HLnovel Chapter 233 Extra (4) Lin Brothers 01
Chapter 233 Extra (4) Lin Brothers 01
Lin Shiming is a person who cannot be judged by ordinary standards.
At the beginning of the story, Lin Shiming is the most crucial stroke of genius who was summoned back to the capital after careful consideration by everyone, and is a young general whose fame is only known within the Tingyun Army. He is a snowy night that the Lin family has not seen for a long time.
His name first became widely known in the capital after Emperor Longyun's decree of marriage was proclaimed. People knew almost nothing about his past; all impressions of him were built up later through various events. And the personality traits Lin Shiming displayed in these events were mostly things he deliberately wanted everyone to know.
Regardless of the truth or falsehood of his marriage and his life experiences over the past ten years, he is still a modern person with memories of his first life, and his thoughts and ideas are naturally different from those of this life.
Just like after Lu Yuxi ascended the throne, Lin Shiming revealed his true colors as a lazy bum. He spent his days either practicing swordplay or reading storybooks, or leading two wolves and two children around the palace. Occasionally, when he was in the mood, he would even build himself a laboratory, saying that he wanted to be the "first person of the Industrial Revolution" and have his name written all over the textbooks of future generations.
It was a grand dream. It's just a pity he didn't have the brains for it. The little he managed to tinker with was not as good as what an ordinary carpenter or a shaman could make. The only thing he knew about gunpowder was because he had been a soldier in his previous life and had specifically studied it.
Whether it succeeds or not, Lin Shiming is willing to do anything but use his brain to lighten Lu Yuxi's burden.
His lifestyle of simply eating, drinking, and having fun every day left every minister in the court baffled. They really couldn't understand how the Crown Princess, who was full of energy and busy from morning till night just a few months ago, could suddenly become so lazy after being promoted.
Only Lin Shihe, who knew his younger brother's true nature well, had anticipated this and was not surprised at all.
While he and Lu Yuxi were working hard in the outer room, discussing the arrangements for military camps in various places at the end of the year, Lin Shiming was still fast asleep in the inner room.
Good.
Let him sleep. Lin Shihe doesn't expect him to do any work. It's already a blessing if he doesn't come out and cause trouble.
Besides, distance makes the heart grow fonder. Only when Lin Shiming wasn't around could he barely rekindle the little bit of brotherly love in his heart and have the mood to ask about his younger brother's recent situation.
"Shiming has been behaving himself these past two days. Is he sick?"
"No, not at all." Lu Yuxi put down her pen, closed it, and set aside the agreement the two had just discussed to dry. "It's about Tingsong and Anji. Those two boys are always having wild ideas and have driven away several teachers. A few days ago it was mathematics, and yesterday even the master of astronomy resigned."
"When Shi Ming received the news, he was so angry that he didn't eat dinner. He slammed his fist on the table and said he would personally teach the two children arithmetic and stargazing. He even wrote a lesson plan for this. Once he got angry, I couldn't persuade him to calm down. I could only watch him stay up until almost midnight before he was finally satisfied, changed his clothes, and went to sleep."
Lin Shihe smiled and said, "No wonder."
The sun is shining brightly today, and there's a gentle breeze. It's so nice!
You've finally reached a point where you're exhausted from raising your child! That's truly wonderful news. I'll definitely have a good drink to celebrate when I get home tonight.
In a very good mood, Prince Lin leisurely sipped his tea.
“Shi Ming isn’t the type to hold a grudge. The master who taught him astrology must have done something to anger him.” Lin Shihe ate his snacks, ready to watch the drama unfold. “Tell me about it?”
"Brother really does understand Shiming best."
Speaking of these things, Lu Yuxi's mood seemed to suddenly drop.
"Unlike me..."
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As I said before, Lin Shiming is different from everyone else in this world.
Even Lin Shihe only fully understood his younger brother's temperament and gained some understanding of his unusual thoughts after raising him for two or three years.
