Zheng Lin chuckled. He knew she would misread it. "You've got it backwards. You're the client."

"Oh, oh." Su Jin suddenly realized and looked up at him. "So, the terms here are what you have to do for me."

Something pricked her heart again.

The clauses listed above are all restrictive to Party B. It's fair to say that Party B is treated like a slave by Party A. However, the only restriction on Party A is that divorce is not allowed.

The penalty for breach of contract surprised her as it required her to write him a letter explaining the reasons for the divorce, detailing the cause and effect clearly.

What kind of penalty is this for breach of contract?

Perhaps he never intended to make things difficult for her.

"Why?" Su Jin asked.

"What?" Zheng Lin adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose with his finger.

“I asked why the penalty for breach of contract is so lenient?” Su Jin felt indignant for Zheng Lin. “You should have written something more substantial, like money, the company, or the divorce, so that I could expose the news to the media.”

Zheng Lin kept looking at Su Jin with a very sincere gaze. "What you're talking about is called being utterly disgraced. All I want is clarity. Even if I'm giving up, I need a proper reason, not like twelve years ago when you just made up some excuse to break up with me. I also need to know the truth. If you had told me back then, I could have faced it with you."

Su Jin asked in surprise, "You... you know?"

“Your mother told me. Thankfully, I finally know all about it.”

The knot in their hearts was untied at that moment.

He Ru, who had been watching the two of them from behind, revealed a jealous look in her eyes.

Seeing that Zheng Lin had left after taking a phone call, He Rucai went over to have breakfast.

Su Jin was about to leave when the maid brought in breakfast. He Ru called out to Su Jin, "Sit a little longer, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Are you feeling guilty?"

Su Jin was still holding the contract in her hand when she turned to look at He Ru's back. "It's early in the morning, I don't want to argue with you."

"Don't think that just because Zheng Lin is a little close to you, your marriage can continue peacefully. Let me tell you, Su Jin, stop dreaming." He Ru turned her head and glanced at the contract in her hand.

Su Jin saw where her gaze fell and quickly slung the contract behind her back.

"Fine, I was dreaming. You're right, you're absolutely right." Su Jin said, and then left.

He Ru was so angry that her teeth chattered and her hand holding the fork trembled.

"Brother Zheng Lin, from now on you can only be mine." She said this while her eyes were fixed on the table.

At this moment, in the bedroom, Zheng Linshuo's tall figure stood on the balcony, holding a mobile phone to his ear in one hand, his eyes gazing at the garden in the distance.

He listened to the news on the phone in silence.

The assistant on the other end of the phone asked, "Should I choose a time to arrange a meeting with this Mrs. Chen?"

Zheng Lin's voice was even colder than usual, "No need."

"But you've been looking for her for so long, why don't you go and see her?"

"I won't see you." Zheng Lin said decisively and hung up the phone.

Assistant Gao wanted to say something more, but when she realized the other party had hung up, she could only sigh.

Assistant Gao glanced back at her colleagues in the office, hesitated, and finally chose to say nothing.

This concerns the boss's privacy and is also his deepest pain.

Madam Chen is the biological mother that Zheng Lin has been searching for.

Assistant Gao originally thought it would be impossible to find Zheng Lin's biological mother in this lifetime, but a few days ago, the people he sent out saw a woman on the cruise ship who looked seven-tenths like Zheng Lin.

After secretly undergoing DNA testing, the results showed that the two were indeed mother and son.

After her husband's death, Mrs. Chen remarried to a wealthy businessman who was ten years her senior. This year, she returned to China with her businessman husband to develop her career.

According to the information obtained from the investigation, the wealthy businessman has acquired a lot of jewelry and famous paintings for Mrs. Chen at auctions over the years, all to win a smile from the beauty. He has been doing this for more than ten years and is truly good to his wife.

Moreover, Mrs. Chen and the wealthy businessman had a son and a daughter, and their family was happy and harmonious.

Assistant Gao just told Zheng Lin all of this.

......

After Su Jin signed the contract with Zheng Lin, Zheng Lin officially canceled the engagement with He Ru. In reality, not many people would remember such an engagement banquet, but Zheng Lin wanted to put Su Jin at ease, so he specially invited the elders to cancel the engagement in person.

He not only apologized, but also offered He Ru appropriate compensation.

He Rong and Zheng Youguo also worked together to comfort He Ru.

He Ru: "If this was a wrong decision in the first place, why give me hope? This is the dream I've been chasing for so long. My dream is to marry Zheng Lin."

He Ru burst into tears, "Godmother, I never thought that marrying Zheng Lin would make me want to die."

In He Rong's eyes, her goddaughter had always been obedient and sensible, never disobeying her. But now she was threatening to kill herself, which made He Rong feel disappointed and angry, so she slapped He Ru across the face.

"Is that all you've got? I've always treated you like my own daughter, wanting you to have a good life, not for you to be here trying to kill yourself." He Rong pointed at He Ru and flew into a rage.

He Ru ran out crying.

Everyone sighed in dismay.

"Uncle and Aunt." Zheng Qi came in carrying a bunch of tonics when his shoulder was bumped hard. When he looked again, all that was left of the woman was a red blush.

Everyone thought that the matter of breaking off the engagement was over.

However, the maid rushed in in a panic, saying, "Something terrible has happened! Miss He Ru is going to jump off the building!"

Everyone tensed up.

"Take me there quickly." He Rong touched her chest and was the first to rush out with the maid.

Su Jin and Zheng Lin exchanged a glance, while Zheng Youguo sat down.

“Crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide are only effective on your mother,” Zheng Youguo said. “She’s spoiled her goddaughter.”

Zheng Qi thought for a moment and said to them, "Uncle, brother, I'll go over and see if I can help in any way."

“You don’t need to worry about this. Call the police first.” Su Jin said to Zheng Qi, then gestured to Zheng Lin with her eyes: “Your brother and I will go over there. You won’t be able to persuade her. What she wants can only be negotiated by us.”

Zheng Qi: "Okay, then sister-in-law, brother, you two need to be careful. She's too emotional right now and could easily hurt someone."

Zheng Lin took Su Jin's hand and walked out.

There is a very tall watchtower in the Zheng Family Manor. It was originally built to overlook the scenery of the entire manor, but now it has become the site where He Ru jumped to her death.

On the high watchtower, there was that red figure.

"At such a height, they really don't want to live," Su Jin murmured.

She couldn't understand what the point was of risking her life for a man.

If their situations were reversed, Su Jin wouldn't have chosen to threaten with her life to gain affection, a pathetic and extreme act.