Lin Chaoji's wife, Chen Lingzhi, was so angry that she didn't leave the house for several days.

Of course she knew her husband was having affairs, but as long as she was Lin Chaoji's legal wife, she didn't care. They'd made a scene when they were younger, but after that, things were still the same, weren't they?

Anyway, she has a good son, so her position is secure.

But now, when she goes out to play cards or drink tea, the meaningful glances from the wealthy women in her social circle are unbearable for her.

Although the Lin family wasn't among the most prestigious in Kyoto, they were still quite well-known. Therefore, Chen Lingzhi usually lived a life of luxury and ease. Now, wherever she went, she received strange looks and stares, being treated like a monkey. How could Chen Lingzhi bear it?

She hasn't gone out to drink tea, chat, go shopping, or do anything with her friends for several days. Lin Chaoji hasn't gone out for social engagements either. The couple inevitably argues when they're behind closed doors.

"I already said I don't know any of the women in the photos! What more do you want me to say?"

Chen Lingzhi screamed, "Don't you know me? If you don't know me, how come you're in the same photo? You're kidding me!"

"I really don't know him!"

"Don't you recognize me? Do you think everyone else is stupid! Lin Chaoji, let me tell you, I don't care who you're with, but you can't embarrass me!"

This is what gives Lin Chaoji the biggest headache.

He was certain that the man in those photos was himself, but he really didn't recognize the women!

Although he was a womanizer, he knew the importance of health. He was selective about the women he played with, only those who were healthy. With so many diseases around these days, would he dare to just mess around with any woman?

So, while he was indeed a womanizer, he remembered the women he had been with very clearly. He was certain that he didn't recognize any of the women in these photos.

But no one believed it! Not to mention outsiders, even Hu Lingzhi's own father and son didn't believe it.

What did his biological father say?

"Chaoji, what are you doing? You're just playing around, why did you take pictures? And if you took pictures, why didn't you delete them?"

What did his own son say?

"Dad, don't you know that in the hands of an expert, even deleted photos can be recovered? You were too careless."

No matter how he explained, neither his father nor his son believed him.

People all over the world believed that he took the photo himself, and his perverse sense of humor became known throughout the city.

The Lin Group's stock plummeted, and the board of directors temporarily suspended his work.

Lin Chaoji was furious, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to go home and close the door to visitors.

Old Master Lin, Lin Shanfeng, has two sons and a daughter, all of whom are directors of the Lin Group. Although they are family, there is no shortage of open and covert struggles. Especially for the position of chairman, in recent years, as Lin Shanfeng has grown older, the competition has intensified.

Lin Shanfeng is almost seventy years old, the age for retirement, but he is still worried about finding a successor.

The eldest son, Lin Chaoji, was refined and handsome, very approachable, and had a good reputation. But Lin Shanfeng knew that while Lin Chaoji was ruthless, he wasn't particularly intelligent and lacked a keen sense of business opportunities. He was good at maintaining the status quo but not at expanding.

However, Lin Chaoji's advantage lies in having a good son, Lin Song. Lin Song is twenty-five years old this year and is a doctoral student at the Imperial University's School of Commerce. Not only is he academically successful, but he is also intelligent, which greatly makes up for Lin Chaoji's shortcomings in pioneering.

Lin Song is one of Lin Shanfeng's favored successors.

Another favored successor is the youngest son, Lin Chaoyuan.

Lin Chaoyuan was also a top student at the Imperial University's School of Business. He was serious, sharp, and meticulous. Half of the newly profitable industries in the Lin Group were his creations.

Unfortunately, Lin Chaoyuan's son, Lin Miao, is only sixteen years old. By the time Lin Miao comes of age and can stand on his own, Lin Shanfeng will be seventy or eighty years old.

The Lin family appears harmonious on the surface, but in reality, each member harbors their own agenda.

Faced with immense wealth, the three Lin siblings, raised by their father Lin Shanfeng to be selfish and self-serving, each had their own thoughts and schemes.

Therefore, as soon as Lin Chaoji stepped down from the position of general manager, Lin Chaoyuan, who was temporarily acting as general manager, immediately took the opportunity to demote several of Lin Chaoji's confidants and put his own confidants in higher positions.

The speed was astonishing.

Lin Chaomei has always had a better relationship with her second brother and has benefited from it quite a bit.

Chen Lingzhi, who also worked in the group, was so angry that she cursed loudly at home, while Lin Chaoji remained silent.

Even Lin Song, who was usually calm and collected, started to get anxious because of his uncle's repeated actions.

The uncle is intelligent and experienced, while Lin Song, although gifted, is only on the periphery of the board of directors and has not yet entered the core.

Lin Shanfeng was aware of these things, but he remained unmoved.

The Lin family deeply reveres the strong, believing that only the strong can lead each generation to greater heights. Therefore, Lin Shanfeng is happy to see his sons and grandsons compete with each other as long as one of them becomes stronger.

Because only the strong can protect their wealth.

Only then can he retrieve that secret, and thus climb to the top and become the center of attention.

He only told this secret to his two sons and his eldest grandson, Lin Song. Over the years, all the adult descendants of the Lin family have been brought to the ancestral hall in the family home to verify it, but unfortunately, none of them have passed the verification.

Lin Shanfeng pinned his hopes on his few children and grandchildren who were still minors, while also searching for the descendants of his cousin Lin Xiaoyuan.

After years of searching, perseverance finally paid off, and a few years ago they finally found Lin Xiaoyuan's descendant, Fu Jiyun.

Unfortunately, Fu Jiyun refused to return to Kyoto. Tragically, Fu Jiyun died a violent death.

Lin Dashan felt no remorse for this matter.

Useless people don't deserve to live in this world.

Fu Jiyun left behind three children, the eldest of whom is almost an adult. Lin Shanfeng didn't want to use the same methods he used to deal with Fu Jiyun. It wasn't that he was kind-hearted, but rather that it would bring unnecessary trouble, just as it had brought him trouble years ago.

Therefore, this time, he changed his approach.

He wanted Yang Wanwan to approach the Lin family on her own initiative, so that she could verify the information herself.

If Yang Wanwan harbors a secret, her daily behavior should be different.

How can we get Yang Wanwan to return to the Lin family on her own initiative and show her different side?

It's very simple: coercion.

Lin Shanfeng entrusted this task to Lin Chaoji.

Lin Chaoji was ruthless, but unlike Lin Chaoyuan, he wasn't as bold. He feared getting involved in murder. Fu Jiyun had been accidentally killed by Lin Chaoyuan.

This time, Yang Wanwan cannot die; Lin Chaoji is the most suitable candidate.

Unfortunately, it seems that Yang Wanwan doesn't have anything special about her at the moment.

He was clever, but in Lin Shanfeng's eyes, that was all.

After all, Lin Shanfeng has a grandson like Lin Song and a son like Lin Chaoyuan.

Lin Shanfeng didn't care about the intelligence of others.