Lin Yuwen sneered and said, "Lin Chu, you should just get off your high horse. It's not embarra.s.sing to ask us for help. It's still better than you running into snags at every turn. Do you want to starve to death when you don't have a job and income?"

Lin Yuwen raised her hand and gently touched a strand of hair from the side of her ears. "Lin Chu, I know you have high self-esteem, but to live you have to forget about your self-esteem. It's not a shame to ask for our help. I can understand that you lied to dad that you've already found a job out of pride. I'm glad you told us the truth today, it shows that you haven't been well recently. Name the company and I'll help you."

"That's right," Old Lady Lin nodded, "Yuwen is doing this for your own good. We're family and there's nothing to be ashamed of." 

Lin Chu looked at Lin Yuwen, then she said, "It's Lin Yi, the company of Wei Zilin. Everyone knows the status of Lin Yi in the industry. A lot of people wish to get in, I'm already lucky enough to have an opportunity to attend the interview. I don't really expect to work there. You should know about Wei Zilin. Not to mention you, even if it was Uncle Lin, Wei Zilin would not be willing to do him a favor. That's why I didn't say anything. Of course, if you can ask Wei Zilin and pull some strings for me to get in, I'll be very grateful. I'm not that self-conceited, I won't be prideful when it comes to earning a living." 

Lin Yuwen's facial expression changed. She slammed the table furiously, and Old Lady Lin was frightened by it.

"Lin Chu, you left this out in the beginning on purpose. You just wanted me to make a fool out of myself!" Lin Yuwen said angrily.

Lin Chu said calmly, "I've already told you that the company has a strict policy. It's impossible to get in by just pulling some strings. I didn't want to embarra.s.s you, which was why I rejected you just now. I can't help it since you didn't believe me."

"You…" Lin Yuwen was convinced that Lin Chu did it intentionally. Just when she was about to fly into a rage, she received a phone call. 

Although the person on the other end of the phone could not see her, Lin Yuwen immediately put away her angry face. She said politely, "President Yang, you're here already? We are waiting for you in Zao Yang Hall."

"All right."

Lin Chu frowned. After Lin Yuwen hung up on the phone, she asked Old Lady Lin, "Grandma, is there anyone else coming?"

Old Lady Lin smiled awkwardly. Her eyes were s.h.i.+fty, she did not dare to look at Lin Chu directly. Then, she mumbled hesitatingly, "Yes…it's your uncle's good business friend, Yang Zhiyuan, President Yang."

Lin Chu's heart went cold. She could vaguely guess the real intentions of Old Lady Lin. She said in a low voice, "Grandma, didn't you tell me that it's going to be just the both of us? I don't have anything to say about Yuwen and Chen Ziming being here. Why is a stranger joining us? If he's friends with Uncle Lin, I'm guessing his age is pretty similar to Uncle Lin as well. What can he talk about with the younger generation like us?"

"About this…," Old Lady Lin stuttered, "Lin Chu…"

"I'll explain it," Lin Yuwen said. "Just now when Yang Zhiyuan called, he was already in the parking lot. He'll be here in a short moment."

She needed to clarify things before Yang Zhiyuan arrived, to avoid Lin Chu showing her long face in front of Yang Zhiyuan and humiliating him. 

They had no choice but to trick her into coming. If they told her the truth, she would never show up if it was a decent young man, let alone Yang Zhiyuan who was pretty old and divorced with kids. 

Besides, they would never introduce Lin Chu to any good men. 

They would be happy if Lin Chu was not living well. It would be best that Lin Chu was forever underneath them. She couldn't see Lin Chu better off than her. 

Therefore, they could only deceive Lin Chu to come over and not let her leave.

"Yang Zhiyuan, President Yang, is the president of Cheng Yuan. I've always felt sorry for you about what happened between me and Ziming. My mom feels the same way, so she's been looking for the right man for you. We also want you to be happy and not dwell on the past, so I'd like to introduce you to him. President Yang is outstanding, he manages a company on his own. Although the business scale of Cheng Yuan is not as huge as Lin Mao, it's not a small company. You don't have to compete for a small position with other people if you just get married to him. You'll be the president's wife," Lin Yuwen said.

Lin Chu had never heard of Cheng Yuan, but she also knew that the people that Su Changxin introduced would not be as great as she made it out to be. 

Even if he was great, there must be some aspects that would not suit her.

"I'm grateful for Aunt Su's kindness and consideration," Lin Chu said as she casually tucked her hair behind her ears. "You can just tell me the truth. Since he's friends with Uncle Lin, I'm sure he's of a certain age. Is he divorced or widowed?"

The facial expression of Lin Yuwen went stiff. Lin Chu's heart sank. She knew she was right. 

Old Lady Lin grabbed Lin Chu's hand anxiously. "Lin Chu, your Aunt Su is doing this for your good. I only agreed because she has a point. If it's not beneficial to you, I wouldn't have agreed. I've seen pictures of President Yang. Although he's already 45 years old, and he's much older than you in age, he still looked young and das.h.i.+ng in photos. He has his own business and is sure to take good care of you."

