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

Lin Zhiwan's chest heaved with anger: "You're talking nonsense! You're clearly doing this on purpose!"

"Really?" Lin Ran raised an eyebrow. "Then how do you know she didn't do it on purpose?"

"I..." Lin Zhiwan paused slightly: "Don't try to argue! Aunt Liu has worked for our Lin family for more than ten years, and I know her character very well."

Lin Ran nodded: "So you can trust her unconditionally. After all, you are family, and I am just an outsider."

The moment these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the living room immediately became awkward.

Song Yishu quickly tried to persuade her, "Xiao Ran, your older sister didn't mean that."

Lin Ran shrugged: "I'm not familiar with her, so I don't know exactly what she meant. I can only understand it literally."

"You're being completely unreasonable!" Lin Zhiwan was already getting angry.

As the president of the Lin Group, she was used to being flattered and had never been treated like this before.

Lin Haozhe seized the opportunity: "Big sister, don't blame Ran-ge. He's suffered so much out there, he definitely needs to learn to protect himself, it's normal for him to be a little guarded."

"Haozhe is so sensible, unlike some people," Lin Zhiwan replied casually.

Lin Zhiyao chimed in, "That's right, that's right. It's best not to bring those habits that people pick up outside into their homes."

"Hehe... It seems this family doesn't really welcome me. Shall I leave?" Lin Ran raised an eyebrow.

He never wanted to return to the Lin family in the first place. If Lin Hongbo hadn't offered a gene serum worth 30 million as a bargaining chip, he wouldn't have been here at all.

With a strange and unpleasant adopted brother and three older sisters who don't like him, he'd be better off living under a bridge than in this kind of environment.

Song Yishu immediately panicked: "No, this is your home, where are you going?"

"Yeah, brother, if anyone's leaving, it should be me. You're the real young master of this family." Lin Haozhe looked disappointed.

"Alright!" Lin Hongbo finally couldn't help but speak up, "What's the point of arguing over such a small matter?"

He looked at Sister Liu: "Clean it up and make a new one."

Sister Liu nodded quickly: "Yes, sir, I'll get ready right away."

After saying that, she immediately squatted down to pick up the broken pieces of porcelain. Her movements were slow, and her shoulders trembled slightly.

Lin Ran thought to himself, "Good grief, instead of finding a broom to sweep it up, he insists on picking up these shards. Is he trying to make trouble for me?"

Before he could speak, Song Yishu quickly stepped forward to check his arm: "Is it burned? Let Mom take a look."

"No need." Lin Ran pulled his hand back and rolled down his sleeve.

Song Yishu pursed her lips: "Mom will go get your medicine."

After saying that, she walked upstairs.

Lin Hongbo glanced at Sister Liu picking up shards of porcelain from the ground and couldn't help but frown: "Sister Liu, you go to the kitchen and do other things. Let others clean up here."

Clearly, he also felt that Sister Liu was getting in his way, so he had to get her away first.

"Yes, sir." Sister Liu stood up, bowed her head, and walked towards the kitchen.

Soon, another servant came over with a broom and mop and began to clean up the broken pieces and soup on the floor.

The three sisters had different expressions, but none of them looked happy.

"I'll go help serve the dishes," Lin Haozhe said, and walked towards the kitchen.

Lin Ran sat on the sofa, watching Lin Haozhe's back, lost in thought.

After a while, Song Yishu came down with burn ointment to help Lin Ran apply it.

"No need, I'm fine," Lin Ran refused again.

In reality, he didn't have any burn marks at all, because the bronze cauldron was constantly reshaping his body.

He had a premonition that before he officially began practicing the "Ten Thousand Treasures Spirit Forging Technique," the bronze cauldron would transform this body into the extreme state of an ordinary person.

At that time, as long as he can successfully refine the bronze cauldron, he will immediately be able to advance to the first level of Qi Refining.

Unaware of what was going on, Song Yishu held onto Lin Ran's arm tightly, refusing to let go: "That won't do either, burns will leave scars."

Left with no other choice, Lin Ran could only roll up his sleeves and let Song Yishu take a look.

"How...how could this be?" Song Yishu looked puzzled.

Before going upstairs, she saw large red marks on Lin Ran's arm, but now only a few small patches remain.

At this rate of recovery, they might all disappear in a little while.

"I already told you it's nothing, I'm thick-skinned, it won't leave any scars," Lin Ran casually replied.

Lin Haozhe came out of the kitchen carrying a plate of food: "Dinner's ready."

After that, Sister Liu brought out the dishes one after another.

Braised pork ribs, steamed sea bass, garlic broccoli, a pot of old duck soup, and more than a dozen other dishes.

The steam from the food rose on the table, filling the air with its aroma.

After everyone took their seats, Lin Ran casually picked up a piece of pork rib and put it in his mouth.

Before he could even taste it, Lin Zhiyao across from him muttered, "Like he's never eaten anything before."

Lin Ran slammed his chopsticks down, took a deep breath, and said coldly, "Since you all dislike me, I might as well lay my cards on the table."

He glanced at the three sisters and solemnly declared, "I came to the Lin family for an awakening potion. Once I have it in half a month, I'll move out immediately!"

"No way!" Song Yishu immediately became anxious: "Mom finally found you and won't let you move out no matter what."

Seeing this, Lin Haozhe quickly chimed in, "Yes, Ran-ge, you were born from Mom's womb after ten months of pregnancy. We're blood relatives. How can you bear to make Mom sad?"

This sounded reasonable, but Lin Ran felt that something was off.

It was clearly the three Lin sisters and his adopted son who disliked him, so how did it become that he was the one who hurt Song Yishu?

"Heh...blood ties, huh?" Lin Ran casually plucked a hair from his head. "Let's do a paternity test first, just in case it's a misunderstanding."

He took a tissue, placed his hair on it, and pushed it in front of Lin Hongbo, his expression indifferent.

The restaurant fell silent.

The three sisters exchanged glances, a sense of doubt creeping into their hearts: "Does he really not care about the Lin family's young master's status?"

Song Yishu became increasingly aggrieved: "Why bother with a paternity test? You look almost exactly like your father when he was young. If you stood together now and told anyone you weren't biologically father and son, no one would believe you!"

"I think it's better to do it myself. I don't want to take advantage of the Lin family for no reason." Lin Ran's attitude was firm.

Song Yishu wanted to persuade him further, but Lin Hongbo raised his hand and said, "Since that's the case, let's do a paternity test so you can have peace of mind."

After saying that, he asked the servant to bring a sealed bag and put Lin Ran's hair away.

"Now, everyone, eat your food properly!"

Seeing this, everyone finally fell silent.

The dinner party was spent in a somber atmosphere.

Late at night, Lin Ran finally had time to practice his cultivation technique.

He focused his attention and began to guide the spiritual energy within his body according to the methods recorded in the "Ten Thousand Treasures Spirit Forging Technique".

He drew a wisp of spiritual energy from the bronze cauldron, guiding it down his spine and towards his dantian.

The spiritual energy was like a loach, slowly swimming through the meridians.

When the spiritual energy passed through the Tanzhong acupoint on the chest, it was firmly blocked and could not advance any further.

He tried to use his spiritual power to stimulate the Tanzhong acupoint.

hum!

A soft sound echoed within the body, and a tiny crack appeared in the barrier of the Tanzhong acupoint.