When the military realm of Sipang withdrew its fangs from the New South Star and hid in the shadows, the empire and Sipang tended to a period of calm or death. When the people of Milan began to look at the new scenes of the new year, the students walked with high interest and laughter in the beautiful university town block with ancient tongs; The office workers crowded in the maglev rail car took the time to take out the old stained electronic newspaper from their pockets, read the latest news, sighed for a mecha race, and were attracted by the ups and downs of the stock market, the dazzling information of the extraterritorial star alliance; At the same time, he began to speculate about the secret and shocking relationship between the female anchor in the news, who has always been known for her tenacity and independence, and the successor of the great nobles.
No one knew that this girl, who was only talked about and haunted by television and newspapers, was at this time in Milan, the main star of the Milan Star Circle, appeared in the famous university city of the Empire, standing in front of a young man.
Long time no see, just long time no see.
Looking at the girl in the light and shadow, Lin Hai was in a trance... He always thought that between them would never see each other.
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"I came, your city.
Walk the way you came.
Imagine, a day without me.
How lonely you are.
Will you appear out of nowhere,
Coffee shop around the corner.
I will smile and wave hello,
With you, sit and talk..."
Xia Ying hummed such a song softly, put her hands in the pockets of her coat, and sat down next to the bearded young man, despite the fact that the seat under her ass had been covered with a thin layer of dust after a night of dust. It's like the little girlfriend of a promising researcher in the institute in this school, who reads dead books. So much so that passers-by saw the figure of the girl Miaoman, and they all cast a trace of jealousy and envy at the guy next to him.
Lin Hai has never heard her sing, her profession is a female anchor, not a singer. But at this time, the people around him hummed and sang with some lazy voices, but Lin Hai felt like a natural sound.
Turning his head, Xia Ying's starry eyes stared at him, "This is the lyrics of a well-known pop song in the Empire, and the second half of the lyrics are: I want to meet you and see how you have changed recently." I don't think about the past anymore, just say hello and say a word to you... Long time no see. "
The daughter of the Minister of Defense of the Empire was the woman who almost disobeyed the order and tore up the marriage contract with the heir of the Chen family in the Thirteen Round Tables, maybe the rumors and rumors against her in the outside world were still like a thorn in the back, but perhaps when those people in the upper echelons of the capital were speculating about where she had temporarily disappeared, no one knew that she would secretly come to the Milan Star Zone. Standing in front of a young man who looked like he was falling out anyway.
They once talked about their life circumstances and helplessness behind the passenger ship of the Seagull, and Xia Ying confided in the process of longing to disappointment about that marriage contract. has also revealed that in her girlhood, she had some feelings of dislike and disgust for a young man who was the heir of a great nobleman who was going to marry.
Twenty years ago, her father, Harder, was just a clerk in the government department, and she was a little girl who had to travel between the two star fields because her parents were separated.
Xia Ying at that time did not have such a dazzling aura. Even the family was strapped for his father's transfer to a new place, and it was difficult to prepare for the travel expenses to visit relatives in the two star fields every three months. When she was very young, Xia Ying only had a very vague concept of her father.
Gathering less and leaving more, coupled with the fact that she rarely experienced the warmth of her father's existence, she felt that she had never really known her father.
Even later, when the man's position in the government became higher and higher, and he began to appear on TV and important news, Xia Ying also felt that he was unusually unfamiliar.
Later, when her mother died, her only impression was that she was held by this familiar and strange man in the mourning hall of the black coffin, and then faced with the mourners who came in a majestic manner, and their eyes looked at him with both sympathy and awe.
At that time, Xia Ying finally understood that her father had become the kind of person he wanted to be, but the price he paid was the blank time when he had never accompanied her and her mother.
After finishing her studies, Xia Ying began to travel alone, and when she was picked up by an overwhelming array of Imperial starships in a Far Eastern planet town, she embarked on her own life's path. Against his father's will, he entered Imperial Television and made his voice heard, and was loved and supported by many people.
But a seemingly natural marriage with a big nobleman befell her.
In her opinion, this is almost a helpless compromise, but from the perspective of those at the top of the capital star field who know about it, it is a marriage that countless people envy and look forward to. The Thirteen Knights of the Round Table aristocracy of the Empire has always been an existence that has been sung countless times in history and fiction and poetry.
At first, Xia Ying was not disgusted by this, and almost every girl in the empire had read the romantic story of the Thirteen Round Table Knights killing the enemy and marrying the princess in her youth growth diary. Stories like this endure for a long time. Even Xia Ying was no exception, and she once loved the fairy tale of such a knight princess. It's just that when the heroine becomes herself, and the heir of the Knights of the Thirteen Round Table shows admiration for her, she is a little confused.
In the face of the noble successor of the Chen family at the Thirteen Round Table, at least for a while, the children of the family and the chaebol who were entangled in her or had great ideas were dwarfed in front of each other and had to retreat with low self-esteem. It saved her from a lot of trouble that she didn't want to deal with or didn't bother to deal with.
And just when the people of the Capital Circle decided that things would turn out like this, a scene would go down in history between the heirs of the nobility of the Round Table and the icons of the Empire... Everything changed unexpectedly.
This strong girl cut off this relationship with her own hands and cut off the obsession of the big nobles of the round table with her. Disobeyed the order and refused to marry, left those uproars behind, and endured the terrible pressure alone, thus disappearing from the public eye.
Thinking of a possibility, Lin Hai's pupils suddenly constricted, and he only felt that his heart and chest seemed to be squeezed to the point that there was only a gap that was enough to choke even for breathing.
"It's good lyrics, but don't you think singing it now will make people think you're using this song to confess to me in some sense?"
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Xia Ying stared at Lin Hai like that, and smiled dumbly after a while, "You are very confident, this is an advantage." But did you know that sometimes overconfidence equals arrogance... Do you think that my refusal to marry the Chen family is because of you? "
Thinking of a thought, Xia Ying couldn't help but blink her big bright eyes that gradually flashed with surprise, as if she couldn't help but laugh out loud the next moment, "You've been thinking so crankily all along?" "
Lin Hai was stunned, and there was a kind of landless self-esteem that he wanted to make a hole in the ground and jump down, "Although it is not cranky, but sometimes... Always thinking about it. "
This is the cuteness of Lin Hai, he may be like a cunning wolf like a garbage star on the one hand, he can rule a character like Redil, and he can establish a forest word camp.
But he never seems to be able to learn how to play in front of a woman with such a playboy as he can be humorous, make a girl smile, and then make the other person look at him from the bottom of his heart.
He was just a teenager who grew up in a garbage star, didn't have a good childhood, read those fragments of poetry and opera, but never understood what true love was, and ... How to soak a woman.
So even if it's the daughter of the Tennessee family, even if it's the arrogant eldest lady Lin Wei, even if it's Laura, Christine of the Stewart family, he has never let these girls have any strong feelings for him... In this regard, he does not seem to be at all as gifted as others.
And now in the face of Xia Ying, it's just that she is amorous, the key is that she still believes in her charm so firmly in front of her, which makes the girl laugh and be generous.
Xia Ying's big pretty eyes stared at Lin Hai carefully, until the latter felt that her eyes were as bright and dazzling as super large light bulbs, making him feel like a sewer rat running away from nowhere.
Although Lin Hai has never been in love, he has also seen Pig Run, and he knows very well that this kind of self-righteousness is sometimes a taboo when getting along with women.
Especially a woman like Xia Ying, under her status as an imperial idol, she has never seen too many disgusting men who rush to express themselves.
Their previous relationship was already bad. At least at this moment, after a long time of not seeing each other, Lin Hai didn't want to make the relationship worse... However, it seems that reality always backfires.
