The sunlight was just right, and Lin Yan sat in a luxurious hotel suite, flipping through a book on chemistry. She turned the pages quickly, making one doubt if she was actually absorbing the content. Sunlight streamed through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, scattering across the area by the window. Outside, skyscrapers stood in clusters.
This was a new and bustling city, a city Lin Yan had chosen. Her house was already bought and undergoing renovation. An office building was also under construction. Once Lin Yan had delegated her tasks, she found herself with free time. However, when idle, she started buying books.
"Host, the range of books you're reading lately is quite broad!" Yesterday it was modern machinery, the day before yesterday agricultural planting, and today it's chemistry. Although the host flips through them quickly, I know our dear host's memory is on the level of photographic recall, even though the host has never admitted it.
"It's always good to learn a little more. After all, I can't just do this one mission. Who knows what the next world will be like! It might even come in handy!" Lin Yan turned another page of the book in her hand. She was bound to a system and would definitely undertake more than one mission, and they wouldn't all be campus-focused novels like this. So, it was best to learn more in her free time to be prepared.
The plot of this world was mostly over. It was primarily about the male and female leads supporting each other on campus, and her appearance later only accounted for a small remaining part of the plot. She was meant to be the final obstacle, the climax of satisfaction.
Now, because of her interference, the male and female leads had no interaction. The male lead found another suitable partner. However, she might still become the cause of their emotional turmoil. But she didn't care. She wanted to make more preparations in this world so she could adapt better to the next. Even if some of it wasn't useful now, there would surely be opportunities to use it later.
The system didn't know how to respond to Lin Yan's words. "Host, you're truly planning for the future. But you gain the original host's memories and abilities in each world, so you don't need to work so hard!"
"Others' knowledge is ultimately others'. It's inconvenient to use. Only what you learn yourself is truly yours." She needed to grasp the theory first, so when the time came, she wouldn't be completely clueless. As for practice, there would always be opportunities. Challenges that were too simple held no interest for her!
"Alright! The world of a scholar, I can't understand!" I'm just a slacker; I can't understand the world of a scholar at all. I just think why bother learning when you can enjoy what's readily available! However, it would later understand how wise Lin Yan's actions were today! By then, Lin Yan was almost an all-rounder!
Gu Ting opened his social media platform once more, looking at Lin Yan's new status update. They had traveled together, sharing scenic views. He found it truly hard to accept; he couldn't understand why Lin Yan would choose to accept Ye Hao, when Ye Hao was clearly not worthy of her.
He knew in his heart why he couldn't accept Ye Hao and Lin Yan being together. He was afraid that Ye Hao would reveal that incident to Lin Yan, and that Lin Yan would abandon him because of it, choosing to be with Ye Hao. He also couldn't accept that he himself would hand over the person he loved to someone else with his own hands!
Yes, the person he loved. Before Lin Yan appeared, he could have deceived himself, telling himself he had moved on. But when Lin Yan truly appeared before him, he realized he hadn't forgotten her at all.
Those memories replayed in his mind, and he recalled again and again Lin Yan asking him if he wanted to go abroad with her. These past few days, he had been thinking that if he had gone abroad with her then, or if he hadn't broken contact with her, would he be the one by her side now?
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't let go. Gu Ting deeply regretted his actions now. He shouldn't have given up then.
Shen Wenlin had also noticed Gu Ting's attitude towards her had become a bit colder recently. She understood it might be because of Lin Yan. But she had thoroughly investigated Lin Yan and was confident that Lin Yan would not become her obstacle. Besides, they were in different parts of the country, and it was unlikely they would meet often. However, she felt she might need to meet this classmate Lin. She had to confirm Lin Yan's attitude, as what she assumed might just be her own thoughts, and she couldn't let such a matter exceed her expectations.
Lin Yan and Ye Hao's engagement banquet was low-key. They didn't opt for a grand celebration, inviting only both families' parents and a few close friends.
This was also the first time Lin Yan met Ye Hao's relatives. Ye Hao's mother had passed away early. Soon after, his father remarried and quickly had another son. Subsequently, his eldest son from his first wife was put aside, with only a nanny to care for him. He didn't care much either and rarely returned home, which was partly why he was somewhat rebellious. Despite his rebelliousness, he possessed a strong sense of justice. He had helped many people at school, which was why so many people gathered around him.
However, his relationship with his father wasn't very good. After he entered junior high school, they essentially kept to themselves. It was when he went abroad that he made a request to his father for the first time. As for his finances, apart from the pocket money his father sent him annually, it mainly came from what his mother had left him. At that time, he had given up his claim to his father's assets in exchange for his father handling his overseas study procedures.
For this engagement, he had only notified them to come to reassure Lin's parents. Looking at the family of three, Ye Hao felt no emotional ripples. He no longer had a family after his younger brother was born. But now, he had a home of his own.
Ye's father was a very serious man, but also very courteous. Although Ye Hao had only asked him to attend the engagement banquet, he still prepared a meeting gift. Madam Ye was a woman who looked quite young, and standing beside her was her son, Ye Bo, who was currently in high school. Her expression was calm, though she outwardly appeared concerned about Ye Hao, but that concern was laced with manipulation.
As for Ye Bo, he had been very well-disciplined. He was respectful towards his elder brother and polite towards Lin Yan, the woman who was about to become his sister-in-law. His appearance was about fifty percent similar to Ye Hao's, with the other fifty percent resembling his mother more, giving him a somewhat delicate look. He was shorter than Ye Hao, but he would likely grow taller.
At the engagement banquet, Ye's father presented Lin Yan with a jade bracelet, which had belonged to Ye Hao's mother, and then handed her a red envelope. "You are a good child. I hope you two will live a happy and harmonious life in the future."
"Thank you, Uncle!" Lin Yan accepted the bracelet and the red envelope.
Madam Ye glanced at the bracelet but said nothing. Although she was greedy and wanted her son to inherit everything his father owned, she wouldn't touch Ye Hao's mother's possessions. That was her bottom line.
The engagement ended harmoniously on the surface. In addition to the bracelet, Ye's father also sent all the belongings Ye Hao's mother had left for Ye Hao, not many items, mostly jewelry. Among them, a key stood out.