Chapter 425: Chapter 425: Call… Hubby (1) Chapter 425: Chapter 425: Call… Hubby (1) A caregiver with nothing to back up her claims, he hadn’t even taken her seriously.

Lin Yu glanced at him and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, they had already bought that negligent caregiver’s daughter, which was how they overheard such an important matter.

Otherwise, if Lu Wanwan had gotten wind of this affair prematurely, she truly might have accidentally capsized in the gutter.

Especially when he reflected on the fact that the old lady did hear that day’s phone call and eventually remembered everything.

Back then, he was indeed having an affair with Lu Jingtian, after all, who doesn’t want a backup plan for themselves?

When she accidentally got pregnant with that child, at first she was frightened, but later when Lu Jingtian inadvertently found out, she went with the flow and had to say it was Lu Jingtian’s child, which turned into such an opportunity.

He always wanted a son, and when she secretly found out the baby was a boy, it was then he made up his mind, decisively cutting ties with Ye Jing.

Unfortunately, Ye Jing, clever as she was, took a big fall in love.

Being able to manage a large company like Jin’an, yet she was unable to capture Lu Jingtian’s heart.

After all, men sometimes don’t prefer such powerful women because they only want to be powerful themselves.

The more exceptional Ye Jing was, the more she caused Lu Jingtian to feel a thorn in his side; only when facing her–incompetent at work, showing a demeanor soft as water, capable only of supporting her husband and educating their child–did he feel his own male pride.

Initially worried about the potential mishaps of giving birth to a child fathered by another man, especially if the boy didn’t look like Lu Jingtian, she eventually thought of a way to have an abortion, which also conveniently put the blame on Lu Wanwan.

Lu Wanwan looked too much like Ye Jing, and for that alone, he could not face her without any feelings of discomfort.

He maintained the facade of harmony in that marriage from under Ye Jing’s shadow, often being called “Mr. Ye” at the company. And since his abilities truly did not match up to Ye Jing, he was not taken very seriously. Over time, he had accumulated a substantial amount of pent-up frustration.

Moreover, although he didn’t act directly, he was also responsible for driving Ye Jing to her death. If he hadn’t come to testify in person, standing by the sickbed with her, telling Ye Jing that Kexin was Lu Jingtian’s daughter, and that there was another child in her womb, Ye Jing wouldn’t have died so quickly in despair.

But Lu Wanwan was, in the end, not Ye Jing, she was his own daughter; the father-daughter affection hadn’t completely disappeared, as Lu Jingtian remained in the shadows, entwined with that twisted sense of guilt.

It wasn’t until she had the miscarriage that he finally achieved a two-for-one situation.

Lu Wanwan destroyed the son Lu Jingtian had always wanted, effectively severing the father-daughter bond.

And she no longer had to worry about when the child might be discovered as not her own.

“Who knows if Lu Wanwan is now aware of your involvement, she’s so eager to get her share of the inheritance, probably doesn’t want to see two murderers occupy what belonged to Ye Jing…”

Without waiting for Lin Yu to finish, Lu Jingtian glared fiercely at him.

This matter had been the knot in his heart for years, and he didn’t want to be reminded of it over and over again by anyone.

*
Gu Annan still held his phone after the call had ended.

He pursed his lips and looked down at the phone screen.

After hesitating for a moment, he opened a text message from not long ago.

He had his own people inside Jin’an and had been investigating some matters.

After coming back from a business trip last time, he received a message in the morning mentioning the matter of Lu Wanwan seeking out Lu Jingtian.

It was that day when he came to know what kind of challenge Lu Jingtian had presented to Lu Wanwan.