Chapter 103: Chapter 103: The Only Bloodline

“It’s time to change the will.” Shen Zhiyao leaned close to Jin Huai Zhong and told him the plan.

Jin Huai Zhong was a bit shocked. “After so many years of marriage… would she… would she really move against me?”

Shen Zhiyao said, “You’re over thirty and have a child. Kang Lin is young and beautiful. Do you think she’d actually be interested in you? Mr. Jin, stop dreaming!”

Just then, Jin Muyang’s voice drifted over.

Before he could speak, Shen Zhiyao waved her hand, and he fainted again.

“I’ve already erased his recent memories. Mr. Jin, find some time to take him back!”

Jin Huai Zhong was now completely convinced by Shen Zhiyao and didn’t dare to have any doubts.

“Xiao Fan, I’ll assign you a few bodyguards. You need to be careful during this time.” Jin Huai Zhong was a little worried about Jin Fan’s safety.

“No need!” Jin Fan pointed to the Red-clothed Ghost, who was admiring her own looks in the mirror. “I don’t need bodyguards. Having Heavenly Fairy Sister is enough. She alone is worth a hundred bodyguards.”

Jin Huai Zhong had seen the Red-clothed Ghost as soon as he opened the door. He originally thought she had come with Shen Zhiyao, but it turned out Jin Fan had brought her.

He also heard Jin Fan call her “Fairy Sister” with great affection.

’Could it be that Jin Fan lacked a mother’s love growing up, so he developed a habit of latching onto any woman as a mother figure?’

At this thought, Jin Huai Zhong’s heart sank. He couldn’t help but say to Jin Fan, “Xiao Fan, that woman is so ugly and scrawny. How can you count on her? You should still get a bodyguard. She’s so thin, it’d be bad if someone tried to scam her!”

The words had barely left his mouth when a heavily made-up face, brimming with resentment, loomed before Jin Huai Zhong. “Who did you call ugly? Who did you call a skinny stick?”

Jin Huai Zhong jumped in fright. He couldn’t understand why the woman’s face was filled with such intense resentment, as if he’d be killed on the spot if he said another word wrong.

Jin Fan quickly explained to the Red-clothed Ghost, “No, no, no, my dad was just joking! Fairy Sister, you’re so young, beautiful, peerlessly elegant, and youthful! You absolutely mustn’t get angry. You won’t look as pretty if you’re angry.”

After spending a few days with her, Jin Fan had secretly figured out the Red-clothed Ghost’s temperament.

Sure enough, after that barrage of flattery, the Red-clothed Ghost was overjoyed and immediately said haughtily, “Fine! For my brother Fan’s sake, I won’t lower myself to argue with a blind man like him.”

’Damn… Brother Fan… that nickname is really awful.’

Shen Zhiyao explained, “She is the Red-clothed Ghost. I assigned her as Jin Fan’s bodyguard for one-on-one protection.”

Jin Huai Zhong asked doubtfully, “The Red-clothed Ghost?”

’It couldn’t be *that* kind of red-clothed ghost, could it? Like a Pen Spirit?’

“Can’t wrap your head around it, huh?” The Red-clothed Ghost gave a confident smile and brazenly flipped her newly dyed, wine-red hair.

Jin Huai Zhong: “…”

’She doesn’t actually think she’s good-looking, does she?’

…

Kang Lin paced back and forth anxiously at home, stamping her feet on the floor.

It wasn’t until eleven-thirty that Jin Huai Zhong returned with Jin Muyang.

Jin Muyang reeked of alcohol and was carried home by Jin Huai Zhong.

Kang Lin frantically called for a servant to help Jin Muyang upstairs to rest.

“What happened? Why did he drink so much?”

“There was a dinner party tonight for a project with an overseas joint venture. The business partners kept trying to get me to drink, and Yangyang was afraid I’d be at a disadvantage, so he kept drinking in my place.”

After hearing this, Kang Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief. ’Thank goodness Jin Huai Zhong didn’t take Jin Muyang to switch their fates back.’

If their fates were switched back, the Jin family’s businesses wouldn’t end up in Jin Muyang’s hands.

Then, Jin Huai Zhong spoke again. “Jin Muyang isn’t my son, is he!”

