CH 15

Ch 15 - Second Generation Ancestor x Illegitimate Child: The Young Man in the Mirror

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and as these temperatures rose, the college entrance exam was approaching.

Lin Sui was also counting down, but he wasn’t counting down the days for the college entrance exams, rather, he was counting down the time left of Yan Qin’s mother’s life, which was the time when Yan Qin would leave.

The System asked: [Will he really leave after you hooked him like this?]

The System was not optimistic at all, it always felt like the world of this book was also going to fall apart.

Lin Sui smiled and didn’t answer.

Of course Yan Qin would leave, and under his interference, Yan Qin would leave even more.

How could he be willing to be a dog that could be abandoned at any time? If he wanted to be one, it would be the kind that couldn’t be abandoned.

Just watch, there’s not much time left.

The day before the college entrance exam, Lin Sui was taken back to stay with the Lin family. It was clear that Lin Sui was going to take the college entrance exam, so the elders of the family expectedly became even more anxious.

“An-an, don’t be nervous, just treat it as a relaxing experience, there’s no problem if you don’t do well in the exam.”

Mother Lin placed some fruit in front of her son, feeding him a bite of peach.

“Don’t worry, mom, you can just wait and see.”

Lin Sui restrained his disagreeableness and smiled in a particularly pleasing way.

The original owner had this kind of appearance in front of his family, so Lin Sui would naturally also play the part well.

Mother Lin nodded with a complicated mood, and didn’t try to pour cold water on her son again. He came out of her womb, so how could she not know what level of achievement Lin Sui was at? But he was her own son after all, so she could only indulge him.

Lin Sui didn’t explain anything, he just kept smiling, and watched the honey-like pampering with detached indifference.

Lin Sui chatted with his parents and grandparents for a while, then went to look for his older sister Lin Min.

The original owner’s card balance was fairly substantial, but if he wanted to establish a research team, it was far from enough.

However, he’d long since prepared. Even letting Lin Min strive towards the position of heir was part of his preparations.

Lin Min looked at the document her younger brother had printed out for her to sign, giving it a brief glance over and signing it with her name.

Lin Min now had total confidence in her brother. The project Lin Sui had helped her fix before was just now being advanced, and it’s prospects were very good, and the project he’d told her to invest in half a month ago was also showing slight signs of development. She could feel that her brother was truly something else, when she called him to talk about her troubles at work, he could always resolve them.

This was why, while everyone in the family was worried about Lin Sui taking the college entrance exam, she had no reason to be worried, she knew Lin Sui really had it in the bag.

“An-an, why do you want to secretly set up a company? If you need funds for launching you only need to ask, both dad and grandpa would support anything you said.”

“Jie, as I said, the heir will only be you.”

Lin Min suddenly understood, and she was moved. She looked at her younger brother and said: “You also don’t need to hide yourself for my sake.”

“I have my own plans, don’t worry. Just do what you want to do.”

Lin Sui curved his eyes at Lin Min, and left with that document in his hands.

When he turned around, the smile on his face disappeared, and his expression was indifferent and unmoved.

The System didn’t ask any more questions, it floated in Lin Sui’s mind, watching this strange person, still confused.

The database had told it that whatever a person lacked was what the person would long for, so why was it that when it placed this kind of familial affection in front of Lin Sui, he didn’t seem moved in the slightest? It was clear that these people wouldn’t harm him either.

Very quickly, the time for the college entrance exam arrived.

Lin Sui grabbed his exam pass and stepped into the exam room, the people coming and going couldn’t stop themselves from looking at him a few times, but he turned a blind eye to them. After the sound of the starting bell rang out, he finished writing neither too fast nor too slow, then checked everything over once, and began waiting for it to be finished.

As the mathematics exam was about to finish, the System couldn’t help but say: [You wrote a mistake in one place.]

[Really?]

Lin Sui said that, but didn’t turn over his exam paper.

[You’re not going to check again?]

[This exam is over in my heart, the mistakes I’ve already made cannot be changed again.]

Lin Sui’s way of thinking was steady, if the System had not called his attention to it, this is the way everything would be like, and he wouldn’t turn back looking to correct his mistakes. If he hadn’t seen that mistake after finishing the three steps of clearly reading, writing the problems, and checking them over, then it meant that he felt he had been right.

