My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 559: Uncomfortable

Chapter 559: Chapter 559: Uncomfortable

"Daring to venture into real estate with just that little bit of money," Lin Zhenghao said coldly. "Turns out she has Zhou Shuyan as her backer."

"Even more infuriating, she even pretends to be poor, putting on the act of being penniless at school, feigning poverty even when getting into real estate, putting on the façade that she can’t afford to buy land," Lin Jingshen said.

And Lu Youxi was really carrying the act to its limit.

Mouthing that she couldn’t afford the land, yet in reality, she was vigorously buying up those remote and cheap parcels of land.

Who would have thought she was actually the CEO’s wife of Chengzhou.

It was precisely because of Lu Youxi’s deceptive conduct that no one ever suspected.

No one ever considered that her husband’s name being Zhou Shuyan might be more than just sharing a name with Chengzhou’s President.

He was indeed Chengzhou’s President!

Mrs. Lin swayed, finding this truth hard to accept.

The person she had looked down upon had always been the big Boss.

How could Mrs. Lin accept it?

She staggered, fortunately steadied by Lin Jingshen just in time.

At this time, Lin Jingcong and Lin Jingming’s families were also present.

They had come to find out the result of Lin Jingshen’s confession to Lu Youxi.

Little did they know they’d stumble upon such bombshell news.

"What do we do now? Lu Youxi has become Chengzhou’s CEO’s wife!" Lin Jingcong exclaimed in shock.

Lin Jingshen certainly couldn’t entertain any designs on Lu Youxi any longer.

He had originally thought Lu Youxi was going it alone, achieving success without any support.

He thought Lu Youxi was of ordinary status.

So, from among those of ordinary status, he chose Lu Youxi, who seemed very suitable for Lin Jingshen’s current situation.

But even Lu Youxi turned out to be a one in a million selection.

Now that Lu Youxi was out of the question, Lin Jingshen had completely run out of suitable candidates and would just have to resign himself to being a bachelor.

Not getting married, without a grandchild, how could Lin Zhenghao entrust the company to Lin Jingshen with confidence?

What if Lin Jingshen remained single for life?

As for Lu Youzhen’s illegitimate child, nobody in the Lin Family considered him a part of their family.

Now, with no chance at a plan involving Lu Youxi and the absence of any other suitable candidates,

Lin Jingshen was effectively out of the running for the presidency of Lin Group.

Dinner was ready, and everyone entered the dining room to take their seats around the table.

"I really didn’t expect, Lu Youxi... Lu Youxi to have such good fortune," Mrs. Lin said through gritted teeth, green with envy.

Seeing Lu Youxi doing well was even more unbearable for her than her own family’s loss.

"But how did you come to know about this?" Mrs. Lin asked.

Lin Jingshen then relayed the day’s events, omitting how he had tangled with and angered Lu Youxi, and downplayed his own involvement.

"Zhou Shuyan actually went to Jing University himself," Mrs. Lin said bitterly, confirming that there could be no mistake in the matter.

"It’s beyond me what Zhou Shuyan sees in Lu Youxi. The CEO of such stature, and when he married Lu Youxi, she was nothing but a country bumpkin with nothing to her name," Mrs. Lin scoffed. "Could it all be just for Lu Youxi’s face?"

"Although it’s true that Lu Youxi is indeed attractive, there are plenty of good-looking people. Zhou Shuyan could have his pick of beautiful women. If he was only interested in looks, he could choose any female celebrity as long as he liked her."

Seeing Mrs. Lin continuously missing the point, Lin Jingming had no choice but to interject, "So, Zhou Shuyan didn’t blame anything on us?"

"Right," Lin Jingcong joined in, "This reminds me of how Zhou Shuyan had previously ostracized our family from the social circle. It seemed strange at the time, but now it turns out to be because Lin Jingshen had spread rumors to set up Lu Youxi, and Zhou Shuyan was retaliating on Lu Youxi’s behalf."

"Hard to believe, Zhou Shuyan actually cherishes Lu Youxi like that," Mrs. Lin said resentfully.

Lin Jingcong: "..."

Lin Jingming: "..."

Could we not get sidetracked?

"So, Zhou Shuyan didn’t say anything this time?" Lin Jingming asked.

"He did," Lin Zhenghao said gravely. "This is what I wanted to discuss with you all."

Finally, Mrs. Lin shifted her focus from her grudge against Lu Youxi and asked in a hurry, "What is it?"

"Zhou Shuyan wants Jingshen to marry Lu Youzhen as soon as possible," Lin Zhenghao said.

Lin Jingcong and Lin Jingming almost couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

How perfect!

"That... What does Lu Youzhen have to do with Zhou Shuyan?" Mrs. Lin immediately lost her appetite.

"Yes, doesn’t Lu Youxi have a very poor relationship with Lu Youzhen?" Zheng Yulin also asked, puzzled, "If they were close, Zhou Shuyan standing up for Lu Youzhen would make sense. But with a bad relationship, wouldn’t it be normal for Zhou Shuyan and Lu Youxi to just watch uncaringly? Why would he stand up for Lu Youzhen?"

Lin Zhenghao explained, "I think I understand Zhou Shuyan’s intent. Regardless of how poor the relationship is between Lu Youxi and Lu Youzhen, to outsiders, Lu Youzhen is always Lu Youxi’s cousin."

"Jingshen got Lu Youzhen pregnant and is not taking responsibility, and our family has consistently shown no intention of letting Lu Youzhen join us," Lin Zhenghao explained. "To others, this might look like we don’t consider Zhou Shuyan important."

"Zhou Shuyan might not care what happens to Lu Youzhen, but what concerns him is his own prestige. If everyone dismisses him like this, wouldn’t the Zhou Family be ridiculed in our circle?"

"Zhou Shuyan will not tolerate such a thing," Lin Zhenghao said. "So today, he gave us a warning. But if we don’t listen, then what he might do next will surely be more than just socially ostracizing the Lin Family."

Mrs. Lin felt as disgusted as if she had swallowed a fly, "Do we really have to marry Lu Youzhen into our family?"

"We’ll just have to let Jingshen suffer for a while. In a year and a half, we can use a lack of mutual affection or some other excuse to divorce," Lin Zhenghao reasoned.

"Divorce means their marital life isn’t working out, not that we are shirking responsibility," Lin Zhenghao said. "Marriage and divorce, these are normal occurrences, irrelevant to Zhou Shuyan’s prestige. It can’t be that because of him, we can’t even divorce, right?"

"Even Zhou Shuyan can’t be that overbearing," Lin Zhenghao continued. "Jingshen and Lu Youzhen ending their marriage normally couldn’t be critiqued by Zhou Shuyan."

Even so, Mrs. Lin still felt uncomfortable.

It was as though she was choking on food, the uncomfortable feeling of being stuck, unable to go down or come up.

"Even if it’s just for a year and a half, having Lu Youzhen get married into the family would be a stain on our name," Mrs. Lin said.

"What can we do then? Would you rather have Zhou Shuyan make a move against our family?" Lin Zhenghao retorted irritably. "Who could have imagined that Lu Youxi’s husband would actually be Zhou Shuyan."

"And Zhou Shuyan, really, he isn’t picky at all – with so many women to choose from, and yet he fancied Lu Youxi," Lin Zhenghao said, clearly exasperated.

With the threat of Zhou Shuyan looming, Mrs. Lin, however begrudging she felt inside, had no choice but to agree.

"But, didn’t we decide to send them to prison?" Mrs. Lin said.