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Old Lin was gathering with a few old friends. Although it seemed like a casual meeting, it was actually more of a conference. Despite the Lin family's apparent wealth and influence, they still had competitors and needed to collaborate with certain forces and families to accomplish specific tasks.
However, when he received a call from his significant other at home, Old Lin didn't dare to delay and quickly answered the phone.
His old friends were aware of Old Lin's family matters and didn't say anything; they just smiled and waited for him to finish the call.
Everyone knew that Old Lin's partner was not an ordinary person. Under normal circumstances, she wouldn't casually call him, so if she did, it meant there was something important to discuss, and it had to be addressed at that moment.
"Hello..." Old Lin answered the phone.
"Old man, there's something big at home. Hurry back," Grandma Lin said directly without any small talk.
Although her tone was casual, Old Lin was taken aback.
Having lived together for decades, he knew exactly who she was. Because of this understanding, he was filled with shock at her urgent request for him to return immediately.
Old Lin didn't need to ask what the matter was; if it could be explained over the phone, she wouldn't have insisted he come back so quickly.
This was the tacit understanding they had developed over their many years together.
Hearing her words, Old Lin nodded and replied, "I understand. I'll be right there."
Then, she hung up the phone.
"Brothers, my wife called with something urgent. I need to step out for a bit," Old Lin said as he hung up and began putting on his clothes while apologizing to those present.
Tell them, it's just a simple message; Old Lin cannot stay any longer.
And among those who are worthy of being called "brother" by Old Lin, which one of them is truly naive? Although Old Lin did not say much, his remark about "the wife calling from home" already hinted at too many things. Everyone knows each other well, so they naturally understand what kind of person Old Lin's "wife" is. Given her personality, she wouldn't casually call unless there was something important.
So everyone nodded and said, "If there's anything you need help with, just let us know."
Upon hearing this, Old Lin only smiled and didn't express any thanks. He put on his coat and left.
Once outside, Driver Old Wang had already started the car. As soon as Old Lin got in, he immediately started driving.
This was a habit that Old Wang had developed over the decades working for Old Lin: not wasting time. Even the few seconds spent warming up the car in cold weather or the time taken to ask where they were going after getting in was unnecessary because once the car started, Old Lin would naturally tell him.
"Home." Sure enough, after the car started, Old Lin said calmly.
"Mm." Old Wang didn't say anything extra but simply acknowledged with a soft response before setting off.
Old Wang drove steadily, neither fast nor slow, and he wouldn't ask many questions along the way. In fact, even during regular times, Old Wang wasn't a talkative person.
"Screech..." The car came to a stop, and Old Lin got out directly. As for how to park the car in the garage and other matters, those were not things that needed to be instructed by Old Lin.
After getting out of the car, Old Lin went straight to Grandma Lin's yard and then entered her room.
"Yingzi, what did you say?" It turned out that Grandma Lin was called Yingzi; this might just be how Old Lin usually referred to her affectionately.
"Lin Feng just came to see me; we had a pleasant chat." Grandma Lin was indeed awake and had been waiting for Old Lin.
Old Lin smiled and nodded at Grandma Lin's words but did not say anything. He knew that at this critical moment, Yingzi had called him over for more than just to share this information.
"That child is not bad, and I noticed that the child has a birthmark on his ankle, just like our family's child," Grandma Lin said, finding Old Lin's lack of reaction quite normal.
"Oh, do you mean to say?" Even the usually calm Old Lin stood up, his face filled with shock.
"Well, I think this child might be the one we've been looking for all these years..." As she spoke, Grandma Lin's eyes became moist. When that child was born in the Lin family, his mother died during childbirth. However, Grandma Lin raised him herself and knew that he went missing when he was just a year and a half old due to an accident.
At that time, Old Lin was busy with important matters outside and faced tremendous challenges, leaving him no time to help search.
Grandma Lin was extremely frustrated at that time but searched for a long time without success.
Eventually, when Old Lin's situation stabilized outside, it had already been a long time since the child went missing, so the chances of finding him were very low. Out of desperation, Old Lin could only bring Grandma Lin back home and continue searching slowly.
This was also because Grandma Lin's health had deteriorated due to her anxiety, and she had to return for treatment.
In the end, although the Lin family had been doing everything possible to find their lost Young Master over the years, there had been no news.
Now, Grandma Lin unexpectedly told Old Lin that the Lin Feng he had interacted with recently might very well be their Young Master. This suddenly gave Old Lin a sense of absurdity.
