Deal
“Master…”
Lin Youyuan covered his mouth with the handkerchief and coughed hard a couple of times before catching his breath.
“It’s okay, you may go.”
After the others left, Lin Youyuan did not let her get up; it was Song Yuhang who stood up on her own, saw a pot on the table, and poured a cup of hot water for him.
Lin Youyuan did not take it, nestled in the wheelchair he coughed once, his eye sockets sunken, his cloudy eyes looking towards her.
“Talk about your thoughts.”
“I’ve said it, don’t get angry.”
Lin Youyuan snorted coldly, without responding.
Song Yuhang began to speak for herself, and the more she spoke, the uglier his facial expression became.
Especially when it came to saying,
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“For so many years, Lin Yan has been investigating cases privately, and has always been hindered by some unknown forces in the dark. I think this force must come from you. I have also doubted whether she is your biological daughter, or to put it another way, whether you, for some unspeakable purpose, would harm your own child.”
Lin Youyuan’s lips trembled, his chest heaved up and down due to emotional agitation, and his hand tightly gripped the armrest of the wheelchair.
Song Yuhang did not stop, and poured out all her speculations in one breath.
“As for why you so vigorously prevent her from investigating Chunan’s case, I think there must also be a connection with you. Since everything started from this, I came today because I want to know the truth of that year, after all…”
She paused for a moment: “You are a party involved, aren’t you?”
If she hadn’t asked, Lin Youyuan wouldn’t want to recall the day of the father-daughter estrangement again.
In the night of June, it was pouring rain.
Lin Yan came home completely soaked, kneeling in front of him.
“Father, I want to apply for the police academy and become a police officer.”
He picked up the teacup and smashed it over, shards of porcelain grazed her eye and eyebrow, and bright red blood slowly seeped out.
“Get lost! I’ve already filled out your application for you—study finance at a business school and become a CEO in the future, what’s wrong with that?”
Lin Yan raised her eyes, coldly mocking him, “Being lazy and unproductive all your life like you, except for making a few dirty money?”
Lin Youyuan tapped his cane heavily on the ground, making a thud sound.
“Don’t think I don’t know what you want to do, want to avenge your friend?”
He sneered, trampling ruthlessly on the girl’s self-esteem.
“Stop dreaming. Look at yourself, who can you beat? What you wear, what you eat, what you use, which one is not bought with the dirty money you despise? If you look down on the Lin family and the Lin’s money so much, then just leave. Leave this place and never come back.”
Young Lin Yan suddenly had teary eyes. She was treated coldly at the police station, and when she returned home, she was mocked by her father.
What she wanted was nothing more than to find out the truth for her friend.
Lin Yan knew that once she walked out of this door, no one would recognize her, no one would give her face. Everyone was kind to her, close to her, fawning over her, all because of Lin Youyuan.
At that time, she was alone, she had nothing, she was nothing.
Even though she hated the halo and shackles this family brought her, she still had to bow her head to this father.
The first time she opened her mouth to call him “Dad,” was also the first time she knelt down to beg him.
“Dad, Dad, I was wrong, please, help me. They won’t tell me how Chunan died. I just want to find out the truth for her. She has been to our house, you’ve seen her. She was just eighteen, she was a good student, she could have gone to Tsinghua or Peking University. She was so excellent, so kind, she shouldn’t have died so unjustly…”
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Lin Yan kowtowed, kneeling in front of him, sobbing uncontrollably.
“You know many people, don’t you? Can you help me? I’m only asking for this one thing, just this one thing.”
She crawled over on her knees, clinging to his legs.
That was the closest moment between father and daughter.
Seeing her crying so hard, Lin Youyuan trembled, actually wanting to pat her head. Just then, someone gently pushed the door open, looking stunned at everything happening before their eyes, and called out, “Uncle Lin.”
The hand that was about to touch Lin Yan’s head fell again.
He nodded slightly, “Ge’er is back.”
Then he turned a stern face to Lin Yan, pushing her away with his crutch.
“You should go. I can’t help you with this matter.”
Lin Yan fell to the ground and couldn’t get up for a while.
It was Lin Ge who quickly walked over to help her up: “What happened, what’s going on?”
Lin Youyuan pointed with his crutch: “You ask her, why on earth would she want to go to the police academy instead of a prestigious university.”
Lin Yan curled her lip, feeling disheartened, brushed off Lin Ge’s hand, and turned to leave.
“I will make my own decisions, and I won’t ask for your help again.”
“I give you two choices, one, honestly follow my arrangement and go to the finance university; two, if you walk out of this door today, you will have nothing to do with the Lin family anymore.”
Seeing this situation, Lin Ge panicked and tried to pull at her clothes.
“Say something!”
Seeing that she didn’t respond, Lin Ge pleaded with Lin Youyuan, “Uncle, no matter what Yanyan did wrong, she is still our family. Let’s talk things out nicely, if there’s any issue, we can discuss it slowly, don’t drive her away.”
Looking at the sincerity and anxiety on his nephew’s face, a hint of relief finally appeared on Lin Youyuan’s lips.
“You don’t need to worry, you just came back from America and are still dealing with jet lag, go rest.”