The corners of Xia Ying's mouth raised slightly, and she didn't need to crush Lin Hai with her eyes, turned her head, and looked straight ahead, how could she look bewitching with that pretty face, "What if I say, I'm just for you?" "
"Ugh!" Lin Hai's eyes instantly froze. Looking at the woman in front of him who made him reverie just by having a side face, no matter how many words he said for a while, he could only be speechless in an instant.
But before he could wait for the disbelief and a suppressed desire in his heart, when the scorching heat erupted, Xia Ying showed him a smile that was very bad for the country and the people, "But I can't, the great nobles of the empire, the royal power and the parliament mountain, the military and political circles of right and wrong, these are like whirlpools, making it difficult for those who are in it to breathe." Refusing to marry is my own business, how can I drag you in and suffer with you..."
Her long eyelashes blinked, "In other words, even if you want to, I can't bear it." "
Lin Hai took a deep breath to stabilize his mind, "You once said that you are like a gear, ensuring the smooth operation of a system?" "
Xia Ying said playfully, "But when a system doesn't need this gear, you always allow her to jump out and strike when she is tired, and distract herself freely." I have a lot of acquaintances in the Milan Star Circle, but do you know why I came to you? Because you were a nuisance when we separated, and I'm still angry. "
"Separated?" Lin Hai smacked.
Xia Ying ignored Lin Hai's very intriguing words, stretched out a finger, and poked his chest very ambiguously, "Because I have a lot of your secrets, if you don't want me to expose all your secrets... Then you'd better take care of my food. "
Feeling the delicate and delicate fingertips poking at his chest, Lin Hai was stunned, "... Just a tube of rice? "
"Do you want to care about anything else? Hotel? Xia Ying's face turned red, like the beautiful fairy sirens in Greek mythology on the ancient earth, "I don't care, it's just that you don't want to trouble people afterwards." "
Rao is Lin Hai has long been accustomed to her bold and flamboyant personality, but he still almost slipped his hand and fell under the bench.
Getting up and taking a deep breath, Lin Hai turned to face Xia Ying, "How long do you plan to stay in Milan Star?" "
"It's undecided, it depends on the mood. Maybe I'll leave tomorrow..." she looked at Lin Hai, "maybe stay here forever." "
Lin Hai was stunned, as if he finally remembered what he had almost forgotten today, hesitated for a moment, and finally said something groundbreaking.
"So... Do you mind having a meal with my family? "
Xia Ying raised her head, this time the pair of eyes were not as calm and calm as before, but trembled slightly.
After a moment, however, she nodded softly and obediently.
"Okay."
Lin Hai once returned from the extraterritorial planet Pandora, and when he stayed on the riverside star, he fed back the information of the mysterious ghost fleet in outer space and the powerful forces behind it to Earl Lin Wei, interrupting Lin Wei's intention to investigate further. And in this process, Zhao Jing has already obeyed the law and was imprisoned in the Star District Detention Cell, if there is no accident, the evidence currently in his possession is enough to make him, the former Speaker of the Planet, sit in prison for seventy years.
However, in prison, I don't know if I got the news of the death of my two sons, or for other reasons, Zhao Jing used a pistol that I didn't know how to avoid surveillance and infiltrated the strictest "Storm Island" prison in the star area, put it under his chin, accompanied by a gunshot, and ended his life.
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The three speakers who were still looking at the direction of the wind before the riverside star quickly expressed their attitude, and in the process of cleaning up the situation on the riverside star, they showed their very clear sincerity, and provided a lot of strong support for the actions of the speaker Lin Wei.
The special investigation team set up by the Star District Council here also cooperated with the actions of the Imperial Bureau of Investigation, because the Riverside Star did not provide more in-depth investigation evidence, so it drew an end to the review of the scandal against the members of the parliament.
At the beginning of this cleanup, the investors of Wayne Company were panicked and discouraged, because no one was optimistic about the Lin family's chances of winning in this war on the riverside star, if it weren't for the fact that it was too stupid to withdraw the capital because the situation was unclear at this time, they might have done so a long time ago. However, when the handles of the Zhao family were dug up one by one and made public, the Star District Council and the Imperial Bureau of Investigation intervened, and Zhao Jing was taken away by the heavily armed task force. has put an end to the political turmoil of this riverside star.
The status of Wayne Company in the Star District suddenly skyrocketed, and during the period when the Star District Council intervened in the war and the Imperial Bureau of Investigation launched an investigation into the Zhao family, several investment groups secretly contacted Wayne Company and established a new investment cooperation plan. The Wayne Company, it seems, has won an exciting victory in this battle.
The unfavorable situation on the riverside star is reversed, and a new Speaker of the Star District will be elected in the second half of the year. However, in terms of the situation, the prestige and status of Lin Wei's five speakers have been completely consolidated.
But that's just the appearance. The real core crisis is coming from outside the Milan Star District, the Lin family, the great nobleman of the lily in the capital star circle. and the opposition to the Earl of the Riverside in the Star District Council, represented by the Speaker of the Star District Garnathan, is gradually revealed.
The two killer features, the Lin family's military contract crisis, and the mining rights of New South Star Mining. They are all invisibly pressing step by step to destroy the foundation of the Xinglin family on the riverside.
Defeating the speaker Zhao Jing is more like Lin Wei is making the last adjustment, to ensure that the entire family enters the final battle posture and uses the best state to resist those big shocks from outside the sky! Regardless of whether the Lin family still has a foothold in Riverside, a planet that has been fought and pioneered for nearly a century, after these two shocks, will Wayne Company fall apart inside and outside. But even if they are defeated and defeated, they will never compromise to external pressure, which seems to be the bloody nature of the Xinglin family on the riverside since the period of great exploration.
Before Lin Hai left the Riverside Star, the Earl had told him that he would have a meal together at Milan Star for a while.
Even if the external threat is getting closer and closer, the celebration of the phased victory is still going on. This also plays a role in stabilizing the morale of the military between Wayne's company and the relatives inside and outside the Lin family.
Even though Lin Wei was prepared that they would not be able to survive the joint attack of the two giants of the Lily Grand Noble and the Garnathan Star District Speaker, until the last moment, as a warrior, they had to fight with a strong and smiling smile.
Therefore, this celebratory banquet after the conclusion of the Star District Council still has to be carried out.
But unfortunately, on this day, Lin Hai met Xia Ying again in the academy. Since I promised the girl to invite guests to dinner, I can't be absent from this family banquet. So Lin Hai thought of a compromise for the first time.
Although from any point of view, this approach is so shocking.
Lin Hai was a little inherently slow in treating girls, so he didn't know how difficult it was for her to ask Xia Ying to attend such a banquet now.
But it seems that Xia Ying agreed without hesitation.
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The banquet was held at the venue of the Milan Star Wayne branch, outside on a turquoise lawn.
People are coming.
Because this was not an external banquet, most of the people who came were the elders of the board of directors of the Wayne Group, which was somewhat similar to the nature of a family banquet. The main family business of the Lin family is in Riverside Star, this side is just a branch, and the important person in charge is Lin Wei. Originally, there weren't many important family elders here, but because the Star District Council had just concluded the Zhao Jing case, all the important patriarchs of the family who arrived with the head of the family, Lin Wei.
And Countess Ning Qing's family power in Milan Star was also invited.
"Dear Lord Ning Langbo, it is an honour for you to be here this time, I think, in response to the intersection and business of our previous interactions... I assure you that we will have more things in common in the future. Lin Jiang warmly greeted Ning Langbo, the representative of the Ning family, over there. Laughing. Lin Jiang is a relatively mean existence in the family, and his personality is very outrageous, and he is also a delicate character.
