Chapter 130 Sister (2)
Chapter 130 Sister (2)
Hearing Lin Xueer say this, Lin Tao's heart ached. He raised his hand and gently wiped away the tears on his face, trying to calm himself down. He knew how complicated and even heavy the matter regarding his father was.
"I think she did this to protect you. I guess she actually doesn't want you to bear all this too early. Our family has experienced too many changes and pains. We will bear these things, and you don't have to get involved." Lin Tao's voice was very low, and his eyes fell on Lin Xueer, full of heartache.
Tian Tian, who was sitting next to him, understood the pain deep in Lin Tao's heart at the moment, gently held his hand, and gave him some comfort.
"I know." Lin Xue'er's eyes were filled with tears, but a smile was on her face. "That's why I've been waiting for you to recognize me when you feel the time is right." Lin Xue'er's eyes also shone with a desire for family affection, and the look she gave Lin Tao was filled with burning emotion.
"So, do you miss your mother?" Lin Xueer tried hard to control her emotions and asked carefully.
This question struck Lin Tao's most vulnerable nerve like a bolt of lightning. He had deliberately tried to avoid it the moment he saw Lin Xue'er. He certainly understood that his mother's choice at that time was the right one. Although rationally he chose to forgive his mother, emotionally he could not accept her abandoning him and his father to leave with his second uncle.
Lin Xue'er seemed to see Lin Tao's inner struggle, so she continued, "Mom and Second Uncle actually never had any relationship."
When these words were spoken, not only Lin Tao, but also Tian Tian beside him was shocked.
"Didn't the outside world say that they..." Tian Tian wanted to express the doubts in her heart, but she stopped halfway and turned to look at Lin Tao. From his doubtful and serious eyes, she seemed to see the same doubts as hers.
Lin Xue'er shook her head slightly. "The reason there are such rumors in the outside world is that they have no choice. I don't know what the hidden truth is, and they have never told me. But I can guarantee that they have always been innocent. Privately, my second uncle has always called my mother sister-in-law, and they have always kept a good distance."
Lin Tao slowly sat up straight, his heart pounding. For a long time, he had believed his mother had abandoned him and his father to follow his uncle, and he had always assumed it was his uncle who betrayed him and his father. But now, it seemed, his belief wasn't necessarily true. What secret was hidden here?
"When you put it that way, I'm even more confused." Lin Tao's voice trembled. "If that's really the case, then I can't understand her choice."
"Some things aren't as simple as we think," Tian Tian interjected. "We tend to interpret other people's decisions from our own perspective, but everyone has their own hidden struggles."
Lin Tao nodded silently and turned to look at the sea in the distance. At the end of the sea, a lonely fishing boat was moving slowly, gradually disappearing into the depths of the sea.
At the same time, in a luxurious private room at the Dongli Club, Beichen crossed his legs and looked at the man opposite him with an indifferent expression. His face still had that rebellious look on it, as if he didn't care about the man in front of him at all.
On the coffee table between them was the gambling agreement they had signed together. The man's face looked very calm, as if he didn't care about his current attitude. Or perhaps he had known from the beginning that Beichen would have this attitude.
"You have been plotting against me from the beginning, right?" Finally, Beichen broke the silence first, looking at Ibrahim with murderous eyes.
Ibrahim remained unhurried, just smiled faintly and pushed the contract in front of him forward. "You signed the contract yourself. I didn't force you to do anything."
Beichen didn't look at the contract, his eyes still fixed on Ibrahim's face. He wanted to see something, but he couldn't see anything.
"It was you who came to us in the beginning. To be honest, you were not our initial choice. According to the current situation of your Beiming Group, you can't even join our board of directors." Ibrahim sat up straight and looked at Beichen. The two people's eyes finally met for the first time, but there was no spark as expected. Instead, they seemed very calm.
"So this is a trap set up in advance? Just waiting for me to fall into it, right?" Beichen said to Ibrahim with his eyes slightly narrowed.
"Is there any point in saying this now?" Ibrahim's face was always smiling, looking very gentlemanly and handsome. But to Beichen now, it was full of contempt and ridicule.
"So, what do you want now?" Beichen put the wine glass in his hand on the table and turned his gaze towards the door.
There, he had already deployed his own men. If Ibrahim really came for his Beiming Group, he would ruthlessly mobilize his men to kill the guy in front of him.
Although the Beiming Group is no longer very important to him, he does not want to be bullied and teased at will.
"Don't look. Your people can't come." Ibrahim smiled contemptuously again, picked up the document on the table, and flicked the thin paper with his right middle finger. "You know who I want to see. You have no say in this matter. You have no say in it."
His sight returned to the beach. Tian Tian had already left with Lin Xueer, and now only Lin Tao was left sitting alone under the palm tree beside the beach.
A slight breeze picked up on the sea, and the originally calm sea surface began to ripple slightly. The fishing boat that had been far away reappeared on the sea level, gradually getting bigger and closer.
A red shadow came from afar, slowly and leisurely walking towards his position.
"Please sit down!" Lin Tao knew who was coming without even looking up. This was a tacit understanding developed between the two over the years.
Mirei Nakajima didn't say anything. She frowned and looked at the beach and sea in the distance. She pulled over the chair where Tian Tian had sat before and sat down.
"What's going on?" Nakajima Mirei spat out the betel nut she was chewing and asked lightly.
"It's different from what we thought before. There are many things hidden in it, but Yiyi doesn't seem to know much." Yiyi is Lin Tao's nickname for Lin Xueer. Lin Xueer's original name should be Lin Xueyi, and she changed it after going to Iran.
"Did the Jiang family really not notice anything for all these years?" Nakajima Meiling asked Lin Tao, looking at him in confusion. "According to your memory, they were taken away by the Jiang family, but why did they go to Iran? Why did Yiyi later change her name to Lin Xueer? Could all this have been so easily concealed?"
Lin Tao shook his head, "I don't know either, and Yiyi doesn't know either. If we want to know the details, we can only go and meet her..." Lin Tao wanted to say "Mom", but the words couldn't come out when they came to his lips.
"Then let's meet!" Nakajima Mirei said straightforwardly.
Lin Tao looked up at her with a complicated expression. Nakajima Meiling gave him a firm look, and then he made a decision in his heart.
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