Lin Lu was lying on the bed browsing Weibo. The topic of Qin Ge Group’s unfortunate defeat had entered the top ten hot searches. It was said that Qin Ge Group and the investors had even signed a betting agreement, and the amount of compensation for failing to secure the land was frightening.
Lin Lu found various analyses fascinating, and a smug smile lingered on his face.
After sending emails, Xue Wensong reached out and tickled Lin Lu’s sides, chuckling, “Why so happy?”
“They deserve it,” Lin Lu said.
“Something even more interesting has happened. Do you want to know?” Xue Wensong asked.
Putting down his phone, Lin Lu cuddled up to Xue Wensong, blinking his big eyes, waiting for him to continue.
Xue Wensong set aside his laptop, embraced Lin Lu, and toyed with his hair. “Qin Ge Group tried to win me over because they got wind of a government project in advance, wanting to benefit from my involvement in it.”
“I know that,” Lin Lu eagerly said. “I just read an analysis saying you’ve been dragging your feet and not cooperating with them.”
“Yeah,” Xue Wensong smiled. “Because I never intended to cooperate with them from the start.”
Suddenly, a vague thought flashed through Lin Lu’s mind. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn’t form a coherent thought.
“The public generally believes my new company won’t succeed, but I’ve already found a partner,” Xue Wensong continued.
Lin Lu’s brain worked overtime, and he suddenly realized, “Your family must be really wealthy, right? Otherwise, how could Auntie secure that piece of land?”
“It’s alright,” Xue Wensong replied casually.
“And you…” The tangled mess of thoughts in Lin Lu’s mind finally unraveled a bit, and he realized what he was trying to articulate. He asked, dazedly, “Then why did you marry me?”
Xue Wensong smirked but didn’t say anything.
“Since your family has money, why did Qin Ge help you pay the industry restriction breach fee?” Lin Lu asked. “And they only agreed to help you on the condition that you marry me. Why did you agree to that?”
“Darling,” Xue Wensong interrupted Lin Lu’s rapid-fire questions, “it’s not coercion; it’s offering oneself up on a platter.”
Lin Lu couldn’t keep up with the pace again, staring blankly at Xue Wensong. He asked, “What are you saying?”
“Huh? What’s wrong?” Xue Wensong was somewhat surprised by Lin Lu’s reaction.
Lin Lu sat up, looking straight at Xue Wensong, and asked, “Where did you hear that saying?”
Xue Wensong was puzzled but replied, “I came up with it myself. Don’t you think the abacus is fascinating?”
“You… came up with it?!”
“Ah, I remember now.” Xue Wensong finally realized why Little Deer reacted like that. “I attended a exchange conference at P University before and saw a little crybaby in the lounge. I wrote a sentence to comfort him.”
Lin Lu’s face showed a shocked expression. He immediately jumped off the bed, took out an old notebook from his backpack, opened the front page, and pointed to a line of text, asking, “Did you write this?”
Xue Wensong glanced at it and smiled. “Yeah, what’s wrong?”
Lin Lu was first stunned, then he felt overwhelming joy welling up in his heart. He threw himself into Xue Wensong’s arms, hugging him tightly, and said, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
Xue Wensong groaned from being hugged so tightly. “…Was there a need to say it?”
“Of course!” Lin Lu raised his head. “That day I also met Lu Shaoyang, and I always thought it was him who wrote it for me.”
“Like this?” Xue Wensong raised an eyebrow.
“If I had known it was you who wrote it, I would’ve…”
“Would’ve what?”
“…I would’ve studied hard,” Lin Lu said.
Xue Wensong chuckled, “Studying indeed doesn’t suit you.”
At this moment, Lin Lu suddenly thought of another question. “So, did you know who I was before marrying me?”
“Yeah.”
“If it was someone else, would you still have accepted the Qin family’s proposal?” Lin Lu leaned forward a bit.
“Of course not,” Xue Wensong replied without hesitation.
“So, you liked me from the beginning!” Lin Lu smiled, his eyes curved into crescents.
“Um,” Xue Wensong gently stroked the hair at the back of Lin Lu’s neck, thinking that this little deer had suddenly become quite smart.
“So, you fell in love with me at first sight!” Lin Lu continued.
“…It’s not that exaggerated.”