Donnahai, the chief butler who greeted the guests at the door, looked at the figure of Lin Jiang in the family who was surrounded by Ning Langbo, and was slightly disdainful. The Lin family has not really fallen yet, although those external threats are imminent, although the Lily Nobles have pulled out their swords and have not really duel with them, but these cowardly people have been frightened by those sword lights and are ready to flee.
The Countess Ning Qing family belonged to the representatives of the emerging West End aristocracy in Milan. In just 50 years, the family has completed the original accumulation of capital wealth, and according to those laws that have been proven countless times, when capital completes the accumulation of wealth, it begins to seek the right to speak in status and power.
But in the eyes of those old aristocrats in the Upper East Side of the empire, these new nobles in the West Side are no different from the nouveau riche, and in the eighties of the last century, the Upper East Side nobles of Milan Star set the "blood-only theory", strictly prohibiting the marriage of the nobles of the Upper East Side and the nouveau riche of the West Side, so as not to insult the reputation of the Upper East nobles. It's like a tough protection policy. Most of the Upper East Side are old aristocrats who have survived here for centuries and are mostly related to each other. It's like an alliance of the five marquis families, one with glory and one loss. They intermarried with each other, blended wealth and power, and maintained the Milan Star Circle, the fame bulwark of the Upper East aristocracy.
In the last century, the aristocracy of the Western District began to rise, and their greatest characteristic was that they began to obtain certain opportunities with the entry into the Star District Council, which made the wealth accumulate rapidly. However, there was still a huge gap between the power and prestige of the Upper East aristocracy, so these capitalists who rose in the West began to seek to truly join the aristocratic class.
So the Ning family at that time finally married Lin Wei, the Xinglin family on the riverside, who was in dire need of financial support to seek the status of earl.
After so many years, when the aristocratic barriers of the Upper East Side gradually collapsed with the growth of the capital of the West District, the Ning family naturally began to regret the decision of that year. After all, it seems that there is a threat from the Lily Nobles of the main family above the Riverside Xinglin family, and now this family is in decline. As a result, the Ning family began to look down on the Lin family more and more, and looked forward to the day when they broke off from the relationship.
Ning Langbo is the leader of the Ning family today, and he is also an outstanding figure in the chaebol in the Western District. Just received the status of viscount from the king this year. Although there are hundreds of lifetime uninherited viscounts canonized throughout the empire this year, in the western district of Milan, it is enough for him to rise and expand his status.
The Ning family is rich, and for Lin Jiang and the others in the family who had planned to split up the family, at this time, Ning Langbo is naturally not optimistic about Lin Wei's outcome in this parliamentary struggle. Although at the Star Council, Lin Wei had already defeated the Zhao family and gained the initiative, but at the Star District Council, the Lin family was completely in a precarious situation.
In fact, Donnahai didn't know that this family banquet was Earl Linwei's appeasement to the whole family and all the investors and board members. It also just shows that the situation is heading towards a very unfavorable situation. The Count can only use this method to gather people's hearts.
Looking at Master Lin Wei's back, Donnahai's heart couldn't help but slowly become entangled... Lin Jia, Wayne Company... How long will it last?
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"I heard that Lindlen was honored to be named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Wharton this year... Congratulations to Uncle Yuanshan! At that end, some of the relatives of the family who arrived were congratulating Lin Yuanshan's father and son, Lin Delun next to Lin Yuanshan was wearing a ball shirt, lining off his tall and well-proportioned figure, revealing some confident smiles.
Among the relatives inside and outside the family and the veterans of Wayne Company, there have always been rumors that Lin Hao, the son of the head of the family, Lin Wei, is not as good as the heirs of his two brothers Lin Yuanshan and Lin Jiang, and the future head of the family will not be able to continue.
So much so that many people secretly regretted it, and gave birth to an idea: If Lin Yuanshan or Lin Jiang were the heads of the family, maybe the future of Wayne Company would be better.
In fact, many times, this is just a certain wind direction that Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan have been secretly inducing, and they need to cause within the family.
This is a good card that wraps his son Link Lindren and contrasts them with Lin Hao, and over time it is enough to make many people in the family gradually lose confidence in Lin Wei, thus helping them build a prestige faction.
But all this seems to have been frustrated since Lin Hai appeared. Lin Hai was admitted to Qingyuan Academy, and the entrance conflict with the Skull Society, and at the investigation meeting, he was sheltered by Zheng Qiushui, the top five-member committee of the college, and at the same time, the identity of the rotor engine designer was revealed.
Under all this, Lin Hai was a little noisy, and he became a very different existence in the family.
Everyone in the family has all kinds of scrutiny of Lin Haisheng. I didn't expect this young man born in the garbage star to have such an outstanding ability in reading and seeking knowledge. However, it takes more than ten or twenty years to cultivate a talent. And now the crisis of the Lin family, what is most lacking is time. Even if Lin Hai is very capable in this regard, after all, he is not the head of the family, and he cannot afford to control a business and a family. Even if his knowledge is strong, he can't save the Lin family from imminent danger.
Although this is the case, they know that Lin Hai's existence is not a big threat to Lin Yuanshan and Lin Jiang's uncles, but they still don't want to show weakness, their own heirs, Lin Ke, Lin Delun's excellence in the academy, as long as they find an opportunity, they will always show it. Although he couldn't suppress Lin Hai, at least he couldn't show weakness.
What's more, even if Lin Hai's knowledge in the academy was affirmed by the professors of Qingyuan College. But it is an indisputable fact that he offended the aristocracy of the Skull Society and other Milan stars.
That's intriguing.
So among the Lin family, who had just calmed down and had achieved a temporary advantage, there were many opinions on Lin Hai's library incident, such as the elder of the board of directors shook his head, "It's good for a person to have talent, but it's always taboo to be open-minded." Only those scholars of the academic school would think that a person can travel through the universe with talent. But in reality, you're going to be limited a lot... In this world, are there still fewer people who have talent but have lost their connections, offended big people, and been suffocated? Those talented scholars who have been suppressed in the Academy of Sciences, if it weren't for the fact that Qing Gao was unwilling to speak for the powerful, so they were refrigerated, resulting in the burning of all their talents, wouldn't there be enough in the past and present? "
"There are too many doorways between the laws of the nobility, but it's a pity that he was born in a noble family, but he is a wild man, after all, he has no experience in this area!" Some people lamented that this is Lin Hai's illegitimate identity.
As for what happened to Lin Hai in the academy, the people on the Ning family side of Countess Ning Qing's maiden family were the most concerned.
Ning Langbo, the chief representative of the Ning family who was present today, looked around and frowned at Lin Jiang beside him, "That Lin Hai, haven't you come yet?" "
Lin Jiang sneered, "He is indeed different, although he has a strong ability to read and learn, and he is a seedling in academic skills... But there are no rules, and I've always been lazy. This kind of occasion didn't come first. Not to mention anything else, Earl Lin Wei has just won an accusation at the Star District Council, as one of the hosts' family, when his father is all welcoming guests, he is still so lazy, does he really not regard himself as a member of the family? "
And Ning Langbo, as Lin Hao's uncle, was obviously thinking about other things, and his eyebrows were a little cold, "Behind the Skull Club, is the 'Swan' Marquis Lou's house." According to my information, the current heir of the Lou family is the leader of this academy's secret society, and Lin Hai's move at the investigation meeting is really a stupid move. Although it has won fame, isn't it clear that this is equivalent to a slap in the face of the marquis noble? And the five marquis families of the East Side of Milan have always been a big alliance, this Lin Hai, probably not clear, the more conspicuous he is, the more equivalent to offending these nobles enough... Don't be afraid of how much power you have, this world is a noble world after all. The right to speak, the power to act, and even the force of force are all in their hands... The nobles want to deal with you, but it's just a matter of time for revenge! I don't want my nephew Lin Hao to be affected in the future on the reputation of the Upper East Side nobles because of this inexplicably cheap brother... Fortunately, these nobles are only targeting Lin Hai, and they have not included your Lin family in the scope of suppression..."
