My wife is the stand-in.

The so-called second brother and sister-in-law are Lin Shuyu's parents, while the eldest brother is the head of the Lin family in this generation.

Her parents and the head of the household were like three mountains, weighing heavily on Lin Shuyu's wavering heart.

Third Aunt glared angrily at Fourth Aunt, deliberately slapping Fourth Aunt's hand loudly: "Why are you saying all this? Our family isn't some feudal patriarchal family. If you're going to advise someone, then advise them. Don't bring up the head of the household and Shuyu's parents to pressure them."

Lin Shuyu forced a smile and agreed.

But she understood.

The third and fourth aunts, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, said they were doing it for your own good, claiming they were "advising you," but their true intentions were quite clear.

In a word:

“My son, the family is very disappointed with your choice.”

Lin Shuyu felt a pang of sadness but forced a smile and remained silent.

When I worked with Amanosaki before, he said something unintentionally:

"A great writer once wrote: Silence is the highest form of contempt."

Lin Shuyu felt that in this situation, silence was a good way to express her resistance to her third and fourth aunts and even her family.

Auntie San started persuading again:

“Look, Shuyu, as the old saying goes, a good match is a good match. Only when families are of equal social standing can a good match be found. Our Lin family, not to mention anything else, just in Chongqing Province alone, the shops and real estate alone are worth billions. Four members of our family have served as provincial-level officials.”

"We've seen this young man named Amanosaki. He's very handsome, physically strong, has special abilities, and is famous. He'll be very rich in the future. If he takes a fancy to another girl from the Lin family, we won't say anything."

Fourth Aunt chimed in, "Yes, yes, I have no problem with my daughter dating him."

After saying that, Fourth Aunt realized that she had let slip her true thoughts unintentionally.

The two aunts, Third Aunt and Fourth Aunt, felt a pang of unease. Third Aunt glared at them fiercely, and Fourth Aunt glanced awkwardly at Shuyu. Seeing that Shuyu didn't respond, Fourth Aunt took a breath and continued:

"It's just that the family heir has always been a focus of attention. In this generation of the Lin family, there are about a hundred people, and only eight have awakened the [Celestial Human Form]. You and two others were handpicked by the old patriarch as candidates. Shuyu, your excellence is obvious to all."

"So many elders in your family are watching over you and supporting you, Shuyu," Aunt Si said earnestly.

Yes, Amanosaki is excellent. My fourth aunt just said that she completely agrees with her daughter being with Amanosaki, and my third aunt feels the same way.

But personal satisfaction is one thing, but for the family, especially for Lin Shuyu, who has the potential to compete for the position of family head and is destined to have a pivotal influence in the family even if she fails, and will shoulder the responsibility for the family's future for the next thirty or even fifty years.

Amanosaki is too insignificant.

He has fame but no assets, which exist only in the form of contracts. In reality, he doesn't have enough material assets, and he can't even afford Lin Shuyu's dowry.

So what if someone has extraordinary talent? From the family's perspective, an individual's strength is ultimately limited. Now that the country is peaceful and prosperous, the Lin family, with its connections to the Heroes' Mountain and the government, has plenty of ways to kill without shedding blood.

Power and the wealth that come with it are what the Lin family values ​​most.

The Lin family's method for increasing their power is the "Heavenly Man Physiognomy" passed down through their bloodline.

Lin Shuyu's eyes were a little teary. Her eyes were red and she didn't say a word, sobbing uncontrollably.

This silenced the nagging aunt.

Another sigh followed.

Actually, neither of them wanted to be the ones to break up a couple.

But isn't it because they are the closest to Lin Shuyu, related by blood, and not in high-ranking positions in the family, making them suitable for sharing intimate thoughts?

Because of their good relationship, they were pushed to be the villain.

They had nowhere to confide in.

"Shuyu, actually... well, let me be frank with you about this."

The third and fourth aunts exchanged a glance, unable to bear seeing their beloved daughter struggling alone.

So the two men hugged her, and the three of them embraced tightly, all of them trembling with sobs.

"It's just that your family doesn't approve of you being with this guy. Even your third and fourth aunts support you. Neither of us has awakened any special abilities, and our child is useless and has no influence at home! My child! You've been a good boy for half your life, how come you're falling in love at the very end!"

"What's most infuriating is that we have to be the bad guys,"

"I don't know, Fourth Aunt, I really don't know, I just like him."

The three of them hugged each other and cried their hearts out.

Boom boom boom!

The loud banging on the door interrupted the three people's grief.

"Who is it! This is an investigation team on business! Get out of the way!"

Disturbed, the usually composed Third Aunt immediately revealed her fiery nature.

"Your biological father!"

The voice was old and deep, with a hint of anger.

The three women were stunned, especially the third and fourth aunts, whose faces turned pale instantly.

The two of them pushed Lin Shuyu to open the door, and the thick, humid air and cold air squeezed into the room through the half-open door.

Lin Shuyu hid half her head behind the door, her slightly swollen eyes timidly looking outside.

An elderly man with white eyebrows and a bald head, wearing a dark blue cotton coat and a kind smile, stood to the side, winking at Lin Shuyu.

It was none other than his maternal great-uncle, Lin Zhonghe.

Standing in front of the door, tall and thin, wearing a simple trench coat, a pen tucked into his chest, gold-rimmed glasses, and gray hair, looking dashing and energetic, a man dressed like a beast in human clothing, was Lin Shuyu's grandfather, the former head of the Lin family, Lin Yunwu.

"What, you've seen Grandpa, but you won't open the door?"

Lin Yunwu held a cigar between his fingers, his gaze fixed on his granddaughter like a hook.

Lin Shuyu didn't dare to reply and obediently opened the door.

