Chapter 111 Not a Lin Family Member
"Boss Lin, someone's looking for you."
The office door opened and closed, and there was another person in the room - Qiu Jing.
Qiu Jing's eyes were red and her expression was stiff. Even the expensive cheongsam could not hide her haggard look.
She had always known that Lin Shuwan and his friends had started a business and established a company.
She originally thought it was just a little girl's fight, but when she came here for the first time today, she found that she was really powerful. Just now, she saw Lin Shuwan behind the desk. He was very powerful and had a leadership style.
The little daughter who once was in her arms can now stand on her own.
I can’t describe how I feel. I feel happy and proud that my daughter has grown up, but I also feel regretful that she was missing from my life for so many years.
But the most important thing at this moment is the problem that the Lin family urgently needs to solve.
"What's up?"
Lin Shuwan poured her a glass of water in a businesslike tone.
Qiu Jing sat on the sofa, clutching the water cup and looking at Lin Shuwan pitifully.
"Shuwan, why don't you call me mom?"
Lin Shuwan paused, and didn't respond. "Let's talk about business first."
Qiu Jing felt a little sad, as she still refused to accept herself.
"Your father was taken away last night for investigation. Can you help him?" The more Qiu Jing spoke, the redder her eyes became, and it felt like tears would fall in the next second.
Compared to her sad expression, Lin Shuwan seemed much more indifferent. "I'm new in Hai City and don't know anyone. I'm afraid I can't help you."
Qiu Jing tried to remind him, "You can find Yan Ci——"
Lin Shuwan gave Qiu Jing a look and she shut up. When she spoke again, Lin Shuwan's tone was much colder.
"This is the Lin family's own business and has nothing to do with the Fu family. Fu Yanci has no obligation to help."
Qiu Jing was puzzled, "Aren't you and Yan Ci dating?"
"I am with him because I love him, not to use him. I will not allow any family interests to interfere with this pure relationship." Lin Shuwan said it loudly and resolutely.
Given Lin Ruohai's personality, if he really tried to curry favor with the Fu family, he would definitely be like a vampire and would not give up until he had squeezed out every last bit of value.
She would never allow such a thing to happen. She would use her body to stand in front of Fu Yanci and the Fu family.
Having lived in such an environment of intertwined interests for many years, Qiu Jing does not understand Lin Shuwan's approach. Moreover, it is not an absolute political marriage, so why is she resisting like this?
"But you're a family together, shouldn't you help each other?"
Lin Shuwan sneered and asked, "Are we a family?"
This question stumped Qiu Jing.
Lin Shuwan: "Do you treat me as a family member?"
"Are you sure the love you keep talking about isn't just a way to make up for your guilt?"
"When Lin Yuyao was traveling abroad, you called several times a day to check on her. When I moved out to start my own business, did you ever ask about me once? When did you come to me, was it not to take advantage of me?"
Qiu Jing felt ashamed when questioned, and seemed unwilling to admit the truth revealed by Lin Shuwan. Her brain struggled painfully to deny it.
"No..."
Impossible! Impossible!
She loves Shuwan, she really loves her!
It's just that they have been apart for too long, and she is hesitant because she is homesick. It's not that she doesn't care about her, she loves her!
Qiu Jing burst into tears, holding Lin Shuwan's hand tremblingly, "Shuwan, Mommy really loves you. No mother wants to send her child away, but the Lin family was in such a situation at the time. You had to leave to save your life."
Lin Shuwan pulled his hand back, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes. He spoke calmly, "But time changes everything. You may have truly loved me back then, but over the past twenty years, you've transferred your love to someone else."
The Lin family was so immersed in the play that they completely forgot their original intention.
Qiu Jing tried to explain, "Yaoyao has been with us for so long, it's impossible for us not to have feelings for her. We have long regarded her as our own daughter. She has no one to rely on, and we are worried that you will drive her away when you come back, so—"
Lin Shuwan sneered, "Do you think I am her?"
Only Lin Yuyao could be so petty and intolerant.
Thinking of something, Qiu Jing's eyes were filled with heartache, "Shu Wan, I know you blame Yaoyao, but she is innocent. How could you ask someone to chop off her fingers? How could you be so cruel!"
Lin Shuwan frowned, his eyes filled with disbelief, then suddenly laughed at himself, "Lin Yuyao is indeed quite innocent. If she hadn't had doting parents like you, she wouldn't have offended so many people!"
Lin Shuwan stood up and sternly ordered them to leave. "I still have work to do. If you want to cry, go to Lin Yuyao's bed and cry."
"Why do you talk to your mother like that?" Qiu Jing felt very aggrieved.
Lin Shuwan ignored her, and she wanted to fight for it again, "Shuwan, your father——"
"Not my dad."
Lin Shuwan looked at him coldly, "Since Lin Yuyao has replaced me as the eldest daughter of the Lin family, then I will replace her as a lone knight who has no one to rely on."
She said that she could be a member of the Lin family or not.
Now she chooses not to be a member of the Lin family.
Qiu Jing wiped her tears and walked out of the company. A car stopped in front of her and Lin Mucheng got out to open the door for her.
"Mom, why are you looking for Shuwan?"
"I want her to ask Yan Ci to help your father." Qiu Jing has been a carefree rich wife for so many years. She is always gentle and weak, and now she is at a loss.
Lin Mucheng frowned and said in a bad tone, "Shuwan has no obligation to help our family. Don't bother her in the future."
"Why do you say that? Shuwan is also a member of our family!"
"Do we really consider her family?"
Faced with this question again, Qiu Jing didn't have the courage to admit it, and hesitantly said, "After Shuwan came back, I treated her sincerely."
Lin Mucheng drove, "Yes, we are all trying our best to make up for it, but it is far from enough.
Mom, we never thought about it from Shuwan's perspective. When we decided to give her the identity of an illegitimate daughter, our kindness to her only made her feel more guilty."
That's why when the truth came out, Lin Shuwan found it hard to accept and felt it was extremely ironic.
Lin Mucheng's eyes were filled with sorrow. He smiled bitterly, as if something was tearing his heart out. "And every time it comes to Yaoyao, we subconsciously favor her. From the beginning to the end, Shuwan has always been the one we abandoned."
So how could she possibly accept us?
Qiu Jing stood there in a daze, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
After the last accident on the cruise ship, Lin Mucheng realized that more than twenty years of habit had made him forget his original promise.
The young man once said that he would protect his sister for the rest of his life.
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