155: Chapter 155 The Secret of the Jin Family

"Lin Xiao, long time no see!"

Lin Yu wore a smug smile, "Didn't expect this, did you? I'm part of The Jin Family now."

"Oh."

Lin Xiao didn't even lift his head.

Lin Yu hadn't expected this reaction from Lin Xiao, and anger flared in his heart again.

"My parents sent me to the Finance Department at B University. After I graduate, I can go abroad directly and take over The Jin Family's overseas companies. Unlike you, still waiting eagerly for Lin Chuge's handouts."

Lin Yu seemed exceptionally concerned about inheriting the family business.

Perhaps precisely because of this, he had always been quite dissatisfied with the fact that the Lin couple handed the company over to Lin Chuge.

This led him to continue brooding over it even after leaving the Lin family.

"Oh, is that so?"

Lin Xiao gave an indifferent scoff and said bluntly, "That still doesn't change the fact that you are a loser."

"You..."

Lin Yu hadn't expected Lin Xiao to dare say that to his face; he was so angry he couldn't help but clench his fists.

Fortunately, he wasn't stupid enough to cause a scene in front of so many people.

Just then, the staff for the Auction had already taken the stage.

So, with a cold snort, he turned and left.

Lin Chuge also returned and sat down beside Lin Xiao.

"A-Xiao, what did you say to Lin Yu? He doesn't seem very happy."

"I told him he was a loser."

"..."

Lin Chuge was speechless.

Just as she expected, Lin Xiao would never let himself be at a disadvantage.

Especially in front of an idiot like Lin Yu.

At this moment, Lin Xiao's inner voice suddenly sounded.

[I told him he was a loser, and that's actually a fact.]

[Does he really think he's the young master of The Jin Family? Missing for twenty years, only to be suddenly found by his biological parents right after being kicked out of the Lin family?]

[Are you kidding me? The Jin Family has such great power; how could it possibly take so long to find someone? Doesn't he think this is all too much of a coincidence?]

Hearing Lin Xiao's inner voice, not only Lin Chuge but everyone else present pricked up their ears.

Of course, except for Lin Yu and members of The Jin Family, who couldn't hear the inner voice.

Wealthy people are sometimes even more gossipy than ordinary people.

Especially regarding families that are their equals or have competitive or cooperative relationships; they don't want to miss any movement from them.

Perhaps even a tiny piece of information could play a crucial role in business warfare.

The Jin Family was once considered a behemoth in the capital; even after moving overseas, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse.

They were certainly very interested in The Jin Family's family secrets.

Soon, Lin Xiao's inner voice continued.

[The original young master of The Jin Family was sickly since childhood. He was duped by a charlatan who said The Jin Family could find someone whose fate matched the young master's to act as a substitute and ward off disasters for him.]

[When the time came, as long as the substitute died in the young master's place, the young master would be safe.]

[Heh, Lin Yu is that unlucky substitute!]

The Jin Family's young master?

Some of the slightly older people present couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

It wasn't like they hadn't heard relevant rumors before.

Back then, some people said The Jin Family had another child who was being kept secretly at home.

There was also a time when people said they saw Madam Jin wearing a white flower on her chest, looking very depressed, leading to suspicions that someone in the family had passed away.

But that was all years ago, and many people didn't believe it because they couldn't imagine why The Jin Family would do such a thing.

It was just a child; what was the need to hide it?

Hearing Lin Xiao say this, they suddenly realized.

It was actually because they believed a charlatan?

This was too ironic!

If that was really the case, and they hadn't seen that child in so many years, could it be that the person who died in The Jin Family back then was him?

Thinking about it this way, it seemed that it was also from that time that The Jin Family began to expand their business overseas.

Soon, their conjectures were confirmed by Lin Xiao's inner voice.

[Unfortunately, a charlatan is just a charlatan; how could their words be trusted?]

[If they had just sent the young master to the Hospital for timely treatment from the start, he probably could have lived a few more years.]

[But looking at the failure of the fate-swapping, Lin Yu doesn't seem to count as an unlucky one!]

[The ridiculous thing is, even with things as they are, The Jin Family doesn't think it's their own problem at all. Instead, they blame everything on Lin Yu and the Lin family, thinking that the Lin family must have done something to Lin Yu that caused their fate-swapping to fail.]

[Tsk tsk tsk, so it turns out rich people also like to deceive themselves.]

The guests sighed inwardly, but their faces remained composed.

If it were before, those with interests related to The Jin Family would probably have immediately contacted their assistants to dig into every detail of The Jin Family from back then.

Attempting to use the influence of these aspects to compete with The Jin Family for some projects.

Unfortunately, The Jin Family didn't have many projects left in the capital, so it wasn't worth targeting them anymore.

They could only take this as a warning: in the future, if they really want to dabble in metaphysics, they must be wary of charlatans.

Lin Chuge, on the other hand, kept holding her phone, typing on it non-stop.

She immediately sent what she heard from Lin Xiao to that small group chat where Lin Xiao wasn't present.

Others might not care about The Jin Family, but they couldn't afford not to.

After all, they had to face The Jin Family's inexplicable yet exceptionally firm anger later; they absolutely could not let their guard down.

When Lin Xiao first learned of these secrets, he was also very helpless.

In his heart, he cursed that damn Heavenly Dao all over again.

For the sake of so-called plot correction, it just wanted the whole Lin family to die a miserable death.

To achieve this goal, it really had no shame at all!

"System, you say you're working so hard to help me save the Lin family, can't you think of a way to stop this Heavenly Dao from messing around?"

Lin Xiao sighed softly.

This time, the system's reply came quickly.

[No way, *shrugs*.]

[We are originally two different departments, our work contents are completely unrelated.]

[I only handle the gossip.]

[You aren't expecting a gossip system to go up against the Heavenly Dao, are you?]

[How presumptuous!]

Yeah.

How is this any different from asking Peppa Pig to save the world?