"Dad! It really is you!" Fourth Aunt stood up, jogged over to Lin Yunwu, hugged her father's arm affectionately, and acted very intimately.

Auntie's face didn't look too good, but she smiled at Lin Yunwu and said, "Dad, what brings you here?"

"I'm not coming? Humph!"

Lin Yunwu's expression was not good. He pulled his hands away from the four women's arms and said, "If I hadn't come, I'm afraid you unworthy descendants would have really succeeded."

Auntie's already pale face went completely bloodless.

She bit her lip, staring intently at Lin Yunwu, tears streaming down her face like a dam breaking. Finally, she burst into tears, ran into the bathroom, and wailed loudly.

She felt wronged. It was a task that the head of the family and a group of elders had forced upon her. Just because there were only the two of them, the fourth brother and the fourth brother, who always knew how to act cute, her father took his anger out on her.

Why!

Lin Zhonghe couldn't stand it anymore. He tapped his cane and said, "Brother, you're the same. It's not like San'er did it willingly. Why are you bullying her?"

"Bully?"

Lin Yunwu sank into the sofa, crossed his legs, and bit down on his cigar. As the smoke curled upwards, he uttered a somewhat gloomy remark:

"I haven't managed the household for years. How many people in this family still treat me like a living person? Didn't you hear what the fourth brother said? She's an idiot. How could she possibly come up with something like that!"

"What nonsense about family support?!"

Lin Yunwu grumbled as he put his legs on the coffee table and exhaled a plume of smoke.

"I'm telling you this: I'm going to have Amanosaki as my grandson-in-law!"

Chapter 215: A Daughter Grows Up and Leaves Home

Yunwen and Yunwu were the names given to the two sons by the previous head of the family.

Unfortunately, he was neither a scholar nor a warrior.

The eldest son, Lin Yunwen, is a modern person who loves science fiction culture. He has loved handicrafts since he was a child, but not for science and technology. Instead, he wants to build a giant robot and then pilot it to fight.

He grew up carrying his own homemade "weapons" around the streets, then joined the army, and was kicked out for dangerously operating a tank.

He never awakened any special abilities in his life, and as his parents' expectations gradually faded, he embarked on a path completely different from the Lin family—he went to sea to sail.

In his words, since he couldn't pilot a large robot, he would settle for a large ship instead.

They're all massive steel structures, weighing tens of thousands of tons, but they won't deform.

Lin Yunwu, on the other hand, showed extraordinary potential as a scumbag from elementary school onwards. He flirted with all the girls in his class, as well as girls from several neighboring classes. Ironically, over the years, the girls knew each other well and were all happy together.

In middle school, he chased girls, skipped classes, and loitered around the streets; he was willing to act out anything that rebellious girls liked.

In order to win over the class monitor, he was able to calm down and focus on his studies.

Thanks to his long-cherished wish of picking up girls, he successfully awakened the "Celestial Man Form" while studying all night one day.

Overjoyed, Lin Yunwu's mother took leave from school that very day and had Lin Yunwu's father gather the family members to make him a prominent figure in the family.

However, Lin Yunwu and the class monitor's wish that "if you beat me in the final exam, we'll start dating" fell through.

Lin Yunwu, who has become a candidate for successor, has received more care and support from his family. He has received a considerable amount of advanced education and interest cultivation, and has funds to develop his own career.

So during his studies abroad, he used the talents he learned to pick up girls, used the money he had earned to go to bars and play around with women, and finally returned to China penniless.

After returning to China, he was severely disciplined by his father for a year, got married, and toned down his personality—at least he stopped going on adventures.

So he combined his strengths: he was fashion-savvy, knew trends, was fun-loving, handsome, charming, eloquent, a returnee from overseas, and good at charming women.

He quickly used his eloquence and ability to please women to help his friends filter out bad women and help his family gain a foothold in social circles.

He was practically a freak of the Lin family, who had always been known for his rigid and conservative demeanor. He was able to get along well with his peers by being outgoing and playful, and also win the favor of the female elders in other families.

So even though his special ability wasn't the best among the candidates for successor, he still became the head of the family as expected and married a girl from within the same clan who shared the same surname but was not within five degrees of kinship.

Lin Shuyu's maternal great-uncle, Lin Zhonghe, was corrupted by Lin Yunwu after he returned to China.

Now 74 years old, Lin Yunwu still maintains the same temperament, style, and demeanor as when he was young, resembling a charming old playboy. A single stroll outside could make a whole host of handsome, grandfatherly girls swoon.

Lin Shuyu sat timidly on the edge of the sofa, her back ramrod straight. She was very afraid of her grandfather because, in the environment in which she grew up, Lin Yunwu was still the head of the family and had absolute power within the family.

Moreover, the superior demeanor he had cultivated over the years made Lin Yunwu exceptionally fierce when he got angry—he was the kind of person who would dare to wage war against other families with the same attitude he would have when fighting a rival for a girl. The rival families in Yushan City all called him an old rogue.

Lin Shuyu remembers that her grandfather was very strict when she was young. Perhaps because he was a playboy himself, he knew all too well what methods boys would use to woo his daughter. She was picked up and dropped off at school by a special person, and the school teachers received generous gifts from the Lin family every year. In return, the teachers kept a close eye on Lin Shuyu's lifestyle.

Even her best friends were bribed by her grandfather—they were only responsible for reporting Lin Shuyu's romantic relationships.

The most ingenious part is that Grandpa's incentive plan is a "cumulative reward without surprises" model. In other words, for every additional year Lin Shuyu doesn't date, her reward is tripled from the previous year's. This completely prevents her best friend from deliberately trying to get Lin Shuyu into dating in order to earn the "reporting reward."