As a result, in 2004 BMG released the soundtrack for the television series Half Life Fate rather than requiring Lin to record a third studio album.

[6] At the end of November 2008 Lin returned to music after a further four-year break with her new album, New Rubyology(新如主義).

This time, she took an active role in the production process – song selection, recording, and music-video planning – to create an album more representative of her character and style.

[7] Fans and critics observed that Lin's new album showed a more mature and expressive singing technique.

Her album cut "Onion Soup" (洋蔥濃湯) led the China Music Song Chart(中国歌曲联) for three weeks.