CFRSIO Chapter 24

When the driver returned with the food, Lin Yunliang had also arrived. He understood the situation as soon as he saw it.

“You haven’t eaten yet?” Lin Yunliang’s expression wasn’t very good. It wasn’t directed at Zhang Qing’an.

Zhang Qing’an nodded, thanking the driver as he took the food.

Lin Yunliang gestured with his eyes, and the driver, understanding, closed the car door again and went to smoke in a distant area with a window.

“I taught Xu Ming a lesson. He won’t bother you again.”

Zhang Qing’an thought to himself that he didn’t care whether Xu Ming learned his lesson. He was more interested in seeing Lin Yunliang in action. He had never seen Lin Yunliang fight before, and he was sure it would be super cool!

Lin Yunliang could see through Zhang Qing’an’s thoughts. Annoyed and amused, he lightly tapped Zhang Qing’an’s forehead with his knuckles. “How is it? Are you full? Do you want me to take you to eat something else?”

“It’s fine, this is enough.” Zhang Qing’an shook his head. Although it was satisfying to have someone stand up for him, he had been genuinely scared by the incident today, so he didn’t really have much appetite.

“By the way, my phone was thrown away by Zhang Changda.”

“A small matter. I’ll take you to buy a new one when we go back.”

“Ye Xuesong called you, right?”

“Yes, he told me you were in trouble.”

Zhang Qing’an stopped what he was doing and looked at Lin Yunliang with shining eyes. “He said you were in trouble, and you believed it? Maybe he was just teasing you?”

“He said he was your friend,” Lin Yunliang said, calmly picking up his chopsticks and offering a bun to Zhang Qing’an’s mouth.

It was precisely because this person was his friend that Lin Yunliang chose to believe him. He only ever trusted Zhang Qing’an.

The driver, smoking outside, looked at the car. He couldn’t see anything, yet he felt something strange. For instance, little pink flowers.

He blinked, confirming there was nothing, and thought he must be too tired to have such strange thoughts.

At the Lin family residence, Lin Xueshu had already been informed of these events. When Lin Yunliang left the room after beating someone up, he had called Lin Xueshu to report the situation.

After listening, Lin Xueshu fell silent, feeling that his descendants were all a burden. His grandson’s ability to cause trouble was far greater than his son’s; he was surpassing his predecessors.

“Grandpa?” Lin Yunliang didn’t know what his grandfather was thinking, but he could guess some of it. “You always say you’re amazing. This time…”

Lin Xueshu was amused by Lin Yunliang’s thick skin. “So, you’re only coming to me now? What were you doing before?”

“It’s precisely because I need to find you urgently that it highlights your amazingness.”

“You brat!” Lin Xueshu laughed and scolded, then quickly accepted it as a compliment. “Don’t worry, I don’t even consider the Xu family a threat, Grandpa.”

“Bring the person back soon.”

“Since you care so much, it’s also good to show others.”

Lin Yunliang fell silent and didn’t answer this, only saying, “He should have been scared today, so I’m going to find him. Goodbye, Grandpa.”

After hanging up, Old Master Lin still had things he wanted to say and complained to the butler beside him. “Brat, it’s rare for him to call proactively, and it turns out he had an ulterior motive. I thought he actually missed me.”

The butler had been with the Lin family for many years and could see through Old Master Lin’s true intentions. The relationship between the young master and the old master had improved a lot in recent years, and he could see even more clearly that the old master liked the young master. Now he understood Old Master Lin’s meaning at once.

He said with a smile, “How could that be? When the young master encounters trouble, the first person he thinks of who can save him is you, old master.”

“It shows he has a sharp tongue but a soft heart; he thinks of you first in critical moments.”

“That’s true, I am indeed much more capable than his father.” These words hit the mark.

This made him feel proud again.

These matters were not kept secret; they were to be truthfully reported. Otherwise, Zhang Quan and the others would still dare to use these connections to approach Zhang Qing’an, and then Zhang Qing’an would act.

