Chapter 183: I Won’t Allow You to Be with Yin Hanyu

As soon as Lin Zhiwei finished speaking, Yin Hanyu immediately pulled Xiao Yutian away.

However, Lin Zhiwei suddenly burst into laughter.

“Hahaha… Yin Hanyu, you can barely protect yourself, yet you still want to protect Xiao Yutian?”

Hearing this, Lin Qingyou felt a jolt in her heart. “What do you mean?”

“What do I mean?” Lin Zhiwei turned to Xiao Xue. “Did you all really think I was that stupid? Or that I was so kind as to willingly send Xiao Xue back?”

“The only reason I sent Xiao Xue back was to kill Xiao Yutian!”

“What did you do?!” Xiao Xue’s emotions flared. “Lin Zhiwei, you lunatic! What exactly did you do?!”

Unlike Xiao Xue’s agitation, Lin Zhiwei slowly walked toward her. “Since you were sent back, Xiao Yutian would obviously treat you immediately.”

“If I had poisoned Xiao Yutian directly, with his rare medical skills, I wouldn’t have succeeded.”

“But if I poisoned you, things would be different…”

“After all, you are his only daughter.”

“Lin Zhiwei, you’re despicable!” Xiao Xue wanted to kill him, but she was so weak that she could barely stand. Suddenly, she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

“Auntie!” Lin Qingyou rushed to Xiao Xue’s side, but before she could touch her, Xiao Yutian, Xiao Yan, and Yin Hanyu all coughed up blood at the same time.

Seeing this, Lin Zhiwei laughed maniacally. “Hahaha… HAHAHAHA!”

“Yin Hanyu, are you okay?” Lin Qingyou supported him.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Yin Hanyu reassured her, “I’m fine, don’t worry…”

“It seems…” Lin Zhiwei looked at Xiao Yutian, Xiao Yan, and Yin Hanyu. “All three of you have come into contact with Xiao Xue.”

“No shit!” Xiao Yan roared.

When Xiao Xue was carried back unconscious, Yin Hanyu had helped place her on the bed, and Xiao Yutian had begun treating her.

No one had expected Lin Zhiwei to be so vicious as to poison an unconscious person.

“Show some respect.” Lin Zhiwei kicked Xiao Yan. “Right now, your lives are in my hands.”

“Even though the Xiao family has practiced medicine for generations and possesses extraordinary medical skills, the poison in your bodies—only I have the antidote.”

“You…”

“So, behave yourselves.”

“Lin Zhiwei, I’m the one you hate. If you want revenge, take it out on me.” Xiao Yutian endured the pain and said, “Let them go, and do whatever you want with me.”

“Let them go?” Lin Zhiwei sneered. “And who will let me go?”

He grabbed Xiao Yutian’s chin. “Xiao Xue is your only daughter. If she dies, you’ll be in unbearable pain.”

“Xiao Yan is the future of your family. If he dies, the Xiao family will be finished.”

“By then, even in death, you won’t have the face to face your ancestors.”

“You—!” Xiao Yutian was so enraged that he coughed up another mouthful of blood.

“And as for Yin Hanyu?” Lin Zhiwei said coldly, “He has ruined too many of my plans.”

“So, I won’t let any of them go.”

“Then what about me?”

Lin Qingyou clenched her fists. Despite her hatred for Lin Zhiwei, she tried to remain calm.

“What do you see me as now?” She slowly approached Lin Zhiwei. “In your heart, am I your daughter?”

“If not, then just kill me too.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Lin Zhiwei snapped. “If I didn’t see you as my daughter, why would I have raised you all these years?”

He had his doubts about whether Lin Qingyou was truly his biological daughter.

Yet, he also hoped that she was.

It was a 50-50 chance…

So, his feelings toward Lin Qingyou were always complex and contradictory.

“If you see me as your real daughter,” Lin Qingyou said, “then let my husband go.”

She avoided mentioning the Xiao family because Lin Zhiwei hated them.

She couldn’t afford to provoke him any further.

“Let your husband go?” Lin Zhiwei scoffed. “Qingyou, you’re not heartless. Xiao Yutian is your grandfather, Xiao Yan is your uncle, and Xiao Xue—she means so much to you. Can you really ignore them?”

“I can… I can!” Lin Qingyou said loudly.

She looked at Lin Zhiwei and spoke sincerely. “Because everyone is selfish.”

“I want everyone to be okay.”

“But when the situation doesn’t allow it, I can only choose the person who matters most to me.”

“Yin Hanyu is the one I care about the most.”

“So, in this situation, I can only save him.”

“And… I’m pregnant.”

Lin Qingyou stepped closer and took Lin Zhiwei’s hand, placing it on her belly. “Dad, feel it. My baby is moving. You’re going to be a grandfather.”

Lin Zhiwei’s hand trembled slightly.

“Dad, my child can’t grow up without a father.”

“If you still doubt whether I’m your real daughter, we can do a DNA test right now.”

“If the results show that I am truly your daughter, then for my sake, and for the baby’s sake, please let Yin Hanyu go.”

“Dad, Mom always wished for my happiness. When I was little, she wanted me to learn ballet and be an elegant girl. But when I didn’t like it, she never forced me.”

“So, I believe that if she were still alive, she would never allow you to harm my husband. Because only Yin Hanyu can bring me happiness.”

“Dad, it was the Xiao family that wronged you. But Yin Hanyu never did.”

“He has already suffered so much pain and torment in his life… Please, let him go.” Lin Qingyou pleaded, crying.

“Shut up!” Lin Zhiwei shouted. “In this cruel world, who isn’t suffering?”

When he was powerless, everyone treated him like a dog.

And even when he gained power, Pei Jue still treated him like one.

Suddenly, Lin Qingyou dropped to her knees, bowing deeply.

“What are you doing?!”

“I’m begging you… Please…”

Lin Qingyou knelt before Lin Zhiwei, pleading, “Dad, please let Yin Hanyu go. I’m begging you…”

“Your grudge is with the Xiao family. Yin Hanyu has nothing to do with them… I beg you…”

She kowtowed repeatedly, and soon, blood seeped from her forehead.

Lin Zhiwei stared at his usually stubborn daughter, now kneeling so humbly before him, desperately begging…

For a moment, he seemed to see the image of Xiao Ya, years ago, begging Xiao Yutian in the same way.

For the first time, Lin Zhiwei’s tense expression softened slightly. His eyes flickered with an almost imperceptible trace of emotion.

However, it was only for a moment.

Lin Zhiwei quickly concealed his emotions, his face returning to its usual coldness.

“I’ll let Yin Hanyu go,” he said, “but on one condition.”

“What condition?”

Lin Zhiwei bent down and helped Lin Qingyou up. “I won’t allow you to be with Yin Hanyu anymore.”

Lin Qingyou’s eyes widened in shock.

Yin Hanyu, struggling against the effects of the poison, tried to speak but coughed up another mouthful of blood.

“Qingyou, don’t agree to this…”

Lin Zhiwei looked at her and said, “There’s no place for us here anymore. But it doesn’t matter. I have plenty of money now. No matter where we go, we will be treated with the utmost respect.”

“You and I will leave together. We will start a new life elsewhere…”