"What would you two like?"
Su Lin gallantly handed the menu to Lin Xiaowan. "Xiao Wan, you order."
Expectation was written all over Lin Xiaowan's adorably naive little face. "Miss, give us two portions of your signature barbecue. Besides barbecue, do you have any other dishes?"
"Yes. Barbecue is our specialty, but we also have some small dishes and side dishes."
"Then give me a bit of everything."
"Certainly~!!!"
After the waitress left, Lin Xiaowan eagerly asked, "Su Lin, where are we going to have fun this afternoon?"
Su Lin froze, then looked a little dumbfounded. "I originally planned to spend the whole day at the amusement park—escape room in the morning, other attractions in the afternoon. But we got out early, so I really haven't figured out where to go next."
"Ah~!!"
Lin Xiaowan was initially a little disappointed, then said, "If we have nowhere to go this afternoon, why don't we visit Xiao Yu's dad?"
Su Lin shook his head. "Uncle Xia is recuperating and preparing for surgery. There's no point in us visiting him now. We might as well ask Xiao Yu to come shopping with us this afternoon."
Lin Xiaowan looked at Su Lin suspiciously. "Su Lin, do you have something going on?"
Su Lin said in surprise, "Xiao Wan, what kind of brain do you have? Was I that obvious?"
Lin Xiaowan shook her head. "You weren't obvious, but I have a feeling something's up. Otherwise, you wouldn't be asking us to go shopping. Are you buying something?"
Su Lin shook his head. "Well, we'll talk once we see Xiao Yu. Otherwise, I'd have to tell you once, then tell Xiao Yu again. It'd be troublesome."
"Mm~!! Looks like it's something pretty major."
"Hehe, the barbecue's here. Let's eat first."
"Okay~!!!"
While Su Lin and Lin Xiaowan enjoyed their time alone together, eating barbecue and chatting, the handsome man and beautiful woman drew countless gazes.
Ye Feng, on the other hand, wasn't receiving such good treatment.
Liu Mei drove her electric tricycle home with Ye Feng, then immediately called Ye Weimin back.
Ye Weimin hurried home. "Wife, what happened? Why did you call me back so urgently? Is business good? Do you need me to help?"
Liu Mei burst into tears at once. She pointed at Ye Feng and cried, "Ask your precious son what he's done. Let him tell you himself."
Ye Weimin instantly sensed that something was wrong.
Whether business was good or bad, Liu Mei wouldn't have worn this expression. Since she was so angry, something much bigger must have happened.
Ye Weimin looked at Ye Feng. "Xiao Feng, what exactly happened?"
"I... I... I don't know how to say it." Faced with the suppression of his bloodline, Ye Feng could no longer act arrogant.
"You had the nerve to do it, so what's there to be ashamed of saying?"
Liu Mei's emotions collapsed completely. She shouted, "Do you know what your son did? He tricked Old Xia's daughter and swindled away the money for Old Xia's life-saving kidney transplant! Eighty thousand yuan, a full eighty thousand! That's more than your and my wages for two years, and your precious son actually..."
After hearing Liu Mei's tearful, fragmented account, Ye Weimin was completely stunned. He had never imagined Ye Feng would do something like this.
"Mom~! I told you, I didn't trick her. I borrowed it! I borrowed the money from Xia Shiyu." Ye Feng emphasized, trying to make Liu Mei believe him.
"You're still making excuses! Your classmate already said that if someone hadn't threatened to call the police, you weren't even planning to pay it back! Ye Weimin, are you still not going to discipline your son? He can cheat people out of money at such a young age—what will become of him when he grows up?"
Ye Weimin looked at Ye Feng. "So when you told me that day you were taking a hundred thousand to trade stocks, you lied to me? Your so-called insider information was fake too? You used that money to repay the debt, didn't you?"
"I..."
"Answer me. Yes or no?" Ye Weimin roared.
"Y-yes."
"Dad, what I said about stock trading was true too, it's just that I needed—"
Slap~!! A palm struck Ye Feng across the face.
