Duoduo, who didn't look convinced at all, narrowed her eyes. "Your family name is Lin, and his is Pei. How can you be relatives?"
Lin Yan quipped airily, "Can't we be relatives even if we don't have the same family name?"
"Of course you can. But… Why didn't you mention it before?"
If this was indeed true, Lin Yan should have made a grand announcement and publicized it widely to boost her popularity.
Therefore, it was most likely a lie…
Duoduo was still suspicious as she glanced at Zhao Hongling.
It was obvious that Zhao Hongling had been kept in the dark as well. However, she could tell that Lin Yan didn't seem to be too willing to say much, so she didn't press on.
Lin Yan rattled on, "He is a distant relative. A very distant, faraway kind of relative. It's normal that all of you were unaware. The point is that he is very nice. That's why he helped…"