Chapter 127: Everyone Together Pokes Lin Shutong's Soft Spot

Ji Family.

Ji Lao has already returned from the hospital, and Lin Shutong is here with her parents.

Lin Fu and Lin Mu look at their daughter, their eyes bearing a hint of disappointment that she hasn't become strong.

Lin Mu questions her: "How dare you do this? Not only will it ruin your own future, it will also ruin your grandfather's prospects!"

"Isn't this nothing?" Lin Shutong says, "I didn't leak anything at all; if I had, could I still be standing here calmly?"

"As for grandfather…" she looks at the grandfather sitting on a pear‑flower wood chair, head bowed, "Grandfather, I'm sorry, I was wrong."

Lin Fu continues, "Why did you spend so much of Shen Xun's money? Isn't the money we gave you enough for you?"

"How could it be enough?" Lin Shutong retorts, "Times are different now; everything costs money, and what you give only covers my basic living expenses."

Lin Mu: "It's not our fault; we haven't worked hard enough, we can't send you three million each month."

Lin Shutong snaps, "I never said that."

Lin Mu: "Just because you didn't say it doesn't mean you don't think that way."

Lin Shutong spends little time with her parents, and there was never much affection; now, faced with their questioning and blame, she immediately hides behind her grandfather.

"I grew up with grandfather; only he can scold me."

Lin Fu feels anger rise.

Is it that they don't want to have the child by their side?

Or is it that the child didn't choose them?

When she was young, Lin Shutong's intelligence first showed, and Ji Lao said the child should be raised by him; the two were hesitant at first, but finally decided to let the child choose.

As a child, Lin Shutong said, "Dad, Mom, you're not as capable as grandfather; only grandfather can help me, I want to live with grandfather."

At that time they thought the child was a bit wayward, wondering if their own education was at fault, perhaps being with Ji Lao would be better.

Who could have known that the more they raised her, the more she remained oblivious to how vast the world is.

See, now it has indeed caused trouble.

Lin Fu says, "You've already been removed from the Self-developed Chip Project, and you can't enter the institute; this time we're here to take you away."

"I don't want to go to the Northwest with you," Lin Shutong immediately refuses.

Ji Lao also speaks up, "Shutong is a girl; that place isn't suitable for her to go."

"Dad." Lin Mu frowns.

Lin Fu says, "Dad, you spoil her too much."

Ji Lao actually doesn't like this son‑in‑law; originally he could have gotten the son‑in‑law into the institute, but the son‑in‑law didn't know better and insisted on going to the Northwest.

"People are my responsibility; when trouble arises, I should handle it; you all take care of yourselves," Ji Lao says with a stern face, "All these years have passed, and my title hasn't changed a bit."

Lin Fu and Lin Mu are so scolded they can barely lift their heads.

Lin Fu: "Shutong has only been released, but her suspicion hasn't been cleared. Dad, what should we do now?"

Lin Mu also looks worried.

Although their daughter isn't very close to them, she is still their daughter, and no matter what, parents are the most concerned for their child.

Ji Lao looks at Lin Shutong, "To what extent is your relationship with that Gu family youngster?"

Lin Shutong probably guessed grandfather's meaning; Gu Zhiyan's family background is not simple.

Although he has abandoned politics for business, the Gu family deals mostly with the powerful, and they are still in B City, the political center.

"Zhi Yan is also someone who fulfills my requests; I also know his sister Gu Yinxue, and we get along well," Lin Shutong doesn't say the whole truth.

Ji Lao's eyes shift, "Then, arrange for me to meet Gu Zhiyan."

"Alright, Grandfather!" Lin Shutong's face brightens, then quickly drops again.

Ji Lao: "What else?"

Lin Shutong: "Regarding the institute, Dad and Mom were right; I can't get in."

"A City has more than one institute."

"But the other institutes aren't as good as this one," Lin Shutong says, "Grandfather, didn't you say you must do your best at whatever you do?"

Ji Lao retorts, "Do you have that ability?"

Lin Shutong: "..."

"Grandfather!"

"Alright, alright, you calm down for a while," Ji Lao, also worried, continues thinking about how to handle the institute's questioning and investigation.

"I have another question for you."

Lin Shutong sees the grandfather's gaze heavy, her heart jumps, "What?"

"What's the situation between you and Shen Xun?" Ji Lao, having learned from the steward's investigation that Shen Xun and Jiang Lai are married, asks, "Do you know he's already married? And his spouse is Jiang Lai?"

"I..." Lin Shutong, facing the grandfather who raised her, cannot lie at that moment.

Lin Fu hears this, his eyes nearly bulging, shouts, "You're mixing with a married man?"

Ji Lao: "Raise your voice, raise it even more, as if you want everyone to know."

Lin Fu swallows his anger, Lin Mu's gaze at her daughter becomes complicated, and she quickly reaches out to soothe her husband.

"Shutong, is it true?"

"Mom, Dad, you don't know the truth of the matter, how can you look at me like that?" Lin Shutong explains, "Yes, I know Shen Xun is married, but Shen Xun doesn't love Jiang Lai; he married Jiang Lai back then to spite me, to see if I'd return for him. Now I've returned, Shen Xun will divorce Jiang Lai."

Lin Fu nearly faints with anger: "Then you should wait until they divorce, not get involved with him while they're still married, and using his money—do you know that's marital joint property?"

Lin Shutong knows.

She had previously learned from Xie Yongsi that Shen Xun's wife was an ordinary person, even an orphan, and thought that no matter how capable Jiang Lai was, she wouldn't know this.

Who would have thought Jiang Lai had another identity, and Ke Zhongyu even printed the data and shared it with everyone; Jiang Lai must have known.

She now also worries that Jiang Lai will sue her.

But just thinking that if the heavens were to collapse, Shen Xun would hold them up for her, she feels no fear.

Those things weren't requested by her; Shen Xun himself wanted to give them to her.

"We've already used everything; Shen Xun didn't say anything, Grandfather didn't say anything, what are you saying?"

Ji Lao: "I suppose you don't know how to phrase it either—just as you said, everything's already been used, what's the point of revisiting the past? Are you certain Shen Xun will get divorced? If he divorces now, the loss will be more than just a little."

Lin Shutong is uncertain.

How could she dare claim that Shen Xun's feelings toward Jiang Lai are now ambiguous, and his attitude toward her is also indecisive.

Lin Mu said, "If Shen Xun truly liked you, from the moment you left yesterday until today, why hasn't he come to see you? He hasn't even given you a phone call?"

Lin Shutong is left speechless, cornered.

Are these two really her parents? They keep pricking at her heart.

After a moment's thought, she said, "Shen Xun is too busy; this time the bid fell through, the company's senior executives have to give him a hard time. Once he's finished, he'll come find me."

Lin Shutong picked up her phone, watching the message she sent to Shen Xun remain unanswered, and felt uneasy.

And at that moment.

The butler led the institute staff over.

"Ji Lao, please go to the institute for a moment."

Ji Lao's gaze was clouded; what was meant to arrive still arrived.