"Yingzi, if that's true, then I'll go find Lin Feng immediately." Old Lin was naturally hot-tempered and couldn't sit still any longer; he wanted to go look for Lin Feng.
"No, we can't act recklessly. First of all, I only saw his birthmark on his ankle; we can't be completely sure yet. Secondly, even if this child is indeed our blood relative from the Lin family, do you think he won't have any feelings of rejection towards us?" Grandma Lin directly stopped Old Lin from going to find Lin Feng and analyzed the situation.
"How dare he?" Upon hearing Grandma Lin's analysis, Old Lin's temper flared up as he shouted.
"Hmph... We were able to abandon him when he was little, what is there for him to be afraid of?" Grandma Lin's eyes were still filled with tears as she recalled that tiny child, who had lost all the adults around him at just one and a half years old. She felt a pang in her heart and couldn't help but feel indignant for Lin Feng.
"Well... sigh..." After hearing Grandma Lin's words, Old Lin also sat down dejectedly, sighing heavily.
Earlier, he could boldly say "he dares," but he also understood what it felt like for a one-and-a-half-year-old child to suddenly lose their loved ones. If the child were truly alive, how could the suffering he endured over the years be summed up with just the word "suffering"?
So, while he might say such things, he couldn't bring himself to utter those reckless words about his family's only bloodline.
Ultimately, it was their Lin family that had wronged the child.
"What should we do then? Not investigate? Not acknowledge him?" Old Lin pondered for a moment and asked again.
"If he is a descendant of the Lin family, we must acknowledge him no matter what. However, this cannot be rushed; we need to take our time. What we need to do now is to see if he has a birthmark on his lower back without him knowing. If he has that same birthmark there, then there's no need to say more—Lin Feng must be our Lin family's child, our only bloodline." Grandma Lin had already thought this through while waiting for Old Lin to return home; the reason she called him back was solely to handle this matter.
"Okay, I will follow your lead and make arrangements," Old Lin agreed after hearing Grandma Lin's reasoning, nodding in acknowledgment.
"Yes, now that we have a goal, it’s better than these past years when we felt like headless flies wandering aimlessly. Also, regarding that birthmark on his lower back, we must not mention it until we find the child," Grandma Lin suddenly felt hopeful and more energetic. She instructed Old Lin further.
"I understand the importance," Old Lin nodded; he naturally knew the significance of this matter.
"Yingzi, it's getting late. You should rest well. In the coming time, you need to take care of yourself to find our grandson. I want to see just how hard it is to recognize my grandson," Old Lin said as he finished speaking. He noticed that his wife needed rest and smiled indulgently at her.
Clearly, Old Lin placed great importance on this only bloodline of the Lin family, even if he didn't openly express it.
As one ages, isn't it all about relying on the next generation? But now the Lin family couldn't even find a next generation descendant; this was indeed a heavy burden on Old Lin's heart—a significant worry.
Now it's good. Although it cannot be confirmed that Lin Feng is the child lost by the Lin family, it still gives a sense of hope. Old Man Lin knows that his task in the coming period is to find his grandson. As for everything else, he can let it go. If he cannot find his grandson, no matter how much family wealth he has, who will inherit it?
Although Lin Mei was raised by him since childhood, she is not a biological descendant of the Lin family.
"Well, I will sleep well. I still need to find my grandson," Grandma Lin said with a smile as she lay down, her lips curling into a grin that even made Old Man Lin feel delighted.
It had been many years since he had seen Yingzi smile so genuinely from the heart.
Seeing that just a piece of news, a glimmer of hope, could make his wife so happy, Old Man Lin was even more determined to find his grandson.
After turning off the light for his wife, Old Man Lin quietly walked out and went to the study alone.
He needed to think about how to see Lin Feng's lower back without him knowing and prove his identity.
After pondering for a while, Old Man Lin couldn't come up with a solution. Normally, he would let his subordinates handle such matters; they should have plenty of clever ideas. However, at this moment, he couldn't think of anything and couldn't let others know. After all, the birthmark on the biological grandson of the Lin family must remain a secret. Otherwise, if someone with ill intentions impersonated him, Old Man Lin wouldn't know where to cry.
Feeling frustrated in the end, Old Man Lin left his seat in the study and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window. He looked at the pond in front of him; it was an artificial pond in the Lin Family Manor filled with lotus flowers. Both he and Grandma Lin loved this pond very much.
"Hey... I've got it! Swimming! If I swim, I can see his lower back," Old Man Lin suddenly thought of swimming when he saw the pond and slapped his forehead as inspiration struck him.
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