It turned out that the three - story building we were currently living in wasn't the property of Si Jiangchen.
The owner of this house was a man named Lin Fangyu.
He was the younger brother of Lin Shuya, who was sitting across the dining table, looking at me with disdain.
The Lin family was originally a sect that practiced in seclusion at home. Along with the Du family in northern Henan and the Lu family in Runan, they were known as the three great aristocratic families in China.
Different from the other two families, the Lin family had always served in the official religious department of China.
Lin Fangyu was the head of the Lin family and the former director of the Religious Affairs Bureau. He had been on very good terms with Si Jiangchen for over twenty years.
One time, when Si Jiangchen returned from abroad, Lin Fangyu took his wife to pick him up at the airport. On the way, there was a serious car accident. Si Jiangchen was thrown out of the car, while Lin Fangyu and his wife were trapped inside and couldn't escape. They were burned alive by the exploding fuel tank, leaving behind their two - year - old son, Tongtong.
At that time, Lin Shuya was already married, and her own son had been sent abroad to study.
However, since her unmarried days, she had fallen head - over - heels in love with Si Jiangchen.
But both Lin Fangyu's parents and his younger brother Lin Fangyu strongly opposed their relationship.
Si Jiangchen even stopped visiting the Lin family to avoid her pursuit.
In a fit of anger, Lin Shuya married Wei Wenzhao, Si Jiangchen's business rival.
More than a decade passed in a blink of an eye, but Lin Shuya's love for Si Jiangchen only grew stronger. After learning that her younger brother and sister - in - law had died because of Si Jiangchen, she was almost fainted from crying. Then she took the two - year - old Tongtong and clung to Si Jiangchen.
At that time, the influence of Cold Fir Capital was already at its peak, and UBS Capital had also become a leader in the industry.
Lin Shuya's actions almost made Wei Wenzhao vomit blood in anger.
How could his wife ignore her husband and son and take her nephew to see a single man every day, especially when that man was his rival!
Wei Wenzhao had been married to Lin Shuya for more than a decade, so he knew what kind of person his wife was.
He had no choice but to swallow his pride and go to Si Jiangchen.
In the end, whether it was to avoid further trouble or because he truly felt guilty towards the Lin family, Si Jiangchen recognized Lin Shuya as his elder sister and formally adopted Lin Tong, changing his name to Si Tong and making him his own son.
Of course, all these were just my speculations.
In Lin Shuya's words, she was a warrior who fought bravely for both family affection and love. Finally, under the pressure of the secular world, she was forced to compromise. In order to stay by the side of her beloved, she had no choice but to become his relative.
Watching Lin Shuya talk about her view of love with such a calm expression, I felt nauseous.
I had never seen someone so humble for love.
This wasn't love at all; it was just a stubborn and annoying pursuit!
... Thinking about it this way, I wondered if Si Jiangchen had learned from her and used the same tactic on me!
I felt really frustrated.
"Auntie, it's not right for you to chase after Uncle Jiangchen like this,"
Suddenly, Si Tong's childish voice came from the table, "You should stay with Brother Yuan and Uncle. You're their closest family member."
Lin Shuya's face immediately turned unpleasant. After a long while, she raised her eyebrows and said, "What do kids know? This is true love. It's more important than any other feelings in the world."
"Although Tongtong doesn't know what love is, he knows that you can't get something that doesn't belong to you if you force it..."
Si Tong held a spoon in his hand. His dark eyes stared seriously at Lin Shuya, "Auntie, Uncle doesn't like you as a lover. It's already great that you can be his elder sister!"
"Tongtong!"
Lin Shuya never expected that her earth - shattering love would be belittled to nothing by a child.
Her fingers hanging by the table tightly twisted the tablecloth. She took a deep breath to control her expression, "... Uncle Jiangchen doesn't dislike Auntie. He has his own difficulties, so he can only be my younger brother..."
Hearing Lin Shuya's self - deceiving words, I couldn't help but snort. What difficulties could Si Jiangchen have?!
It was just that after getting close to others, he would turn them into a mess of flesh!
In this sense, Si Jiangchen still had a bit of pity for Lin Shuya. Weren't those strict rules just a gap to protect ordinary people like them?
However, watching Lin Shuya lose control of her expression because of her nephew's words, I found it quite amusing. I actually ate two big bowls of the delicious abalone rice.
"Sister Xiaohe, can I sit next to you?"
Si Tong swallowed nervously, looking at me gobbling up my food. He also felt hungry.
I hesitated for a moment, thinking about what Si Jiangchen had said.
Maybe getting close to me would harm Si Tong...
"Good boy Tongtong, eat your food well,"
Before I could say anything, Lin Shuya had already picked up the small bowl in front of Si Tong, "Auntie is here to supervise you. If you're not obedient, Auntie will tell Uncle. If he gets angry, he won't come to see you!"
Since Si Tong could remember, Si Jiangchen had been his father. Si Jiangchen had accompanied him through every moment of his growth.
Even in the car accident half a year ago, it was because Si Jiangchen had desperately hugged him and pulled him out of the car that Si Tong had survived!
For Si Tong, Si Jiangchen was the only family member in his world.
"No! I want Uncle to come every day!"
Hearing his aunt's threat, Si Tong immediately whispered angrily. His little mouth pouted, looking like he was about to cry. He immediately sat obediently in his seat and stuffed food into his mouth one mouthful after another.
As he ate, small tears still rolled into the bowl.
"Don't cry!"
Lin Shuya was a impatient person. The half - year that Si Tong had spent in the hospital bed had exhausted all her patience.
Now that this little nephew had woken up, he was even more of a headache for her.
Lin Shuya was secretly angry, thinking that it would be better if the kid had just stayed in bed and not woken up!
"Si Tong, don't cry,"
I had already finished my meal and was about to get up and leave. Seeing the poor little guy crying, I couldn't help but say, "If your golden tears fall into the bowl and you eat them, you won't grow tall!"
This was what my grandfather used to tell me when I was a kid.
I had no friends at school and was often bullied. When I came home for dinner, I would cry silently. Every time this happened, Du Wenzhong would smile and pat my head and say this... I was afraid of not growing tall, so I would try my best to hold back my tears. As time passed, I no longer cried over such silly things.
Sure enough, like me when I was a kid, after hearing that tears would prevent him from growing tall, Si Tong desperately wiped his eyes and whispered, "Don't cry, don't cry. Tongtong won't cry anymore. Tongtong wants to grow tall so that he can protect Uncle Jiangchen in the future!"
Lin Shuya frowned her delicate eyebrows and glanced at me, "Superstitious nonsense. Will a kid not grow tall just because he cries? I can't believe you came up with such a thing!"