Lin Erwu was truly capable of turning his own family against him for the greater good, so no matter how unwilling Zhao Yufen was, she had no choice but to obediently hand over the money.
Niu Zaifang had finally witnessed Zhao Yufen's shamelessness.
They're capable of anything.
Next is their own private matter; how to handle this is up to Lin Erwu.
"Zhaoyue, look..."
Lin Erwu didn't seem to want to make a big deal out of this, and he was too tired to make a fuss.
Too many things have happened to the Lin family recently, and with each one weighing on him, he feels like he can't breathe.
“Dad, the money has indeed been recovered, but I don’t think we can let this go like this.”
If Lin Zhaoyue hadn't known what the comments were saying, she wouldn't have wanted to cause any extra trouble either.
But things are different now; we can't let Zhao Yufen go to the countryside to continue harming people.
"What do you want? I'm your stepmother!" Zhao Yufen's tone suddenly rose. What? Lin Zhaoyue wasn't going to stop yet!
Do we really have to send her in there to be satisfied?
Zhao Yufen thought to herself that she was really having the worst luck!
"..." Lin Erwu was shocked by what his daughter said; he needed to think about it again.
Even a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness. After all, for the sake of his son, he was unwilling to go too far.
"Dad, take your time to think it over." Lin Zhaoyue knew that Lin Erwu needed time to think things through.
Zhao Yufen panicked.
What's the difference between this and having a knife to your throat, not knowing when you'll be slowly sliced to death?
That night, in the middle of the night, she packed her bags and ran away.
The next morning, Lin Erwu realized something was wrong. Before he could go out to look for the person, a middle-aged woman came to his door.
Lin Erwu did not recognize her.
I wondered if I had gone to the wrong place.
Without saying a word, the woman pounced on Lin Erwu, grabbing his hair, scratching his face, and tickling his neck—using all the tricks women use in a fight.
"Ahhh! Give me back my man! Give me back my man—"
"You can't watch your wife properly; she's stolen my man away."
"..."
Lin Erwu was completely confused and impatiently pushed her away, but the woman had no intention of letting him go and pressed herself against him again.
"Wait, let's talk this out."
"Pah! I have nothing to say to you, I'll beat you to death!"
"What are you doing!" Lin Dajun heard the commotion inside the house and came downstairs. He couldn't just stand by and watch his brother get beaten up, so he stepped forward and separated the two men.
Lin Erwu had scratches of varying degrees on his neck and face. Upon seeing this, Lin Zhaoyue hurriedly went to get medicine.
If scratches are not treated promptly, they can easily become infected.
"Waaaa, how am I going to survive with my whole family? This heartless person just ran away like that, what am I going to do..."
The woman was crying bitterly. Lin Dajun frowned and said, "What's wrong with you? Why did you hit my brother for no reason? You've got the wrong person."
"I'm asking you, is your wife's name Zhao Yufen?"
The woman wiped away her tears and angrily questioned Lin Erwu.
"Yes," Lin Erwu replied irritably.
This person looks like they have a mental illness.
They had never met before, but she pounced on him and went berserk.
"That's right!"
The woman rolled off the ground and stood up abruptly. "Your wife has run off with my husband! The two of them eloped in the middle of the night! I have elderly parents and young children to support, and now we're struggling to even put food on the table. You have to compensate me for my husband!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Erwu gently pushed away his daughter's arm as she applied the medicine, and asked incredulously, "Do you know what you're saying?"
“I know! I’m perfectly clear-headed right now. I’ve known for a long time that my bastard was having an affair with your wife. He’s swindled a lot of money from her, but luckily all the money went to support the family, so I turned a blind eye. But they ran off last night! Your wife stole my husband away.”
The woman seemed to realize that throwing a tantrum wouldn't do any good, so she calmed down a bit.
Her voice choked with emotion, "What do you suggest we do?"
They ran away.
Zhao Yufen ran off with another man.
This matter caught Lin Erwu completely off guard.
It shocked him even more than the Lin family's bankruptcy.
Even Niu Zaifang, who usually loves watching a good show, had no interest in watching the excitement at this moment.
She was equally shocked and stood frozen in place.
Lin Zhaoyue's eyes darkened. It seemed the comments were right; Zhao Yufen really did have a lover.
Moreover, the two had been together for many years.
Lin Erwu slumped onto the sofa. "...When did you find out?"
"It's been five or six years!"
The woman could tell from his reaction that he had been kept in the dark all along.
Actually, it's quite pitiful when you think about it.
He only found out now that his wife had cheated on him.
“Five or six years…” Lin Erwu repeated, then seemed to remember something and breathed a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, it's been five or six years, not more than ten.
Otherwise, we wouldn't even know if Xiao Bao is his.
Lin Erwu clenched his fists, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. "You came to me, but there's nothing I can do."
The Lin family is finished. Zhao Yufen ran away because she realized she wouldn't have a good life with him.
When disaster strikes, husband and wife go their separate ways.
"Your family is rich, so why can't you do anything?"
The woman did not believe it.
“My whole family is going to the countryside in a while. If my family still has money, do you think she would run away?”
Lin Erwu gave a bitter smile. "This whole building of mine is going to be handed over to the authorities. If you want to stay here, then stay."
The woman did not want to leave.
When they returned home, the whole family starved to death.
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