What Does He Do?

Linear A was an undeciphered script from ancient Crete, part of the Minoan Civilization.

Only a handful of people in academia knew the term, let alone could recognize it from a photograph.

Yet the woman before him had reached that conclusion after seeing just one photo.

"How did you—" Gavin stared at his mother in surprise. "Have you studied this before?"

Lin Wanyin studied the photograph with keen interest.

"I majored in linguistics at university. I wrote a paper on this. Didn't I mention it?"

"I always thought you studied law."

"That came after I met your father. I switched to legal work to help with his company." Lin Wanyin took off her apron and draped it over the back of a chair.

"I studied linguistics as both an undergraduate and a graduate student, focusing on ancient scripts and language structures. Later, when your father started his business, he kept running into international contracts, patent disputes, and all kinds of legal documents. I helped out a few times, then ended up taking charge of the legal department. I got my law license while I was at it."

"...While you were at it?"

A distant memory flashed through Gavin's mind.

In his previous life, when he was working on his doctorate, his adviser had made a joke—

The best speakers in law school usually hadn't studied law as undergraduates.

"Didn't you graduate from Zhongguancun Women's College?"

Lin Wanyin paused, then worked out what the nickname meant and nodded with a smile.

"That's a funny name for it."

Gavin still found it hard to believe. "You wrote a paper on Linear A at university?"

"I did, but it wasn't well received at the time." Lin Wanyin picked up the rubbing and slowly traced the edge of a symbol with her finger. "My