Chapter 4: Cutting Ties
Jiang Shuqin was fuming with rage: “Brother Lin Xuan, if you dare marry Qin Ruoyao today, you don’t ever have to come back to the Lin Family!”
Lin Li’s eyes lit up.
Mom was about to kick Brother Lin Xuan out of the Lin Family! Indeed, everything he’d planned had been spot on. Lin Xuan liked Qin Ruoyao and chased after her like a lovesick puppy. So Lin Li anonymously struck a deal with Qin Ruoyao, giving her three million in exchange for her marrying Lin Xuan.
He was Dad’s biological son too, so why shouldn’t he inherit the Lin Family? Afraid Jiang Shuqin would find out his true identity, he came up with this plan. He intended to use Qin Ruoyao to make Lin Xuan completely sever ties with the Lin Family!
And just in case, he’d also ensure Qin Ruoyao utterly ruined Lin Xuan, turning him into a complete waste of space—rendering him incapable of managing the Lin Family company!
Lin Chang puffed away on his cigarette, surrounded by swirling smoke: “Lin Xuan, if you don’t go through with the wedding today, you’ll still be part of the Lin Family. Call Qin Ruoyao right now and cancel the engagement!”
If word got out that Lin Chang’s eldest son, Lin Xuan, was going to marry into another family, where would that leave Lin Chang’s reputation?
Lin Xuan said firmly, word by word: “Today, I must marry her. The wedding isn’t being canceled!”
He still needed to attend the wedding as planned, marry Qin Ruoyao, then publicly call off the marriage in front of Su Hua to prove his sincerity!
“SLAM!” Lin Chang slammed his hand on the table: “Lin Xuan, I’m your biological father! Are you telling me you won’t listen to me?”
Lin Xuan shot back mockingly: “You, Mom, and all those sisters—did any of you ever treat me like your son or brother? If not, why should I consider you my biological father?”
Lin Xuan’s icy gaze swept over the relatives sitting on the couch who were supposed to be his closest family.
Since childhood, he’d been sold into an orphanage, where even basic needs like food and warmth were luxuries. Watching other orphans reunite with their birth parents or get adopted, he yearned desperately for family. He wished more than anything to be one of them, to have a family of his own.
When he was thirteen, Lin Chang found him and claimed him as his long-lost son. At that moment, he was overjoyed, thinking he finally had a home.
Back at the Lin Family mansion, he tried hard to fit in, doing everything possible to please them. But they always looked down on him, seeing him as someone from the orphanage without proper upbringing, unworthy of the Lin Family name.
Lin Li… hah, their eyes only ever saw Lin Li, the adoptive son.
Even though his grades used to be better than Lin Li’s, during the college entrance exams, he felt dizzy and disoriented, inevitably bombing the test. A top student who usually scored first place ended up with barely over three hundred points, failing even the second-tier university cutoff line. They all thought he cheated on previous exams and finally showed his true colors during the college entrance exam. Looking back now, it was probably Lin Li who tampered with something.
In their eyes, Lin Li was obedient, sensible, and capable, while he, the biological son who accomplished nothing, was never given a second glance.
What was even more laughable was that when he died, their reaction toward his death made it crystal clear—he mattered less to them than some outsider.
An outsider’s death might elicit a little sympathy from them, but his own death only brought cold indifference.
Ha! How ironic! They shared blood yet treated him worse than strangers!
In this life, he no longer needed these so-called relatives.
Lin Chang raged: “I can’t believe I raised such an ungrateful son! You think you’re grown up and powerful now, huh? Then get out of the Lin Family! And if you’ve got the guts, never come back!”
Lin Xuan remained expressionless: “Fine, I’ll leave.”
Lin Chang spoke gravely: “Before you go, sign this severance agreement.”
Lin Xuan glanced at the lawyer standing nearby and sneered—they couldn’t wait to kick him out.
Perfect. He didn’t want any connection to these people either.
Without hesitation, Lin Xuan signed the severance agreement. Perfect. He didn’t want any ties to them anyway.
With the severance agreement in hand, Lin Xuan resolutely walked away.
Lin Li said: “Mom, I want to attend Brother’s wedding.”
Jiang Shuqin glared at him with disdain: “Attend his wedding? Aren’t you ashamed?”
“Mom, if none of our family attends, Brother might feel hurt. Besides, if word gets out, people will talk. Let me represent the Lin Family there,” Lin Li said, pretending to have the family’s best interests at heart.
Lin Chang nodded: “Alright, go ahead.”
Lin Li climbed into the Ferrari—a gift from Lin Chang on his eighteenth birthday, worth eight million yuan.
Lin Li picked up his phone: “Boss.” He called softly.
Qin Ruoyao playfully scolded him: “Brother Li, you know what day it is today, and you’re calling me?”
Lin Li croaked: “I miss you, Boss. Shall we meet at the Junyue Hotel? I’ve already booked a room.”
“At a time like this, are you still thinking about that?” Qin Ruoyao blushed furiously. “I still have a wedding to attend!”
Lin Li smirked: “We’ve got forty minutes. There’s still time.”
Qin Ruoyao thought of Lin Li’s skills in bed and felt a wave of heat inside her. Lin Li was the second son of the Lin Family, deeply loved by the Lins, and destined to inherit their vast fortune.
She had to hold onto this man!
Qin Ruoyao cooed: “Alright, I’ll be right there. Brother Li, wait for me.”
Citing discomfort and needing rest, Qin Ruoyao asked the driver to stop at the Junyue Hotel. She walked to the reception desk and sweetly asked: “Excuse me, my friend has booked Room 601. I’m here to collect the key card.”
The receptionist gave her a suspicious look.
She remembered Room 601’s guest was a rather handsome man. And she was dressed in a wedding gown…
The receptionist asked: “May I ask who you are?”
“I’m Qin Ruoyao,” Qin Ruoyao replied.
“Oh, Miss Qin, here’s your key card. Please keep it safe,” the receptionist handed over the card.
As the receptionist watched Qin Ruoyao walk away, she shook her head in amazement.
Are people these days really so wild? The bride and groom haven’t even held the wedding ceremony yet, and they’re already hooking up in a hotel room.
