Baby! Be good! Don't be afraid! Your husband isn't a wild animal!

"You..." Lin Jiaqian looked at the man uncertainly.

"Come with me, let's get out of here first." The man pulled his baseball cap down low, turned and left first.

Lin Jiaqian followed closely behind, and they left the airport together. When they arrived at the entrance, the man opened the door of a car, she sat in the back seat, and the man closed the door, returned to the driver's seat, and drove away.

Lin Jiaqian looked at the man in the driver's seat, still in shock, and asked, "You're not dead?"

"How dare you talk like that? Do you really want me dead?" Lin Wenguang glanced at the rearview mirror and revealed a sinister smile.

"No, if you're not dead, why haven't you shown up for so many years? Are you faking your death?" Lin Jiaqian felt she had never truly understood this father. Then, remembering something, she asked, "What about my mother? She shouldn't be dead either, right?"

"Can't you say something auspicious? You're dead, dead, dead. We're all alive and well. We only came up with this fake death plan because we were desperate back then. I'll explain it to you when we get home," Lin Wenguang said.

Lin Jiaqian thought to herself, "You're all living well, while I'm the only one kept in the dark, like a complete idiot."

Thirty minutes later, Lin Wenguang parked his car in front of an old building.

"We've arrived, get off the bus." Lin Wenguang said, then got off the bus.

Lin Jiaqian got out of the car and frowned when she saw the old building. "You live here?"

"It's already good enough to be able to stay here. Come in." Lin Wenguang stepped towards the old two-story building.

Lin Jiaqian followed them inside. As soon as she entered, a woman greeted her, "Jiaqian, you're here! Mom missed you so much!"

Lin Jiaqian felt no affection for the woman in front of her and, seeing no joy in her mother's expression, forced a stiff smile.

"Mom, is this my sister?" A woman sat on the sofa, her voice dismissive.

"Yes, this is your sister," Xu Qinglan said, pulling Lin Jiaqian's hand as they walked over and sat on the sofa. "Jiaqian, this is your younger sister, Jiali."

"Sister? My own sister?" Lin Jiaqian frowned even more.

"Of course she's your biological daughter. She's three years younger than you. I got pregnant when I faked my death," Xu Qinglan explained.

"Now you can tell me why you faked your deaths, right?" Lin Jiaqian asked.

"Old Lin, you speak," Xu Qinglan said, looking at Lin Wenguang.

Lin Wenguang sat down on the sofa and slowly said, "Back then, my business failed, and I owed a lot of debt. If your mother and I hadn't faked our deaths, we probably wouldn't have been able to pay off these debts in this life or the next. It was only after we died that the Shen family helped us clear those debts."

"Then why did you keep me and let the Shen family adopt me?" Lin Jiaqian asked, puzzled.

"You'll only suffer if you stay with us. You'll have no worries about food and clothing in the Shen family. We're doing this for your own good," Xu Qinglan interjected.

"You guys really care about me, huh? So what about now? Why are you coming to me again?" Lin Jiaqian said sarcastically.

"Mom~ I wish you had known that you faked your death after I was born so I could stay in the Shen family. I would have lived up to your expectations and would probably be Mrs. Shen by now." Lin Jiali couldn't help but complain from the side.

"What did you say?" Lin Jiaqian looked over coldly.

"I'm telling the truth. Your parents gave you such a great opportunity, and now you've been kicked out by the Shen family. You're really useless," Lin Jiali mocked.

"Jiali, say less," Xu Qinglan stopped her.

"So you had your reasons for letting me stay in the Shen family?" Lin Jiaqian thought she was cunning enough, but she didn't expect her parents to be even more cunning. They had played a game of chess, and she was just a pawn in it.

"We did have that idea of ​​keeping you in the Shen family. Being close to the water makes it easier to get the moon. Besides, when we were alive, we had such a good relationship with the Shen couple that we had already verbally proposed to you two as a couple. It's just that after we faked our deaths, the Shen family didn't bring it up again." Thinking of this, Xu Qinglan couldn't help but curse, "The Shen couple really aren't very nice."

"So Shen Yan and I were betrothed as children?" Lin Jiaqian's heart, which had been dead, seemed to have a glimmer of hope again.

"Yes, but they didn't mention it, so they must be trying to renege on their promise." Xu Qinglan nodded.

"Lingxia actually treated me like this. She didn't even tell anyone about this. She doesn't want me to become her daughter-in-law," Lin Jiaqian said angrily.

"You've been in the Shen family for so many years, and you never even tried to seize any opportunities. Now you've been kicked out by the Shen family, and you still have the nerve to say that." Lin Jiali rolled her eyes.

"Shut up! What right do you have to talk to me like that?" Lin Jiaqian snapped.

"Alright, you're sisters, stop arguing about these pointless things," Xu Qinglan interrupted their quarrel.

"Mom, send me to get close to Shen Yan this time. I will definitely marry into the Shen family," Lin Jiali said confidently.

"You're after Shen Yan?" Lin Jiaqian narrowed her eyes.

"Who doesn't like an outstanding man? Besides, our Lin family still needs the Shen family to make a comeback. I originally thought you would become Mrs. Shen, but I didn't expect you to be kicked out. You have lost the qualification to be Mrs. Shen. Now it's my turn to seduce Shen Yan. What's wrong with that?" Lin Jiali said nonchalantly.

"You? Who do you think you are? You grew up in this kind of environment, are you as good as me? Can you design jewelry? Can you play the piano? Do you even know the etiquette for attending a banquet?"

"Hmph~ You think you're so great? I've been learning all this since I was a child. Don't think you can only get access to this kind of thing because you're in the Shen family," Lin Jiali suddenly thought of something and said with a smile, "Also, you've lost your virginity. I bet Shen Yan would be disgusted to see you."

Hearing this, Lin Jiaqian was enraged. She stood up and slapped Lin Jiali hard across the face.

Lin Jiali snapped out of her daze, stood up, and yelled, "Damn it, you piece of trash, how dare you hit me?"

After she finished speaking, she pounced on Lin Jiaqian and they started fighting.

"Stop! You two are sisters, why are you fighting amongst yourselves?" Xu Qinglan stepped forward to break up the fight, but accidentally got slapped herself. Enraged, she yelled, "Stop!"

The two then stopped, looking at each other with unconvinced expressions.

"What are you doing? With your impatience, no wonder you were tricked and driven out of the Shen family, completely ruining your and my father's plans," Xu Qinglan scolded in a low voice.

"Your mother is right. We are a family and should unite against outsiders. But you two are fighting amongst yourselves before you've even dealt with the outsiders properly." Lin Wenguang's chest heaved with anger.

"Dad~ It's because she's useless. She can't handle outsiders, so she comes to hit me instead," Lin Jiali said, sounding aggrieved.

"Ha! You're the ones who're like family. You abandoned me long ago. You made it sound nice that I could enjoy a life of luxury in the Shen family, but it was all just a ploy to get me to become the young mistress of the Shen family so you could go back and enjoy your life there." Lin Jiaqian felt betrayed.