Chapter 15 - Not interested

From the time Lin Wei and Lin Hai welcomed the guests together just now, many people noticed them. After all, there is no way, Lin Wei in a red fishtail skirt is so dazzling and eye-catching, compared to Lin Hai, it is like a delicate and bewitching phoenix flower lined with green leaves, it is difficult not to attract attention.

Lin Hao looked at the two of them from a distance in the crowd, and for a moment there was an inexplicable jealousy in his eyes. You must know that since childhood, it was Lin Wei who was by his side, taking him to play and frolic together, and taking care of his growth. In fact, Lin Wei asked him to go to the hall to meet the three of them before, but Lin Hao obviously refused willfully because of Lin Hai, and Lin Wei had no choice about him, after all, he knew his younger brother's clear character of love and hate since he was a child.

He is the kind of arrogant person, and if he doesn't like anyone in his world, then this prejudice will be difficult to eliminate.

Lin Hao looked at Lin Wei and Lin Hai and those guests politely laughing, and there was a feeling of disgust, although he knew that his sister Lin Wei was definitely on his side, what was Lin Hai compared to? I also know that my sister is a woman who is very strong in character and means, and has a strong purpose. And now dragging Lin Hai is using him to fight back against those rumors from the outside world, but Lin Hao is so uncomfortable watching the two of them talking and laughing at people.

Originally, Lin Wei was intimate enough to hold Lin Hai, especially when he saw it very clearly and keenly, Lin Hai didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and he had to use his elbow to touch Lin Wei's proud breasts outlined by her fishtail skirt.

At that time, Lin Hao almost wanted to rush over, but in the end, reason overwhelmed the evil fire, after all, men and women are holding hands like this, this kind of touch is inevitable, and he rushed up, but he was nameless, saying that Lin Hai was a pervert, on the one hand, he couldn't let his sister get off the stage, and on the other hand, Lin Hai could simply deny it. Coupled with the conflict between the two slaps on the day Lin Hai first arrived, Lin Hao still has a numb scalp when he thinks about it, and sometimes he wakes up inexplicably at night.

It seems that this kind of thing does exist psychologically, but he didn't expect it to be self-defeating, and he originally wanted to make Lin Hai afraid of himself, but now Lin Hai has become a shadow in his heart.

So he could only stand in the distance, gritting his teeth.

This damn bastard!

At this moment, a voice came out from a cluster of women beside him, "Lin Hao, that person is your brother?" I heard that Junk Star grew up and is now returning to an aristocratic family, but he doesn't understand anything, and then he is going to study at Granite University? In fact, to cram the basic knowledge and skills, you can go directly to the cram school of the university, why choose a third-rate university? "

Another girl whispered, "It's mainly an aristocratic family, can't afford to lose that face... It's good to say that it's in college, even if it's third-rate. "

Lin Hao looked at the group of girls who spoke, these women were upper-class celebrities in Huanxing District 1, and the black silk girl who spoke first was still the queen model of the well-known magazine "Flowers" on Riverside Star, with a pair of "Is this really the case?" An inquiring expression looked at him.

"A guy going to hell!" Lin Hao gritted his teeth and said, then ignored the women, turned around and left.

Behind him came the laughter of this cluster of celebrities.

Looking at Lin Hai beside Lin Wei in the distance, in fact, Lin Hai is long, and standing with the tall Lin Wei, he is also quite outstanding, coupled with the right way to treat people, at first glance he looks like the eldest son of an orthodox aristocratic family who is polite and graceful. and Lin Wei beside her are really talented and beautiful.

It's just that after asking Lin Hao for confirmation, these celebrities and nobles couldn't help but feel a little regretful, "It seems that she is really illiterate... It looks okay on the outside, but I didn't expect the inner lining to be a straw bale... I really feel sorry for Natian Xiaotian..."

"The Tennessee family, whether there is any intention of marriage, I don't know!"

"Also, at the Wayne Company's annual meeting today... You'll see..."

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As the time moved towards the point of the afternoon dinner, more and more guests arrived at the manor, and with the appearance of some big names, the annual meeting of Wayne Company naturally became more and more weighty.

"Sir Byrne, the head of the house has been waiting for you for a long time, please come inside!"

"Speaker Geralt, you are here, and I believe that we are honored to be in Wayne Company!"

"Mr. Aalto, you're late... The gentlemen and ladies inside can't wait to meet you! "

Donnahai greeted the guests with a smile on his face, and these guests included officials from the Riverside Star Energy System, the administrative system, and some key links, as well as wealthy businessmen who choked the resources at their throats, and nobles registered in the empire, all of whom were figures with heads and faces.

After these people entered the hall, some of them were greeted by Lin Wei and Ning Qing, and the other part was intercepted by Lin Yuanshan and Lin Jiang to talk.

At first glance, it seems to be a very normal thing, after all, Lin Yuanshan, Lin Jiang is also a person with the title of viscount, and as a part of the Lin family, he also has some prestige, and in recent years, his prestige has been rising more and more. At the same time, he is also a member of the family, and it is normal to treat people on the occasion of the annual meeting.

But some executives of Wayne Industry have already seen that this is Lin Yuanshan, and Lin Jiang is taking advantage of the family annual meeting to gather contacts for himself.

Wayne Industries is on the decline, and the year has been a harder and tougher one. Some veterans within the company know that if Wayne Industries continues like this, they are afraid that the situation will continue to deteriorate in less than two years, and if they lose the supplier contract of the imperial military again, Lin Wei is afraid that he will resign from the chairmanship of the board of directors, and the owner of Wayne Industries will have to change his ways.

At that time, I am afraid that the family will be separated.

People die for wealth, and birds die of exhaustion in search of food. This is an old imperial proverb.

Lin Yuanshan, Lin Jiang, under this unchangeable general trend, always have to make some plans for themselves. They may not be the opponents of the Zhao family, but they can still keep a part of the family business and live in a corner of peace. It's just that at that time, the Riverside Xinglin Clan can be said to be in decline, as for the Planet Speaker, don't think about it. If Lin Yuanshan and Lin Jiang were going around to mediate and fight for the position of a councilor, it might still be possible.

But that's about it. At the end of this winter, Wayne Company, the Xinglin family on the riverside, inevitably ushered in a harsh winter.

Of course, this kind of thinking about Lin Yuanshan and Lin Jiang. Earl Lin Wei, and Mrs. Ning Qing, after all, they still let it go, and there was no anger, they already knew what the roles of the sons of these two fathers and brothers were, they could be rich and noble, but if they shared hardships, they really didn't think about it. However, even if the world is difficult, Wayne Company has not fallen so easily for a while, and maybe, there may be some turnaround.

People are always accustomed to yearning for the arrival of spring, the season of recovery, in the days when the grass and trees are withering, and this world needs some hope.

For the Lin family, as long as they can obtain new damping alloys to supply the more withering resources in the hands of the Lin family, this is hope. And at present, this hope seems to be firmly combined with the marriage of the Tennessee family, who has the source of the new damping alloy vein.

Therefore, the alliance between the Tennessee family and the Lin family is the highlight of this annual meeting.

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Lin Hai and Li An left the hall where the crowds were gathering more and more, and walked towards the lawn outside, where they were greeted by men and women who were dressed appropriately and deliberately decorated for an occasion like the annual meeting.

The leaders are Link and Lindlen, and the rest are surrounded by those upper-class men and women in Ring Star Zones 1 and 2. Everyone talked and laughed, and such a handsome man and beautiful woman seemed to have become one of the focuses of the annual meeting for a while.

Link and the others obviously didn't expect to run into Lin Hai. They had seen Lin Wei and professional pilot Harmand strolling by the lake before, and the scene was like an elegant picture, and they didn't dare to disturb Lin Wei's prestige.

For Lin Wei, they are both afraid and happy. What I am afraid of is Lin Wei's strength in all aspects and the ability she has shown. Fortunately, she is an adopted daughter after all, and according to the rules of the imperial aristocracy, she has no inheritance rights to the family after all. Otherwise, they wouldn't have to think about the possibility of separation. Once Lin Wei becomes the head of the family and takes over the family business, these two brothers, either they will give up their power in exchange for an idler situation who does not worry about food and clothing, otherwise they will definitely be hollowed out, and they are afraid that all the flowing water will fall under Lin Wei's control.

Thankfully, this nightmare will never happen.