The next moment, Lin Lu took the initiative to kiss Xue Wensong on the lips. Although his kissing skills lacked finesse, it was still enjoyable for Xue Wensong.
“Baby… are you sure about tonight?” Xue Wensong took the lead and rolled over, pinning Lin Lu beneath him. “I’m afraid you won’t wake up tomorrow.”
“Then I won’t get up,” Lin Lu coquettishly replied.
“But we have to go to the Qin family tomorrow,” Xue Wensong said, releasing Lin Lu and rubbing their noses together. “We need to let them know what trouble they’ve stirred up.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Lu stopped his playful mood. Compared to everything else, facing the Qin family was the real deal.
He quickly crawled under the covers, ready to sleep, prompting Xue Wensong to ask with a smile, “Are you that eager?”
“I need to rest up. Tomorrow, I’ll show them who’s boss and tell them, ‘Don’t mess with my husband.’”
However, the next day, when Lin Lu followed Xue Wensong to the Qin family villa and found all the elders waiting for them in the living room, his confidence deflated instantly. He slowed his pace and deliberately fell behind Xue Wensong.
Seeing Little Deer’s fear, Xue Wensong held his hand and brought him closer, whispering, “Don’t be afraid.”
Qin Zhengguo, as the head of the Qin family, sat in the center. To his left sat his wife, Zhao Xiaoqiao, and the sofa to his right was left empty, obviously reserved for Xue Wensong.
As it was a single-seater sofa, Lin Lu couldn’t sit on Xue Wensong’s lap in this situation. He tactfully retreated to the long table in the dining area, where a few other juniors were seated, including Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan waved at Lin Lu, who, under the scrutiny of the others, sat down next to him. He whispered, “What’s the situation now?”
“I was about to ask you the same. Which deity is your husband? He managed to mess up the financial center project for the Qin family,” Qin Chuan raised his eyebrows in surprise.
“How did you know it was him? The news didn’t mention it,” Lin Lu asked.
“Was it really him?” Qin Chuan looked surprised. “I was just guessing.”
Lin Lu fell silent, thinking that his cousin was indeed quite cunning.
At that moment, a furious voice came from the living room, “What did you say? What do you mean the government project won’t consider cooperating with us?”
Xue Wensong remained calm. “Just what it sounds like.”
“Xiao Xue, this isn’t fair,” Zhao Xiaoqiao complained. “You agreed to join our family, and we supported you and your team with the project. Without the Qin family’s financial backing, how could the government hand over the project to you?”
Xue Wensong calmly replied, “I obtained the project based on my own abilities, with no involvement from the Qin family.”
No one dared to refute Xue Wensong’s capabilities, so Zhao Xiaoqiao took a different approach. “Then how do you calculate the breach of contract fee that the Qin family paid for you? We treated you like family and paid such a huge sum. You can’t just turn your back on us.”
“Sure, no problem,” Xue Wensong smirked. “I’ll give it back to you.”
“You!” Zhao Xiaoqiao was exasperated. “Now that your company is doing well, you’re acting tough, aren’t you? Have you forgotten who reached out to help you when you were down and out?”
Xue Wensong didn’t respond to the argumentative tone, dismissing it with a slight curl of his lips. The tense atmosphere made Lin Lu nervous as he watched from the dining area. He felt like hunters had surrounded a big tiger, ready to skin it alive, but this time, the tiger seemed prepared to bite back at any moment, making the situation more than just tense.
“Speaking of which,” Qin Chuan suddenly spoke up, “Could it be that Xue Wensong doesn’t want to cooperate with the Qin family because he intends to ally with the Xus?”
“How is that possible?” Lin Lu shook his head. “I’m not really sure… but his family is wealthy, so he doesn’t need to rely on anyone else.”
“His family?” Qin Chuan thought for a moment, realizing he had never heard of what business Xue Wensong’s family was in. He asked, “His family is also in business?”
“It seems so… I never asked specifically,” Lin Lu scratched his head.
“Don’t think just because the Qin family took a hit this time, we can’t deal with you,” Qin Zhengguo raised his voice. “I have ways to stop your project!”
“Is that so?” Xue Wensong sneered. “Like framing me for cheating on my spouse?”
At this remark, Qin Zhengguo’s face fell, and another man, who bore a striking resemblance to him, said, “Do you have any evidence to say we framed you?”
