56: Chapter 56 Fat Worm

Mu Wan was stunned, then immediately understood her mother's meaning. Her face turned red to the roots of her ears instantly: "Mom! You... what are you saying!"

"Wanwan, Mom doesn't oppose you and Lin Yu being together." Su Manqin put down the hair dryer, turned around, and cupped her daughter's face. "However, you must remember, no matter what happens, Mom will always love you. Lin Yu... he is a man worth entrusting to. Mom gave herself to him, and now, Mom is entrusting you to him too."

"Mom..." Mu Wan had tears swirling in her eyes. She threw herself into her mother's arms. "I don't want to leave you..."

"Silly girl, who said anything about leaving you?" Su Manqin patted her back gently. "None of us will leave. From now on, the three of us will always be together."

Thunder rumbled outside the window, and the candlelight flickered inside the room.

Su Manqin held Mu Wan's hand, walked to the bedside, and gently pushed her toward Lin Yu.

"Lin Yu, I entrust Wanwan to you."

After saying that, Su Manqin turned around and blew out the candle.

Darkness instantly enveloped everything; only the lightning outside the window occasionally illuminated the bed.

"Brother Lin Yu..." Mu Wan's voice trembled, carrying a trace of fear, but more of anticipation.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Lin Yu's voice was low and gentle. He reached out in the darkness and pulled the young girl into his arms. "Mom is here too."

Su Manqin lay on the other side, reached out, and held Mu Wan's hand: "Wanwan, don't be afraid..."

The hearts of the three people grew closer in the darkness.

This night, for Mu Wan, was like a small boat lost in a storm, finally finding its harbor in Lin Yu.

Early morning, the rain stopped.

The first ray of sunlight spilled onto the bed through the gap in the curtains.

Mu Wan woke up groggily, feeling sore all over. She moved her body and discovered she was being held tightly in Lin Yu's arms, while Lin Yu's other hand was resting on the waist of Su Manqin, who was sleeping on the other side.

"Awake?" Lin Yu opened his eyes and kissed her on the forehead.

"Mm..." Mu Wan blushed and buried her head in his chest. "Brother Lin Yu, good morning."

Su Manqin also woke up. She looked at the two of them snuggled together: "Morning." She reached out and gently touched Mu Wan's hair. "Wanwan, you're an adult now."

Mu Wan raised her head, looked at her mother, then looked at Lin Yu, a happy smile appearing on her face.

"Mm! I'm an adult now!"

...

After breakfast, the three of them came to the terrace of the homestay.

Mu Wan was wearing an oversized shirt; it was Lin Yu's shirt. She sat on Lin Yu's lap, holding a glass of milk, acting as obedient as a kitten.

Su Manqin sat to the side, elegantly drinking coffee.

"Manqin, Wanwan," Lin Yu suddenly spoke up, "I want to say a few words to you both here."

Both mother and daughter looked at him.

"The scenery of Yuntai Mountain is beautiful, but in my eyes, it doesn't compare to you." Lin Yu held the hands of both mother and daughter. "Before, you might have had reservations or worries. But from today on, I hope you understand that although I, Lin Yu, am not a saint, I will never let you down."

"Manqin, you are my lover, my soulmate."

"Wanwan, you are my treasure, my future."

"From now on, the three of us are a family. No one can separate us."

Su Manqin's eyes were slightly red, and she nodded.

Mu Wan was even more moved, crying messily. She hugged Lin Yu's neck and kissed him: "Brother Lin Yu, I love you too! And Mom!"

Su Manqin looked at her daughter and scolded with a smile: "Silly girl, you have no shame."

"Hehe..." Mu Wan stuck out her tongue, then leaned over and kissed Su Manqin on the face too. "Mom is the best too!"

The sunlight spilled over the three of them, merging their shadows together.

Fatty had finished packing with Chen Huihui; they had bought a lot of things.

"Boss, when are we going down the mountain?" Fatty asked.

"No rush, let's sit for a while longer." Lin Yu looked at the sea of clouds in the distance, in a great mood.

...

The road down the mountain was smooth all the way.

In the Alphard, the atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

Mu Wan fell asleep in Lin Yu's arms, her hand still tightly clutching his shirt corner.

Su Manqin sat to the side, looking at her daughter's peaceful sleeping face, her heart filled with unprecedented stability.

"Lin Yu." She called out softly.

"Mm?"

"Thank you."

"Thank you for what?"

"Thank you for giving us a home." Su Manqin's eyes shimmered with tears. "Before, I always felt sorry for Wanwan. But now, I know that as long as we are by your side, that is the best protection for her."