Although Ning Langbo's words were difficult to listen to and aroused some displeasure in him, Lin Jiang knew that what he said was the truth.
Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the old aristocratic alliance of the East Side of Milan led by the five marquis families has more than a dozen seats in the Star District Council, if not twenty. And in their Lin family, only Earl Lin Wei is a councilor. The energy contrast is huge. Now coupled with the threat of Speaker Garnathan and the Lily Nobles in the capital, the situation and future prospects of the Lin family in the Star District Council are really not optimistic.
"Lin Hao is my nephew, this cannot be changed in blood, and he is also a member of our Ning family, so I will definitely consider him... Let's not talk about these boring things! Ning Langbo changed the topic and looked at a brightly dressed woman who was accompanying Lin Ke, the son of Lin Jiang. This woman has thin lips and a slightly slender face, and her eyes are not big, but her makeup is very bright, and she walks in this kind of family banquet of the Lin family, she is at ease, she has obviously seen the world, and even between her expressions, she also reveals the calmness and calmness of experiencing a more high-end scene. She is no stranger to Ning Langbo, the daughter of a star district councillor and her father is also the deputy mayor of the capital city of Milan.
"Your new girlfriend is really good! She's the daughter of the deputy mayor, is she going to get married? Ning Langbo said quietly.
"Ahaha... It's still early, Link is currently in his fourth year at Lincoln University, at least until he graduates next year and has a stable job, and this marriage will be discussed slowly, anyway, there is no rush. They're still young..."
Lin Jiang still laughed complacently, although in the ears of the people around him, how did these words sound and fake... But on such occasions, isn't it about flattering each other? Immediately, some "Congratulations, won't we all have to toast with the deputy mayor of the city in two years?" "The daughter of the councillor of the star district, Link's vision is really good! If the two councilor families get married, you Link can be regarded as the hero who took the lead! "
"To this bastard Link!" Sounds similar to this flattery arose, enveloping the brilliant Lin Jiang in it.
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"Your guys are ugly." The brightly dressed little girlfriend beside Link laughed, "I heard that your family has an adopted daughter and an illegitimate child, and your family's relationship is too complicated." "
The two greeted the guest with a smile, but whispered so quietly in private, Link looked a little embarrassed, and said with a hesitant expression, "That's my earl's uncle's problem... It has nothing to do with my father's lineage. "
The councilor's daughter said with a hint of pride, "Don't forget, I'm not interested in this kind of boring dinner party at your house... There are only two reasons why I was absent from Miss Christine's intimate party on the Upper East Side, one is because of you, and the other is that I really want to see what kind of three-headed and six-armed Lin Hai of your family has the audacity to offend the 'Skull Society' and the 'Swan Marquis'? By the way, Christine you know, right? The daughter of the old Stewart family on the Upper East Side. She rarely hosts gatherings, and when she does, she invites some of the most well-known young men and women on the planet. "
Link took her hand and said gently, "Of course I know you're making this sacrifice for me. So I'm lucky to have met you. "
The woman's face changed slightly, "Link, you should know that I only chose to be your girlfriend because I still have some feelings for you, and we are only staying in this relationship." It's not like your family imagined, I'll marry you in the future, right? "
Link's face flashed with a hint of struggle and mixed emotions, and then he didn't refute or be angry, just took her hand, "I know. "
The woman leaned over and kissed him on the cheek and nodded, "It's good that you understand that." Love and marriage, after all, are two different things, the former is just a feeling between us, while the latter is to get the approval of the family..."
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Outside the gate, Lin Wei was walking among the guests. Lin Hao walked over, leaned over to her, and said in a low voice, "Why hasn't Lin Hai shown up yet?" "
Lin Hao was dressed in a black suit, with a bow tie on the collar, although his body was a little fat, he looked extremely sassy and energetic, and he had the temperament of a master. But at this moment, his brows furrowed slightly, "Does he know that this is a dinner party where many people in the family, as well as the elders of the company's board of directors, are present, and the purpose is to celebrate that exciting accusation, we won!" Doesn't he know that we've won? If he doesn't show up on this occasion, what will the patriarchs of the family think of him? Will he feel indifferent to this family? Thus causing unnecessary misunderstandings? "
Lin Wei stared at Lin Hao for a moment, watching his slightly chubby face flush similar to an apple because of anger, and said with a smile, "The more he gives others a lower impression, the more others misunderstand him, the lower his status in the family." The more beneficial it is for you. Don't you want to see that? "
Lin Hao looked at Lin Wei in surprise, and then as if he had been stabbed, he argued angrily, "Sister, this is the first time I don't like to listen to what you say!" It's also the first time I've been so angry with you! How can you think so! Am I such a stupid person in your eyes? "
"If one day in the future, I inherit my father's position as the head of the family, and you think that I have an elder brother who is discredited in the family, those old foxes, will they really obey me? Although he is not an orthodox descendant, if there is a huge contradiction between us... I'm afraid this is what many people in the family want to see. "
Lin Wei smiled, reached out and scratched his head, "I'm very relieved today, on the one hand, my father won the charge. On the other hand, you do seem to have grown up. Rest assured. I messaged him and he was already at the door. "
"Alright, I'll call him in." Lin Hao wanted to leave, but suddenly realized something, turned his head to look at Lin Wei, "You seem to be in a good mood?" "
Lin Wei put away her phone and said with a smile, "That's because, he messaged me back and told me that he had a female companion today." "
Lin Hao's eyes flickered, and he smacked, "What's the matter, is this a demonstration to you?" "
"I don't care," Lin Wei twisted the wine glass in her hand, took a sip of brown wine, her throat was slightly spicy, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she continued, "Is it because of his identity as the designer of the rotor engine that he fell in love with?" Could it be the old virgins in those institutes? I only hope that the female companion he brought with him will not affect the appetite and mood of the guests. "
In fact, Lin Hai's appearance is not bad, on the contrary, it is several grades above the passing line, even if it is She Qingshu, the heir of the "Wind Knight Marquis" among the five marquis families he provoked, he also bluntly praised his appearance.
When he first came to the riverside star, he gave people a handsome and cold image, like the green grass and the shirt tree that opened lonely on the cliff, but faced the large green bushes below and did not compromise with the crowd, and had to grow between the cracks of the stones, which was incompatible with the surroundings. Despite its charm, it seems to have an atmosphere of solitude to death, as lonely as all tragic operas in human history.
So Lin Hai has always been in the eyes of others, unlike those aristocratic sons, there are girls who can be embraced at any time, and there is no woman's popularity, in the final analysis, this is not about appearance, but about his character. and in the eyes of others, the identity of an illegitimate child with some involuntary but unable to fight for his own rights and interests is completely tragic.
The big housekeeper Don Nahai's indifference and even hostility to Lin Hai at the beginning was partly because of this reason, and partly, partly, maybe there was a factor that the newcomer Lin Hai offended Lin Hao, the future head of the family.
The daughter of the Tennessee family refused to marry, and Lin Wei did not have a good face for Lin Hai. These all prove in disguise that Lin Hai's lofty and lonely personality is the culprit of his unpopularity.
Otherwise, the aristocratic children who look like him would have been photographed by many girls, enough to sing every night. In other words, if you don't even have a basic relationship with the opposite sex, how can you have the charm of an orthodox nobleman to make others submit?
