Standing Next To You-Chapter 353: I want to brag

Once Lin Ginxian was summoned for this, and the news that he had lost the Head Master’s favor spread, the remaining supporters of the third branch would surely abandon ship before it completely sank, causing the third branch to utterly collapse.

When the first and fifth branches defeated the third branch, the balance between the families would be completely broken. The two branches that cooperated would swallow the remaining forces of the third branch. With what happened to the third branch as an example, the remaining two branches—the second and fourth—would be threatened and might cooperate together.

Then the real fight would begin. With such an intense conflict, there would surely be a bloodbath, and the sure victims would be the young heirs.

Old Master Lin would surely not want that to happen, thus Head Butler Yang reminded him.

Old Master Lin was silent. He understood the implications of Head Butler Yang’s words.

It was too early for the real fight to begin. The other heirs were still in high school, too young to understand the business world. It would only be his incompetent son who would initiate this fight and gain something from it.

Old Master Lin sighed. "Fine. Then set up another family meeting."

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Bei Sangyun marked the calendar on her phone. There were still two days left before the weekend. Her gift for Grandma Pei was ready, and she eagerly awaited the day she could meet her and introduce herself as Fei Chuan’s girlfriend.

Since Fei Chuan was busy and had something to do after class, Bei Sangyun left school early. Although she was sad there would be no date today, her mood improved at the thought that their one-month relationship would soon become long-term.

Alright! She would work hard today and continue making plans to earn more money so that she and Fei Chuan could retire early and spend the rest of their days dating!

With this newfound motivation, Bei Sangyun was full of energy to work.

She went to the coffee shop near the building where her company was located and started browsing the reports sent to her email. Suddenly, she saw Butler Xin running into the coffee shop.

He was sweaty and seemed to be in a hurry. "Miss, we should leave now. The Head Master has summoned everyone for a family meeting."

Bei Sangyun blinked.

A family meeting was much more important than a family dinner. It meant that something urgently important needed to be discussed by everyone in the family.

"Didn’t that old man say he wouldn’t meet us for a while?" Butler Xin had told her what happened after she suddenly left the family dinner. The old man got angry at that time and told everyone he would refuse to see them.

So what now?

Suddenly, her phone chimed with a notification.

She instinctively opened it and saw two messages had arrived at the same time. One was from Lin Sanju, and the other from an unknown number.

Bei Sangyun tilted her head and opened Lin Sanju’s message first.

[Grandfather is calling for a family meeting. I have a hunch it is about you and Fei Chuan. - Lin Sanju]

Then she opened the message from the unknown number.

[Lin Xiaoni came to me last time and wanted to tell grandfather that you and Fei Chuan are dating. It must be her who told grandfather. You might get kicked out. - Unknown]

Bei Sangyun guessed that the second message was from Lin Sunji. She understood why Lin Sanju notified her, but why did Lin Sunji also send her one?

"Miss, I think the Head Master has found out about your puppy love with that boy. You must brace yourself," Butler Xin said beside her.

"Good. Since he’s called everyone, he saved me the time and energy to tell them one by one. I can just announce it once."

Butler Xin paled. "...You’re going to announce it? You could just deny it! Say that you were just playing around and not serious about this relationship."

"But I am serious. I don’t want to see shocked faces when they receive the wedding invitation."

"...Wedding...?" Butler Xin was horrified. The Young Miss had barely turned nineteen! How could she be thinking of marriage already? This wasn’t ancient times!

"Ah, right. I won’t invite them. So there’s really no need." Bei Sangyun smirked at him, her eyes glinting with mischievous delight. "But I want to brag."

She couldn’t have the satisfaction of boasting about Fei Chuan as her boyfriend at school because everyone had already learned about it before she could announce it.

Now, she finally had the chance.

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Epilogue:

Inside the fourth branch’s mansion, Li Mei and her husband paced back and forth in anxiety.

They had just received word from Head Butler Yang about the family meeting. So they hurried back. Fortunately, both of them were in parenting classes they were secretly taking, so they could return home early.

The twins arrived from school, having received calls from their own butlers.

"Why is grandfather calling for a meeting?" Lin Sanju asked.

Li Mei bit her lip. "The Head Butler didn’t say anything. Aside from the first and fifth branches working together to attack the third branch, nothing major has happened. So I don’t have any idea."

Li Mei had been busy taking parenting classes and reflecting on her role as a mother these past few days, so she wasn’t up to date with recent happenings in the household. Her husband, Lin Ruo, was the same.

"Could something have happened?" she muttered.

Lin Sanju and Lin Sunji looked at each other, both thinking the same thing. The only significant event that had happened this past week was ’that.’ Could it be that Grandfather had heard about it?

Lin Sunji elbowed her brother. "Hey. Call that... that person."

Lin Sanju, deep in thought, replied unconsciously, "Why don’t you call her?"

"I don’t have her number. But you do."

Lin Sanju took out his phone. A minute later, Lin Sunji received a notification on her phone. It was Bei Sangyun’s number.

She glared at her brother, then silently went to the corner. She opened the messaging app and deliberated for a long time on what to say to Bei Sangyun. After writing and deleting many times, she finally sent a message.

At the same time, Lin Sanju also sent one.

"What’s going on? Do you two know something?"

Li Mei and Lin Ruo curiously asked the twins. Their movements had caught their eyes, and they were pleasantly surprised to see the two interacting harmoniously.

"Bei Sangyun has a boyfriend."

Lin Sunji and Lin Sanju replied at the same time. They were both stunned, looked at each other for a second, then looked away.