Lin Yu held her hand and smiled: "Silly, don't say thank you in the future. We are a family."

When the car was halfway there, Mu Wan woke up. Chen Huihui, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, turned around, holding her phone with a suppressed laugh on her face.

"Boss Lin, Sister Manqin, Wanwan, you guys hurry and look at this! The video I edited just now, you must watch it!"

"What is it?" Mu Wan curiously leaned over.

Lin Yu smiled and took the phone: "Huihui, you're being so mysterious, did you film some blockbuster?"

"It doesn't count as a blockbuster, but it is an action film." Huihui covered her mouth and giggled.

Su Manqin's attention was also attracted, and she leaned over to look at the screen.

The video started playing.

The background of the scene was the glass walkway at Cornelian Peak they had visited yesterday.

The camera was aimed at the other end of the walkway. Fatty was standing on the glass. He, who was usually imposing, now had legs shaking like a sieve, sweat pouring down his face, and an expression of utter despair.

"... Hui... Hui, I'm afraid of heights..." The video played the sound of Fatty with a crying voice.

The voice of Huihui came from the video: "Then just admit defeat, won't that be fine?"

"Admit... admit defeat? That's impossible." Fatty trembled and slowly sat down, his movements cautious. Just after sitting down, he seemed to remember something and chuckled: "Just this? This can stump this handsome guy?"

As he spoke, he slowly lay down. That's right! He lay down on his back!

Fatty was belly-up like an overturned turtle, and then... he started... to inch forward!

Knees bent, feet on the ground, pushing forward, elbows coordinating, he inched forward on the glass walkway bit by bit. His round belly trembled with every movement, just like a 'fat worm' trying hard to eat.

"What the hell?" Lin Yu couldn't help but curse. "Not to mention anything else, it has to be you, Fatty!"

"Hahahaha!" Mu Wan and Su Manqin saw this scene and instantly broke their composure, laughing until they were leaning back and forth. Chen Huihui thought of the scene and followed suit, laughing.

The video didn't end there.

In the video, a female tourist wearing a floral dress happened to walk by. She looked at the giant "fat worm" wriggling on the ground, was stunned for a moment, then her face turned pale with fright. She immediately pulled her skirt tight and pointed at Fatty, scolding:

"Pervert! You dirty scoundrel! What are you doing in public!"

Fatty turned his head while inching forward, looking aggrieved: "Big sister, this is... this is performance art! I am feeling the pulse of the earth!"

"Feel your grandpa! Get away!" The female tourist disgusted, walked away quickly, hiding far away.

The video ended here.

A burst of earth-shattering laughter erupted in the car.

"Hahahaha! Fatty... Fatty, you are too embarrassing!" Mu Wan laughed until tears came out, clutching her stomach and collapsing into Lin Yu's arms. "You actually crawled like a worm! And performance art! You're killing me!"

The usually dignified Su Manqin was now laughing until she was trembling, covering her mouth and saying: "This... this Fatty is truly talented, to think of such a trick."

Lin Yu glanced at Fatty, who was driving, and jokingly teased: "Fatty, I'm convinced by your 'quick wit'. To overcome your fear of heights, you didn't even want your image?"

Fatty gripped the steering wheel, his face twitched, and he gave an awkward smile:

"Hehe, well... Boss Lin, Sister Manqin, little sister Wanwan... If I said this was a performance I specifically acted out to create show effects for you, would you believe me?"

Everyone shouted in unison without hesitation: "Don't believe it!"

"Hahahaha!"

The car was once again filled with happy air. This is life; there are surprises and dangers, laughter and tears, but as long as the family is together, it is the best time.

When they returned to Ze City, it was already noon.

The Alphard stopped slowly at the entrance of Ruiyuan Residential Compound. Su Manqin and Mu Wan got out of the car. Although the mother and daughter had travel fatigue on their faces, their eyes showed unprecedented radiance.

"Lin Yu, drive slowly on the road." Su Manqin stood outside the car window, her eyes gentle, looking very much like a young wife seeing off her husband.

"Got it, wait for my call tonight." Lin Yu lowered the car window and winked at her.

Mu Wan stood to the side, blushing, and whispered: "Brother Lin Yu, goodbye."

Watching the car drive away, Su Manqin took Mu Wan's hand, a happy smile curling at the corner of her mouth.

...

Junlin Capital office.

Lin Yu had just sat down in the boss chair when the office door was knocked.

"Come in!"

President Wang Ya and Tang Man held tablet computers; Director Wu walked at the end like an iron tower, looking serious.

"Boss, there are a few things that need to be reported to you." President Wang Ya spoke first, pushing up her glasses.

