After my rebirth, I was the most favored person in Beijing

Shen Qingran quickly explained: "It's not a compliment, my eldest brother has praised two people, one is your cousin, and the other is Master Chen Xun."

"Really?" Lin Xi didn't expect it to be Chen Xun, but he could reach his current position, so naturally he must be very talented in literature.

The corners of her mouth raised slightly.

Shen Qingran naturally also noticed the change in her expression after she mentioned Chen Xun.

Lin Xi seemed calm and composed, unperturbed by fame or criticism, but whenever Chen Xun was mentioned, her expression would always become a little tense.

When they sat down, Shen Qingran couldn't help but pull Lin Xi aside, and when no one was paying attention, he whispered in her ear, "Do you have someone in your heart?"

The breeze blew by, and the bells hanging on the bamboo wood rang softly.

Lin Xi picked up the wine glass, raised it to everyone, and said, "Today is a good day after all. We can meet here, so why not raise a glass and drink together."

Everyone raised their glasses with her.

Seeing this, Shen Qingran also drank a glass and pestered her, saying, "You didn't answer me, but I want a result!"

Xie Fangyan happened to hear this, and naturally saw that Lin Xi didn't want to answer, so he asked: "Miss Shen, what result do you want from her?"

Shen Qingran naturally couldn't repeat what she just said to everyone, so she could only say, "This is a woman's secret, how can it be said in public."

Outside the bamboo forest, the sound of horse hooves could be heard.

Everyone couldn't help but look curiously in the direction of the sound.

"Today, I happened to be there by chance."

Chen Xun stood outside the bamboo forest, lowered his eyes, and looked at Lin Xi who was sitting in a corner.

There was a slight look of surprise on Lin Xi's face, and she looked up at him after a while. A green bamboo forest served as his background, and he was wearing a blue silk dress, which was absolutely stunning.

When this thought came to her mind, Lin Xi couldn't help but be surprised. After all, she had lived two lifetimes and seen many handsome men, but she had never thought from the bottom of her heart that anyone was stunningly beautiful.

"Hello, Master Chen."

Everyone stood up and saluted.

Without waiting for everyone to stand up, he quickly walked to Lin Xi's side, skillfully sat beside her, and regardless of everyone's gaze, he said to Lin Xi: "Miss Lin, you don't mind, right?"

Lin Xi nodded gently. The servant put the wine glass back on the table in front of Chen Xun. She picked up the wine glass and poured him a glass of wine. "Of course, I don't mind."

"Thank you." Chen Xun didn't say much. He held a fan in his hand and placed it casually on the table. His fingertips were about to touch the fabric of her clothes. His expression froze, then he smiled and clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves.

Xie Fangyan looked at the two of them and thought they were already familiar with each other, so he stood up. Facing Lord Chen, who was ten years older than him and was very adept in the officialdom, he did not show any fear. He held up the wine glass and said:

"Master Chen, you have come from afar, so you are also a guest. I would like to offer you a toast first."

After saying that, he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

"Yeah." Chen Xun replied indifferently. Naturally, he understood the meaning behind his words. He was saying that he came uninvited.

Speechless for a moment.

The joyful and natural atmosphere just now suddenly became cramped.

It was Shen Renzhang who spoke first: "How about I perform a sword dance?"

Although he was dancing with the sword, he was always looking at Lin Xi intentionally or unintentionally.

"Others say that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Pei Gong." Shen Qingran shook his head and said to Lin Xi: "I see my elder brother's sword dance is aimed at you."

When Shen Renzhang looked at Lin Xi's eyes, they were already overflowing with emotion.

Not only Shen Qingran noticed it, but Lin Xi also noticed it.

After this sword dance, Shen Qingran also realized that Lin Xi had no interest in his elder brother, so he could only say, "Let's go!"

A group of people went hiking.

Lin Xi and Shen Qingran were walking behind, and they were moving forward.

"You should know that I don't like your elder brother." Lin Xi said bluntly.

Shen Qingran also had a little regret in her eyes, but she was soon relieved, "I wanted you to be my sister-in-law, but since you don't have this intention, I understand."

"Qingran, I..."

"I understand. You don't have to explain." Shen Qingran raised his eyebrows, deliberately trying to make her happy.