Donnahai, who was in charge of greeting guests at the door, thought so realistically, and then he saw the taxi that came to the door, the shell of the taxi was mottled red and white paint, and the window on the side of the gate outlined a well-defined face under the light and shadow, with edges and corners, and these uncompromising edges and corners constituted the face with eyebrows like ink paintings, quiet and somewhat faintly tough.
Through the light and shadow, he suddenly found that Lin Hai was not alone in the car. There was also a woman.
actually brought a female companion?
Donnahai was slightly stunned, and arrived with a female companion in a taxi, and the contrast with the various men and women who arrived in luxury cars around him was clear, and it immediately looked very undignified, because many guests in the door would look at the people coming here, the more high-end and luxurious the vehicle, the higher the identity of the comer, and they were also waiting to talk and meet. And the taxi who arrived at the banquet seemed to be just that.
Donnahai's voice was a little low, and he scolded Li An next to him in a deep voice, "What's the matter... Didn't you arrange a car for Lin Hai? "
Today's banquet focuses on showing the unity of the family, and many details must be taken care of, but if Lin Hai actually arrived by taxi like this, wouldn't it be enough to make some good people speculate a lot, and put it on the media, it is enough to write a title of "The illegitimate child is not taken seriously and is quite depressed, and he goes to the banquet alone by taxi".
"I don't know... He said that he had a guest, and he would find a way to come over... "Li An was extremely remorseful, he knew that this was the case, so he went directly to pick up Lin Hai."
Ang Lee also knows Lin Hai very well, but he doesn't know that Lin Hai will actually bring a female companion. This is the first time for Lin Hai, who has never been alone. Could it be a female friend in Lin Hai Qingyuan Academy?
Li An stepped forward and watched Lin Hai pay for the car first and get out of the car, followed by a girl wearing a casual sweater jacket.
The girl's long hair is intertwined into a variety of twist braids, coiled into a beautiful ball flower valley at the back of her head, and the flowing sea in front of her forehead is rolled inward, lining off the extremely beautiful and handsome facial features underneath.
Li An felt that his leg was no longer his own, and he couldn't move it or pull it out.
Some stunned eyes trembled, looking at the woman in front of her who seemed to be dressed casually for this family banquet, but couldn't hide the plain and elegant woman, and finally held back a sentence, "Are you, that portrait flying all over the sky ...?!" "
Xia Ying couldn't help but laugh and made a harmless joke at him, "You recognized the wrong person." "
Then he stared at Lin Hai for a moment, and when the latter was a little overwhelmed and suddenly reacted and arched his arm, Xia Ying glared at him, reached out of his arm and walked towards the door side by side.
From the two of them getting off the street side of the taxi to the time they came over, as the chief housekeeper, Don Nahai was still secretly slandering how Li An was standing in place like a municipal fire hydrant, and he didn't even know how to lead Lin Hai and his female companion into the banquet hall, although he didn't care whether Lin Hai's female companion was an ordinary girl Lin Hai knew in Qingyuan College or a female doctor who couldn't marry in the research room, but as a secretary, Li An's rude behavior was strictly beaten afterwards!
Then the two appeared in the light and shadow of the porch, Donnahai squinted at Lin Hai and the amazing woman beside him, and in just two seconds, his lips suddenly trembled slightly because of their thinness.
As the well-informed chief butler, the treasurer of Wayne Co. Donnahai felt that his white-gloved hands were trembling a little irrepressibly at this time, and then he instantly stepped aside, bowed slightly, and drew an infinite arc of nearly sixty degrees in the direction of the two of them, solemnly making about the highest level of etiquette in his life, "This ... Lady! Mr! Inside please! "
When the two entered the hall for a while, Donnahai, who had been bowing down for fear that he would insult the reputation of the Lin family at the slightest rudeness, stood upright, and let the guests next to him enter, only staring at the figure of Lin Hai and his female companion gradually drifting apart, and was stunned for a few seconds.
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Then the door opened, and Lin Hai and the two appeared in front of everyone at the dinner.
Some people passed by in a flash, after all, Lin Hai was not a figure that many people paid attention to, or didn't bother to pay attention to at all.
But some people look at Lin Hai's position, as if there is a black hole here, captured and caught, and under the huge gravitational pull, they can't turn their eyes away.
Seeing Lin Hai and his female companion walking into the restaurant, the relieved Earl Lin Wei immediately walked over with his wife Ning Qing, Lin Wei frowned and said, "Why did you come?" Your Uncle Ning, I want to meet you in person, then again, on this planet, your stepmother's family and you have never met. "
He didn't care who the beautiful-looking girl next to Lin Hai was, even if it was a little familiar, but the countess Ning Qing beside him, but his eyes only swept over Lin Hai, and he looked at the woman next to Lin Hai without blinking, and then said, "You don't plan to introduce us to you, your ... Friends? "
"This is my father, and my stepmother." Lin Hai smiled at Xia Ying, and then looked at the two counts in front of him, "This is Xia Ying, friend." "
"Hello Lin Hai's family."
"Miss Xia Ying, it's a great honor." Ning Qing stretched out his hand, a little eager to shake Xia Yingxian's hand in a casual sweater.
And Lin Wei just nodded and said, "Hello!" He was surprised by his wife's unusual attitude, but he didn't think much of it.
Ning Langbo and the others on the other end had already walked over. After all, Qingyuan Academy is the premier institution of the empire, and its status in the empire is not low. And the Ning Qing family, on their part, had already taken a great interest in Lin Hai, who had become famous in the academy. Now within the Ning family, there is a discussion about this other son of Earl Lin Wei, who has a little relative and is now causing trouble in Qingyuan Academy.
There were five or six people who accompanied Ning Langbo, Lin Jiang was one of them, and like several middle-aged men around him, his eyes first fell on the somewhat elegant and stunning woman beside Lin Hai. For men of their age and status, there are already countless experiences of royal maidens, and there are few women who can make them lose their temper in public. Powerful middle-aged men are often well-informed, and it is easier not to let the other party see their intentions in the hunt, and never let a woman feel that her beauty attracts her. However, at this moment, in such a dining place, in full view of everyone, they were so out of shape that it was difficult to look away.
Especially Lin Jiang, after a short trance, ushered in a sudden shock, he looked at Lin Hai, not knowing what happened between him and the woman next to him, which led to the shocking appearance of the Lin family's family banquet in Wayne Company!
It's fake, it's fooling, I'm wrong, it must be fucking like this! Damn, I can't sleep at night after being stressed these days, or the woman in the Milan Star Queen package last night is too hard to recover, so I haven't recovered today, and these hallucinations will disappear in the blink of an eye.
So Lin Jiang blinked his eyes and opened them again... He was desperate.
Ning Langbo came back to his senses in a very short time, and some sneered at the few men beside him, and actually took away his prestige from a junior female companion. Or is he determined enough, so it seems that it is not an accident that he can get the king's viscount to be enthroned, but because of his strength.
Ning Langbo is very old-fashioned, but this does not mean that his ability is not good, on the contrary, he became the first nobleman of the Ning family in the Western District to be awarded, and he has the courage to lead the Ning family to a better future. Facing Lin Hai, how could he show his attitude in front of Earl Lin Wei, and then he smiled, laughed and stretched out his hand, patting Lin Hai on the shoulder, "You are my smart second nephew?" Recently, your deeds have made my ears calloused, but young people must not be arrogant, we must continue to work hard, there is a long way to go! "
The big hand was withdrawn, and Ning Langbo looked at the woman in front of him again, "Are you his classmate?" I've heard that this nephew had recently made a minor accident at the academy that alarmed the investigative hearings, but fortunately it was a blessing in disguise. I've heard of his personality for a long time, so it's not easy to get along with him, right? "
Xia Ying glanced at Lin Hai and laughed, "It's okay." I can endure it, but uncle... I'm not an alumnus of his. "
"Not from Qingyuan Academy? So you're not in school? "
Xia Ying didn't know whether it was funny or helpless, "No." "
"I don't think I saw you at a banquet on the Upper East Side?" Ning Langbo raised his eyebrows.
