In Li Xinzhi's memory, Lin Xuemei was one of the few people who deserved his respect from the bottom of his heart, even though he knew.
Lin Xuemei abandoned him the moment she knew the truth, and Li Xinzhi never really hated her.
After all, when he sat in the same position as Lin Xuemei, he knew that many things could never be decided by personal will.
No matter how capable he was, leaving himself, who had no blood relationship, sitting in the position of heir would sooner or later cause family division, not to mention that the real Lin Zike was still there.
However, when Li Xinzhi was admitted to an Ivy League university, a mysterious person secretly paid his tuition for four years and brought him a generous living allowance. Although he didn't know who the kind-hearted person was, Li Xinzhi guessed who it was. It's just that the subsequent development is often not what people want. After all, everyone has things that cannot be compromised. When these things conflict, conflicts are inevitable.
""Grandma! Brother Xinzhi wants to dump Sister Qingxue!" As if she saw someone coming over to talk, Lin Lianyan ran over and complained to Lin Xuemei like a spoiled child.
"Really? Xinzhi?! How can you be so fickle? You really don't act like a father. Look how you made Qingxue cry!"Lin Xuemei heard this and got a little angry. She acted like an elder and scolded Li Xinzhi.
The point is that I'm not the child of that cheap father. Lin Zike next to me is. Li Xinzhi thought helplessly.
"Hello, Master Xuemei, I am Lin Zike, nice to meet you."Lin Zike, who was standing by, greeted Lin Xuemei in a complex and respectful tone.
"Ah, who are you?" Lin Xuemei was a little surprised. She looked at Lin Zike, who looked unfamiliar but somehow familiar. She felt a strange sense of closeness.
"I am... Lin Zike, who was brought here as a guest by Mr. Lin Zhongsheng." Li Xinzhi looked at Lin Zike, who had a complicated expression and was a little afraid to tell the truth. He felt that this guy was really indecisive.
No wonder in his previous life, when he challenged him with the same consciousness as an equal opponent, he was defeated in a few moves.
He was so shocked that he thought he was really going to play some big chess, but it turned out to be a real dish.
However, do we really have to wait until that day to reveal the truth and let everything end? Li Xinzhi had a bitter face with some impatience. After all, that day was really the most painful day of his previous life. Even if he successfully avenged the people who humiliated him that day, he would always wake up in the middle of the night because of the nightmare.
Li Xinzhi certainly knew the reason, because that day, just like Caesar who was deceived into the Senate, he was betrayed by everyone, including the person he loved the most.
That day was the coming-of-age banquet two days later. On his happiest day, the true Lord Lin Zike officially came back and took away everything from him.
"Lianyan, take Zike to visit the house first."It seemed that her emotions were caught by Lin Xuemei, so she asked Lin Lianyan, who was already in love, to take Lin Zike to visit Zhou's house.
"Ah! Okay, I will accompany you today! Let's go, Mr. Zike!" Thinking of leaving some time for Li Xinzhi and Lin Qingxue, and wanting to get along with the handsome Lin Zike, she pulled Lin Zike over in a somewhat tough manner.
"Ah, I am so rude!" Lin Zike was somewhat helpless as he was pulled away by Lin Lianyan. At the same time, he felt very distressed, looking at Lin Qingxue who couldn't stop crying, but he didn't have any Lin method.
""Huh...Xinzhi, have you been wronged?" After confirming that the outsiders had left, Lin Xuemei finally relaxed and stroked Li Xinzhi's face with unstoppable love.
"No, it's normal." Facing this concern, Li Xinzhi knew that this was genuine love, but he still responded to this concern with the poker face he had practiced over the years.
But to be honest, he really wanted to cry here, here, to tell the two most important people to him about his inner grievances.
But he couldn't do it, because he had been heartbroken by this expectation, and it also deeply hurt Lin Xuemei and Lin Qingxue. All he could do was leave.
"You will force yourself, Qingxue, tell me, did this boy bully you?"After understanding the temperament of this good grandson, he poked Li Xinzhi's head unhappily.
Lin Xuemei spoke to Lin Qingxue softly. After all, she really liked this future granddaughter-in-law. She was beautiful and sensible, but her temperament was indeed a little soft and she was easily wronged.
She didn't understand why the good grandson who had always loved Lin Qingxue suddenly changed his temperament, but it was not good to abandon him like this.
She saw that the two of them had a good impression of each other and had been supporting each other until now. They couldn't have conflicts because of some small tempers.
"No... it's snow clearing that's bad.……"Lin Qingxue shook her head in denial. Although she didn't know why Li Xinzhi suddenly became cold towards her, she could feel that there must be a reason.
"……"Li Xinzhi didn't say much. After all, he could feel that after the protagonist appeared, the buff that made things worse appeared. He felt that whatever he said might be misinterpreted by Lin.
