The Villain’s Contract Lover - CH 143

Written By fringe chameleon

Title: The Villain’s Contract Lover
Translator: Fringe Capybara
Chapter 143 - Pawn ("He has the right to know.") (2)

He felt resigned now. It was all his own fault for making that mistake. It had cost him everything.

Putting down his tea cup, he said in a serious tone. “I am not going to beat around the bush. I came here to talk about XiYuan.”

Mu XiYuan raised the right side of his lips and gave a smile of contempt. “XiYuan? What about him? He’s so smart and competent, what could possibly go wrong with him.”

Mu XueLin was enraged immediately but, given the current situation, had to suppress his angry. “He… he had invested all of his money on Qin Sheng. Now that the Qin’s had gone bankrupt, he couldn’t get a penny of them back and he was barely hanging in there. I heard that you had blocked all options for him and he had nowhere else to turn to.”

Mu ZhenYu took a sip of his coffee relaxingly as though what Mu XiYuan was talking about had nothing to do with him at all. “What do you mean by nowhere to turn to? You still have half of the fortune from Grandpa and your net worth rivals that of my Huanyu. You very well can have your beloved younger son take on the role as the CFO at your company. He will be able to succeed you later on just like how you have schemed Grandpa out of his inheritance.”

“You!” Mu XiYuan has a guilty conscience when it came to Old Mr. Mu. Except he was looking even more angry now. “I merely didn’t see eye to eye with your grandfather. His death has nothing to do with me.!”

Mu ZhenYu snorted. “Sure. Of course not. When he died, everybody was there except for you. How could you have anything to do with his death?”

Mu XueLin clenched his fist tightly and, after a long while, nothing came out of it. He sighed and said, “Never mind that. Those were in the past. Let bygone be bygone. Let’s not digress now. ZhenYu, I am begging you. Give your brother a chance. You know your brother’s personality. I very much would like him be become my right-hand man and help me out. Never mind about CFO, he can be CEO if only that’s what he wants. But… he wouldn’t. What he wants is his own company, his own career, and his own accomplishment.”

“Must I always give him what he wants?” Mu ZhenYu’s brows were raised high as though he had just heard the funniest joke in the world. “Who exactly is he? And why is he so entitled?”

Mu XueLin clenched his teeth tightly. “He…he is your brother.”

“Oh?” Mu ZhenYu grinned. “That’s what I have been waiting for. Mu XueLin, you really haven’t noticed yet? You still think he’s your son? Wang LiZhen had been cheating on your all these years. You really haven’t picked up on that at all?”

With a loud clanging noise, Mu XueLin’s tea cup fell onto the floor and shattered into pieces. “What… what did you say?”

Nevermind about Mu XueLin. Even Xu WanZhi was shocked after she heard that.

Mu XiYuan wasn’t Mu XueLin’s son? She didn’t even know that and she had read the original novel.

She had her doubts at the beginning and thought that perhaps Mu ZhenYu was only saying that to rattle Mu XueLin. But, after she saw the confident look on Mu ZhenYu, she realized that what he had said was true.

Mu ZhenYu stood up, had his assistant brought over his tablet, pulled up a video clip and played it for Mu XueLin. In the video, Wang LiZhen and a man were hugging each other and whispering to each other. The intimacy between the two of them was almost painful to the eyes. The boy that Wang LiZhen was carrying in her arms was Mu XiYuan.

“Where did this come from? I don’t believe it!” The finger that Mu XueLin had pointing at the tablet was shaking. “How did you get this?”

“Have you forgotten what Huanyu does? All these years I have been looking for evidence of her paying off the kidnappers. Low and behold, in addition to the evidences, I’ve also found such interesting footage. Why do you think Wang LiZhen never made her move all these years after my mother had died? Because this man in the video had died. Mu XiYuan had no father. Had she tried anything, you’d likely find out about the truth and she’d have no other options. She might as well stay with you and take this all the way.” Mu ZhenYu pulled out a pack of cigarette, handed it over to Mu XueLin, and had him kept his emotions in check. “Look at how happy their family of three was. And what about you, Dad? How did it feel to raise someone else’s child for them all these years?”

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