Chapter 204 Lin Shu's Life
Lin Shu slept until he woke up naturally. Someone rang the doorbell and opened the door. Sheng Zhaoting walked in.
The servants at home were already preparing Lin Shu's second meal of the afternoon.
After she became pregnant, her appetite increased dramatically, and her face and figure became noticeably plumper.
“Brother…”
Seeing Sheng Zhaoting, Lin Shu stood up from the chaise longue.
Sheng Zhaoting pushed her back into the chair.
"Pregnant women should get more rest. There's no need to be polite between us."
He looked at the house and said, "I found it in a hurry. I'll move if I find a better one."
Lin Shu was touched: "No need, this place is very nice."
She lives in a large flat in the city center, over 200 square meters, with Yu Yu and a live-in nanny.
Sometimes it's so empty that it makes you feel uneasy.
Sheng Zhaoting brought her from Haicheng to Kyoto to give birth, and prepared a house for her here.
It was originally bought as a gift for her, but Lin Shu insisted on paying for it himself.
Sheng Zhaoting couldn't stand her insistence and had to give up.
"I've already arranged a hospital for you regarding your due date. We'll be using the best obstetrician and gynecologist here."
Lin Shu's eyes were slightly moist.
The servant made tea for Sheng Shaoting, thinking he was Miss Lin's husband.
"Thank you, brother."
Sheng Zhaoting looked at her gently: "You already call me big brother, why are you saying thank you?"
Lin Shu reached out and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"It would be great if you were my biological elder brother. It's a pity that Jiang Shang couldn't give birth to a son as outstanding as you."
It wasn't that Lin Shu was intentionally slandering his father. If Jiang Shang really had a son, he would probably be influenced by his genes.
Sheng Zhaoting's eyes flickered slightly.
"What do you think of Jiang Shang's treatment of you?"
Lin Shu's lips curled up in a hint of sarcasm.
"What else can I do? He has never considered me his own daughter."
Yuan Yuan was just his lover, and Wen Xin was Yuan Yuan's niece, but he loved Wen Xin a lot better than he treated himself.
Therefore, Lin Shu felt that there was nothing to say. She didn't want to mention this person.
Sheng Zhaoting nodded, his voice neither hurried nor slow.
"Have you ever doubted that it is very likely that he is not your biological father at all?"
“…”
Lin Shu was slightly surprised, then quickly shook his head.
"If he wasn't my biological father, my grandfather would never have handed the company over to him."
Lin Shu's grandfather died after she grew up and became sensible. She felt that her grandfather was not a foolish person.
It is impossible to easily hand over your life to an outsider who is nothing.
Sheng Zhaoting did not refute, but instead produced two appraisal reports.
One copy belongs to Lin Shu and Jiang Shang.
"This paternity test shows that you and Jiang Shang are not biologically father and daughter, which means he is not your biological father."
Lin Shu looked at the report in disbelief. She had never doubted her relationship with Jiang Shang.
She simply thought that her father didn't like her because he had a bad relationship with her mother and because he already had a woman outside.
Sheng Zhaoting had been very kind to her over the years. Lin Shu didn't doubt that her elder brother was trying to sow discord between them.
Because she and Jiang Shang were originally enemies and didn't need anyone to instigate them.
"What's the other one?"
She noticed there was another copy.
"You and I."
Lin Shu didn't understand.
Sheng Zhaoting spoke slowly.
"To be precise, our father is the same person."
Lin Shu was dumbfounded.
Sheng Zhaoting's voice was calm.
"My father had a lover before he met your mother. But he didn't know she was pregnant.
It was my mother who initiated the breakup, feeling that she was not worthy of my father."
Lin Shu listened to Sheng Zhaoting talk about these old stories as if he was listening to a story.
"Later, my father met your mother, and they fell in love. After your mother, Ms. Lin Yuerong, became pregnant, she tried to use this to get your grandfather to agree to her marriage with my father.
But the Lin family was in business, and my father was just a soldier at the time. Your grandfather was very opposed to your mother marrying my father.
It just so happened that my mother came back to find my father at that time.
He also took me, who was already three years old, with him. My father was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do.
Your mother helped my mother and father to be together. She returned to the Lin family."
Sheng Zhaoting heard all this from his mother. His father died on the battlefield. His mother also died of depression.
Before he died, he told Sheng Zhaoting about the feelings of the older generation, and told him that his father had always loved Lin Shu's mother.
Sheng Zhaoting's mother was also a kind person. She knew what was on his mind. She didn't want him to die with regrets.
When she was about to die, she repeatedly told Sheng Zhaoting to find her half-sister and let him recognize his ancestors.
My mother never blamed my father for falling in love with someone else. Instead, she felt that she was the one who broke up the two lovers.
If she hadn't come back to find Sheng Zhaoting's father Sheng Guoyuan, Sheng Guoyuan wouldn't have had difficulty in making a decision.
Lin Yuerong would never marry a man who didn't love her while pregnant for three months.
It was unclear who had interfered with whose feelings among the three of them.
After all, there is no betrayal in this complicated relationship, but rather fulfillment.
Sheng Zhaoting remembered his mother's last words and eventually found Lin Yuerong. Unfortunately, Lin Yuerong never told Lin Shu the truth until her death.
Just tell her that Sheng Zhaoting is a distant cousin, and no matter what happens, as long as she finds her elder brother, he will definitely protect her.
Lin Shu's eyes were filled with tears after hearing this.
Even after thinking about it countless times, he probably never thought that Sheng Zhaoting would be related to him by blood.
"Uncle..."
Lin Shu choked up.
She had met Sheng Guoyuan several times, and he was a man as elegant and friendly as Sheng Zhaoting.
It was completely different from the feeling Jiang Shang gave her.
Remember that he really loved her.
But she didn't know that he was actually her biological father. When the truth came to light, she was shocked to realize that there was no possibility of them ever recognizing each other in this lifetime.
"I mean... Dad and Mom."
The word "Dad" was already in tears as soon as he finished speaking.
Everything seemed so sudden, yet so natural.
Lin Shu's tears kept falling. Sheng Zhaoting's eyes were filled with doting.
His black eyes were like a thousand-year-old pool, dark and deep.
"Silly girl, don't cry. At least we've known you existed all these years.
Aunt Lin didn't tell you, most likely because she was afraid of hurting my parents' feelings. She was also afraid of hurting you."
They all protected Lin Shu in secret, and Jiang Shang, the nominal father, at least allowed Lin Shu to be born legitimately.
So that she and her mother would not be criticized and unable to hold their heads up in the upper class society.
Lin Shu looked at Sheng Zhaoting, her heart was full at this moment.
"If Jiang Shang is not my father, then everything makes sense."
Why had he refused to give her even a little bit of fatherly love over the years? Jiang Shang had never loved his mother or her; they were just stumbling blocks on his road to wealth.
"Well...your grandfather used everything the Lin family had to protect you and your mother's innocence. He really had good intentions."
Lin Shu's eyes flickered.
"What's hateful is that some people are greedy and want to swallow an elephant. If that's the case, there's no need for me to show mercy."
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