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Chapter 97 - 97: The Owner of the Remittance Slip 1
"Of course it's true. My master said it, and he edited that news piece. It was all the rage back in the day!"
Shelley listened to these words and appeared thoughtful.
"Are you sure it's her?" She asked again, still unsure.
"Absolutely, I checked it out. Her features match pretty closely. Didn't expect to snag an exclusive this way!"
Her friend looked equally excited!
"That's good then!" A smile gradually appeared on Shelley's haggard face, but it carried a sinister tone.
Lin Zhenxin, I'm going to expose all your unsavory past...
Lin Zhenxin stood with her back to the door, her gaze resting on the blooming hydrangeas outside the floor-to-ceiling window.
This glass conservatory design is truly exquisite.
But then she thought of He Bainian.
— We are not strangers.
She considered leaving, but when she recalled those words, she ultimately decided to stay and get to the bottom of things.
Just as she was lost in thought, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside with a bang.
Lin Zhenxin instinctively turned her head, just in time to see He Bainian, whose chest was heaving from running.
Seeing she hadn't left, He Bainian adjusted his breathing.
His gaze landed on Lin Zhenxin.
The sunlight was nice, and it sparkled through her hair. As she turned her head to look at him suddenly...
It reminded He Bainian of the way Lin Zhenxin looked back at him in front of that painting.
"This, do you remember it?"
Once he collected himself, He Bainian sat back in front of her, pushing the item he had returned home to retrieve toward her.
When Lin Zhenxin saw it clearly, her eyes widened abruptly.
He Bainian was constantly observing her expression; when he saw her reaction, he slightly shrouded his emotions.
Lin Zhenxin's fingertips pressed onto the paper he pushed over. Due to its age, the document had turned yellow and brittle.
What He Bainian gave her was...
The duplicate copy of a remittance slip!
The amount and handwriting on it perfectly matched her memory!
He Bainian was the one who sent her money back then?
Lin Zhenxin said nothing; she just kept her head down, looking at it again and again, scared of missing something!
"I think you wouldn't forget, would you? After all, this money, at the time, was no small sum."
He Bainian's voice was hoarse; he took a sip of tea to soothe his throat.
"You were... the one who sent me money back then?"
Lin Zhenxin finally found her voice.
He Bainian didn't speak, neither admitting nor denying it. His thin lips held a faint smile as he looked at her.
"I..." At this moment, Lin Zhenxin's mind was in chaos.
"Write a few words for me to see." She still found it hard to believe.
The shock was overwhelming; the benefactor she never met was actually He Bainian?
He Bainian, who from the beginning stated his stance, always protecting his sister?
He Bainian took out a pen and casually wrote a few words on a piece of paper...
When Lin Zhenxin compared them, even though so many years had passed, the handwriting was deeply etched in her mind...
It couldn't be wrong!
"Can you believe it now?" He Bainian had regained his usual composure, leaning back in the chair as he patiently spoke.
Lin Zhenxin looked at him, without a word.
"So, I said we are not strangers," He Bainian said.
"I need to calm down."
Lin Zhenxin truly needed to calm herself; her head was a mess.
"Alright, give me your phone." He Bainian extended his long hand, asking Lin Zhenxin for her phone.
Lin Zhenxin handed him her phone in a daze.
He pressed a series of numbers on it, and after it connected, a ringtone was heard.
"Save my number, call me when you've calmed down."
Lin Zhenxin nodded, stood up, and walked out...
Lin Zhenxin walked aimlessly.
Actually, just upon leaving the pottery studio, the cold wind cleared her head entirely.
Uncovering the identity of the person who sent her money back then should have been good news for Lin Zhenxin, but then came another problem...
The two of them didn't even know each other, so why would he send her money?
Such a large sum had solved her urgent needs back then, but why send so much money to a stranger...
What was he thinking?
Such questions tangled up in her heart like knotted yarn.
"Lin Zhenxin."
Suddenly, someone behind her called her name.
Lin Zhenxin instinctively turned her head, only to see a black Bentley parked by the roadside, the rear window rolled down, revealing He Bainian's face.
Then the car door opened, and he walked over to her with a bag of strawberries.
Distinctive even in a crowd.
Lin Zhenxin only felt surprised; from the moment she left the pottery studio, had his car been following her?
"Take these strawberries back." He Bainian handed the bag of strawberries to her.
Lin Zhenxin didn't reach out.
He Bainian was very patient; since she didn't reach out, he didn't withdraw the strawberries either, and they stayed in that stalemate.
Pedestrians on the street glanced at them curiously.
Especially since He Bainian's looks were so attention-grabbing.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Zhenxin finally extended her hand to take them.
He Bainian immediately smiled.
Exposing a healthy set of white teeth.
"Goodbye," He Bainian said.
Holding the strawberries, Lin Zhenxin went directly to the radio station.
Though nowadays, greenhouses ensure vegetables and fruits year-round, these fresh strawberries were still quite tempting.
