"Father... I didn't do it. It was all their doing to suppress the Lin family." Lin Zhiyu knelt before Lin Zhenghe, her eyes filled with tears, completely devoid of her previous arrogance.
"Hmph...who else could that unsatisfied face be but yours?" Lin Zhiyan flicked her bright red fingernails, making sarcastic remarks from the side.
Lin Zhenghe suddenly stood up and squeezed Lin Zhiyu's chin tightly, as if he wanted to crush it. The pain made her eyes fill with tears instantly.
His gloomy eyes stared coldly at his kneeling daughter. "Lin Zhiyu, when was the video taken?"
With a hint of judgment in her eyes, Lin Zhiyu bit her red lips until they bled, her swollen eyes fixed on her father, only able to shake her head helplessly.
"Come on, Lin Zhiyu. It's one thing to disgrace the Lin family by doing something like this, but if the Feng family finds out, do you think you'll still live?" Lin Zhiyan mocked sarcastically from the side.
"Shut up! We asked you to follow up on the East Suburbs real estate project, but there's still no progress. What use are you to the Lin family? A bunch of useless trash!" Lin Zhenghe's face turned crimson with anger. Lin Zhiyan was about to retort when she saw her father's gaze and obediently shut her mouth.
At this moment, Madam Lin Shen Yu hurriedly entered the hall. Looking at her daughter kneeling on the ground, she felt heartache and rushed to Lin Zhenghe to plead for Lin Zhiyu.
“Husband, Zhiyu has suffered a lot of grievances over the years. It’s inevitable that she will make mistakes if we’re not there to remind her. Please forgive Zhiyu for all she has done for the Lin family.” Although she is getting on in years, Shen Yu is better maintained than her peers and even has more charm than when she was young.
Lin Zhenghe's sharp gaze swept over Lin Zhiyu and then returned to Shen Yu's face. His voice was sharp and authoritative: "You've raised a fine daughter!"
"Your good daughter sleeps in Zhang Jing's bed! You slut! If there are any problems with the marriage between the Feng and Lin families, you and your daughter are both out of here!" He coldly threw down these words and strode out of the hall, followed hurriedly by a group of assistants.
The living room was left with a stunned Shen Yu, a sobbing Lin Zhiyu, and a gloating Lin Zhiyan standing to the side.
Looking at the mother and daughter in front of her with disdain, Lin Zhiyan raised her sexy red lips slightly, "Auntie, what's the use of you going to such lengths to climb into Dad's bed and have a sister? You still end up with the reputation of stealing someone else's husband."
"Lin Zhiyan, what are you! Shen He sent me the photos, right? And the video too! You took out the video without our knowledge, what will Dad think of you, you traitor!"
Lin Zhiyu glared at Lin Zhiyan with a vicious look, her gaze chilling and terrifying. "Lin Zhiyan, mind your own business. The East Suburbs have been throwing money at you. Go ask Shen He why!"
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Shi Wan, far away in the capital, was unaware of the farce that had just ended with the Lin family, but she always trusted Ling Qingqing's ability to execute.
"Mengmeng, didn't we agree to pick up Qingqing together today? Where are you?" Shi Wan stood on tiptoe in the airport lobby, searching for her best friend for a long time but couldn't find her.
"Wanwan, take Qingqing back to the apartment first. I have something to do at the company and can't leave!" Before Shi Wan could react, she hung up the phone.
Shi Wan frowned. Had this guy forgotten that besides picking up Ling Qingqing, the three of them were also going on a shopping spree at the mall?
With an hour to go before landing, Shi Wan took out her phone and leaned against the car door to watch a video of her students training. She played it over and over again, her focused expression attracting the attention of many passersby.
Wearing an exquisitely embroidered, elegant lotus-pink cheongsam, with her black hair cascading over her shoulders, fair and delicate skin, and slightly upturned red lips, she stood quietly beside the car, prompting passersby to exclaim in admiration, "So beautiful!" However, the person in question was naturally oblivious to these exclamations.
Suddenly, Shi Wan was grabbed forcefully by a slender, snow-white hand. When she came to her senses and looked closely, she saw a girl with an oval face, fair skin, and eyes like pools of clear water, with an extremely beautiful face.
