I Pursued My Scummy Ex’s White Moonlight – Chapter 97

The female lead has her own large room and lives with her parents. That man just now who could receive supplies without queuing is the female lead’s father.

As soon as Su Wenwen and Luo Xi entered the room, they saw glass cases placed all around. Many melons, fruits, and vegetables were planted in the glass cases. Mother Lin was picking vegetables, and Father Lin was holding and teasing his chubby son who was over two years old.

When the two of them saw Lin Wan bringing people over, their eyes showed inquiry. Lin Wan explained, saying: “We are leaving here tomorrow. These newly cultivated melons, fruits, and vegetables are not easy to take with us, so I brought my friends to have a meal together.”

Hearing this, Father Lin and Mother Lin did not have very happy expressions on their faces; they just politely greeted the two to take a seat. Shen Ming stood guard at the door, but Father Lin and Mother Lin clearly liked Shen Ming very much and wanted to pull him to sit together with Lin Wan, but were refused by Shen Ming.

The intention of matchmaking was too obvious; sometimes it will achieve the opposite effect and be met with dislike.

Lin Wan rubbed the spot between her eyebrows and simply ignored Father Lin and Mother Lin, starting to pick vegetables herself. Lin Sisi was also helping at the side, only Sisi’s gaze was fixed on the tomatoes. She seemed to be craving them, yet was too embarrassed to ask her.

Lin Wan patted Lin Sisi’s head: “Didn’t Jiejie already say? The melons, fruits, and vegetables here are all planted with newly cultivated seeds and grow very fast. If Sisi wants to eat, then eat. You don’t need to worry about finishing them.”

Sisi looked back at Father Lin and Mother Lin before picking a tomato to eat.

Su Wenwen saw Sisi’s small action and immediately understood something. She then leaned against Luo Xi and said in her ear: “Father Lin and Mother Lin, on the other hand, have raised their son to be watery and tender.”

“En, I can see that.”

Seeing they could not persuade Shen Ming, Father Lin and Mother Lin went on their own to play with their son. In this room, there weren’t many other things, but there were quite a few toys, and they were very new and frequently cleaned.

Su Wenwen frowned, but as an outsider, it was not her place to say anything, so she and Luo Xi went to help Lin Wan cook. Lin Wan felt that the two of them were guests and had also saved Sisi, so she wouldn’t let them help no matter what.

Helpless, the two of them sat back down on the sofa.

At this moment, Father Lin and Mother Lin walked over holding their son and asked: “So it was you who saved Sisi!”

Su Wenwen thought these two had come to express their gratitude and quickly replied politely: “Not really, we just saw that it wasn’t easy for a child like Sisi to survive in the apocalypse, so we conveniently brought her along with us.”

Recalling that time, she had initially thought that bringing a child along was very troublesome, but looking at Sisi’s innocent eyes, she couldn’t harden her heart and leave her on the bus. It was Luo Xi who took the initiative to ask, bringing Sisi along with them.

If it weren’t for Luo Xi, Sisi might have died in some corner long ago. The person the Lin family should truly thank was not her.

“Then do you have a special ability?”

Su Wenwen was stunned for a moment, unable to keep up with Father Lin and Mother Lin’s line of thought. Could it be they didn’t come to thank us?

“I am not a special ability user, but Luo Xi is.”

After this sentence was spoken, Father Lin and Mother Lin were clearly much more enthusiastic towards Luo Xi. Good heavens, Su Wenwen finally understood. They wanted to flatter the strong. The reason they wanted to matchmake Shen Ming and Lin Wan was probably also because they valued Shen Ming’s identity as a special ability user.

Luo Xi had, after all, once been a leader in the workplace. Faced with Father Lin and Mother Lin’s attentiveness, she was as unmoving as a mountain¹, using words that were like four taels deflecting a thousand catties² to maintain a distance that was neither too far nor too close with the two of them.

If it had been other people, they would have known to retreat in the face of difficulty, but Father Lin and Mother Lin were like hooligans, persistently sticking to Luo Xi. They even hard/stuffed³ their son into her arms, saying: “Isn’t he very cute?”