“That old man actually did something like that?” Zhou Yue was extremely angry. Besides anger, there was also some regret. “By the way, An’an told me before that he didn’t like his grandfather. I thought it was because An’an was young and didn’t spend much time with his grandfather…”

Now that he knew about this, realizing his son wasn’t being defensive for no reason, Zhou Yue immediately felt great regret. “I really! I should have asked one more question!”

Mother Lin also looked indignant. “Xiao Yue, this is not your fault. That old man is too much!”

Old Master Lin, also sitting beside them, rubbed his nose. Although he knew they weren’t talking about him, he still felt it was a bit sharp. He gained a new understanding of the faces of the Zhang family.

He thought that, in that case, he should reconsider his cooperation with the Zhang family’s company.

Lin Yunliang came out, and as soon as Zhou Yue saw him, she immediately stood up.

“Xiao Yun, is An’an…?”

“Don’t worry, he’s fine. He’s sleeping now,” Lin Yunliang said.

Because of this incident, let alone Zhang Qing’an, even Lin Yunliang himself wasn’t in the mood for class. After taking leave and letting Zhang Qing’an inform his friends that he was safe, he took him out to play.

It was also to help him relax.

Afterward, he brought him to the Lin family villa. By the time Zhou Yue finished work and arrived, it was already a bit late. Seeing the fatigue on her face, Lin Yunliang took her to rest first.

Zhang Changda was brought back to his senses by the incessant calls on his phone. He took out his phone and saw it was his secretary. The secretary seemed very anxious, having called several times in a row. After the call automatically hung up, another call quickly came in.

“What is it?”

“Boss, all our contracts are gone.”

“What?”

“The partners just called and said they want to terminate the contracts.” The person on the other end paused and continued, their voice clearly trembling. “All the partners…”

“Boss, what do we do next?”

The phone slipped from his hand. He could only see the screen flickering on and off, indicating that the person on the other end was still speaking. But Zhang Changda was so shocked by this news that he trembled, then closed his eyes and fainted.

He never expected the retaliation from the Lin family to come so quickly.

“You want to go to C High?” Mother Lin was a little surprised. Looking at her son, she thought love was truly powerful. “Because of An’an?”

Lin Yunliang tacitly acknowledged it, not denying it.

Seeing him like this, Mother Lin immediately smiled. “Do you like him that much?”

Like? Lin Yunliang was facing this word so directly for the first time. He was a bit confused. Was his attitude considered liking? However, he was clear about one thing: he didn’t want Zhang Qing’an to get hurt. If the person got hurt or into trouble, he would be very sad.

Seeing his confused expression, Mother Lin and Father Lin exchanged glances, their eyes filled with doubt.

Finally, Mother Lin spoke. Mother Lin had always been responsible for Lin Yunliang’s education.

“You don’t know what liking is?”

Meeting their eyes, Mother Lin instantly understood; it was discomfort with liking. She couldn’t help but click her tongue. “Son, you’re really like a scumbag like this.”

Lin Yunliang was speechless. “Do you comment on your own son like this?”

Mother Lin laughed heartily. “I’m asking you, are you always concerned about An’an? When you heard An’an was in trouble again this time, wasn’t your first reaction to go save him?”

“Is this liking?”

“More than that,” Mother Lin said. Mother Lin instinctively leaned back, and Father Lin consciously stepped forward to let her rest her head on him. “Our Xiao Yun is actually so pure. I thought having parents as loving as us would teach you what liking is.”

“Xiao Yun, you’ve observed so much, haven’t you paid attention?”

Lin Yunliang’s thoughts were exposed, and he couldn’t help but start recalling. In his impression, this couple was very loving. They could understand each other’s intentions without a single word or action. Father Lin also doted on Mother Lin. Sometimes he wished he could personally feed her.

Sometimes, they were so sickeningly affectionate that he couldn’t stand watching.

“Still don’t understand?” Mother Lin continued, shifting her shoulder and bumping into the person behind her.

He immediately understood and reached out, taking the plate from the table and offering it to Mother Lin. The plate held cut fruit. Mother Lin contentedly picked up a piece of fruit, ate it herself, then took another piece and offered it to Father Lin’s mouth.

“Then think about it this way,” Mother Lin said while chewing the fruit. “Living with An’an, wouldn’t that kind of life be very comfortable and happy?”