They are afraid of Lin Wei, but they have no psychological obstacles to Lin Hai, a newly joined illegitimate child.

In the past, Lin Hai was somewhat mysterious. This sense of mystery comes from their fathers, Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan. After all, Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan were quite jealous of the "old fox" Lin Wei in their mouths, but they would not be so stupid as the outside world that they thought that Lin Wei had made a stupid move, took the illegitimate child back, and produced a scandal that made the high society of Riverside Star rap out of thin air.

They have always thought that Lin Hai's identity as an illegitimate child is not as simple as it seems on the surface, and Lin Wei must have a conspiracy!

So on the first day of Lin Hai's arrival at the manor, the investigation team sent by Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan to the garbage star had already set off. They originally thought that they would uncover a big secret that Lin Wei had been planning for a long time. didn't expect that Lin Hai's life experience was really as rumored... And there is nothing to praise about it!

This is an abandoned son who is crawling around in the garbage star.

So when Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan completely exposed Lin Haihai in public, the mysterious veil on his body was completely torn apart and exposed to everyone in the family. Let all those who doubt, those who are in awe, those who speculate, see the truth revealed. Some of the people who were still very confident in Lin Wei and thought that this was a move planted by Lord Earl also completely lost confidence.

So for the current Lin Hai, Link and the others don't think he can be qualified for their respect for the identity of the eldest son of the family.

"Hey! Lin Hai. Still, Link and Lindrun greeted each other with a smile on their faces.

Beside Lin Hai, Ang Lee's eyes narrowed, for the heirs of the two families, Link and Lin Delun, Ang Li can be said to have admired the name for a long time. It is said that they also joined the aristocratic club at Lincoln University and Wharton Business School, and they are still the seniors among them, and they are very popular in some activities, as if they are preparing for the turmoil of high society in the future.

Within the Lin family, although the two are not as good as Lin Wei, they are more affirmed by the more introverted Lin Hao.

After all, he is also a top student in the top twenty schools in the empire. Over the years, Lin Wei has focused on the company's affairs and has not taken much care of the family. The other heirs in the family are the two of them, and in the eyes of the people in the family, Link and Lin Delun will definitely be far better than Lin Wei's heir Lin Hao in the future. This is also the reason why the family is not optimistic about the future of the family and supports Lin Jianglin Yuanshan's faction. After all, no one thinks that Lin Hao can lead the entire family in the future. And Lin Wei, because she is an adopted daughter, is naturally the object of exclusion, and no one wants the family's wealth to fall into the hands of an outsider, and she is also a woman!

Although he understood the frivolity of these two, Li An was only a steward of the family after all, and on this occasion, he could naturally only stand aside.

While greeting Lin Hai, the two of them came to Lin Hai with a smile on their faces with this group of handsome men and women, and turned to the people behind them with great grace, "Let me introduce to you, this is the speaker of our planet, the eldest son of Earl Lin Wei - Lin Hai!" A newcomer to the family, but very qualified! An important member of our Lin family! "

He said this with a smile and gave a sense of flattery. However, judging from his performance, it is a bit frivolous and exaggerated.

Some of the men and women behind him participated in the Lin family's Columbia Festival dinner, and they all laughed when they knew Lin Hai's background.

Lin Delun didn't forget to continue, "Maybe I want to call you 'fourth brother'?" This is really not used to it, after all, when we called the fourth brother in the past, it was usually Lin Hao. But maybe one day we can call you the third brother. "

Saying that, the corners of Lin Delun's eyes narrowed, and he said meaningfully, "After all, the third sister in the past, as an adopted daughter, is not the orthodox blood of our Lin family's aristocracy!" "

Link suddenly leaned over to Lin Haidao mysteriously, "You know, you are the eldest son of the earl." We, our nephews, and even our fathers, privately believe that only you can inherit the title. If you think about it, if you are ready, if you are ready to get a knighthood, if you have power, if you have everything that is rightfully yours. Just tell us. We'll help you get it all. "

Ang Lee's fists clenched silently in private.

Looking at the words and deeds of the sons and nephews of these two families, it turned out to be faintly meant to win over Lin Hai. This is a good method, Lin Hai is the eldest son of the earl, after all, he belongs to this family, if he turns around and stabs Lin Wei in the future, the damage will be huge. And these words, they are not enough to say in front of Ang Lee, everyone knows that he Ang Li and Lin Hai are tied together, Lin Hai is powerful, and he Ang Lee is also powerful - at least on the surface.

No matter how bad it is, even if he Li An wants to get any reward to inform, it is exactly what they want, so Lin Wei and the others will naturally have a bad guard against Lin Hai, which will only make them aggravate internal friction and make a mess.

Link and Lindren looked at Lin Hai with some amusement. The illegitimate son of a garbage star, no matter what, has been abandoned for twenty years, how could he have a grudge against his biological father, why don't they use this resentment to bury such a nail in Lin Wei's lineage.

The position of power and wealth that belonged to him, the compensation he deserved. Link and Lindrun don't believe that the outcast bastard in front of them is not resentful and moved?

So they waited for a long time, waiting for the kind of mastery and desire for power and wealth in Lin Hai's eyes.

In order to deepen his persuasiveness, Lin Delun also squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Don't forget, Lin Wei is an adopted daughter, and there is nothing to say about that woman's beauty... As long as you inherit the title and want to play with her, it's not easy to get it... When the time comes, don't forget to give your brother a piece of the pie... Haha..."

Wealth, power, women. What should not be the furrow in the chest of an ambitious man? Anything can ignite a raging desire.

However, they saw that Lin Hai's gaze was still like that.

They all said they were excited, is this guy a desireless person, there is no excitement in his eyes, and he can't wait?

Lin Hai said lightly, "Are you finished?" "

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

"Not interested."

The corners of Lin Hai's mouth floated faintly, and then he walked straight forward with Li An, and staggered past the stunned group of men and women.

Not interested?

In vain, all the seductions they had worked so hard to make just now only got these three words?

The two of them changed color, and they really wanted to drink and stop Lin Hai.

However, he immediately thought of the situation that on the day he arrived, Lin Hao provoked this Lin Hai, and under the protection of a bodyguard, he could be slapped twice. They swallowed the words of scolding and watched Lin Hai and Li An pacing away ignoring them.

The two gritted their teeth, but there was nothing they could do.

A delicate-faced woman spat at Lin Hai's back, "It's just a straw bale who is about to go to granite university to tutor, if it weren't for the Lin family, he would still be picking up garbage in the slums... What's so stinky! "

Lin Hai could guess that there would inevitably be a large group of men and women behind him poking his backbone.

For this kind of aristocratic style that treats you with a pleasant face once it is beneficial, and once it has no use value, it will be smeared behind the scenes, Lin Hai is basically as lazy as a group of barking cats and dogs.

Could it be that their slum-born status, without the experience of orthodox education, can be so stupid as to be hot-headed for women and wealth and power in their eyes, so easy to be used?

Lin Hai has always been very low-key in the Lin family, in fact, to be specific, I can't find anything wrong with him, an illegitimate child. As for the fact that he will be caught in the family struggle, it is completely because of his identity that he will be suppressed by the second and third uncles, Lin Jiang, and Lin Yuanshan on Columbia Day. He's just a fish in the pond that's been hit.

In the final analysis, Lin Ke and Lin Delun did not have any ill feelings towards Lin Hai, their previous fear was mainly focused on Lin Wei, and for Lin Hao, they looked at a gentleman who was not sensible at all with a completely arrogant attitude.

But now, they are very sure that Lin Hai's attitude has made them unhappy. What's so remarkable about him that he would dare to ignore the two eldest brothers in their two nominal families?

They had been ignored for too long before, and those relatives of the family, the old employees of Wayne Company, and the top management used to be staring at Lin Hao, Lin Wei's heir. Looking forward to him being able to grow up to be like his earl's father, in recent years, because he saw that Lin Hao was indeed not the material that could bring the Lin family back to glory, people were disappointed, but they recognized Lin Wei's ability more and more.

However, from beginning to end, the two brothers were also ignored.

So they are aggrieved, they are unwilling, they are just not convinced.

In terms of development, now the two brothers are also top students of Lincoln University and Wharton Business School, the top 20 universities in the empire, although it is true that they cannot be compared with Lin Wei, but Lin Wei is an adopted daughter and an outsider. As for Lin Hao's status as a student of Qingyuan Academy... Who doesn't know that the family will never allow those cats to be passed on?

