Gao Wu: Oh no! Young Master Zhen is a cultivator!

"Isn't that right? You deliberately pretended not to know his identity and asked him in front of everyone. Wasn't that targeting him?"

The woman said sternly, "Haozhe is also part of this family. I hope you will stop doing anything to target him!"

Lin Ran rolled her eyes: "You really have a vivid imagination!"

"What kind of attitude is that?"

"Big sister, don't blame Ran-ge, he didn't say anything."

Lin Haozhe spoke first, introducing Lin Ran: "Brother Ran, this is my eldest sister, Lin Zhiwan, who is the president of the Lin Group."

After saying that, she pointed to a woman next to her wearing a light blue floral dress: "This is my second sister, Lin Zhixia, an intern investigator at the Special Affairs Bureau."

Then she pointed to a woman in a Western-style school uniform across from her: "This is my third sister, Lin Zhiyao, a freshman at Xinhai Martial Arts Academy."

"Oh? Xinhai Martial Arts Academy?" Lin Ran raised an eyebrow.

"You don't need to envy me. Lin's Pharmaceuticals is about to launch a gene-enhancing drug, giving ordinary people the opportunity to become awakened beings."

Lin Zhiyao said arrogantly, "If you work hard and get rid of your bad habits, you might have a chance to enter Xinhai Martial Arts Academy."

"Your old bad habits?" Lin Ran was completely baffled.

He didn't remember the original owner having any bad habits; at least in his eyes, the original owner was just an ordinary person who was often bullied.

"Isn't that right?" Lin Zhiyao asked matter-of-factly. "Fighting, skipping classes, cheating on exams, harassing female classmates—are these things a student should be doing?"

Lin Ran looked bewildered, wondering to himself, "Did the original owner do these things too?"

Could it be that my memories are incomplete?

"Alright, now that you all know each other, I hope that you siblings can get along well in the future and not have any prejudice against each other."

When Lin Hongbo spoke, he glanced at Lin Ran, clearly reminding him not to harbor any hostility towards Lin Haozhe.

"Huh? I don't have any prejudice against your adopted son! I was originally an orphan myself!" Lin Ran said seriously.

That's a difficult question to answer.

Lin Hongbo frowned, thinking to himself, "You know it, so why do you have to say it? Wouldn't it be better if we just kept quiet about it?"

"Okay, then I'm relieved." Lin Hongbo nodded and looked at his three daughters: "Which of you will take your younger brother to see his room?"

The three daughters exchanged glances, none of them showing any intention of getting up.

Lin Haozhe spoke again: "Let me show Ran-ge the room."

"Alright, you two brothers can get to know each other first. You'll be studying in the same class later."

Clearly, Lin Hongbo had no other choice but to take advantage of the situation and back down the hook offered by Lin Haozhe.

"Mom will go up with you," Song Yishu said, stepping forward.

Lin Haozhe quickly waved his hand: "No need, Mom, I can take my brother up."

As he spoke, he reached out to help Lin Ran with her luggage.

Lin Ran slightly turned her body to avoid his outstretched hand: "No need, I can do it myself."

The two went upstairs, and Lin Haozhe led Lin Ran to the innermost room and opened the door.

The room was simply furnished with a bed, wardrobe, desk, chair, and a private bathroom—everything you'd expect.

"Brother Ran, this is the last bedroom left on the second floor. You don't mind, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ran looked puzzled: "What do I mind?"

"What I mean is, this room is a bit small, I hope Ran-ge won't mind?"

Clearly, this small room seemed extremely shabby to Lin Haozhe, who had been pampered since childhood.

"Of course I don't mind." Lin Ran casually placed her suitcase on the bedside and turned to look at Lin Haozhe: "This room is much better than the rental rooms outside."

Lin Haozhe felt like he had punched a cotton ball, his expression stiffening: "Um... I'm glad you don't mind, Brother Ran."

"Actually, you don't need to worry. I came to the Lin family only for an awakening potion and don't want to get involved in your family's affairs."

Lin Haozhe's expression changed slightly after his thoughts were exposed: "Brother Ran, you're joking. You're also a member of the Lin family, and everything in this family should rightfully be yours."

"Hehe, think what you want." Lin Ran didn't intend to explain any further.

He and the Lin family were ultimately not on the same path.

For him, a cultivator, even though the Lin family was a wealthy family in Xinhai, they were no different from ordinary people.

He may not be a cultivator yet, but he will be sooner or later.

At this moment, Lin Haozhe seemed to have thought of something and suddenly changed the subject: "Brother Ran, would you like to come to my room?"

Lin Ran frowned: "Why would I go to your room? Do you have a cat in your room that can do backflips?"

"Hehehe... Brother Ran, you really know how to joke." Lin Haozhe felt a sense of helplessness.

He had already gone to great lengths; he couldn't very well just tell Lin Ran directly, "Go and see my 50-square-meter bedroom, so you'll know just how shabby your room really is."

"Alright, we've checked the room, let's go down for dinner," Lin Ran muttered. "It's already this late."

Lin Haozhe opened his mouth, but ultimately only uttered one word: "Okay."

The two went downstairs.

Lin Hongbo and his wife were still telling their three daughters something, but the three daughters had different expressions and didn't listen.

"Is dinner ready? I've been busy all afternoon and I'm a little hungry," Lin Ran interrupted their lecture.

Song Yishu quickly replied, "Sister Liu has already prepared it, it will be ready soon."

As they were talking, an aunt wearing an apron came out of the kitchen, carrying a large bowl of soup.

"Madam, dinner is ready."

As she spoke, she walked toward the crowd.

"Be careful!"

Song Yishu hurriedly reminded her, but it was too late.

The bowl in Sister Liu's hand happened to bump into Lin Ran, who had just come downstairs, and hit his arm directly.

"what!"

Sister Liu exclaimed in surprise and overturned the soup bowl.

Click!

The soup bowl fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Fortunately, Lin Ran dodged in time and only got a little bit on his arm.

"hiss!"

Even a tiny bit of the scalding hot soup caused Lin Ran considerable pain.

"I'm so sorry, young master, I didn't notice you coming downstairs. I'm really sorry," Sister Liu quickly apologized.

Snapped!

Lin Ran didn't listen to her explanation at all and slapped her across the face.

Just moments ago, Sister Liu looked guilty, but after being slapped by Lin Ran, she began to question her existence.

After a moment, Sister Liu finally reacted, revealing a wronged expression: "Young Master, I..."

Lin Ran waved his hand: "You don't need to explain to me. Just pretend you accidentally burned me, and then I accidentally slapped you. We're even."

Lin Haozhe's eyes instantly turned sinister, but he quickly concealed it.

Lin Zhiwan was the first to speak: "How could you just hit someone like that?"

"Sorry, it was just an instinctive reaction." Lin Ran said seriously, "When people are attacked, they always subconsciously retaliate."

"Aunt Liu didn't do it on purpose!"

"What a coincidence, I didn't do it on purpose."