novelraw Chapter 439 "Enemy Elimination Game"
Chapter 439 "Enemy Elimination Game"
Chapter 439 "Enemy Elimination Game"
During Yao Bao's stay in Haicheng these past few days, she has been spoiled rotten by her great-aunt.
Lin Yu took her out to eat, drink, and have fun every day. Every time they came back, they would bring back a bunch of bags. Of course, the bodyguards carried all the bags, so the two of them could relax and each carry a bag.
That day, the two returned with a pile of things.
When Lin Zhao looked up, he saw that Yao Bao's hair had become curly, she was wearing large sunglasses, a tank top and flared jeans, and her style had suddenly changed.
"Who is this? I almost don't recognize him."
Yao Bao sat down next to her, took off her sunglasses, and asked, "Mommy, aren't you going to scold me for dressing like this?"
"Why are you criticizing me? You're very beautiful," Lin Zhao praised generously. "You look like a radiant female celebrity."
Yao Bao's eyes lit up. "Mom, my great-aunt said she knows a lot of my favorite actors. She said she'll take me to Hong Kong when I have a holiday, and she'll take a picture of me with my favorite actors."
“That’s great! There are lots of fun places in Hong Kong. You should go and see for yourself.” Lin Zhao didn’t stop her daughter from going out to see the world.
Although Hong Kong is chaotic, it's not considered dangerous for families of the Lin and Cen stature. With bodyguards following them and Yao Bao carrying a protective amulet, she's not worried.
"Mommy, do you want to come with us?" Yao Bao asked eagerly.
Lin Zhao pondered for a moment and then said, "I'm not sure."
Gu Chenghuai is an active-duty soldier, holding a high and important position. As his family member, she cannot travel abroad at will. It's uncertain whether she can go to Hong Kong, but if Yaobao goes, it shouldn't be a big problem.
"Okay," Yao Bao said, somewhat disappointed.
Seeing his sister dressed like that, and his mother not saying anything, Gu Zhiheng sat down on the other side of Lin Zhao, his eyes full of anticipation, "Mom, I want to get a new hairstyle and buy some bell-bottoms too, what do you think?"
Lin Zhao's smile faded. "Why don't you give it a try?"
"If you dare to try, I'll take your picture, and then play it on a loop at your wedding." She said calmly.
Gu Zhiheng surrendered, "Fine, I won't buy it."
He muttered, "How fashionable."
Lin Zhao: "..."
"You better behave yourself and stop being so unconventional. The current style of dressing is pretty good, isn't it? So refreshing."
Lin Zhao patiently advised, "If you wear bell-bottoms and have slicked-back hair, people will think you're a thug when you go out to do business, and you won't look very convincing."
Gu Zhiheng thought his mother made sense.
That's why he hasn't done it yet.
"Okay, I won't buy it. Making money is the most important thing." He was very excited about the funds his great-uncle's investment would soon arrive, and he was just waiting to show off his skills.
This wave could add dozens or even hundreds of cars to his fleet.
We're going to make a fortune.
Lin Zhao breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Thankfully, they managed to persuade him, otherwise... given Gu Chenghuai's temper, he would definitely have slapped his son.
Fearing that her second son might misbehave, Lin Zhao specifically sought out her great-aunt and asked Lin Yu to help Gu Zhiheng choose a few casual outfits.
Lin Yu's aesthetic sense is quite advanced and fashionable.
She was excited to be in her field of expertise and immediately began preparing.
A suit with wide-padded shoulders, paired with a wide-collared shirt, a wide-cut light blue silk tie, high-waisted trousers, and Oxford shoes.
Straight-leg jeans paired with a denim jacket, layered over a plaid flannel shirt, and finished with white sneakers.
A solid-color hooded sweatshirt, a baseball jacket with embroidered lettering, paired with athletic pants.
A camel-colored V-neck knitted cardigan, layered over a white shirt, paired with khaki pants.
……
Many different styles.
Gu Zhiheng is tall and handsome, with clear black and white eyes, dark eyebrows and eyelashes, and fair skin like his maternal grandfather. He was trained by his father from a young age, so he walks with energy and has a straight posture. He looks good in anything and is a true clothes hanger.
Even though Lin Zhao was used to seeing Heng Bao's handsome face, she still felt that clothes make the man.
It looks several degrees better now.
Lin Yu nodded repeatedly, "Not bad, I'd like to ask you to be my model."
Gu Zhiheng said with great interest, "Okay, I accept my great-aunt's invitation."
"Xiao You, please write this down and add it to my schedule," Lin Yu instructed her assistant, Xiao You.
The smartly dressed assistant, Xiao You, nodded and quickly took notes.
Lin Yu hugged Yao Bao and pinched her cheek. "Yao Bao, do you want to be a model for your great-aunt? I'll design a beautiful dress for you, a princess dress with a big skirt, so you can be a little princess, okay?"
"I don't want to be a princess, I want to be a queen!" Yao Bao blinked and said seriously.
"Hahahaha." Lin Yu laughed, her eyes full of admiration. "It's good to be a queen, with power in your own hands. Yao Bao has such ambition."