For the aristocracy, the aura of the famous school is like the indispensable robe, which can prove the nobility of the aristocracy and make others feel unattainable awe.

Therefore, Lin Wei used the identity of the speaker at the beginning, and the Riverside Xinglin family also paid a great price to let Lin Hao, the future heir to the title, enter the Qingyuan Academy to gild. and Lin Wei were admitted to Qingyuan College by relying on their real strength, which are completely two concepts, and the judgment is made.

The Lindren brothers don't understand, if you want to talk about the ability to deal with people and things, and the background of a famous school, which of them is not better than Lin Hao? But why didn't the members of the family, the veterans of Wayne Corporation, look at them at all?

In fact, among the rumors from the outside world, the Riverside Xinglin family has arrived at Lin Hao, and Lin Kelindren's generation is indeed no one like Earl Lin Lei and Lin Wei who has the skills to control the entire family, and the only Lin Wei who can be seen is an adopted daughter. Of course, Link and Lindlun, who knew these rumors, were holding their breath in their hearts and were very unconvinced.

There is no self-knowledge, and sometimes it is also the sadness of a person.

The two of them were ignored, and this was the most unbearable, at this time, looking at Lin Hai's back to them, the disgust for him in his heart began to accumulate more and more, and even surpassed Lin Hao's momentum.

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Time flies, and the dinner party is about to begin.

At this time, a piece of news pushed people's interest to a peak.

The Tennessee house has arrived!

Lin Wei and Ning Qing, who learned the news in advance, personally came to the gate of the manor to welcome the arrival of the Tennessee family.

A luxury land carriage was the first to stop at the gate of the manor, and the waiter opened the door and Tennessee walked down.

As rumored, Tennessee is a slightly fat, pot-bellied businessman. However, the calm and relaxed layer of his face made him look much calmer.

The back seat of the sedan opened, followed by a middle-aged woman and a young woman. The middle-aged woman was naturally his wife Zhang Yanqing. The other is Tian Xiaotian, the heroine of the topic at the banquet at this time.

The high-achieving daughter of the Tennessee family is going to marry the illegitimate son of Earl Linwei's garbage star.

In fairy tales, there will always be a plot of a princess marrying a prince, but in real life, it is often such a cruel opposite reality. I don't know how many Huaichun aristocratic ladies who have watched novels such as "Wild Roses and Knights" in the ancient earth era since they were children at this banquet are lamenting for Tian Xiaotian at this time.

Tian Xiaotian is wearing a plain suit today, which does not show her innocence too much, but it does make people can't help but take a few more looks.

Tennessee's appearance is very calm, but his wife is a little nervous. The expression of their family was a little strange in the eyes of everyone, they should have been integrated into this annual meeting in which they were the protagonists, but at this moment, they seemed to be separated from the annual meeting, as if they were not the slightest excited about the year-end welcome and change. There's always something out of the ordinary.

And at this moment, on the road behind him, another army vehicle drove up.

However, when they saw this land aviation vehicle, some of the people present couldn't help but exclaim.

The car is very long, at least six meters long, with a sharp diamond shape at the front, the level of luxury is second to none, and most importantly, everyone only needs to see this luxury car with one of the most stars on the riverside to understand the amazing people inside.

The sedan stops and the doors open.

A deep and oppressive voice came out of the door of the black hole, "Haha! Lao Lin, you are not interesting enough, you hold a banquet, but you don't come to me for an invitation, and you have to ask me for a glass of wine by myself! "

The face of the man who came out was slashed with a knife and axe, and there was a kind of breathtaking courage. And his eyes are always half-squinted like a black pool, conveying a situation that is not good and difficult to provoke.

He is the current helmsman of the famous Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. One of the five speakers of the planetary parliament - Zhao Jing!

Zhao Jing was accompanied by a man about thirty years old and personable. It is the son of the Zhao family, Zhao Yinlai, who currently controls half of the business of the Zhao family. is a young rookie on the riverside star, in the corporate circle, and Lin Wei.

It's just that the Zhao family and the Lin family have always been at odds, there are conflicts in many fields, and the friction in the business sector is also getting deeper and deeper. The Lin family's professional pilot METRO in the Mecha Alliance Masters was poached by the Zhao family.

Zhao Jing and Lin Wei, both of whom are the speakers of the planet's parliament, are also opponents who have been fighting in secret.

The Lin family's annual meeting, it can be said that the most unpopular is this Zhao Jing! And when they arrived at this time, it was clear that there was an unkind implication in it.

The two cars of the Tennessee family and the Zhao family arrived one after the other, and there were some deep meanings that could be touched.

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Today's Tian Xiaotian, wearing a bright yellow skirt, looks generous, elegant and pure, which makes people a little amazing at a glance, and there is no doubt that she will become the focus of many people's eyes at the banquet for a while.

At this time, Zhao Yinlai stepped forward, handed out his arm to Tian Xiaotian, and smiled slightly, "Miss Tian, how about temporarily becoming my Zhao Yinlai's female companion today?" "

Under the fierce gaze of Tennessee and his wife, Tian Xiaotian's face was a little unnatural and graceful, his hand hesitated, and finally put it on Zhao Yinlai's arm and nodded slightly.

At this moment, Lin Wei and Ning Qing both had a slight coldness on their faces.

In fact, seeing the appearance of Zhao Jing and the Tennessee family, some onlookers already had some ominous premonitions in their hearts.

Tennessee family and Zhao Jing, why did they come together? What is the portents of today's coming?

Zhao Jing took the lead and walked towards Lin Wei, stretching out his hand while smiling, "Speaker Lin Wei, don't you mind if my old Zhao comes without telling me, right?" "

Lin Wei and his hands shook hard, and he could feel the strength of the other party's vice, but Lin Wei smiled indifferently, "Tennessee is my old friend... If you come with him, I'm naturally too late to be happy. The arrival of Speaker Zhao naturally made this annual meeting of Wayne Company immediately add a lot of glory! "

The two hands parted under the vigorous clenching, Zhao Jing's eyes flashed with cold light and anger, it was obvious that he had always been proud of his hand strength still underestimated Lin Wei, suffered some dark losses, and then smiled as he subsided, "Very good!" Let me see how magnificent the annual meeting of Wayne Company is! "

Zhao Jing took the lead in laughing and left, in the manor, there were many guests who greeted him because of his identity, and he just nodded even if he had greeted someone, and his face was slightly hideous because of the sharp pain from his palm.

Lin Wei nodded coldly to the Tennessee family, and then followed them to the lawn banquet at the back of the manor.

Ning Qing stretched out his hand and grabbed his arm, gently covering his trembling arm.

Looking ahead, Lin Wei cracked a trace of anger from the corner of his mouth, "Zhao Jing... It's too much to deceive people..."

The arrival of Zhao Jing and the Tennessee family together undoubtedly triggered the climax of the banquet at this time, and some unknown people saw that Zhao Jing, one of the five speakers, was also here today, and felt that the Xinglin family by the river was really still that strong family. And some people who know the situation have already smelled something wrong.

At today's annual meeting of the Tennessee family and the Lin family, if there is no accident, the marriage will be announced. And now in this situation, the Tennessee family and the Zhao family are walking together?

When people saw Zhao Yinlai, the son of the Zhao family accompanying Tian Xiaotian, many people's faces had changed drastically, and they smelled an unusual atmosphere.

And the next moment, people turned their eyes in unison and fell on Lin Hai, the eldest son of the Lin family at the other end of the table.

At the table over there, Lin Wei looked at Zhao Yinlai, her eyes flashed with a kind of gloom and anger, and Lin Hao's disgust for Zhao Yinlai, the son of the Zhao family, was even more overflowing.

On the contrary, Lin Hai just glanced at them calmly as they entered the lawn, and then immediately diverted his attention as if nothing had happened.

Tian Xiaotian and Zhao Yinlai both smiled as they greeted the guests. For a few times, Tian Xiaotian's gaze stayed on Lin Hai, and what surprised her was not to see the expressions she could have expected such as anger or sluggishness, on the contrary, Lin Hai's demeanor was very calm, as if his attention was not on her at all.

Naturally, there is nothing that should be considered to belong to you, and the anger and unwillingness to leave is imminent.

The sky burst into fireworks and colorful colors, and the artificial lake next to the banquet venue reflected countless radiant luster.

