Lin Wan put her phone on the table, put it on silent mode, and didn't look at it.
Lin Haoran was very persistent; he would keep calling his daughter if she wouldn't answer.
After the two sisters finished breakfast, he continued to make calls.
Lin Xia looked at the word "Dad" displayed on the screen with a look of disgust:
"Sis, if you can't answer, just answer. I'm afraid he'll run out of battery from calling you."
Lin Wan sighed, answered the phone, and said coldly, "Hello, what is it?"
"Where have you been? Why did it take you so long to answer the phone?" Lin Haoran immediately expressed his dissatisfaction, and then continued:
"Do you know that Lin An is trying to ruin the Lin family? Now your sister has been dumped by the Yu family, all the business partners have stopped cooperating with Lin's Company, the company is going to go bankrupt, and the Lin family's villa will be auctioned off soon."
Lin Wan was stunned. It had only been a day. Just a day ago, Lin An was still lying in a hospital bed. How did he manage to do it?
However, since Lin An has recognized the Tong family in the capital as his backer, it is not impossible for him to accomplish all this. But does he really hate the Lin family that much?
"Hey, are you even listening?" Lin Haoran yelled on the other end of the phone.
"I'm listening." Lin Wan's voice was chillingly cold.
"The house is in such a state, why aren't you home yet? Come back quickly, let's discuss how to deal with Lin An." Lin Haoran's questioning tone was accusatory.
"Dad, didn't you say that whoever goes to see Lin An would be kicked out of the Lin family?" Lin Wan said coldly, "I went to see Lin An, and I left the Lin family as you instructed. Now I want to tell you that no matter whether you acknowledge Lin An or not, he is still my brother. I will not change my attitude towards Lin An because of you and Mom."
"Also, my leaving the Lin family was not an impulsive act, but a well-thought-out decision. I will never return to the Lin family."
Lin Haoran didn't expect his daughter to say that and asked, "What do you mean? Now that something's happened to the Lin family, you're going to stand with Lin An and abandon the family?"
“I’m not going to stand with Lin An, but he’s my brother. I would never betray him, harm him, or do anything to him, and I won’t allow you to do that either.”
"Get this straight, Lin An is the one who's relentless and trying to harm the Lin family," Lin Haoran said urgently.
“I don’t believe he would do such a thing for no reason. We’ve done so many wrong things to him in the past, and he’s suffered so much injustice, but all he’s done is sever ties and stay away from the Lin family. He has never provoked anyone from the Lin family.”
“What don’t you believe? He’s just holding a grudge because we didn’t visit him in the hospital, and that’s why he did these things.”
Lin Wan said firmly, "Impossible. He doesn't care about the Lin family at all. Do you think he wants to see us?"
“You must have done something outrageous for him to retaliate against the Lin family in such an unusual way.”
“Dad, I advise you to correct your attitude. If you have done something wrong, then go and admit your mistake and make amends.”
Lin Wan found Lin An's poisoning very strange. She thought that if Lin Haoran was involved, he was unforgivable and worse than a beast.
Upon hearing this, Lin Haoran trembled with anger. How could one or two of them treat him with such disrespect? His voice shook as he said:
"You still know I'm your father? I say one thing and you say a hundred. I'm the father, why should I apologize to his son? Didn't you stay at the hospital all night? Even if you meet, you still have some feelings for him. Go and talk to him and ask him to let the Lin family go. We can make up with him."
Upon hearing this, Lin Wan laughed in anger. "Heh, do you really think the Lin family is some unattainable place that everyone yearns for? Who would care about your petty family ties based on weighing the pros and cons? Let alone Lin An, she doesn't care about them anymore."
Hearing his daughter's laughter, Lin Haoran gritted his teeth and said, "What are you laughing at? Did you hear what I said? Go and tell Lin An to stop right now."
Lin Wan stopped laughing and said in a calm tone:
“Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor. Dad, you’re an adult. You should take responsibility for your mistakes. I won’t bother Lin An because of this. I won’t get involved in the Lin family’s affairs anymore.”
Lin Haoran's face flushed red with anger, and he roared furiously:
"You want to sever ties with the Lin family too? No way! I've raised you for nothing, fed you, and raised you for over twenty years, and this is how you repay me?"
Lin Wan gripped the phone tightly, her fingers tightening. Lin Haoran's words were exactly what she expected. She took a deep breath and spoke rapidly:
"You'll support me? Lin Haoran, you're giving yourself too much credit. All the money the whole family spends comes from Grandpa's inheritance. What does it have to do with you?"
"You can lie to others that you're making money to support your family, but you can't lie to me. I'm the general manager of Lin's Company. I know about the company's operations all along. In the years you've been in charge, has the company ever made any money? No, you've always been losing money!"
“If I hadn’t taken over the company, the Lin Group probably wouldn’t have survived to this day and would have gone bankrupt. How much money have I made for the Lin family? You still have the nerve to say that you’re supporting me? It’s me supporting you, and me supporting the Lin family.”
“Lin An is kind. He was willing to compensate you 200,000 yuan to buy out the relationship when he left. I am not as kind as him. I have worked for so many years and have been receiving a basic salary. In fact, you should owe me money and you should compensate me.”
"But now that the family is going bankrupt, I can't be bothered to argue with you about these things. But don't say things like you raised me anymore. It's disgusting. Zhang Wanru carried me for at least ten months and went through the hardship of giving birth to me. What have you done for me, besides enjoying yourself for a few minutes? You are the most unsuccessful father I have ever met."
Lin Wan, who is decisive and ruthless in the workplace, is never a naive girl. She talked non-stop, and Lin Haoran couldn't get a word in edgewise.
"You...you..." Lin Haoran was speechless on the other end of the phone, unable to understand how his once obedient daughter had become like this.
From the moment Lin Haoran refused to visit his mother when she was hospitalized, Lin Wan's heart turned cold. She was just a girl in her twenties, and she didn't want to bear the Lin family's debts anymore. She had her own life to live, and she wanted to live for herself in the future.
Lin Wan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Do you have anything else to say? If not, I'll hang up and don't contact me again. I'll block you. You're in your forties now, and normally you're capable of supporting yourself. When you're old, in your sixties, I'll contact you and transfer alimony to you according to the minimum living standard in Shanghai."
"Wait a minute." Upon hearing this, Lin Haoran panicked and shouted urgently, "Give me back that Porsche! That's my car!"
“You registered the car under the company’s name to avoid taxes, so it’s the company’s car. I sold it yesterday to pay off my wages from years of work. As the company’s general manager, I have that authority.”
Lin Wan snorted inwardly. No wonder he was her biological father; all he cared about from beginning to end was money.
Lin Haoran was so angry he wanted to smash his phone. Zhang Wanru and Lin Wan were really mother and daughter; they were both so good at selling things!
How much did you sell it for?
“It has nothing to do with you. It’s far less than the money I’ve earned for the Lin family. I need money to start a business, and I will absolutely not give you a single penny of it.”
After saying that, Lin Wan hung up the phone.
Lin Xia gave her older sister two thumbs up, but at the same time she felt a little lonely. Her scumbag father, Lin Haoran, hadn't mentioned her at all. She was indeed a useless person, not even given a chance to argue.
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