After the assessment, Lin Long returned to his residence. Not long after, Lin Shiyin brought her servant girl to visit. Naturally, it was to discuss the brewing of the jasmine tea. Although she had received Lin Long's guidance, Lin Shiyin encountered many problems when she went back to brew the tea.
Before she raised the question, she smiled at Lin Long and said, "Congratulations to Young Master Lin for passing the third-grade alchemist qualification test and becoming a third-grade alchemist."
Because she had some interest in Lin Long, she knew that Lin Long was going to participate in the assessment. After the assessment, she asked about it and learned of the good news.
To an ordinary person, this was naturally great news. However, to Lin Long, whose abilities were far above a third-grade alchemist, it wasn't something worth celebrating.
"Thank you for your concern, Miss Lin," Lin Long said indifferently.
After that, Lin Shiyin began to ask about the problems that she encountered.
In the future, Lin Shiyin would visit Lin Long from time to time. Even though she had completely understood the problems, she still came to ask about other things related to alchemy.
The reason for this was because she realized that Lin Long didn't just know how to brew the jasmine tea. He also had an extremely rich knowledge of alchemy.
There were some things that she was still racking her brains for, but Lin Long had already provided her with the answers. This made her extremely impressed.
It seems like Young Master Lin really has a good teacher. It's only natural that Mentor Kong Zhi accepted him as a disciple. Lin Shiyin thought to herself.
Even though Lin Shiyin frequently visited Lin Long's residence, because Lin Long's residence was special, her frequent visits didn't attract any attention. If Lin Long stayed in the specialized residence of the Alchemist Union's disciples, the gossip between them would definitely have spread throughout the entire Stellarsky City.
Unknowingly, seven or eight days had passed. On this afternoon, Lin Shiyin came to Lin Long's residence as usual.
In these seven or eight days, Lin Long would only go to Kong Zhi's place in the morning and spend the rest of the time in his courtyard.
After Lin Shiyin arrived, Lin Long noticed that she looked a little depressed, as though she had something on her mind. Lin Shiyin didn't answer him even after he indirectly asked a few questions.
Lin Long knew Lin Shiyin's temperament, so he didn't continue asking. Instead, he found an opportunity to ask Lin Shiyin's servant girl, Xiao Qing.
As a maid, Xiao Qing was extremely concerned about Lin Shiyin. So when Lin Long asked, she immediately spilled the beans on everything that had happened.
Linlong furrowed his brows at Xiao Qing's words. It turned out that Lin Shiyin was unhappy because she was going to attend a young master's birthday banquet in Tian Xing City in two days.
This young master wasn't an ordinary person. He was the young master of a major faction in Stellarsky City, the Liu Clan.
The Liu Clan's influence in Stellarsky City could be said to be above all the other clans. Apart from being slightly inferior to the Alchemist Union, the Liu Clan didn't even put the other factions in their eyes.
Young Master Liu had invited Lin Shiyin not only because of the Lin Family, but also because he was interested in Lin Shiyin.
Knowing that Mr. Liu would definitely pester her at the banquet, Lin Shiyin was naturally unhappy, but because the Liu Family was too powerful, she couldn't refuse at all. She could only bite the bullet and attend such a banquet.
For the past few days, Xiao Qing noticed that Lin Shiyin had a good impression of Lin Long. She suggested that Lin Shiyin bring Lin Long along, but Lin Shiyin immediately rejected it.
Lin Shiyin didn't tell Xiao Qing the reason, but Lin Long didn't need to think to know that the kind Lin Shiyin didn't want to bring trouble to Lin Long.
It could be said that there wasn't a single young master in Stellarsky City who would dare to claim that he was Lin Shiyin's lover at such a birthday banquet.
After hearing Xiao Qing's words, Lin Long's face immediately revealed a smear of cold intent. He knew of this young master with the surname Liu. His full name was Liu Jingtong. He was rather handsome and was a very powerful third-grade alchemist. However, because of his personality, Lin Shiyin didn't like him. Therefore, Lin Shiyin had rejected his goodwill.
In his previous life, he was Lin Long's arch-enemy. Back then, Lin Long had no choice but to cut off this relationship because of Liu Jingtong's formidable strength.
Now that he had been reborn, how could he, Lin Long, allow such a thing to happen again?
Therefore, he had to go to this birthday banquet and stop Liu Jingtong from pestering Lin Shiyin. He had to stop everything that might happen.
In his previous life, when he fell in love with Lin Shiyin, Lin Shiyin was already engaged. Everything between him and Lin Shiyin was done in secret. Now that he was reborn, he would definitely make sure that she couldn't even get engaged.
It was impossible to ask Lin Shiyin to bring him there, but Lin Long had his ways. With his strength, he could just barge in, but there was no need for him to do so.
