Zheng Shuyang watched this farce and had not yet emerged from his desperate predicament.
Yu Shimei watched the Lin family's decline, but he had no ability to turn the tide.
Lin Miqi's mentality gradually collapsed. She claimed to be the granddaughter of the county magistrate and was a powerful figure in the Shanghai market. In order to find true love, she did not hesitate to break up Fu Jingchen and Gu Wanwan. She always thought that no matter how big a trouble she made or how wrong she did, her grandfather would always cover her up behind her.
Ever since Gu Wanwan and Fu Jingchen started fighting against the Lin family, Grandpa no longer doted on her as much as before. He always complained that she was brainless and no longer supported her in dealing with Gu Wanwan. He even asked her to give up the idea of marrying Fu Jingchen.
It was all Gu Wanwan’s fault. It was she who destroyed all her favors and caused the Lin family to fall apart.
What did she do wrong? She just wanted to be willful for once and marry the man she loved. Gu Wanwan was an orphan, and even if she recognized the mayor as her godfather, he was not her biological father after all. What was there to be proud of?
Lin Yihui sincerely felt that his sister was a nuisance. "Mom and Dad, my sister has caused great harm to our family. If she hadn't insisted on snatching people's partners, would we have offended the Cheng family, the Yang family, and the Zheng family? We would have been fine, and maybe grandpa could have kept his position as county magistrate. Now grandpa is in great trouble, I wonder if he will be imprisoned? And my usury has been exposed, I wonder if..."
"If it were up to me, we should marry off our sister as soon as possible, so as to avoid making the crazy husband and wife unhappy and making trouble for us again."
As much as Boss Lin and his wife loved their daughter in the past, they now complain as much as they do. In the past, they would never casually find a marriage for their daughter, but things are different now and they cannot afford to be reluctant.
Seeing that her parents did not refuse but were thinking about it seriously, Lin Miqi felt disappointed. She lowered her voice and said, "Mom and Dad, Gu Wanwan is not the mayor's biological daughter. Let's not scare ourselves. Even if the mayor wants to settle accounts, he should settle accounts with Lin Xiaoshan first. At worst, we still have the Lower Five Families. Don't they want to kill Gu Wanwan?"
Lin Yihui's brain was online for a rare time. "Forget it. Kill her, don't get yourself killed. You think Gu Wanwan has no backers, maybe she is from the top five families. Didn't you hear people talking about the top five families? Gu, Fu, Chen, Sheng and Cheng, Gu Wanwan and Fu Jingchen just happen to have two of them. They are so arrogant, I don't believe they have no connection with the top five families."
"You keep saying that Gu Wanwan has no power or influence, maybe people are laughing at your ignorance."
Gu Wanwan walked slowly to Lin Miqi, leaned close to her and whispered something that only she and the Lin family could hear, "Lin Miqi, your brother is a little silly, but he is indeed right. I am the granddaughter of Mr. Gu from the upper fifth family and the granddaughter of Mr. Shen. If the lower fifth family wants to kill me, they have to see if they have the ability to do so."
These words were like a bomb, shocking the Lin and Hu families.
“You, you, you…”
Lin Yihui's face turned pale. His casual remark actually came true. "I said my sister was a nuisance. Now you believe it, right? We have disturbed the nest of the upper five generations of the family. If we don't die, we will be crippled. No wonder the twins said that if we catch them, the Lin family will be finished."
Boss Lin and his wife were horrified. Thinking about their self-righteous behavior at the time, they felt so stupid. How could the Lin family afford to offend the grandchildren of the Gu and Chen families?
Just think about it, they were so arrogant before that they wanted to fire Fu Jingchen, which was simply a fantasy.
County Magistrate Lin's face was extremely embarrassed. There was a girl from the Cheng family, and now there was a daughter of Gu Shen, whose background was even greater than that of the Cheng family girl. And Fu Jingchen was most likely a member of the Fu family. This time, the Lin family was doomed to lose and there was no chance of recovery.
Lin Miqi felt as if struck by lightning. Her mood at this moment was no different from Lin Xiaoshan's. Gu Wanwan, whom she had always looked down upon, had become someone she looked up to. She was not as noble as him.
His grandfather was a founding father, while his own grandfather was just a small county magistrate.
At this moment, she finally understood that Gu Wanwan's arrogance all came from her confidence.
In front of the noble girl Gu Wanwan, she was just an ugly wild chicken. How could such a clumsy girl still have the nerve to covet someone else's partner? Maybe Fu Jingchen was the grandson of the Fu family, and was not someone she could afford to marry.
Why is this happening? If she wasn't so narcissistic and arrogant, the Lin family wouldn't have fallen to this point.
She was wrong, but there was no room for regret. She had no idea what would become of the Lin family, but she knew that the ending would not be good.
The banquet then began, and the guests savored the food while watching the performances of the Lin and Hu families.
Hu Shuo was eating absent-mindedly. Lin Xiaoshan and her son didn't care about him. They kept an eye on Cheng Mingzhu and her son, trying to find a chance to make amends.
When the Hu family parents-in-law faced the banquet, for the first time in their lives they did not devour the food voraciously, but were instead terrified. They had made such a mistake and done things too drastically, cutting off the path for their son and Cheng Mingzhu to reconcile.
County Magistrate Lin's family also couldn't eat, as if this was a beheading meal, especially County Magistrate Lin, who wanted to try to struggle. Sitting there and waiting to die was really hopeless, so he stood up and went to Cheng Mingzhu's table, "Mayor, it's my fault. I didn't teach my daughter well and didn't mean to hurt your cousin. Xiaoshan was wrong to snatch Hu Shuo away, but Hu Shuo is not a good match. I helped Comrade Cheng get rid of the Hu family's troubles, which is also a great achievement. Can you give me a lighter punishment for my sake?"
God knows how embarrassing it is for him, an elder, to apologize in public to a younger person, but there is nothing he can do as his position is not as high as others.
"A great achievement? How dare you say that? If it weren't for the status of my old Yang and Mingzhu, would your Lin family bow their heads and apologize? Your Lin family is very powerful. The entire Shanghai city is ruled by the Lin family." Aunt Yang didn't tolerate him. She apologized on the surface, but she was unwilling in her heart. "You also indulged your granddaughter and wanted to break up the military marriage. County Magistrate Lin is really powerful!"
"Why do you think that my old Yang is seriously ill and the mayor's position will be yours? Because you are sixty years old and dying? Because you have an illegitimate son, Secretary Liu? Because the deputy mayor is an undercover agent of your Lin family?"
"You and your son are so vicious that you poisoned the documents and made my old Yang seriously ill, but you couldn't find any problems."
With every retort she made, the guests were amazed.
"It turns out that there is an illegitimate daughter. Now there is a Secretary Liu. This wedding banquet is not in vain. It really opened my eyes."
"County Mayor Lin is really bold. No wonder he is determined to get the mayor's position. With an illegitimate child watching over and poisoning the mayor, it will be difficult for him not to succeed."
County Magistrate Lin panicked and explained anxiously, "No, this is a misunderstanding, I didn't..."
Secretary Liu's face turned pale with fright on the spot. I knew my life was over.
When the last sweet soup was served, several soldiers in special military uniforms walked into the banquet hall and saluted in the direction of Gu Wanwan and Fu Jingchen, "Hello, Chief!"
Gu Wanwan and Fu Jingchen nodded, stood up, and walked towards County Magistrate Lin side by side.
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