏兮總覺得……有點奇怪。
系統感覺腦子都不夠用了，【會不會陸家只知道那管血樣是張姨的，不知道是你換的？】
顏兮立刻又聯系了當初她買通的幫她換血樣的醫生。
醫生：【陸家沒有發現這件事，也沒來找我。】
【顏小姐，出什麽事了嗎？】
顏兮：！！！
陸家居然不知道這件事！
他們難道還以為換血樣是意外嗎？
腦子裏混亂一片，顏兮總覺得缺一條線，一條能把一切連起來的線。
很快，顏兮反應過來了。
“換血樣這件事，不是陸家發現的，是有人告訴他們的。”
“而且，那個人大概率要求陸家暗中采集我的DNA，這樣就算檢測出我和陸家沒有血緣關系，我不知道，就不會難過。”
系統張大嘴：【啊？還有第三者？但是除了陸家，還有誰會知道這事兒啊！】
顏兮目光炯炯，定定地看着系統。
“是周宴辭。”
系統：！！！
系統眼神飄忽，不敢看顏兮的眼睛：【宿主你在說什麽，我聽不懂……】
“那天在輕輕的生日宴會，你提了一嘴DNA的事情，周宴辭當時在我旁邊，他大概率也聽到了。”
“所以，周宴辭早就覺醒了，對嗎？”
——
周宅
年關将至，周氏最近在忙一個大項目，周宴辭的作息又忙碌起來，時常加班到八九點。
不過這比起以前同時忙周氏和孟氏兩邊的事情，已經好了很多。
初冬的海城，天色暗得很快。
周宴辭回到周宅時候，已經一片漆黑。
老頭子作息規律，這時候多半已經吃了飯，回房間泡腳。
顏兮常常會在廳堂看文件，順便等他。
而今天，周宴辭回到周宅時候，卻不見顏兮。只有那顆常常跟着顏兮的光球，趴在桌幾上打瞌睡。
周宴辭上前，伸手在系統腦門上敲了敲。
“兮兮呢？”
他不是系統綁定的宿主，所以沒辦法用心聲和系統對話，還是要說出來，系統才能聽到。
系統迷迷糊糊轉醒，看到周宴辭，眼珠子瞪大。
它故意不理周宴辭，小腦袋埋進桌幾裏，嘴裏絮絮叨叨：【看不見我看不見我看不見我……】
周宴辭覺得這顆球有點搞笑，明明是高維生命，感覺智商卻很不高。
他正想再敲一下小光球，身後傳來少女的聲音，“你果然覺醒了。”
周宴辭回頭，看到顏兮站在自己身後。
系統被吓得半死，最怕這種修羅場了，小腦袋一縮，消失不見。
周宴辭眉頭緊鎖，壓低了聲音。
“兮兮。”
十一月末的天，夜涼如水。
廳堂的燈很亮，卻照不亮外頭濃墨一樣的黑夜。
周宴辭有一瞬間慌了神，在周氏當CEO這麽久，什麽場面沒見過？但如今面對顏兮，他竟然感覺緊張。
顏兮不解地看着周宴辭，“為什麽不告訴我呢？”
她瞞着周宴辭，一是因為劇情，二也是她心中有愧。她覺得她和周宴辭的感情從一開始就是欺騙。
但周宴辭不是啊，他對自己一直是真心的，明明覺醒了，又為什麽要瞞着自己呢？
周宴辭低下了頭，忽而自嘲一笑。
顏兮不會知道，當他覺醒那一刻，知道顏兮做的一切，他心裏裝着的不是她的隐瞞，而是恐慌。
原來她接近他，不僅不是喜歡他，連關心都是假的。
她對自己，是真的沒什麽感情。
如今劇情已經結束，輕語已經擺脫劇情的控制，顏兮不再需要刷氣運值，也不再需要他了。
周宴辭怕，他怕攤牌後，自己對顏兮最後的作用也消失，那他對她也不重要了。
與其有這種可能，不如裝什麽都不知道。
或許其中有種可能……即便攤牌，兩人的關系也不會變。
但周宴辭不願意去賭。
就像顏兮第一次心動對象是他，之後的幾年，她也可能忘了他。
所以何必去賭呢，保持原樣也挺好。
“你就當……是我故意的吧。”周宴辭聲音很是無力。
顏兮怔怔看着周宴辭，她是真的不懂，可能是第一次談戀愛，有些情況她也是很懵。
顏兮上前，輕輕牽着周宴辭的手，“周宴辭，你是不是在生我的氣？你別生氣好不好，我以前也不是故意的……我以後肯定不瞞你了！”
“我那天就想和你攤牌的，但我以為你沒覺醒。”
周宴辭一怔。
在所有攤牌中，他最希望的是這個，但也最怕不是這個。
顏兮沒懂他顧慮的是什麽，可最後她還是說出了他最想聽的話。
那一瞬間，周宴辭心裏滿滿的，眼中的陰霾消失不見，他緊緊抱住顏兮。
……
海城的夜，忽而狂風驟雨。
明明盛夏早已結束，嘩啦啦的雨沖刷着這璀璨的城市，一如當初周宴辭初見顏兮的那天。
天空被打開了水閘，雨幕沖刷着所有的過往和不堪。
周宴辭很早就明白，人這一生總是得到很多，但也會失去很多。他體驗過親人的離開，也感受過朋友的聚散。
可是，他不想顏兮離開。
她是他黑白世界裏唯一的色彩，讓他覺得這樣乏味的人生好像也有了點興趣。即便後來知道那抹色彩是假的，他也貪戀色彩的存在。
在小說後期，周宴辭過勞猝死，醫生用除顫儀電擊着他的心髒，想給他做最後的搶救。
周宴辭的意識浮在半空中。
身體飄出了一條線，一直想要夠着他。
而他的意識就這般冷漠地看着那條線。
或許他再堅持一下，就能夠到那條線了。
但他沒有。
人生很無聊，身邊大多數人都那麽乏味，他想要的幾乎都有，別人望塵莫及的他大多也體會過。
周宴辭這一生，不說遺憾，但也沒什麽特別留念的。
他理解當初的自己，也明白現在的自己。
當初猝死的時候，他的意識都能那般淡然，但前段時間體檢出癌症早期，他卻感覺心悸和恐慌。
他好像，和這個世界有了聯系。
外頭狂風更盛，雨幕沖刷着屋宇，落地窗的玻璃上是厚厚的水簾。
周宴辭抱緊了顏兮，動作愈發激烈。
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.