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However, for Ye Wenyu, returning home every day with a heavy heart and seeing Lin Tingfeng's unusually tired appearance, all the words she was about to say were swallowed back. He was already tired enough, and there was nothing she could do to help him in the matter of the Lin family's inheritance dispute. Therefore, she didn't want to add to his troubles if she couldn't help. So, under no circumstances could she make him more troubled by something as trivial as Lin Tingyue coming to her.

Ye Wenyu planned to handle this small matter herself, so she didn't tell Lin Tingfeng.

A month passed, and Lin Tingyue frequently came to see Ye Wenyu, but she successfully avoided her each time. Until one day, she had just walked out of the study room when she saw Lin Tingyue suddenly appear, standing in front of her like a wall.

The air seemed to freeze suddenly.

Ye Wenyu frowned inwardly. Helpless, she had no choice but to calm herself down and move her feet, intending to take a few steps around before continuing forward, so as to avoid meeting Lin Tingyue again.

However, when she went left, Lin Tingyue went left; when she went right, Lin Tingyue went right. In short, it was like a stone blocking her way, preventing her from moving forward.

Ye Wenyu got annoyed, stopped in her tracks, and said angrily to Lin Tingyue with a dark face, "Why are you stopping me? If you keep doing this, I'm going to call security."

Lin Tingyue smiled at her, looked around, lowered her voice, and said softly, "Ye Wenyu, I have something to tell you, a secret, a shocking secret!"

Ye Wenyu gave a cold laugh and said sarcastically to Lin Tingyue, "Sorry, I don't want to hear it. You've been harassing me for a month now. I'm warning you, if you continue like this, I'll call the police!"

This can be seen as a counterattack against Lin Tingyue's frequent visits to her.

Lin Tingyue grew anxious and somewhat worried, fearing that she might actually call the police. Therefore, she hurriedly said, "I'm doing this for your own good."

"For my own good?" Ye Wenyu sneered, her mind as cold as ice. She said with disgust, "My life is destined to be filled with bad things whenever you appear. So, I have no desire to have anything to do with you. Goodbye!" With that, she reached out and viciously pushed Lin Tingyue aside, then hurried away.

The air began to flow again, becoming fresh, and one could breathe freely once more. Sometimes, to Ye Wenyu, Lin Tingyue seemed like an evil spirit, symbolizing all sorts of ominous signs; whenever she appeared, pain would follow.

Seeing Ye Wenyu's retreating figure, Lin Tingyue raised her voice and shouted, "Ye Wenyu, aren't you curious about how your mother died?!"

Ye Wenyu froze, stopping in her tracks. The birds in the nearby trees, startled by Lin Tingyue's loud voice, scattered and took flight.

The death of his mother?

Seeing a glimmer of hope, Lin Tingyue quickened her pace and continued shouting to Ye Wenyu, "Did your mother really commit suicide? Didn't you ever have any doubts?!"

She raised her voice, attracting the attention of passing teachers and students.

Ye Wenyu shrank back, as pain surged up from all parts of her body like a rising tide.

The death of my mother—

"Did your mother really commit suicide? Didn't you ever have any doubts?!" These words struck Ye Wenyu like a thunderbolt. She was stunned. All the doubts from the past resurfaced in her mind, and her previous plans to investigate her mother's case reappeared in her heart.

She thought to herself how unfilial she was! Her mother had been dead for more than half a year, yet she hadn't actually done anything to investigate her mother's death.

It felt as if a knife was slowly stabbing into her heart and churning inside.

Ye Wenyu's body stiffened, her legs rooted to the spot.

However, Lin Tingfeng's tired face appeared in her mind, and his words of advice echoed in her ears: "You must trust me unconditionally and not speak to any members of the Lin family!"

Ye Wenyu shook her head, banishing all those sudden thoughts, and instantly cleared her mind. She ran away like a whirlwind.

Half an hour later, Ye Wenyu ran home in a daze. She sat on the sofa, panting and absent-minded, her back covered in a layer of cold sweat.

Lin Tingyue's words echoed repeatedly in her ears: "Didn't you ever suspect anything about your mother's suicide by jumping off the building?"

She covered her ears, stood up from the sofa as if burned, and paced back and forth in the room with her head down, her head buzzing as if it were about to burst.

Her mother's death? Her mother's death. Years ago, her mother died suddenly, and for her, it remained an unsolved mystery. Now, Lin Tingyue seems to have come to her with the answer to that mystery.

Was Lin Tingyue telling the truth or lying? Did she genuinely know something and come to her, or was she fabricating something to sow discord between Lin Tingfeng and break them up?

They've already been broken up by her once, are they going to be broken up by her a second time?

Now, the Lin family's inheritance dispute is the talk of the town. The discord between Lin Tingfeng and Lin Tingyue is common knowledge. Moreover, everyone knows that Old Master Lin is dying, and after his death, the Lin family will surely have a major battle over the enormous fortune.

Therefore, Lin Tingyue must have come to her with ulterior motives. She wanted to drive a wedge between her and Lin Tingfeng. If she broke up with Lin Tingfeng, it would cause terrible harm and damage to him.

Once Lin Tingfeng falls, the Lin family's inheritance dispute will definitely end with Lin Tingyue winning.

Over the past few days, Ye Wenyu had come to realize that she held a very important place in Lin Tingfeng's heart. The last time she decided to leave him, it felt like Lin Tingfeng had fallen into a deep cave, and he spent a long time trying to climb out.

If she left him a second time, she was almost certain that he wouldn't be able to handle the blow. To him, such a blow would feel like the end of the world.

Lin Tingfeng is already in a pitiful state. His siblings are his enemies, his stepmother is targeting him, and even his ex-wife is against him at every turn. If she joins them in opposing him, then it can be said that the whole world is against Lin Tingfeng.

She couldn't do that. One must have a conscience. Since she met Lin Tingfeng, he had been extremely good to her. He had never done anything to hurt or upset her. He took care of her meticulously, like a child.

but--

Thinking of this, Ye Wenyu stopped and stared blankly out the window. At this moment, the sky outside had darkened, and the twilight flowed in through the window like water, making everything in the room seem to be covered with a thin film.