Seeing that neither his mother nor eldest sister said anything, Lin Wu simply brought out his trump card. He handed the phone to them and said,
"If you don't believe me, see for yourselves. This is footage of Little Brother dealing with one of the Starving Wolf Gang's small fry earlier. I slowed it down twenty times."
Fuck, this bastard!
Lin Xuan had not expected his second brother, Lin Wu, to pull something like this.
Clearly, when Lin Wu had used those Electronic Bees to track the people lurking in the shadows earlier, he had also recorded what happened at the scene.
As for the Starving Wolf Gang Lin Wu mentioned, they were simply the group of people the Lin Family had just dealt with.
When Lin Hai and the others had returned earlier, they exchanged intelligence and learned that this incident involved an organization called the Scarlet Church.
The Scarlet Church was not a native sect of Earth Origin Star, but one that existed in the Old Earth World.
No one knew where it originated. They only knew it wielded considerable influence and worshipped a deity known as the Scarlet Lord!
Whether it was the young man in white they had seen earlier or Ma Kun, who had impersonated a Public Security Bureau agent, both were Earth Origin Star natives who had converted to the Scarlet Church in the Old Soil before returning to Earth Origin Star in an attempt to expand the church's territory.
There were actually quite a few people like that every year, in every country. Great Xia Ancient Kingdom had relatively few of them, strictly speaking.
As for the criminal gang led by the hunched little old man whom Lin Rou had beaten into a dead dog, with its many Beastmorphs, they were all members of the Starving Wolf Gang.
Many members of the Starving Wolf Gang were wanted criminals from various countries. Unable to survive on Earth Origin Star, they had chosen to flee to the Old Soil.
This time, they had been fooled by people from the Scarlet Church into taking the risk of returning to Earth Origin Star, only to be greeted by total annihilation.
"Here, you take a look too—"
After Ye Hongyu and Lin Rou finished watching the recording Lin Wu had provided, they passed it to Lin Hai, who quickly finished watching it as well.
"Let me see, let me see!"
Curiously, Lin Long took the phone and quickly watched through it too.
Afterward, the whole family fell silent.
Because the footage showed Lin Xuan using the sharp tips of dining forks as concealed weapons to deal with the restaurant waiter disguised by that Starving Wolf Gang member.
"I'm sorry, Mom..."
Knowing he could no longer keep up the act, Lin Xuan could only speak softly.
"Silly boy, what do you have to apologize for? Would your parents dislike you for being too much of a genius?" Ye Hongyu suddenly stepped forward, picked Lin Xuan up in her arms, and smiled. "Besides, you only acted because you were afraid that bad guy would hurt Mommy. Otherwise, who would have known you were this amazing?"
"Hahahaha! My Lin Hai's son really is the fucking best!" Lin Hai suddenly laughed with his hands on his hips, even more excited than when he had learned he would receive Third-Class Merit.
Lin Rou sighed. "My teachers always said I was a martial arts prodigy seen once in a century. Little Brother is probably one seen once in a millennium, isn't he?"
But the one with the biggest reaction was undoubtedly Lin Long.
After watching the recording, she immediately wore an expression that said, I knew it, and muttered, "I kept telling you all that Little Brother obviously looked amazing, but you refused to believe me. You believe me now, right?"
As the only person in the family who had never been affected by the label of Premature Infant from beginning to end, Lin Long had truly been the lone sober person among a crowd of drunks.
When Lin Xuan had first returned home, he might indeed have looked rather weak.
But by the time he was one year old, his physical development had already far surpassed that of children his age, and Lin Long had witnessed all of it.
That was why she had never understood why the family always thought Little Brother Lin Xuan was so weak.
Only now that the truth had come to light did she finally feel vindicated.
Unfortunately, the family's attention was clearly not on whether she had been right before. Instead, they began discussing the possibility of Lin Xuan being admitted into the Spark Program.
"Come to think of it, how did you know about the Spark Program? Didn't Minister Li say it was a Level 6 secret?" Lin Hai suddenly turned to Lin Wu and asked.
A Level 6 secret was a secret only Level 6 Authority Holders and above were qualified to view. It was not top-secret, but neither was it something just anyone could learn about.
After joining the Crimson Flame Longjiang Branch, Lin Hai had advanced further, yet he was only a Level Three Authority Holder.
Even official Crimson Flame members started at Level Four Authority User.
Level 6 Authority Holders were generally at least the heads of departments or bureaus in Dragon River City, like Director Lei of the Dragon River Security Division.
"Ahem... Well, I just looked into it a little. Didn't I find out about the Starving Wolf Gang too?" Lin Wu replied casually.
Lin Wu was obviously talking nonsense, but the family all had a general idea of his circumstances. Since he did not want to say more, they did not press him.
"Then for the next few days, let's rest properly and not go running around everywhere," Ye Hongyu decided. "If Minister Li has any news, he might have Little Xuan take the assessment soon. We need to let him rest well so he won't be low on energy during the assessment."
Lin Rou nodded as well. "Indeed. We can have fun anytime; we're not missing out by taking a few days off... I'll also guide Little Brother over the next few days and teach him as much experience as possible for dealing with different situations in the shortest time."
Lin Wu added, "I can help with that too. Although I can't find detailed information on the Spark Program, I can analyze some possible assessment directions through indirect information and help Little Brother make some plans in advance."
Seeing Lin Wu showing off again, Lin Long immediately refused to be outdone. "Then I'll prepare some short-term enhancement potions for Little Brother. If nothing else, they'll at least keep him more alert during the assessment and improve his stamina."
But Lin Hai looked somewhat doubtful. "Won't they show up in a urine test?"
Lin Long could not help rolling her eyes. "They aren't stimulants. Even if they're detected, they'll just register as basic components from various foods and herbs. Even the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination wouldn't ban someone from taking Nutritional Supplements before an exam, would it? Besides, given Little Brother's age, I'll definitely be very careful with the ingredients."
Lin Rou also explained for Lin Long. "Don't worry, Dad. Before I took the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination, Little Sister prepared some potions for me too. They didn't affect anything."
Lin Hai immediately said awkwardly to Lin Long, "My mistake, my mistake. Don't hold it against me, sweetheart."
Ye Hongyu smiled. "Enough. You old fool, stop meddling in things between the children. It's not like they'd harm their own little brother."
Lin Long wrapped her arms around Ye Hongyu's arm and said coquettishly, "Mom understands me best. Unlike a certain chief detective, who always treats me like a child."
Faced with his daughter's jab, Lin Hai could only smile apologetically.
And so, Lin Xuan's life for the next few days was decided just like that, while he himself somehow became the person with the least say in it.
Still, seeing that his family continued to consider everything for him even after learning that he had been pretending to be foolish all this time truly moved him deeply.
I must secure a spot in the Spark Program!
Lin Xuan silently made up his mind.
This was also the first time since coming to this world that he had wanted so clearly to achieve a particular goal!
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