She divided them as usual but skipped Xiao Shen's desk as she passed.
Lin Zhenxin wasn't someone who could easily return good for evil; after all, Xiao Shen had viciously betrayed her, almost ripping open their relationship.
She didn't have any concerns left.
"Someone from our office will be on TV today." Sister Wang ate an unwashed strawberry and said with a sarcastic tone.
Xiao Shen didn't speak, and the other colleagues pretended not to hear.
Sister Wang usually seemed amicable, but when truly provoked, she was like a ticking time bomb!
"Who could be so treacherous? Aren't they afraid their child would be born without a butt?" Sister Wang spat.
"You all better be careful, today this person stabbed Zhenxin in the back, tomorrow it could be any of you. What a sin!"
Sister Wang's words were like a cascade of firecrackers.
Xiao Shen's face first turned green, then black, then white, resembling a color palette.
Seeing her like this, Lin Zhenxin wasn't as angry as she had been when she first saw the news this morning.
She returned to her seat.
Yet, just as she sat down, two people walked in from outside.
They were dressed as bodyguards, in immaculate suits, and as soon as they entered, their attention was on Lin Zhenxin.
"Miss Lin, our madam invites you." They spoke seriously, positioning themselves perfectly to block the door, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.
"Your madam?"
Lin Zhenxin looked up at them, aware they meant no good.
"Mrs. Li."
Li Yingying? Why would she want to see me?
She had no warm feelings toward Li Yingying, especially after learning what she did to Li Yanan.
"Zhenxin, is everything okay?" Sister Wang came over.
"It's fine, please help me ask for a leave." Lin Zhenxin stood up and walked toward them.
"Let's go!"
Li Family.
After arriving at the Li Family, Lin Zhenxin was directly led into the study.
Li Yingying was reviewing the Li Family's third-quarter reports and frowned deeper as she read.
Even after Lin Zhenxin arrived, she didn't look up.
She ignored her, and Lin Zhenxin wasn't upset, merely standing there as if competing with Li Yingying for patience.
Who knows how long passed before Li Yingying finally looked up.
The first thing that caught her eye was a beautiful face.
This face couldn't help but remind Li Yingying of a person, a person who used to be bold and lively.
Very alike, indeed very alike.
"Miss Lin, is it?"
Li Yingying set down the pen in her hand. The continuous overall losses of the company's third quarter were causing her quite the headache.
Lin Zhenxin remained silent.
Outside, there was a knock on the door, and Li Yingying responded without changing her expression.
The one who entered with the tea was Aunt Zhang. As she put the tea down, Lin Zhenxin noticed her glance her way.
Lin Zhenxin recalled that Li Yanan had mentioned that Aunt Zhang was trustworthy.
Calming her nerves slightly, she smiled at Li Yingying, as a form of acknowledgment.
"My daughter was careless, receiving Miss Lin's care twice recently..." Li Yingying sipped her tea, emphasizing 'twice,' which likely meant she already knew about the incident when Tu Haohao fainted that night.
"It was just reciprocation, not worth mentioning."
Even though Lin Zhenxin couldn't figure out what Li Yingying was planning, her instinct told her that Li Yanan would soon arrive.
Moreover, if Li Yingying truly intended her harm, she wouldn't have brought her here in front of so many colleagues.
Perhaps not expecting Lin Zhenxin to be so forthright, Li Yingying paused and didn't bring up Li Miya again.
"Miss Lin, do you understand the person by your side?"
Opening a drawer, Li Yingying took out a thick stack of documents and pushed them in front of Lin Zhenxin.
"Yanan has had severe mental illnesses and deeply rooted psychological issues since childhood."
Li Yingying said these words slowly and deliberately.
"Even if not for yourself, Miss Lin, have you thought about your future generation?"
Lin Zhenxin slowly flipped through the documents, carefully examining the contents.
"What do you mean?" Who knows how much time passed before Lin Zhenxin looked up again.
"Divorce Yanan." Li Yingying had barely finished speaking when there was a snicker.
She looked, puzzled, in the direction of the voice, and it was Lin Zhenxin who was laughing.
Li Yingying didn't understand what was so amusing about what she said, frowning as she looked at her.
"Mrs. Li, that's the funniest joke I've heard all year."
"Who do you think you are to speak to my mother like that?"
The study door was suddenly slammed open from the outside, and an irate Li Miya stomped in.
Her eyes were full of arrogance and spite.
Li Yingying felt a headache just hearing Li Miya's voice. This daughter had been raised far too willful, always ready to cause trouble at the slightest provocation!
The reason she suffered so greatly at Lin Zhenxin's hands the last two times was precisely because she couldn't keep her composure!
"My mom's just trying to help you; who doesn't know that bastard is a lunatic, how many times has he gone crazy from childhood till now?"
Li Miya's disdainful look and scornful tone instantly enraged Lin Zhenxin.
"Who are you calling a bastard?" Unknowingly, Lin Zhenxin's voice had already turned cold.
