The Xu family knew? Sun Wanting felt like she was about to faint from fright! In her panic and confusion, relying on her last bit of rationality, she called Lin Hongxin as quickly as possible.
Lin Hongxin returned extremely quickly—almost immediately after hanging up the phone, he came rushing back. The moment he saw Lin Yu, he asked in a panicked hurry: "Did the Xu family discover your identity?"
"That's right! Xiao Yu, did the Xu family discover you're not Yiqian? What's their attitude? How do they plan to handle this?" With Lin Hongxin's return, Sun Wanting instantly found her backbone and followed up with questions.
It seemed these two weren't the least bit worried about having the truth of her background exposed! Lin Yu looked thoughtfully at Lin Hongxin and Sun Wanting, not responding.
"Xiao Yu, please speak quickly! What exactly did the Xu family say? Are they not going to let us go? Are they going to destroy Boyang completely?" Sun Wanting was so anxious she was about to cry. This time, these weren't fake tears but real ones. She had schemed and fought for so long, finally getting Boyang in her grasp! Was it all gone just like that?
"Xiao Yu, say whatever you need to say—Mom and Dad can handle it." The more Lin Yu didn't answer, the more worried Lin Hongxin became. Even though he had already prepared for the worst in his heart, he was still panicking.
"Dad, Mom, you're not my biological parents, are you?" Lin Yu finally spoke, but instead of answering, she asked back, bringing up another topic.
"Sister! Do you know what time it is? How can you still have the mind to ask about irrelevant things? Don't worry about those unimportant matters—quickly answer Mom and Dad! Is the Xu family going to arrest me? Are they not going to spare me? Tell us!" Seeing that Lin Yu couldn't grasp the key point, Lin Yiqian screamed anxiously. If Lin Yu wasn't still useful, she would have almost been unable to resist attacking her!
"Did my biological parents leave anything for me? Why have Mom and Dad never mentioned it? Grandpa never told me either? Why did you all hide it from me?" Completely ignoring the anxious state of the three Lin family members, Lin Yu only cared about getting the answers she wanted.
"Xiao Yu! How did you suddenly become so unreasonable? Don't you know what's urgent and what's not? Don't you know what matters are most important right now? What needs the most attention? Quickly answer Mom and Dad's questions, don't change the subject!" Sun Wanting's patience was exhausted as she shouted at Lin Yu.
Lin Yu then closed her mouth and coldly looked at the three people before her.
"Xiao Yu, this is..." Lin Hongxin, finally sensing something was wrong, thought for a moment and came to his senses. "Alright, fine. Mom and Dad will tell you everything."
"Husband!" Looking back at Lin Hongxin in disbelief, Sun Wanting was stunned for a moment. Only after seeing the unyielding look in Lin Hongxin's eyes did she reluctantly fall silent and stop speaking.
Lin Hongxin's words were brief—nothing more than saying that Lin Yu's biological parents had suddenly met with misfortune, and he and Sun Wanting, taking pity on Lin Yu's tragic fate, had voluntarily proposed to Lin Anyan to raise Lin Yu until now.
"Oh! So that's how it was! But what does that matter? Sister is still sister, we're still one family!" Lin Yiqian's disguise wasn't actually very clever, but she spared no effort in grabbing Lin Yu's hand and expressing her sisterly feelings. "Sister, although you and I weren't born to the same parents, we're still close sisters—no one can deny that!"
"That's right, Xiao Yu. Don't listen to those people outside talking nonsense—they all have ulterior motives, deliberately trying to drive a wedge between our family's feelings. How have Mom and Dad treated you all these years? Don't you know in your heart? You're not our biological daughter, but you're better than a biological daughter. Mom and Dad love you even more than Yiqian!" Sun Wanting finished speaking in circles, then immediately asked, "Xiao Yu, tell Mom—what exactly is the Xu family's attitude?"
"Mom, did my biological parents leave anything for me? I want to see where they used to live." Lin Yu knew of Lin Hongxuan and Sun Qingwei's existence. However, she had always just thought of them as uncle and aunt she had never met, never paying attention.
"You..." Seeing Lin Yu being so obtuse, Sun Wanting couldn't help but lose her temper again.
