Outside the back gate of the guesthouse.
There are no blind spots in the camera's view.
Su Lin frowned, wrapped in a blanket, a cigarette dangling from her lips, and her phone dangling from her other hand as she answered in a low voice.
"I understand. You don't need to call me every day to tell me what to do!"
"What do you mean I messed up?"
"This strategy was set before I even participated in the show. I was to provoke him by putting him down and smearing him."
"But he's like a completely different person. He doesn't react to anything I say to him. What can I do?!"
Even when I said I wanted to divorce him, he remained calm and showed no emotion whatsoever.
“He doesn’t argue with me, doesn’t defend himself, and certainly doesn’t lose control of his emotions.”
"But inexplicably, he just did what he was doing, cooked a meal for those people, gave them directions, and that caused public opinion to shift. Everyone started to help him, and some people even started to criticize me!"
"I think those people are just blind!!"
Hearing Su Lin's complaints, the person on the other end of the phone seemed to have a headache as well.
There was nothing I could do but respond helplessly.
"It's no use saying all this now; no one can predict the direction of public opinion."
"Let's change our strategy."
"Don't be so aggressive in suppressing him anymore. Instead, play the victim. You just need to cry on the show about how neglected you are at home and how miserable your life is. That will be enough."
"There's no need to provoke Lin Chu."
"As long as you cry in front of the camera, I will take care of the public opinion."
"Try to win over those two female guests. As long as Ge Lan and Huang Yiyi sympathize with your situation, agree with you, and stand on your side, their husbands will naturally have to speak up for you too!"
"At that time, you will be able to completely dominate the show and isolate Lin Chu."
"Wouldn't that achieve our goal?"
As Su Lin listened to the instructions on the other end of the phone, she rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on.
He took two deep drags on his cigarette, and the red dot on the butt suddenly lit up.
He then agreed somewhat impatiently.
"Alright, alright, no need to say more, I know what to do!"
"only……"
As she spoke, Su Lin hesitated, subconsciously biting her lip and flicking off the ash from her cigarette.
"Is divorce the only solution?"
“Even if we didn’t get divorced, Lin Chu would never ask how I used the money at home or what problems arose, let alone criticize me.”
“He has always trusted me; he doesn’t even know how much money he makes.”
“I told him that my family was in poor financial condition and had no savings, and he believed me.”
“I told him to try to take on more commercial performances, since the kids have more and more expenses, and he still believed me.”
"Actually, maybe we don't have to get a divorce. After all, he's your brother-in-law, and we've been together for so many years..."
Before Su Lin could finish speaking, the person on the other end of the phone sounded rather disappointed.
"Sister, what nonsense are you talking about?"
“We are family, we are relatives, he will always be an outsider!”
"You can't side with outsiders."
"The money has been almost all transferred. We've been working on this for two years. If we give up now, all our previous efforts will be wasted!"
Can you guarantee he won't discover the problem?
"If he finds out, will he let me go? Will he let you go?"
"Besides, he's no longer valuable. He only has one old song that's somewhat well-known, and we've already acquired the copyright. We can just kick him out."
"The most important thing from now on is that our family is together!"
Why bother about whether he lives or dies?
"To put it bluntly, he's an orphan with no parents. Even if he disappeared from this world, if you, as his wife, don't pursue the matter, who will?"
Upon hearing this, Su Lin hesitated instinctively.
"But……"
But before she could say anything more, the person on the other end of the phone was already getting impatient.
"Alright, there's no 'buts'. Would your family harm you?"
"Divorce is to give him dignity, to make him leave with nothing, and to leave everything to you and the children."
"It's no good for me or my parents; we don't want anything in return."
"We just want you and your child to be happy."
"Listen to me, keep going. You're in charge of playing the victim, and I'll handle the public opinion. We absolutely cannot let him find out what we've been doing these past two years. He won't let us get away with this!"
After hearing what her brother said, Su Lin took a deep breath and couldn't help but tremble slightly.
But she nodded nonetheless.
"Alright, I'll do as you say."
"Tomorrow, according to the filming schedule, I will try to portray my situation at home as as miserable as possible."
Whether public opinion can succeed depends on your control.
With that, Su Lin let out a long breath, calmed herself down, and decisively hung up the phone.
Looking up, all I could see was an endless expanse of black.
On the grassland, once night falls, it's as if all light has been completely lost, and all the beautiful scenery of the daytime has been swallowed up.
Even the panic and unease in her heart were gradually swallowed up.
Su Lin took two deep drags on her cigarette, completely calming herself down.
After glancing around to make sure no one was there, she stubbed out her cigarette and threw it away, wrapped the towel around herself tightly, and turned to go back to her room.
After he left.
Lin Chu walked out from behind the wall of the guesthouse on the other side with a calm expression.
The wind was too strong on the grassland.
He didn't get too close.
But I did hear part of what Su Lin said, only I didn't hear what the person on the other end of the phone said.
Although he has been reborn, he has gained too many insights.
But when he heard Su Lin confess on the phone that she had been keeping the family's financial situation a secret from him, he still felt some disappointment and anger.
Over the years, he had always believed that he had a complete family again.
Only now do I truly realize that in his previous life he was a complete, self-absorbed good-for-nothing...
Recalling what Su Lin had said on the phone.
She planned to play the victim on the show so that others could manipulate online public opinion and force him to voluntarily leave with nothing in the divorce.
Lin Chu merely gave a disheartened snort.
"Since that's the case, I don't intend to maintain any semblance of decorum."
"Not only will you be forced to leave with nothing, but you will also have to pay the price for all the deception and exploitation you've done over the years."
He originally thought that as long as he recovered the property and the copyright, the divorce would proceed normally.
But now, he wants Su Lin and the person on the other end of the phone to bear all the consequences.
Without lingering, Lin Chu returned to the guesthouse through the other main entrance.
Upon arriving in the living room, he pondered for a moment before heading to the bathroom.
I personally replaced the toilet seat covers in the public restroom with new ones to maintain the environment of the public area.
The instant I left the bathroom.
The system's voice sounded smoothly in my mind.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing the task of maintaining the public area. Even after a divorce, be a refined man who knows how to care for others!]
[Ding! Reward: Parallel world hit single "Wishing for One Heart" unlock progress 33%...]
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