Some of this luster stained Lin Hai's face, making his expression more and more elegant.

Seeing Lin Hai's side face, inexplicably, Tian Xiaotian had a feeling of loss in her heart, she didn't know why she was acting in such a drama with Zhao Yinlai today? It's like all of a sudden there's no meaning, isn't it ... Somewhat excessive?

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At this moment, the evaluation and focus of the guests at the banquet are still focused on Zhao Yinlai.

"This is the eldest son of the Zhao family... Is it really the title of 'Little Superman'? This refers to Zhao Yinlai's father's talent in the operation of the Riverside Star Company.

"He has an extraordinary bearing, and he seems to be a very experienced person... The second son of the Zhao family is really as good as rumored, and the eldest son is currently in charge of several sub-section companies of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group. And that second son is also a celebrity in the media industry of Riverside Star..."

"Tsk... The third-generation heirs of the Zhao family are too far behind the third-generation heirs of the Lin family... is also the speaker, a noble family, but the Lin family has no talent to follow..."

It is undeniable that Zhao Jing's two sons are both characters who will attract many envy and praise once they appear.

At this point, the Lin family and the Zhao family are not in harmony with each other, but they are both nobles and speakers, and no one can help anyone. The quality of the next generation has obviously become the key to determining whether the two families will decline or prosper.

Compared to the two sons of the Zhao family. The third generation of the Lin family is dwarfed, and it is no wonder that the outside world generally does not look down on these heirs of the Lin family. Although Lindren is a student of Lincoln University and Wharton Business, he is cold and frivolous by nature, and can only play tricks, not material for big responsibilities. The rest of the nephews are even more unbearable.

Under Lin Wei's name, Lin Hao looks like he has such a glorious identity as the halo of a famous school, but many people know that it was Lin Wei who used the energy of the speaker and the Lin family paid the corresponding price to make Lin Hao a member of Qingyuan College and gilded with a halo.

After all, Lin Wei is an adopted daughter, and she cannot inherit the title, let alone become the head of the family.

As for Lin Hai, who had just been picked up from Haizhou Star, when he first came to Riverside Star, it did arouse the curiosity and discussion of many people.

And what I care about the most is the Zhao family. The Riverside Xinglin family has always been very strong, and it is also the leading figure among the Riverside Star nobles. For a long time, the Zhao family has been chasing the Lin family as a goal and benchmark.

Seeing that the third generation of the Lin family does not have outstanding talents, but their Zhao family is outstanding and vigorous, the next generation is likely to surpass the Lin family. Suddenly, Lin Wei had an illegitimate child, and it is no wonder that the Zhao family was very nervous for a while, and used a lot of intelligence networks to find out the ins and outs of this Lin Hai.

Later, through the self-cultivation hall and the eyeliner of some people around Lin Hao, who was located in Wayne's company, finally breathed a sigh of relief and stripped off Lin Hai's mysterious coat. He is a wild child who grew up picking up garbage. Not to mention any big development in the future, the only meaning of existence seems to be to be as a symbolic representative of the Lin family, and the Tennessee family to carry out a marriage to be announced at today's annual meeting. That's probably why he's all in the family.

However, now the guests present at the banquet saw that the Tennessee family was so close to the Zhao family, and they thought that the meaning and value of Lin Hai's only existence would also be lost.

A cadre of the elders and relatives of the Lin family, seeing this scene, seemed to face the future direction of not knowing how to pronounce the verdict, and their faces were also very pale.

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The tables were already full of guests, and on the grass, white lampposts pierced the sky, illuminating the dinner scene as if it were day.

The banquets were arranged along the lawn by the artificial lake, with only five tables in each row, and then arranged in turn, for a total of 55 tables in the entire banquet venue. Next to the artificial lake is a stage for bands to play and entertain.

Lin Hai and Earl Lin Wei, Mrs. Ning Qing, Lin Wei and Lin Hao, shared the first table with Tennessee and Zhao Jing. Lin Jiang, Lin Yuanshan, and some other family members, sat at a table next to each other.

The five tables in the first row are all arranged to be seated by the top celebrity families of Riverside Star. In front of hundreds of guests at the Nuo banquet, even if there were any more contradictions, the Zhao Lin family was polite and courteous to each other at this time.

This annual banquet is more like a banquet to welcome the New Year, and the prominent theme is the relaxed atmosphere.

Lin Wei announced the start of the dinner. This was followed by some fireworks that shot into the sky. The canopy exploded in the sky, staining this dark blue early winter night red. At the same time, the band also began a gorgeous performance.

The glittering lake, the smiling dinner, and the atmosphere of the banquet are developing in a more and more intense direction.

The band "Savior Mundi" did not choose radical rock, but lyrical songs that fit the small and warm atmosphere of this scene, so much so that some celebrities at the table also hummed along.

Accompanied by soothing music, during the banquet, there were many topics involuntarily.

And what better place to be a topic of intense attention than admissions season at the Empire's universities in this early winter?

　　...

"I've heard that there are as many as 20 people in the New Port District who have been selected to study in the top 100 schools in the empire this time. One of them seems to be Mr. Mills' son! "

"Yes! Mr. Mills is not only the chairman of the Mills Consortium, but his son Tomi is already in Shinchuan High School, and he can have a talent for civilian mecha control, so the Imperial Hamilton Academy recruited talents like him for headhunting, and it is said that on the day of receiving the admission notice, the Mills Consortium directly chartered a cruise ship on the Han River to celebrate! "

"You should celebrate, it's the 18th ranked school in the empire! Moreover, Hamilton College has made great achievements in this field of business and business, and its son will inherit the family business in the future, which is almost a typical example of both father and son generations are successful! Does this prove the theory that the stronger the stronger? "

"In our entire riverside star, there are only a few hundred of them who can enter the top 100 universities in the empire... Among them, less than ten people can be admitted to those top ten universities! "

As people exchanged heads about the topics they were most interested in at the moment, there was a sudden burst of applause and celebration at the other end.

Everyone followed the sound and looked at the table of Anel, the director of the General Administration of Customs on the planet, next to Anaire, who was surrounded by freckled faces. The boy's protruding nose and cheeks seemed to be excited by the praise around him.

Arnell's son, Little Nair, was accepted to Precklin College, ranked 48th in the empire, because of his excellent math skills in high school. It is said that the research laboratory of the Precklin Institute has been working on the design of a new Starship main gun in recent years, and a large number of such talented students are needed to join the ... Maybe in the future, this little Nair's achievements will not be much lower than his father's father! "

The voices of these people's discussions seemed to come to the table where Lin Hai was sitting.

Listening to the halfway through the banquet, these discussions that came to an end in the imperial admissions season, Tennessee was in a very heavy and depressed mood from just now.

How not to be heavy? In peacetime, passing the imperial school is the best opportunity for a person to achieve fame and fortune, and the empire's conditions for new nobles, in addition to some battles and awards that have made great contributions to the empire, the birth of a famous school is the minimum condition for new nobles!

He also knew a lot about Lin Hai through the more or less rumors from the outside world, especially when he learned that this illegitimate child was not influenced by aristocratic life since he was a child, but a wild child who grew up in a garbage star.

Thinking of marrying his daughter to this kind of person, who has a heart that is not flesh and blood, although Tennessee is an extremely shrewd businessman, his heart is also like a piece of pain that has been cut out of thin air.

Listen to the children around me, one by one to get the admission letter in the enrollment season, hear those voices of celebration, and see those outstanding young people... Compared with the Lin family and Lin Hai in front of him, Tennessee seems to feel extremely ironic at the moment.

Although Lin Hai seemed very quiet at this time, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this Lin Hai was the kind of vulgar temperament that had not yet escaped from the slums. Imagine if your daughter marries such a person in the future, will she have slum vices and violent tendencies? He seems to have seen the miserable life of his beautiful daughter being tortured, washing her face with tears and writing letters to them all day long.

What's more, this Lin Hai is just the illegitimate son of the Lin family, and the future title and status of the head of the family will be inherited by his younger brother Lin Hao. The status of the orthodox head of the family and the illegitimate child is completely different concepts in the aristocratic family. If the family is separated in the future, he Lin Haixing may only have a trace of family property that can survive, and it depends on whether his younger brother Lin Hao is generous.

In fact, when the marriage between the two families was proposed, Tian Xiaotian expressed her resistance and asked to see Lin Hai himself, so at the Columbia Festival dinner, she came to Lin's manor.

