Cai Shaowei got dressed and walked out of the bathroom.
Su Ling pulled him over to the sofa and sat him down.
“Child, what’s your name?”
Su Ling asked warmly.
“My name is Cai Xiaowei.”
Cai Shaowei stared at Su Ling as he spoke.
Seeing Cai Shaowei staring at her, Su Ling felt a bit nervous and also somewhat puzzled.
“Xiaowei, I will compensate you for everything my son did today.
Just please don’t call the police.”
Su Ling said awkwardly.
“None of that matters now, Auntie.
I have a letter here for you to read.”
Cai Shaowei took out the letter and handed it to Su Ling.
Su Ling took the letter, a bit confused, and slowly opened it to read.
As she read, her expression kept changing.
Then she suddenly looked up, tears shimmering in her eyes, and gazed at Cai Shaowei.
Cai Shaowei immediately took out the jade pendant and placed it in Su Ling’s hand.
“My poor child.
So you didn’t die.”
Su Ling hugged Cai Shaowei excitedly.
Cai Shaowei hugged Su Ling back just as excitedly.
Today, he had finally met his mother after twenty years of not seeing her.
Cai Shaowei also shed tears of excitement.
And so, the “mother and daughter” who hadn’t seen each other for twenty years embraced, weeping tears of joy.
It was a very moving scene.
But Lin Zihao, hiding in a corner in the distance, was utterly confused.
Why was his mother hugging that girl and crying?
Had this girl said something exaggerated that made his mother cry?
“Mom, what are you two doing?”
Lin Zihao walked over awkwardly.
Su Ling was furious the moment she saw her son.
Her daughter, whom she hadn’t seen for twenty years, had come to find her, only to be nearly raped by her son.
No one could accept that.
“You beast, kneel!”
Su Ling said angrily.
Seeing how angry his mother was, Lin Zihao didn’t dare to talk back.
He obediently knelt down, but inside, he was far from calm.
‘So it really was this girl’s doing.
I definitely won’t let her get away with this,’
Lin Zihao thought furiously.
“Apologize to your sister right now!”
Su Ling commanded.
“Sister?
She’s my sister?”
Lin Zihao was instantly dumbfounded.
“That’s impossible.
I’m an only child.
Where did I get a sister from?”
Lin Zihao continued murmuring.
“I had her with another man before I married your father.
She is your half-sister on your mother’s side.”
Su Ling explained.
“Heh, I get it now!
Dad is dead, and you couldn’t stand the loneliness, so you called your ex-husband and your daughter here!”
Lin Zihao stood up and shouted loudly.
Su Ling was absolutely furious when she heard this.
What kind of woman did her son take her for?
Just as she was about to slap her son, someone else slapped him instead.
That person was her daughter.
“Listen to me.
Mom is not that kind of person.
Mom hasn’t been in contact with my dad either.
It’s just that my dad passed away, so I came to find Mom.”
Cai Shaowei said, enunciating every word.
“Then you can leave.
This is my home.
Don’t expect us to take you in.”
Lin Zihao said viciously, holding his slapped cheek.
“Fine, I’ll leave right now.
I won’t bother you anymore.
Goodbye, Mom.”
Cai Shaowei didn’t want to be spoken of so contemptuously.
He walked out without looking back.
Seeing the situation turn so dire, Su Ling panicked and quickly grabbed Cai Shaowei’s hand.
At the same time, she scolded her son, “This is my home too.
I want Xiaowei to stay.”
“This is Dad’s inheritance!”
Lin Zihao emphasized.
“But I’m in charge now!
Everything here is my property right now.
Apologize to your sister immediately.”
Su Ling said angrily.
“Hmph, no way in hell.”
Lin Zihao stormed off and went up to his room on the second floor.
Su Ling stamped her foot in frustration, then continued holding onto Cai Shaowei to keep him from leaving.
Cai Shaowei looked at Su Ling’s anxious face and felt a pang of heartache.
He also noticed the wrinkles on Su Ling’s face—she must have worked very hard.
After all, according to Lin Zihao, her current husband had also died.
It couldn’t be easy for her to support this family alone.
Just thinking about it made his heart ache.
“Don’t go, Xiaowei.
You don’t have any relatives here.
It’s dangerous for you to be alone.
And now that your father is gone too, if you go back to Jinling, plenty of people in the underworld will want to harm you.
Zihao was just speaking in anger.
Don’t take it to heart.
Please stay.”
