Chapter 14 – It’s not much to begin with

After dinner, Lin Shengnan and Lin Shiyan plopped down on the sofa and watched TV for a while while making small talk.

I don’t know who started the conversation, but the topic came back to Rinwoo.

Lin Shi Yan said with a look of disgust, “I am not in favor of bringing Lin You back again, just think about it, he is only sixteen years old and he dares to peek at his sister’s bath, how can this be when he grows up?”

Lin Shengnan had heard Lin Shiyan mention this during dinner, and now that she brought it up again, it was clear that she was furious.

Lin Shengnan asked rhetorically in the spirit of bold assumptions and careful evidence, “This is also Lin You’s own admission?”

“That’s not true! That little sex fiend, I hate him when I see him, and every time he sees me, his eyes glow with the same nasty glances as those of the men who surround me all day long.”

Lin Shengnan pondered for a moment and asked, “So, he admitted two things at once today?”

“Admitting to abusing your mom’s dog and admitting to spying on you in the shower?”

“And that’s not all?” Lin Shi Yan’s tone grew more and more dissatisfied, “He also admitted that he took mom’s bracelet, Tian Yang’s watch, and replaced the watch that his sister was going to give to Mr. Lu with a toad, alive.”

“It directly led to the yellowing of Sister’s affair with Mr. Lu.”

“And what’s more, he dared to stir up the family’s business, the cooperation between dad and the Dingcheng Group was stirred up by him.”

Lin Shengnan was shocked, this had clearly defied common sense. The average criminal, confessing his crimes, was like squeezing toothpaste, interrogating once, spitting out a little bit, how could there be no confession without a fight?

It’s like the scene of a major confession.

But why?

Although Lin Shengnan knew a little bit about criminal psychology, no matter which theory in the book was used to explain Lin You’s behavior, it couldn’t be explained.

Lin Shengnan was in deep thought for a moment.

To get to know a person thoroughly, you have to start with the person’s habits, personal hobbies, and personality traits.

Lin Shengnan raised her head and said to Lin Shi Yan, “Go! Take me to Lin You’s room to see if I can find some useful clues.”

Lin Shengnan was a quasi-police officer and Lin Shiyan was a lawyer, both professions were professions that relied on evidence, Lin Shiyan immediately agreed, “Okay! I haven’t been to his room for a long time either.”

The two sisters immediately got down from the sofa and walked to the elevator room, Lin Shengnan pressed the up button on the elevator and asked, “I forgot, what floor does he live on?”

Lin Shi Yan reached over and pressed on the down button and said, “He lives in the basement.”

“Basement?” Lin Shengnan was surprised, “Is his room being redecorated? How come he’s living in the basement?”

“He’s been living in the basement.” Lin Shi Yan’s face didn’t care, “Look at him, he’s dirty every day, where does he live if he doesn’t live in the basement?”

Lin Shengnan stopped talking and the two of them went down to the basement.

The basement has three rooms, a bathroom, a billiard room, and a video room.

Two of the rooms were slightly larger, one was Wang Ma’s room and the other was Old Qin’s duty room. Old Qin seldom stayed here during the week, and would only occasionally sleep for a night when the Lin family had a major gathering.

There was also a smaller room, under the stairwell, less than six square feet, that was Lin Yu’s room.

Lin Shengnan was stunned when she opened the door to her room.

The room was neatly cleaned and a one-meter-two bed was placed against the wall.

The quilt on the bed was as neat as a block of tofu as if he had folded it himself in the army, which showed that Lin You was an extremely clean person.

Opposite the bed was a writing desk, which was only forty centimeters wide. Since the room is only two meters wide, a one-meter-two bed plus a forty-centimeter writing desk leaves only forty centimeters in the middle aisle, which is only big enough for a bench.

The writing desk was immaculately cleaned, a metal desk lamp, a simple bookshelf with a few extracurricular books on it.

