Chapter 29: Twelve o'clock in the morning
Yu Yin returned to the bedroom and lay down. She saw that the time on her phone was twelve o'clock in the morning.
She suddenly thought of the Cinderella story told by Zhao Jinian. In the past day, she was the glamorous Mrs. Zhao and was sought after by everyone. At twelve o'clock, she learned the news that she and Zhao Shunian were about to divorce, and she felt extremely broken.
When she went to the first floor to look for the medicine box, she vaguely saw light coming from the kitchen. She thought it was Ms. Li there, so she walked over to give her medicine, and then she heard what they were saying.
Yu Yin understood why Ms. Li suddenly asked her to go downstairs to get the medicine. She wanted her to accept the reality. The game between the Zhao and Liang families was over, and she should know what to do and leave on her own.
So she didn't give the medicine to Ms. Leigh, indicating that she heard their conversation.
Yu Yin is sad now, not because of the divorce. She has heard a lot of gossip and accepted the reality a long time ago.
She didn't love Zhao Shunian either. Talking about love and not love with him was just adding to her troubles, and he didn't care whether she loved him or not. In the two years of their marriage, the only thing she had developed feelings for was his money. She had dreamed that day of Zhao Shunian with his new lover, and her first reaction was to wonder why she was so destitute, and why Grandet hadn't even given her a breakup fee.
Yu Yin knew that there was no difference between herself and Miss Hong. She thought Miss Hong should be happier and more open-minded than herself and have the freedom to choose her own partner.
What made Yu Yin sad was that no one cared about her wishes at the beginning or end of this marriage.
Her biological mother gave birth to her capriciously and then ruthlessly abandoned her. She came into this world naked and unaware, and was forced to accept this reality, always being fooled by fate.
She had tried so hard to take control of her own life, to no longer worry about being abandoned. But the appearance of Liang Lisheng shattered her wish, telling her with reality that she should not be so delusional.
When Zhao Shunian returned to the bedroom, Yu Yin was already asleep. He lay beside her for a while, then moved closer to her and gave her a goodnight kiss. Suddenly, he looked at her proper sleeping posture and fell into deep thought.
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The day before leaving Hong Kong, Liang Lisheng asked Yu Yin to meet him. This time she did not evade him and agreed to go.
Yu Yin came to the Liang family's mansion and saw Liang Lisheng's wife, Ms. Jiang, busy ordering the servants to do things.
She knew that none of this was meant to welcome her.
Liang Lisheng saw that only Yu Yin came, and asked, "Why didn't Shunian come?"
He clearly told Yu Yin to bring Zhao Shunian over.
"I didn't tell him."
Liang Lisheng said dissatisfiedly: "Let's go to the study to talk."
With a "bang", the study door was slammed shut.
Liang Lisheng raised his hand and pretended to hit Yu Yin.
When the hand was about to fall, Yu Yin dodged it, found a place to sit down leisurely, and admired the manicure on his hands.
Liang Lisheng withdrew his hand, suppressed his anger, and sat opposite her. "Relying on the support of the Zhao family, you are very stubborn now. You don't even listen to me. It's hard to even see you."
Yu Yin raised her eyes to look at him, "It's easy for you to see me, just go to Zhao's house and find me."
"You know exactly what I mean, yet you're playing dumb here. Don't forget that it's all thanks to me that you have the decent life you have today. You should be grateful to me."
Yu Yin's face instantly turned cold. "If you had endured a thousand times the pain I endured, I might have felt a little grateful to you. Your own calculations failed, and you couldn't defeat others, so don't blame me."
Liang Lisheng was so angry that he swept everything off the table. "Did you come here today just to piss me off?"
"No, it's you who wanted to see me, and I just did as you wished."
In reality, Yu Yin wanted to see him in such a state of dejection, helplessness, and fury that it would cheer her up. Sometimes happiness is built on the suffering of others.
Liang Lisheng had come to the capital to meet him, acting in a high-handed manner. But now, when he needed her to mediate with Zhao Shunian, he refused to go to the capital to find her because he didn't want to be humbled by her. Now, even asking her to do something for him was arrogant.
Yu Yin left after he finished speaking and didn't stay long. Liang Lisheng was angry alone in the study.
Liang Lisheng only remembered his daughter, Yu Yin, when Liang Yilin broke off the engagement. She suddenly disappeared three months before the wedding and has not been heard from since.
When the Liang Group was in trouble, Liang Lisheng originally wanted to ask the Zhao family for help to solve the urgent problem through marriage. Liang Yilin's actions made him worry and turned his hair white. He was afraid of offending the Zhao family and did not want the marriage to fail. Suddenly, he remembered someone, an unexpected product of his past love affair, Yu Yin.
Liang Lisheng discovered Yu Yin by chance during a university lecture. The jade pendant she was wearing was a gift he gave to his lover on impulse. Her appearance also showed the shadows of both himself and his lover, which can be said to be a combination of their physical advantages.
When they separated, his lover became pregnant, and he asked her to have an abortion. She took the breakup fee but then played tricks on him. Later, she returned to him with the child, demanding he recognize her. He gave her some money and sent her away, which was his last act of kindness towards her. Then, she vanished from his world.
After Liang Lisheng investigated Yu Yin, he found out that she had been abandoned by her lover. Not a word that woman said was true, but he had no intention of recognizing her.
A few years later, due to the serious situation, he thought it was time to recognize his biological daughter.
When Zhao Xinzhi learned that Liang Yilin had left without saying goodbye, he thought she was being willful, but he also instantly thought that this was a good opportunity. Liang Lisheng would definitely lower himself and beg him humbly.
He could then acquire Liang Lisheng's 5.6% stake in Zhaoshi Group, increasing his control over the group. He could also use this opportunity to erode the Liang Group, which has made significant strides in the new materials industry, its most profitable core business. Needless to say, the real estate sector, particularly those established in Hong Kong, mostly operates on idle rent.
Liang Lisheng proposed to replace the person in front of Zhao Xinzhi, replacing him with his second daughter.
Zhao Xinzhi directly exposed his secrets, saying that she was not his second daughter at all, but an illegitimate daughter who grew up in a fishing village, and was born out of an affair between him and a concubine, and was not worthy of the heir he had carefully cultivated.
Liang Lisheng's arrogance was further reduced.
Zhao Xinzhi told him that he was willing to fill the big hole in the Nancheng project for him so as not to break the Liang family's capital chain and lead them to bankruptcy and liquidation, and he also guaranteed that the project would be carried out smoothly.
He knew that Zhao Xinzhi was not so easy to talk to, so he asked what the conditions were.
Zhao Xinzhi offered his own conditions: Liang Lisheng must give up all of his shares in Zhaoshi Group, and he would also purchase 5% of Liang Group's shares at a price 20% lower than the market price. Otherwise, he would bear the consequences, and the Liang family would have to bear the cost of Liang Yilin's regretful engagement.
After the big stick was hit, Zhao Xinzhi gave a sweet date, talking about feelings. The daughter of the Liang family married the future heir of the Zhao family. In a few years, he would be a grandfather, and his grandson would be the next heir. The relationship between the Zhao family and the Liang family would still be there, even deeper than before, and they would not ignore the Liang Group.
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