Chapter 174 – My Son is Not Mine (part 8)

Lin Siheng’s gaze made Lin Jihao feel a little uncomfortable, and he said coldly, “Is there something wrong, second uncle?”

Lin Siheng noticed Lin Jihao’s gaze, and quickly lowered his head to hide the resentment in his eyes. It was he who underestimated Lin Jihao. This kid was really his big brother’s kid. He was just as sinister and vicious! He made a wrong step and ended up here today. It was a pity that he had no evidence, and instead had to bow his head to him!

“Jihao, help Jiye. Only you can help him now. He is still young. He was tricked by his friends into gambling money in Las Vegas, but he lost the bet and owed more than 80 million in gambling debts. He has been detained there, and will only be released after paying back the money. The company under your second aunt has another problem and needs to pay a large amount of liquidated damages. I am trying to find a way to collect the 100 million yuan in cash for my sister-in-law. I can’t get it together,” Lin Siheng said with his head lowered.

He had been really overwhelmed recently. His wife had learned to invest, but as a result, he had nothing and still owed a lot of money. His son owed gambling debts and was detained, and the company’s products had major quality problems, so he needed to pay huge liquidated damages.

He really couldn’t get the money together for a while. The most important thing was that Lin Siheng knew that all of this had something to do with Lin Jihao. Unfortunately, there was no evidence. Therefore, he had to bow his head temporarily for his future.

“Jihao, I can’t write two characters for Lin in one stroke1. We are all family, so can you help second uncle this time?!” Lin Siheng said.

Lin Jihao took a sip of tea and said, “Second uncle, it’s not that I don’t help you, but you know that I don’t have that much cash. Although there is money in the company’s account, it is the company’s money. If the amount is too large, it must be approved by the board of directors. Don’t you still have some property under your name? Go to the bank to mortgage or sell it and you should be able to get the money together.”

Lin Siheng didn’t speak. He looked at Li Su. Li Su looked defensive. “Don’t look at me. I have no money.”

Lin Jihao explained. “Part of my mother’s money was invested in her charitable foundation and the other part was given to me to invest on her behalf. It has already been invested. The income will not be seen until the end of the year. She really doesn’t have much cash now.”

In fact, that was not true. In the past three months, Li Su’s card had an extra 50 million yuan, but this amount of money was not enough for her to spend herself. How could she be willing to lend it to Lin Siheng, a person who once plotted against her?

Moreover, Lin Siheng’s situation was not as bad as he claimed. Even if he didn’t have available cash, he had a lot of properties under his name. He could sell a few.

But why would Lin Siheng be willing to sell those? Those properties were seized from the old man’s hands with great difficulty, and they were his foundation. The old man was partial to his eldest brother. Most of the company’s shares and even the company was given to his eldest brother. Though, the old man started off with his aunt’s dowry… But that was all in the past. His aunt had been dead for so many years! They were all descendants of the Lin family, so why should he be lower than his eldest brother?

Until it reached the point where everything was exhausted, he would never move. Besides, he didn’t believe that Lin Jihao and Li Su couldn’t even come up with 100 million in cash. They did this on purpose!

Lin Jihao also understood this, but his purpose was to force Lin Siheng to mortgage or sell those properties. In order to balance the relationship between his father and second uncle, his grandfather left second uncle with a small amount of very profitable property. Second uncle just had too much money and looked for trouble all day long.

Lin Jihao smiled slightly. “Of course, if second uncle can persuade the board of directors, I don’t mind letting the company lend you money to help my cousin pay off his gambling debts.”

“No, this is absolutely not possible,” Lin Siheng retorted without thinking. How could he let the board know about this matter? He still planned on bringing his son into the company to participate in the management in a few years. Lin Jihao joined the company at the age of fifteen and became the chairman. What he could do, his son could also do.

“Second elder, if everything isn’t good, then what are you going to do? You are not willing to ask for a bank mortgage loan, and you are not willing to ask the company to borrow money. What are you going to do? “Li Su asked impatiently.

Lin Siheng’s expression was ugly. “Jihao, are you really not going to help?”

Lin Jihao lowered his head and smiled. “I have about seven million yuan on my card. I will hand it over to second uncle.”

“That’s it, then I’ll make it up for you,” Li Su agreed.

Lin Siheng’s face turned red with anger. “You guys are going too far!”

“Too far? Compared with what you’ve done, second elder, I think it is better!” Li Su smiled. “Jihao, don’t you think so?”

Jihao nodded. “What mum said is right.”

“Hmph, you are pretending to be kind and filial to your son! Don’t think I don’t know what you guys are!” Lin Siheng stood up and said loudly.

“You’ve all been foxes for thousands of years, so don’t pretend to be a simple little white rabbit.” Li Su stood up, crossed her arms, and looked at Lin Siheng coldly. “Although A-Yuan was not a close brother to you before his death, he fulfilled his obligation to be a big brother. It’s yours, whatever A-Yuan has given to you. But what did you do? I know who the man with the surname Chen is! The reason why I said the man who is surnamed Chen and do not expose the matter is because I am afraid that A-Yuan will find out and be sad! I am afraid that I will lose the face of the Lin family!”