Most conspicuously on the wall of the writing desk hung a family portrait, but there was no Lin You in the family portrait.

The fact that Lin You still hangs in the most conspicuous place of his own shows that this photo, is very important to Lin You.

At the top of the bed was the slant of the staircase, and stuck underneath the slant was a closet, which was about one meter six in height, with the door open, and a set of clothes hanging just inside.

It was a set of sports sweatshirt, which Lin Shengnan recognized.

This was what Lan Lin bought for Lin You when he first entered the Lin family. That’s all there is in the whole room.

Lin Shengnan suddenly felt breathless and took a deep breath, “Lin You …… just lived in this house for four years?”

“Our Lin family has a house of over a thousand square feet, and Lin You lived in this five or six square feet room for four years?”

“Is that what they call a bowl of water?”

“Is that what you call being nice to him?”

Lin Shengnan pointed at the sweater that was already worn out and asked, “Second sister, you’re not going to tell me that this is the only set of clothes you guys bought for him in four years, right?”

Lin Shi Yan was also a bit dazed as she looked at the scene in front of her.

Uncertain, “I think …… it’s probably …… more than this set.”

“No wonder I keep seeing him dirty, so it’s because his clothes have lost their color.”

Then he said unwillingly, “Even if that’s the case, it’s still his own fault, if he was half as well-behaved as Tian Yang and half as good as Tian Yang’s grades, he wouldn’t have to be like this.”

Lin Shengnan sighed and said, “Is this the reason we mistreated him?”

Lin Shi Yan was unconvinced, “That’s not a reason for him to abuse mom’s dog, not a reason for him to peek at me in the shower, not a reason for him to steal mom’s bracelet and Tian Yang’s watch.”

Lin Shengnan stopped talking.

Suddenly I felt speechless.

Lin Shengnan suddenly had the feeling of catching the bad guy on himself, and the two of them went all the way up from the basement to the first floor without words.

There was a long silence as the two men resumed their seats on the couch.

Lin Shengnan looked out the window and saw the courtyard, saw the swimming pool in the courtyard, and suddenly had an impulse to thoroughly investigate whether Lin You was a bad boy or not.

Years of military service have developed her calm, rational habits and character.

Find out what? Finding out if Lin You was wrongly accused would mean that the house was full of bad people, a consequence he couldn’t afford.

If out of all the people in the family, there must be one person who can be sacrificed to make the whole family whole, then that person must be Lin You.

It would have been insignificant.

Compared to the truth and affection, Lin Shengnan did not hesitate to choose affection.

He subconsciously excluded Lin You from his circle of affection.

Soon it was night.

Knowing that Lin Shengnan was coming home today, Lin Yuan, who usually had to be home at nine, came home at five.

Eldest sister Lin Xiaotong also arrived home at six o’clock.

Old Qin had picked up Lin Tianyang from school, and the rest of the Lin family had returned, except for the few who had not returned from working and studying abroad.

When Lin Tianyang saw Lin Shengnan, he had a look of surprise on his face and called out, “Fourth sister, I can finally see you. You missed me to death during the days you were gone.”

Lin Shengnan subconsciously wanted to stroke Lin Tianyang’s head, only to realize that Lin Tianyang was already more than one meter tall, and she could no longer reach his head.

Lin Shengnan stepped forward and patted Lin Tianyang’s shoulder and laughed, “Tianyang, look what Fourth Sister brought for you?”

After saying that, he took out a package from the box behind him.

Lin Tianyang couldn’t suppress the excitement on his face when he saw Lin Shengnan go to get the gift.

He took countless gifts of all sizes, expensive things more than a million, the cheapest is not less than 100,000, this sister, outside the military for so many years, this time to take to their own gifts, must be very expensive, maybe it is their own longing for the Bugatti’s sports car.

Lin Tianyang and the crowd watched as Lin Shengnan carefully opened the package, revealing a …… sword inside that was about a foot long? Saber?