However, the girl in front of her was half-squatting down, panting heavily, as if she was hiding from something, using Shi Wan and the car in front of her to shield herself from the view of the person opposite.
Faced with the girl tightly gripping her wrist, Shi Wan couldn't help but frown. But the girl in front of her didn't seem to have any ill intentions, so she gently patted the back of the girl's hand to signal her to get in the car.
The girl glanced gratefully at Shi Wan as she got into the car. She waited until the person opposite her had walked away before getting out of the car and winking at Shi Wan.
"Thank you for helping me, Lu Chuchu. You can call me Chuchu. I've never seen a girl as beautiful as you in Kyoto. You're not from Kyoto, are you?" Lu Chuchu's overly familiar manner was completely different from her delicate and reserved appearance.
This surprised Shi Wan, but she didn't think much of it and simply gave a self-introduction.
"Shi Wan... Hmm, a very nice name. This is my phone number. Feel free to contact me if you need anything in Beijing. I'm always available." After saying that, he winked playfully at Shi Wan, hailed a passing taxi, and left.
Shi Wan shook her head helplessly and chuckled. This girl really had a big heart. Just a moment ago she was acting like a thief, but the next second she was acting like nothing had happened.
Seeing that it was almost time, she stared at the surging crowd, tiptoed, and strained to find Ling Qingqing's figure.
"Hi! Little Wanwan!" Suddenly, someone patted her shoulder hard. Ling Qingqing smiled sweetly and looked at Shi Wan with her eyes crinkling.
Shi Wan thought to herself: I've been scared out of my wits twice in one day.
"Get in the car!"
"Little Wanwan, come back to Y country with me this time. If I don't take you back, my dad will nag me again. He even threatened to cut off my allowance this time!" Ling Qingqing tugged at Shi Wan's arm in a coquettish manner.
Shi Wan lightly tapped the steering wheel with her fingers and raised her eyebrows slightly. "Qingqing, I heard from your aunt that you came here at the invitation of the Chinese government."
"It's because their network has been attacked from abroad recently. They've been investigating for months but haven't found anything, so they contacted me to come and help them." He pursed his lips and stared impatiently out the window.
Because Qiao Meng stood them up, the two went straight back to the apartment, intending to just grab a quick bite there.
As soon as I entered the apartment, I heard Lu Jingyan's deep, resonant voice coming from the kitchen, "Baby, sit down and rest for a while, dinner will be ready soon."
While Shi Wan was still wondering how Lu Jingyan knew she hadn't eaten, Ling Qingqing nudged Shi Wan with her elbow and winked at her frantically, her eyes seeming to say, "Look at your worthless boyfriend."
Lu Jingyan nodded politely to Ling Qingqing, then focused on picking each dish on the table and placing it on Shi Wan's plate.
"But Wanwan, last time you asked me to send out Lin Zhiyu's photo to give her a warning. It wasn't exactly a bombshell." Ling Qingqing elegantly munched on her favorite sweet and sour pork ribs, not forgetting to report the situation to Shi Wan.
"As a result, another anonymous address sent Shen He a video. That video was quite exciting, it was rated 18+! That same day, Shen He sent Lin Zhiyan back to the Lin residence to cause trouble. I heard that Lin Zhiyu and her daughter have been confined by Lin Zhenghe recently, so they probably won't be able to cause any trouble."
"Anonymous address? We couldn't find out who it was?" Shi Wan looked at Ling Qingqing in surprise.
"No! It should be a top player ranked higher than me in the world. I followed the clues and found out they were in China, but they disappeared halfway through the investigation." After finishing her meal, Ling gently wiped her fingers and red lips with a tissue and glanced at Lu Jingyan next to Shi Wan.
Then he said casually, "President Lu should know him, right?"
Shi Wan turned her eyes to the man beside her, her face full of suspicion, "It was you? You're with me every day, when did you do this?"
The man focused intently on picking the fish bones out of Shi Wan's bones, feigning a hurt expression, "Little Wanwan, what you're saying hurts your husband's feelings. The Lu family has multiple military research institutes both domestically and internationally. If your husband doesn't have some skills, how can he build a protective network to prevent these technologies from being hacked?"
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