Second-Generation Heir x Illegitimate Son 16

On the day the college entrance examination scores were released, the Lin Family's phones were about to explode from ringing.

This year's top scorer of the college entrance examination scored 736 points, and his name was Lin Sui.

Lin Sui was well prepared for the petrified scene of the whole family, from Grandpa Lin down to the puppy in the garden. He comforted them casually and explained it carelessly.

The family even specifically confirmed three times if there was someone with the same name, unable to believe it and calm down.

"I take after my grandpa. Wasn't my grandpa a top student back in the day too?"

Lin Sui didn't say much at all, nor did he need to prove himself. He still maintained that arrogant, playboy appearance of a second-generation heir.

Anyway, the facts weren't fabricated. The Lin Family would only gladly accept it and feel that Lin Sui was just naturally this smart, constantly finding reasons for him from his genetics and childhood. Lin Sui didn't have to do anything; the calmer and more indifferent he was, the more others would take it for granted.

The Lin Family immediately declared they would hold a grand banquet. The continuous feast would last for at least three days, and they would also make donations in the name of this celebration, etc. In short, they were going to be extremely extravagant, wishing everyone could know about it.

The System asked him: [Since you want to keep a low profile, why are you being so ostentatious?]

Lin Sui replied: [Everything that happens will have traces to follow.]

And he was currently creating the necessary traces for his results.

System: [The mother of the Child of Fortune doesn't have much time left.]

Lin Sui was currently smiling and raising a glass to celebrate with his family. Hearing this, his smile didn't change at all.

Although the Lin Family was so showy, and Lin Sui let them celebrate as they pleased, Lin Sui didn't want to accept any interviews or show his face, so he declined all those activities.

Since the other party was the young master of the Lin Family, the media had no way to push further and had to set their sights on the other top scorer of this year's double-yolk top score. Unexpectedly, the other party also refused, and they couldn't find him at all.

Yan Qin was currently in a hospital under the Lin Family's name, feeling cold and heavy in his heart as he looked at the red light illuminated above the operating room.

He knew his mother's illness couldn't be cured, and every day she survived was a borrowed day, but he still hoped she could live a little longer.

When Yan Qin checked his scores today, he learned from his teacher that Lin Sui had the exact same score as him. He was very surprised. He had always been hiding his true abilities, but he didn't expect Lin Sui to be so surprising as well.

This was an excellent reason and excuse that would allow him to go to the Lin Family to see Lin Sui, rather than waiting in the villa for him to return at some unknown time, but it was also at this time that he received a call from the hospital.

Originally, he had already prepared himself mentally, but he couldn't help feeling sorrowful. His mother, who had been in a very bad condition and constantly asleep, was in exceptionally good spirits today. His mother also knew she wasn't getting better, but was experiencing terminal lucidity before passing away.

His mother said a lot to him, saying she was sorry for giving him such a background, saying she loved him, and saying she hoped he could find someone he loved to grow old with in the future.

He never resented having such a background; one couldn't choose their origins, and he believed in his mother's love for him.

As for someone to love... it was a pity that the person who moved his heart was at the very top, while he was down in the abyss.

Time passed bit by bit. The lights of the operating room went out, and the people inside walked out, shaking their heads at Yan Qin.

The light in Yan Qin's eyes suddenly extinguished, leaving behind a gloomy color like residual ash.

Yan Qin mechanically completed all the steps: keeping the vigil, cremation, and burial. Tao Ting and Chu Feng accompanied him. Both wanted to say something but didn't know where to start, so they just patted Yan Qin's shoulder.

Yan Qin looked at his mother's photo on the tombstone and told his friends they didn't need to accompany him. He sat down next to his mother, gazed up at the vast sky, and sat quietly for the entire afternoon.

On the other side of the city, Lin Sui was surrounded by flowers and praise, almost unable to tear himself away every day.

The large Lin Family took turns coming over to ask about him, and some younger cousins even wanted to try bringing their homework to have Lin Sui tutor them.

Not to mention Lin Sui's bad crowd of friends; every single one of them had their jaws drop in shock.

The shock of Lin Sui becoming the top scorer was no less astonishing to the people in their circle than seeing Antarctic penguins passionately dancing in a rainforest.

It wasn't just the Lin Family; the people the Lin Family bragged to and those who wanted to curry favor crowded the Lin Family residence.

Lin Sui showed off his skills when necessary and gave perfunctory responses when needed, so entangled that he couldn't break free.

Annoyed to no end, he went up to the second floor. Song Yunqing looked at his appearance of hiding away for some peace and quiet and couldn't help but laugh.

"Who told you to hide your depths so well, Young Master Lin? This time you've directly amazed everyone with a single brilliant feat."

