Seeing Tang Guo'an suddenly freeze in place and stare at him like he'd seen a ghost, Lin Xuan scratched his head, a bit baffled.
"Uncle? Uncle… are you okay? Are you feeling unwell?"
"I'm fine, Lin Xuan! Your uncle just didn't rest well last night! My brain's still a little foggy!"
Xu Shuyun thought her husband rolled up his sleeves because he was about to go over and hit someone, so she hurriedly jumped between uncle and nephew in fright, continuously using her eyes to threaten Tang Guo'an to calm down.
But what she didn't know was…
Ever since he realized what he was hearing were Lin Xuan's inner thoughts…
Tang Guo'an had long since lost any desire to 'discipline' his nephew and only wanted to figure out what on earth was going on!
He pretended to casually look around and discovered that whether it was his wife or the other three in the ward, they were all looking at him with strange expressions.
This made Tang Guo'an's old face flush red, ￣□￣｜｜ looking a bit embarrassed.
But the next second, Tang Guo'an was overjoyed inside, because he realized that aside from himself, no one else could hear Lin Xuan's inner voice…
Could it be that he had awakened a special ability?!
Am I the legendary chosen one? The child of destiny???
Nice, nice!
My long-overdue golden finger, I've been waiting for you so bitterly!???
Why are you only showing up now?
I'm already about to be half a century old and you're only slowly strolling in now?! If you came any later, who knows, I might already be "gone" by then…
Forget it!
Better late than never, the evening glow is still a fine time!
As the saying goes: a man is a boy until the day he dies!!!
Even someone like Tang Guo'an, who always prided himself on being steady and reliable, had a hero dream in his heart, imagining that one day he could be like the heroes' alliance in movies, using special abilities to save the world…
Right at this moment, not only did Tang Guo'an not find this weird or creepy, instead his heart was wildly overjoyed, though on the surface he gradually returned to calm and unruffled.
As the chosen one, he had to hide himself as much as possible and didn't want anyone to know his "secret."
Just then, Lin Xuan's melon-eating inner commentary sounded in his ears again.
...
'Actually, my Eldest Uncle isn't a bad person. At least when it comes to big matters, he's very clear-headed.'
'He loves his country; he's basically an old angry youth.'
'At work he disdains currying favor or sucking up to leaders. He's honest and upright, sticks to his principles, isn't tempted by any bribes, and has always maintained his loyalty to the country and the people.'
'Because of that, he's gained a lot of respect from upright people, but also offended some insidious villains…'
'But maybe that's exactly my Eldest Uncle's charm!'
'What Eldest Aunt likes… is probably precisely that integrity of his…'
...
Hearing this, Tang Guo'an was completely stunned on the spot.
He never imagined…
This nephew who usually acted all sloppy and unserious… would actually understand him so well…
He really did disdain licking boots and playing office relationship games or drinking-table culture.
When it came to all the tycoons and bigwigs who'd come knocking over the years trying to pry out real estate inside information from him, he'd always greeted them with a cold face and offended quite a few people because of it…
After listening to Lin Xuan's heartfelt praise and receiving this kind of recognition, Tang Guo'an felt a bit proud and moved inside, and his impression of Lin Xuan improved just a tiny bit.
At first, he thought that since his relationship with his nephew was so bad, the kid would definitely be cursing him madly in his heart!
Yet it turned out completely differently…
Lin Xuan saw through him at a glance, seeing past his ordinary exterior straight to that heart that truly cared for the country and the people.
Maybe… my nephew really has changed…
When my wife said he'd turned over a new leaf, I didn't believe it. Could it be I was really judging a gentleman with the heart of a petty man?!
After all, someone who can see my upright inner self at a glance like that—how bad could he really be?
...
'Tsk, tsk, tsk…'
'But who would have thought that my Eldest Uncle, who looks robust and sturdy, is actually all show and no go, a kidney-deficient man in reality?'
'Sigh, that makes my two-and-a-half-hour record something I'm very proud of!'
'I hope Eldest Uncle can quickly get his illness cured! Otherwise, Eldest Aunt might put a green hat on him one of these days?!'