Tennessee didn't know how the banquet ended, but she didn't object to the marriage after Tian Xiaotian returned home, but there were low sobs in her room that night.

With all of that in mind, Tennessee felt it was necessary for him to make today's decision.

　　...

However, at this moment, he wanted to get the briefcase, but was stopped by the other hand, which was his wife Zhang Yanqing. Zhang Yanqing's gaze withdrew from the careful scrutiny of Lin Hai, squeezed Tennessee's hand, and shook his head gently.

Tennessee ignored her, for him, only her daughter's happiness was the most important thing now, so he opened the briefcase, took out a tablet, tossed the light screen, and said to Lin Wei at the same time, "Dear Earl, I have brought something to this banquet today that will promote the cooperation between our two families, please take a look." "

Lin Wei already had great respect for Tennessee, and when he heard his words, he took the tablet from his hand again.

At this time, the relatives and elders of the Lin family next to them all looked at the private communication between the two. Now even the slightest action of the two of them may affect their hearts.

Lin Wei flicked the light screen of the tablet, it was a contract, after he carefully browsed it, he was a little surprised, and at the same time his face was a little excited, and looked at Tennessee, "Your contract... What the hell is going on? "

Tennessee paused and said, "As you can see, if Lord Earl signs this contract, in the next three years, the mining industry of the Tennessee family will supply raw materials to Wayne Industries at a price lower than one-third of the market price, that is, during these three years, the raw materials of Wayne Industries can be obtained from our mineral base at one-third lower than the actual price." As long as we can. We can maximize the supply of the demand for Wayne Industries. "

When this sentence was spoken, everyone at the surrounding tables who heard these words was in an uproar.

In particular, several elders of the Lin family and the elders of the company were pleasantly surprised, and they understood very well what this contract meant to the Lin family, which was now short of resources!

Even his wife, Ning Qing, who had always been calm, took over the contract from Lin Wei's hands, and her face showed a kind of emotion, "This is too precious." "

The price of raw material supply is less than one-third of the market price, that is, the Tennessee family does not make money at all. All the profits of the three years will be given to the Lin family.

This is shocking. Is this the dowry of the Tennessee family?

It's really ... What a big deal!

"But, I have a request... too"

The turn of Tennessee made the surrounding uproar gradually quiet, "Originally, the marriage plan of our two families was also released because of this contract... So, it became unnecessary to exist. "

Moment... Silent.

　　...

Mrs. Tian's expression Zhang Yanqing looked solemn. And Tian Xiaotian also sat up straight, with a trace of breathless pressure and a trace of bitterness in his heart, and finally ... Is there a showdown?

Ning Qing's hand holding the tablet was a little stiff for a while. Lin Wei seemed to have some high blood pressure at that moment, his head was slightly dizzy, and he was holding the table with his hands before he became more sober.

The rest of the Lin family's relatives and company veterans all had dull facial expressions. What they fear the most... Finally, it happened without suspense!

"Are you... Want to abolish this marriage contract between the Tian Lin family? "

Finally calmed down, Lin Wei heard his own voice, as if he was squeezing out of his lungs very hard.

"It's not a repeal... Because after all, it's just an assumption, it never happened..."

"Tennessee, we're friends... Do you think that with such a contract, I can be moved by the interests and make a change? "

Tennessee was speechless, and seeing Lin Wei's slightly gloomy face, even he was stunned in his heart. At this time, a voice came out of the air.

Zhao Jing's laughter interrupted Lin Wei's questioning, "There is a proverb in the empire that grapes that are forcibly picked from time to time are sour and bitter!" This kind of thing, after all, should be what both parties are willing to do. "

In fact, Zhao Jing was very smart and did not interfere with the marriage between the Tianlin family, so as not to make himself infamous in the future. It's just that before coming to the Lin Manor, Zhao Jing gave Tennessee a promise.

Whether the Tennessee family and the Lin family marry today is all up to Tennessee's choice, and he Zhao Jing will not interfere.

But his arrival today is to guarantee him the freedom of choice of the Tennessee family, not to be forced by the authority of the Lin family, causing them to be involuntarily. In fact, this is an invisibly great support.

Without Zhao Jing's promise, Tennessee was afraid and didn't dare to refuse easily, offending the speaker of a planet like Lin Wei.

However, this blow did hit the soft underbelly of the Lin family.

Lin Wei suddenly laughed angrily, didn't care about Zhao Jing, just looked at Tennessee, and finally fell on Tian Xiaotian.

"Tian Tian's niece, when you were young, I hugged you... Now it's beautiful and excellent, it seems... It's my Lin Wei's son, and I'm not worthy of you after all! "

Tian Xiaotian's eyes turned red, "Uncle Lin, it's not like this!" "

Lin Wei coughed violently twice, covered the red blood coughed up with a handkerchief, and tilted his head slightly, "It's my Lin Wei's fault, everything is my sin!" "

Lin Wei's chest and abdomen rose and fell, and then he interrupted Tennessee's eager words of persuasion, and put the contract handed over by Ning Qing back in front of Tennessee.

"Old Tennessee, I've always regarded you as a friend, and the marriage between the two families is really just to take this relationship one step further. Now, however, there is no need! Marriage... Cancel it now! Contract, we don't need it anymore! The relationship between our two families, except for the fulfillment of the previous contract, will have nothing to do with it from today onwards! "

"What?"

At this time, everyone in the Lin family was shocked when they heard Lin Hai's decision, but at this moment, they immediately reacted, for the dignity of a nobleman, especially the dignity of the Speaker of the Parliament, if they are moved by immediate interests, it will even make people see their weakness! And this will never be allowed by the Lin family.

At this moment, Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan realized what a stupid mistake they had made in their previous behavior on Columbia Day!

Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan investigated Lin Hai's origin on the Columbia Festival before, and it was originally just aimed at suppressing Lin Wei's lineage.

The Columbia Festival dinner was mostly for the company's internal employees, and the drama of that banquet was only to weaken Lin Wei's internal influence.

As for Tian Xiaotian coming to the manor at that time, they had no other worries, because in their opinion, the Tennessee family was the status of the Lin family's main raw material supplier, and it was impossible for anything to change in the future, which was already a certainty. Therefore, the political marriage of the Tian Lin family is imperative. So in the eyes of Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan at that time, Tian Xiaotian was already Lin Hai's established other half.

But I didn't expect such a change to happen in the field. Of course, they didn't know what Tennessee thought, and they only believed that it was the result of Tian Xiaotian's strong opposition.

Hearing Lin Wei's sentence "no longer have anything to do with it", their intestines were repentant, this is tantamount to moving a stone to shoot themselves in the foot, today's matter, the loss of the supply of the Tennessee family is a small matter, you must know that the channel to obtain raw materials is not only the Tennessee family, but this established political marriage, canceled, is a great damage to the current prestige of the Lin family.

At the banquet, someone had already privately shook their heads, "It was originally at the bottom of the Plane A program alliance, and now the cooperation of the Tennessee family has also been shattered." It seems that the big tree of the Lin family is inevitably weakening? "

"The foundation laid by the old earl is not as good as the next generation... many people muttered.

"Early tomorrow morning, the newspapers of Riverside Star will definitely know about today's annual meeting of Wayne Company. Those viper-like critics don't know what to say! "

Of course, the decline of the Speaker family of a planet is nothing to the Empire, but on the Riverside Star, it can be described as a well-known event. The empire has the replacement and demise of nobles every day, and now, is the Lin family also going to embark on such a path?

At this time, Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan were smoking cigarettes in large gulps, not daring to look at the family brothers and business veterans who cast all kinds of cold eyes around them. Originally, among the aristocracy, family internal struggles were common. In general, however, it does not affect the overall situation.

The internal struggle between Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan for the position of head of the family has become more and more intense, and finally developed to the point where it is now, doesn't it prove the incompetence of these sons and heirs of the old earl.

The two of them have never felt so gray and embarrassed. Those who were optimistic about them in the family before, also cast a skeptical look for the first time at this time.

At this moment, Zhao Jing seemed to answer the phone in order to ease the atmosphere at this time, and then said, "I have a distinguished guest who just turned around here, why don't you invite him in and sit down?" This friend, it seems that your Lin family can't refuse it. "

Lin Wei's face was pale, and he didn't speak, while Tennessee was red and white, thinking that if it weren't for Zhao Jing's presence, he would have the idea of leaving immediately with his family.

