Chapter 80: The Little Follower of the Wealthy Young Master (Part 1)
In the new script, Yu Lin had rarely become a child.
He was six or seven years old, wearing a stiff little suit, and was hiding alone on the balcony on the second floor.
A small banquet was being held downstairs to welcome the nine-year-old young master of the Zhao family, Zhao Yanjing. The young master was picky and hard to please, and the voices of flattery downstairs did not dare to be too loud.
The original host was just the child of a supplier in Mingcheng and was not worthy of being here. It was only because his mother had a little connection with a collateral branch of the Zhao family that he had been stuffed in to be a companion for the young master. In fact, he could not squeeze into the core circle at all.
So in his panic, he was at a loss and had run to the small balcony on the second floor to hide alone.
When Yu Lin had come in, he had happened to be looking at the child inside through the glass.
The child was six or seven years old, very thin, and was wearing a white shirt. His linen-colored brown hair was hanging down obediently, and his features were beautiful, and his expression was quiet, and he looked a little dazed.
He lifted his eyes slightly, and the child in the glass also looked at him. He was clearly still young, but his cold and beautiful eyes had an indescribable sense of distance.
In this world, Yu Lin was a little follower of the young masters. His mother had left and remarried when he was a child, and his father had remarried. No one cared about him, and no one paid any attention to him. He had to fight for everything himself.
Compared to his new younger brother and sister, who were doted on by their parents, he could only rely on himself. So from a young age, he had been a social climber and was very good at climbing up.
Zhao Yanjing’s family background was prominent, and his personal ability was outstanding, and he was very conspicuous. He was an excellent backer.
So the original host had known since he was a child to squeeze in by Zhao Yanjing’s side, to flatter Zhao Yanjing, and to try to get resources from Zhao Yanjing.
However, Zhao Yanjing, this person, had too much power, and he was arrogant, and he was also ungrateful. He was extremely defensive, and there were countless people like the original host who surrounded him.
Therefore, until he had grown up, and had been involved in a merger and acquisition case, and had been accidentally killed in an attack, the original host was still unknown, and he had only gotten a very, very small, and only incidental, project under the name of Zhao Yanjing’s friend, and he was just a little lackey.
The original host had spent his entire life pursuing climbing up. After Yu Lin had finished reading the script, he had an idea in his mind.
He didn’t know if the core character, Zhao Yanjing, was the person he was looking for, but his mission was to be a companion for this person. Therefore, whether it was to find someone or to be a companion, it was not feasible to stay in a corner.
Yu Lin had figured out the current situation, and his eyelashes lifted slightly, and he glanced at the glass mirror again.
Perhaps it was because the original host was young, and no one cared about him, and he was often treated coldly and ignored at home, that he had developed a self-centered and ungrateful personality. Although he was ambitious on the inside, he looked very cold on the outside.
He was born beautiful, but when his eyes looked at people, there was an indescribable sense of distance. This made him seem high and mighty, cold and distant.
Such a face was obviously not suitable for pleasing others.
Perhaps it was because he was young and was affected by his physical attributes. Yu Lin tried to be gentler, but he still had a narcissistic feeling of looking down on everyone equally.
“…” Yu Lin blinked, paused for a moment, and then walked towards the stairs.
Compared to the coldness on the second floor, the banquet hall on the first floor was full of clinking glasses. The bright golden lights had been properly adjusted to a gentle tone. To accompany the young master, the small banquet hall was almost full of people of the same age, and the adults were in another hall.
The crowd was chaotic but orderly. They did not dare to go up and disturb him directly. Only the youngest sons of the top wealthy families, who had a comparable family background, sat near Zhao Yanjing, and a few of them were chatting lazily.
Most of them were not of a high enough status to get close, so they were just there to make up the numbers, standing far away, and looking for opportunities.
The children present were not old, but their eyes were steady, and they were calm. They had their own bearing. As they sat there, the future pattern of Mingcheng was already beginning to show.