Luo Xi’s expression had already turned cold. For Lin Wan’s sake, she did not show her anger. Fortunately, Shen Ming knew Luo Xi’s temper and, before she could lose her patience and become angry, he took a step forward and carried the child away.

Seeing Shen Ming, Father Lin and Mother Lin immediately went to stick to him, telling him to go to the kitchen to help Lin Wan as an assistant with the cooking.

Shen Ming glanced at Lin Wan. Only after seeing her nod did he dare to enter the kitchen to help, telling Sisi to go out and play.

Sisi went directly to hide by Su Wenwen’s side. It seemed that when facing Father Lin and Mother Lin, she even spoke less.

“Truly a man of talent and a woman of beauty.”⁴

Father Lin and Mother Lin stood at the kitchen doorway, staring at Lin Wan and Shen Ming’s backs just like a surveillance camera.

Su Wenwen felt quite suffocated, because even in the small kitchen, Lin Wan maintained a certain distance from Shen Ming. Facing his gaze, she remained evasive and gave no response, obviously having no interest in him.

The female lead has no interest in the male lead. Are they still the female and male leads of the original book?

【The plot line has deviated too much. The book’s plot can no longer be used as a measure. Whether the male and female leads can end up together is actually unimportant, as long as the reagent is successfully developed.】

Su Wenwen heard the system’s voice and quickly opened the panel. The villain’s blackening value had already been turned off.

She belatedly realized that from today onwards, she could only judge whether Luo Xi’s mood was good or bad based on her own feelings.

Su Wenwen’s gaze swept over.

Luo Xi was leaning back against the sofa, her long, jet-black hair tied up high with a black cord. A few strands of hair drooped at her temples. Her cold and indifferent expression revealed a sense of distance, just like the feeling when they first met on the bus, as if they had returned to the starting point.

This feeling terrified Su Wenwen, and she subconsciously took Luo Xi’s hand, trying to prove that the relationship between the two of them had not changed.

Luo Xi glanced sideways and smiled faintly.

The smile was the same as before, revealing a continuous affection within its gentleness, enveloping her uneasy heart and also allowing Su Wenwen to gradually relax…

During the meal, Father Lin and Mother Lin were also not well-behaved. At a square table with four sides, they had Lin Wan and Shen Ming sit next to each other, Sisi and Luo Xi sit together, and Su Wenwen sit alone on one side, being treated differently.

At first, Su Wenwen was quite unconcerned. It was very comfortable to sit on one side by herself with a lot of space, but when she saw Father Lin and Mother Lin place all the good food on their side, she became angry.

That cured sausage and preserved duck meat were all brought back by the team members at the risk of their lives. It didn’t matter if she couldn’t eat any, but Sisi was also their child, yet she couldn’t get a single bite.

Every time Lin Wan picked up some meat for Sisi, Sisi would first glance at Father Lin and Mother Lin, then shake her head and say she didn’t want to eat it.

Lin Wan tried to persuade her a few times, but seeing that Sisi hadn’t taken a single bite, she thought Sisi really didn’t like the preserved duck meat. This angered Su Wenwen so much that she stood up, moved the cured meat and duck meat in front of Sisi, and said: “I brought this food. If Sisi doesn’t eat it, then it will be thrown out, and no one else can even think of eating it.”

Lin Wan and Shen Ming were stunned.

Sisi said with red eyes: “Wenwen-jiejie, I really don’t like to eat…”

“Then I’ll throw it out.”

Father Lin and Mother Lin immediately scolded: “You child, you look honest, how can you waste food in the apocalypse?”

“I’m willing to. Do you get to manage this?”

Immediately, Su Wenwen placed the meat into Sisi’s bowl. Sisi lowered her head, not making a sound. Just as Father Lin and Mother Lin were about to reach out and snatch the meat back, they were blocked by Luo Xi.

