1073 Perplexed and Smitten 113 (2/2)

She alighted from the car, after which the butler quickly reported, \”Young Madam, your sister is here.\”

She glanced at the car and said, \”What is she here for?\”

\”She asked to see you, and I told her that you weren't home, but she insisted on waiting for you to come home.\”

Lin Mingxi had no idea what Lin Mingyuan wanted. I'll find out once I go in to take a look.

It had been a long while since she and Lin Mingxi saw each other. Lin Mingyuan had shockingly become extremely haggard and seemed to have suffered a huge blow.

Lin Mingxi sat opposite Lin Mingyuan, whose hair was unkempt. \”What's wrong with your hair?\” Lin Mingxi asked in astonishment.

Lin Mingyuan looked at her and called, \”Sister…\”

Lin Mingxi instantly got goosebumps on her skin.

\”No, no, please don't address me that way. Call me by my full name instead. I'm more used to hearing that.\”

Lin Mingyuan said in a hoarse voice, \”Mingxi, I did you wrong in the past. I perceived you as my enemy and vied with you for everything. I couldn't stand the sight of you and I wished you would just drop dead. I've never treated you like my kin before. I know all of my misdeeds have caused you great trauma…\”

Lin Mingxi interrupted, \”Stop, just tell me straight whatever it is that you have on your mind. Don't beat around the bush. Just what did you come here for?\”

\”Your brother-in-law has absconded with all the money.\”

\”What do you mean?\” Lin Mingxi asked in astonishment.

\”He has a kept woman who's a teenager. She gave birth to his son. He was afraid of having to split the assets with me during the divorce so he absconded with everything.\”

Lin Mingxi gasped in shock. Although she could not see eye to eye with Lin Mingyuan and would often get into an argument with her, she could not bring herself to sneer at Lin Mingyuan and mock her for being foolish.

\”What right does he have to do that!?! The money and company belong to our parents! He had nothing to his name when you married him. Half of the assets is more than enough for him. How dare he steal all the money? Why aren't you suing him? Why didn't you seek legal assistance from a lawyer?\”

\”Mingxi, I can't sue him…\”

\”Why can't you?\” Lin Mingyuan questioned, boiling with exasperation.

Hanging her head low, Lin Mingyuan answered, \”I broke the law in the past while managing the company and he has evidence of that. If I sue him, he's going to hand the evidence over to the court. Mingxi, I'm sure you understand that I can't afford to be shamed like that…\”

She teared up and continued, \”I used to think that he was my closest kin. He was so kind to me and doted on me. I even had the cheek to say that Father and Mother treated me unfairly and that they were biased toward you, as if I were an adopted child. I realize only now that they had treated both of us equally. You guys are my kin, not him. He's just someone who'll leave me at any time…\”

Lin Mingxi was extremely disgruntled to hear her words. She had never gotten along with her biological sister ever since they were children. \”Wouldn't you be letting him off easy if you don't sue him?\”

\”I don't know, I wish I could rip him into shreds. However, there's nothing I can do. We've been married for so many years and he knows me inside out. He has a hold on me. The money he had run away with is all the money the company has. He's milked the company dry. Father and Mother gave us half of the assets each, yet I've lost everything I had…\”

\”Don't you have any other requests?\”

\”Yes…\”

\”What?\”

\”I'll get someone to bring something here later. You'll understand once you see it.\” She stood up and made eye contact with Lin Mingxi before continuing, \”Mingxi, I ill-treated you in the past but let's bury the hatchet. I know I don't have the right to say this, but I'm really regretting my decision. I even tried to stop you from marrying Gu Beicheng. However, I now think that you made the right decision to marry him. You two are very compatible in terms of background and status.\”