Chapter 46: The Competition
"How does it feel to use me as a gunman?" Although Lin Yi is not a narrow-minded person, he still feels a little awkward to be used by his nephew like this, as the so-called not vomiting and unhappy, so he simply asked,
Knowing that his little trick could not be hidden from the eldest Bo Lin Yi who was walking with him, Lin Chen also smiled embarrassedly,
"Uncle, do you see everything?"
"You kid, you are not too old to think a lot, but even if you don't do this just now, I, the head of the family, will come out and say a few fair words, looking at your second aunt like that, it is estimated that the prejudice against you has been eliminated a lot"
"Isn't this exactly what I want, and what you want to see?"
"That's right, but it's best to use less of your careful thinking, as the saying goes, people's hearts are the most difficult thing to grasp, and if others see through it but don't know it, stab you at a critical moment, then you will lose everything"
"I see, uncle"
Lin Yun, who came back from a few dishes of food, looked at Lin Chen and Lin Yi coming side by side, and it was also a little strange,
"Big brother, son, what are you talking about?"
"Dad, my uncle and I are talking about the food in the cafeteria."
Lin Yun was a little suspicious, remembering that he had just greeted Sun Guilian, so he spoke again,
"Your second aunt is still here just now, she is not difficult for you, right?"
"No, so many years have passed, and besides, the uncle is still beside me, the second aunt won't be embarrassed for me"
Listening to Lin Chen's words, Lin Yun's eyes turned to Lin Yi, only to see Lin Yi smiling and patting Lin Yun on the shoulder,
"Fourth brother, your son is becoming more and more like you"
Lin Yun was a little confused by what Lin Yi said, thinking that my son is not like me, but like you,
The three of them made up a table, chatting while eating,
"Big brother, Liu Yan, she has returned to Murong's house"
Lin Yi's first reaction when he heard Lin Yun say this was to glance at Lin Chen, and then spoke,
"Lin Chen, he knows everything?"
"Got it, Chen'er is so old, there are some things that should be known to him, and besides, he may know more than we know during this time"
"Oh?" Lin Yi's eyes looked at Lin Chen again, and when he saw Lin Yi's gaze, Lin Chen stopped the chopsticks in his hand, swallowed the food in his mouth into his throat, and looked at the two of them calmly,
"Uncle, my sixteen-year-old is not too young, I know you may have thought I was still young before, and some things are better for me not to tell me, but now I will have a coming-of-age ceremony in a few months, and I still think I still have the right to know some things."
Seeing Lin Chen's eyes showing a determined gaze, Lin Yi pondered for a while,
"Well, since you know part of it, then you can ask questions, and your father and I will tell you everything we know."
Hearing Lin Yi's words, Lin Yun, who was sitting on the other side, also nodded slightly,
"Then you're welcome"
"First question, what is my mother's name?"
Lin Chen spoke clearly, word by word, and said the problem that had plagued him for nearly twelve years since he could remember.
Lin Yi was silent, so was Lin Yun, about half a cup of tea, Lin Yun raised his head slightly, looked at the table in the distance, and slowly spoke,
"Her name is Murong Xue, and she is the only daughter of Murong Kang, the third elder of the Murong family."
"Murong Xue.."
Lin Chen whispered this name softly, the name of his mother who had never seen her since he could remember but had been haunted by her dreams for twelve years, Lin Chen's mind could not simulate that gentle figure, but Lin Chen firmly believed that the strongest blood affection could make him recognize it the moment he saw her, it was his mother,
After losing his mind for a moment, Lin Chen's eyes regained clarity, looking at the guilty expressions on the faces of his father and uncle, Lin Chen continued to ask softly,
"Mother was forcibly taken away by the Murong family, right?"
"Yes, not long after you were born, the Murong family came to Donghai County, and your mother refused to leave, but the Murong family threatened with your life, and your mother had no choice but to follow them back, blaming our Lin family for being too useless.."
This time it was Big Bo Lin Yi who spoke, and his somewhat dull tone was mixed with a little helplessness, but Lin Yun, who was sitting on the other side, clenched his fists tightly,
The atmosphere between the three of them fell silent, Lin Chen no longer spoke, looking at his father and uncle bowing their heads slightly, Lin Chen got up,
"Dad, uncle, when Yanran left, I also realized the power of the word Murong, perhaps, what I saw was just the tip of the iceberg, but I believe that as long as I am willing to work hard, I have the hope of chasing this behemoth, I still remember that our Lin family ancestor said this: 'As long as you don't die, there is hope'"
"As long as you don't die, there is hope"
Lin Yun and Lin Yi seemed to have a flash of light in their eyes, and this sentence was repeated on the lips of the two, and the two glanced at each other and said in unison,
"As long as you don't die, there is hope!"
After eating breakfast for a long time, the three of them went to the kitchen with a plate that still had a little rice grain left.
"I didn't expect you to encourage the two of us, Lin Chen, I really went back more and more."
Looking at Lin Chen's lean but straight figure, Lin Yi also laughed at himself
"I'm old, I don't have the momentum of young people" Lin Yun is also Wan'er,
"yes, old man." Lin Yi's gaze fell on Lin Chen's body again, and the gloomy color in his eyes flashed,
"Dad, uncle, I don't have anything to explain here, right? If it's okay, I'll go back to the back mountain to cultivate first, and see if Ling'er has come back."
"Hey, Lin Chen, wait, don't go so fast first, your uncle and I really have something to do today"
Lin Chen's figure was about to go towards the door of the cafeteria when Lin Yi stopped him, Lin Chen turned around,
"Uncle, what's the matter today?"
"Isn't there two days left for the New Year's Festival, our Lin family has been preparing for this for a long time, today I am going to gather all the young generations of our Lin family who are going to participate in the big competition to the martial arts arena to practice, the first is to see how much everyone has improved in so long, and the second is to let our Lin family elders have more or less a little bottom in their hearts, and it is really saved that when it comes to the big competition, we lose the face of the Lin family with indiscriminate confidence."
"Is that so." Lin Chen groaned in his heart and nodded lightly,
"What's the matter, you kid cultivates alone in the back mountain every day, isn't there any progress in your heart?" Lin Yi squinted at Lin Chen's face, his sharp eyes seemed to be looking for evidence of Lin Chen's weakness, but the smile on the corner of his mouth made Lin Chen know that the uncle in front of him was completely joking with himself,
"Uncle, you are optimistic" Lin Chen's tone was also unrestrained, and he said these words with a little calm, but Lin Yi, who was listening next to him, leaned back slightly,
"Yo, the young man seems to be quite confident, some time ago, I heard the second elder of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion say that you brought a martial arts book back from the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, it seems that the exercises are small."
Lin Chen thought to himself that this uncle was worthy of being the head of the family, and he knew everything so clearly, Lin Chen was helpless in his heart, seeing that his father, who was standing aside and laughing and silent, had no intention of speaking, Lin Chen simply put aside the topic,
"Then I'll go to the martial arts arena first and wait for the uncle"
"Go, go, go polish the sharpness of that stinky boy"
Lin Yi waved his big hand, and Lin Chen didn't stop there, and took steps towards the direction of the martial arts arena outside the door of the cafeteria.