Love Guide for Childhood Sweethearts

"I don't regret it. I think I still like you a little bit." Lin Xingzhi smiled with relief, his eyes shining brightly as he continued, "Whenever you mention Shen Ze, I feel uncomfortable and even a little jealous. I thought it was because I was a sister complex, but now I think I like you without realizing it."

"Cough cough..." Lin Jingzhe was so frightened that he started coughing.

"Are you okay?" Lin Xingzhi said very worriedly, standing sideways, wanting to look at her but not daring to.

"It's okay!" Lin Jingzhe said frankly, "I just didn't expect you to speak so directly."

"I'm just being loyal to my feelings." Lin Xingzhi said softly, "Things like this still need to be carefully considered. It's better for the man to speak first."

"Aren't you afraid that I don't have any feelings for you? Now you are just the antidote." Lin Jingzhe looked at him sharply and said, "I just don't want to die."

"Don't be afraid. I'm glad we are not related by blood." Lin Xingzhi said with a gentle look.

"Brother! It's not too late for you to regret now." Lin Jingzhe stood up tremblingly, walked to his side in three or two steps, and fell on him.

Lin Xingzhi frantically held her, who was soaking wet.

"I can't seem to hold on any longer." Lin Jingzhe said while hugging him tightly.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Lin Xingzhi looked at her who was making trouble everywhere and said, "I need to prepare. I can't let you get pregnant. It will affect your career!"

&*&

Three days later, lying on a hospital bed with an IV drip, Lin Xingzhi looked at his friend who kept laughing and said, "Can you please stop laughing?"

"Hehe...hahaha..." Shen Ze laughed so hard that tears came out.

"Laugh! Laugh! That medicine is too powerful." Lin Xingzhi said thankfully, "We are lucky to be alive."

"Don't laugh, I won't laugh anymore." Shen Ze stopped laughing and looked at them and said, "The doctor tested the medicine and found it's not available on the market. It must have been newly developed."

"That's for sure. Jacob is powerful, so it's easy for him to study these shameful things." Lin Jingzhe said with a cold look in his eyes.

"Are you okay?" Lin Xingzhi looked at her with concern and asked.

"It's okay!" Lin Jingzhe looked at him with a smile on his face and said, "You've seen the data from the daily physical examinations, haven't you?"

"I'm afraid of accidents." Lin Xingzhi said with a frown.

"No." Lin Jingzhe looked at him softly and said, "Now let's talk about our relationship! It can't be made public."

"Of course. It won't affect your career." Lin Xingzhi nodded hurriedly after hearing this. "I'll listen to you." He smiled happily as he said, "I'm ready to be your secret lover."

"You're thinking the wrong way! We're siblings to the public. If we become lovers now, we have to consider public acceptance." Lin Jingzhe reminded him, "If I weren't a public figure, that would be fine. We're not blood relatives anyway, but it's not possible right now." His eyebrows suddenly jumped as he said, "In the eyes of the public, we'd be committing incest."

"Ahem..." Lin Xingzhi coughed twice in shock, his face red as a monkey's butt. "This...we are not, unrelated by blood."

"And what does Weiwei say? Can she accept it?" Shen Ze reminded them.

"We have to reveal the real daughter first." Lin Xingzhi thought seriously and said, "I need to discuss this with Weiwei. We have to let the public know that we are not related by blood."

"As for our relationship, we can wait until you retire and fade from the public eye. There's no rush," Lin Xingzhi said understandingly. "I won't disturb your training either. We can still contact by phone like before."

"Thank you, brother!" Lin Jingzhe looked at him gently and said.

"Why do you still call me brother?" Lin Xingzhi said unsatisfiedly.

"I'm used to it." Lin Jingzhe smiled and said, "I don't like it!"

"Whatever you want." Lin Xingzhi said with a chuckle, "You call me by my name. If I call you by your name, I'm not used to it!"

Shen Ze looked at the two people flirting and said, "You guys chat slowly, I'm leaving first."

"Wait, wait." Lin Xingzhi stopped his friend and said, "What did you tell my parents?" He pointed at himself and then at his daughter.

"I didn't tell you about Nannan's affairs. You should tell me about this!" Shen Ze said, looking at them with calm black eyes.

"I understand. I'll call my dad." Lin Xingzhi said with a smile.

"You guys are fine now. I'm going back to Gusu." Shen Ze looked at them with his dark eyes and said, "If there's anything else, we can talk later."

"Okay! We've been out for so long." After watching his friend leave, Lin Xingzhi called home.

&*&

The Lin family couple arrived in the afternoon and looked at Lin Xingzhi with complaint, saying, "You little bastard, you didn't even tell me about such a big thing."

"What happened? Explain clearly why you ended up in the hospital." Father Lin looked at them seriously and said.

"Let me talk." Lin Jingzhe grabbed his hand that wasn't on the IV drip and raised it up, saying, "Mom and Dad, we're together now."

"Cough cough..." Lin's father and mother were so frightened that they kept coughing.

"You guys?" Lin's mother said hoarsely, looking at the two of them.

Father Lin said happily, "I was wondering why they are not siblings."

"Don't you have any objections?" Lin Xingzhi looked at his parents nervously and said, "We are brother and sister."

"There is no blood relationship." Lin's mother said casually.

"But everyone doesn't know that this is negative news. We must pay attention and not let it affect Nannan's career." Lin Xingzhi hurriedly said after hearing this.

"That's true." Father Lin said worriedly, "What do you think?"

"This matter involves Weiwei. I think we should discuss it with her in advance." Lin Jingzhe looked at them with eyes as gentle as jade and said, "Minimize the damage."

"Yeah!" Lin's mother nodded vigorously when she heard that.

"It just so happens that you've won another Olympic gold medal this time, so you'll definitely be getting a lot of interviews," Lin's father said carefully. "Now that the internet is so advanced, we can target the news." After a moment's thought, he added, "We can donate money to aid education in Southwest China, so that girls can continue their studies and avoid getting married early." He then added, "It can be considered as fulfilling the promise we made four years ago."

"What do you mean?" Lin Xingzhi asked in confusion.

"Four years ago, when Nannan won the gold medal, we were worried that their identities would be dug out and widely reported. At that time, Weiwei was still very fragile, and we were afraid that it would affect her. Now we are not afraid anymore." Father Lin looked at him with his dark eyes and said.

"This is good. By making Nannan and Weiwei's identities public, we can turn our attention to out-of-school girls and help them get more care. Not all girls are as lucky as Weiwei." Lin Xingzhi said with a smile.

"First, sever your blood relationship. As for the future..."

Before Mother Lin finished, Lin Xingzhi spoke up, "As for the future, we'll talk about it after Nannan retires." His deep, starry eyes looked at them and said, "If we survive the seven-year itch and still love each other, then we'll get married." Stroking the back of Nannan's hand, he said, "Nannan has the final say."