Today, this banquet was held to bring Lin Xi and Shen Renzhang together.

Shen Renzhang naturally understood what his sister meant. He felt depressed for a moment, but quickly cheered up and decided to take the initiative to find Lin Xi and express his feelings.

He walked up to Lin Xi, whispered a few words to her, and then the two of them walked alone to a secluded place.

The two stood facing each other.

"Miss Lin, I like you." Shen Renzhang bent down, bowed, and then spoke sincerely, "I know you don't have me in your heart, but I want you to know this friendship."

Lin Xi's slender figure stood under the shade of the tree, with spots of light and shadow falling on her body. Her bottomless eyes showed no sadness or joy. She reached out and held his arm, and said softly:

"Thank you for your love, Mr. Shen, but I still have my own things to do. I'm afraid I won't have the chance to be with anyone in this life." Lin Xi continued, "When I was a child, my mother died and I was sent to Yecheng. I was like an orphan without a father or a mother, and no one in the Xie family really liked me."

"There is a lot of disgust, hatred, resentment and calculation. I hope someone likes me and truly loves me..."

When she said this, Shen Renzhang said distressedly: "If Miss Lin doesn't mind, I will definitely treat you sincerely in the future."

Hearing this, Lin Xi shook his head, "But I don't want to."

She carries too many secrets, and sometimes it's better not to be with others.

What's more, she didn't want to drag others into the quagmire until her mother's affairs and her own revenge were resolved.

Shen Renzhang knew this would be the result, but he didn't show any sadness on his face. He just said to her, "Miss Lin, you are very good and deserve to be liked by everyone."

After saying this, he turned and left, with a bleak feeling in the shade.

"You could have used him, why did you refuse so outright?" Chen Xun walked out from the shadows, still smiling.

"He is a good man and I don't want to take advantage of him." Lin Xi said.

Chen Xun skillfully grasped her slender wrist and asked softly, "What about me? Can I use it as I please?"

"Master Chen."

Lin Xi didn't finish her words directly. She turned to look at him and smiled warmly, like the warm sun in winter, which made people dazzled. "Of course, he is not an ordinary person."

No matter what these words meant, the scheming in Chen Xun's eyes was indeed a little less, but he was unwilling to let go of Lin Xi's hand.

Lin Xi looked calm as he looked at Chen Xun. He moved his wrist slightly, but Chen Xun restrained him even tighter. He only heard him say, "After all, I am not as good as you, Miss Lin. You are getting more and more adept at using me."

Lin Xi seemed not to understand the meaning behind his words, and the expression on her face did not relax at all.

The two of them just talked a few more words here and then went back.

When Lin Xi arrived, she saw the nanny who had rushed over from the Lin residence. She knew that this nanny was the closest nanny to Old Madam Lin. Seeing this, she couldn't help but frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

The nanny quickly said, "Second Master made the old lady faint from anger."

Ever since Second Uncle came back, there has been chaos in the house. It seems we have to find a way to solve the problem.

The second uncle has been doing whatever he wants for a long time, and his feelings for his family are even weaker than Lin Hewen's. He even abandoned his family for so many years in order to satisfy his own selfish desires. This kind of cruelty is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Lin Xi could only say goodbye to this outing and go home to check on her grandmother.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the Lin Mansion, I heard the second uncle's roar.

"With me here, no one can bully you. Don't be afraid. I'll support you."

As soon as Lin Xi entered the room, he saw his second uncle standing in the hall. He was angrily protecting Xun Shan'er behind him like a calf, and in front of him was Lin Hewen, who was so angry that his face turned blue.

As the head of the family, Lin Hewen has been protecting his brothers and sisters for so many years. He never thought that his own brother could be called cold-blooded for an outsider.

Lin Xiu was obviously very angry. He had just accused her of withholding money from Xun Shan'er and putting it into her own pocket. It was because of her second brother that she had arranged all the arrangements for this foreign girl, Xun Shan'er, to be exactly the same as Yue Ru and the others. She didn't expect to be blamed now.

The people from the second house were still clamoring, demanding that they open the ancestral hall today and put Xun Shan'er in the family tree.

When everyone heard this, their expressions changed, and they looked at Xun Shan'er with a bit of resentment in their eyes.