"Then let's go! Dad will drive you there." By now, Lin Hongxin finally saw that Lin Yu's mind was already occupied with her background and she simply couldn't answer other questions.
"No need. The Xu family's driver is waiting outside. Just give me the address, and I'll go myself." Lin Yu stood up and coldly refused Lin Hongxin's suggestion.
Lin Hongxin's expression was somewhat awkward, and for a moment he couldn't figure out Lin Yu's meaning. Was Lin Yu planning to distance herself from them? But it didn't seem like it! Logically, they had raised Lin Yu well for twenty-two years—if there was no merit, there was at least hard work. Lin Yu shouldn't have this kind of reaction!
"Xiao Yu... what exactly did the Xu family say to you? Don't scare Mom—at least explain things clearly to Mom!" Lin Yu's continued silence was driving Sun Wanting to the brink of collapse. Grabbing Lin Yu's arm and not letting go, she acted as if she wouldn't release her until Lin Yu spoke.
"Dad, Mom, Yiqian, don't worry—the Xu family doesn't know I'm Yiqian." Lin Yu shook her head, her voice choking with emotion. "I only accidentally overheard the Xu family servants chatting about the Lin family and learned that I'm not..."
"Oh, oh, that's good, that's good!" Without letting Lin Yu finish, Sun Wanting let out a long sigh of relief, released Lin Yu, and turned to embrace Lin Yiqian. "Thank goodness nothing happened."
"Yes, yes, thank goodness nothing happened. I was almost scared to death just now!" Hugging Sun Wanting back, Lin Yiqian was extremely excited.
Only then did Lin Hongxin show a relieved smile. After that, he didn't ask about Lin Yu's plans anymore and simply wrote down the address, took out the key, and handed them to Lin Yu.
The three people in the living room no longer revolved around Lin Yu, immersing themselves in secret joy and smugness, letting Lin Yu leave.
Before walking out of the Lin family's front door, Lin Yu turned back one last time to look at the three people in the house, silently erasing all traces between them in her heart.
The house where Lin Hongxuan and Sun Qingwei had lived was obviously uncleaned for a long time. Looking at the white cloth covering everything in the room, Lin Yu's feelings were quite complex.
Before this, she hadn't even known who her biological parents were, foolishly recognizing the murderers of her parents as Mom and Dad, until she buried her entire life... Foolish! How could she not be foolish? Absolutely stupid!
Since she had agreed with Xu Zhentian on only two or three hours, Lin Yu didn't daze for too long. After quickly going around the house, she found the small wooden box that Lin Yiqian had once taken to the mental institution in a bedroom drawer.
Opening the small wooden box, the contents weren't valuable—no precious gold, silver, or jewelry. Even if there had been any, they would probably have been taken away by Sun Wanting long ago, right? That made sense—they could confidently let her come alone because they were absolutely certain there was truly nothing here!
With an almost imperceptible sarcastic smile, Lin Yu carefully examined the contents of the small wooden box. There were just some simple little accessories and an extremely inconspicuous silver necklace.
Her gaze fell on the small crescent moon strung on the silver necklace, and Lin Yu's eyes brightened. Indeed, this was it!
Grasping the silver necklace in her right palm, Lin Yu closed her eyes. The next moment, she appeared in that strange place that had once trapped her.
The constantly dripping stalactites, the crystal-clear pool... it was like being in a dream, yet it truly existed. How could this not be considered a miracle? Lin Yu smiled slightly and closed her eyes again, successfully returning to the previous room.
Having achieved her purpose, Lin Yu didn't continue to linger. She put the silver necklace around her neck, closed the wooden box, and turned to leave. She would return again when she had the chance in the future!
Along with the small wooden box, there was also a photo album. Lin Yu didn't hesitate and took it along as well.
Returning to the Xu family, the first thing Lin Yu did was go to Xu Mo's room. Seeing Xu Mo lying motionless on the bed, Lin Yu smiled slightly and casually placed the small wooden box and photo album on the bedside table: "I'm back."
Back! She had completely bid farewell to the Lin family and returned here. How strange! In just two days, she had actually come to regard the room with him in it as a place where she could feel at peace! Just because she had decided to stay by his side for life?