"Come eat breakfast." In the center of the Lin Family living room was a ten-meter-long table. In the book's original words, this was the layout of a top billionaire.
Lin Tai could not see any layout here. The Lin Family had very few people and hardly any relatives, making the long table even emptier.
"Dad, Shihan will definitely come back today, right?" Lin Tai had just sat down and immediately started acting as the devoted bootlicker.
In the original, he loved Xia Shihan crazily.
"Mm." Lin Zhentian's eyes flickered slightly as he unconsciously adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Zhentian's gaze fell softly on Lin Tai.
Faced with Lin Zhentian's care, Lin Tai's heart stirred. After transmigrating for eighteen years, Lin Zhentian had raised him personally.
Lin Zhentian's care was also meticulous.
According to the novel, Lin Zhentian regarded Lin Tai as a treasured son, willing to take responsibility no matter how outrageous Lin Tai behaved.
The Lin Family birthday banquet was made possible by Lin Zhentian's great business concessions to Xia Shihan to invite the heroine to attend.
All to make Lin Tai happy on his birthday.
Lin Tai knew all this from the novel, but he couldn't show it.
"Dad, eat more." Because of the plot, he could only ignore Lin Zhentian's concern; otherwise, it would be too hard to maintain the devoted bootlicker persona.
Twenty-three years of daily companionship made Lin Tai and Lin Zhentian's bond very deep.
He could only show his care in such minor plot scenes.
In The Emperor's Return, Lin Tai was most unwilling to leave Lin Zhentian, but he thought of the script where after being shot in the warehouse, Lin Zhentian became disillusioned, his hair turned white overnight, and he returned to the countryside to live a lonely old age.
Male-oriented refreshing novels usually end with the Vicious Male Side Character's family ruined and his death.
This was a good ending, so Lin Tai was at ease.
"Mm." Lin Zhentian nodded lightly, his joy impossible to hide.
His son had finally grown up and learned to care about him.
In his eyes, Lin Tai was perfect except for falling in love with that woman.
Xia Shihan appeared cold and noble on the surface but used darker and crueler business tactics than anyone. She was definitely not as good as she seemed.
He only regretted his son was still deceived by her.
What was his mistake? He simply hadn't seen through this woman.
"Today is your twenty-third birthday. Ziyu sent you a gift from abroad." Lin Zhentian handed Lin Tai a beautifully wrapped gift box.
"Lin Ziyu? She sent me a gift? Are you sure it's not a prank?" Lin Tai was genuinely surprised.
Lin Ziyu was Lin Tai's half-sister by different fathers and mothers. Compared to Lin Tai's persona, they were complete opposites: he was a natural waste, while Lin Ziyu was a born genius.
She had always been the best at everything.
Of course, their relationship was never good. She looked down on Lin Tai as a useless older brother and ignored him.
Three years ago, she went to study in Europe and barely returned, and when she did, it was only to see Father Lin and then leave.
She was also one of the male lead Ye Bai's harem. Because of her, Lin Zhentian survived after Lin Tai died.
The half-sibling setting was also to create distance and foreshadow between Lin Ziyu and Lin Zhentian.
"What nonsense are you talking? Ziyu is your sister; siblings don't hold grudges overnight." Lin Zhentian was unhappy; he always hoped Lin Ziyu and Lin Tai could get along peacefully.
"A Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle?" Opening the watch box revealed a timepiece of understated luxury—a manual-winding mechanical watch with "Lin Tai" engraved at the center of its movement. The restrained color palette only served to accentuate its exquisite craftsmanship.
Lin Tai tried it on. Surprisingly, it matched his temperament perfectly; it was clearly carefully chosen.
"Is Lin Ziyu crazy?" Lin Tai took off the watch to inspect it carefully. His relationship with Lin Ziyu was like fire and water; whenever they met, they mocked each other and might even fight.
Even with Lin Zhentian mediating, it had no effect.
In the previous life, Lin Ziyu had never given him gifts during this plot, not even remembering his birthday.
Something was definitely wrong!
This time, the plot felt very strange.
But one thing Lin Tai believed: Lin Ziyu definitely had her own plan.
Could it be that she was deliberately flattering Lin Zhentian for the Lin Family business?
Actually, it was unnecessary. Lin Tai's persona was aimless and only wanted Xia Shihan. Lin Zhentian knew what his son was like, so he sent Lin Ziyu abroad to study for the future inheritance of the family business.
So what was the real reason?
Lin Tai was puzzled. Why wasn't the heroine following the original plot?
It troubled him deeply!
"What are you saying? She is your sister. If she doesn't care about you, who will?" Lin Zhentian said grumpily. But just as Lin Tai said, Lin Ziyu's behavior was abnormal.
But Lin Zhentian didn't want to think too much. He only wanted to see his son and daughter get along peacefully, even if it was just for show.
"By the way, Ziyu said she would return from studying abroad within a month, and you should pick her up then."
"Dad, my personal advice is that you should take Lin Ziyu to have her head checked first." Lin Tai rolled his eyes and did not forget to be sarcastic.
It had to be said that Lin Tai's persona caused bad relationships with those around him. Most of the time, caring words from his mouth sounded bitter.
"You brat, do you believe I'll hit you?" Lin Zhentian raised his hand threateningly but did not actually hit. He had been reluctant to hit or scold Lin Tai all these years.
"Dad, I'm serious." Lin Tai was truly surprised; what the hell was this? Lin Ziyu was completely off script.
According to the original plot, this heroine would not return to the country until next year to prepare to take over the family business. Now, she was not following the script at all.
How was he supposed to follow the plot?
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