Since it was like this, there was no need for him to search again.

It was just like he was towards Yan Qin, he had made careful deliberations before making his move.

The System sensed his thoughts, snorting: [Knowing your mistakes but not correcting them1.]

Lin Sui turned the pen in his hand, and didn’t answer.

After the college entrance exams were over, Lin Sui didn’t return to the villa, but rather continued staying with the Lin family.

The family held a graduation party for him, which was very lively.

Yan Zhou had stopped seeing Lin Sui because of the incident with Yan Qin, but Lin Sui didn’t even care.

“Happy graduation, have you thought about what you want me to do?”

Song Yunqing handed over the wine to Lin Sui. According to their original bet, Lin Sui would win as long as he passed the college entrance exam and got into a good university, otherwise Song Yunqing would win, and the bet had been a request.

Lin Sui raised his eyebrows: “Are you so certain I’ll win?”

“I didn’t think so before, but now I do.”

Song Yunqing clinked glasses with Lin Sui, a smile in his eyes.

“Wait for the results and ask me again, I haven’t thought about it.”

Lin Sui sipped at the champagne in the glass, these words weren’t a lie, he really hadn’t thought about it.

“What about the person you were keeping? How come I don’t see him by your side?”

Song Yunqing still remembered that young man, and remembered his actions that rainy day as he declared sovereignty. Naturally, he hoped Lin Sui would get tired of him soon, so he inquired about it when he didn’t see the other party.

“Even dogs don’t have to be tied up at your side all the time.”

The implication being, if a dog doesn’t have to, why should a human?

“Why, are you interested in him?”

Lin Sui glanced at Song Yunqing, asking lazily.

Song Yunqing’s expression was strange as he shook his head: “How could that be? I was just surprised you still had that feeling of novelty. It seems that young master Lin is still young master Lin.”

His brows relaxed with a bit of happiness, and he grabbed a box from his pocket.

“A graduation present for you.”

Lin Sui received the box and opened it, surprisingly, a bracelet was inside.

Song Yunqing excitedly suggested: “Should I put it on for you?”

“Let’s talk later.”

Lin Sui handed the box over to a servant and told him to take it into the room.

Song Yunqing looked at the silver bracelet on Lin Sui’s hand, not saying anything.

Lin Sui stayed with the Lin family for several days, and it seemed as though that villa and even the person inside it had been forgotten.

Naturally, the Lin family didn’t remind him, wishing he would stay at home for as long as possible.

17.

Yan Qin repeated this number inside his heart. It had already been 17 days since Lin Sui appeared in front of him.

No calls, no messages. He would face that empty bed inside the bedroom every day, tossing and turning and finding it difficult to sleep.

Had he done something to make Lin Sui unhappy?

Yan Qin repeatedly thought over the scene just before Lin Sui’s departure, but couldn’t find any clues.

Before a stray animal was abandoned, did it also happen without warning like this? Or was this a type of warning sign?

He couldn’t grasp Lin Sui’s thoughts. His passion and neglect were so abrupt, he was an existence he could neither control nor even capture.

He knew where the Lin family lived, but he had no reason to go there.

Compared to this uncertain time of waiting, he was even more afraid of hearing Lin Sui’s straightforward abandonment.

In order to distract his attention, he didn’t spend the whole day inside Lin Sui’s villa, leaving early and returning late. Apart from visiting and looking after his mother in the hospital, he worked with Chu Feng and Tao Ting on studying computer programs.

“I’m dying….. I’m really dying….. I’ve read so much I’m dizzy and my eyes are blurry. The weather isn’t so hot today, let’s go shopping and watch a movie.”

Tao Ting let out a wail. After the college entrance exams finished, she and her two partners just studied code and wrote computer programs. She had been staying inside for over a dozen days, and felt like she was getting mouldy.

She wanted to go out shopping and eat tasty food and watch a movie! Right now immediately at once!

Chu Feng was swayed, and he turned to look at Yan Qin.

Yan Qin didn’t lift his head: “You guys go.”

“Don’t be like that, Old Yan2. This kind of thing can’t be rushed, it’s not good for you to stay shut indoors all the time, let’s go let’s go.”

Yan Qin was worn down by his two friends, and went out with a blank face.