Lin Lu muttered under his breath, “That’s your dad, right? He’s shameless.”
Qin Chuan chuckled but didn’t respond.
Xue Wensong continued in an indifferent tone, “You should first worry about yourselves. Have you paid your taxes?”
“It was you?!” Qin Zhengguo clenched the armrest of the sofa tightly. If Xue Wensong could uncover his brother’s tax evasion, then surely the scheme to frame him for infidelity was also completely exposed.
It seemed he had underestimated this young man.
After a moment of consideration, Qin Zhengguo began to persuade, “Cooperating with the Qin family is a win-win situation. Conversely, falling out with us won’t benefit you.”
“I don’t see it as a win-win,” Xue Wensong chuckled, shaking his head. “Losing the land in the economic zone will set your group’s development back to at least ten years ago. I suggest you reevaluate your position correctly.”
“What did you say?!” Zhao Xiaoqiao exclaimed in frustration. “Who do you think you are? A little brat trying to lecture us?”
Qin Zhengguo restrained the irritable Zhao Xiaoqiao and was about to emphasize that Xue Wensong’s company was just starting out and shouldn’t be overly arrogant. However, he heard Xue Wensong’s insinuating question, “Have you ever considered why someone suddenly came to compete for this land with you?”
Qin Zhengguo had indeed considered this question and even sent people to inquire, but in the end, they only found out about a recently established venture capital company.
Having been in the business world for many years, Qin Zhengguo could tell that Xue Wensong’s attitude this time was very calm. If he didn’t have confidence, it would be impossible for him to act so confidently. Qin Zhengguo frowned and tentatively asked, “Could it be related to you?”
Xue Wensong smirked, “If you hadn’t cleverly arranged that adultery drama, you wouldn’t have lost that piece of land.”
Zhao Xiaoqiao sharply asked, “Was it you behind this?”
At the same time, Qin Zhengguo also spoke up, “Who is behind you?”
Xue Wensong mentioned a family name and then stared coldly at the older generation, saying, “If you don’t want Qin Ge Group’s development to regress to what it was thirty years ago, then stop playing these tricks.”
Thirty years ago, Qin Ge Group was still just a small workshop under the Qin family.
The living room fell into silence. Qin Chuan let out a “tsk” and quietly asked Lin Lu, “How is your husband connected to that kind of family?”
“That kind of family?” Lin Lu was puzzled.
“A real business tycoon!” Qin Chuan explained, “There are no real hundred-year-old enterprises in the country, you know that, right?”
Lin Lu nodded, “They were all defeated during the land reform.”
“But it’s different abroad,” Qin Chuan continued, “That family originally made its fortune through shipping and was one of the top families in Southeast Asia at least a hundred years ago. People from families like that don’t even appear on the rich list because no one knows exactly how wealthy they are.”
“Oh…” Lin Lu nodded vaguely, not understanding the connection to Xue Wensong.
At that moment, a girl who had been checking her phone suddenly exclaimed softly and then looked up to say to the others at the table, “Quick, check Weibo.”
Curious, Lin Lu took out his phone, but by then, Xue Wensong had already walked over to him and extended his hand, saying, “Let’s go, time to go home.”
He quickly put away his phone, took Xue Wensong’s hand, and followed him to the door. Just as they were about to leave the villa, Qin Zhengguo’s voice suddenly came from behind, “Lin Lu!”
Lin Lu turned around.
Qin Zhengguo remained silent for a while, then finally said, “It’s nothing… you can go.”
Lin Lu had a feeling that he wouldn’t be coming back here after today.
A few months ago, he thought he had found a new home here and moved in with high hopes. However, it turned out that he was always just an extra person, with no real place here.
Seeing Lin Lu lost in thought, Xue Wensong squeezed his hand, “Lu Lu?”
Lin Lu looked up at Xue Wensong, who was backlit by the sun.
So what if he didn’t? He had a new home now.
“Let’s go home,” Lin Lu tightened his grip on Xue Wensong’s hand and gave him a bright smile.
After the two of them left, the tense atmosphere in the living room finally eased.
Someone asked, “What did he mean just now? Is there a family supporting him?”
“It’s not as simple as just support,” Qin Chuan leaned back on the sofa, his lips curling up as he looked at the trending topic that had exploded.
#Not a genius, just going back to inherit billions#
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