Lin Jiaxuan was in high spirits. He ran his hand over the rosewood armchair and admired the room full of antiques. His heart was also full of sweetness as he thought about the thousands of hectares of land and this magnificent garden that now belongs to him. Even though the money, maritime trade, shops and those four intact ships along with Lin Jiashen’s treasured sea maps were given to the Xie family and Wu family, his heart settled after remembering the dangers of seafaring. The only pity is his younger sister-in-law’s estate. If he could get that as well, then the best farmland in Wu County would belong to his Lin family.
Oh Lin Jiashen. So what if you are so capable? Aren’t the properties you risked your life to earn all mine now?
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“You mean, if I let Lin Huiniang gain independence, she will give me the estate?” asked Lin Jiaxuan slowly with a hoarse voice while facing Zhou Tao.
“Also brother-in-law’s ship. Please leave it to the child as a keepsake.” Zhou Tao lowered his head. According to his wife, the mother-daughter pair was doomed. It was the perfect chance to obtain their estate and shop for his own family. However, they are still his own sister and niece. When brother-in-law was alive, he had received much more than farmlands. How could he cut off his niece’s only means of survival! Lin Jiaxuan wouldn’t give up until he obtained the whole estate. If he could trade it for his niece’s independence, she could still earn a livelihood if she had the ship.
“Hehe,” laughed Lin Jiaxuan. “Then why don’t I also give her a shipyard?”
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“Father, why would you agree to their proposal?” asked Lin Guoqiang with confusion as they watched Zhou Tao depart.
“If Lin Huiniang gains independence, she would no longer have any connection to our Lin family. Then no one can gossip about our decisions. The broken ship will also cost thousands to fix. Not even the Wu family wants it. Son, are you saying that you want to participate in maritime trade?”
“Of course not!” Lin Guoqiang laughed. So what if he could obtain countless treasures in maritime trade like his second uncle? In the end, no one even knew how he died. With the Lin family’s countless hectares of land creating bottomless wealth, who would take such risks?!
“Then why did father give her the shipyard? Didn’t you say that the shipyard had been abandoned completely before?”
“Buying a good name for a worthless property is a good deal.”
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Ling Qingyu filed the paperwork for her independence and changed her name from Lin Huiniang to her original name, Ling Qingyu. She returned home while dreaming of a great future with her mother. But what she found when she arrived was her mother’s cold body.
“Those heartless knaves! Those bitches, Tang Lihe and Lin Zixue from the main house, had charged over to tell the lady that since you are now independent, you will end up a whore. Lady argued with them, but then they hit her and insulted her until she died from anger!” cried Zheng-mama on the floor.
Ling Qingyu’s eyes turned crimson. Mother had treated those two well before. They had already taken everything from her. Isn’t that enough? Is it not enough to kill her father and brother? Must they take away her last loved one from this world?
This is a blood debt!
