Am I a Kamen Rider or the real young master who was switched at birth?

(Comrades, after posting this, the author has to take an exam, a botany exam, it's so hard (╥_╥), I'm already preparing to try again next semester, there's no way I can memorize it all (╥_╥))

When Lin Xingran rushed out the door, she almost bumped into a trash can in the corridor.

She slammed on the brakes, her shoes screeching sharply on the tiled floor, and swerved to the side, narrowly avoiding the trash can.

In the lobby, Lin Yuanshan and Su Wanqing stood side by side on a bench in the waiting area.

Lin Yuanshan maintained his upright posture, with his hands behind his back and no extra expression on his face, but his gaze remained fixed on the direction of the corridor exit.

Su Wanqing took his arm, and a gentle smile appeared on her lips the moment she saw Lin Xingran rush out of the corridor.

Lin Yumin stood next to her parents, holding her phone and texting someone, a gentle smile on her lips.

"Just like a child." Su Wanqing shook her head with a smile as she watched Lin Xingran rush over.

Lin Yuanshan hummed in response, but a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Lin Xingran rushed straight towards Su Wanqing, and when she was half a step away from her mother, she reached out and grabbed Su Wanqing's arm.

She was a head taller than Su Wanqing, so her posture looked a bit awkward, like a large dog trying to squeeze itself into a small doghouse.

"Mom—you lied to me." Lin Xingran's soft, sticky voice came from Su Wanqing's shoulder, with a muffled echo.

Su Wanqing was taken aback by her shout, reached out and touched the back of her head, and asked gently, "How did I lie to you?"

Lin Xingran lifted her head from her mother's shoulder, her slightly upturned eyes filled with the grievance of being deceived. "You told me that Ye Yang is just an ordinary person, without any awakening or superpowers."

Su Wanqing blinked and turned to look at Lin Yuanshan.

Lin Yuanshan shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't know what to say either.

Su Wanqing turned back and gently patted Lin Xingran's shoulder, saying in a gentle tone, "We did investigate. We conducted a comprehensive background check on him from the day we found him."

"His files, his medical records, all his information from childhood to adulthood, all show that he has not awakened any superpowers. There is no mistake about that."

Lin Xingran abruptly released her mother's arm, then stood up straight, gesturing with her hands in the air, her face full of accusation.

"Then explain to me! What happened?! He just turned into a pink armored man on the street! He was about this tall!"

She stood on tiptoe, raised her hand above her head, and gestured a height. "There was a big white X on his chest! His eyes were green! And nine shadows were circling around him! There was music! And announcements! Then he kicked it, sending that huge spider-beast flying into the sky and exploding into fireworks!"

She drew a large circle in the air with her arm to represent the scale of the explosion, and then added:

"He even called himself a 'passing-by Kamen Rider'! Listen to that. Would a 'normal kid' like you talk about do something like that?!"

Lin Yumin stood to the side, turned off her phone, and then quietly put it back in her pocket.

Her deep brown eyes swept calmly over Lin Yumin, and she said with a hint of teasing, "You're so old, yet you're still like a child. Can't you be a little more mature and composed?"

Lin Xingran instantly turned to face her eldest sister. Her eyes widened, and she pointed to her nose, saying with a hint of grievance, "Where am I immature? Where am I unsteady?"

She counted on her fingers to tell her older sister, "I only slept for three or four hours this morning before getting up to pick up Ye Yang. I remained vigilant throughout the car ride and conducted a professional personality assessment of him."

"My first reaction when the Silent Beast appeared was to protect the people and help them retreat. I almost took it down by myself. Although I didn't get the kill in the end, the process was flawless. Tell me, where was I immature or reckless?"

Just as Lin Xingran was frantically defending her maturity and composure, footsteps came from the other end of the corridor.

Lin Ying came out first, her silver-white hair glowing with a soft, warm hue under the evening corridor lights.

She saw a family standing together in the hall, paused slightly, and then moved aside.

Ye Yang followed Lin Ying out. He still had the relaxed expression of someone who had finished giving a statement, and a faint smile was on his lips.

The moment Lin Xingran saw Ye Yang, she immediately stopped arguing with her older sister.

She rushed in front of Ye Yang, and Lin Ying subconsciously moved half a step to the side to make way for her.

She grabbed Ye Yang's wrist and roughly pulled him in front of his parents.

Lin Xingran pointed at Ye Yang and said in a loud voice, "Ask him! Let him tell me himself what he just did!"

Ye Yang stumbled a little after being pulled by her, and after regaining his balance, he looked at the three people in front of him.

Lin Yuanshan raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at him with some curiosity.

Su Wanqing still wore a gentle smile, but her eyes were full of curiosity.

Lin Yumin cast a calm gaze from behind.

Ye Yang raised the hand that Lin Xingran hadn't grabbed and scratched the back of his head, then gave a somewhat embarrassed smile: "Oh dear, I'm so embarrassed."

"Aren't you embarrassed yet!" Lin Xingran released his wrist, then put her hands on her hips and began to accuse him.

"Weren't you so arrogant when you transformed? Even your face changed! Where's that cocky attitude you had when you said, 'Just a passing Kamen Rider, remember that,'? Now you're back to this innocent and harmless look?"

Su Wanqing took half a step forward, looking at Ye Yang with some concern, her gaze shifting back and forth between his face and the cloth bag in his arms.

She looked up into Ye Yang's eyes, her tone tinged with curiosity, and asked, "Ye Yang, what... what's going on?"

Lin Ying stood to the side, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her skirt, her light gray eyes also fixed on Ye Yang.

Ye Yang glanced around at the family surrounding him, then looked down at the driver in his arms, and looked up again, scratching the back of his head.