"My father is doing something for the government department." Xia Ying looked at the nose with her eyes, looked at her heart, and said lightly.
"Oh... You're not enrolled in the academy, so you're already working? Which line to do? Ning Langbo probably felt that it was a bit abrupt to ask such a question to a strange girl, and said with a smile, "Forgive me for being reckless, here is Viscount Ning Langbo, on this planet, there are many acquaintances, including government departments, since you are my nephew's friend, I am willing to ask my friend to take more care of young people like you." "
Xia Ying glanced at Lin Hai, hesitated and finally said, "Press." "
"Oh. These industries in the empire are very deep, and it is not easy to get ahead in doing this... It's probably a little harder for you to be a girl in the mix. Ning Langbo nodded, and said meaningfully to Lin Hai, "As a man, you have to take good care of women." "
Without waiting for Lin Hai to talk, Xia Ying grabbed Lin Hai's arm and smiled at Ning Langbo, "Okay, uncle, he's very good to me." "
Suddenly, Ning Langbo found that everything around him was silent. A person's eyes were like deep black holes, staring at the two people in front of him.
Just when he felt that the atmosphere was weird, why was it so weird.
The daughter of the councillor next to Lin Jiang's son Link who came over suddenly screamed, and actually left Link, ran quickly in front of Lin Hai and the two of them regardless of the acceleration of the image, and looked carefully at this woman with her hair coiled behind her head and lazy and elegant in casual clothes, and finally gasped, "I'm ... Oh my God, you're Xia Ying! You are Xia Ying..."
"You don't know how much my friend and I want to be honored to stand in front of you and tell you in person... We adore you so much! ... You are the most confident and beautiful woman in the world! "
After Xia Ying glanced at Lin Hai with some embarrassment, she turned her head and smiled at the woman.
"Thank you!"
Then Lin Hai saw that in the sound of rustling, the black pressed into pieces, and the gaze containing infinite deep meaning fell on him from all directions.
Electric flint.
It was like he was going to pierce his heart with ten thousand swords.
Crucified on the Creator's Cross and an eternal sacrifice between heaven and earth...
The ceiling lamps of the bead pendants shine a gentle glow, and in the dining room, the soft chirping of cups on the table, the smell of steaming food, and the sound of people chatting and chatting create a warm atmosphere.
If you press the pause button at this time and shuttle between the glasses of the people at each table holding up the brown and red liquor, you can probably see a modern ukiyo-e appearance.
People are handing each other wine glasses, or talking to each other, or impassioned, or quiet alone, or looking excited, or looking puzzled, or a little out of shape, or nervously pinching the wine glasses, and chasing the back of the table. Or sit on pins and needles, cramped and restless. Or unbelievable, unbelievable.
And all the images of such beings are like carving knives and pens, which are probably triggered by the sudden arrival of the woman.
It's like a person in his own world, with his own circle of friends, friends and family, fixed in a parallel line, like still water in a lake, calm to the point that there is no trace of waves. However, at this time, a thing that does not belong to his world broke into such a static lake, breaking the original balance, and setting off ripples and waves that were enough to make the flowers and green grass on the shore suffer. This sense of unreality, which shattered reality, was thickly enveloped in the entire dinner party.
Let these people who usually talk about the market, the aristocracy, the Star District Council, and their daily lives lose their soul and strength between their words, as if they are empty and floating on the water like rootless pings. Of course, there are still many people at the dinner table discussing the big and small things that have happened around them recently, and it seems that only in this way can they feel that they are still in reality, and what they just saw and this dinner party are not their own illusions.
And at this moment, what makes most people feel unreal, the woman with a light smile on the dining table of the host of the family banquet here is the source of this sense of collapse of the worldview.
She just sat there, but just sitting there, it felt like a cosmic white hole, and the aura emanating from where she was, directly destroying and collapsing all real things in all directions, forming an unreal illusory world.
"... I've watched the documentaries you worked on more than once... The most unforgettable thing is the film "Zhiyuan Star" that tells the history of the Great Migration, when you were dressed in white yarn, like a goddess of incarnation, riding a starship, traveling through every magnificent galaxy, telling the great voyage of human beings to open up the stars, and finally saying 'Courage will not be wiped out, dreams have never been buried, our past, present, and future journeys will always be the ...stars and the sea' at the end of the sentence, you don't know, I was about to cry many times..."
It can be seen that Lin Hao, who is suppressing the ups and downs in his heart, told the woman who was eating at the same table that was extremely unreal, and the two thin lips on the upper and lower sides trembled in the rapid intercourse with the violent desire to talk.
Lin Hao, who was cold and grinning, raised his head and looked at Lin Wei, who had just kicked him hard under the table. The latter was wearing a small dress, sitting opposite Xia Ying, holding a wine glass in his hand, and showing a good-looking smile to Xia Ying, "I'm sorry, my brother is sometimes very indecent, forgetting his reserve, making you laugh." "
"It doesn't matter, I like to talk to people about my work, and sometimes I get a lot of useful advice." Xia Ying smiled casually.
Lin Hao looked at Xia Ying fiercely, with a red tide of excitement on his face, and said flatteredly, "No ... It's a great honor! Miss Xia Ying, I didn't expect you to like to get along with me and discuss. If you have an in-depth conversation with me, you will definitely find that I am not a good person on the outside, but in fact I have a lot of substance, and I can help you put forward more opinions... And I like to give advice the most, and they all say that my insights are very original..."
Lin Wei finally couldn't help but kick him again, this time giving him a blank look, "Can you stop a little, people are just polite!" What insights can you propose? "
Earl Lin Wei coughed dryly, and even Ning Qing couldn't help but glare at Lin Hao a few more times. This feeling of being rude and at a loss is getting stronger and stronger.
Xia Ying picked up the water in front of her and took a sip, glanced at Lin Hai, and smiled to herself. It seems to avoid the embarrassment in front of you.
Lin Wei, who was sitting opposite her, couldn't help but admire this woman's beauty, even with her eyes. There is a faint coldness between her eyebrows and eyes, a slim little dress, exposed to the pink mound-like shoulders is very lovely, and what can show her unique temperament is the red hair that hangs down the shoulders, which is so distinct, as if a metaphor for her fiery character under this beautiful appearance.
But Xia Ying had a woman's sixth sense intuition, she didn't understand, where did the red-haired woman in front of her, the adopted daughter of the Earl of Riverside Star's family, come from her faint hostility towards her Nas and the coldness on her face?
Of course, even if Xia Ying likes the other party's appearance and temperament very much, but the other party shows such a faint hostility towards her, she will never show weakness.
So when Lin Wei quietly looked at her, she still showed a decent aura, so that even Lin Wei's self-assured cold and arrogant was a little dwarfed in front of her, and she was powerless to parry.
Her arrival was not sharp, not unattainable, on the contrary, she only wore a casual sweater jacket when she arrived before, and at this time she took off her coat, which was also a red and black checked cotton shirt worn inside. Clean and gentle, like the girl next door, participating in a family gathering of friends.
But just that's enough to destroy the withering and decaying.
She suddenly pursed her lips, holding the knife behind her back and playfully poked the bread on the plate, and whispered to Lin Hai, "Can you help me cut this bread?" It's hard. "
At this moment, Lin Hai could see the eyes of the people who were talking to each other at the next few tables, as if they had agreed on a discussion, as if the radar arrays of the Ministry of Defense that were searching for anomalous electromagnetic pulses towards the cosmic sky, locked the piece of bread with a brush, and then moved from the bread to his body.
