[Well, well, well. Look at Second Brother strutting like a peacock. Did he come back for his goddess again?]
[So hopelessly lovestruck. Even if you fed him zombies, he'd still go, "Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey."]
Lin Tingyue was wondering what excuse she could use to go out and find Lin Shengyan when she saw Bai Yaxin stand up first. Bai Yaxin said, "I want to see what the heck Second Brother's up to!"
With that, Bai Yaxin grabbed her bag and strode out, full of swagger. The others followed her one after another.
Bai Yaxin led the way, and Lin Tingyue brought up the rear. This little surveillance squad of theirs looked... very unprofessional.
[Second Brother's way too unobservant. How has he not noticed us?]
[No wonder he's so lovestruck!]
Lin Shengyan hadn't noticed them either, but then he heard Lin Tingyue's inner thoughts.
He hadn't told anyone in his family about his plans today. Why was Lin Tingyue here?
Had Lin Tingyue's inner thoughts developed into some kind of long-distance mode?
No, please. He still wanted a little peace and quiet. Could Lin Tingyue just leave him alone? Lin Shengyan turned around, and everyone fell silent for a moment.
Lin Shengyan: "...Mom, Dad, what are you doing here?"
Bai Yaxin wore a purple qipao, elegant and graceful, while Lin Rusong wore a black suit, handsome and composed. But both of them were hunched over, looking extremely suspicious!
Bai Yaxin straightened up and casually fiddled with her hair, trying to look elegant. "We're here for a banquet."
"Where's the banquet?"
Lin Shengyan had just seen them coming from the direction of the Western restaurant. If they were going to lie to him, they could at least come up with a better excuse. He might be lovestruck, but he wasn't brainless!
Bai Yaxin pointed at the hotel across the street. It was still a chaotic mess outside.
Lin Shengyan: "..."
He thought he understood what was going on. Meeting Lin Tingyue's eyes, he couldn't help thinking that any banquet Lin Tingyue attended would probably end up with not a blade of grass left standing.
"Second Brother, why are you looking at me?" Lin Tingyue blinked innocently.
[Second Brother's already off to a bad start. Mom and Dad caught him, so he's done for. Hahaha.]
Lin Shengyan: "..."
Why was he staring at you? Lin Tingyue, you were so noisy!
Lin Rusong asked, "Lin Shengyan, did you come back to see Cheng Jinshuang?"
Lin Shengyan said helplessly, "Dad, do you really think I'm that kind of person?"
Even a hopeless romantic could change for the better!
Lin Rusong looked at Lin Shengyan. After all, Lin Rusong was quite open-minded in the Lin Family, and he was afraid of hurting his children's feelings. Hearing Lin Shengyan say that, he asked hesitantly, "You don't like Cheng Jinshuang anymore?"
Lin Shengyan replied without hesitation, "How could that be?"
Lin Rusong: "..."
Fine, fine. Lin Shengyan had really grown cocky-now he even dared to fool him. Lin Rusong said angrily, "Lin Shengyan, come home with me. Right now!"
Seeing that Lin Rusong was getting angry, Lin Shengyan behaved himself. "Dad, I can't go home yet. I came to attend an event."
Lin Rusong asked, "Really?"
Why didn't he believe him?
Lin Shengyan was at his wits' end. "Dad, can't people just trust each other a little more?"
Lin Rusong snorted. Lin Tingyue asked, "Second Brother, isn't the event you're attending being held at this hotel?"
[If it is, it's probably already gone bust.]
"No, it isn't."
[Though I don't know why, I'm still relieved.]
Bai Yaxin was still worried. To be safe, she said, "We'll go with you. When the event's over, you can come home with us."
[Just let the rain fall~]
[Not only does Dad not trust you, Second Brother, Mom doesn't trust you either.]
[Is Second Brother about to cry?]
[Oh, why is Second Brother glaring at me? Was I making my schadenfreude too obvious?]
Lin Tingyue hid behind Bai Yaxin.
If they didn't believe him, fine. Lin Shengyan really was here for work, and he had nothing to feel guilty about. He said, "All right, Mom, Dad. I'll take you there."
The event was being held not far from the hotel. A new development was opening there today.
Lin Rusong whispered to Bai Yaxin, "I think this is Old Du's development. He invited me, but..."
Although Bai Yaxin wasn't close with Wen Jie, you never knew when some juicy gossip might come up. And now there really was some.
Lin Rusong turned the invitation down on the spot.
New developments opened all the time, but a wedding banquet this juicy was a rare thing.
Bai Yaxin said, "Good call."
Lin Rusong wasn't all that close with Old Du anyway.
As soon as Lin Shengyan arrived, he went to get his makeup done. When Old Du came over, Bai Yaxin and Lin Rusong immediately put on smiles. Old Du said, "Old Lin, I didn't expect such a busy man as you to make it after all."