“Use your imagination!”

“Wife, I want to eat dragon fruit.”

Mother Lin, who was patiently educating her son, was interrupted. Mother Lin rolled her eyes at Father Lin speechlessly, but still thoughtfully fed him a piece of dragon fruit.

As Father Lin ate, he looked at his son, who was like a debt collector, with a displeased expression. Really, why does he need his wife to worry about such things!

Really, he deserves to be without a wife!

Father Lin thought, not considering himself malicious.

Lin Yunliang, following Mother Lin’s suggestion, thought carefully. If he were to live with Zhang Qing’an… it would indeed be a very comfortable and happy life.

“However,” seeing that he had understood, she smiled with a sense of accomplishment and then cruelly said.

“You can go to C High, but not this semester.”

“After this semester’s courses are finished, I’ll need to see your final exam scores. If they meet the requirements, you don’t need to ask me; I’ll personally send you there.”

“How about that?”

Lin Yunliang thought about it. This wasn’t a very difficult requirement, and he could accept it. “Okay.”

“But since you’ve agreed, how about this: buy or rent an apartment near C High?”

“This way, I won’t disturb your and Dad’s world for two.” Lin Yunliang said.

He was also cunning; even after getting Mother Lin’s agreement, he didn’t forget to take advantage of it.

“This way, you can raise another account,” Lin Yunliang said with a wicked smile.

This angered Mother Lin, who immediately grabbed a nearby cushion and threw it at Lin Yunliang.

Lin Yunliang caught it, but facing Father Lin’s gaze, he honestly held the cushion to his chest. He stood obediently and well-behaved in front of them.

“You brat!” Mother Lin chided, but she wouldn’t fail to satisfy Lin Yunliang’s request. After all, he was a young man, and he couldn’t just live in someone else’s house casually. “Don’t worry about the house.”

“Your mother will rent it for you. But I’ll only pay the rent for one year. You’ll have to handle the rent after that.”

“Okay. Thank you, Ms. Kong.” Lin Yunliang said.

“Alright, alright, you can go down now.” She waved her hand.

Lin Yunliang immediately left. Since that day’s events, Xu Ming hadn’t appeared at school for over a month.

Absurd posts reappeared on the school forum.

“So, is Lin Yunliang the real young master? He drove away the fake young master.”

“That day, when Xu Ming came looking for trouble, I saw…”

“Saw what? Hurry up and say it! Don’t keep us in suspense!”

“Yes, yes, hurry up and say it, hurry up!”

“Hey, hey, hey, can you all give people a chance to speak!”

“I saw Xu Ming get beaten up badly, with both eyes bruised like panda eyes.”

“???”

“???”

“Is it true or not? Wasn’t Xu Ming very powerful?”

“Could it be that Lou Ge is lying?”

“Get lost! I never lie!”

There were countless voices on the forum, but neither the involved parties nor their cronies appeared. This made them realize one thing even more: Lin Yunliang was likely not someone to be trifled with.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have disappeared.

They didn’t appear on the forum, but in real life, those few people found him.

Xu Ming’s friends appeared at the door. As before, they didn’t need to speak for the people in the classroom to know who they were looking for.

Moreover, there were quite a few of them, looking like they were here to cause trouble, so Lin Yunliang noticed them immediately.

“We have something to say, could you come over for a moment?”

The people at the door hesitated for a moment. Finally, the one who had posted on the forum last spoke.

Lin Yunliang’s gaze swept over them before finally landing on the speaker. He nodded and stood up.

However, upon seeing Lin Yunliang stand up, several people took a few steps back.

They all had some kind of business dealings with the Xu family, so they knew more than others. Although the Xu family appeared unchanged now, their influence had actually declined significantly.

This showed how powerful the Lin family was.

All of them were very timid. The person hadn’t even done anything or said anything yet, just by standing up, he had frightened several of them.

Their retreating expressions were too obvious, causing the surrounding students’ expressions to become even stranger. So… who exactly was Lin Yunliang? Could it be true that he was the real young master as rumored on the forum? Was it that melodramatic?