Lin Jihao was really convinced of his stepmother’s ability to open her eyes and talk nonsense. She said things that were obviously not on high ground, and people who didn’t know anything about it would think that it was true. Others may not know what happened between her and the person surnamed Chen, but he knew very well.

But, his stepmother never betrayed his father. His stepmother turned around in time and indirectly helped him! In addition, before his father’s death, his father was still worried that he and his stepmother would not be able to get along well. Lin Jihao didn’t want to let down his father’s painstaking efforts. Therefore, as long as the stepmother did not do anything that endangered the interests of Feiteng International, Lin Jihao could pretend that nothing had happened and maintain the current status quo of ‘kindness to his mother and filial piety’.

“You!” Lin Siheng pointed at Li Su with shaking hands.

“What about me?! Second elder, let me advise you. Don’t engage in those crooked ways all day long. If you have time, spend it on raising your children. Two days ago, I saw your family’s Jiru and a few men going to a room at the hotel. How old is Jiru? Maybe a year younger than our Jihao?! And your family’s Jiye is only thirteen and has already started gambling. Oh, why is there such a big gap between people? My family’s Jihao will be sixteen this year. Look at him. See how good he is! Look at your son and daughter. Tsk! Second elder, you are not only inferior to your elder brother in terms of ability, but also in terms of bringing up your children!” Li Su said while she looked at Lin Siheng with pity.

Lin Jihao almost laughed. This was the first time he heard his stepmother talk like that!

Lin Siheng’s brain exploded. “You! What nonsense are you saying?!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Siheng’s cell phone rang. It was his wife who called. “Husband, come back soon. Something has happened. Jiru is bleeding heavily. She is in the hospital. Come quickly!”

Heavy bleeding? Li Su looked terrified, she didn’t see Lin Jiru go to a hotel room with a man or anything. She just knew that Lin Jiye gambled money at a young age, and that Lin Siheng and his wife didn’t care about their children at all. She was just talking nonsense!

Lin Siheng didn’t have time to think about it. He looked at Li Su and Lin Jihao resentfully. “You are so cruel. They are still children. If you have a problem, then come at me!”

Lin Jihao frowned. “Second uncle, we don’t understand what you are talking about. We have clear consciences.”

Lin Siheng glared at them, then turned around and hurried away.

Li Su looked at Lin Siheng’s back, and then at Lin Jihao. “It had nothing to do with me. I didn’t do it.”

Lin Jihao also shook his head and said, “I just bought the people around Lin Jiye. I didn’t interfere with the rest. Lin Jiru’s affairs have nothing to do with me.”

Li Su smiled. “Be wary of him!”

Lin Jihao nodded. He never fought battles unprepared. Now that he had taken the first step, he had already made up his mind about how to proceed.

“That’s good. Oh, anyway, she’s my niece. I should go see her. Do you want to go?” Li Su smiled.

Lin Jihao shook his head. “I don’t think second uncle wants to see me now. Besides, he certainly doesn’t want too many people to know about such a thing.”

“Then I’ll bring you a bunch of flowers!” Li Su took out her cell phone and contacted her girlfriends to see if they knew more about the inside story.

Lin Jihao watched Li Su leave. He then took out his mobile phone, made a call, and only said, “Continue.”

In fact, although he had nothing to do with Lin Jiru’s incident, it also happened under his acquiescence. He had never forgotten the hurt and humiliation that the siblings had done to him when he was a child.

There was just no need to let his stepmother know about these things. They just needed to maintain the current state between them.

But how could Li Su not know that this was related to Lin Jihao? In fact, Lin Jihao was a person with a bit of a personality defect. He would do everything possible to get revenge on anyone who offended him. When the female lead was with him, she took efforts to persuade him for a long time. Lin Jihao improved.

Later, the female lead couldn’t bear Lin Jihao’s cold treatment and left. Lin Jihao found his true heart again. When he couldn’t get what he wanted, he began to give up on himself. His behaviour even started to intensify. In the end, when he was crushed, there was no one to reach out and give him a hand.

Li Su was willing to help Lin Jihao, but unfortunately she knew that Lin Jihao was still wary of her and might not accept her help.

Li Su sat in the car and thought about it carefully. When she came back, she would definitely let Yun Yi go to the university here and come to the company for part-time jobs during the winter and summer break.

This was not very safe. What if Lin Jihao still had the same temperament as in the original timeline, and was afraid that the female lead would run away? No, before Yun Yi appeared on the stage, she had to school her cheap son. He could not be allowed to hate his wife first, then chase after her.

“Little Wan, do you know this show?” Li Su suddenly asked the driver.

Although the driver, Little Wan, was a little frightened, his professionalism prompted him to firmly grasp the steering wheel in his hand. He shook his head. “Madam, I only know military matters.”

After Li Su asked the question, she also knew that she had asked the wrong person. Forget it. She would go ask Lisa. She liked to watch those romances the most, so she must know.

1.(林) The last name is 2 of the same character.