239: Chapter 239 The Silly Assistant

Early the next morning, Lin Xiao was awakened by a knock on the door.

When he opened the door, the person standing there was Su Yu's newly hired male assistant, Assistant Xiao.

He had heard that he was poached from another law firm, and while his work performance was decent, he was a bit too honest for his own good.

Assistant Xiao was about 1.75 meters tall, a little shorter than Lin Xiao.

Although he was twenty-five or twenty-six years old, he had a baby face and looked about the same age as Lin Xiao.

Assistant Xiao knew of Lin Xiao but had never met him before.

Seeing a man open the door, he first took two steps back in confusion, and after double-checking the room number, he looked bewildered.

"Sorry, I might have the wrong room."

As he said this, he prepared to call Su Yu to ask if the room had been changed at the last minute.

Although Assistant Xiao didn't know Lin Xiao, Lin Xiao knew him.

Looking at the breakfast in Assistant Xiao's hand, Lin Xiao pulled him into the room. "Oh, you didn't get it wrong. Come in, I'm starving."

Assistant Xiao had a somewhat lean build and was completely caught off guard.

He was dragged into the room just like that.

It wasn't until the door behind him closed that Assistant Xiao said in terror, "What, what are you doing?"

Before Lin Xiao could answer, his eyes landed on Su Yu, who was tied up on the bed.

In an instant, cold sweat broke out on his back.

"Kid, kidnapping?"

Assistant Xiao was absolutely terrified.

At the table, Lin Xiao, who was opening the food containers to eat breakfast, suddenly realized something when he saw Assistant Xiao's expression.

He hurriedly tried to explain, but it was already too late.

He saw Assistant Xiao turn around, open the door, and begin shouting about a kidnapping as he tried to run out.

Not wanting to cause unnecessary trouble, Lin Xiao took two quick strides, rushed over, grabbed Assistant Xiao by the collar with one hand, and covered his mouth with the other.

He then dragged him back with force, kicked the door shut again, and leaned his back against it... The entire sequence of movements was smooth and fluid!

Assistant Xiao's eyes widened in terror, his heart filled with despair.

Facing such a kidnapper with absolute overwhelming power, he was like fish on a chopping block, completely powerless to resist!

"Listen to me..."

Lin Xiao didn't dare to let go, afraid the kid would start shouting again.

But when he tried to explain, he felt his hand get wet.

"Wait, big brother, why are you crying?"

Lin Xiao was stunned.

He saw that Assistant Xiao's eyes were red, and his hand was covered in tears and snot.

He immediately let go and shook his hand in disgust.

Assistant Xiao sobbed with snot and tears streaming down his face. "Big brother, please have mercy. I have old parents and young children to support. Please, let me go!"

"..."

How could a proper lawyer's assistant be this cowardly?

Lin Xiao turned his head to look at Su Yu on the bed.

Su Yu slowly turned her head away as well.

She couldn't bear to watch; she really couldn't bear to watch.

Lin Xiao wanted to laugh, but he held it in.

Looking at Assistant Xiao, he coughed lightly and said indifferently, "At a time like this, you're still lying to me!"

"What?"

Assistant Xiao looked up, bewildered.

Lin Xiao rolled his eyes. "Didn't you say you had old parents and young children waiting for you to support them?"

"Uh."

Cold sweat broke out on Assistant Xiao's forehead.

No way? Did this kidnapper investigate him? Did he even know he was an orphan?

But the next second, he heard Lin Xiao speak.

"It's true that you have old parents and young children, but they don't need you to support them! Your grandparents are the richest people in N Province! Just under your parents' names, there are thousands of cattle and sheep, and the entire mountain belongs to your family!"

"And your child, he's a child star. His monthly income is probably higher than yours!"

"..."

Assistant Xiao's eyes shifted from confusion to bewilderment, and then from bewilderment to joy.

Finally, he reached a conclusion.

"Big brother, you've kidnapped the wrong person! The person you're looking for isn't me!"

Assistant Xiao hurriedly explained, "Everything you said has nothing to do with me. I'm an orphan; I don't have parents, let alone grandparents! And I'm single, so where would I get a son?"

The more he spoke, the more he felt there was a chance.

It seemed this unexpected disaster was just a misunderstanding.

"..."

Lin Xiao couldn't quite grasp this kid's thought process.

He had wanted to show off a bit more, but it was like dancing for the blind or singing for the deaf.

He really didn't want to explain, so he walked to the bed and tore off the tape covering Su Yu's mouth.

"Sister, you tell him yourself."

Lin Xiao waved his hand casually, sat back down at the table, and popped a xiao long bao into his mouth.

"Sister?"

Assistant Xiao looked at Su Yu.

Just as he had begun to figure things out, he was instantly confused again.

Su Yu looked at Assistant Xiao, wondering how she had chosen such an idiot to be her assistant.

She didn't even have time to lecture Lin Xiao, who had kept her tied up all night, and instead threw a pillow at Assistant Xiao.

"I told you to do your homework long ago. Did you slack off?"

"I didn't! I read all the materials you gave me, Sister Su, over and over again."

Assistant Xiao said, feeling aggrieved.

"What about the one regarding my personal life?"

Su Yu asked indifferently.

"Ah? That one... I just felt that since I'm a man, knowing too much about your personal life, Sister Su, might be a bit offensive?"

Assistant Xiao said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Su Yu held her forehead and didn't want to say anything more for the moment.

She casually raised her hand, pointed at Lin Xiao, who was eating with grease all over his mouth, and said briefly, "My brother, Lin Xiao."

"..."

Assistant Xiao's mouth hung open.

Of course, he had heard about Su Yu's brother.

Especially since the internet made Lin Xiao out to be legendary!

As an assistant personally selected by Su Yu, it was impossible for him to be truly stupid.

While realizing how big of a mistake he had made, he also thought about the words Lin Xiao had said to him earlier, which seemed to carry deep meaning!

"Master Lin!"

Assistant Xiao grabbed Lin Xiao's hand. "Could it be that you really saw something on me?"

Lin Xiao drank a couple of sips of soy milk to swallow the bun that was stuck in his throat.

"I saw it."

"Then I..."

"Pay up!"

Lin Xiao raised his hand and rubbed his fingertips together.

Assistant Xiao hesitated for a moment, took out a thousand yuan in cash from his bag, and said somewhat awkwardly, "Um, I just started working under Sister Su not long ago, so funds are a bit..."

Lin Xiao took the money and continued, "You aren't an orphan; you were just lost when you were a child. Your family hasn't given up on finding you all these years, though you are truly unlucky. Every time they were about to find you, you'd run off to another city."

Assistant Xiao thought about it; since graduating from university, he had indeed been moving between different cities in order to find a good job.

Lin Xiao stuffed another bite of the bun into his mouth and said vaguely, "And your son, he's your ex-girlfriend's. She found out she was pregnant only after breaking up with you. She couldn't bear to abort it, so she secretly gave birth to the child and raised him alone... The child is also quite capable; he was selected to be a child star at a young age."

Hearing this news, Assistant Xiao swayed.

He hadn't expected things to turn out like this!