"You're still making excuses even now! You don't have the slightest remorse!~!!"
"Dad, I..."
Slap~! Another slap.
"Old Ye, don't use your hands. Use the rolling pin." Liu Mei somehow produced her family heirloom.
Ye Weimin took it, and Ye Feng instantly panicked.
"Dad... Dad..."
"Awooo~!!!"
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Ye Feng lay facedown on his bed, staring lifelessly at the slightly faded pillow in front of him.
He began to question his life.
After being reborn, he had originally thought he could quickly amass his first fortune, then grow bigger and stronger, win over both his childhood sweetheart and his white moonlight, and reach the pinnacle of life.
Yet reality dealt him a massive blow.
Failure after failure made him begin to reflect on himself.
So a useless person who was reborn couldn't become heaven's favored son after all. He was still useless.
Although he was doing much better than in his previous life, Ye Feng knew that he had been reborn and possessed an extremely powerful memory.
It was like getting cheats on top of cheats.
Yet he had still ended up like this.
"Maybe I really am a hopeless fool? I've been reborn, and my memory got stronger. How did things turn out this way?"
"And Su Lin—what kind of ridiculous luck did that guy stumble into?"
It wasn't that Ye Feng hadn't been suspicious, but whenever he carefully reviewed what he had done, he found that the problems had all been his own.
When stockpiling goods, he had been too greedy. When collecting Gastrodia elata, if he had been more careful and signed contracts before paying, things wouldn't have turned out like this.
And regarding the loan, he had hurt Xia Shiyu too deeply.
"How laughable. I had four twos and two jokers, yet I played such a perfect hand into a complete mess."
"Ah~!!!"
"Is there still a chance? The money was confiscated, and these injuries will take at least a week to heal."
Ye Feng tried to turn over, but pain shot through his body, especially his butt and back.
Ye Weimin had truly hit hard. He had really lost his temper this time.
"What am I supposed to do? I won't even be able to get out of bed for at least three days."
"Sigh, I should just study properly this week. Next month is the midterm exam, followed by the final monthly exam. Su Lin..."
In order to earn some credit and salvage his parents' impression of him, Ye Feng had no choice but to take out his books and study.
But Ye Feng was shocked to discover that material he used to remember after reading twice now wouldn't stick even after more than ten readings.
"How... how can this be? Why can't I remember it? Why has my memory declined?"
Ye Feng completely panicked. His powerful memory was the foundation of his confidence in betting against Su Lin. Now that his memory had declined, he was utterly terrified.
"Impossible. My memory has always been excellent."
"Maybe too much happened today, and I'm just too tired?"
Ye Feng set the book aside. "I'll sleep. It'll be fine after I sleep."
"Mm~!!!"
Ding~!! Congratulations to the host. Through Lin Xiaowan's report, Ye Feng suffered a combined beating, dealing him a mental blow and making him question his life. You have obtained two chances to draw from the European Emperor Treasure Chest.
Ding~! Due to the host's repeated suppression, the Protagonist suffered a mental blow. Protagonist Ye Feng's memory ability has been reduced by 20%, and his memories from his previous life have been reduced by 20%.
Su Lin, who was driving Lin Xiaowan to the hospital, was stunned when he heard the system's voice in his mind.
Su Lin thought, This is all thanks to Lin Xiaowan. If I'd known telling their parents would have such a great effect, I would've said it long ago, okay?
"Su Lin, focus on driving, okay? I'm right beside you. It's not like I'll run away, yet you're still looking at me while driving." Lin Xiaowan said shyly.
She had become very clear about her own feelings. She had fallen for Su Lin.
But she felt that the two of them shouldn't progress too quickly. Who would have thought Su Lin would be like an awkward idiot, looking at her even while driving?
At the same time, Lin Xiaowan was very happy inside.
Didn't Su Lin acting like this prove just how charming she was? It also showed that Su Lin genuinely liked her.
Lin Xiaowan was delighted, and her whole body seemed to enter a strange state, as if pink bubbles of love were radiating from her.
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