My carefree life in space

Chapter 130 Ning Ya's Guess

That night, Mo Ze held Lin Shushu in his arms on the bed, without saying a word. He was still somewhat disappointed when he heard Lin Shushu say during the day that she wasn't going to get married for the time being.

Sensing that Mo Ze was somewhat disappointed, Lin Shushu knew the reason.

She turned around and hugged him, burying her face in his chest. "Don't overthink what happened today. I didn't mean I didn't want to marry you."

"I know," Mo Ze's muffled voice came from above.

"Then how did you..."

Before Lin Shushu could finish speaking, Mo Ze pinned her down. Mo Ze gazed at her affectionately, his eyes filled with her image.

Lin Shushu almost lost control under that ardent gaze. She looked away, thinking, "Hmm, the charm of a handsome man can actually be quite effective." She felt that if Mo Ze proposed marriage now, she might not be able to refuse.

To avoid impulsively agreeing to something, Lin Shushu had no choice but to explain, "Mo Ze, although I don't know how far our cultivation will go, later... that will be beneficial to our cultivation."

She wasn't sure if Mo Ze could understand, but she felt a little embarrassed to explain in detail, even though the two were already quite close.

In fact, Mo Ze didn't know much about this, but he respected Lin Shushu and never doubted her, so he naturally believed whatever she said.

“I’ll listen to you, but…” He straightened Lin Shushu’s head so that she could look directly at him, and then a lingering kiss landed on her.

Lin Shushu did not dodge. When their feelings were intense, apart from the final step, some intimate gestures were always inevitable.

As for why he was able to hold back at the last moment, it's easy to understand. After all, for a cultivator, if he couldn't even endure this, then all his cultivation would have been in vain.

After that night, the two tacitly agreed on the marriage. Jin Siyue stopped bringing it up and returned to her previous carefree life of learning to cook and traveling around.

While they were having a great time, some people on the Imperial Star were in a terrible predicament.

Lin Chenghui had been having a really tough time lately, with his children getting into trouble one after another. In his worry, he neglected the family business. When he finally realized it, he found that his family had gained many new competitors.

One of the companies, in particular, called "Yijiu," has shown strong growth momentum and once snatched away several promising mining opportunities.

Although they were resentful and even considered using their power to intimidate the other party, the other party was not afraid at all, and their suppression could not make a ripple at all.

Lin Chenghui knew that the other party was no pushover and must have a powerful backer, but he didn't know which one.

For many years, the Lin family has controlled most of the energy market. In the past, there have been people who have tried to take a share of the pie from them, but none of them have succeeded.

This time, due to family matters, he neglected his work, and by the time he realized it, the other party had already become a force to be reckoned with.

With a bang, Lin Chenghui slammed his teacup down on the table and glared angrily at his subordinates who were reporting to him. "What do you mean by 'someone else beat us to it again'? What are you all good for?"

The subordinates were obsequious and dared not utter a sound, letting Lin Chenghui unleash his tirade.

After a long silence, Lin Chenghui finally stopped talking and slumped weakly into his chair. "Get out!"

The subordinates, relieved, immediately fled the Lin family as quickly as possible. The patriarch had been unpredictable lately; next time, they would definitely have to find someone else.

When Lin Chenghui was the only one left in the room, he closed his eyes and seemed to see his children unconscious again, which made him even more agitated.

Some time ago, I tried to obtain a spiritual fruit through His Majesty the Emperor, but unfortunately, even though they offered great benefits, I still couldn't get a single one.

He didn't suspect that others were deliberately withholding him; after all, the shop selling spirit fruits hadn't stocked them for a long time, so it seemed they were truly out of stock. His last hope was shattered, and he didn't know what to do anymore.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. "Master, the old lady requests your presence!"

Lin Chenghui was taken aback. His mother had been in poor health recently, probably due to excessive grief. Apart from occasionally visiting Zihao and Keke, she hadn't left her yard for a long time. Could it be that something had happened again that she asked him to go?

He didn't have time to guess what was going on and hurried to his mother's yard.

When he saw his mother lying in bed looking twenty years older, he was filled with disbelief. How could his mother have changed so much in just a few days?

"Mom, what's wrong..." He stepped forward and grabbed her hand, unable to continue asking. Besides Zihao and Keke, what else could make his mother so worried?

Lin Chenghui was unaware that he had guessed wrong this time. Although Ning Ya was worried about her grandchildren, she wouldn't have looked this haggard. Her current state was entirely due to her guilty conscience; she was scaring herself.

"Boss, you're here." Ning Ya slowly sat up with Lin Chenghui's help, leaning against the headboard and looking at him.

"Mom, is there something you need?" Lin Chenghui picked up a pillow and placed it behind Ning Ya's back to make her more comfortable.

"Boss, do you remember that person?"

Lin Chenghui was taken aback. Who was it?

Seeing his puzzled look, Ning Ya knew that her approach back then had been very successful. See? Now, isn't that the case? The traces of that person's existence have been forgotten.

Ningya looked at her son and saw no need to hide anything.

"I mean that little bastard."

Hearing his mother say this, Lin Chenghui was lost in memories from decades ago. Back then, his mother had referred to someone in this way, that was... that was the eldest son of the Lin family, while he was merely the son of a second wife.

However, not to mention that no one remembers it now, even back then, the siblings didn't realize this, since their mother was the head of the household.

As for the so-called eldest son, he was just a nobody who had lost his mother, and nobody cared about him at all.

But wasn't he dead for many years? Why is Mother bringing him up now?

"He's been dead for so long, why is Mother bringing him up?"

Seeing her son's puzzled look, Ning Ya angrily revealed her guess.

"I suspect he's not dead at all, and that everything in the house now might be his doing."

Upon hearing his mother's words, Lin Chenghui's first reaction was disbelief. "Mom, you're overthinking it. Didn't that guard say he was dead back then?"

"That's just the guard's side of the story. Who saw his body?" Ning Ya insisted on her guess.

"That's impossible. What reason would that guard have to lie to us? Besides, didn't they bring back a baby girl back then? If he's not dead, why would he send his daughter back?"

Ning Ya understood the implication in Lin Chenghui's words: if that person were still alive, he would never send his daughter back to the Lin family, otherwise he would be pushing his daughter into a fire pit.

After all, his own upbringing wasn't good, and he probably wouldn't have done it if he hadn't been forced to. Since he did it, it means he's no longer here.

After her son's analysis, Ningya began to doubt her own guess. But besides that person, who else could harbor hatred towards the Lin family?

"Boss, I still feel there's something inside that we don't know about. Here's what you'd like: send someone to that... what planet, to see if there's anything unusual there."