"What are you two dawdling for? Hurry up and come out to eat!"
While the father and son were fiddling with the porcelain pieces in the room, suddenly Empress Dowager Ye's roaring voice came from outside the bedroom, and both of them shivered in fright.
After exchanging a glance, they quickly agreed and came out of the bedroom together, only to run head-on into Empress Dowager Ye who was walking towards them.
Just kidding, the college entrance examination is the day after tomorrow, and if Mom sees that I'm not studying but messing with these porcelain pieces, I definitely won't escape a beating with her shoe.
Similarly, Dad won't be much better off; he might just have to sleep on the sofa tonight.
This incident also highlighted Empress Dowager Ye's status in the family.
At the dining table, father and son exchanged a look, and both saw the relief in each other's eyes.
"What sneaky things are you two up to?"
Even though the two were very careful, they still couldn't hide from Empress Dowager Ye's sharp eyes.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the room tensed. Fortunately, Father Lin reacted quickly, immediately asking Lin Yi:
"You rascal, hurry up and confess, did you get into trouble again? Today when your mom and I came back, the neighbors were giving us weird looks and whispering behind our backs. Confess now, and you'll get a lighter sentence!"
Hearing his dad's words and seeing his dad's serious expression, Lin Yi rolled his eyes helplessly. Wow, it's really 'better him than me'.
They say "the devil is a foot tall, but the way is a yard tall". Dad really is something. I didn't expect him to pull a trick like this, suddenly shifting the topic back to me.
But Lin Yi was somewhat disdainful; with Dad's stiff topic shift, it's unlikely Empress Dowager can be fooled. Since Dad sold out his son first, don't blame me for taking down my own dad next!
Humph, I'll just tell Mom that you were teaching me about antiques with a bunch of porcelain pieces. Heh, let's see who gets the last laugh tonight.
However, just when Lin Yi was organizing his words to throw Dad under the bus, Empress Dowager Ye's eyes turned directly to him:
"Your eyes are darting around, hurry up and speak, don't think of bluffing us!"
Even though Father Lin and Mother Lin heard congratulatory remarks when they came back, to be on the safe side, Empress Dowager Ye and Lao Lin discussed in the kitchen and decided to test their son.
After all, experience told the couple that whenever they pushed him, their son would always confess to some wrongdoing.
But after hearing Empress Dowager Ye's words, Lin Yi was dumbfounded. Isn't this just an undeserved disaster? I've only been doing good things these past two days; I haven't caused any trouble!
"Uh... what's going on?? I didn't cause any trouble, those porcelain..."
"Porcelain, what porcelain? Don't even think of making excuses! Your mom and I debated it in the kitchen for a long time and concluded that it must be you who caused trouble! You didn't see the way the neighbors looked at us, stop arguing. Neither your mom nor I are rough people, confess quickly so we can eat."
I can't believe my father doesn't understand his son. The moment Lin Yi mentioned 'porcelain', Father Lin immediately thought this was bad and interrupted him before he could finish his sentence, casting him a meaningful glare.
And with that glance, Lin Yi understood the special implication in Father Lin's eyes. There was no need to think much—years of experience told Lin Yi that Father Lin was signaling him to sacrifice the car and save the commander...
Yet Lin Yi truly felt wronged, especially after hearing the phrase about them not being rough people. Immediately, he felt a pang of pain in his butt.
Not rough people? Indeed, whenever there was a chance of getting physical, Mom always opted out of arguing with me...
Besides, I really don't know what's up with the neighbors this time. Could it be that Liu Mei's mom said something?
But it shouldn't be, today afternoon downstairs, I really was polite to them, even when Liu Mei was saying those things about me, I didn't say anything back, did I?
Since entering the room, Lin Yi had not gone back out, so he hadn't heard Sun Zhi publicly mention that Lin Yi had sold an antique for five million and that a four-million Land Rover belonged to him.
After racking his brains for a while, suddenly Lin Yi thought of something. Could it be the news about him declining the principal's recommendation to Fudan University spread around the neighborhood?
But that's unlikely. Even if there were classmates from my class in the neighborhood, it shouldn't have spread so fast, right?
Nevertheless, aside from that, I really haven't done anything that Mom or Dad would consider wrong, have I?
"Ahem, well I really haven't caused any trouble. Could you be referring to something at school? It's not like what you think; I had a plan when I did that!"
In the end, Lin Yi cautiously observed his mom's expression and asked tentatively.
However, after hearing their son's words, Empress Dowager Ye and Lao Lin exchanged a glance and nodded at each other. After all, the mother knows the son best, and there was indeed an unexpected discovery!
Exchanging a glance, Empress Dowager Ye deliberately put on a stern face and said:
"Explain everything in detail!"
Just as the child knows the mother best, Lin Yi realized after hearing Empress Dowager Ye's words that it probably wasn't that matter after all.
After all, if Mom really knew about that, she wouldn't have asked him to repeat it, she would've gone straight for her shoe.
And at such times, Father Lin would definitely find an excuse to go brew some tea...
But since it was mentioned, Lin Yi didn't plan to hide it. After all, his current grades were absolutely outstanding, and he believed that once his parents knew the truth, they would support his decision.
So, Lin Yi deliberately sat up straight, cleared his throat, and with a rather arrogant attitude, said:
"Ahem, so here's the thing, this morning our principal asked me to his office for a chat,"
Just as he said this, before he could continue, Empress Dowager Ye slammed the table, scaring both Lin Yi and Lao Lin:
"What?? Even your principal is looking for you? You rascal, what kind of trouble have you gotten into!"
Seeing Empress Dowager Ye's glaring eyes, Lin Yi shrank his neck. Regardless of how brash he was outside, in front of Empress Dowager Ye, he didn't dare breathe heavily...
But this time was different; this time he hadn't made any mistake, so why should he be afraid?
"Hey, hey, Empress Dowager, please let me finish. I didn't cause any trouble this time.
Here's the situation: our principal called me over because I was performing outstandingly, and he insisted on giving me the only guaranteed spot to Fudan University in the entire city.
When I heard it, I thought how could this be possible, just with my grades, to give me a Fudan spot? And then your son, I made a grand gesture, can you guess what I did? I directly refused!
Hey, hey, I haven't finished speaking, Mom, where are you going?"
"I'm going to get a rolling pin..."
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[To be continued....]