"This one suits you very well," said Xia Weilan in the mall as she took Lin Yan out to buy clothes. She picked out a blue coat and told Lin Yan to go and try it on.
However, Lin Yan had his own ideas. Instead, he chose a more mature one. "Sis, the one you picked is so childish. I'm already a big boy. I want to wear this one," he said.
It was a rather sedate brown coat.
Looking at the assertive Lin Yan, Xia Weilan thought to herself how this kid was getting more and more opinionated.
Lin Yan smiled at Xia Weilan. Coolly, he grabbed the coat and was just about to turn around when he saw a figure passing by outside the store. Lin Yan was stunned for a moment. Unable to hold back, he widened his eyes, strode to the store entrance, and looked outside.
"What's wrong?" Xia Weilan followed him out, puzzled.
"I think I just saw Xuefei. Look at that person," Lin Yan said, pointing at a distant figure.
Xia Weilan couldn't recognize anyone. She just patted Lin Yan on the shoulder and said indifferently, "I think you must be mistaken. Xuefei is still in the hospital."
Lin Yan paused for a moment before turning around and entering the fitting room. But the figure still lingered in his mind. Although the figure was wearing a hat and sunglasses and was wrapped up tightly, he just felt that it was Lin Xuefei.
During the rest of the shopping trip, Lin Yan had a question on his mind.
When Xia Weilan was about to take him back, Lin Yan asked her to go back first.
At Jingdu Hospital, Lin Xuefei sneaked back into the hospital with big and small bags. But just as she walked into the ward, she saw Lin Yan sitting inside.
Lin Xuefei's first reaction was to quietly back out.
"Where are you going?" Lin Yan saw Lin Xuefei entering and walked towards her.
Lin Xuefei pretended not to hear and still walked out quickly. She was harboring a lucky thought that since she was in disguise like this, as long as she didn't admit it and didn't face Lin Yan, he definitely wouldn't recognize her. Even if he suspected, he had no solid evidence.
Lin Xuefei's wishful thinking was too good. She walked fast, but Lin Yan called out her name in a deep voice from behind, "Lin Xuefei, do you want to come back by yourself or should I go and catch you?"
There was a warning in his words. Lin Xuefei weighed the situation and stood still. After a few seconds of silence, she turned around and said, "Lin Yan, why are you here?"
Lin Yan walked over and took off her sunglasses.
"What are you doing? Come into the room with me and talk," Lin Xuefei said nervously. She immediately pulled Lin Yan into the room and nervously closed the door.
When she turned around, she saw Lin Yan looking disappointed.
"Xiaoyan, listen to my explanation," Lin Xuefei said. She hid the big and small bags in the cabinet and then faced Lin Yan with a smile. She explained earnestly, "I did all this for our family. If I didn't do this, our family is so poor. We would starve to death."
Lin Yan looked at her perfectly fine leg and said unhappily, "You're blackmailing."
One of his sisters blackmailing the other. What was this world coming to?
"How can you say that, Xiaoyan?" Lin Xuefei immediately grabbed Lin Yan's hand and pulled him to sit on the hospital bed. There was a bit of redness in her eyes. It was hard to tell if it was due to nervousness or guilt. "Our family is so poor. As a part of the family, Weilan doesn't help and even treats us like enemies. It's not a big deal for me to ask her for some money. You know, she's not short of this money at all, but this money is like life - saving money for our family! If it weren't for the desperation, would I do this? You've even gone out to work for this family. Do you think I feel good about it? I just pretended to break my leg and endured a few days of hard life. But I also thought about your future college tuition.
"As the saying goes, if you don't even have the ability to survive, then what's the point of talking about dignity and other things."
Lin Xuefei had also suddenly fallen into a hard life and couldn't bear it.
In such a life, there was even a problem with providing for oneself in old age. What was the point of talking about shame? To be honest, if she could exchange a little shame for a happy rest of her life, she would do it without hesitation.
Because one only had one life. If in the future, she couldn't find anyone to help, it would still be herself who would be anxious and suffer.