She herself has the temperament of a queen, never suffers mistreatment, has no intention of making sacrifices for others, and does not want the younger generation of her family to have any.
Lin Yu looked at Lin Zhao and said, "Zhao Zhao, you have raised the child very well."
"Because my parents raised me very well," Lin Zhao said with a smile.
Her parents gave her everything they could, and even during the famine years when they lacked food and clothing, they did not mistreat her, making her feel warmth and deep love.
Those who have received much favoritism will not be stingy in giving love.
"Xiao Jiu is very good too." Lin Yu's eyes were full of satisfaction. "You haven't forgotten the teachings of your grandfather and your father."
Lin Heling thought to herself, "I won't forget, even if I lose my memory, I won't forget."
Yao Bao is a student, and Lin Yu knows her limits. She gave her a temporary perm that would only last for two washes, but the girl wasn't disappointed and remained happy.
Lin Zhao put her arm around her daughter's shoulder, her eyes smiling, and said, "If you like it, I'll take you to get a perm after your college entrance exam. You can get whatever you like, and you can dye your hair whatever you want."
Yao Bao hugged her mother's waist, smiling sweetly and obediently, "I want to dye it pink when the time comes, I like pink."
"Sure, whatever you want," Lin Zhao said indulgently.
"Mom is so good." Yao Bao nestled her head in her mother's arms.
"That's good." Lin Zhao patted her daughter's head. "In the blink of an eye, Yaobao has grown into a young lady."
"No matter how old you are, you're still your mother's child." Yao Bao snuggled against her mother, still as clingy as when she was little.
"Yes." Lin Zhao ran her fingers through her daughter's long hair, a smile playing on her lips. "It has to be a girl, a daughter, who is a mother's little cotton-padded jacket. It's good that you're by my side, unlike your three older brothers who have flown so high and so far away, otherwise I really wouldn't be used to it."
Yao Bao looked up and said, "I will always be by my mother's side. I will also take the entrance exam for the Capital University and then apply for day school so I can go home every day to have dinner with my mother."
"I can go shopping with my mom on weekends," the little girl said earnestly.
Lin Zhao was deeply touched.
Daughters are so good, so considerate.
"What does Yaobao want to do in the future?" she asked.
Yao Bao thought for a moment, but unexpectedly, her clear eyes filled with confusion. Clearly, she hadn't thought about it, or perhaps she had but hadn't found a direction yet.
"……I have no idea."
Lin Zhao's eyes softened. "You're still young, it's normal that you don't know. When I was your age, I was also very uncertain about the future. Back then, all I wanted was to have enough to eat and buy new clothes for the New Year. Who would have thought that I would get married so early, have four siblings like you, and then have a stable job..."
"It's okay to feel lost right now. Things will get smoother as you go. Take your time to think it over. I believe in you."
Yao Bao's furrowed brows relaxed, and her eyes crinkled into a smile.
"Yes." She nodded emphatically.
Gu Zhiyao was, after all, a student, and it wasn't appropriate for her to take too long off, so she went back that evening with Gu Zhiheng, who was returning to the capital. Lin Zhao stayed at her parents' home.
She heard that her great-aunt was going to take back the Lin family's ancestral home, and she wanted to stay and take a look.
……
As the representative of the investment promotion office, Yun Jia worked for a month or so to take back the Lin family's ancestral home, quickly demolished the extra houses, laid lawns, and made it presentable before inviting Lin Yu to come and see it.
Lin Yu didn't make things difficult for anyone. Seeing that all the "garbage" in the house had been cleared out, a smile appeared on her face.
Seeing this, Yun Jia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Due to time constraints, we have only done basic repairs. Further repairs... we will continue and strive to restore the original appearance to achieve the effect Ms. Lin desires." He explained humbly, fearing that Lin Yu might be dissatisfied.
As for the person who persecuted Mr. Lin back then, through meticulous investigation, all his wrongdoings have been uncovered, and he has already been imprisoned.
His cronies were also eliminated in the game.
Seeing that he was powerless to change the situation, his backer tried to back out, but failed and ended up inside as well.
Only after taking this step did Yun Jia dare to meet Lin Yu.
He knew that a life was at stake, and it was understandable that the Lin family wouldn't invest out of spite.
Lin Yu was very satisfied with Yun Jia's efficiency.
She didn't show it on her face, but simply nodded and refused, saying, "No need, I'll find someone to take care of the rest."
Upon hearing this, Yun Jia assumed that Lin Yu was dissatisfied with the outcome, and her heart sank to the bottom.
"Ms. Lin..."
Lin Yu interrupted him, "Comrade Yun and my assistant will handle the specific details of the investment."
Assistant You, dressed smartly, stepped forward and extended her right hand to Yun Jia.
"My surname is You, and I am Ms. Lin Yu's assistant. I will be handling your communication from now on," Assistant You said calmly and composedly.
Yun Jia's cold heart was revived, and her face was full of joy.
"Okay, thank you, Ms. Lin. On behalf of the organization, I thank you for your generosity."