'For example, these few times, the way Eldest Aunt's been looking at me has been so lecherous it makes me feel really guilty!
'┐(?～?)┌ It's like I've put an invisible spiritual green hat on Uncle! Sigh, it's all my damned charm's fault~~'
...
Tang Guo'an: "????"
The hell! (òωó?)!!!
How do you know I'm kidney-deficient?!!
And you going two and a half hours at once—are you for real or what! Why do I just not believe that!!!
No, my wife looking at you lecherously? Are you kidding!
Impossible?!
My wife obviously loves me so much…
She wouldn't put a green hat on me!
At the very least, there's no way she'd fall for a brat with such vile character like you!!!
Impossible, absolutely impossible!!!
In his heart, Tang Guo'an was roaring like crazy, utterly unwilling to believe it!!!
But the moment he thought of how Xu Shuyun's attitude suddenly changed yesterday, and then looked at this handsome and dashing nephew standing in front of him…
And out of the corner of his eye he just happened to catch his wife staring at Lin Xuan with a strange look?!
Tang Guo'an's heart gave a heavy thump, and he suddenly felt as if a lush green prairie had appeared on top of his head, with a few sheep and a single wolf on it playing the game of wolf-chasing, sheep-running, and 'little sheep with no wings can't escape the wolf'…
┌(.Д.)┐No way, can this be for real!!!!
Beside him, Xu Shuyun, who was also secretly listening to the inner voice, had a head full of black lines.
￣□￣｜｜.
She never expected her nephew to be this narcissistic…
Who the hell is secretly looking at him lecherously?!!
If an outsider heard this, there'd really be no washing it clean even if she jumped into the Yellow River!!!
Thank goodness, thank goodness, only she can hear her nephew's inner voice…
Huh? (O_o)???
Something feels off. What's with that grief-stricken look in Old Tang's eyes?!
Could it be he can hear Lin Xuan's inner voice too???
No way, absolutely no way!!!
I'm the Eldest Aunt specially chosen by heaven, a one-in-a-million special existence.
As for Old Tang, he's just an ordinary greasy middle-aged man now, no matter how you look at him he doesn't seem like someone with "protagonist" fate…
That's right!
I'm definitely overthinking it. I'm 95% absolutely sure!!!!
...
'Eldest Uncle really doesn't know how to share! He's got dozens of gigabytes of "colored" little movies on his computer, yet keeps them all to himself for midnight enjoyment! Too much!!!'
'I have to find a chance to sneak into his study and quietly copy them all away.'
'Hmph! ╭(╯^╰)╮ Before I leave I'll also wipe his hard drive clean, who told him to always give me that stinky face!'
'Kekekekeke… that's all the "blood and sweat" he's painstakingly accumulated over the years!'
'If one day he finds his "beloved collection" all gone, he'll definitely be so depressed he'll want to vomit blood!'
'And he won't even be able to complain to his family, only able to swallow this dumb loss in silence… (evil laughter)…'
...
Tang Guo'an: "..."
Seriously, do you have to be this black-bellied?
Those are all the "wives" I painstakingly collected for a long time, and you want to steal them all, and then "kill" them all, too!!!
You beast!!!
No way, when I get home, I'll have to take precautions before anything happens and copy everything ten times over in advance, just in case.
Uh (⊙o⊙)…
Wait, how does this brat know I have porn on my computer?!
That sort of thing is way too shameful…
Aside from me, there shouldn't be a second person in the world who knows!
The hell!
He even knows my boot password. I was just randomly smashing digits when I set that…
Listening to Lin Xuan munching melon in his heart and continuously exposing one "embarrassing secret" after another about him—
Σ(☉▽☉"a Tang Guo'an was completely dumbfounded!
Stop it, stop it, w(?Д?)w, shut up right now for this old man!!!
(⊙x⊙;) Don't make me get down on my knees and beg you!!!
I'm drenched in cold sweat here!!!
ε＝ε＝ε＝(#＞д＜)?.
If his nephew kept spilling more…
This uncle might end up having even the color of the underwear he was wearing today stripped bare and broadcast by him???…
How will he have any face left to intimidate his nephew with the dignity of an elder in the future?!
