Lin Rui nodded.
Lin Shi was right.
Since things had already escalated to this point, there was no need to keep up a stubborn front for the sake of so-called pride.
He had witnessed with his own eyes how Ji the Old Master stubbornly held on until the very end.
And what was the result? He lost both his dignity and his standing, and now he was still lying in the hospital, with it being uncertain whether he could even wake up.
The entire Ji Household had undergone a drastic upheaval.
Lin Rui had been walking on thin ice in the Lin Household for so many years.
He knew deeply that the moment he showed the slightest tendency toward weakness, the younger brothers behind him would step up one by one and trample him to death underfoot.
In the Lin Household, only by becoming the best could one survive, and no relaxation was tolerated.
*
Lin Rui asked, "Lin Lang, I'll only ask you this once: is this matter truly unrelated to you?"
Lin Lang put on a wronged expression. "No matter how many times you ask, it has nothing to do with me."
The next second, several bodyguards walked in from outside.
They directly pinned the assistant who had been standing behind Lin Lang all along.
Lin Lang failed to stop them and turned his head in shock to look at Lin Shi.
Lin Shi curled the corner of his lips. "Empty words are no proof; we still need to interrogate him to find out."
Lin Rui was also very surprised by Lin Shi's action of arranging bodyguards in advance.
But immediately, this surprise turned into a sense of relief.
It really was safer to keep people locked in his own hands.
Thinking this, the gaze Lin Rui cast