IETSTSMLARA | The Vicious Support Male Lead is a Bit Sweet | 14
"I came to take you home," Lin Su raised his hand as if to pat his head, but then hesitated and lowered it halfway.
He didn't mention anything about what happened before. Instead, he helped Lin Tang put his suitcase into the trunk of the car and opened the passenger door for him to get in.
Standing there, Lin Tang felt uneasy, as if he had been wrestling with himself for a long time, but the person who confessed to him acted as if nothing had happened.
Lin Tang held onto the car door without getting in and lowered his head. "I want to give you an answer about what happened before," he said.
Lin Su lowered his head. "Tell me inside the car."
"I’ll say it right here!" Lin Tang bit his lip and insisted, feeling a bit flustered despite being the one rejecting.
"Alright," Lin Su released the door and stood firm. "You've had three days to think it over. What do you want to say?"
"I already like someone, and that someone is Brother Hong. Even if he doesn't like me back, I've always, always..." Lin Tang's voice automatically trailed off when he met Lin Su's gaze. He found it hard to continue.
Lin Su's gaze remained calm, and Lin Tang wished he could break that calmness.
"Have you ever kissed Sheng Hong?" Lin Su asked.
"Well, of course not," Lin Tang turned his head away, his ears turning slightly red. His first kiss was given to the person before him.
"Have you ever slept together?" Lin Su asked again.
"We haven't even kissed, how could we have gone that far?" Lin Tang was a bit annoyed.
Lin Su lifted his chin, leaning in close, causing Lin Tang to tense up. "Since you haven't done anything, and haven't been together, how can you be so sure that he's the only one for you?"
Lin Su's breath was so close, Lin Tang dared not to breathe heavily. With such proximity, he thought Lin Su was going to kiss him, but Lin Su just touched his cheek before stepping back to the driver's seat. "I’ll take you home."
"Oh... Oh," Lin Tang sat in the passenger seat feeling a bit overwhelmed. When he buckled his seatbelt, he caught a glimpse of himself in the rearview mirror, and was shocked to see his own blushing face.
Damn, who's that with the lovesick expression?! Is he sick or something?
Lin Tang breathed a sigh of relief when he was dropped off at the gates of the Lin residence as Lin Su drove away. But just as he was pondering how to avoid that man, he unexpectedly found Lin Su's room empty.
"Aunt Wang, where are my brother's things?" Lin Tang's heart was tangled like a spider's web. He had a very bad feeling about this.
"The Eldest Young Master moved out, saying he wants to move closer to the company," Aunt Wang replied. "Young people need their privacy, who knows maybe Eldest Young Master is in a relationship."
Relationship my foot, the one he wants to be in a relationship with is me. Lin Tang felt like he should be relieved that he wouldn't have to hide anymore, but he didn't feel any joy at all.
"Dad agreed to it?" Lin Tang asked unwillingly.
"Yes, he did," Aunt Wang confirmed.
When he said he wanted to move out and experience life, his Dad said he was being ridiculous. How come Dad agreed so readily when Lin Su said he wanted to move out? He's his real dad, huh.
"He can live wherever he wants, who cares," Lin Tang sneered, feeling like he would be more relaxed in the future.
However, the reality was...
"Young Master Lin, why are you carrying the ashtray?" a friend looked at him with confusion.
"I think this ashtray looks pretty," Lin Tang didn't want to admit that he had originally intended to carry a bottle of wine but didn’t realize he carried the wrong thing. "Look at the pattern, it's so unique."
Luo Fei didn't want to tell him that the ashtrays here were all mass-produced by machines, so there was no uniqueness to them.
"Young Master Lin, you've seemed distracted lately," another friend remarked. "Could it be that Mr. Sheng is causing trouble again?"
"It has nothing to do with him," Lin Tang frowned. If it weren't for this person bringing it up, he wouldn't have thought of Sheng Hong for a long time.
Now his mind was full of... No, he couldn't think about it, he wasn't someone who fell in love at the drop of a hat.
"Hey, why don't you call your big brother out to teach us how to race?" his dandy friend admired. "After what happened last time, that guy from the Hu family hasn't dared to show his face."
"Can we not talk about him?" Lin Tang felt a wave of agitation.
"It's not that I want to bring it up, but mainly because of that guy from the Luo family, Luo Chen. He seems to have taken a liking to your brother and wants you to help him out and play matchmaker," his dandy friend said. "It's my first time playing cupid, so give me a break."
The Luo family's influence might be slightly lower than the Lin family's, but they were still powerful. Luo Chen, as the youngest son, was also highly favored, and he was quite popular in the gay community.
According to those people, he was pure and good, from a respectable family, unlike Lin Tang, who seemed like a flashy and promiscuous person.
Lin Tang thought it would be best to send the guy away, but he just couldn't bring himself to say it. Every time he thought about Lin Su being affectionate with that kid from the Luo family, he wanted to pick up a bottle and hit someone.
"Young Master Lin, if you don't like him, don't drag it out. The sooner you deal with it, the better," whispered Luo Fei on the side. "This is an opportunity."
"Opportunity, your sister! Who said this young master doesn't like it?" Lin Tang instinctively retorted, feeling dizzy as the words left his mouth, wishing he could just get himself drunk.
Maybe he might possibly like Lin Su.
Just a little bit, nothing too special.
If...
The ringing of the phone at that moment was especially jarring, and it was Father Lin's assistant on the line, probably about to tell him something unimportant.