“When the mathematics teacher resigned a few days ago, Shi Ming was angry. But I didn’t expect that when he called the two children to him, he didn’t scold them for thinking wrong, but was only angry that they did something they shouldn’t have done at the wrong time.”
Lu Yuxi subtly concealed the part where Lin Shiming mocked Lin Shihe and gloated over his misfortune.
"What surprised me even more was that after Shi Ming punished the two, he actually praised them very seriously, saying that they were good at thinking about the problem itself, not bound by conventions, and dared to question authority, which was very correct."
Few people in the world would say such a thing, but Lin Shihe was not surprised. He nodded slightly, "That's his style."
"Such a statement is rare, but it is not unheard of. At least it was mentioned in the book left by Senior Lin You. However, although Shi Ming has read that book, it only took him a short while to read it from beginning to end. How could he possibly learn it all?"
Lin Shihe lowered his eyes, "Perhaps he just happened to see it, or perhaps I taught him something similar before."
“If that’s the case, it’s possible.” Lu Yuxi said calmly. “But how can a person hide their true nature from the person they’re with every day and who’s so close to them? Besides, he’s never thought of deliberately hiding it from me.”
His thoughts and actions seemed normal for a short time. But over time, it became clear that the details revealed a way of thinking unlike anyone I had ever met. Instead, he seemed more like…”
Lin Shihe suddenly interjected, "More like my ancestor, Lin You. Isn't that right?"
Lu Yuxi was stunned.
The bright sunlight outside shone quietly in, falling on their faces, creating a play of light and shadow.
After a long silence, he finally spoke again.
“Shi Ming is of the Lin family bloodline, so it’s perfectly normal for him to resemble his ancestors.”
He didn't want to dwell on things he couldn't understand. As long as it was Lin Shiming, and he was by his side, that was enough. He didn't care about anything else.
Lu Yuxi loved Lin Shiming. He loved everything about Lin Shiming, regardless of where Lin Shiming came from or what secrets he held. Those were all external things; he only cared about the clean and pure person he revealed after stripping away all labels and identities.
"I like him, and it has nothing to do with anyone or anything else."
His complete trust in Lin Shiming put Lin Shihe at ease.
"It's good that Your Majesty thinks so. Some things don't need to be pursued too much. After all, he is the same person." He is my younger brother, and the lover you will spend your life with. That's enough.
Lu Yuxi naturally understood, and he nodded in agreement, "Brother, don't worry, I know what to do."
Lin Shihe trusted Lu Yuxi's character. He didn't dwell on the issue anymore, and instead steered the conversation back to what he cared about: watching his "brother make a fool of himself," thus easing the somewhat heavy atmosphere.
"You still haven't told me, what happened to Shiming yesterday?"
Lu Yuxi, understanding the meaning behind the zither, continued, "This matter isn't complicated. When Shi Ming returned in a huff yesterday, I already asked him why. In the afternoon, when the astrology master was teaching Ting Song and An Ji, he happened to be strolling by. The master was talking about stars and lightning, all of which are miracles."
Originally, Shi Ming hadn't planned to get involved, but An Ji suddenly questioned him, saying that Shi Ming had told him that stars and lightning were just ordinary things in the world. Although stars were not mentioned, lightning could be controlled by people and was not a miracle.
Tingsong trusted Anji and Shiming, so he naturally sided with Anji and argued with his master. The master was angry and reprimanded them for not obeying the teachings of their ancestors. Anji disagreed, saying that Shiming wouldn't lie to him, but the master naturally didn't believe him, so he scolded them severely, accusing them of questioning their ancestors without basis and of disrespecting spirits.
Lu Yuxi lowered her head and took a sip of tea to moisten her throat.
"It was because the master's words were too harsh that Shi Ming couldn't bear to listen, but he didn't want to act impulsively because he was afraid of setting a bad example for the children, so he could only turn around and go back to Xuanzheng Hall in anger. After that, An Ji and Ting Song refused to back down, and the master, in a fit of rage, directly submitted a letter of resignation."