Fortunately, Lin Yunliang didn’t know, or he would have been speechless. Lin Yunliang walked out without looking sideways.

Clearly, several people came to find him, but now Lin Yunliang was walking ahead? It was truly strange.

Lin Yunliang knew they probably had something to say, and he could guess what it was. The elders in his family hadn’t kept him in the dark when they acted, so Lin Yunliang was aware of recent events.

Siam also knew about these matters, and at the same time, he learned some other things, so he began to completely slack off.

Siam had met Ajin more than half a month ago.

“What?” Siam, like a cat, was almost scared out of his wits by these words. He understood everything Ajin said, but when put together, it all shocked Siam.

“How can something like this happen!!” Siam ran around in circles, making himself dizzy. “Ajin, you have no way to help?”

“I also have no way!” Ajin also had a terrible headache. “Their fate lines are already intertwined. It’s not something that can be easily changed.”

“Also, don’t forget, Lin Yunliang has some of Shengdao’s bloodline.”

“That guy is from a higher plane.”

“But…” Siam still felt a headache. “What if Lin Yunliang goes berserk like this again next time?”

“It’s fine. As long as Zhang Qing’an is by his side, everything will be fine,” Ajin said.

He patted Siam’s shoulder with his paw. “Who knew something like this would happen? Lin Yunliang’s background is extraordinary. When he was young and his soul wandered, he happened to go to the ancient plane, met young Zhang Qing’an, and even gave him a magical artifact.”

The situation was simple: Lin Yunliang’s past actions led to their fates becoming intertwined. It even made Zhang Qing’an a participant in the mission, and both of them became unfortunate characters who would be cannon fodder in the original plot.

“When such coincidences occur, we have no way to deal with them.”

“It’s okay, Lin Yunliang’s strength is not enough, but his spiritual power is incredibly high. Just let him play on his own.”

“Consider it a vacation.” Ajin had a good attitude and was very optimistic.

“Then, after the mission is over, you won’t deduct my vacation days!” This was absolutely unacceptable! Especially since this mission had severely impacted his mind and body, so it was absolutely not allowed.

“No, no, don’t worry. Acai also knows about your situation and has agreed that after Lin Yunliang’s mission is over, you will be given a vacation.”

“That’s good.”

“Also, Acai said that the memory wiping process afterward can be omitted.” Ajin said, thinking of the reports submitted to the memory wiping room made his head ache.

“Ah? Why? Won’t this affect the mission?” Siam asked doubtfully.

“It won’t. And the effect of memory clearing in subsequent missions will be greatly reduced.”

“Got it.”

Having received confirmation and learned about Lin Yunliang’s situation, Siam began to completely slack off. From time to time, he would ask Old Master Lin Xueshu for extra meals.

Lin Yunliang had intervened a few times, but it was all useless later on, so he no longer cared.

Returning to the topic. Several people tacitly found a more secluded place. They were notorious figures in the school. If others saw them in their current embarrassed state, they would rather die.

“Young Master Lin.”

“This matter was decided by the Xu family themselves. It has nothing to do with us!”

“Yes, yes, yes, absolutely nothing to do with us! Please be lenient and spare my family!”

“And my family!”

“And my family!”

Several people spoke one after another. They muttered, a string of voices that made Lin Yunliang’s ears hurt. He closed his eyes, frowned, and said, “One by one.”

When he spoke, it made them even more afraid to speak.

Their purpose this time was very simple: to apologize and beg him not to hold them accountable for the Xu family’s affairs. At the same time, they also expressed their stance, stating that they would not harass them again in the future.

Lin Yunliang didn’t intend to dwell on it and agreed.

“Is that all? If that’s all, I’ll be going back.” Class was about to start. Since he had promised the Lin couple to get good grades, there was no reason to miss any class.

However, Lin Yunliang still had one request.

“Can you see Xu Ming?”

“Can you convey a message to him for me?”

“If you want the Lin family to let the Xu family go, then Young Master Xu should come personally and apologize personally.”

As soon as this was said, Xu Ming’s friends’ expressions changed.

“I understand, we will convey it. Don’t worry.”