Nima! Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan's two sons, Lin Jiang Lin Delun, only had such a word in their minds at this moment. She actually asked him to help her cut bread? And he actually cut bread for her. She knew that if she spoke casually, at this moment, there would be many people around her with cold and shiny knives, willing to pounce on her to help her cut bread. What is he Lin Hai!?
Xia Ying's words were very quiet, just in the area of Lin Hai and her, the nature of a private conversation.
However, at this moment, Countess Ning Qing immediately felt a chill on her face, "Donnahai! "
Tang Nahai, the chief butler who was waiting outside the dining table, immediately stepped forward, came to Ning Qing's side and bent over, "Madam." "
"Let the kitchen man change to a softer bread immediately! If you can't do it, ask them if their chef license really needs to be re-examined? "
"Yes, ma'am!" Donnahai turned to leave.
"No need." Lin Hai's voice came, and then his knife and fork reached into the dinner plate that also wanted to stop Xia Ying, took the hard bread and put it on the plate in front of him, pressed the bread with his left fork, and cut the bread with the knife in his right hand. The movements are so delicate and fast, just like he controls the mecha, there is no unstable fluctuation, each knife cuts a piece of bread neatly, and even the crumbs are splashed very little.
During this process, Lin Hai raised his head from time to time, and he could see Xia Ying's gaze on him, so he continued to bury his head and cut a whole piece of bread into slices, and even the air exuded the fragrance of wheat.
Some people who looked at this side at the dinner party felt that Lin Hai cut it was not bread, but more like their heart, liver, spleen, and lungs.
Looking at Xia Yingwen and looking at Lin Hai, looking at Lin Hai's neat and precise lifting of the whereabouts with a knife and fork in his hand, meticulous and attentive. That was Lin Hai that Lin Wei had never seen, or that he had carefully observed before. But at this moment, this meticulousness in his work is contained in her eyes.
For some reason, looking at Lin Hai's actions and watching Xia Ying leaning aside, such a tacit scene made Lin Wei's heart suddenly give birth to some kind of slight twitch that she had never had before. It was as if an invisible hand was deep in her chest, pinching it.
Lin Wei's pupils suddenly constricted, and she spoke, "Miss Xia Ying, I'm curious, people like you... How did you meet Lin Hai? "
The voices of the audience suddenly subsided. I don't know how many people pricked up their ears at this moment like those hares of the Empire. The encounter with an imperial icon and the illegitimate son of an earl nobleman cannot be described as bizarre and absurd.
"Do you remember the accident with the passenger ship New South Star Seagull?" Xia Ying raised her head and said.
"It's the passenger ship in the Xinnan Star Thief Incident?"
"A mechanical failure, supposed?"
"Others say it was an air thief attack, but thank goodness. The ship was finally safe and sound! "
"Miss Xia Ying was on the boat at the time, and she must have been frightened. We later saw that report in the media newspapers. "
Some men and women have spoken out.
"Yes." Xia Ying nodded at everyone, and then looked at Lin Hai meaningfully, "He saved me in that situation at that time... That's how we met. "
The audience fell into a gasp of silence.
Earl Lin Wei, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, "... This matter, Lin Hai, why didn't you mention it at the time? "
At this moment, everyone looked at Lin Hai in front of them, and there was only an inexplicable coolness, this illegitimate child... How many secrets does he still have? Ever since they got to know this Lin Hai, their hearts have gradually begun to feel bad.
"You never told us about it." Lin Hao looked at Lin Hai, his eyes trembled and there was a hint of unforgiveness, and he was slightly emotional, "So every time you see me watching her shows and watching some of her documentaries in the manor, you never intend to tell me, although you have no reason to tell me, but I was kept in the dark like a fool from beginning to end?" I didn't know that you met her in Xinnanxing? "
While Lin Hai was silent, Xia Ying smiled, "This is what I requested." You know, when I was escaping, there was a shortage of soldiers, and I had some ugliness, which was just in the eyes of Lin Hai... If he doesn't keep it a secret, maybe it will have some influence on me. So here's what I'm asking for. "
Earl Lin Wei, who had some reproaches before, nodded at Lin Hai again, "For the sake of keeping your friend's reputation secret, you have done a good job in this matter." "
Solved. The people around finally understood the ins and outs of the whole process, although the drama in it was impossible to summarize it exhaustively even in fiction and drama. An illegitimate child who does not respect the rules of the family travels unexpectedly, and meets an imperial idol on a wrecked passenger ship.
So they became acquainted, and this evolved into the following situation today.
However, even a fool can see that the relationship between this imperial idol and the illegitimate son of the earl is extraordinary.
"I see."
Lin Wei nodded, and under the coldness that could not be melted on his face, an abnormal red tide appeared, "Lin Hai is lucky to have a friend as famous as you... I don't think he told you that after he graduated from Qingyuan Academy... Our marriage contract, right? "
The beautiful eyes under her red hair, in the light and shadow, were as bright and evil as an ancient witch, "At that time, I hope you can attend... That would be a great honor for us. "
Now the whole dinner party is really so silent.
Even the space battlefield where starship cannons are bombarded is not as good as the smoke of gunfire at this moment.
"I hope you can be here, and it will be a great honor for us." Lin Wei is a little humble, but her bones are full of coldness that is neither humble nor arrogant.
The surroundings are quiet and you can smell the pins dropping.
A relative's dinner knife slammed coldly on the plate and said, "Ding!" The sound caused the elders to turn their heads and stare at each other.
People were already unbelievable that Xia Ying appeared at the dinner party as Lin Hai's female companion, but what people were most concerned about at this time was the relationship between the two. Before that, they had guessed about it countless times in their minds during the meal, but in the end, they didn't dare to make such a conclusion easily.
Because such a conclusion is extremely far from the world they know in every way. Swimming fish have never touched a bird, not because they are inferior to the other, but because they are in an aquatic ecology and the other is in a terrestrial ecology, and their precious feathers cannot be submerged in the water, and naturally they cannot swim with the fish.
It is precisely because their cognition has been subverted, so until this moment, they can't believe that judgment - the illegitimate son of the Lin family in front of them and the imperial idol Xia Ying are a couple in a sense.
However, another fact shook their doubts greatly, as they knew, that swimming fish and birds could not be together because of the different ecological environments they needed. However, the two in front of them, regardless of their illegitimate children and imperial idols, they are still two young men and women alive. At such an age, many things are often dry firewood and out of control.
Many of the people present have had youth, or have deeply experienced the taste of youthful ecstasy, between young men and women, sometimes what attracts each other is not each other's identity, wealth, social status and background, but only the smell of soap on each other's body and the smell of youth. So why can't they be together?
And now Lin Wei's words are more like a knife, slashing at the seemingly intimate relationship between the two people at this moment, as if they want to cut their connection to blood.
However, just when people's eyes pointed out, Lin Hai's scalp was inexplicably erected, and the expression of Xia Ying, who was all concerned, seemed unusually calm.
It is quieter than Pinghu, like the snow lotus on the cliff being blown by the first frost wind of the new year, but there is no trace of emotion.
She dipped the bread slices in the fragrant sauce and put them into the clove mouth, looked up at Lin Wei, a little surprised, "Really?" "
Then he turned his head to look at Lin Hai, "... Congratulations in advance. "
The mood is extremely stable, and there is no perceptible fluctuation.
The hearts of many people in the surrounding families suddenly sank and disappointed came up. Although they don't really like Lin Hai. But in the face of the super-friendship between Lin Hai and Xia Ying, they may have had the luxury of witnessing history at that moment, which was a wonderful feeling, and with Xia Ying's appearance at such a dinner venue, it seemed that they were about to witness an explosive news that would shock the entire empire in the future. It's enough for them to talk about it for decades to come.
