Exclusive Love: Pampered by the Scheming Tycoon-Chapter 343 - 344: Not at Ease About Her

After night fell on the pear garden, silence enveloped the place.

Lin Banxia took a cab back from the banquet. Now, she was sitting on the sofa, holding an album in her hands, flipping through it page by page.

On the old, yellowed photos, her grandparents’ faces radiated kindness. From the year she turned one, almost every birthday, they would take a picture together at the pear garden’s gate.

As she looked at herself growing older year by year in those photos, the contrast against the relentless toll time had taken on her grandparents was painfully apparent.

Lin Banxia’s hands suddenly froze as she came across a photo of her mother.

She was standing between Lin Kunhuai and her mother. At that time, she wore a little red dress, like a cute and adorable princess.

Her heart, unexpectedly, ached. Tears began sliding down her face uncontrollably.

She couldn’t explain the sadness, but it felt overwhelming. Life’s twists and turns had been far too cruel. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Soon, the pear garden would no longer belong to her.

Three hundred million... What was she to do?

Holding her head in her hands and curling her knees, Lin Banxia felt helpless. Even if she could live her life over, what difference would it make? She would still have to watch the pear garden slip away from her, powerless to stop it.

In her past life, she had foolishly sold the pear garden. But this time, she had to face an even harsher reality.

Although the pear garden was technically under her name now, she wasn’t a biological daughter of the Tang Family. Occupying this estate wouldn’t sit well with Lin Kunhuai and Cheng Rouyin.

Surely, they would try every possible means to take the pear garden back from her. She had no legitimate claim; unless she paid three hundred million to buy it.

And those three hundred million might just take her soul along with them.

The ancient lamp overhead suddenly went dark.

Lin Banxia froze, looking up. A power outage?

Could it be...?

But it was already close to eleven o’clock. So late—would he still come looking for her?

Just as Lin Banxia found the thought unbelievable, a low male voice came from outside the door: "Banxia, are you there?"

It really was him. His voice always carried a magnetic charm.

Lin Banxia rushed over to the door, opened it, and saw a tall, slender silhouette standing in the dim light of the doorway.

"You... why are you still here? It’s so late." Lin Banxia was both surprised and delighted. Truth be told, hadn’t she been yearning for his arrival all along?

"I came to check on you, worried you’d overthink things. I couldn’t rest easy." Huo Yanting stepped inside with steady strides, standing before her. Under the faint glow from the window, he noticed the slight dampness in her eyes. His heart trembled, "You’ve been crying?"

Only then did Lin Banxia realize she hadn’t wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes. She hurriedly turned away, using the back of her hand to hastily brush them off.

"No... no!" she responded, flustered and helpless.

All at once, a solid frame collided softly into hers, pressing against her tightly from behind. His thin lips landed gently amidst her strands of hair: "I’m sorry, today’s situation—it was my fault."

"I don’t blame you anymore. I know you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place right now. Winning the company’s power struggle is something you have to achieve." Lin Banxia, arriving with memories of her past life, suddenly understood Huo Yanting’s predicament.

In fact, by the timeline, this was merely the initial stage of the battle between him and his uncle. The real bloodshed would unfold in the months ahead.

"You genuinely understand me?" Huo Yanting hadn’t expected her to express understanding before he even started explaining.

"Yes! Honestly, I put myself through this mess, running off to get hurt." Lin Banxia let out a self-deprecating laugh.