Chu Qiuwang was the youngest son of the Chu family. He had an older sister to support him, so he was lazy. He usually did not like this kind of occasion. He would leave after sitting for a while.
However, he had a good relationship with Zhao Yanjing, and their mothers were cousins, so they were closer than others. So he was rarely honest and sat there obediently to accompany him.
But his mouth did not stop. His gaze swept through the small banquet hall, and his thin wrist rested on his forehead, and he would comment from time to time, “This is a glutton. It’s the fifth plate. Is he here to eat?”
In this kind of occasion, not many people were here to eat. For such a person who was so focused on food, he would tease him, but in his heart, he did not really dislike him.
On the contrary, he found those who were eager to get close to him very annoying.
As he was looking, he looked up at Zhao Yanjing by his side with great interest. This picky person by his side had been a clean freak and a despot since he was a child, and he needed to be taken care of meticulously.
But if he met someone who wanted to get too close to take care of him, he would find it annoying, and his good impression would drop sharply.
He really didn’t know what kind of person could subdue him.
As Chu Qiuwang was thinking, he let out a laugh, and he raised his chin to start a conversation. “Your mother is determined to find someone to play with you?”
Unlike most of the ladies in Mingcheng who liked jewelry and mahjong, Zhao Yanjing’s mother, Mrs. Chen, was open-minded and attached great importance to education. She attached great importance to Zhao Yanjing’s health, both physically and mentally.
Although she was busy with work and often flew around, since Zhao Yanjing was a child, she had set aside a fixed time every month to accompany him. Compared to them, whose family relationships were a little more complicated, Zhao Yanjing was already the happiest.
However, when Zhao Yanjing had grown to the age of nine, he was healthy and had excellent academic performance. But Mrs. Chen had increasingly discovered that her son was despotic and strong, and he was very reserved. He looked flawless, but in fact, his empathy was extremely poor, and he only had himself in his eyes.
The world was complicated. Mrs. Chen did not object to her child becoming a king of the jungle, but she did not want him to become a tyrant.
She hoped that there would be a person in this world who would not make her child too lonely.
Zhao Yanjing was leaning against the sofa, and he was too lazy to pay attention to him. His eyelids lifted slightly, and he did not speak.
Chu Qiuwang let out a laugh, and just as he was about to ask again, a thin gaze fell from the spiral staircase.
It was not on him, but on Zhao Yanjing by his side.
Another one? Chu Qiuwang thought to himself, and he looked over with great interest. When he saw the person, his brow couldn’t help but raise slightly, and he praised him as a beautiful child.
Although his features were a little cold and distant, a child, especially a beautiful child, with a little personality would only make people feel that he was cute, just like a little cat at home. Even if it scratched people with its claws, it would only make people want to feed it freeze-dried food.
The little cat was also a smart cat. It looked straight over, at him… and at Zhao Yanjing by his side.
Chu Qiuwang immediately smiled. The child was not even familiar with him, so he must not have had any backing. He had taken a fancy to Zhao Yanjing at a glance, and he was so good at finding a thigh to hug since he was a child.
For some reason, out of some intuition, Chu Qiuwang felt that Zhao Yanjing’s nemesis had arrived.
He did not remind him, until this gaze had lingered for too long, so long that Zhao Yanjing was already getting impatient. The young man was not old, but he had been in a high position for a long time, and his eyes were cold and deep. He looked up, and his expression was displeased as he swept his gaze over.
This glance was an undisguised expulsion, displeasure, and warning, with a sharpness that could cut a person.
The child who had been swept by his gaze was stunned for a moment, and his large and clear eyes looked over in a daze. He pressed his lips together lightly, and after a moment of hesitation, his eyelashes blinked lightly.
He did not move, and he was nestled by the spiral staircase, as if he had been frightened. But after a while, he looked over again, unwilling to give up.
He was small, and he clearly had no expression, but his large and round pupils had a clear goal: he wanted Zhao Yanjing.
He was both small and persistent, which was a little funny.