“What are you doing?” they said, gnashing their teeth. “This food was originally distributed to us. You have no right to just say you’ll throw it out and then throw it out.”

Luo Xi glanced indifferently at Shen Ming and said: “It seems you have taken many extra supplies. We have the right to reclaim and deal with them.”

“You are twisting words and forcing logic⁵.” They also looked at Shen Ming. “Shen Ming, aren’t you Lin Wan’s guard? Are you just going to watch the two of them bully us like this?”

“Enough…” Lin Wan spoke out to stop them. She held Sisi in her arms and asked, “Jiejie asks you, during meals, does your younger brother normally eat more than you?”

Sisi still kept her head down and did not speak.

Lin Wan glanced at Father Lin and Mother Lin, her gaze as sharp as a knife. They had a guilty conscience and did not dare to meet her eyes. They could only take a step back and look at Sisi, saying amiably: “Sisi, you can’t be a picky eater. You have to eat meat to grow tall, understand?”

“If you don’t eat, your Wenwen-jie will really throw the meat out. You can’t waste food.”

The last sentence was clearly still blaming Su Wenwen, but it didn’t matter, because after Father Lin and Mother Lin spoke, Sisi began to quietly eat the meat in her bowl.

Lin Wan was not stupid. Seeing that Sisi showed no signs of rejection while eating the meat, she understood that Father Lin and Mother Lin usually mistreated Sisi.

Sisi was well-behaved and knew that she was busy with experiments and didn’t want her to worry, so she never said anything.

Lin Wan patted Sisi’s head and said nothing. After the meal was finished, she had Shen Ming arrange lodging for Su Wenwen and Luo Xi, and to take Sisi with them as well.

Lin Wan closed the door to the room and turned to look at Mother Lin, who was lowering her head to clear the dining table, and Father Lin, who was holding their son with a displeased look on his face.

“Lin Wan, what kind of friends have you made? Coming to our place for a meal and still being so impolite?”

“Is it their fault?” Lin Wan’s voice trembled slightly. “You clearly promised me that you would treat Sisi equally.”

“What are you saying? Where did we mistreat Sisi?” Father Lin put the child on the sofa and stared angrily at Lin Wan. “Don’t you forget, it’s the apocalypse now and food is scarce. Your younger brother is still small. Sisi, as the older sister, is willing to let her younger brother eat a little more. Has that become our fault?”

“And why don’t you talk about your own bias? You only care about Sisi. Have you ever cared about your younger brother even once?”

Father Lin’s expression was extremely agitated, his face was flushed red, and his voice was a bit loud, frightening the child into crying “wah wah”. Only then did Father Lin calm his emotions and pick the child up again to soothe him.

Mother Lin also threw down the rag in annoyance: “I’m not tidying up anymore. Gave birth to two white-eyed wolves⁶, and they don’t even know to come and lend a hand.”

Lin Wan closed her eyes, then opened them after a moment: “There’s actually no need to tidy up. We’re leaving tomorrow anyway. You should bring your own food and watch it closely. If you accidentally lose it, you can only come and beg me, this white-eyed wolf.”

Mother Lin said angrily: “What do you mean?”

“You know it in your hearts and stomachs. Do I need to spell it out?”

The reason Father Lin and Mother Lin did not have to worry about food, clothing, or water was all because of Lin Wan. The extra food they usually received was also with Lin Wan’s tacit approval. After all, there was still a younger brother and sister at home; it was understandable for her to use a little privilege for her hard research work.

But she had not expected that Sisi was living even worse than other people. If they didn’t need this bit of privilege from Lin Wan, Sisi would probably have starved to death long ago!

Lin Wan concealed the coldness in her eyes: “From today on, I will take care of Sisi myself. You are also not allowed to use my name for your own convenience.”

What?

Wouldn’t that mean they wouldn’t be able to eat their fill and would go hungry?

Just as Mother Lin was about to open her mouth to scold her for having no conscience and for being unfilial, she was frightened by Lin Wan’s terrifying gaze, freezing on the spot, no longer daring to speak.

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