The alliance between the two Tianlin families seems to have completely broken down at this moment.

It didn't take long for the "distinguished guest" in Zhao Jing's mouth to be welcomed in at the gate of the manor.

The visitor was a middle-aged man in his forties, followed by two men who were fat and thin, walking vigorously.

Seeing this person, Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan couldn't sit still anymore and got up suddenly.

"Headmaster Rhodes!"

Principal Rhodes?

At the banquet, because of this name, many people immediately looked forward to it, but they didn't expect to be able to meet Rhodes, the president of Imperial Granite University, at this annual meeting!

　　...

Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan didn't know about this Rhodes principal.

The Lin family asked the top headhunter Richard to help, and it was through the relationship between Richard and Rhodes that Lin Hai entered Granite University to study. You must know that Lin Hai did not have any foundation for studying in a registered university in the empire before, and according to the admission regulations of the imperial college, Lin Hai's qualifications did not meet the admission requirements of any university in the empire.

It is basically impossible to get into a university with a very high threshold for the empire. However, through Richard's connections, Granite University was able to open a place for Lin Hai as a scholar. Everything needs to go through the headmaster Rhodes nod.

The Lin family usually contacts Rod through Richard, but they didn't expect that at today's annual meeting, Rod would come in person?

"President Rhodes happened to be on an exchange visit at Riverside Star, and he found time to come over when he heard about the Wayne Company's annual meeting today. Speaker Lin won't blame me Zhao Jing for overstepping in it without permission and acting as the master in vain. Zhao Jing stepped forward, stood side by side with Rhodes, and said to Lin Wei.

The appearance of having an excellent relationship with Rod also made everyone present in the Lin family slightly dumbfounded for a while.

They couldn't have imagined that the relationship between the president of Granite University, Rhodes, and the Zhao family seemed to be extraordinary.

"Where, Principal Rhodes, it is my honored guest of the Lin family. Your arrival is a great honor for me Lin Wei. Lin Wei is also very good concentration, as if he broke with the Tennessee family just now, and he left it behind. Shake hands with Rhodes before introducing him between the tables.

Rhodes was a tall, thin man, with a pair of sparkling eyes on top of thin cheekbones, and a capable temperament. Nodding towards Lin Wei, he did not show any appearance of honor because of the respect in his words by a noble family head who was the speaker.

To be honest, Granite University, although not the top university in the Empire, is also ranked 145th in the Empire.

The empire has five star regions, a population of tens of billions, and a territory of several light years, and what a glory it is to be able to rank among the top two hundred universities, and it is also a place that many people dream of entering under this starry sky. Even in Riverside Star, there are only a few hundred people who have been admitted to the top 200 universities.

Rhodes, he hasn't experienced any scenes, not to mention the Speaker of the Planet Council, the Count of the Empire, and no matter how big the nobles, he has also dealt with them. So he maintains a well-informed indifference to all this.

What's more, the Xinglin family on the riverside still needs his help. And he has nothing to rely on Lin Wei.

Zhao Jing smiled, faced the eyes around him, and talked eloquently, "Principal Rhodes and I have been old friends for many years, and I have always been proud and proud to have such a well-known friend in the education industry. Recently, I heard that you were going to send your son to Granite University, and you knew that this was the case, so you told me, do you need to go so much trouble with someone... No, taking advantage of the free opportunity of the old Rhodes' visit, I invited him to come as a guest in person, and things were not so complicated. "

The meaning of these words is extremely obvious, didn't you Lin Wei break with Tennessee, I, Zhao Jing, personally found the president of Granite University, and you refused in person for that bit of arrogance?

Everyone was in an uproar, "The president of Granite University and the speaker of the parliament, Zhao Jing, turned out to be old friends... This Zhao Jing has a big face..."

"It is said that in recent years, Mitsubishi enterprises have developed very well, and Zhao Jing's support rate has also risen sharply... Tsk..."

"The speaker of the Riverside Star can actually move the presidents of the top 100 universities in the empire... The energy of the Zhao family is getting bigger and bigger..."

When people were impressed by the energy of the Zhao family, they had a different perception of Lin Hai.

They all feel that although the fate of the first half of Lin Hai's body is very sad, but now, God is not kind to him, after all, the Lin family is still willing to take him back from the riverside star, and now he is about to enter Granite University. Maybe this academy doesn't look like the best of them at all, but in the empire, there are still thousands of people who want to enter such an academy and are unsuccessful.

Faced with Zhao Jing's words, Lin Wei secretly gritted his teeth, but under the table, his hand was held by Mrs. Ning Qing.

Lin Wei was stunned, then stretched out his other hand, put it on the back of Ning Qing's hand, and patted it gently. Although he was angry at this implicit provocation in Zhao Jing's words, Lin Wei was not stupid. The previous break with Tennessee was because Tennessee abolished the marriage plan, which had been put on the table, and in front of everyone present at the banquet, once he compromised, the reputation of the Lin family would be damaged.

So he has to be tough.

And now it's different, Zhao Jing can't wait for him to refuse. It is better to let Lin Hai study in Granite University, once this opportunity is lost, it is impossible for the Lin family to find a university in the top 100 of the empire, and let Lin Hai, who has no foundation, enter and study.

And the other top 100 colleges in the empire would not change the rules for Lin Hai and accept him to study. Then this Lin Hai, I'm afraid that he will really become a waste person and become an alien existence of the Lin family who has been poked in the backbone.

Lin Wei's face softened, he smiled at Zhao Jing, and then faced Rhodes with a straight face, his long body that had never bent his waist, at this time he bent down nearly ninety degrees, and bowed lightly, "So, Lin Wei, please ask Principal Rhodes!" "

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"Huh!" Lin Wei, who had never seen anyone bowing his head, actually bowed to Rhodes, which made Lin Wei, who was dressed in a red dress, couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Father!" Although he had always been suppressed and dissatisfied by his father's majesty, Lin Hao also opened his mouth at this time, bowing his waist for Lin Wei's bow, his chest was full of humiliation, anger, and anger and disgust for Lin Hai. His own father bent his arrogant and straight waist for most of his life for an illegitimate child!

This damn Lin Hai!

This time, even Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan were silent, and the heirs next to them, Lin Ke and Lin Delun, all had a faint shock of seeing Lin Wei's other side.

In their impression, this uncle, who is the head of the family, has always been known for being cold and arrogant.

Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan, at this time, for the first time, did not have any dissatisfaction with Lin Wei, in the same situation, if it were them, they must also be willing to do this for their two sons. So at this moment, they only have a kind of resonance and inexplicable lament as fathers, if the sons of the two of them are also abandoned sons like Lin Hai, what can they do? Can you also bow your arrogant stature for his future like this?

Tennessee's eyes flickered, in the final analysis, Lin Wei was for his son, and he didn't want to think about his daughter, he would rather split with the Lin family alliance than his daughter to be forced to be unhappy. It's all for the next generation!

Lin Wei's respect before did not make Rod have any sense of honor, but Lin Wei's actions at the moment made Rod a little flattered, he quickly stood up, supported Lin Wei, and his face was also a little moved, "Lord Earl is serious...

Zhao Jing, who obviously didn't think that Lin Wei would bow his head, snorted softly and was noncommittal.

"So, I don't know who this kid named Lin Hai is present?" Rod looked up slightly, his eyes scanning the room.

He had actually guessed who Lin Hai was, but he didn't plan to communicate with him just now, but now because of Lin Wei's face, Rhodes paid attention to it.

Mrs. Ning Qing looked in the direction of Lin Hai, "Mr. Rod, this is Lin Hai!" "

Only then did Rod look at him, observe it, and said, "A very smart young man... I heard, you grew up in Haizhou Star? "

People knew that this was Rhodes investigating Lin Hai in a change of place, so the atmosphere became a little solemn.

Lin Hai nodded.

Rod remembered every detail of his face, and found that Lin Hai did not have any inferiority, disgust, and unwilling to think deeply about it, and was a little satisfied, "You are very confident, I hope you can maintain such self-confidence, after all, not everyone who comes out of Haizhou Star is a thief, a habitual offender and a mediocre person." And you need to prove it! "

Immediately, Rhodes sighed, "After entering the academy, take a good tuition, in this era, whether you are born with a golden key or not... Without knowledge and skills, it will be difficult to move an inch! Even if it is a big family business, if you don't have a strong ability to grasp it, how many generations can it sustain? "

Rod's words were loud and clear. At the table, he unconsciously seemed a little quiet because of his admonishment words.