Shi Ming agreed without hesitation, but remained angry and had no appetite. It seems that what Shi Ming found most unacceptable was this stubborn adherence to rules, the rigid adherence to the words of predecessors, and the intolerance of questioning from younger generations. He became angry about this matter twice.
Lin Shihe suddenly laughed.
"You said he was angry yesterday because his master of astrology was too stubborn and wouldn't allow anyone to disagree?"
Isn't that right? Lu Yuxi was somewhat bewildered. He thought that after the incident with the math teacher, he should have a better understanding of Lin Shiming's ideas about educating children, so how could he be wrong!
However, Lin Shihe's performance clearly showed his disagreement.
“You still don’t understand him completely.” Lin Shihe snorted and turned to look at the sky outside the window. “He may dislike someone for their bad character, but he won’t despise that person for being stubborn.”
In Lin Shiming's view, ideas are the hardest thing to change, and it is only natural for people to stick to their own ideas and not want to change.
"Then why is it because of...?" Lu Yuxi asked urgently.
Lin Shihe withdrew his gaze and couldn't help but laugh. "I know about the lightning. He's been thinking about it for a long time back home. He was angry yesterday, probably because he felt he hadn't been able to successfully create evidence of controlling lightning. He was angry at himself for being incompetent and embarrassing, and angry that he knew the correct answer but couldn't prove it himself. There aren't that many twists and turns."
If you don't believe me, go and look through the lesson plans he wrote last night; there's probably a lot of his own 'personal agenda' hidden in them."
Lu Yuxi hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
He wanted to argue, but then he thought that getting upset over such a trivial matter was something only someone as heartless as Lin Shiming would do.
Torn between the two options, Lu Yuxi simply got up, found the lesson plan, and carefully reviewed it.
Sure enough, the ten-page document was mostly his "experimental plan." His frustration was palpable between the lines.
Lu Yuxi stopped talking but then wanted to.
Lin Shihe was amused by him. "Now you know why I stopped Shiming from being tied to you for life, right? You two have only known each other for a short time. How can you have such deep feelings for each other? Do you really understand each other deeply? Who knows if it was just a momentary impulse, and that you'll grow tired of each other once the passion fades?"
"Will not."
Lu Yuxi carefully tidied up the lesson plan that had been flipped through and put it back in its original place for Lin Shiming.
“What my brother is worried about will not happen. Thoughts and actions are merely a matter of adapting to the times; customs have changed countless times over the past thousand years. The only thing that cannot be changed is one's nature. That is who he is, and that is the kind of person I like.”
As time flows by, the world a thousand years ago is one thing, and a thousand years later it is a completely different scene. The only thing that remains unchanged is the nature of the human heart.
Just like Lin Shiming, whose world has been turned upside down in two lifetimes, his heart has never changed.
Hearing Lu Yuxi's sincere reply, Lin Shihe finally raised his eyebrows and smiled, as if a huge weight had been lifted from his heart.
Many people's feelings start at the first moment and then gradually develop. Lin Yunyue and Zhang Ting, Emperor Longyun and Bai Qiongzhu, didn't they all get married first and then gradually fall in love? Shi Ming and Lu Yuxi at least had a beginning that surpassed many others, and they were both of noble character. As they spent more time together day and night, their feelings would gradually blend together.
Unfortunately, if that day comes, Lin Shiming and Lu Yuxi's feelings will surely surpass everything, and the younger brother will truly become someone else's.
He put down his teacup and stood up.
"It's good that Your Majesty has figured it out. I only have one thing to say to Your Majesty."
"I am not interfering in your affairs now because Shi Ming loves you. If anything changes in the future, I will spare no effort to take him away. I hope Your Majesty will remember this."
"I will never forget what my elder brother said."
Lin Shihe bowed his head in agreement, then turned and left without saying another word.
When children grow up, they will have their own lives and their own families. Parents should let go when the time comes.
Of course, it would be best to change the target of his troubles, but he must not fall into his own hands. Let him torment Lu Yuxi!