Chapter 227: I'm Here to Join You

If two poisonous snakes were to tear into each other, they wouldn't always be staring at her.

Si Rong decided to find a suitable time to go have a chat with Wang Shen; she loved listening to that.

Lin Meixi also saw Si Rong; she smiled slightly, took Shen Chi's arm, and walked in the opposite direction from them.

Si Rong was no pushover; looking back carefully, almost every time her foolish mother-in-law made such a spectacle of herself, Si Rong had been fanning the flames behind the scenes.

She looked at the child Shen Chi was holding and felt it was very necessary to give Shen Chi a preemptive warning.

"Sigh."

Hearing her sigh, Shen Chi asked, "What's wrong?"

"I feel a bit conflicted seeing Si Rong," Lin Meixi sighed again. "Come to think of it, regardless of what grudges she has with our mother, she was your foster mother after all, and she counts as half a mother-in-law to me!"

"But during the years you were gone, I lived so hard raising the child, and she never once asked or cared, and even went behind my back saying..."

"Saying what?"

"Saying that about me is one thing, but she mainly talked about you. She told those gossiping women in the Junshuyuan that you were corrupted by your parents, which is why you went off to commit those crimes, and she even slandered our child."

"Before, when I was alone, I could let it go, but now that she sees you're out, I expect she'll incite those gossiping women again to spread rumors that our son isn't yours by blood."

"To tell you the truth, that Kong Lingdong never even touched me. You've seen what he's like; he can't even control his own bowels."

Shen Chi naturally had his doubts about the child; he hadn't seen the child being born with his own eyes, after all.

However, it was also true that Si Rong couldn't stand to see him doing well.

Shen Chi harbored doubts about these words from Lin Meixi, but two days later, he truly did hear those gossiping women Lin Meixi had mentioned chatting.

It was just a short distance from the entrance of the Kong Family home, clearly spoken specifically for him to hear.

"Kong Lingdong is really pathetic now, even worse than his father. At least his father could still walk after his stroke and could remarry a young wife; as for him, he can't even leave the house now."

"What's pathetic about it? Doesn't he have a son? Surely there will be someone to look after him in the future."

"Who did Lin Meixi actually have that son with?"

"Of course it's Kong Lingdong's. Didn't the man who was in prison have a daughter? Besides, that girl was sent to the Fuliyuan."

"Pah! Heartless! Truly heartless! I've never seen a mother like that. Heaven has no eyes to let a woman who favors boys over girls get her wish and have another son!"

"That's hard to say; maybe retribution is still to come!"

Shen Chi blankly closed the wooden door, digesting the words of this group of gossiping women in his heart.

Just as Meixi had said, it must have been Si Rong who taught them to say that.

Kong Nuo was his son.

Si Rong just couldn't stand to see him doing well. Don't think he didn't know; she was deliberately using this tactic to sow discord so he couldn't enjoy his current good life with Lin Meixi.

Unfortunately, Si Rong must not have expected that he had become smarter after getting out of prison.

He would definitely cherish Kong Nuo even more in the future.

Originally, Shen Chi had been a bit bothered that his son had the surname Kong, but Meixi said this way the son could reasonably inherit the Kong Family estate.

For the past few days, he and Lin Meixi had been running around taking care of this matter.

Lin Meixi had originally thought that after Kong Lingdong had a stroke and lost his capacity to act, she would be able to take power in the Kong Family's company.

She hadn't expected the company's board of directors to refuse to acknowledge her and Kong Nuo, saying they had to wait for someone to return.

Lin Meixi thought these shareholders were stalling for time, but she didn't expect that when she went to the company that day, she would meet that blonde woman with the incredibly strong presence.

Beside her was a fashionable-looking big boy.

People in the company referred to them as 'Mrs. Kong' and 'Young Master Kong'.

Alarm bells rang in Lin Meixi's mind instantly; was this the legendary wife and son of Kong Lingdong who were abroad?

How could they have returned at a time like this?

Not only that, what made Lin Meixi the angriest was that the board of directors' attitude toward this mother and son was completely different from their perfunctory attitude toward her.

What should she do?

They wouldn't snatch away the company that should belong to her and Anuo, would they?

"You are Lin Meixi?" After hearing the secretary's introduction, Mrs. Kong strode toward Lin Meixi.

Lin Meixi nodded, her expression somewhat unnatural.

But she still braced herself, not wanting to show weakness in front of so many people at the company.

Seeing her small-minded, evasive movements, a trace of contempt appeared at the corners of Mrs. Kong's eyes.

"You are that Lin Meixi who first remarried my father-in-law and later followed my husband?"

She said loudly in front of everyone in the company.

Lin Meixi felt embarrassed instantly; although it was true, this woman was saying it on purpose in front of so many people—was she trying to humiliate her?

"You must be Lingdong's ex-wife," Lin Meixi adjusted her state and retorted, "Lingdong said that there are no longer any feelings between him and you."

"Feelings?" Mrs. Kong raised an eyebrow. "Whether there are feelings or not is unimportant, but I have a marriage certificate with him, and my son can do a paternity test with Kong Lingdong. Do you dare?"

Lin Meixi took two more steps back; she didn't really understand this paternity test business.

But during the time she was pregnant with this child, she had also been with the old Commander Kong.

Although they were father and son, Lin Meixi dared not be certain.

"If you like the man, take him, but the company can only be my son's."

Mrs. Kong always wore a light and breezy smile on her face.

Lin Meixi was so angry her hands were shaking.

That man Kong Lingdong was now just a stinking man who could only eat, drink, and defecate; what use was he?

Of course, she wanted the company too.

But standing in front of Mrs. Kong, she felt so guilty and so helpless.

"But Lingdong said that this company was left for our son."

Mrs. Kong smiled again, as if laughing at her naivety.

"Is that so? Then take me to see Lingdong! I want to hear what he has to say in person."

If this company hadn't had the help of her father back then, how could Kong Lingdong have built it up?

It was just that later on, it wasn't enough for Kong Lingdong to just play around with women; he became increasingly promiscuous, even setting his sights on his Little Mother.

That was why Mrs. Kong chose to go far away overseas, but she didn't make a scene to divorce Kong Lingdong back then; they each played their own games, and the company could only belong to her son.

Lin Meixi thought for a moment, and realized she could only take Mrs. Kong back to see Kong Lingdong.

Kong Lingdong was very afraid of her now; perhaps he would be the one to make Mrs. Kong give up.

On the way back to the Junshuyuan, the more Lin Meixi thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong; why had Mrs. Kong suddenly returned?

If she hadn't suddenly returned, perhaps after waiting a while longer, she would have been able to take control of the Kong Family's company.

It was almost as if someone had deliberately called Mrs. Kong back from abroad to go against her.

Lin Meixi recalled the meaningful look Si Rong had given her when she had gone to discuss a partnership with Si Rong earlier.

"Mrs. Kong, actually there is no conflict between us, and I have never thought about destroying your Kong Family; I am here to join your Kong Family."

Mrs. Kong:...

Lin Meixi changed the subject, "Do you know a person named Si Rong?"

If this matter was done by Si Rong, then she would never let Si Rong off in the future!