Yes, how many nobles in the empire have died out, and how many new nobles have risen. The previous generations were excellent, and the incompetence of the younger generations led to the weakening of the family, and the current Lin family, why not exist in such a situation. In contrast, the rise of the Zhao family today is closely related to the two third-generation figures who can take on great responsibilities. If you want to be brilliant and wonderful in this materialistic world, only your own strength.

Just when everyone present was pondering his words, at this time, at the highest point of the dark blue starry sky above everyone's heads, among the twinkling stars, a star suddenly appeared with a brightness different from the other stars.

Not only is this star brighter than the others, but it is also moving. Like a shooting star.

It's just that it doesn't cross the sky diagonally, but moves vertically down from the sky directly above the distance.

It seems to be moving, but people know that its speed in the sky is so fast that this bright star drags a tail that looms like glittering dust at night.

The abnormality of this star was very dazzling on the open-air annual banquet of the Lin family at night, so that people reached out one after another and pointed at the bright star moving in the sky.

Looking at the sky, this bright star with a tail falling from the sky was indeed coming for the annual dinner of the Lin family, where countless people gathered.

Crashing through the banquet spotlight to illuminate the clouds of the Wayne Company logo.

The bright star manifests itself in the troposphere of the sky, and it is an unmanned aerial vehicle.

The spherical body, milky white paint, and the words "Imperial Planet Express" on it.

This is a planetary delivery drone that is in charge of couriers.

The final assembly transfer station of this drone is at the airport of the planet, which can accurately deliver the materials that each customer needs to send to the receiving location.

The milky white drone in front of him, like an angel born in the ancient earth era, with some kind of mission, flew vertically from the distance in the sky, and the huge whistling sound even alarmed the entire annual banquet, and the seemingly menacing drone made some celebrities and ladies present busy holding their skirts, revealing their beautiful calves, and quickly dodging to the side as if frightened.

The Planet Express aircraft arrived over the banquet, and after a simple scan of the red light, it quickly spun down and arrived at the top of Lin Hai's head. Then a white spotlight shrouded Lin Hai in a pillar of light from top to bottom.

At the faint banquet of Wayne Company's annual meeting, the band stopped playing because of an unexpected situation, and everyone looked at this white pillar of light falling from the sky in surprise...

enveloped Lin Hai in it.

Between the pillars of light, there were white catkins floating around Lin Hai, like a celestial being, reflected in everyone's eyes.

People don't understand how this planet courier could find Lin Hai at this time.

I don't understand who sent him objects from outside the world!

After the drone's scanner analyzed Lin Hai from top to bottom, the synthesized voice of the machinery sounded over the banquet that gradually quieted down from the sound of rustling, "Imperial citizen Lin Hai, the identity number HZ199303191919, you have a letter delivered, please check!" "

"Send a letter... Lin Hai was obviously a little confused, what kind of letter can't be solved by electronic parts this year, and it is still necessary to use such a high planet express business, "Where did you send it?" "

"Sender - Official signature: Qingyuan Academy of the Great Eagle Empire."

With this official signature, the entire banquet scene was filled with an uproar one after another.

Then there was a lot of cacophony of doubts.

"Qingyuan College... Did you hear that right? "

"What's going on? Letter from Qingyuan Academy, this illegitimate son of the Lin family knows the people in the academy? "

"How can people from Qingyuan Academy know people from slums?"

　　...

All kinds of voices are squirming, and the annual banquet seems to have become the shore of the waves hitting the rocky reef.

"Please check!"

With the last synthesized sound, the round craft levitated and descended, and the inner chamber slowly opened with the sound of the machine's movement. In the storage compartment, it was a letter with a plain yet atmospheric packaging on the shell.

In modern society, it is already a luxury to send paper correspondence through "Planet Express", and it is often sent some important documents.

These important documents are signed and stamped and are still not a substitute for electronic letters.

Lin Hai took out the letter, and after confirming that there was nothing in the storage compartment, he pressed it with his thumb on the fingerprint recognition of the aircraft, and it was considered to have been signed.

The aircraft retracted its storage compartment, and then, with a huge gust of air, the aircraft turned into a trailing ray of light and headed for the air port beyond the planet. In the night sky, it turned into a bright and flickering stardust.

Only Lin Hai, who was holding the letter in front of everyone's eyes, was left in the huge banquet.

Then Lin Hai saw that the table was a little messy by the air current, Earl Lin Wei was staring at him with a stern expression that could not be concealed, and the corners of his mouth twitched after a while, "What you are holding in your hand... What is it? "

In the mess and mess, Earl Lin Wei's hair was blown by the air flow just now, and the parted hair was floating in front of his forehead a little miserably, and he was staring at Lin Hai who was holding the letter with a stern expression that could not be concealed, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "What you are holding in your hand... What is it? "

The red dress of Lin Wei beside him was a little indecent, a little untidy, and even the suspender hung obliquely, exposing her smooth fragrant shoulders, but at this moment, she didn't care about tidying up, and like Earl Lin Wei, she stared directly at the envelope in Lin Hai's hand.

Lin Hao was hesitant, his eyes flickered and stared at Lin Hai viciously, he didn't know why, Lin Hai, who was extremely dazzling under the pillar of light just now, made him very jealous for a moment.

Mrs. Ning Qing was silent, and Zhao Jing's dilated pupils had not yet shrunk back.

Tennessee and his wife looked at it. Tian Xiaotian was dressed in a plain skirt, standing beside Zhao Yinlai, looking even more beautiful like jade, and the man was as tall as a tall tree, but the focus and eyes of the people around him were not on this eye-catching man and woman at all. What stayed in everyone's minds was just now Lin Hai under the pillar of light, like a scene of heaven and man descending to earth.

The people of the Lin Manor stared at him, the veterans of Wayne Corporation looked at him, and the guests who arrived looked at him with different expressions but general expressions.

And the relatives and elders of the family, even the two cousins Linklindren, looked at him with a strange look, as if they expected something to happen, but wanted never to happen.

Under such a gaze, Lin Hai smiled easily, lowered his head, and opened the letter in his hand.

I don't know if it's because of the slightly cold weather outside, Lin Hai's hand shaking slightly.

He unwrapped the skin and took out one of the overlapping letters.

On the cover of the letter, what catches your eye is a few big characters in hot stamping - "Qingyuan College Ephemeris 2013 Admission Notice"

　　...

Qingyuan College, Ephemeris 2013, Admission Notice.

The bright star with a light tail above his head was still twinkling because it was far away, and Lin Hai waited for this letter from outside the sky that changed his fate at the end of the ephemeris in 2013.

Unfold the first page of the letter, which is a kind of double offset paper. There is a clear LOGO in the header, which is a shield representing Qingyuan College. The upper left corner is the time of admission, his personal name, and his identification code.

Below, there is a very standard official language, "When you read this letter, congratulations, it means that you have passed our strict and fair assessment, comprehensive ability rating, and proved that you are naturally excellent with your own strength... I hope that a talent who has contributed to the empire is embarking on the road to take-off from here! "

And then after this extremely long congratulatory message, as well as the introduction of the department, environment and faculty of the college, there is also a paragraph with an obvious person's signature.

It was a piece of flying font.

"Just as a gift, surprise on the occasion of this New Year, stinky boy! I'm waiting for you at the Academy. - Qingyuan College, Committee of Five, Zheng Qiushui. "

Lin Hai didn't know what the five-member committee of Qingyuan Academy was, but he saw the name "Zheng Qiushui" very conspicuously.

The Zheng Qiushui, who is known as the imperial Zheng crocodile, has a temper that is very similar to Jiang Zhi's obedience.

Zheng Qiushui, the head of that Qiushui laboratory.

The Zheng Qiushui who built his virtual mecha into an extremely gorgeous one in order to save his life on "Starry Sky Battlefield".

all coincided with the name in front of him, and made Lin Hai clearly believe that behind this sentence was the professor Zheng Qiushui.

　　...

Because of the arrival of the flying machine just now, the people around him naturally kept a distance from Lin Hai, and now seeing him looking down to check the letter in his hand, some people couldn't hold back their curiosity.