Tao Ting went to the women’s clothes department in the second floor of the newly opened shopping centre. The things inside were both expensive and gorgeous, and Tao Ting didn’t have the financial ability, so she could only enjoy it from the outside.

“Hey….. isn’t that the Prince? What’s he doing in the women’s department?”

Tao Ting bumped into Yan Qin next to her, and the originally absent-minded, tall youth immediately lifted his eyes and looked in the direction Tao Ting had pointed, his eyes burning.

“It’s him.”

Even though it was only his profile, Yan Qin wouldn’t mistake him.

Tao Ting subconsciously made a guess: “Could he be shopping with his girlfriend?”

Yan Qin’s heart tightened, and he felt a tinge of pain.

He found it a little hard to breathe. Reason told him it should be impossible, Lin Sui clearly liked men, but there was another voice that told him, Lin Sui never said himself that he only liked men.

Yan Qin looked at the glass in front of him, he and Lin Sui were separated by an uncrossable barrier. He was inside the brilliant radiance, while he could only peek at him from the shadows.

When the woman walked out of the fitting room, Yan Qin’s gloomy eyes restored their brightness.

“That’s his older sister.”

His tone was relaxed as he spoke.

In front of the small sofa, Lin Min twirled the red dress skirt she was wearing in front of Lin Sui, asking him if the clothes looked good or not.

Last time Lin Min went out, she didn’t know what to wear and was given some pointers by Lin Sui, so she thought that her younger brother’s taste was pretty good. That was why she had taken Lin Sui along with her to pick out clothes this time.

Lin Sui nodded: “Not bad. This set then, and match it with a few more accessories.”

“Then just these ones. I still want to buy some clothes for Tongtong, I feel like this type would really suit her, it’s just a pity that she isn’t here.”

Tongtong was Lin Min’s close friend3, and when they did their shopping, they always thought of each other. Lin Min held the clothes in her hands, and her expression was a little regretful.

After that, she turned her eyes and looked at the sitting Lin Sui, smiling at him.

“An-an, you’re a little taller than Tongtong, but your figure is about the same, can I compare with you?”

Lin Min was 168, her sister was 172, and Lin Sui was 178. Although Lin Sui was a little taller, his figure was delicate.

Lin Sui really wanted to refuse, but looking at his older sister’s expectant eyes, he still stood up stiffly.

Lin Min held a black skirt in her hands and stuck it against Lin Sui’s body. Seeing her younger brother’s beautiful face, her smile widened, seeming to understand a little the feeling Tongtong had when she played with ball-jointed dolls4.

The women’s clothes shop had a lot of mirrors arranged inside, Yan Qin fixedly watched the reflection on the surface of that mirror, dragging his two good friends to the side at the first opportunity.

“You two go for a stroll, okay? I’ll wait for him here.”

Chu Feng and Tao Ting hadn’t seen anything, and they didn't think anything of it when they heard Yan Qin, so they went off someplace else.

Yan Qin stared at that delicate young man reflected in the mirror, hiding an unconscious greed.

After Lin Min grabbed another set of clothes smiling from ear to ear, Yan Qin’s Adam's apple slid up and down.

Lin Sui looked at the deep V halterneck in front of him, and restrained his sister’s restless heart.

“Jie, that’s good enough, let’s pay the bill. Next time you and sister Tong can come buy it.”

Lin Sui looked at the clothes with seams that opened up all the way up to his butt, and took in a deep breath.

“Alright.”

Lin Min looked at the small bunny dress and the crossed backless dress she had still not taken out, and very regretfully put them away.

When Lin Min was paying the bill, Lin Sui looked out the glass window and tilted his head with a slight feeling, but the place was empty, and there was no one there.

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1 From the longer saying 知错改错不算错，知错不改错中错 ‘Knowing your mistakes and correcting them is not considered wrong, but knowing your mistakes and not correcting them is wrong’. The general meaning is that everyone makes mistakes, but the important thing is to acknowledge and learn from them. Top.

2 Putting ‘老 lǎo, old’ in front of a name can be an affectionate way to refer to someone. Top.

3 Actual word is 手帕交 lit. handkerchief friend. Could either be used to describe a close friendship between women or an actual lesbian relationship. Top.

4 A type of articulated doll usually intended for collectors and customisers, usually delicate and pretty.

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