Su Ling continued trying to persuade him.
“Alright, I’ll stay.”
Cai Shaowei finally decided to stay.
What his mother said was absolutely right.
He truly had no one to rely on now.
After that, Su Ling happily settled Cai Shaowei in.
The room she arranged for him happened to be right next to Lin Zihao’s.
It seemed as if the mother had deliberately arranged it, wanting these two siblings to make up and get to know each other sooner.
“Xiaowei, Zihao isn’t usually like this.
He’s usually a very obedient child.
If you talk with him more from now on, your relationship will get better.”
Su Ling said to Cai Shaowei.
“Okay, Mom.
I’ll try my best.”
Cai Shaowei tried his best to act like a good, obedient girl.
Su Ling was very satisfied with this daughter.
She was beautiful, smart, very obedient, and looked a lot like her younger self.
She patted Cai Shaowei’s shoulder.
“Get some rest early, dear.
Mom has an important meeting tomorrow.
Tomorrow night, the three of us will have a proper family dinner together.
Tomorrow, you should talk with Zihao.
He’s actually very easy to get along with.”
“Mm, Mom, I understand.
Goodnight to you too.”
After that, Su Ling left the room.
Cai Shaowei suddenly felt tired.
He had been traveling for two days, after all.
So he went to bed to rest.
In the middle of the night, Cai Shaowei suddenly woke with a start.
Someone was pressing down on top of him.
Cai Shaowei immediately regretted forgetting to close the door.
But then he thought—this was such a high-end neighborhood, who could possibly break in?
The person on top of him had to be Lin Zihao.
“Lin Zihao, what do you think you’re doing?”
Cai Shaowei said with slight anger.
“Heh, you actually knew it was me.
Hmph, you ask what I’m doing?
I’ll tell you—right now, I’m throwing you out of my house.”
Lin Zihao said viciously.
“Let go of me.
Let go right now, or I’ll scream.”
Cai Shaowei threatened.
But Lin Zihao wasn’t intimidated at all.
He directly covered Cai Shaowei’s mouth with his hand to stop him from screaming.
Cai Shaowei struggled with all his might, but couldn’t break free at all.
He was both angry and resentful.
He had become so weak that he couldn’t even beat a brat like this.
Wearing only his underwear, Cai Shaowei was dragged by Lin Zihao from the bed onto the cold floor.
The weather had just passed winter not long ago.
The moment his skin touched the cold floor and cold air, Cai Shaowei started shivering uncontrollably.
Cai Shaowei panicked.
He couldn’t win in a fight.
If he really got dragged out the door like this, how could he ever show his face again?
Not to mention, he couldn’t withstand this weather.
‘Damn it, I have no choice.
I’ll have to use the pity card.’
Cai Shaowei steeled himself to set aside his male dignity and swallow his pride.
“Little brother, do you really hate me that much?”
Cai Shaowei gave up resisting and started wiping tears from his eyes.
His voice suddenly became soft and pitiful, enough to make anyone want to hug and comfort him.
Seeing how pitiful Cai Shaowei looked right now, Lin Zihao suddenly stopped his hands.
At that moment, his heart softened.
After all, she was a beautiful girl, and she hadn’t really done anything wrong.
‘You know what? Why am I so fixated on making things difficult for her?
Forget it.
I’ll just go along with Mom’s wishes this once.’
Lin Zihao let go of Cai Shaowei.
“Fine, I’ll let you off this time.
But from now on, in this house, you do as I say.”
Lin Zihao said, trying to act calm.
“Alright, I’ll listen to you.”
Cai Shaowei had no choice but to compromise for now.
Then he tried to stand up, but felt pain all over his body and couldn’t get up at all.
With no other option, he squeezed out some tears and looked up at Lin Zihao.
Lin Zihao understood what he meant.
He reluctantly picked Cai Shaowei up.
Cai Shaowei was only wearing underwear, with most of his body exposed to the air.
As Lin Zihao held him in his arms, touching his fair, tender skin and looking at the two pale mounds before his eyes, his mind began to wander.
“Um, little brother, could you put me down now?”
Cai Shaowei felt disgusted seeing Lin Zihao’s lecherous expression, but on the surface, he still acted innocent and harmless.
Lin Zihao awkwardly placed him on the bed, then quickly left the room and closed the door.
After Lin Zihao was gone, Cai Shaowei’s face contorted with anger.
“Lin Zihao, I’ve got a score to settle with you for today!”
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