Let the Riverside Xinglin family, a small aristocratic family, become the focus of conversation on the tables of the major banquets in the empire.
Everyone in this family may face a flood of interviews from outside media and newspapers, and they may be able to respond to interviews in front of the camera, seriously, like a gentleman, telling topics such as "what kind of person is Lin Hai I know...", "My cousin Lin Hai ...", "nephew Lin Hai has brought us a different meaning... and so on.
But it seems that all these extravagant hopes, at this moment, are like a beautiful and colorful bubble, suddenly bursting, returning to the dusty, bleak, naked reality.
Because between men and women, if a girl is expressionless when she learns that you will marry another girl in the future, and does not show the slightest sadness or tears, it can only prove that she has no heart-warming or love-like affection for you.
So Xia Ying didn't have any depression about this, and even in the depths of those beautiful eyes, he didn't even feel a little sad, on the contrary, he didn't congratulate Lin Hai heartlessly, how kind of downset should he be?
"You're sincere... Congratulations? Lin Hai heard himself ask such words, and there was silence around him.
But it was like a stone in his chest, this stone was invisible, blocked in his chest, pressed on his lungs, and made him feel so heavy even if he exercised a strong body.
The difficult life of the garbage star, the outlaw run of the new southern star. It has never made Lin Hai feel so dull and heavy. They were drinking and chatting in the back seat of the cargo car, their escape in a mecha, and relying on each other for their lives, made Lin Hai have a certain unforgettable feeling towards Xia Ying, he didn't know where this feeling came from, but he knew that after leaving Xinnanxing, he would occasionally miss her, and the longer they were separated, the stronger this thought became, until one day, she would appear in front of him.
But Xia Ying, how could she be indifferent to this. Can everything between them really be erased with a single stroke?
Xia Ying tilted her head and thought for a moment, then smiled, "That's ... I will prepare a gift, it must be a big gift. "
Lin Wei took all of Xia Ying's demeanor into her eyes, and it was only at this moment that she glanced at the corner of Lin Hai's mouth with a mocking smile, as if she had got some answers she wanted to know, and said to Xia Ying, "That was just a joke made before... Don't take it seriously. Of course... Whoever I marry, I won't think about him. "
Lin Hai knew that Lin Wei was probably serious when he said this, because the situation was different. In the past, the two got married, but it was just an expedient measure for Lin Wei to stay in the family without questioning. And this year, the situation changed suddenly, the Lily family issued an ultimatum to the Lin family, and the Lin family's military contract was about to change hands. Among these people in the family, who will have the spare time to question Lin Wei? It's time to all twist together and prepare for the crisis. Therefore, the fact that Lin Wei and herself will marry in the future can indeed be invalidated with the situation.
The tension just now seemed to have been lightly revealed under Lin Wei's words.
Xia Ying looked at Lin Hai, and there was a hint of urgency in the bright pupils, "It turns out that it's not true, it's a pity, you don't seem to have any luck in this regard?" "
"Perhaps, of course I'm not as good as your heir to the Chen family." Lin Hai grinned a little. Xia Ying's face still did not have the slightest ripple, and there was no gloom or other strange expressions, and she still looked like a beautiful fairy who was not surprised or displeased.
Lin Hai's words were very light, not to mention that everyone didn't hear it, even those who heard it couldn't guess who the vague heir of the Chen family was in Lin Hai's words for a while.
It's just that after continuing to eat, Xia Ying's whispering voice reached Lin Hai's ears, "Not really, otherwise how could he lose me?" It is more sad to lose what you want to have the most than to have nothing, because at least the latter has never been obtained, so there is no fear of losing. So it seems that his luck is not better than yours at all. "
"I wonder if I should rejoice or be sad for such a shallow thought?"
"Whatever you want, you want to be a mediocre person... I can't help it. Xia Ying looked straight ahead, smiled, and continued to taste the delicious fruit pie.
Before Lin Hai put a piece of bread in his mouth, he muttered a little thin and desolate, "... Is it just me being a mere nuisance? "
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The dinner came to an end. Although people were shocked by the arrival of the beautiful girl, they still did not get the answer they had hoped for, and everyone looked at Lin Hai with a look that they didn't even know about, like jealousy, like pity, or some unclear ambiguity, or some suspicion, envy, regret, all kinds of expressions, tangled and complicated.
To say that there was a problem between the two, but in the face of Lin Wei's words, Xia Ying did not arouse the slightest bit of jealousy or sadness. If there is no contact between the two at all, then how can it be explained that Xia Ying will attend this dinner of the Lin family as a female companion. Was it just because they helped each other in the shipwreck of the passenger ship that shocked the empire, and Lin Hai saved each other? And since Lin Hai saved the other party, in addition to the mismatch of identity and status, Lin Hai's appearance and personality are not annoying, is this girl who is an idol of the empire really not the slightest temptation?
No matter what kind of speculation they have, they may know that it will be difficult to get an answer for a while. But fortunately, time is the only criterion for testing the truth, and it is better to put it into time in the future. At least Lin Hai and Xia Ying are on the line, which is enough to make many people in the family feel a hope of infinite possibilities. They may not even know that they have privately begun to pray for this bastard.
This is probably due to human nature, when a person because of something will bring the whole family business, their interests, their glory status as a whole, even if you don't like this person at first, at this time you can't help pinning heavy hopes on the other party.
For a while, the family banquet hall, the members of the Xinglin family on the riverside, and the directors and elders of Wayne's company, I don't know how many people they wanted, and they hoped that Lin Hai would be more humorous and have a strong personality charm, and establish a super friendship relationship with the woman in front of him.
The dinner party finally ended, and when she left, Xia Ying said goodbye to Lin Hai's family one by one.
At this time, many people followed this perfect opportunity and rushed to shake hands with Xia Ying, and just being able to shake hands with her made people dizzy and doubtful of the authenticity.
"So, Mr. Earl, and Madame. Thank you for your hospitality. "
Xia Ying finally shook hands with Lin Wei and Ning Qingxiang, and after Lin Wei shook it lightly, he nodded very decently, showing the most accurate etiquette of an earl and nobleman, and then said to Lin Hai, "Be sure to send the lady back to the house safely!" "
Lin Hai finally waved his hand, faced a large group of blazing eyes, and walked out of the dining hall with Xia Ying.
Until I watched the two walk out the door. Ning Langbo wiped his forehead with a handkerchief, and was extremely embarrassed to face the few middle-aged people around him, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "When you first saw her, you already recognized her, why didn't you remind me... I actually told her that I know a lot of people in the star zone and can take care of her..." He patted his hand on his smooth head, "This is enough to be at the top of the most humiliating thing in my life..."
The councilor and mayor's daughter beside Link was still watching the back of the two of them leaving like a canary, pulling Link's arm and confiding in great excitement, "Do you believe it, all this is a foreboding omen today, and I now know why I accidentally didn't go to Christine's private party..."
"That's why I met her here! The Great Creator finally let me meet the most admired woman... She's so graceful and charming, even more so than on TV... Did you see that... Then again... Can you introduce me to the clan brother I know yours, you don't know how famous he is in Qingyuan Academy now. But everyone in the academy probably didn't know that he actually knew Xia Ying! Find a chance, you can help me introduce him! Then I'll have a chance to get to know her! "
Up to this moment, Link still had the same complicated expression as his cousin Lindlen, and after a while, he finally said with difficulty, "I, try ... as much as possible"
The girl's smile suddenly became brighter and more joyful. It was as if she was about to have endless glory in her own circle...