But Lin Yan had a cold face. He looked at Lin Xuefei as if he was seeing her for the first time. "How could you think like this? Wrong is wrong. Even if it's for survival, you've done something wrong to others."
These days in the villa, when Lin Yan saw Mo Beichen, he still felt a bit uncomfortable. He always thought that he was being sorry to Lin Xuefei by living there. Unexpectedly, it was Lin Xuefei who had been lying.
No, he must let Xia Weilan know about this. Otherwise, he would be sorry to her.
Thinking like this, Lin Yan was about to rush out in a hurry, but Lin Xuefei quickly grabbed him.
"Xiaoyan, where are you going?" Lin Xuefei asked nervously.
"I'm going to tell Weilan. You should stop lying to her in the future," Lin Yan said angrily, looking at Lin Xuefei.
"What! You're going to tell her?" Lin Xuefei didn't expect Lin Yan to do this to her. "How have I treated you on weekdays? Haven't I been good to you?"
Lin Xuefei was almost furious. This stupid younger brother of hers was really siding with outsiders.
"You're being unfair to Weilan like this!" Lin Yan was firmly held by her and couldn't get out at all.
"Fine. I won't ask them for money anymore. But if you expose me now, what will happen to me? Will Mo Beichen let me go?"
Lin Yan's face was changing. But after hearing what Lin Xuefei said, he hesitated. "Okay then."
Lin Xuefei was speechless in her heart, but she still put on a smiling face. "Alright. Since you're here, sit down and talk to me. I promise I'll make my leg better in a few days and won't trouble anyone anymore."
But the next second, Lin Yan suddenly asked, "So, your madness was also fake?"
"Yes," Lin Xuefei had no choice but to admit.
Looking at Lin Xuefei like this, Lin Yan sighed. Well, since childhood, Lin Xuefei had been like that. When had she ever done a proper thing?
When Wei Hongmei came, she saw Lin Yan there and immediately pulled him over to show her concern. But as Wei Hongmei was talking, she suddenly said, "Hey, all our family's money has been spent on treating Xuefei. It's almost all gone. You have to talk to your sister and tell her to come and visit Xuefei more often. She can't just ignore us like this."
"Mom, stop talking," Lin Xuefei immediately interrupted Wei Hongmei. But it was too late. Lin Yan, who had just looked like a well - behaved child, now had a pale face as he looked at them. Then he suddenly stood up and said, "I have something to do. I'll leave first."
"Hey, Yan'er, why are you leaving so soon?" Wei Hongmei was puzzled, but she immediately followed him out. It wasn't until she saw Lin Yan get into the car that Wei Hongmei was still confused. Why did it seem like Lin Yan didn't want to see her, his mother, and was in such a hurry to leave?
Wei Hongmei thought that maybe she was wrong. Lin Yan must have some important things to do and didn't have time to say much.
When Lin Yan got back to the villa, he just saw Mo Beichen coming downstairs.
"You're back," Mo Beichen greeted.
But Lin Yan just responded awkwardly and didn't dare to look at him. His dodging appearance made Mo Beichen look at him a few more times.
"Brother - in - law, I'm sorry. I was being childish before," Lin Yan suddenly said in a hurry when Mo Beichen passed by him. He looked rather embarrassed. Lin Yan had never done anything wrong in his life, but he had always had an opinion about Mo Beichen because of Lin Xuefei's matter.
He couldn't tolerate this kind of thing. Of course, he had to apologize to Mo Beichen right away.
Mo Beichen responded. He was just about to ask what Lin Yan was sorry for when Xiao Chun's voice came from outside the door.
"Uncle, Daddy, we're back," Xiao Chun's voice was clear and crisp. She came in with Xia Weilan.
Lin Yan was stunned when he saw Xia Weilan. Then he also said to her, "I'm sorry."
"Uncle, what did you do wrong?" Xiao Chun asked curiously, looking at him.
But Lin Yan couldn't say that he was apologizing on behalf of Lin Xuefei. He shook his head and casually said, "I left Weilan alone today and let her come back by herself, so I'm saying this."