Chapter 65.4: “Just marry me.”

If Ji Lin couldn’t understand Bai Duanduan’s strange trust and gratitude towards Lin Hui before, he did now. He had planned to confess his feelings to her and tell her about what Lin Hui had done to his father, to tear off Lin Hui’s mask in front of her and let her see how despicable he was. He had kept this bottled up for too long, and he felt that even if Bai Duanduan didn’t end up with him, he had a responsibility to warn her to prevent her from being deceived. However, after hearing Bai Duanduan’s words, Ji Lin didn’t want to say anything anymore.

He would keep this bottled up forever.

His anger, hatred, and exposing Lin Hui’s true nature were not important, what was important was Bai Duanduan.

Lin Hui had been good to her. When she was in distress and hadn’t met Ji Lin yet, Lin Hui had helped her. At least on this point, Ji Lin should be grateful to Lin Hui. Without him, if Bai Duanduan had lost her father early on, she would have suffered just as he had, and Ji Lin couldn’t bear to let Bai Duanduan experience that suffering.

However, Bai Duanduan was unaware of Ji Lin’s thoughts. She was still immersed in memories of the past, “The first sum of money was for Lin Hui’s wedding, and the second sum was the money he sacrificed his dignity to save my father and help me.”

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Human nature can be ugly at times, especially when poverty exacerbates all the malice in the world and exposes a lot of things that are not truly good or beautiful, just like what happened to his father.

Bai Duan Duan nodded quietly. “Not only did they not want to pay, but they also humiliated Lin Hui. In the end, there was a shrew who insisted that as a well-known lawyer for rights protection, Lin Hui could not possibly be short of an agent fee like her. She insisted that Lin Hui kneel before her before she would believe that he was really broke and had nowhere else to turn before she gave him the money…”

“Did Lin Hui kneel?”

“Yes,” Bai Duan Duan pursed her lips. “Because my dad was just short of that last bit of money.”

For a moment, Ji Lin was silent. He had never thought that Lin Hui would go to such lengths for others.

“Lin Hui didn’t tell anyone about this. He gave the money to me directly once he received it, but later rumors began to circulate at the university and the law firm.”

“He said that all of his previous public welfare rights protection was just for self-promotion and cost investment, and once he became a famous lawyer through public welfare rights protection, he started to make money. He was the kind of person who was very calculating and wouldn’t let go of a single penny. He was willing to kneel down for the sake of a few dollars, and didn’t care about how poor his clients were, and even forced them to pay immediately.”

Public opinion is a terrible thing, especially when it meets the weak. No one can predict what distorted version will be fermented. The masses always tend to sympathize with the weak.

Bai DuanDuan sighed, “The house leaks during the night rain. At that time, Lin Hui had just lost a free rights protection case. As a lawyer, you also know that even if a case looks simple on the surface, it may not be so after understanding the details and evidence. Lawyers are not gods and cannot guarantee victory. This is normal. However, with the previous rumors and attacks, Lin Hui’s image was distorted even more badly. He had taken on more than 100 public welfare rights protection cases before, and almost all of them had achieved the results the parties wanted. It was just this one case that he lost, and all the abuse and attacks came… They said he had become greedy after gaining some fame and had started to neglect the free cases, which was why he lost.”

“Lin Hui never explained this, but he is actually a proud person who cares about his reputation and is a bit self-righteous. So I think when he kneels down, he must have struggled a lot. When he was being slandered and attacked by people outside, it must have been painful for him too. But he never told me about these things, and never wanted me to be too grateful. He…no matter what he has become now, he was at least a good person in the past. For me, he has been righteous enough. It was because of his money that my father was finally able to survive.”

Bai DuanDuan took a deep breath. “If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have my father anymore.”

…

After listening patiently and quietly, Ji Lin finally understood Bai DuanDuan’s special tolerance and patience towards Lin Hui. Lin Hui was indeed kind to her. In Bai DuanDuan’s memories, Lin Hui was indeed a good person who had protected her. Even if Ji Lin didn’t want to admit it, perhaps Lin Hui also had some credit for why Bai DuanDuan still had such a pure and sunny expression in her eyes.

He suddenly didn’t hate Lin Hui that much anymore.

It’s just…

Once he found out that Lin Hui was not Bai DuanDuan’s ex-boyfriend, Ji Lin had a new problem. He cleared his throat somewhat unnaturally and said, “You have said so much just now, don’t change the subject. Bai DuanDuan, please give me a direct answer. This question is simple. I’m asking you, do you want to keep eating the food I cook for you in the future?”

Bai Duan Duan didn’t realize that Ji Lin’s previous calmness was just a disguise. After he sobered up again last night, he never slept again. The words he had rehearsed in his mind countless times before were finally able to be said calmly today. However, as he waited for Bai Duan Duan’s reply, he felt a nervousness he had never experienced before.

Although outsiders might think that Ji Lin was still very calm at this moment, only Ji Lin knew how anxious he was. He had never experienced confessing his feelings to someone, nor had he ever experienced possessiveness or jealousy towards someone. He even realized for the first time that he was quite easily embarrassed. So at this moment, instead of asking Bai Duan Duan directly if she would agree to date him, he asked if she wanted to keep eating his food.

Although it was less than a minute, Ji Lin felt like it had been a century. Then, in his anxious wait, he finally heard Bai Duan Duan’s answer.

Her voice was crisp and the ending had a hint of sharpness. “Okay,” she said.

Of course, Ji Lin was expecting to hear Bai Duan Duan’s agreement, but he was not satisfied with such a short response. 

“Why did you agree so easily?” he asked. 

“Aren’t you excited at all? Do you just want to play with me and spend time in a relationship without any real feelings?”

Although he tried to suppress it, there was a lot of accusation and grievance in Ji Lin’s words. He stared at Bai Duan Duan and said, “Bai DuanDuan, you can’t…”

He didn’t finish his sentence because Bai Duan Duan leaned in, pulled him towards her, and kissed him in front of Ji Lin’s shocked gaze.

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Lin Hui is also a complex character with a story~

Ji Par: Lin Hui is really not my match.