Kang Lin immediately tensed up, but quickly forced herself to say calmly, “What are you talking about? You’re my only husband. Besides, you’ve raised Yangyang for so many years. How could he not be your child?”

Jin Huai Zhong hadn’t planned to expose the lie this early, but he heard from the testing facility this afternoon that Kang Lin had been asking about his whereabouts.

Jin Huai Zhong knew that Kang Lin must have found out, so he didn’t hide it any longer.

He threw the paternity test report in front of Kang Lin. “Aren’t you going to explain this?”

Back then, Kang Lin had gotten pregnant not long after they got together.

At the time, Jin Huai Zhong thought he was just particularly potent and had no suspicions.

Only now did he realize he had been played for a fool, left to raise another man’s child.

Kang Lin knew she couldn’t hide it anymore. She panicked for a while before coming up with an excuse.

Of course, she wasn’t going to say that Jin Muyang was Chen Xu’s child. She only said:

“Back then, I was home alone and I was raped. I was too scared to say anything at the time. I was afraid you’d leave me if you knew!”

“Then, later, I got pregnant. I always thought it was your child. Only now do I realize it’s the child of that person… a child I never should have had!”

“I really didn’t know, I really didn’t!”

After speaking, Kang Lin dropped to her knees in front of Jin Huai Zhong with a THUD.

Her story was full of holes, but Jin Huai Zhong didn’t expose her. He helped her up from the floor and looked at her with deep affection. “You silly woman. Even if you had told me back then, I would never have abandoned you! You’re the one who has suffered. I’m sorry I wasn’t there to comfort you.”

The gentle words were whispered in her ear, as loving as ever.

But in a place Kang Lin couldn’t see, a vicious glint flashed in Jin Huai Zhong’s eyes.

Kang Lin said, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault! Huai Zhong, now that you know, please don’t blame Yangyang.”

Jin Huai Zhong sighed. “Even though Yangyang isn’t my biological son, I’ve still raised him for over twenty years! The bond between a father and son can’t be faked. It’s just that, for all these years, I’ve truly wronged Jin Fan. I’m planning to change the will in a little while. I’ll leave Yuanqi Entertainment and Douyin Live Stream to Jin Fan, and the rest will go to Yangyang.”

“Okay, whatever you say!”

Kang Lin appeared obedient on the surface, but inwardly she was seething with hatred.

Everyone knew the live streaming industry was only getting bigger. As the industry leader, the value of Douyin Live Stream had already multiplied several times over.

’How dare Jin Huai Zhong give such a valuable business to Jin Fan! That business was clearly meant for Jin Muyang before!’

Although she paid lip service every day to how much she cared for Jin Fan, deep down she felt no affection for him at all.

After all, Jin Fan wasn’t Kang Lin’s biological son!

The next day, as soon as Jin Huai Zhong left for work, Kang Lin immediately went to see Chen Xu.

Over twenty years ago, Chen Xu was a fairly famous Daoist. Whether it was a wealthy merchant or the richest man in the country, everyone had to respectfully address him as “Mr. Chen.”

For the past twenty-some years, Chen Xu hadn’t made any public appearances in Beijing. He had moved to the countryside to live as a recluse.

Kang Lin hadn’t seen Chen Xu in decades. Seeing him again, she was completely stunned. “You… how did you end up in this sorry state?”

Back then, Chen Xu had been a man who could command the wind and rain. Although he was more than twenty years older than Kang Lin, he had deep-set eyes and didn’t look old at all.

But the man before her now had a full head of white hair and a face full of wrinkles. He was so thin he was like a bag of bones, huddled in a wheelchair and looking like he was at death’s door.

Chen Xu gave a cold laugh. “As a Magician, I revealed too many heavenly secrets and was naturally met with divine retribution. Weren’t you also afraid of being dragged down with me back then? You found Jin Huai Zhong to be your fallback and had my son call him ’Dad’ for over twenty years.”

Kang Lin looked at him coldly, without a trace of guilt in her eyes. “You can hate me, but you can’t hate Jin Muyang. After all, he’s your only flesh and blood! If you won’t think for my sake, you should at least think for Muyang’s!”

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