He would get his revenge on Ye Jin and the Su Family she had latched onto sooner or later. He would make sure he saw Ye Jin break down and weep before him, stripped of all her current arrogance.
With that thought, he turned and walked toward Xu Chen nearby.
He had to persuade that idiot Xu Chen to help him suppress Ye Jin and Xu Yan's joint project. Ideally, both sides would suffer, leaving him perfectly placed to swallow up the Xu Group.
Lately, several of his schemes had been inexplicably ruined. The Su Group, too, seemed to know his plans in advance and had avoided several traps.
But that was all right. He had plenty more ways to deal with them.
By the time they returned to the Su residence after the banquet, it was almost midnight. Usually, Lin Xiwen would have been asleep long before this hour.
Tonight, however, the living room was still brightly lit, and Lin Xiwen and Su Chenglan sat facing each other on the sofa.
Lin Xiwen looked stern. Su Chenglan's cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were red. She had clearly been crying.
Ye Jin's head filled with question marks.
Could the investigation results be out? What wonderful news! I wonder if my sister-in-law will finally come to her senses this time.
Lin Xiwen soon answered Ye Jin's question by handing her a document from the coffee table.
Ye Jin looked down and saw a photograph of Hou Yuanwu holding his two children, with his child bride beside him, her face weathered and her clothes making her look like an old housemaid.
Then Su Chenglan spoke. "Mom, could there be some mistake? Maybe this woman is actually Yuanwu's older sister, and these two children are his nephews. His sister just got divorced, so she moved back home..."
Ye Jin's foot slipped.
Aaaah! Su Chenglan is so hopelessly love-brained that she still hasn't woken up! She's actually making excuses for that scumbag!
The picture might not be all that clear, but those two children look exactly like Hou Yuanwu! His child bride isn't related to him by blood. If Hou Yuanwu isn't their father, were those two children cloned?
Fool other people if you like, but don't fool yourself too.
Su Chenglan's face paled. Clearly, Ye Jin had punctured her last hope.
Lin Xiwen, meanwhile, calmly picked up her water and took a sip. Good. Now that Ye Jin was back, she would not have to do the scolding herself. Besides, Ye Jin was much better at it than she was.
It was not advisable to drink too much water late at night, so Lin Xiwen took only a small sip before setting the cup down. Then she looked at Su Chenglan and said, "Chenglan, you know in your heart what's really going on. You've been a clever girl since you were little. Don't let love blind you."
"I've already had someone collect biological samples from those two children and Hou Yuanwu and send them for testing. The DNA comparison results should be back in the next few days."
"I won't jump to conclusions, either. But if those two children really are Hou Yuanwu's, what do you intend to do? How will you deal with Hou Yuanwu?"
Su Chenglan's face was pale, and tears slipped from her eyes again. "Mom, don't pressure me. The results aren't even out yet, are they? Besides, even if those two children really are his sons, maybe his parents forced him. It's not as though he got to decide whether he had a child bride."
Lin Xiwen felt her blood surge. Even now, her foolish daughter was still running away from reality!
Ye Jin nearly rolled her eyes outright.
Hah. If Hou Yuanwu didn't want to sleep with a woman, could anyone force him to get hard?
I get it. Does she think that even though Hou Yuanwu cheated physically, he still has her in his heart? But Hou Yuanwu's heart is full of nothing but his white moonlight! He's probably snuck off to see his white moonlight several times lately.
Su Chenglan had been about to say something else to her mother, but the words immediately stuck in her throat.
She remembered how, lately, whenever she wanted to meet Hou Yuanwu for dinner after work, he would say he was working overtime and had no time.
But she had specifically asked an older acquaintance at the company, and Hou Yuanwu had been leaving right on time every day. She could only secretly comfort herself with the thought that perhaps he had gone home to grind in secret.
But now Ye Jin was saying that Hou Yuanwu had been going to meet his white moonlight!
Su Chenglan's face turned deathly pale. Involuntarily, she looked toward Ye Jin, who was sitting on the sofa playing quiet, hoping to find any trace of a lie on her face.
Suddenly finding herself being stared at like that, Ye Jin was utterly bewildered.
Damn, why is she looking at me again? Did I let another disdainful expression slip just now?
Fortunately, Lin Xiwen spoke again just then, rescuing her. "Enough. It's late tonight. Chenglan, you need to understand that you're already fortunate. It's only because you have the Su Family behind you that people can't devour you until there's nothing left. But if you persist in refusing to see reason, I won't keep indulging you. Think it over carefully yourself."
Then she turned to Ye Jin. "All right, it's very late. You should go to bed too. Some things she can only figure out for herself."
She really could not let Ye Jin go on. She was genuinely afraid that Ye Jin would anger her fragile daughter to death.
At those words, Su Chenglan quickly withdrew her gaze from Ye Jin's face.
She knew her mother was not only warning her to stop stubbornly believing in Hou Yuanwu, but also warning her not to reveal the secret that they could hear Ye Jin's thoughts.
Naturally, Lin Xiwen and she had communicated in private about hearing Ye Jin's thoughts. Although they still could not say it aloud, their years of understanding as mother and daughter allowed them to know what the other wanted to say from a look alone.
To prevent anything from happening to Ye Jin after the information leaked, they had agreed to protect the secret that they could hear her thoughts.
She had only looked toward Ye Jin just now because she had been so shocked.
She gave a weak smile. "Sorry you had to witness this embarrassing scene, Sister-in-law. Go get some rest."
Although Ye Jin found it a little strange, it really was rather late. Under Huo Yun's supervision, she had grown used to going to bed early and rising early, so she thought no more of it and returned to her own courtyard.