Shen Lin's hands, hanging limply at his sides, were clenched tightly. Song Zhengchu's words silenced him.
"Do you think Ningning can't understand what I can see? If you really think that way, I have to say, Shen Lin, you are really naive. Do you think Ningning would accept such a vicious person as your aunt? When you can't let go of that ridiculous family relationship between you and your aunt, it means that there is no possibility between you and Ningning anymore."
After speaking in a cold voice, Song Zhengchu stopped looking at Shen Lin and only said one sentence before turning away.
“Ningning will never accept this. You don’t need to try to win her back anymore. As for your aunt, I will collect evidence. I, Song Zhengchu, am never one to suffer in silence.”
After Song Zhengchu finished speaking, he turned around.
Shen Lin watched their departing figures, closed his eyes, and looked pained.
So, is he really going to let go like this?
He can't do it!
...
Shen Lin left the Song family's door and returned to the hotel.
Gu Shilin has left the hospital and is now staying with him.
Upon seeing Shen Lin return, Gu Shilin hurriedly stepped forward, "How is it, Second Brother? You saw Second Sister-in-law, huh?"
Shen Lin tossed his coat onto the sofa, sat down, rubbed his temples, and wearily said, "Mm."
"How was it? How was it?"
"I will return to Nancheng soon to complete the divorce procedures."
Gu Shilin's eyes widened. "Really? Second sister-in-law really said that?"
"I know she can't get over these things." These things, of course, refer to Mu Mingwei, Jiang An, and the child.
Gu Shilin's expression was full of guilt. "I'm sorry, second brother. It's all because of my mother that you and your sister-in-law have come to this."
None of what I'm saying now is of any use.
Shen Lin rubbed his temples, thinking about what Song Zhengchu had said.
"You've been here for a few days now. What are your plans for the future?"
Gu Shilin paused for a second after hearing Shen Lin's words before speaking, "What do you think, Second Brother?"
How you handle this matter is entirely up to you. I can't offer you any advice. Just follow your heart.
Gu Shilin lowered his head, thinking about the things that had happened recently. "At first, I couldn't accept it at all. I wasn't a child of the Gu family. Later, I accepted this fact and realized that the Gu Group and the Gu family had nothing to do with me. I can understand my older brother's revenge. Now that I know, I will return the Gu Group to him, and I will also take my mother and leave to return the Gu family mansion to him."
Shen Lin nodded. This was Gu Shilin's decision, and he had no right to interfere.
Moreover, what Gu Shilin said is indeed true; everything the Gu family owns now belongs to Ji Jianshen.
However, Mu Mingwei...
“You know about Ningning’s father’s car accident,” Shen Lin brought it up. “I’ve already sent Mu Chaochao to jail, but Ningning’s father has never intended to let it go so easily. As for Auntie…”
Shen Lin didn't finish his sentence, but Gu Shilin understood what he meant. "Second brother, do you mean that my mother did this?"
"Mu Chaochao is my aunt's person."
The implication is that this matter involves Mu Mingwei.
Gu Shilin was filled with mixed feelings and couldn't accept this situation, but it seemed to be the truth. His mother had always wanted revenge, and staging a car accident was something she was capable of doing.
Gu Shilin lowered his head, his eyes darting back and forth with emotions. Finally, he asked Shen Lin, "Second Brother, you've already made up your mind, haven't you?"
Shen Lin looked into Gu Shilin's eyes and said, "Everyone has to pay the price for their actions. I won't interfere in this matter."
Not interfering means that no matter what Song Zhengchu does, he will remain an observer.
Gu Shilin nodded, indicating that he understood.
"I understand what Second Brother means."
...
After being discharged from the hospital, Song Zhengchu acted quickly and found out about Mu Mingwei very quickly.
The day the police came to find Mu Mingwei was the same day that Shen Lin brought Gu Shilin back to the Gu family home to pack their things.
These days, Gu Shilin has been avoiding Mu Mingwei and refusing to meet her.
One reason is that he cannot accept his own background, and he cannot accept that his mother is such a person.
Another reason is that he also needs some time to harden himself up and stop caring about those things.
Mu Mingwei was overjoyed to see Gu Shilin return and immediately went to greet him.
"Shi Lin".
Gu Shilin dodged away the moment Mu Mingwei tried to touch him, "Mom."
Mu Mingwei sensed Gu Shilin's distance and looked up at him in shock, "What's wrong with you?"
“I came back to pack my things. This place has nothing to do with me anymore, so it’s not appropriate for me to keep occupying this space.”
"Nonsense, this is your home," Mu Mingwei said, frowning.
"Home? Mom, I know everything now. Are you lying to me, or to yourself?"
Gu Shilin's question made Mu Mingwei purse her red lips tightly.
"I'm not a member of the Gu family, Mom. I'm the child you had with another man. Do you think I have any face left to stay in the Gu family?"
Perhaps it was the mention of another man by Gu Shilin that provoked Mu Mingwei, for Mu Mingwei raised her hand and slapped Gu Shilin across the face. "Shut up! He's your father, and you treat him with such an impolite term as that man?"
The slap made Gu Shilin turn his head to the side and remain silent for a long time. When he raised his head again, he looked at Mu Mingwei and said, "If I could, I really wish all of this were fake. Do you know how obsessive your love is? Do you know how many people you have hurt because of you? You are too selfish."
"Selfish?"
Provoked by those two words, Mu Mingwei said sarcastically, "You've all been brainwashed. Song Zhengchu killed your biological father. I'm doing all this now for your father, to avenge him."
"Where's the evidence?" Shen Lin asked coldly at this moment.
"You say that Ningning's father killed Qin Yongwang, so where is the evidence? Produce the evidence."
"Song Zhengchu's feud with the Qin family is evidence, and Yongwang's death is evidence," Mu Mingwei roared angrily.
Shen Lin spoke, his voice growing colder with each word, "So, it's because of your speculation that so many of us have been harmed."
"I never intended to cause you pain."
Mu Mingwei looked at them with a heart full of sadness. "I just wanted to get revenge on Song Zhengchu's family. I never thought you would fall in love with Song Zhengchu's daughter. Shen Lin, I have been trying to save you. I have done so much so that I would not hurt you, but I still can't change anything. You have to believe your aunt. Your aunt loves you."
But Chen Lin's focus was on that one sentence...
—I've been trying to save you; I've done so much so that I won't hurt you.
"Aside from the matter with the child and Jiang An, what else have you done?" Shen Lin's sharp gaze fell on Mu Mingwei.
Mu Mingwei froze, looking at Shen Lin, and immediately panicked...
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