Lin Long's method was very simple. He just had to get an invitation from a certain senior brother. After all, he had a few senior brothers, and they just happened to not be in Stellarsky City.
With their status, they would definitely receive Liu Jingtong's invitation.
Lin Long successfully got an invitation from his senior brother, Cao Xiuqi. Afterward, on the day of Liu Jingtong's birthday banquet, he entered the Liu Clan's residence with Cao Xiuqi.
When they entered, there were already a lot of people, and they were all reputable people in Stellarsky City.
The two of them casually found a place to sit down, but Cao Xiuqi was quickly called away by his friends. Lin Long didn't want to follow them, so he sat alone.
He had just arrived at Stellarsky City not long ago and had only shown his face twice. Therefore, basically no one knew him, and no one came over to greet him.
After sitting for a short while, the banquet was about to begin. The noble young masters of Stellarsky City surrounded Liu Jingtong and stood in the center of the hall.
At this moment, Liu Jingtong spoke to all the guests in high spirits, "Today, I, Liu Jingtong, will announce a piece of news that is worthy of everyone's celebration!"
"What good news does Young Master Liu have?"
"Could it be that Young Master Liu is going to participate in the grade 4 alchemist exam?"
"Could it be that Young Master Liu's relationship with Lady Lin Shiyin has improved?"
Everyone at the scene stopped talking and looked at Liu Jingtong, waiting for him to give an answer.
"The news is that today is the day of my engagement with Lady Lin Shiyin. I will officially announce this news later!" Liu Jingtong shouted excitedly.
Even though he failed to woo Lin Shiyin in front of everyone and it was only after his father stepped in that the other party's parents finally agreed to this matter, Liu Jingtong was still elated.
When he thought that he would be spending the wedding night with Lin Shiyin in the near future, Liu Jingtong couldn't help but feel his blood boil. That would be such a perfect thing.
You dare to reject this Young Master, then this Young Master will ruthlessly ravage you! Liu Jingtong ruthlessly thought in his heart.
The only regret was that because of certain reasons, the wedding had to be delayed for two years.
However, even if it was delayed for two years, it still made his blood boil. Because in the future, he would be able to approach Lin Shiyin properly, and she wouldn't be able to reject him.
"So that's the news. That is indeed a joyous occasion."
"Congratulations to Young Master Liu."
"Congratulations to Young Master Liu for marrying such a beautiful lady like Lady Lin Shiyin."
All the guests immediately congratulated Liu Jingtong.
Even though many young masters seemed to have lost their souls after hearing such news, they still forced a smile and congratulated Liu Jingtong. After all, with the Liu Family's influence, they didn't dare to offend them easily.
After hearing such news, Lin Long, who was in the crowd, immediately frowned. He didn't expect that Lin Shiyin and Liu Jingtong's engagement would be on this day.
In his previous life, Lin Shiyin didn't tell him about this. He thought it would be some time after this day.
It seemed like he was right to come today!
After the guests congratulated for a while, the Liu Family's guard's voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Lady Lin Shiyin has arrived!"
When other people came in, they naturally wouldn't shout like this. However, today was different, so the guard shouted like this.
When Lin Shiyin entered, the scene immediately became quiet for a moment. Everyone's gaze was on Lin Shiyin.
Lin Shiyin wore a purple long dress. This kind of long dress accentuated her graceful figure. Together with her peerless beauty, she directly surpassed the other women in the scene. This made the young masters present couldn't help but sigh. Why didn't they have a family like Liu Jingtong's?
Otherwise, Lin Shiyin would have married them.
What didn't match her beauty was the indifferent expression on Lin Shiyin's face. It was as if she wasn't attending a birthday party.
Those who knew the inside story naturally sighed again. Of course, they didn't dare to say such things out loud.
After walking into the hall, although Lin Shiyin was expressionless, she still walked straight towards Liu Jingtong. Before coming, her father had already told her about the engagement.
Therefore, there was no smile on her face.
She didn't come alone. Her father and mother both followed behind her.
Although her eyes were looking straight ahead, Lin Shiyin didn't seem to have Liu Jingtong in her eyes. She only sighed in her heart. She sighed, lamenting why fate made fools of people. Just when she had just met someone she could fall in love with, her father made such a decision.
Was her fate in this life decided just like that?
Just when she was a little lost, just when Liu Jingtong in front of her was walking towards her with a complacent smile on his face, suddenly, a person walked out from the crowd next to him and then directly came in front of her. Moreover, he did something that made her dumbfounded. That was, that person suddenly held her hand.
At this moment, not only Lin Shiyin was surprised, but everyone present was surprised. They were all dumbfounded. They didn't expect that someone would be so bold as to hold Lin Shiyin's hand in public on the day of Liu Jingtong and Lin Shiyin's engagement.
Did this person want to die?
Who was this person?
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