Zhao Sulan had sent Meng Jingfen to prison by her own hand, Lin Fangwei was actually quite happy about it.
Although this had made her reputation even worse in her previous life, that was in the past and it no longer concerned her.
Zhao Sulan pondered for a while, then decided to believe Lin Fangwei’s words, although she was somewhat reluctant to do so.
But believing was in the past, and so was not believing.
Believing meant she had to continue finding ways to win over Meng Chuyue’s heart, so naturally, it was better to believe.
Lin Fangwei had sat for nearly half an hour, declined Zhao Sulan’s invitation to stay for a meal with a smile, and then left.
Watching her back, Zhao Sulan couldn’t help but sigh: this Lin Fangwei seemed not like the one before her kidney failure.
Their interactions were similar too.
Ah, how she missed the old days.
Lin Fangwei hadn’t been ill, their family of four had been closely knit, unlike now... a complete mess.
But speaking of which, why didn’t she miss Lin Yuzhe?
After all, he had been her favorite before.
Zhao Sulan remembered Lin Yuzhe and immediately put those thoughts aside, unaware that Lin Yuzhe was on his way to Imperial.
Lin Youdong had already married a new wife, Fang Rong, a formidable and malicious woman. Taking advantage of her pregnancy, Lin Youdong spoiled her rotten, often allowing her to secretly abuse Lin Yuzhe and frequently frame him.
Lin Yuzhe felt like he was living in hell every day.
At the age of thirteen, he had thought of dying together with Fang Rong, but the warmth Meng Chuyue and Zhao Xiaoxin had once given him raised his hopes.
He wanted to try and see if Meng Chuyue would treat him like she did Zhao Xiaoxin.
If she did, he would study hard and repay her later; if not, dying wouldn’t be too late.
He was still not very tall, with a cute baby face. Fang Rong dared to bully him because he looked particularly young, almost like a child under ten.
But little did she know, he was sharper than his peers.
However, everyone in this family was cunning, and he had a somewhat sly personality.
He found a chance when Fang Rong and Lin Youdong were not at home, stole a significant amount of money and jewelry, hid most of it at home, took some, and boarded the train to Imperial alone to find Meng Chuyue.
He wasn’t afraid of not finding her.
Lin Youdong and Fang Rong often mentioned Meng Chuyue and Zhao Sulan in front of him; he knew that Meng Chuyue’s Medicinal Food Hall was very famous, and he could find it by just asking around.
He thought everything through correctly, but forgot that a child like him could easily attract human traffickers’ attention.
Indeed, he had been targeted before he even got on the train, but he was lucky to have encountered Meng Yajun, who was also heading to Imperial.
Meng Yajun, although now a very selfish man, had farther-reaching thoughts.
Seeing Lin Yuzhe, he immediately remembered that he was Meng Chuyue’s half-brother.
He had long seen that Meng Chuyue not only didn’t dislike Lin Yuzhe but even seemed to like him quite a bit.
If he saved Lin Yuzhe, Meng Chuyue would owe him a favor; even if she didn’t treat him especially well, she would at least give him some money or find him a job.
Yes, he was that practical; it was not out of kindness that he saved people.
Lin Yuzhe somewhat recognized him, but wasn’t entirely sure, yet when Yajun confronted the traffickers wanting his "brother," he cooperated obediently.
At any rate, escaping from the bona fide traffickers was the priority.
As for whether Meng Yajun was another kind of devil... he would worry about that later.
After the trafficker was taken away by the train police, Meng Yajun introduced himself to Lin Yuzhe, "I’m a student from the second session of your Sister Chuyue’s tutoring classes, I just finished my college entrance exams a few days ago, and I’m planning to work and study in Imperial. Here’s my exam admission ticket, so you can trust me for now."
Meng Yajun said, handing his exam admission ticket to Lin Yuzhe.
Lin Yuzhe finished looking and nodded like a little adult, but did not speak.