Lin Rusong said, "Our schedules clashed. As soon as things wrapped up over there, I came straight here."
"I heard something happened at the Nian Family's wedding banquet. What exactly happened?"
"It's a long story."
While Lin Rusong was talking to Old Du, the staff in charge of reception saw how familiar they were with the boss and seated Bai Yaxin and the others in the front row.
The event was scheduled to begin at half past two. It was almost time, but there was no sign of it starting.
Old Du kept checking his watch. He was superstitious and thought that if the timing was off, it would bring bad luck, so he sent someone to hurry them along.
Meanwhile, Lin Tingyue noticed something was wrong too.
[That's strange. Why hasn't the event started yet?]
[Did something happen?]
Here we go again!
So there was juicy gossip at both places?
Bai Yaxin and Lin Xiawan's eyes lit up as they moved closer to Lin Tingyue. Even Lin Shengyan, waiting backstage, pricked up his ears.
[Let me see... Besides Second Brother, Xingsheng Group invited another female guest. She came in through a different entrance and accidentally saw her boyfriend with a blonde, blue-eyed woman...]
[And this female guest's boyfriend is the heir to Xingsheng Group. Doesn't that mean the heir cheated on her on the day of the new development's opening?]
Lin Rusong almost laughed. He and Old Du had only ever been on the surface friendly. Last time, Old Du had even snatched a business deal from their company. Wasn't he superstitious? Bad timing compared with his son cheating-surely the latter was worse luck.
Old Du's face had already turned livid. He told his assistant to hurry and find his son. Lin Tingyue sneaked after the assistant.
[Wait for me, juicy gossip! Juicy gossip!]
Xingsheng Group was loaded, so they'd set up a gigantic stage for the new development's opening. A huge screen on the stage displayed the words "Xingsheng Group."
The assistant walked straight past the screen and went around to the display models of the apartments behind it. Lin Tingyue saw the female guest, Yun Xixue, storming toward the apartments too.
[Wrong, wrong. They're not in the apartments at all.]
Yun Xixue stopped in her tracks. Where had that voice come from?
Was someone warning her? That jerk was fooling around behind her back, and he wasn't in the apartments. Where was he, then?
[No way. They actually picked a brand-new RV. He sure knows how to have fun. How am I supposed to hint to her?]
Several RVs were parked beside the apartment display models. Lin Tingyue had no idea why they'd been parked there either. Maybe it was some kind of clever touch.
Lin Tingyue was racking her brains, trying to think of a way to give someone a hint without making it obvious. Then she saw Yun Xixue heading toward the RVs with her assistant, and her eyes lit up.
[Women's intuition really is amazing!]
But the two of them searched all the RVs and didn't see anyone.
[Huh? They're not inside the RVs? Then where did they go?]
Just then, Yun Xixue heard some unspeakable noises coming from behind a silver RV. She pushed open the window but saw nothing. Her heart sank, and she was about to get out and circle around to take a look.
[Ahhh, no! Pretty lady, don't go over there. It's so spicy for the eyes!]
Yun Xixue stopped. At that moment, the staff member controlling all the surveillance cameras near the stage was so engrossed in the juicy gossip that she accidentally projected the footage from behind the RV onto the big screen.
The main selling point of Xingsheng Group's new development was its safety. The surveillance cameras covered every angle, and not only did they capture a clear image, they also played the audio at the same time.
And so...
[Did this count as getting it on in the wild?]
Chapter 13
Everyone who saw the scene froze in stunned silence. Only when Old Du abruptly stood up with a roar did they snap back to their senses.
Was this really something you could see at the opening event of a new development?
This had already reached the point of spreading obscene, pornographic material, hadn't it?
Old Du ran straight to the control booth and told them to shut off the footage. Only then did the staff member, who'd been engrossed in the gossip, realize what a huge mistake she'd made. She hurriedly shut the footage off.
Old Du gestured for the host he'd hired earlier to go onstage and save the situation.
The host stood frozen in place. Who was supposed to save the situation? Him?
When they hired him, they hadn't said the job would be this difficult.
But difficult or not, he still had to earn his money. Smiling, the host walked onto the stage.
Old Du walked toward the back of the stage, his face dark, and headed for the area near the RV, intending to drag that unfilial son out with his own hands.
Wasn't he an unfilial son, though?
He had ruined the grand opening of the new development Old Du had painstakingly planned. Who knew how far Xingsheng Group's stock would fall after this!
When he got there, Yun Xixue was still standing near the silver RV. He didn't even glance at her, heading straight for the back of the RV.
Those two were actually-actually still...
In an instant, Old Du's blood pressure soared. He yanked the unfilial son off the person beneath him, then slapped him across the face.