Lin Chu removed her hands from Old Lady Lin's palm coldly. "Grandma, you think that this is for my own good, or you think that If I find someone else I would stop thinking about Chen Ziming?"

"Lin Chu, you finally admitted that you still have feelings for Chen Ziming. You're still hoping to reconcile with him," Lin Yuwen was yelling like a crazy woman. 

Lin Chu could not help but rolled her eyes. "Only you would regard him as treasure. Can you stop twisting my words? I've said it many times, I've not cared about him ever since we broke up. It's up to you guys to do whatever you want. Stop dragging me into this, and you don't need to find a man for me. I couldn't care less about Chen Ziming, so can you stop pestering me with this matter?"

"Lin Chu, don't be ungrateful," Lin Yuwen said furiously. "My mum has been going around and helping you to find someone suitable to take care of you. You didn't even say thank you, and you're acting like we're doing more harm than good. Your conscience has been eaten by a dog! What kind of man do you think you can find as a foster child and an orphan. Even if we introduce the sons of the prominent families to you, they wouldn't even give you a thought. You can keep your pride and arrogance aside!"

"You don't need to feel wronged. You're out of President Yang's league. He's older than you, but not much older, there are lots of younger and prettier girls out there who want to be with him. If it wasn't because of the Lin family, President Yang wouldn't even consider you. You've got no parents, no status, now you don't even have a job. What rights do you have to be unhappy about President Yang?" Lin Chu sneered and curled her lips, "When my mum's introducing you to President Yang, she already cast her dignity aside."

Lin Chu stood up with a cold face. "Thanks to Uncle Lin and Aunt Su for the love and care. I'm sorry I don't agree with you on this matter, it doesn't matter even if you said that I don't have a conscience. I've never thought of getting married just for the money and disregarding the person's character because of his wealth. You said there are many younger and more beautiful girls out there who are willing to be with President Yang, so just let them be. I've also never thought of looking for someone from a rich family. If I just want to live a simple life with someone ordinary, it wouldn't even affect you. It's not your business even if I suffer from poverty. You don't have to 'worry' about me over this matter. I'm in charge of my own love life, there's no need to bother Uncle Lin and Aunt Su."

"Lin Chu, don't say that," Old Lady Lin said and grasped Lin Chu. "President Yang's not bad. You've got to believe grandma, I'm a good judge of character after living for so many years. You won't lose anything if you get together with President Yang. We just want you to live a good life and move on from the pain as soon as possible."

"…," Lin Chu pulled out her hand and was at a loss for words. "I'm not suffering at all, but I think the current situation is making me suffer. Grandma, I make my own decisions when it comes to my relations.h.i.+p. I won't stoop so low just to be with someone who could already be my father with his age for money. I want to be with someone I love, regardless of his wealth."

Lin Chu sighed, then lowered her head to look at Old Lady Lin who was in a predicament and continued, "I'm afraid that I'd have to trouble grandma to tell President Yang that I've got to go because I have something to attend to. If you miss me, I'd be happy to meet you. However, if something like this is going to happen again, I'm sorry I can't see you."

"Lin Chu!" Lin Yuwen called out to her looking displeased. "What do you think you're doing by leaving like this? Do you want President Yang to come all the way here for nothing? How do you want us to explain to President Yang?"

"It's up to you how you want to explain. You didn't get my permission on this matter anyway. Why should I explain for you?" Lin Chu said straightforwardly. Just when she opened the door, she b.u.mped into someone head-on while the person was about to come in. 

Lin Chu took two steps to distance herself from the person and scrutinized the person from head to toe. He was at the age of 40 or 50, either the photo had been edited, or recently this person had eaten too much. He looked much fatter than he did in the photo. He was wearing a suit, but that did not cover up his belly that was sticking out, though this was normal for people of his age.

His square face looked slightly round because of his chubbiness. He had a pair of gold-rimmed gla.s.ses sitting on his nose bridge that was not high. He did not look like a gentleman, he looked more like a stingy and cunning businessman. This man in front of him had decent features, he was not ugly, but he was not exactly good-looking either. 

He must be Yang Zhiyuan, or President Yang, that Old Lady Lin and the rest addressed him as.

"This is…" Yang Zhiyuan already made a guess deep down.

Lin Yuwen smiled and hurriedly introduced, "President Yang, this is my sister Lin Chu."

Yang Zhiyuan looked at Lin Chu, and a sense of astonishment flashed through his eyes behind his gla.s.ses. He did not expect the foster daughter of the Lin family to be so good-looking. 

Lin Chu was not the kind that would catch someone's attention at first glance. She was not the shockingly beautiful type, her beauty was not overwhelming. That type of beauty would not last, and the people who belong in this category would look more common the more you look at them. 

Lin Chu was naturally stubborn. There was still a trace of stubbornness on her face that was left behind by the argument between her and Lin Yuwen just now. She was fair and pretty. She was also quiet like an elegant lady and brisk like a rabbit at the same time. 