When Song Yunqing heard the news, he was also astounded for a long time. Had it not been for the fact that it wasn't April Fool's Day, he would have thought it was a huge joke.

After all, Second Young Master Lin had been an ignorant and incompetent hooligan since he was a child. He basically rarely went to school. While others were studying, he was playing with racing cars and horses; while others were doing practice questions, he was flying to Paris to watch fashion shows. He spent most of his life playing around, making it hard to associate him with a genius.

Many people actually thought that the Lin Family might have pulled some strings and arranged for him to cheat, but Young Master Lin scored first place, and the high score was hard to fake. He answered questions effortlessly, forcing people to admit that some people were simply born in Rome with both brains and family background.

"I, for one, dislike it the most when others question me."

Lin Sui answered loosely, the youth's eyebrows flying high, arrogant and unbridled.

This ostentatious appearance should have made people grit their teeth, but Song Yunqing found that he actually liked this look of his, disregarding everything, as if nothing in the world could stump him.

"It's been a few days since the results came out, and you still haven't told me what you want me to do."

"I haven't thought it through yet. What are you so anxious for?"

"Isn't this just being anxious to serve our Young Master Lin hand and foot, pouring tea and fetching water?"

Song Yunqing teased, his bright eyes floating with light under the moonlight.

"There will be plenty of opportunities for that. Just wait."

Lin Sui's amorous eyes lifted, carrying an ambiguous smile at the corners of his mouth.

Song Yunqing felt a bit strange in his heart from his smile, and as if to cover it up, he took out the cigarette case from his pocket.

"Do you mind if I smoke a cigarette?"

"I do."

Lin Sui nodded toward the door, motioning for him to go outside to smoke.

Song Yunqing had no objections and walked out holding the cigarette.

Lin Sui didn't actually dislike the smell of smoke; he used to be addicted to nicotine and was almost inseparable from cigarettes.

Later, when he transmigrated to another world and changed bodies, naturally there was no addiction. Coupled with the fact that there was no such thing as tobacco in the Cultivation World, he naturally quit. Now, smelling that scent again actually made him a bit irritable, as if it would remind him again of the times in the past when he needed to rely on them to get through something.

Lin Sui's eyes subconsciously looked out the window, pausing slightly when sweeping past a certain spot.

He looked at the somewhat protruding shadow near the tree's shade, finding the person standing under the tree who was almost blended into the shadows.

He couldn't see his face clearly, but he subconsciously knew who it was.

He had just wanted to ask the System why it hadn't reminded him, but then felt it was unnecessary; the System didn't inform him of everything.

Lin Sui knew Yan Qin's mother was buried today. He knew Yan Qin would be very pained and sad due to the death of his family member, and knew that he might be desperately craving his gaze, or a hug, a kiss... or something else.

But so what?

He didn't grieve for the death of that woman. Sometimes, because of his own destiny, Lin Sui even thought with a coldness bordering on cold-bloodedness that this woman was nothing more than a symbol; her destiny was simply to give birth to Yan Qin, make Yan Qin suffer, and then let Yan Qin transform.

This kind of detached, even condescending thought was truly disgusting. Lin Sui believed that even if he wasn't sad, he shouldn't have such thoughts, because for the woman herself or the Yan Qin of this world, that wasn't the case.

Lin Sui withdrew his gaze, slightly raising his head to look at the night sky, pretending he had never discovered the visitor standing in the courtyard.

The System asked in incomprehension: [Aren't you going to do something?]

It felt that Lin Sui would do something. After all, the Child of Fortune's current state was very easy to conquer. Even if Lin Sui merely said a word or gave him a single look, the Child of Fortune would probably be unable to extricate himself.

With such a good opportunity, a vixen wouldn't act like a vixen if he didn't do something. It truly couldn't guess his thoughts at all.

Lin Sui raised an eyebrow: [You want me to sleep with him?]

System: [No!]

Lin Sui: [Then shut up.]

Lin Sui reached his hand out the window, loosely grasping a handful of moonlight.

Yan Qin didn't need anyone to become his light, because he was light itself.

Only by chewing on pain could one walk further in the darkness. Because there was no way of retreat behind, one could only continuously move forward.

The outcome of anything was nothing more than two possibilities: gaining or losing.

That gaze seemed to follow him like a shadow, as if it had stained Lin Sui's soul.

Lin Sui saw the cigarettes placed on the windowsill, took one, and held it in his mouth. Just as he was about to light it, he put it back down.

Forget it, how boring.

Lin Sui threw that cigarette out the window with waning interest, turned around, and left the window.

Tonight's moonlight was too bright, disturbing one's peace.

It wasn't until the figure by the window completely disappeared that the shadow under the tree moved.

He walked into the moonlight, picked up that bitten cigarette, and hid it in the palm of his hand like a precious treasure.