The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 309: The Heir to Lu Corporation Vanishes into Thin Air

Chapter 309: Chapter 309: The Heir to Lu Corporation Vanishes into Thin Air

Later, she and Li Jin had a very sweet time together.

But good times don’t last long, and The Ye Family, being merely a family of scholars, couldn’t match the Lu Family.

Under pressure from the elderly Mrs. Lu, her parents forced her to break up with Li Jin.

Her father almost lost his job as a middle school teacher because of her.

The elderly Mrs. Lu promised that if she were willing to give up Li Jin and return him to Lu Xuemei, she could secure a better future for her father.

On one side was her family, on the other was her lover.

In the end, she chose her family.

The elderly lady kept her word, and soon her father was promoted to vice principal of the middle school.

Lu Corporation donated ten million to the middle school to build a new teaching building.

The entire middle school was grateful for the elderly Mrs. Lu’s generosity.

Under her betrayal, Li Jin quickly agreed to be with Lu Xuemei.

Mr. Lu’s son had died in a car accident, and the Lu Corporation was in dire need of a successor.

Therefore, the elderly Mr. Lu had great hopes for Li Jin and planned to cultivate him to be the heir.

He paid for him to take finance classes and personally taught him many skills.

Li Jin was like a genius—what took others four or five years to learn, he mastered in half a year.

During this period, she found out she was pregnant.

Fearing that Li Jin would learn of her pregnancy and that the Lu Family might harm the child, she quietly hid herself away.

After carrying the child for ten months, she gave birth alone, with great difficulty.

Sadly, the child was born with a congenital heart defect and died soon after birth.

After the child’s death, she was in total despair and left Beicheng to study abroad.

She chose the romantic country of France, where she studied jewelry design.

Time served as a catalyst—she studied while slowly healing herself.

She occasionally heard about domestic affairs from her parents, learning that Li Jin was cherished by all and was going to be the successor to Lu Corporation.

She also knew that he and Lu Xuemei were about to have their happy ending and would soon marry.

At that time, she thought it was good for them to be well and safe.

When she received the wedding invitation from Lu Xuemei, she felt she had completely let go.

She completely erased Li Jin from her heart, opened her soul, and met her true love—Hans.

They fell in love quickly, got engaged, and were married.

In just a month, she married for love.

After the wedding, she received a call from her father saying that Li Jin had run away as if possessed, abandoning his position as the heir to the Lu Corporation, leaving Lu Xuemei behind.

Everyone in Beicheng thought he had eloped with her, even her father confronted her about it.

It wasn’t until she shared her marriage certificate with Hans that her father stopped questioning.

She thought Li Jin was just being impulsive.

Since then, she never returned to her country and cut off all contact with her homeland.

Her father must have told the Lu Family that she had died abroad to avoid any trouble, right?

Anyway, the subsequent days passed without incident, as if everything that had happened before were just a dream.

Many years later, she heard that Li Jin did not marry Lu Xuemei and had disappeared as if he had evaporated.

Lu Xuemei remained single ever since and never found another partner.

Knowing this made her feel very guilty.

She wondered, if she had been firmer back then, whether steadfastly choosing friendship or love, whichever it had been, had she just been a bit more resolute, would the outcome have been different?

Today she was content, yet Lu Xuemei and Li Jin’s story had a tragic ending.

"Speak up! Playing mute again? Pretending to be pitiful? I’m so annoyed by that look of yours! Back then, it must have been this pitiful appearance of yours that bewitched Ah Jin, wasn’t it?"

Lan Xiang Madam was jolted awake by the hoarse shouting, her thoughts returning, anchoring back into reality.

"I always thought you and Ah Jin eloped! That’s what I believed!"

Lu Xuemei suddenly deflated like a punctured ball, her whole body collapsing, falling to the ground.

The elderly lady looked on in heartache but did not step forward to comfort her, instead, she let her daughter rant and rave.

In truth, she was also at fault back then, if she wanted to object, she should have done so thoroughly, not both object and compromise, ultimately ruining her daughter’s happiness for a lifetime.

That Li Jin truly deserved to die! Toying with her daughter’s affections!

Not just toying with her daughter, but also betraying the trust of her lover!

At that time, the entire Lu Corporation was about to be handed over to him; had he not suddenly disappeared, triggering her husband’s illness, leaving behind a chronic condition, her husband wouldn’t have passed away so prematurely.

She hated Li Jin, even more so than she hated Ye Xiangling.

Now, finding out that the two people she hated the most had actually conspired together, she didn’t know why, but it dealt a huge blow to her heart.

"Xuemei, don’t be sad for that kind of man. I bet even the heavens couldn’t stand it and took him early!" the elder Madam huffed.

Lu Xuemei cried very hard, her whole being as if her soul had been drained away.

In her memory, Ah Jin was still as he had been at the start, that genius-like youth, who dazzled her days.

Those who boasted of their overseas education as academic elites, none were a match for him, a mid-term transfer student who had only learned finance for half a year.

He was more than competent in the business world, he could play the violin, he could ride horses, and he even knew how to shoot, hitting the target every time.

She had never seen anyone as excellent as him.

He shone brightly, continually dazzling her, infecting her.

Such a man, even if he didn’t end up belonging to her, but was with love, then she wouldn’t have sacrificed in vain.

But in the end, he just vanished from the face of the earth? Not hers, nor his love?

"Why didn’t you tell me earlier? If you had told me, I would have searched the world for him, searched everywhere..."

Lu Xuemei cried hysterically.

Lan Xiang Madam couldn’t help but step forward, gently patting her shoulder.

She had let go of that relationship, but Lu Xuemei had not.

Apart from apologies, she truly didn’t know what else to say.

"Get your dirty hands off! My Xuemei doesn’t need your pity!" The elder Madam took a swift step forward, slapping Lan Xiang Madam’s hand away.

She took Lu Xuemei’s arm: "Crying for what? A daughter of the Lu family is not so fragile! If Li Jin is alive and hasn’t come to find you, why should you wait for him? If he’s dead, then all the more you should let go. Either way, forgetting him is the right choice!"

...

"Huh? Why have auntie and grandma been gone for so long?" Wen Jingya noticed the empty seats in the front row.

She nudged Jiang Man: "You should check on them."

"Me?" Jiang Man was somewhat hesitant.

"Of course, you should ask. That’s your mom!" Wen Jingya thought about the recent snub by her aunt.

"Oh." Jiang Man nodded, about to get up and look for them.

At that moment, Jiang Man’s phone vibrated.

She fished out the phone and glanced at it, standing up: "It’s grandma’s call, I’ll go take it."

"Alright." Lu Xingzhou didn’t think too much of it, letting her go.

Jiang Man quickly headed to the emergency exit and answered the phone.

"Grandma?"

"Manman, your aunt and I are going home first. You continue to enjoy the concert, don’t worry about us."

"What happened?" Jiang Man’s voice was even, yet her tone was very serious.

Because she sensed that something was not right...