""Okay, young people are just so ignorant, let's talk while drinking tea! Come on! Qingxue, let's talk while walking!" Lin Xuemei clapped her hands, motioned for the servants to prepare tea, and then took Lin Qingxue's arm to make her happy, deliberately ignoring Li Xinzhi.
If it were in the past, Li Xinzhi would have shrugged in boredom and went up to cheer them up, but now, he just stared at the scene silently, suppressing the tears that wanted to flow out.
This was everything he dreamed of getting back in the past, but with the passing of Lin Xuemei, everything was irreversible. Now he saw this scene again, but it was just a re-enactment of history.
The ground where Lin Xuemei often drank tea with them was the atrium of the garden. Li Xinzhi heard that this garden was built by his grandfather himself as a symbol of their love for each other.
Although he was a son-in-law, his grandfather and grandmother had a very good relationship and had always supported Lin Xuemei, who, as a woman, had to be the master of the family, but... Unfortunately, he died at the age of forty-something.
In addition, his beloved eldest son died early, so Li Xinzhi understood why Lin Xuemei in his previous life was so determined to kick him out of the house. After all, Lin Zike was indeed the apple of her eye and the person she wanted to compensate the most.
While thinking about this, the servants had already arranged the tea and snacks. The iron teapot was gurgling. Li Xinzhi took a quick look and found that it was his favorite cedar tea.
That tea was very precious and difficult to handle. It had to be boiled for an hour to remove the bitterness before you could get the sweet tea. It was indeed a product of the rich being picky about the poor.
However, Li Xinzhi liked it very much in his previous life, but he seldom drank it later. Even after he started from scratch and built a foundation, he didn't have much time to drink such a time-wasting beverage. Now that he thought about it, there was no one left to accompany him.
"Come, Qingxue, this is your favorite tea!" Lin Xuemei poured the first cup of tea into Lin Qingxue's cup with a loving look on her face. This made Li Xinzhi couldn't help but think, when he was advancing in a life-threatening environment, did they get along like this?
""Thank you, grandma!" Lin Qingxue thanked her respectfully, but was a little embarrassed and didn't dare to drink it. When Li Xinzhi saw this, he suddenly remembered that she seemed to be a cat tongue.
"What? You won't help your wife to warm up? It seems that you have really changed your mind. Who was the one who begged me to be with Qingxue?"Lin Xuemei looked at Li Xinzhi who was sitting there like a fool, and complained with a sullen look on her face. It was rare for her to deliberately lower her face to help them reconcile.
"I think it is more appropriate for me to do this kind of thing myself. It is not appropriate to do it in such an occasion as a formal conversation with grandma!"Li Xinzhi raised the tea, blew it slowly to warm it up and drank it, and gave his own reasons. After all, he was pretending to be young. Inwardly, he was a weathered uncle in his forties.
Why was he pretending to be childish? Li Xinzhi also vaguely felt that he had spoiled Lin Qingxue too much, causing her character to go astray in the future. Anyway, he was going to be a bad guy and correct her character.
"Oh, are you pretending to be mature now? Are you having a second-year syndrome?" However, Lin Xuemei didn't buy it. She suddenly said something completely different from someone her age.
""Cough, cough! Grandma, what did you suddenly say?" Li Xinzhi was also startled, and choked on the hot tea. He couldn't stop coughing. At this time, a gentle hand slowly stroked his back.
Facing this scene, Li Xinzhi suddenly recalled why he liked Lin Qingxue so much back then, because of her gentle and considerate heart.
"Humph, Qingxue is indeed kindhearted and didn't care about this boy's willfulness. Tell me, Qingxue, how did Xinzhi bully you? Grandma will take care of it for you."Looking at this scene, Lin Xuemei was relieved, but she also didn't forget to severely insult her grandson, and at the same time asked Lin Qingxue the reason.
"Grandma, Xinzhi...he wants to abandon everything and go to Yuanlin." Lin Qingxue hesitated for a moment and gave a reason. At the same time, she was a little afraid to look at Li Xinzhi, fearing that he would be further dissatisfied with her.
"Oh, it's really a second-year syndrome! However, it's normal for boys to have wild thoughts at this age, and it will be fine in a few days!"After hearing this, Lin Xuemei comforted Lin Qingxue with some relief. After all, when a person is sixteen or seventeen years old, it would be strange if he doesn't move.
"It would be nice if it were so, but fate is sometimes very hard to tell."But Li Xinzhi did not continue to respond, but raised the remaining warm tea, continued to drink, and spoke his inner thoughts.
Seeing this, Lin Xuemei was a little touched. After all, Li Xinzhi's current atmosphere was indeed not in line with the atmosphere of his current age. It seemed that he had experienced many painful things.
"What are you afraid of? Grandma is here. If there is anything, she will help you!"Lin Xuemei hurriedly comforted Li Xinzhi. After all, she knew Li Xinzhi's temperament. He was too strong and didn't like to show weakness. He always tried to be strong.