"Well, the situation is a little complicated. It's my first time transforming today too."

He paused for a moment, then added, "But to be honest, I'm not surprised at all that I can transform."

"It's like—you've always known you had something in your pocket, but today you finally took it out and looked at it."

Lin Xingran opened her mouth, her eyebrows furrowing. She rubbed her temples, looking utterly confused, and said, "What's all this nonsense? I don't understand a word you're saying!"

Ye Yang looked at her, then suddenly seemed to remember something, and reached into his pocket with his right hand.

Then, he took out a bank card, the one Lin Yuanshan had given him in the room earlier.

He casually handed the card to Lin Xingran, "Oh right, this is for you—fifty thousand yuan."

Lin Xingran looked down at the card, then looked up at Ye Yang.

Instead of reaching out to take it, she put her hands in her pockets, feigning nonchalance: "What?"

Ye Yang blinked. He pushed the card forward a couple more times and said casually:

"Didn't we agree before? I'd pay you back 50,000 yuan when I learned my two thousandth skill. Now I've learned it. The two thousandth skill is transformation."

The air was silent for about two seconds.

Lin Xingran looked down at the card. The edge of the card reflected a very fine light under the lamp.

Of course she remembered what she had said that morning: her father had confiscated the little treasure trove hidden in the teddy bear, and 50,000 yuan of it had gone into Ye Yang's card.

But when she said, "Remember to pay back the 50,000," she never thought Ye Yang would take it seriously.

Only half a day had passed. The first thing he did after learning the so-called "two thousandth skill" was to fulfill this promise.

Lin Xingran reached out and grabbed Ye Yang's wrist, pushing his hand that was handing over the card back. Then, she roughly stuffed the card directly into Ye Yang's own pocket.

"I was just kidding. I'm not that kind of idiot. It's just 50,000 yuan. Do you think I, Lin Xingran, am short of 50,000 yuan?"

"You're lacking," Lin Yumin said casually from the side.

Lin Xingran turned around abruptly as if her tail had been stepped on, "Big sister, do you believe it or not—"

"You wouldn't dare," Lin Yumin said calmly, arms crossed.

Lin Xingran's fingers clenched in the air several times, and her lips moved as if she wanted to say something harsh, but facing her eldest sister's calm face, all the harsh words stuck in her throat.

She finally just let out a heavy hum and turned her head to one side.

Seeing this, Lin Yuanshan cleared his throat: "Alright, let's go home first. We'll talk about this when we get home."

"Yes!" Lin Xingran turned her head back, pointed at Ye Yang, looked at her parents, and said with a hint of excitement in her voice:

"Mom and Dad, you absolutely have to make him transform for you! His transformation effects, let me tell you, are so flashy! Nine shadows swirling around him! And there are even sound effects!"

"And that wall of energy light lined up in the air, it even accelerated when he passed through it! I've never seen such flashy special effects in my life!"

She spoke with great enthusiasm, gesturing wildly with her hands in the air, trying to recreate the scene she had just witnessed through body language.

Clearly, although she was still somewhat resentful that Ye Yang had stolen her life, she had a very high opinion of the transformation itself.

Ye Yang shook his head and said sincerely, "I'm sorry, I can't go back yet."

Lin Xingran's gesture froze in mid-air. She turned her head and looked at him with some confusion, asking, "Why?"

"I already said I had to go back to the orphanage first. I made a promise with the children today that I would teach them how to fold origami cranes. They should have finished dinner by now and be waiting for me."

Lin Xingran opened her mouth, clearly not expecting Ye Yang to use this reason.

"Couldn't you have postponed it for one day? Can't you teach it tomorrow? You've been through so much today—recognizing your family, transforming, fighting the silent beast, giving a statement… Look at your schedule today, it's exhausting! Can't you go home and rest?"

Ye Yang looked at her, smiled, and then said sincerely, "Since you've made a promise to the children, you should try your best to keep it."

"If you can't keep your promise, don't make it lightly. Otherwise, someone will be saddened by the promise you made so easily."

There was a moment of silence in the hall when those words were spoken.

Lin Xingran stared at Ye Yang with her mouth agape, her gaze complex. Her lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she simply turned her head to the side and muttered in a very soft voice, "Of course I know."

Lin Ying looked at her second sister's profile and her lips twitched slightly.

"You should learn more from Ye Yang," Lin Yumin said, as always, undermining Lin Xingran.

This time, Lin Xingran didn't get angry. She simply turned her face further away, muttered something no one could hear, and then put her hands in her pockets.

Lin Yuanshan looked at Ye Yang and nodded slightly, saying, "Then come back soon."

Ye Yang nodded, turned around and was about to leave when Lin Xingran's voice came from behind: "Feed."

Ye Yang turned to look at her.

Lin Xingran pulled her hands out of her pockets, crossed her arms over her chest, raised her chin slightly, and resumed her usual arrogant expression.

"I'll take you. After all, I said I'd take you to the orphanage today."

Ye Yang smiled at her and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Xingran snorted, turned her face away again, and said in a muffled voice, "It's not hard work. I, Lin Xingran, keep my word."

Lin Ying also took half a step forward and stood next to Lin Xingran. Her silver-white hair shone slightly under the light.

"I'll go too," she said softly.

The three men turned and walked towards the entrance of the lobby. It was completely dark outside, and the lampposts at the police station entrance cast long shadows of the three men.

Lin Xingran walked in front, her hands in her pockets, taking long strides as always. However, after a few steps, she noticeably slowed down, clearly waiting for the other two to catch up.

Ye Yang walked in the middle, adjusting the position of the camera on his chest as he walked.

Lin Ying walked lightly on the far right, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Lin Yuanshan and Su Wanqing stood in the hall, watching the three figures slowly walk away.