Zhao Yanjing, who was being wanted, looked at him, and he raised his eyebrows slightly. He had not thought it was special at first, but perhaps because he was bored at the banquet, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he just looked at him, as if he were teasing a cat that he had always heard of but had never raised.
Zhao Yanjing’s desire for monopoly was too strong, and he also pursued perfection. If he were to raise something, the other party not only had to be the best, but also had to be his from beginning to end.
Yu Lin’s small hand rested on the escalator, and he pressed his lips together lightly. He was too short, and he had to try to stand up straight to see Zhao Yanjing in the center of the many people.
A part of his physical attributes was engraved with a bit of arrogance, so he was indifferent to the others present.
However, he also had the intuition of a sharp animal when facing danger, so when he looked at Zhao Yanjing, his gaze became a little soft, as if he knew that Zhao Yanjing was the best and the most powerful.
He and Zhao Yanjing were looking at each other from a distance.
At first, he could not judge whether this was the person he was looking for, until Zhao Yanjing looked at him, and he raised his eyebrows slightly, and something familiar gradually appeared in his dark eyes.
Yu Lin pressed his lips together, and he was silent. He found that human nature was inherently bad—after he had confirmed that the other party was the person he was looking for, he found that a strange and arrogant feeling of wanting to be very proud of Zhao Yanjing had arisen in his body.
He wanted to slap Zhao Yanjing’s face with his claws, and to order him to be arrogant.
Yu Lin: “…”
The small banquet hall was noisy and bustling, and the silent gaze of the two of them was quickly dispersed by the people on the side.
Someone on the side went over to talk to him, and attracted Zhao Yanjing’s attention. Seeing that Zhao Yanjing was looking elsewhere, Yu Lin paused for a moment, and remembering his purpose, he walked over, also wanting to talk to him.
Unexpectedly, there were many people at this time. There were constantly people being introduced to Zhao Yanjing, and they would talk to him for a while. These people had a noble status, and Yu Lin was not conspicuous, and he was stuck on the periphery.
“…”
He was small, and no one was with him. Every time he mustered up his courage, someone would be one step ahead of him.
Yu Lin pressed his lips together, and after a moment of silence, he looked at the endless people around him, and after a short rest, he felt unwilling to give up, and he continued to squeeze in by Zhao Yanjing’s side.
He squeezed in with difficulty, and he did not notice that the surroundings had begun to become empty. He unconsciously looked up, and only then did he find that Zhao Yanjing was looking at him and smiling. He didn’t know how long he had been looking. Then the young man’s features raised slightly, and a voice fell on top of his head.
“Come here.”
Zhao Yanjing called Yu Lin over, and he found that this little thing who had been secretly looking at him was very soft, and his cheeks were soft, and they looked very soft to pinch, so he reached out and pinched his cheek.
Yu Lin lowered his eyes slightly, and he wanted to scratch with his claws. After a pause, and remembering his goal, he gently raised his cheek to let Zhao Yanjing pinch him more comfortably.
He was extremely obedient, and he had just been cold and disdainful to others.
Zhao Yanjing looked at him and suddenly smiled.
He leaned over lazily, and he looked at the little thing in front of him. After a while, he simply reached out, and he held him on his lap, and he played with the other’s cheek with his hand.
After a while of pinching, Zhao Yanjing was surprised to find that it felt really good, and he liked it very much.
So his thumb lifted slightly, and he held Yu Lin’s cheek, and he raised his eyebrows and asked him, “What’s your name? What were you looking at me for just now? Do you like me? Why aren’t you talking… hmm?”
He leaned over, and he looked at the little thing in his arms who was looking up, and his gaze was bright, and he was a soft little thing, and his brow was slightly raised.
For some reason, his palm was soft, and his heart also suddenly softened a little.
He suddenly thought, it’s not impossible to raise such a little thing.
Zhao Yanjing never made things difficult for himself. He had an idea in his heart, and after a pause, he let out a low laugh. “Speak. Tell me. Which family’s little treasure are you?”