Lin Tang didn't pay much attention when he answered, but when he heard what was said on the other end, he almost thought it was a hallucination. His face went instantly pale, lips trembling as he asked, "What did you say?"
"Mr. Lin was in a car accident on his way back. He's currently being treated at Central Hospital. Young master, please come quickly," the assistant's voice was grave, far from joking.
As Lin Tang hurriedly got up, his vision blurred for a moment. Several people looked at him with concern as they saw the change in his complexion.
"What happened?"
"Is everything okay?"
"Luo Fei, take me to Central Hospital, quickly!" Lin Tang grabbed onto Luo Fei's collar as if grasping a lifeline.
He was in no condition to drive at the moment.
"I got it, let's go," Luo Fei held onto his arm without asking further questions. Going to the hospital, regardless of whom they were going to see, seeing Lin Tang turn so pale meant it was someone very important to him.
Luo Fei drove swiftly, luckily encountering no red lights along the way. They ran through the corridor, and they seemed to be the first ones informed, as only the bodyguards and the assistant were present outside the operating room.
The assistant approached them. "Young Master Lin."
"How's my father?" Lin Tang nervously grasped his arm. "He's okay, right?"
"It's unclear at the moment," the assistant said gravely. "I wasn't on the scene when the accident happened. All I know is it was a multi-car collision. You need to prepare yourself mentally."
A multi-car collision meant the chances of survival were slim, especially considering Father Lin's advanced age.
Lin Tang had never been so acutely aware of his father's age before. The man who had always protected him could also age, get sick, and possibly leave him one day.
In a daze, Lin Tang was helped to a seat by Luo Fei, but he couldn't bring himself to sit down properly, his legs stiff as if he were in a trance.
"Lin Tang," Luo Fei called to him, but there was no response. He looked to the assistant beside him. "Did you inform Brother Lin?"
The assistant took a moment to register who he was talking about before replying, "I've already called Young Master Lin. He's on his way here."
When Lin Su moved out, the system had remarked about his strategy of using a tactic called "luring the tiger away from the mountain." It seemed he had yet to see the results when news of his father's accident arrived.
Even if he had tried to manipulate the situation, some things seemed unavoidable.
When Lin Su arrived at the hospital, the first thing he saw was Lin Tang leaning against the wall, head bowed as if he had lost all sunlight and moisture.
After getting an update from the assistant, Lin Su walked over to Lin Tang and enveloped him in his arms. "Don't be afraid, big brother is here."
What Lin Tang needed was not romance right now, but familial love.
His arm slowly wrapped around Lin Sui's waist, his eyes lowered without tears, his words dry: "Nothing will happen to dad, right?"
His current state of being was the most worrying. He seemed like a person hanging on the edge of a cliff, desperately needing a lifeline to pull him up.
【System 06, how's my father's condition?】 Lin Su inquired.
【He was wearing a seatbelt, he fractured a rib but it was a minor impact. His life is in no life-threatening danger,】 System 06 replied after checking.
"Yes, big brother guarantees it. Dad will definitely wake up and see you," Lin Su reassured.
Those words were like that lifeline. Lin Tang let out a sigh of relief, and the tears he had been holding back rushed out like a flood. Lin Su's shirt became damp with tears. Without even lifting his head, it was evident how deeply he was crying.
His quiet sobbing turned into loud wails. "He'll be fine, he has to be fine. If he wakes up, I'll be good, I promise... I won't... won't cause any more trouble."
"well, Dad would really want to hear you say those words," Lin Su comforted him softly.
Perhaps his tense nerves had finally relaxed, Lin Tang sank into a half-asleep, half-awake state, held in Lin Su's arms. His sleep was restless, and he would murmur a few words from time to time.
The assistant thoughtfully arranged for Lin Tang to stay in another ward. His emotions kept fluctuating high and low and it was mentally exhausting, but Lin Su hugged him, "He should want to wait here."
As a biological son, he should be the first to hear the good news.
The assistant agreed, no longer objecting.
The news of Father Lin's injury couldn't spread easily; otherwise, it would cause significant fluctuations in Lin Family's stocks. Those who arrived subsequently were mostly close acquaintances, including Sheng Hong.
When Sheng Hong arrived, Lin Tang was still not awake. His attire remained impeccable, but there was a hint of concern and worry in his demeanor. "What's wrong with Lin Tang?"
"He cried himself to sleep," Lin Su replied after exchanging a few pleasantries with Sheng Hong, and then fell silent.
This wasn't the time for conversation. Everyone watched the operating room door quietly, waiting until the green light came on.
"Lin Tang, wake up, wake up," Lin Su forcefully woke Lin Tang up and said as he opened his eyes, "The surgery is over."
Lin Tang instantly became alert, almost rolling out of Lin Su's arms. Even when he was steadied, he was the first to rush forward. "Doctor, how is he?"
"The patient is out of danger. You can go see him after the anesthesia wears off," the doctor's words were redemption for Lin Tang.
He grabbed the doctor's hand, saying, "Thank you, thank you, thank you…"
His tears and laughter mingled, his expression a mess, but it stirred emotions in everyone present.
"This is what we should do," the doctor accepted the thanks and hurried away.
"I told you everything would be fine," Lin Su patted his head and said, "Go see him."
Lin Tang nodded heavily, wiped away his tears, and went to ask for the ward number, with Lin Su following behind.
Meanwhile, behind them, Sheng Hong frowned slightly as he watched the intimacy between the two.
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