"The first thing: yesterday morning, something happened at the Food City project site. A few thugs caused trouble on the grounds of 'occupying farmland' and even smashed the surveying equipment of the design institute. Director Wu led people to subdue them on the spot. Upon questioning, these people said they were instigated by someone, paid to do things, and they didn't know the person who instigated them. Later, the people were taken away by the police station."

Lin Yu frowned slightly, his fingers tapping the desktop gently: "Oh? Farmland? The approval documents for the Food City land were issued a long time ago. Causing trouble at this time is clearly looking for trouble."

"The second thing." President Wang Ya continued, her tone carrying a trace of anger, "Last night, Zhou Li and Liu Yifei were preparing to go home after working overtime, and they were molested by four or five hooligans in the underground parking lot. Fortunately, our bodyguards reacted quickly, subdued the people, and sent them to the police station. The result of the questioning was the same as the site; they were all instigated by someone."

"Heh." Lin Yu sneered, "Molested by hooligans? This trick is too cliché."

He turned to look at Director Wu: "Yu Yi reported this matter to me last night. Even with my feet, I can think of who instigated it. Who else could it be besides that old bastard Zhang Tieshan?"

"Boss, do you want me to send someone to teach him a lesson?" Director Wu asked.

"No need." Lin Yu waved his hand, "Hit a snake seven inches; now is not the time to tear our faces with him. Tang Man, you collect and save the evidence of these two incidents — surveillance footage, transcripts, scene photos, all of them. These are all evidence to send Zhang Tieshan inside later."

"Okay, Boss." Tang Man nodded and recorded it on the tablet.

"Third," President Wang Ya turned a page of the document, "Regarding the investment in the driving school, Vice President Liu Qingyan and Investment Director Shen Ruoyao have studied it. Currently, the driving school's profitability is good, and it is recommended to expand operations and invest in eight more branches in other districts and counties. This is the feasibility report."

Lin Yu glanced at it: "This little thing, you and the Investment Department and Finance Department discuss it. President Wang Ya, you can make the decision entirely; you don't need to report everything to me. I believe in your abilities! I want results, not the process."

"Understood." A flash of admiration crossed President Wang Ya's eyes.

Ding! President Wang Ya intimacy + 5

Current intimacy: 71

At this moment, Director Wu took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Boss, the people you asked me to find have arrived."

A flash of light appeared in Lin Yu's eyes: "Oh? Lead the way, let's go to the underground garage."

...

Underground parking lot, B2 level.

The light here was dim, and it was quiet all around. Director Wu led Lin Yu to a remote corner. Two people were standing there.

One active, one quiet, their temperaments were completely different, yet they both exuded a fatal attraction.

The one on the left looked like she was only in her early twenties, with a high ponytail, wearing a loose hoodie, a delicate baby face, and big eyes blinking. Although her figure was somewhat "rule-breaking" plump, she gave off the illusion of a girl next door. But looking closely at her standing posture, her feet were shoulder-width apart, her center of gravity was lowered, and her hands were naturally hanging by her sides but could exert force at any time — this was a standard tactical alert posture.

The one on the right was in a black tight-fitting combat suit, with long hair tied up, wearing a pair of glasses, tall, with slender legs, exuding a scholarly mature woman aura. She stood there quietly with her arms crossed, like an unsheathed sharp blade.

Just as Lin Yu approached, a crisp prompt sounded in his mind:

Ding! Detected beauty meeting the standard

Name: Tang Guo

Age: 26

Occupation: Mercenary

Beauty: 92

Height: 167cm

Weight: 50kg

Purity: 100

Health: Normal

Intimacy: 21

Ding! Detected beauty meeting the standard

Name: Leng Yue

Age: 27

Occupation: Mercenary Captain

Beauty: 93

Height: 171cm

Weight: 56kg

Purity: 100

Health: Normal

Intimacy: 19

Lin Yu was overjoyed; brother-in-law Director Wu's work was indeed reliable! One literary and one martial, and both were from regular army backgrounds.

The "loli" named Tang Guo saw Lin Yu, grinned, revealing a mouthful of small white teeth, and her voice was crisp: "Hello Boss! I am Tang Guo, the 'Guo' of candy! Captain Wu said you were short of hands, so I came! I'm not a picky eater, I can do dirty and tiring work!"

The Leng Yue beside her pushed her glasses, nodded slightly, her voice slightly magnetic: "Hello Boss, I am Leng Yue. Although Tang Guo looks young, her skills are no worse than mine."

"Haha, you can't judge a book by its cover." Lin Yu smiled and looked at the two, "Director Wu said you are all-around talents?"