Lin Fan was even more surprised to hear this, but he nodded in agreement in the end.
The two of them walked back into the manor and only after making sure that there was no one around, Lin Li Zi said, "What do you want from them?"
Lin Fan was once again surprised to see how direct Lin Li Zi was being, but this time...he actually didn't have an answer for them.
In truth, even he didn't really know what he wanted from them.
No, he did know, but...it was a very hard thing to bring up and it was a very hard thing to achieve in this dog eat dog world.
Lin Li Zi could see the look on his face and she just revealed a smile as she said, "A family, right?"
Lin Fan was surprised to hear this, but seeing the look on her face, he slowly gave a nod.
This scene really was the opposite of how it was before.
This time, Lin Li Zi was the one in charge while Lin Fan was the one that just went along.
After seeing him give a nod in response, Lin Li Zi became even more bold as she said, "Then why are you acting like this? Just tell them what you want and that'll be that."
Lin Fan shook his head when he heard this before saying, "How? You should know what kind of world this is. There's no way that they will be a family as long as the Lin Family's resources are there."
Lin Li Zi opened her mouth to say something, but she soon closed it since she realized that he was right.
She didn't have to worry about things like this in the past since it had never been there, but now that it was there, it was impossible to ignore. For someone who had grown up without any of these resources, she didn't realize how troublesome having it was.
So she realized that there was without a doubt a change in the dynamic of their family now.
As the one that controlled the Lin Family, there was no doubt others that would want to take her position.
As such, it would be hard for her to trust even the ones that she had been close to before since they would be after her position.
Though...that meant that she could trust those that were above her since there was nothing that they wanted from her.
Such as Lin Fan in front of her.
He was the one that had given her everything in the first place and could take it away whenever he wanted, so there was no need to think about trusting or distrusting him.
After a long silence, Lin Li Zi said, "Then how about this?"
She gave another pause during which Lin Fan turned to look at her with a confused look.
Lin Li Zi took a deep breath before saying, "How about you treat me as family? After all, we are cousins, right?"
Lin Fan was once again surprised to hear this.
But when he thought about it...it seemed like she really was the best choice out of the entire Lin Family. After all, he had full control over her, so he knew exactly what she did.
After a long silence, Lin Li Zi took a deep breath to adjust herself before turning to Lin Fan to say, "Big Brother...Fan."
During the middle of this, she had been struggling on what to call him. In the end, she decided to call him by name since there were other people with the surname Lin. In fact, there were a bunch of them waiting for the two of them outside.
Lin Fan gave a nod with a faint smile on his face before reaching out to pat Lin Li Zi on the head.
He had done it before his mind could react, so when he did finally react, it became an awkward pat on the head.
Still, it didn't seem like either of the minded as Lin Fan said, "Good Little Sister Li Zi."
At that moment, there was this warm feeling that filled the hearts of the two of them.
This was a kind of feeling that they had been looking for, a feeling of having someone understand them and could support them.
That was the feeling of having family.
But there was an awkwardness that hung in the air since this was not the kind of family that one normally had. This was the kind of family that one obtained later in life after different circumstances, so they still had to adapt to each other.
It would take some time, but they both did want to get closer to the other side.
Though in Lin Li Zi's case, there were some other feelings mixed in...
Feelings that she shouldn't have for someone related to her in blood.
After an awkward bit, the two of them headed out again.
As they were heading out, Lin Li Zi said, "Big Brother Fan, for the others...what do you think I should do?"
As for the others that she was referring to, it was naturally the other members of the Lin Family.
She was at a loss as to how to be the head of a family after all since she had never been one before. At the same time, she didn't know how to treat them since there was just too little interaction between them.
Even though they were all illegitimate children of the Lin Family, they rarely talked to each other. The only time that happened was when they bumped into each other at the main house during gatherings.
After all, there was no knowing what the Lin Family would have done if they had grouped up. They might have even eliminated them out of fear that they were plotting against the main family.
So they had to stay by themselves and only watch out for themselves.
Lin Fan was at a loss too.
He might have thought about just treating them as strangers that were just used as a means to solve a problem, but it was different now that he had made this connection with Lin Li Zi.
There was a part of him that wondered if it was possible to form a family connection with them after all.
After a long silence, Lin Fan said, "Just do what you want for now. See if there are any that can be molded, but if there aren't any, then there's no need to force yourself."
Lin Li Zi looked at Lin Fan with a surprised look before saying with a nod, "Un, Big Brother Fan."