"It's better than what you're like. Even if the fourth brother's soul is lost, it's in a woman's body, and he can still pick it up. Unlike you, your soul has been in the bodies of countless women, and you can't even piece it back together."

Before Lin Shen could speak, Lin Yu spoke first.

"Haha, big brother, when did you become so eloquent? Teach me sometime!"

Lin Zhan showed no respect for Lin Shuyu, and burst out laughing when he heard what Lin Yu said.

Lin Shen didn't shut up just because his elder brother had already spoken back to their father.

"I'm sorry, I've never thought of myself as similar to you. Luckily I'm not, otherwise my soul and my body would never have had the chance to enter the Xia family."

If Lin Shuyu was angry when he heard what the eldest and second eldest brothers said, then Lin Shen's words were a direct attack on his spirit.

After he finished speaking, his siblings all turned to look at their younger brother, as if they were getting to know him all over again today.

Lin Shuyu was so angry that his face turned pale. He raised his hand and swept the teacup on the table next to him to the ground, where it shattered.

Tea leaves were stuck to the broken porcelain shards, creating a mess.

Lin Shuyu's biggest frustration was having two mediocre sons.

At first, he really considered having a child with another woman, but at the time, his wife's family was still powerful, and he needed to respect her. Besides, the title of illegitimate child was not a good thing to hear.

That's why he later had his fourth child, the child on whom he placed his greatest hopes, and also the child he was most proud of.

With a child even more intelligent than him, and such a successor, the Lin family will surely reach new heights in the future.

So what is he saying now?

"You! You don't actually want to marry into the Xia family, do you? They already have a son, they don't need you to marry into their family!"

"Are you joking? You have three sons. What if your sister finds someone like your fourth son to marry into the Lin family? Wouldn't you be happy?"

Lin Zhan's mouth was already infuriating from the moment he opened it.

Lin Ji turned his head away, indicating that out of sight, out of mind. The words may be crude, but the principle is sound. His second brother is not very educated, so why bother arguing with him?

Lin Shuyu, unable to exhale properly, was angered once again. With trembling hands, he pointed at Lin Zhan and told him to get lost.

Lin Zhan refused to leave. He was about to speak again, "What exactly do you want? You called us here and now you're telling me to get lost? Are you just playing with us?"

Lin Yu glanced at her younger brother, signaling him to shut up. She stepped over the tea on the ground and said earnestly, "Dad, I'll call you Dad one more time. I see you're quite comfortable here, so just stay here. You don't like us anyway, so why bring us here to make us dislike each other?"

As Lin Shuyu's first child, Lin Yu was given greater expectations from birth than any of his subsequent children.

Because it was his first child, the novelty of becoming a father for the first time, a touch of paternal love, and the anticipation for the child all contributed to Lin Shuyu's feelings for Lin Yu.

Lin Yu always felt that her father loved her more than her younger siblings; he was different.

But perhaps deep down he knew that nothing was different, which is why he kept telling himself that his father loved him.

Lin Shuyu looked at his children quietly for a while, and finally picked up his phone to make a call, saying to the person on the other end, "Come over."

After hanging up the phone, he turned his gaze to Lin Shen.

"Fourth brother, aren't you afraid that I'll get so angry that I won't give you anything?"

When asked this question, Lin Shuyu's tone was much calmer, as if he was genuinely just curious about it.

“I have hands and feet, and with my education and previous work experience, I won’t have trouble finding a job. Besides, didn’t you just say that I can also marry into your family?”

Lin Shuyu's composure lasted less than a minute. Upon hearing this, he snorted coldly and said, "If you weren't in your current position and were just an employee, do you think the Xia family would even look at you?"

"Actually, what I feel most inferior about in front of her is that Lin Shuyu is my father."

Lin Zhan gasped, thinking to himself that even the fourth brother couldn't lick his own lips, because one lick would poison him to death.

"You can exercise the power of the chairman and dismiss me as president."

Even if Lin Shen quits now, he can still find a job with the same salary outside.

The Lin Group also has other shareholders, but their shareholding is very small, so the company's decision-making power is still in the hands of Lin Shu-yu.

“It’s not that I can’t do it; if I fire you, I can easily find a professional manager.”

"Please feel free to do as you please."

——

"Chairman, the items have been brought over."

A middle-aged man carrying a briefcase walked up to Lin Shuyu. He didn't even glance at Lin Shen and the others, and seemed not to see the broken cup on the ground, showing no curiosity whatsoever.

Lin Shuyu leaned back in his chair and gestured to the person who came in, "Take the things out and give them to them."

Finally, it was time to get down to business. The four of them looked down and opened the documents. The contents of the first page made them exchange glances.

What Lin Shu-yu had delivered to them was a property distribution agreement.

"I've already had it notarized by a lawyer. I'll just divide all my assets according to this agreement, so I won't have any trouble explaining myself after I die."

This agreement was drafted not long after we arrived here, but we haven't shown it yet. Just now, he really thought about not showing it at all, because they're all so infuriating.

But after hearing his eldest son's words, Lin Shuyu did reflect on himself for once. He realized that he wasn't a good father. He couldn't give his son love, and all he had left was money.

The agreement didn't contain much information; it mainly concerned the distribution of Lin Shuyu's assets and the allocation of his shares in the Lin Group.

Lin Shuyu didn't care whether they were watching or not, and just kept talking to himself.

"I'm not going to die anytime soon, and I still need to spend a lot of money, so I'll give one-third of my cash assets to your mother, and I'll keep the remaining two-thirds for myself. As for other stocks, jewelry, and the like, I'm too lazy to take stock, so I'll just leave them for now. You can divide them among yourselves after I die."

"The old house and property will go to your mother. The eldest, second, and fourth sons will each have one apartment. I'll keep a few for myself, as it's already written down, and we'll discuss that after I'm gone. Besides these, the remaining properties will all go to the third son."

Having many sons makes them less precious, especially for someone like Lin Shu-yu who doesn't particularly cherish children to begin with.

However, he was happy for a while when his daughter was born. After all, she was his only child, and everyone says that daughters are sweet and caring. Lin Shuyu had his hopes for her.

Besides, Lin Ji was very smart and obedient from a young age, and he didn't have many sons as infuriating as her when he grew up.

Looking at his daughter, who hadn't said much since arriving today, Lin Shuyu unusually showed a bit of a "kind father" demeanor.