When Butler Li saw Lin Wan park the Porsche in the yard, he opened the door first to welcome them home.
Lin Wan helped her mother out of the car. When Butler Li saw Zhang Wanru's appearance, he was really shocked.
Her hair was disheveled, her eyes were bloodshot, her clothes were in disarray from the earlier commotion, and her makeup was all smeared from crying. She was completely unrecognizable from her former elegant and dignified appearance. Her three daughters beside her were also teary-eyed.
Butler Li asked in surprise, "What's wrong with Madam?"
Zhang Wanru did not answer, so Lin Wan asked, "Butler Li, has my father returned?"
"Master is back; he's in the study."
Hearing that Lin Haoran was home, Zhang Wanru immediately perked up and shouted upstairs, "Lin Haoran, come out!"
Lin Haoran was happily interacting with the beautiful live streamer when he heard Zhang Wanru's shout. He couldn't help but frown. What the hell is wrong with this woman?
He put away his phone, left the study, and went to the living room.
Lin Haoran looked at Zhang Wanru with disgust and said, "Why are you like this? What kind of behavior is this?"
Zhang Wanru slammed the paternity test report in front of Lin Haoran and screamed, "Lin Zhe, is this your son with Yang Li?"
Lin Haoran was startled and picked up the report to look through it. His face was almost contorted in pain. He ignored Zhang Wanru's questioning and instead asked with a gloomy expression:
"Where did the report come from? How did you get Yang Li's DNA sample?"
"It was Lin An who did it."
Lin Wan looked directly at Lin Haoran without fear and said:
“Lin Zhe is Dad’s biological son, right? That’s why you’ve always spoiled him. I always found it strange that Lin An is the one we’re related to by blood, but you, a traditional person, prefer your adopted son. Now it all makes sense.”
“Lin Zhe is your biological son, so you concentrate all your resources on him. It is also because of you, Dad, that you have been guiding us to favor Lin Zhe. You always say that he is the only one worthy of inheriting the Lin family.”
Lin Haoran glared angrily at the mother and daughters, knowing the truth would eventually come out. He didn't deny Lin Wan's words, but instead launched into a tirade of curses:
"That brat Lin An is always stirring up trouble. I shouldn't have brought him back."
He now deeply regrets bringing Lin An back. If it weren't for wanting to save the marriage between the Lin family and the Jiang family and to climb the social ladder through the Jiang family, he wouldn't have brought him back in the first place. Now, everything has fallen apart; the Jiang family has turned their backs on them, and the secret he had painstakingly guarded has been exposed to the public.
"My little An... Lin Haoran, you lied to me so badly!" Seeing that Lin Haoran did not refute, and everything was confirmed, Zhang Wanru sat down on the ground and wailed in grief.
Memories flashed through her mind, especially the scene of Lin An being beaten out of the house. Zhang Wanru regretted her past actions. She had actually mistreated her own son for the sake of Lin Zhe, that bastard child. Thinking of these things, her heart ached.
Seeing her mother in such pain, Lin Xia burst into tears, sobbing as she accused Lin Haoran:
"Dad, how could you do this? How could you bring this illegitimate child back and let Mom raise him? You've gone too far."
She leaned against Lin Rou, crying, "I regret it so much. I was so good to Lin Zhe, and I neglected Lin An because of him. If I had known he was Yang Li's son, I would never have been so good to him."
Hearing the crying beside him, Lin Haoran was extremely annoyed. "Things have come to this, I'm not going to pretend anymore," he said coldly.
“Now that you all know, I don’t need to hide it anymore. Lin Zhe is my child with Yang Li. He is your half-brother, and you must accept him.”
The mother and her daughters stopped crying. They never expected Lin Haoran to be so shameless and unrepentant, even asking his older sisters to accept this illegitimate child.
Taking in an adopted child is not difficult; people are inherently loving, and growing up together can foster affection. However, an illegitimate child is completely different. They represent the most unbearable aspect of their parents' marriage and bear the mother's countless pains. No child wants to believe that their original family is broken and that their father does not love their mother.
"Where's Xiao Zhe? Where did you take him?" Lin Haoran asked with a frown. He was very worried that the Lin family mother and daughters would harm his precious son.
Zhang Wanru stared blankly at Lin Haoran and angrily rebuked him: "Lin Haoran, you are shameless! What did you promise me? You said you would never have a child outside the marriage."
"If I hadn't agreed to marry you back then, you would never have had the chance to take over the Lin family business. Over the years, you've spent all my dowry, and I've given you so many children. Is this how you treat me?"
Lin Haoran looked at Zhang Wanru with disgust and retorted, "Back then, did you have a better choice than me? Blame the old man. If he hadn't forced me, do you think I would have married you?"
"And your dowry, do you calculate how much money you've spent from the Lin family over the years? Is that dowry enough? Besides spending money, can you do anything else?"
"Also, I never intended to bring Yang Li back. If it weren't for that rebellious son of yours who insisted on revealing this, you would never have known about Xiao Zhe's background. You could have kept everything a secret and lived a peaceful and happy life. So if you want to hate someone, hate Lin An instead."
"you......"
Zhang Wanru was speechless for a moment, and even felt that Lin Haoran's words made sense. If she pretended not to know and lived a peaceful life as a noblewoman, what was wrong with that?
Lin Wan approached Zhang Wanru, took her hand, but stared intently at Lin Haoran, sternly questioning him:
"Isn't Lin An your own son? Why treat him like that? Why are you being treated differently?"
“It’s not like that at all. You brought your illegitimate child home and are going to give everything that originally belonged to Lin An to Lin Zhe so that he can inherit the Lin family. I don’t believe that he will treat Mom like this after he takes control of the Lin family. Besides, Lin Zhe has always known that he is an illegitimate child and has been in contact with Yang Li.”
"And why would Yang Li agree to send her own son, whom she carried for ten months, into the Lin family and have him raised by her mother without crying or making a fuss? Isn't she waiting for the day her son becomes successful so she can bring him into the Lin family? She is Lin Zhe's biological mother. What will my mother do then?"
"Lin Wan! Shut up!" Lin Haoran roared.
Lin Haoran's original plan was to replace Zhang Wanru and let Yang Li take over after Lin Zhe grew up and inherited the family business, since he preferred Yang Li. However, now that Yang Li has become that charred ghost and her reputation is ruined, he has given up on this idea. As for what Lin Zhe will think and do, he is not sure.
His words just now were just an attempt to deceive Zhang Wanru and stop her from making a scene.
Little did Lin Wan know, she had already seen through everything.
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