Chapter 1: A Happy Family
Lin Yuchen, the darling daughter of the chairman of an international logistics group, is a student in the dance department at Jin Yi College. Born with a delicate and beautiful face, sunny temperament and standard dancer's physique, she comes from a noble family which makes her have absolute elegance in dealing with people and things, unlike general spoiled rich girls, she is kind-hearted.
The morning sunlight filters through the dense camphor forest, passing through the intertwined branches and leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground covered with fallen leaves, as if to awaken the sleeping earth, bringing a fresh breath.
A faint scent of flowers wafted from the backyard, and the spacious villa awakened in silence. Suddenly, a shrill cry came from the villa, piercing through the quiet garden. The person watering the flowers in the garden heard the sound, looked up at the building, smiled and shook his head, continuing to tend to his garden.
"Brother, save me!" Down from the second floor came a flustered Lin Yuchen, wearing a pink nightgown, with sleepy eyes and disheveled hair, barefoot and holding a blue dolphin plush toy, looking very disheveled.
Sitting in the living room eating breakfast and savoring coffee, Lin Ze Chen looked at his disheveled sister and suppressed a smile. He elegantly put down the cup of coffee in his hand and stood up just as a pink figure rushed into his arms.
"Brother, there...there...honey...bees." Lin Yuchen, still frightened, clung to her brother's chest, panting and speaking in a flustered tone.
"Honeybee? How can there be a honeybee at home? Let brother take a look if you've been stung anywhere." As soon as Lin Ze Chen heard his sister mention the honeybee, he was startled and hastily pulled open the person hiding in his arms to carefully examine her, checking if she had been stung.
From young to old, her sister was the apple of their family's eye. Lin Qiao Sheng, who had a daughter at an older age, was especially doting on his only daughter. The whole family wanted to give her the best things. Lin Yu Chen, who was sensible and kind, did not become arrogant under the pampering of her family members, but instead became more considerate of others. Every time Lin Qiao Sheng attended a gathering, he would proudly introduce his most precious daughter to his friends, and in his eyes, all honors and status were nothing compared to his daughter.
"No, no, it didn't bite me, I saw it on the window, luckily I closed it in time, or else I would have been bitten! Then you can be as happy as you want and gain a lot of weight!" Lin Yu Chen scrunched up her little face, pouting her mouth, intentionally bringing up the joke that Lin Ze Chen had made before that had made her very angry.
"Isn't it good for you to gain a bit of weight? Look at how skinny you've become from practicing dance!" Lin Ze Chen looked at his much thinner sister with a displeased expression, but the scolding tone couldn't hide the overflowing doting and heartache.
"Brother... please, can't you see things from my perspective? Just thinking about how the whole family wants her to eat more and gain weight makes her angry!"
"Baby, what's wrong? You just shouted so anxiously, what happened?" Lin's mother put down the unfinished cake in the kitchen and walked out of the kitchen when she heard her daughter's cry, just in time to see her husband walking to the door.
"Mommy, Daddy, good morning!" Seeing her mother, Lin Yuchen's face lit up with a smile as she opened her arms and ran into her mother's embrace, throwing in some playful coyness.
"What's wrong, dear? Tell Mommy what happened?" Lin's mother said tenderly, gently patting her beloved daughter's back.
"No, it's nothing." How could she not know that the bees came from there? Ever since her father planted sunflowers and roses in the backyard, the bees and butterflies collecting nectar had become a nuisance. Her room was adjacent to the backyard, and she was even afraid to open the window. But considering her father wasn't working now, she couldn't bear to cruelly take away his only hobby.
"Yu'er, she was scared by a bee." Lin Ze Chen said casually while sitting at the table, continuing to elegantly sip his coffee.
"Brother..." Lin Yuchen stomped her foot in slight anger, and was inwardly blaming him for being a troublemaker.
"Bees? How can there be bees at home?" Lin's mother looked at her son in surprise.
"It's still Dad who brought you up with his tricks." Lin Ze Chen continued to say, completely ignoring his sister's desperate signaling gaze.
"Baby, didn't get stung?" Lin's father, standing beside the sofa, felt a slight sense of blame when he heard that it was because of his flower cultivation that attracted bees.
"It's nothing, it's nothing, just a bee, what's the big deal? Dad, Mom, you don't have to worry. Mom, I'm so hungry! Is the cake you made not done yet?" She quickly changed the subject to prevent them from blaming themselves.
"It's almost done, you go upstairs and change your clothes first, then come down." Lin's mother smiled kindly and turned to walk towards the kitchen.
"Dad, don't blame yourself. That girl has always been kind and gentle. The more you two are like this, the more she'll think she's being too willful and spoiled. As her elders, we should give her opportunities to let her grow up on her own." Lin Ze Chen put down his coffee cup and said calmly to his father on the sofa after seeing Lin Yu Chen go upstairs.
The sunlight outside is still bright and dazzling, the gradually piercing sunlight brings the singing of cicadas, driving the rhythm of summer.