In the following days, Lin Yunliang’s life continued as usual. During this period, Zhang Qing’an’s contact with him increased dramatically. Although many of their conversations were idle chatter, as long as Lin Yunliang saw the messages, he would reply immediately.

“??? Did I misread?”

Today was the day for A High’s small quiz results to be released. A High conducted a small quiz periodically, and the results of these quizzes affected class assignments. Most students paid attention to them, of course, but some didn’t, like this group and Lin Yunliang.

But this time, the report card seemed different.

“What’s wrong? So shocked? What did you see! Let me see… Wow!!”

One after another, people showed shocked expressions, which quickly attracted the attention of other classmates.

Only one person remained seated, as steadfast as a mountain.

That was Lin Yunliang. Lin Yunliang was doing problems.

He had been having a terrible headache lately. Ever since they agreed that he would study diligently, Lin Xueshu and the Lin couple had bought him many textbooks and practice papers.

When Lin Yunliang returned home and saw the stack of practice papers covering the entire table, he fell silent.

He had a terrible headache, and he didn’t need to guess to know that the person who first proposed this was definitely Mother Lin, and then Father Lin, to “get back” at him, also bought him many, many textbooks.

Later, when Lin Xueshu saw this and learned of the couple’s intentions, he felt it made sense and also bought him a large stack. This led to the current situation.

“This is all your parents’ love,” Father Lin said. “You must do it well.”

“After you finish one book, your father will find a teacher to grade it for you. You must make progress.”

“…I know.”

As a result, even during class breaks, Lin Yunliang was doing practice papers. He could be said to be the most diligent person in the entire class, which also made the teachers very relieved.

After a group of people chattered for a long time, it was only then that someone who had run over to watch the excitement finally understood what had happened.

Lin Yunliang’s grades. They were somewhat frightening.

He had always been outside the top two hundred. His performance wasn’t very high, but this time he had broken into the top fifty. This leap was truly exaggerated and shocked them. It was clear that they hadn’t expected him to have such good grades.

As for the person involved? He didn’t care.

And Xu Ming’s apology also arrived at this time.

Xu Ming had stayed at home for several days. He clearly felt the wrong atmosphere at home, which made him uneasy all day. When his friends conveyed Lin Yunliang’s words, seeing the reproachful gazes of his parents, Xu Ming still decided to go and apologize.

Face was no longer that important at this moment. Moreover, if his family truly ran into trouble because of him, that would be the most regrettable thing.

In front of a crowd of students, Xu Ming bowed to Lin Yunliang and said, “I’m sorry. I wasn’t sensible.”

“It’s okay,” Lin Yunliang said, surprised, but still accepted the apology frankly.

In fact, Xu Ming should have apologized to Zhang Qing’an. But he couldn’t contact Zhang Qing’an at all. Since Lin Yunliang had conveyed such words, he could only come to find Lin Yunliang, hoping that this person could convey what he wanted to say to Zhang Qing’an.

However, Xu Ming, you’ve encountered each other several times, haven’t you realized Lin Yunliang’s true nature? You actually expect him to pass on a message?

Lin Yunliang couldn’t do such a thing.

“Also, I hope you can tell An’an for me that I didn’t mean to. I didn’t expect things to turn out like this at the time.”

Lin Yunliang, who had been calm, finally showed a change in his expression upon hearing Zhang Qing’an’s name from this person. He sneered, “Where do you get the confidence that he’ll want to hear this?”

“Hey! Don’t be too much! Can you represent An’an?” Xu Ming, hearing these harsh words, couldn’t suppress his anger very well.

“Let me tell you! An’an is mine, and he likes me! Not you!”

“Don’t you understand the situation yet?” Lin Yunliang originally didn’t want to meddle listening to the insincere apology of this young master. However, this person seemed to not understand his current predicament.

On the other hand, Xu Ming’s brothers were very perceptive. Seeing this, they immediately rushed out and grabbed him. “I’m sorry! Young Master Lin, we’ll take him away immediately! Don’t be angry!!”

“We’ll leave right away! Right away!”

Saying this, they dragged him away.

There were still people who knew how to read the situation. Lin Yunliang didn’t bother with this matter anymore.