Xun Shan'er tightly grasped the clothes of the man in front of her with her head hung down. Could she really become the owner of this house?

As soon as Lin Xi entered the room, he walked straight to Lin Hewen as if he hadn't seen the second wife, "Father, how is grandma?"

When Lin Hewen saw Lin Xi, he seemed to have found his backbone, and he quickly said, "Grandma has retired now, so she should be fine."

"You, you, you... Lin Xi, you are the junior, and you don't show courtesy to the elders. Do you treat me as if I don't exist?" The second wife was already angry, and when she saw Lin Xi's actions, she vented all her anger on Lin Xi.

However, he completely forgot that now in the entire Lin Mansion, no one dared to say anything about Lin Xi to his face.

Lin Xi's face was calm. She turned around and looked at her second uncle. "Second uncle, I am worried about my grandmother's health. It is normal for me to be anxious at the moment. If you are not worried about my grandmother's health, you can just make a scene in class. Why are you picking on me now?"

The second room didn't care what Lin Xi said. He kept saying that Lin Xi was ill-mannered, especially that she deliberately ignored Xun Shan'er. He brought it up again and said, "Xun Shan'er's mother is my savior. You ignored Shan'er, looked down on her, and didn't treat her as a sister. Don't think I don't know about this."

Lin Xi saw Lin Yueru hiding in the arms of the nanny and refusing to come out. It looked like she had been crying. She sneered, looked at him, and asked, "Who is my sister among those present? Could it be that Second Uncle doesn't know?"

She pointed in Yueru's direction.

"Yueru is my sister. As for this Xun Shaner you mentioned, I don't know her. Everyone in this mansion treats her with courtesy because of you, especially grandma. She gave in a little, but you are still pressing her."

"What? Second uncle, have you forgotten? Lin Min and Lin Yueru are your children, and your grandmother has been worried about you for so many years, don't you care about it?"

"Now you're making a fuss and want her to be included in the family tree. What's the basis for that?"

"Is she related to you by blood? Her mother saved you, so what does it have to do with all of us here? Since you want to make it up to her, then just go and make it up to her. Why are you making grandma angry? Does grandma owe you anything?"

"Why should I treat her like a sister? What did she do?"

The second wife's lips trembled with anger because of what she said, but she couldn't say anything in rebuttal.

No one in the Lin family owes him anything.

But, but, he just wanted Xun Shan'er to be included in the family tree and could not let her down. This idea became more and more firm in his heart, and he felt that no one in the Lin Mansion was as good to him as Xun Shan'er's family.

"You are very eloquent."

Xun Shan'er tightly grasped the clothes in front of her, not daring to raise her head, her face pale and full of embarrassment.

"Her mother saved me, so I let her be included in the Lin family tree. So what? Are we going to let her wander around forever? Besides, what does it matter if you get close to her, Lin Xi? How can you be so heartless?"

I thought Lin Xi would be angry, but she smiled unexpectedly. "Uncle, what you said is quite interesting. If you don't want to treat her badly, why do you have to put her on the family tree? Can't you adopt her as an adopted daughter and marry her off as a biological daughter? Is putting her on the family tree the only way?"

"Grandmother is still in poor health, and the Lin family has been in controversy for some time. You, second uncle, don't care about these things at all, and only think about this matter. "Anyone would still be disappointed."

As soon as she finished speaking, Old Lady Lin came out with a cold face, looking at her disappointing second son, and said, "It's not impossible to put her on the family tree."

When the second wife saw that Old Lady Lin had agreed, a look of joy appeared on her face, but her joy did not last long.

Old Mrs. Lin then continued, "But you can only pull it out of the family tree."

The second wife didn't expect that Mrs. Lin would make such a decision. She stepped forward and said in surprise, "Mom, I am your son!"

Mrs. Lin shook her head and said, "It's my fault."

Everyone's eyes fell on Mrs. Lin.

"You have been taught to be an unfilial son. You have been doing whatever you want since you were young, disregarding common sense. You don't care about your brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. You only care about yourself."

When Mrs. Lin reached this point, she coughed violently a few times and her body couldn't stop shaking.

Lin Xi was anxious, and hurried forward to support the old lady, and said worriedly: "Grandma."

Old Mrs. Lin asked fiercely, "Choose!"