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Time passed slowly, the sun slanted a little, and the trees in the forest changed from tender green to dark green.
Zhang Yingzi slowly said to Cai Wenchuan, "Little Wenchuan, you don't know, I did it on purpose! Lin Tingfeng wanted to set a trap for me. The master loves me, but he suspects me. He has suspected me for many years, always feeling that I would do something to betray him. I'm heartbroken, and I've been living in pain all these years, feeling like I can't breathe. So, I might as well let him have his way. Didn't he say I have a man outside? Well, I'll play along and make a man outside too. Heh, life is short and fragile. He's caused me so much pain, why should I let him be happy?" As she spoke, Madam Zi's face showed pain and hatred.
"But, but—" Cai Wenchuan was anxious, his heart burning like oil. These two adults were far too selfish. Their doubts and pain did not take into account the little Lin Tingyue at all.
At that moment, Lin Tingyue's voice rang out: "Xiao Wenzi, found her—"
Cai Wenchuan had no choice but to end the conversation. He turned around and saw Xiao Tingyue, wearing a white dress, running over with his bouncy toy, her face full of joy.
Seeing her overjoyed expression, his heart ached. This poor child, her family was about to fall apart.
Zhang Yingzi immediately said, "Let's not talk about this anymore." Then she bent down, reached out her hand, and gave her daughter a radiant smile.
Cai Wenchuan nodded.
Just then, the school bell rang, and some colleagues who had classes went to class. Cai Wenchuan finally came to his senses. He pulled his thoughts back from their wanderings and recalled the conversation he had with Madam Zi when he was a child. At the time, he didn't understand it, but now, upon careful reflection, he realized it had a different meaning.
As a grown man, he could now piece together all the details. Back then, Lin Tingfeng had tried to drive Madam Zi and her children away, but Madam Zi completely disregarded him. At the same time, the master loved his wife very much, but because he had long suspected her of having affairs, she eventually became heartbroken and used Lin Tingfeng's scheme to frame him. She actually found a man, her purpose being to cause the master pain.
This is a couple who love and hate each other. They love each other so deeply, yet they torment each other.
It was for this reason that later, when the wife's affair with another man was exposed, the two divorced, and the wife was forced to go to a foreign country.
But now she's back, she's back for revenge, she wants to take back everything that was rightfully hers.
All emotions go through a process from passion to fading. Back then, when she and the master fell in love, it must have been a passionate affair. She drove away the first wife and Lin Tingfeng. Then, more than ten years later, her feelings for the master cooled, and the two people who once loved each other even grew to hate each other because of years of doubt and pain.
Therefore, when Lin Tingfeng grew up and returned to the Lin family, single-mindedly seeking revenge, Madam Zi knew it was a trap, but she had forgotten how much she loved the old master back then, and how much she had schemed to obtain the status of the Lin family's lady. She no longer cared about the status, wealth, and status that surrounded her for more than ten years. All she wanted was to escape, to be free, and to make the old master Lin suffer.
Therefore, Lin Tingfeng succeeded in the end.
That's life. Everything you painstakingly acquired ten years ago may be something you desperately want to escape ten years from.
Thinking of this, Cai Wenchuan's heart grew heavy. He thought to himself, the Lin family is really complicated. It's pitiful that Tingyue has such parents. Moreover, according to his father, Xiaoyue is not the master's biological daughter. No wonder the master is always so cold to Tingyue. Thinking of this, Cai Wenchuan felt even more sorry for Lin Tingyue.
Just then, his phone rang. It was the Lin family's lawyer. Sensing something was wrong, he immediately answered the phone. It was Lawyer Zhang's voice: "Xiao Cai, Old Master Lin has passed away. I need to announce his will. You need to come to the Lin family's old house at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
Cai Wenchuan stood up abruptly from his office chair as if he'd been electrocuted, and asked blankly, "Why did I have to come?"
"Because he mentioned you in his will!" Attorney Zhang said as if answering an idiot's question, then abruptly hung up the phone.
Cai Wenchuan was stunned, dumbfounded as if he were a wooden or clay sculpture.
The next day, Cai Wenchuan arrived at the Lin family mansion on time, dressed in a formal black suit. His heart was heavy with anxiety. Old Master Lin had passed away, and the living room was filled with the sound of weeping.
He hesitated for a moment at the door before composing himself and striding inside. It was Madam Zi crying. Lin Tingyue sat beside her mother, wiping away her tears. Lin Tingfeng and his mother, Zhang Xiaohong, stood to the side. Zhang Xiaohong's eyes were red, but she didn't cry as dramatically as a concubine. Lin Tingxuan stood on the other side, awkwardly positioned, feeling somewhat like an outsider. Lawyer Zhang and Dr. Li were both there. Cai Wenchuan saw his parents arrive, but when his gaze fell on his father, his father seemed angry with him, deliberately keeping a dark expression and turning his body away to avoid greeting him.
Having been rebuffed, Cai Wenchuan stepped forward and greeted Madam Zi. The lady nodded and continued to weep.
He straightened up, walked over to Attorney Zhang, and greeted him. Attorney Zhang nodded. Cai Wenchuan originally wanted to greet Lin Tingfeng and Lin Tingxuan, but when he looked up, he saw that the two brothers were looking at him with cold eyes, like ice and snow, and with an incredulous expression on their faces. He didn't want to make a fool of himself, so he wisely retreated to a corner of the living room and stood silently.
These two brothers probably can't accept that his name is on their father's will. Not only can they not accept it, but even now, a day and a night later, he still can't accept it.
Cai Wenchuan was quite surprised that Old Master Lin actually mentioned him in his will. He believed that from childhood to adulthood, Old Master Lin had always liked him very much, never treating him as the son of a servant, but rather as a friend with whom he could truly connect despite the age gap. Therefore, he had confided his darkest secrets and most vulnerable feelings to him. In other words, his relationship with Old Master Lin went beyond that of master and servant; it also included a friendship.
To be precise, his father was the Lin family's butler, but he wasn't. In those days, even if someone worked as a servant, it was on a contract basis. So, the idea that his father working for the Lin family meant he was also a servant of the Lin family didn't apply. Therefore, he had no master-servant relationship with Old Master Lin.
Therefore, it's unknown what Grandpa Lin will leave him. What can one leave for a young friend who is much older than him? He doesn't actually value money that much. He has worked for many years and has a very high professional title. He is fully capable of supporting himself and has even saved a small amount of money. So Cai Wenchuan doesn't have many expectations.
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