Yang Zhiyuan already felt that this was Lin Chu. 

Initially, he thought that Lin Chu would be a bridge for him to link himself together with the Lin family. Lin Yuwen was the precious daughter of the Lin family, so it was unrealistic for her to marry him. Lin Chu was the foster daughter of the Lin Family whom they were willing to hand over. At the same time, he could formally establish a relations.h.i.+p with the Lin family. After all, Cheng Yuan was inferior to Lin Mao. 

Truthfully, he was not keen on Lin Chu's ident.i.ty. He wanted to marry her only because of her surname. All the campus belle and young models, C-list and D-list celebrities out there, they were all pretty and had a nice body. Anyone of them would be better than a foster daughter. However, he did not expect that he would be contented with Lin Chu. 

"President Yang, I'm sorry. Something urgent came up, I have to leave now," Lin Chu suppressed her displeasure and said politely.

The way Yang Zhiyuan looked at her made her feel sick, it seemed like she was an object that he was satisfied with. 

Yang Zhiyuan did not respond, he said to Old Lady Lin and Lin Yuwen directly, "I'll send Ms. Lin out."

Old Lady Lin was happy to hear that, President Yang was obviously pleased with Lin Chu. She hurriedly nodded, "All right, both of you can spend some time together."

Lin Chu did not say anything. She had already decided that she would make things clear with Yang Zhiyuan outside. She did not care if she would offend Yang Zhiyuan, the best interest of the Lin family was not her business. 

"Lin Chu, I'll send you off," Yang Zhiyuan said and followed Lin Chu out of the room.

Chen Ziming watched them leave, and there was a sense of spitefulness in his eyes. 

While walking in the corridor, Yang Zhiyuan introduced himself. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Yang Zhiyuan, I'm Cheng Yuan's president."

"I know, Ms. Lin told me," Lin Chu said politely.

Yang Zhiyuan heard the way Lin Chu address Lin Yuwen, and then he raised his eyebrows slightly.

Lin Chu said unhurriedly, "President Yang might not be clear about my relations.h.i.+p with the Lin family. Although I'm a foster daughter, you won't get any benefits from the Lin family if you get together with me. Mr. Lin and Mrs. Lin do not like me, and Ms. Lin treats me like a thorn in her flesh. You can say that I'm just a foster daughter of the Lin family in name. As for connections through marriages, it would not benefit Cheng Yuan."

"You don't have to care about these," Yang Zhiyuan said, he had already thought about these beforehand. "Ms. Lin, although we've just met, I'm interested in you. We can try to date each other. Even though I'm much older than you, I believe that age is not a problem for my status. I have a daughter, but she lives with my ex-wife. If you get together with me, you won't have the pressure of being a stepmother."

At this time, a waiter pa.s.sed by. He saw Lin Chu and widened his eyes in surprise. Then, he glanced at Yang Zhiyuan sneakily. 

Yang Zhiyuan noticed and looked at the waiter sternly, "What's the matter?"

"No, sorry to bother you." The waiter quickly bowed apologetically and left in a hurry.

Yan Beicheng met up with Wei Zilin for lunch at Sheng Yue. Right after he sat down, Yan Beicheng said forthrightly, "Lin Chu's resume, give it to me quickly."

Wei Zilin clicked his tongue and took Lin Chu's resume out. 

Yan Beicheng quickly grabbed it over. Then, Wei Zilin saw him digging the 2-inch photo with a white background on the resume. 

"…" Wei Zilin pressed down on the resume to stop Yan Beicheng from destroying it and asked, "What are you doing?"

Yan Beicheng glanced at him, then pushed his hand away. "How can you keep a photo of my girlfriend? I'm the one who's supposed to keep it."

After he said that, he lowered his head and continued digging. 

"…" Wei Zilin looked at him speechlessly. "This is a resume, right? It's supposed to go into the company's archives. What do you mean by me keeping it? Why would you want a two-inch ID photo like this?"

"Only I can look at my girlfriend's barefaced photo. How can it be simply shown to the people in your company," Yan Beicheng said while tearing down the photo. Then, he pinched the photo with his long fingers and put it in his wallet.

Wei Zilin had nothing to say, "…"

He felt that Yan Beicheng was drunk in love to the point that he was becoming r.e.t.a.r.ded. 

"This has to be archived. What do you think you're doing by taking the photo away?" Wei Zilin curled his lips.

He was the one who brought this upon himself. He took a photo of Lin Chu's resume and sent it to Yan Beicheng to flaunt. He ended up being dragged out and had the photo taken away.

Yan Beicheng rolled his eyes and retorted, "It's not like you don't know how Lin Chu looks like. You don't need any photos."

Wei Zilin was speechless, "…"

Wei Zilin thought to himself, 'Yan Beicheng, you're the president of Yan Hui after all. Is it okay for you to say something so unprofessional?

"It just so happened that Yao Xingzhi's wife knew about Zhu Jingjing coming for an interview in my company today. Was it you who told her?" Wei Zilin raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Tsk," Yan Beicheng did not deny it.