Lin Yu waved her hand, "No need to thank me. My father taught us siblings from a young age that without a country, there is no home. The country comes before the home. When we have the ability, we should do our best to spread the benefits of this land and benefit more people."
In the midst of her struggles with various parties, Yun Jia learned of the wrongful death of Old Master Lin, and her heart was filled with regret. Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, she felt boundless shame.
He said sincerely, "Mr. Lin is a man of great righteousness."
With her father already deceased, there was no point in saying anything more. Lin Yu had no mood to say anything more, so she sent Yun Jia and the others away and led Lin Zhao to wander around the ancestral home.
Assistant You realized that he wanted to spend time with his family, so he tactfully left.
“I spent most of my childhood here…” Lin Yu looked around, trying to recall her childhood memories, but to no avail.
"This place has been so badly damaged that it doesn't resemble anything I remember. It's really upsetting."
"If my elder brother and sister-in-law saw this, they would be heartbroken."
Cen Yan said, "Draw a few pictures according to your memory. I will find more workers to repair and restore this place in the shortest possible time. When your elder brother and the others come, the ancestral home they see will be just like the one you remember."
"You certainly know how to please my older brother and sister-in-law." Lin Yu was amused by her fiancé, and her mood improved.
Cen Yan: Absolutely.
"How about it?" He ignored his fiancée's joke.
With her father-in-law gone, Lin Fu, her older brother, will definitely be the one to escort Yu Yu to her wedding. If I don't hurry up and curry favor with him, what if he tries to trip me up later?
He may be quite old, but his passion for having a wedding with his beloved remains undiminished.
I've been looking forward to this for over ten years!
“Sure, I’ll draw it when I get back.” Lin Yu had the same idea.
She felt bad seeing the damaged ancestral home and didn't want her older brother and sister-in-law to suffer any more.
"Find more people and repair it as quickly as possible."
With a multi-million dollar investment dangling in front of them, and the Ministry of Commerce being very supportive, a large amount of property was returned to the Lin family, including antiques, calligraphy and paintings, pearls, jade, agate, and other jewelry...
Following her memory, Lin Heling arrived at an inconspicuous room and used the token given to her by Uncle De to open the Lin family's treasure vault.
What comes into view is a long set of bluestone steps, with large lighting beads adorning both sides of the steps.
Descending the steps, there was another enormous stone gate.
Lin Heling looked around and felt that the patterns on the stone gate seemed familiar.
He fumbled around in his memory, his fingertips making random gestures, and then the door burst open with a bang.
The moment the stone door opened, the pitch-black place suddenly became bright.
The group was stunned by what they saw.
It was as big as an underground palace inside, with countless boxes on display.
Open any one of them, and you'll find a treasure that can ignite greed in people.
Only the Lin family members came down.
Cen Yan went to find the workers; he wasn't there.
Linde didn't go down; it was his request. He didn't want to, and insisted on staying up to keep watch for his master.
Knowing his stubborn personality, Lin Yu and Lin Heling did not try to persuade him, only thinking about a quick resolution.
Lin Yu's eyes flickered slightly. "As expected, no one can find it. The Lin family ancestors were incredibly resourceful."
They really hid it well.
No one knows which ancestor of the Lin family built this underground palace.
Every head of the Lin family knew of this place's existence.
Originally, they didn't have much hidden away, only gold, which was for emergencies and was the capital for the Lin family to rebuild if they suffered a major setback.
Sensing something was wrong, Old Master Lin immediately abandoned the family business and led the family away.
The things I couldn't take with me are all hidden here.
Before he was arrested, he handed the key to the secret room to Lin De, told him about the entrance, and instructed him to give the key to Lin Heling if he had the chance, provided it would not endanger Lin Heling's life.
On his deathbed, Old Master Lin couldn't think about the prosperity of his family; he only hoped that his poor grandson would have a worry-free life.
"Xiao Jiu, how did you know about this place? I saw you writing and drawing on the door just now. That must be the password, right? I don't believe you were just scribbling randomly." Lin Yu didn't touch any of the boxes, disdainfully looking at Lin Heling because of the layer of dust on them.
“My grandfather told me that,” Lin Heling said softly.
When he was young, his grandfather would hold him on his lap and draw one picture after another. He saw it on the stone gate and felt it looked familiar. He tried it and it turned out to be the same one.
It seems that Father had long intended for Xiao Jiu to be the third head of the Lin family. If it weren't for that accident... he would have been the head long ago.
It's pointless to say anything more about this now.
Lin Yu did not mention it.
She looked at the ceiling of the underground palace, which was covered with intricate and magnificent murals. The paint, made of some unknown material, emitted a shimmering light, as dazzling as a galaxy.
The skills passed down from our ancestors.
This scene can be described as art.
"It's good that the things weren't taken away. I'm really afraid that those people will benefit from them," Lin Yu said coldly.
"Xiao Jiu, what are your thoughts on these things?"
Lin Heling said, "I have no idea. The patriarch will decide."
"Okay, then we'll wait for my brother to come back before deciding." Lin Yu had no objections.
(End of this chapter)