Because you must know that if this is just an ordinary letter, then the rudeness of the arrival of the aircraft to disturb the banquet is only afraid that more people will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people because they have grown up in the slums of Lin Hai.

In fact, the most curious person was the person at the table where Lin Hai was sitting before, Lin Hai did not answer Lin Wei's inquiry, but looked at the letter with a distraction. Lin Wei's gaze was much more severe for a while.

In the family, it seemed that only Lin Wei had a relationship with him for the time being, so she stepped forward and came to the place next to Lin Hai, just looked at the notice in his hand, and those beautiful eyes widened.

Lin Wei is known for her calm and strong skills within the family, so at this moment, the change in her expression is like a thousand-year-old glacier suddenly disintegrating, causing everyone to fall into a deeper silence.

Then there was Lin Wei's voice trying to calm down, and the content of the letter read out by Lin Wei, Ning Qing, Lin Hao, and even all the people in the family who were paying attention to this scene.

"Congratulations when you read this letter... We, Qingyuan University, hereby approve your application for admission, which is a mechanical major, code G200... You will be enrolled in the spring of next year..."

But after everyone listened to Lin Wei's calm tone and read out the admission letter in a heavenly voice, the audience was silent.

"Qingyuan College ..."

"Approve your application ..."

"Congratulations..."

The words reverberated between the tables.

"What?" Tennessee was the first to sit still, a little shaky. Tian Xiaotian's eyes also still had a trace of moisture from before, and now when he heard the news, he was also stunned.

The surrounding sounds seemed to be suppressed first, and then they burst like a.

"Accepted! This illegitimate son of the Lin family was actually admitted to Qingyuan College!? "

"Qingyuan College actually sent an admission letter!"

"The courier aircraft just now turned out to be from Qingyuan Academy, not someone from the academy looking for Lin Hai... Instead, inform him of enrollment? "

Lin Wei didn't care about any majesty or not, strode forward, snatched this notice from Lin Wei's hand, and his wife Ning Qing also accompanied him, and his usual calmness seemed to be gone at this time, looking at this letter from outside the world with him.

The suspicions of the two cousins, Link and Lin Delun, and the men and women around them about Lin Hai came to an abrupt end.

Lin Jiang and Lin Yuanshan didn't react for a while, they froze in place, staring at the notice in Lin Wei's hand, watching his expression change, their expressions were also surprised.

Zhao Jing suddenly clapped his hands, "Smack!" "Smack! "Smack! The voice interrupted the discussion of the peripheral crowd at this moment.

He smiled at Lin Wei, "The Lin family is really, what a big deal!" Last time it was Lin Hao, this time it's your eldest son... Earl Lin Wei, it seems that your relationship with Qingyuan Academy is really not small! "

Zhao Jing's words are self-evident. At the same time, he also woke up the shocked Tennessee beside him.

It also made some people with a heart calm down from this unexpected news.

Yes, the last time it was Lin Hao, Lin Hao entered Qingyuan College, and the Lin family was very low-key. That's because of the price paid by the Xinglin family on the riverside in order to let Lin Hao in... almost donated a building to Qingyuan College, and the Lin family has always kept a low profile in this matter, but related matters will always be dug up through various channels. Of course, this situation is not a shame, after all, which nobleman can guarantee that his child is a genius. Being able to enter the top elite schools in the empire, even in aristocratic circles, is something to brag about. Because either the heirs are very good, or they represent the energy and financial resources of this nobleman, which is enough to make a prestigious school change the rules and admit students exceptionally.

Zhao Jing's words were both clear and ironic, and he used "such a big hand", which was pertinent, and it was self-evident. In order to ensure face, the Lin family did not hesitate to repeat the old tricks and spend a huge price to let his illegitimate son enter Qingyuan Academy.

The people present at the banquet still reacted after the surprise and shock brought to them by the arrival of the aircraft and the announcement of the results had subsided a little.

After all, anyone can think about the unreasonableness of this. The eldest son of the Lin family was abandoned in the garbage star since he was a child, grew up in the slums, and did not receive any systematic education at all, let alone have no records included in the imperial education system.

The suspicion was here, so people soon stared at Lin Hai with puzzled eyes.

Don't talk about them, even Lin Wei at this moment was stunned, he looked at Lin Hai, for the first time, he couldn't believe this result, after a short period of shock, there were endless doubts gushing out from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time, he also had a possibility that made his mood suddenly gloomy.

That is the possibility that he is most reluctant to think about - this admission letter is forged by Lin Hai in front of him!

Lin Hai has no sense of existence in the manor, and is a type of person who is ignored and has no status. At this time, it is not impossible to forge such an admission letter for the sake of face or status, and then send it in such a way to cause a sensation in the audience!

But if so... Lin Wei could predict what a stupid thing this was, after all, he could only deceive for a while, but not for a lifetime! Sooner or later, it will be exposed, and it will be exposed soon, and at that time, their entire Lin family will be covered with a terrible stain because of Lin Hai.

This kind of thing may still be on the headlines of the Imperial Daily, and those supreme nobles will laugh and say after tea and dinner, Do you know that the son of the earl of Riverside Star forged admission letters for his own vanity... Lin Wei had already anticipated the crazy gossip.

His face became gloomy for the first time. And Zhao Jing looked at him, as if he also felt that he had found a breakthrough, and even insinuated, "It's strange... Didn't you say that this Lin Hai grew up in a slum? I've also investigated... Of the millions of candidates who have studied in regular colleges and universities, only a dozen or so can enter a prestigious school at the level of Qingyuan College. When you Lin Hai was in a place like the slums, were you geniuses? "

This is a typical downfall, that is, to guide everyone's thinking and think towards the aspect of doubt, some people have already fallen into thinking, and even considered whether this is the admission letter forged by the Lin family.

Rhodes, the president of Granite University, had the same doubts.

Because from his point of view, it is impossible for ordinary universities to admit Lin Hai, even if he wants to let Lin Hai study at Granite University, which ranks 88th in his empire, he has to pass the chairman of the Lin family, and the price of favor paid by the earl can only reluctantly agree, and on the admission side, he has to face the review of the Imperial Education Committee, and it is only possible to let Lin Hai go to school after going through some troubles, and it is by no means as simple as him as a principal covering the sky with one hand.

Not to mention the strict top schools of the empire that countless people are staring at.

And the Lin family also used a lot of connections in order to enter their granite university, since they had the energy to enter Qingyuan College before, why did they bother to find him in granite university?

"Show me!" Rod walked over to Lin Wei, the admission letter is such a thing, he can distinguish the authenticity at a glance, not to mention, it is an admission letter from Qingyuan College, you know, he also has such an admission letter and graduation certificate, which are framed in a photo frame and hung on the honor wall of his house.

He had already made up his mind that if the admission letter was fake, then he would temporarily help cover up the past and not expose it. Let Lin Hai repent afterwards, and then today's things are still going on as usual, and still let him study at Granite University in a low-key manner after this.

After all, it is understandable that a teenager who was abandoned and grew up in a place like a slum is now back in an aristocratic family, has no status and is not valued.

For a moment, Rod felt that he had some understanding and sympathy for Lin Hai.

Lin Wei hesitated for a moment, and finally handed over the admission letter to Rhodes.

Rhodes met his worried eyes, nodded, delivered some positive information, and then looked down at the acceptance letter.

Zhao Jing naturally thought that Rhodes was going to expose Lin Hai's fraud, and when he leaned forward, his eyes were shining, excited and shining. He waited for Rhodes to expose it, and then he took the opportunity to create momentum to hit the Lin family's sore feet.

Tennessee also looked at Rod very nervously, after all, the abolition of the marriage between the two families today is also because they don't look down on Lin Hai, if this Lin Hai of the Lin family is a genius, then their Tennessee family, I am afraid that they will lift a stone and hit their own feet, he feels very sad to regret this kind of thing, and he doesn't want to regret it at all. Therefore, the chubby Tennes Ningken, Lin Hai, is a slum youth, even if he wears the robe of the nobility, he is still ruined.

Rhodes took the admission letter and looked at it, but he didn't see the LOGO and anti-counterfeiting logo of Yuan College. Just when he saw that paragraph of cursive signature message, he was stunned for a moment.

"Zheng Qiushui!"

Rod suddenly turned his head to look at Lin Hai, his face full of incredulity.

He ... I actually left you a message on the admission letter in person? "