I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

"This guy, why doesn't he even lock the door? Does he think he owns his own home?"

Lin Yao tiptoed into Qin Ge's room, craning her neck to look for Qin Ge.

Where are they?

"ah--"

Lin Yao was hugged from behind, and before she could even cry out, her mouth was covered.

"It's me!" Qin Ge slowly released his grip, then used his fingers to lift Lin Yao's chin, admiring her stunning beauty. "What are you doing in my room in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

'I...I...' Lin Yao blushed with embarrassment, feeling Qin Ge's body temperature, her breathing became rapid, 'Is this your room?'

"I thought Chunxiang lived here, I've come to the wrong place!"

"Really?" Qin Ge picked her up by the waist. "She's so unruly, looks like I'll have to use torture."

Lin Yao was thrown onto the soft bed by Qin Ge, her heart pounding like a deer. "Stop messing around, I have so many questions for you!"

"If you keep pretending on this spring night, it'll be dawn soon!" Qin Ge slowly approached, placing his hands on either side of her head, their eyes meeting.

"If you don't want to, that's fine too. Let's talk again tomorrow!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Lin Yao grabbed Qin Ge by the collar and pulled him down.

Their lips touched, and the two embraced tightly, as if they both wanted to meld the other into their own bodies.

Before the kiss was even over, the two of them peeled away each other's leaves like peeling a rice dumpling.

One had a curvaceous figure and dazzlingly fair skin, while the other had clearly defined muscle lines.

The air in the entire room became enchanting.

Despite having had many experiences in the apartment in Donghai, Lin Yao still couldn't control her heart racing, her pretty face flushed red, and she looked charming and lovely.

Lin Yao reached out to stop Qin Ge from getting up, "I want to talk, I really have a lot of questions I want to ask you."

"Say what you want to say, who's stopping you?"

"Pah! Do you think I don't know what you were trying to do? Would I have even dared to speak then?"

"You used to really like it!"

"You fooled me, you pervert!"

"Ah—" Lin Yao cried out, suddenly hugging Qin Ge tightly, her nails digging into the flesh of his back. "You bastard, couldn't you at least say something first!"

"Didn't you just learn how to predict things?"

"I can't predict your head... um..."

"That's right, it's prediction... hiss~!"

Lin Yao spoke incoherently, asking Qin Ge many questions intermittently, starting with her mother's trip to the East China Sea to meet him.

Qin Ge answered every question, speaking frankly and thoroughly, responding rhythmically.

Lin Yao was completely confused and ready to surrender, but when she learned the whole story of why Qin Ge came to Jinling to find her, she was deeply moved.

A reward is necessary!

Even a dog is still a dog. He's done so well for himself, how can he not be rewarded handsomely?

......

Early in the morning, before the sky was fully bright, Lin Yao, with unsteady steps and dragging her almost broken body, slipped back to her room.

Granny Chen, who was still guarding her door, happened to be dozing off.

After breakfast, the Lin family servants invited Qin Ge to a garden in the backyard, saying that Lin Zhinian was already waiting there.

"Old man!"

When Qin Ge arrived at the backyard garden, Lin Zhinian was sitting by the pond, staring at the water in a daze.

Lost in thought for a moment, she only snapped out of it when she heard Qin Ge's footsteps. "Little Qin's here?"

"You and Yaoyao are friends, so you're practically of the same generation. I'm much older than you, so I'll call you Xiao Qin. You don't mind, do you?"

"It doesn't matter, it's just a form of address!" Qin Ge suddenly realized something, "You're not doing this on purpose because I called you 'old man,' are you?"

"If you're going to lecture me, then forget it!"

"I don't care if you think I'm rude or ill-mannered, because you're right, I really do not respect you!"

"But I call you old man because you disrespected me first."

How I treat others depends on how they treat me!

Lin Zhinian smiled and said, "When have I ever disrespected you?"

"Last night was a special situation. You're a stranger to me, but Lin Yuan is still my son. You hurt him. Was my reaction abnormal?"

"It's normal, but it's not normal either." Qin Ge thought for a moment, "Although I don't come from a noble family like you rich people, I have met quite a few rich people."

"You may not even realize that you have a flaw: subconsciously you consider yourself superior!"

"Don't rush to refute me. The subconscious I'm talking about is ingrained in your bones. It only manifests unconsciously or when facing major decisions."

"You may usually feel that you don't look down on ordinary people and believe that you treat everyone equally, but is that really the case?"

"When I hurt Lin Yuan, was your reaction merely that of a father?"

"Can you honestly say you don't harbor that condescending disdain?"

Qin Ge's barrage of questions left Lin Zhinian's head spinning. "Even if Lin Yuan has committed a grave mistake, he's still a member of your Lin family, while I'm just some wild kid who appeared out of nowhere. You really think I have no right to touch him!"

"Back then, you didn't see me as an equal to Lin Yuan. Wasn't that because you inherently believed the Lin family was superior?"

"Lin Yao studied at Tunghai University for so many years, and no one around her realized she was from a wealthy family. Even I only found out recently. Do you know why?"

"Because she doesn't have any of your bad habits!"

"You may not realize it yourselves, but others can sense it."

"Of course, I said it's a flaw, but I didn't say it's wrong. It's just that I personally don't like it."

He paused, then continued, "Take your Lin family for example. How many generations of you have worked hard to get to where you are today, becoming the richest family in Jinling? If you don't even have a sense of superiority, then all your hard work has been in vain, hasn't it?"

"I can't control how you see others, and it has nothing to do with me, but it's a bit unreasonable for you to see me the same way and expect me to respect you."

Seeing Lin Zhinian deep in thought, Qin Ge smiled slightly, "Are you thinking that you treat the people the Lin family usually associates with the same way, but they don't treat you with the same respect as I do?"

"Your Lin family is the richest family in Jinling. Even if those people have nothing to ask of you, they will still be afraid of you. Would they dare not respect you?"

"If you know there's nothing you can do about it, then accept it as your fate. You can endure it for survival, but don't expect powerful people to have such a good temper!"

"I'm not afraid of your Lin family, and I have no demands of you. Why should I swallow my pride and endure humiliation in front of you?"

"You don't actually think I'm getting close to Lin Yao because I want something from your Lin family, do you?"

"This is probably what they mean by 'being invincible when one has no desires'!"