Lin Youyuan was perfect in every way, an altruistic entrepreneur to the outside world, a good uncle who took care of his late brother’s widow and nephews, but he was not a good father to her.
Lin Yan scoffed, clenching her fists.
“Lin Ge, this matter has nothing to do with you, get lost.”
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She turned around to face the sharp gaze of the middle-aged man.
“I am determined to walk out of this door today!”
“Alright, alright.” Lin Youyuan couldn’t help but applaud her courage. He quickly instructed someone to draft an agreement and handed it to her.
“Sign it, write your name, stamp your handprint, and everything of the Lin family will have nothing to do with you from then on. Apart from this name, you will have nothing else. Of course, you’re an adult now, whether to change your name or not is your own choice.”
Signing her name meant that Lin Youyuan would never give her a penny again. She would have to figure out how to pay for her four years of university tuition, living expenses, study abroad costs, and daily expenses.
At that time, her eighteenth birthday was only a few days away.
Lin Yan clenched her teeth, her eyes red.
Lin Youyuan looked at her, full of resentment like a raging beast, yet holding herself back. He said indifferently.
“Also, your watch, the Green Ghost worth ninety thousand yuan, the gift I gave you on your birthday last year.”
“The sneakers on your feet, the latest model, bought on Children’s Day.”
“And the clothes on your body, which child your age wears Armani haute couture? It’s all Lin family’s money, take them off before you leave.”
It’s no wonder they’re father and daughter, both knowing how to provoke each other to the maximum extent.
Lin Yan only made one final request.
“Give me the application form, I’ll fill it out myself.”
Lin Youyuan waved his hand, and the butler handed over the documents, as if completing some kind of handover ceremony.
Lin Yan signed the documents hurriedly, the sharp tip of the pen tearing through the paper, and then she lifted the paper and pen, fiercely smashing the wristwatch off her wrist and shattering it at his feet.
“Give it back to you!”
“Lin Yan!” Lin Ge rushed over and stopped her from taking off her coat.
“Apologize to Uncle Lin, and this matter will be over. Listen to me!”
“What does it have to do with you!” Lin Yan forcefully pushed him away, took off her coat and threw it on the ground. Her black hair scattered, and she walked outside barefoot, wearing only a thin vest, getting drenched in pouring rain.
In her hand, she clenched the application form.
She turned her head one last time and asked him, who was above her.
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“Am I your biological child? Dad, did you ever love me?”
Compared to the desperate questioning, this calmness was even more chilling.
After a while, Lin Yan shook her head and smiled, as if mocking her own sentimentality.
In that moment, he saw her mother’s shadow in her. The girl stood in the rain with her hair loose, delicate and frail. When she was brought back, she was a short little girl, but now she had grown almost as tall as him, with her features developed, her appearance radiant and exquisite.
A thunderbolt tore through the sky, and only then did he realize.
His daughter had grown up, no longer under his control and coercion. She even had the courage to break free from the cage, even if it meant breaking her wings.
Lin Yan took step by step, never looking back, and walked towards her unknown future.
Lin Youyuan wanted to chase after her, stumbled and took two steps, falling to the ground along with his crutch.
Of course, this was something that the later Lin Yan did not know.
What she didn’t know was that the agreement to sever ties was not signed or stamped, which meant it had no legal effect.
She was still a member of the Lin family, and Lin Youyuan was still her father.
When the old man tremblingly took out this well-preserved document, Song Yuhang couldn’t help but be moved.
“You still kept it.”
“I kept it. In fact, all these years, I have been waiting for her to come back and take this agreement, but she…”
She can never come back again.
Song Yuhang’s eyes turned slightly red. She squatted down and held the old man’s rough hand, feeling genuine sympathy for this elderly person in his twilight years for the first time.
In a way, they were the ones who could truly empathize with each other.
“What happened next?” Song Yuhang asked, wanting to know more about her past.
“Afterwards…” Lin Youyuan smiled faintly and placed the yellowed paper on the table.
“It’s not easy to get into the police academy. Her physical fitness wouldn’t pass the test, so she switched to medical school.”
After hearing so much, Song Yuhang still had a trace of doubt.
“Why did you try so hard to stop her from applying to the police academy? What’s wrong with being a police officer?”
As she asked this, the smile on the old man’s lips gradually disappeared, revealing a hint of nostalgia for the past. He gently touched his green ring finger and fell silent.
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After Song Yuhang left, Butler Lin came in again.
“Master, everything is ready. Part of the money has been transferred to overseas accounts, and the rest has been completely laundered.”
Lin Youyuan coughed a few times, with specks of blood on his handkerchief. Trembling, he handed over the agreement to him.
“Keep it safe. Wait until everything settles down, and then give it back to her.”
“Master…” Butler Lin couldn’t bear it.
“Why don’t you tell Miss Song the truth?”
Lin Youyuan’s coughing became more intense.
“Didn’t you hear what she said? She was in danger last night… This is… Someone… cough… cough… doesn’t want to let them go…”
Butler Lin became anxious, patting his back to help him breathe, and quickly pushed him back to the ward, connecting him to a respirator. It took a while for him to regain his strength.
Lin Youyuan trembled as he raised his hand.
“Go, go and call Lin Ge. I… have something to tell him.”
LP: Still a sh*tty father!
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