But when Lin Xuemei finished speaking, Li Xinzhi subconsciously looked at her. Because he had something to hide, he had been avoiding looking at her in the past few months.
But when Lin Xuemei said this, the words he wanted to hear most in his previous life, he finally couldn't help but look at his grandma.
"Ah!" Lin Xuemei couldn't help but scream out, because after many years of experience in judging people, she could see many emotions in Li Xinzhi's eyes, gloom, pain, vicissitudes, and tears that were about to seep out. This was definitely not an expression that should be used at this age.
"Thank you grandma then. Sorry Qingxue, I may be a little tired recently. Let's go to see the peach blossoms together on the weekend. Yes, the peach blossoms in March must be beautiful!" But Li Xinzhi quickly gathered his emotions and instantly recovered to his previous state. While saying thank you, he stroked Lin Qingxue's hair and said he would take her to see the peach blossoms as before.
After all, this is the last chance to chat and drink tea with them like this. It's okay to enjoy it a little, because in the future, I can't be with them anymore. I have to go to Yuanlin and can't see them again.
"Xinzhi... Yeah!" Feeling that her fiancé had finally returned to his previous attitude, Lin Qingxue finally smiled and enjoyed his touch.
"That's good. You two are my favorite couple since I was a kid. Don't make trouble!" Although he was still a little confused, Li Xinzhi's smile made him feel relieved. He then teased the couple.
"Wow! Grandma, how do you know so many strange words?" Li Xinzhi looked at Lin Xuemei in surprise. After all, in his previous life, this ancestor was always very serious, which was totally unrelated to such words, right?!
"Humph... Isn't it because you guys are calling me an old antique behind my back? What, do you think my saying these things bothers you?" Lin Xuemei pretended to be angry, blaming Li Xinzhi who didn't understand romance. Shouldn't she say that she is still strong despite her age?
"No way, grandma, you are old at heart!" Li Xinzhi apologized quickly. He knew that Lin Xuemei always hated people saying that she was out of date.
"Humph! You are smart. Anyway, you two should communicate more and don't quarrel with each other. Got it?" Lin Xuemei glanced at Li Xinzhi, who was a bit nagging, and then said earnestly, asking the two to reconcile.
"Well, grandma"
"I understand."
Li Xinzhi and Lin Qingxue responded to Lin Xuemei in unison, with completely different emotions. On one side, they couldn't stop sighing, and on the other side, they were happy that their fiancé had finally returned to normal.
Li Xinzhi felt that he would never forget this scene, even if they were separated in the future. The mood at this time must not be false, it was true, if he could choose.
Li Xinzhi wanted to be a good grandson and a good husband, and always be by their side. Unfortunately, the gears had already turned, and in order not to hurt them, Li Xinzhi had to leave.
"Lin Zike, you must take good care of them in this life.……"
In his heart, after entrusting this real thing, Li Xinzhi felt relaxed for the first time in a long time. Finally, did he choose an ending where no one would get hurt?
After seeing Li Xinzhi and Lin Qingxue off, Lin Xuemei continued to sit in the courtyard to enjoy the flowers. As she got older, she liked this kind of slow-paced leisure, but she was busy in the future. After all, there were still two days before Li Xinzhi's coming-of-age ceremony.
Although it was a bit early to hold a coming-of-age ceremony at the age of sixteen, Lin Xuemei felt that Li Xinzhi's ability and character were completely qualified to be an excellent successor.
"Zong Xin, this day has finally come. Can you forgive your mother?"Lin Xuemei called out to her eldest son who had passed away. Because of her stubbornness, she had to send him off before her.
Now her son has grown up to be so outstanding, and even her partner is in love with her. Can she get the forgiveness of this eldest son?
"Mother!"When Lin Xuemei was sleepwalking and looking at the sky, a powerful voice woke her up.
"What's wrong, Zhongxin? Let's talk about work at noon!" Lin Xuemei turned her head and got angry at her second son, Lin Zhongxin. She was always dissatisfied with this mediocre second son. He was over 40 years old and still relied on her decision. He was completely inferior to the brave and resourceful Li Xinzhi.
"No... I, I have something important to tell you, something very important." Lin Zhongxin was a little nervous, but he responded firmly to the strict mother.
"Hmm?" Lin Xuemei looked at Lin Zhongxin with some doubt. She didn't understand what important thing he wanted to tell her.
""Come here, Zike!" Lin Zhongxin shouted to Lin Zike who had been hiding behind him for a long time. Lin Zike, who was a little nervous but determined, stood solemnly in front of his own grandmother.
That day, Lin Xuemei felt the heart-wrenching pain. One part was the pain of guilt for letting her real grandson suffer, and the other part was the pain of abandoning her grandson, Li Xinzhi, whom she had raised with her own hands.
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