At this moment, Tang Guo'an was in utter panic.
He really couldn't figure it out—this was so strange!
There were some big "melons" that even he, the person involved, barely paid attention to himself!
So how come his nephew knows all of it in such detail???
Thankfully he's a special existence chosen by heaven and no one else can hear Lin Xuan's inner voice. Otherwise, where would he put his old face!!!
...
'What a pity! I remember Eldest Uncle's end doesn't turn out well at all, you could even say it's extremely tragic. He gets framed as a spy who took bribes from the Beautiful Country and sold national secrets.'
'In the end the judge sentences him to death, and he's taken out to a small grove in the middle of the night and executed by firing squad!'
...
Tang Guo'an: "—???!!!!!!!!"
Xu Shuyun: "—???!!!!!!!!"
Chu Ling: "—???!!!!!!!!!!!"
Completely different from their earlier relaxed mood…
This time the content Lin Xuan revealed in his inner voice was far too explosive. The three members of the Tang family were all shocked to the core, and Xu Shuyun almost fainted on the spot.
What the heck is going on?
She wouldn't claim Old Tang is some super-patriotic angry youth!
But he did have his own persistence and bottom line. As for something as heinous as selling out the country, Old Tang would never do such a thing even if he died!!!
On this point, Xu Shuyun's gaze was firm. She had 100% absolute confidence!!!
She strained her ears as hard as she could, wanting to know who exactly was framing her Old Tang. She had to prepare in advance and eliminate the source before it ever sprouted…
Maybe…
Saving her family was exactly the meaning of her being chosen by heaven…
On the hospital bed, Chu Ling's eyes went wide and her heart was in chaos.
She'd originally been listening with a melon-eating mindset, secretly hearing gossip about her parents, but she never expected to overhear such a shocking secret!!!
In an instant, she was anxious and at a complete loss…
Her initial impression of Tang Guo'an as a father was actually quite good, and she didn't want him to end up so miserably, dying and still being cursed as a 'traitor' who sold out the country.
But she had no idea what to do!
Was she supposed to tell her biological parents about this directly???
They'd probably think there was something wrong with her mental state and send her straight to a psychiatric hospital…
Helpless, Chu Ling decided she had to first find a way to overhear more details, then give her parents hints in a roundabout way to help her father survive this calamity.
At this moment, Chu Ling's eyes were thoughtful, as if some understanding had dawned on her.
Maybe the reason she became the fated cousin and awakened a special ability no one else had was precisely so she could change the tragic fate of herself and her family…
Unlike the two women's anxious state of mind…
As the person involved, aside from his initial shock, Tang Guo'an actually calmed down rather quickly.
As the saying goes:
If your body is upright, you don't fear a crooked shadow.
He didn't know which bastard dared to frame him, but when soldiers come you block them, when water comes you use earth to dam it.
Now that he knew about this, he'd naturally be more cautious and avoid that kind of unfortunate future.
Don't forget…
He was a man chosen by heaven, the legendary fated eldest uncle!!!
What mortal could harm him?!
With a smile at the corner of his mouth, Tang Guo'an was full of confidence.
At the same time, he also realized something unbelievable…
His nephew… seemed to have the ability to foresee the future!
Just then, Lin Xuan's inner voice sounded again.
...
'Forget it! For the sake of our blood ties, when the time comes I'll figure out a way to give Uncle a hand and help him change that family-destroying fate.'
'After all, it's my mother's family. The stronger they are, the more beneficial it is to me.'
'The Tang family can't be without Eldest Uncle, just like the West can't be without Jerusalem!'
...
As soon as these words came out, the couple of the Tang family both felt their hearts warm, a flicker of emotion flashing in their eyes.
You had to know, their attitude toward Lin Xuan all these years definitely couldn't be called friendly.
Yet he still bore no grudges and was willing to help the Tang family. How could they not be moved by that?!
Even Tang Guo'an, who still held quite a bit of prejudice toward his nephew because of their old conflicts, couldn't help but feel a little guilty at this moment…
Maybe this nephew of mine… really has turned over a new leaf and reformed…
Should I give him another chance to apologize to me?!!