23: Chapter 23 The Beauty's Invitation

These boys were all Lin Yu's lackeys, always thinking of ways to curry favor with him in their spare time.

This time, upon learning that Lin Yu disliked Lin Xiao, they deliberately made things difficult for him.

Lin Yu was happy to let this happen, just standing to the side and watching Lin Xiao get bullied.

"Lin Yu, you know full well that some things can't be hidden for long, right?"

Lin Xiao looked at Lin Yu indifferently.

Lin Yu naturally understood the meaning behind Lin Xiao's words, but he couldn't care less.

In any case, even if others found out that Lin Xiao was the true young master of the Lin family, it wouldn't have much of an impact on him.

As long as he hadn't left the Lin family, these people who curried favor with him would continue to do so.

The people around them were still jeering, and some even started pushing, wanting to force Lin Xiao to kneel.

But just at that moment, a clear, bright voice rang out from the side.

"What are you doing?"

Everyone looked toward the sound and was slightly stunned.

Because the person speaking was none other than the art department's campus belle, whom Lin Yu had been pursuing, Qiu Xiaoyan.

She was the beautiful girl in the white dress from that day.

Today, she was wearing a black tracksuit, her hair tied back, looking youthful and lovely.

Her face was still incredibly beautiful.

She swept her gaze over everyone present with an expressionless face, her eyes finally resting on Lin Yu.

Lin Yu hadn't expected Qiu Xiaoyan to appear suddenly and immediately wanted to change his expression.

But Qiu Xiaoyan ignored him and walked straight toward Lin Xiao.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

Lin Xiao smiled nonchalantly.

He also cast a disdainful look at the people beside him before turning back to Lin Yu. "Since you aren't willing to make things clear to your lackeys, I'll have to do it myself."

At this point, Lin Xiao coughed lightly and said indifferently, "The person who wants to renovate the Library is my dad!"

"I am the Lin family's biological son, while he can only be considered my parents' adopted son at best."

A smile curled at the corners of Lin Xiao's mouth. For the first time, he revealed an overbearing demeanor and said contemptuously, "Lin Yu, my parents kindly kept you in the Lin family, not so you could go around spouting nonsense."

Lin Yu hadn't originally intended to keep things hidden forever, but he hadn't expected everyone to find out in this way.

Lin Xiao had always been a coward; how had he become so arrogant today?

This rendered all the excuses Lin Yu had prepared beforehand useless.

Sure enough, Lin Xiao's words stunned everyone present.

Those people had initially thought Lin Xiao was crazy, but seeing Lin Yu's reaction, they finally realized that what Lin Xiao said was true!

Lin Xiao stared at Lin Yu and laughed, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Lin Yu's confidence wavered. "The Lin family raised me for twenty years, and even shares of the Lin Corporation have been given to me. Do you really think a country bumpkin like you has a chance to inherit the Lin family? Keep dreaming!"

After saying this, he turned and left.

Those lackeys couldn't judge the current situation, so they had to follow him as well.

Regardless, they had benefited quite a bit from Lin Yu in the past, and Lin Yu had promised them that he would let them join the Lin Corporation after graduation.

Based on that alone, they had to continue following Lin Yu.

After they all left, the cafeteria became quiet again.

Lin Xiao looked at Qiu Xiaoyan beside him and said sincerely, "Thank you for your help. Let me treat you to a meal."

Qiu Xiaoyan's expression changed slightly, and after a moment of hesitation, she nodded.

Lin Xiao asked, "So, what would you like to eat?"

He had assumed that a beautiful girl like Qiu Xiaoyan would be used to being pampered, and Lin Xiao had already prepared himself to spend a lot of money.

But unexpectedly, she just ordered a meal that cost a little over ten yuan.

Lin Xiao confirmed repeatedly that Qiu Xiaoyan really only wanted that much before going to the counter to queue.

But when it was his turn, he discovered that the meal card he had kept in his pocket was missing!

The counter here didn't accept other payment methods, leaving Lin Xiao frozen on the spot.

If it were just him, it would be fine; he could just skip a meal.

But now Qiu Xiaoyan was here, so what was he supposed to do?

"Hey, are you buying or not? If not, move aside!"

The person behind him was already getting impatient.

Just as Lin Xiao was awkwardly trying to step aside, a slender, fair arm reached out in front of him and placed a meal card on the machine.

"Beep!"

Lin Xiao looked over and discovered it was Qiu Xiaoyan, which made him feel even more awkward.

The two sat back down at the table, and Lin Xiao said sheepishly, "This... I promised to treat you, but now you're treating me."

Qiu Xiaoyan lowered her head, pursing her lips, and whispered, "It's okay, just consider it the admission fee for last time."

"Admission fee?"

Lin Xiao was puzzled.

"It's for your Lightning Summoning Technique. It was so cool!"

Mentioning this, a flash of excitement crossed Qiu Xiaoyan's eyes, but she quickly lowered her head again, resuming her previous cold expression.

Seeing Qiu Xiaoyan's awkward expression, Lin Xiao seemed to understand something.

Everyone in school said Qiu Xiaoyan was an ice beauty because she always had a cold demeanor.

But now it seemed her personality wasn't cold at all; it was even a bit fiery.

She just seemed to be... socially anxious!

After the meal, Lin Xiao promised, "I promised to treat you; this time doesn't count."

"Hmm, then how about this weekend?"

Qiu Xiaoyan took the initiative to suggest it.

"Alright, let's get in touch beforehand."

Lin Xiao waved his phone.

"Okay."

Qiu Xiaoyan nodded and left by herself.

Lin Xiao watched Qiu Xiaoyan's back with interest. He realized that even apart from her looks, this Qiu Xiaoyan was an interesting girl.

He suddenly felt a bit of anticipation for the weekend.

After leaving the cafeteria, he didn't return to the dormitory but dialed the police instead.

He had felt something was off earlier, and then he suddenly remembered that when those boys were trying to make him kneel for Lin Yu, they seemed to have grabbed at his pocket.

Otherwise, how could his meal card have disappeared into thin air?

After the police arrived, they immediately checked the surveillance footage, which confirmed this.

"Student Lin, if it's just a meal card, I'm afraid it's not enough to meet the threshold for a case file..."

"It's enough. I have over five thousand in my card."

What Lin Xiao didn't say was that he had just topped up that money using his phone.

Since he had already revealed his identity today, he wanted to completely overshadow Lin Yu!

"Over five thousand? Are kids so rich these days..."

The policeman muttered in surprise and immediately sent someone to find the parties involved and the school leadership.

Before long, The Boy who had bullied Lin Xiao earlier was brought over.

When The Boy saw Lin Xiao, he was still a bit confused.

But when he heard that Lin Xiao's meal card actually had over five thousand in it, his expression instantly crumbled!

"Lin Xiao! You set me up on purpose!"