After the initial confusion, the Lin Family felt passive. It wasn't that they didn't want to mention it, but they didn't want to mention it in front of the Shen Family.

Third Uncle and others had planned to negotiate with the Cheng Family alone, using Cheng Feng as a bargaining chip to force the Cheng Family to give up another half a share.

In this way, the Lin Family would be able to use half a share in exchange for a strong aid in the end. The deal was quite good.

Unexpectedly, the son-in-law of the Lin Family Li Mu turned out to be the son of the Shen Family, and the Shen Family attacked in advance. Now, even they fell into a passive state.

Everyone was pondering one thing. When did Li Mu take an adopted mother? Why had they never heard about it?

Li Mu had taken an adopted mother without many people around. He had worshipped her very casually, and she had agreed very simply. Bystanders just thought it was a joke, and no one cared.

Even if they thought it was true, the Lin Family didn't take Li Mu seriously back then. Even if they had known it, they wouldn't have taken it seriously.

When they realized the seriousness of the problem, it was done and it was too late to say anything.

As for who was the most annoyed now, apart from Mr. Cheng and his wife, there was naturally Lin Wan. She stared at Shen Xingyue and wanted to ask, but she couldn't.

Mrs. Hong tugged at her clothes under the table and whispered in her ear, "Calm down. Don't say anything. Talk to Li Mu later."

"What? What does she want to do?"

"Don't talk about it now. Let’s talk about it when we go back."

Madam Lin tried to look calm, but she secretly made up her mind, "How dare they try to take away my man? Let’s wait and see. I won’t let go of you!"

Shen Xingyue was at ease as if she had been an irrelevant spectator, watching the show happily. It seemed that she would definitely not take the initiative to participate in this matter.

"Miss Shen!" Mrs. Hong said calmly, "Our three families are good friends. Even if Cheng Feng made a terrible mistake, Li Mu has promised to let him go. How about we just drop it? How do you think?"

Mr. Cheng and his wife saw a life-saving straw all of a sudden. Li Mu was Lin Wan's husband, and the couple didn't want to pursue it anymore. If anyone else held on to it anymore, it would be unreasonable.

However, they were also aware of the fact that an attitude of admitting wrongdoing was necessary. In any case, this was the fault of the Cheng Family. A simple apology would not quell this matter.

They had no choice. Their son had degenerated for a woman and even planned to murder her husband. He was simply a complete b*st*rd, and what he had done was a huge disgrace to their family.

To be honest, whether it was the Lin Family or the Shen Family, they had good reasons to kill Cheng Feng. The Cheng Family wouldn’t be able to justify an act of future revenge.

After all, for people in the world, even if they had bad morals, they had to respect a little bit of morality on the surface. Given what Cheng Feng had done, no matter which family he belonged to, he would be regarded as a contemptible man who deserved to be killed.

Cheng Kunan stood up first, followed by his wife and his clan. They all bowed their heads in apology.

"Third Sister, Dantong, I’ve done a poor job at disciplining my son. I’m sorry I’ve raised a disobedient and immoral b*st*rd. As his father, I feel so ashamed. I apologize to the Shen Family and the Lin Family!"

With that, he bowed so deeply that he dropped to his knees and refused to get up for a long time. Mrs. Cheng agreed with her husband. She couldn't help crying, and she accompanied her husband to apologize.

All the members of the Cheng Family bowed deeply and apologized to the two families with the couple.

That was it. Since the Cheng Family had admitted their fault, the Shen Family and the Lin Family wouldn’t go too far. No matter what, they had to cut their ally some slack. It was inappropriate to go too far.

Shen Xingyue gave Third Grandaunt a knowing look. The latter took the hint and sighed deliberately.

"Well, we all have children. Sometimes, the juniors are really worrying and make their parents suffer. Fortunately, nothing serious happened. We’d better think about it again. Daughter-in-law, what do you think?"

What did she mean by "Daughter-in-law"? Everyone was at a loss. Who was the old lady talking to? Who was her daughter-in-law?

Mrs. Hong tugged at Lin Wan’s clothes secretly. The latter suddenly realized that the old lady was talking to her. Her husband had become Third Grandaunt’s son, and she naturally became her daughter-in-law.

Madam Lin was so mad. She suddenly had another mother-in-law. Her current mother-in-law was not a close one. Now there came another fake one. She must talk to her husband later, and he would not be allowed to take more mothers in the future.

"Daughter-in-law, what do you think?" Third Grandaunt asked again.

Lin Wan held back her anger and tried to keep her tone as calm as possible.

"Mrs. Hong said just now that our Lin Family could let it go. But Uncle Cheng, Madam Cheng, I believe it’s the second time. It must never happen again."

Madam Cheng quickly replied, "Don't worry, Dantong. There will never be a third time. After he comes back, I will break his legs. I would rather keep him for a lifetime than let him leave our Cheng Family again."

"Okay, that's it. Our Lin Family will forgive him this time. Sister Xingyue, what about your Shen Family?"

"Our Shen Family?"

"Miss Shen, our Cheng Family is willing to give up another half a share!" Cheng Kunan said quickly.

"It's not about the shares. It's just..."

Members of the Cheng Family looked at her nervously.

Shen Xingyue hesitated for a moment and then said, "Oh, forget it. Uncle Cheng, since you said so, I will do you a favor and give you Cheng Feng and his entourage."

Mr. Cheng and his wife let out a long sigh of relief. For them, it was worth it to exchange half a share for their only son!

The three-party negotiation came to a successful conclusion. The Shen Family won a great victory and was full of joy. The Cheng Family suffered heavy losses, but they also gained something. The least happy one was the Lin Family. They felt depressed as if they had swallowed a fly alive.

After the meeting, the Lin Family hosted a banquet for the householders of the other two families. Lin Wan was no longer in the mood to participate in the banquet and excused herself under the pretext of not feeling well. She hurried back to the villa with Mrs. Hong, looking for the man who had caused the trouble.

They found Li Mu in the back garden. He was lying on the rocking chair with his eyes closed in swimwear. It seemed he was still wet after taking a bath.

Shen Zixing and her sister were also wearing swimsuits. One was on the left while the other was on the right. They were massaging Li Mu’s arms and legs while listening to his bragging.

Lin Wan was furious and walked towards him angrily.

He was suddenly slapped on his butt. He looked back and found Mrs. Hong glaring at him and shaking her head slightly at him.

Madam Lin took a deep breath, walked over to her husband, and said softly, "Oh, you're here. I finally found you!"

Li Mu opened his eyes and quickly got up to offer her his seat.

"Honey, you're back. Please sit down!" With that, he helped Lin Wan to lie down on the rocking chair and asked the two sisters to give her a massage.

Lin Wan said softly, "Don't bully my sisters. Why don’t you give me a massage yourself?"

"Yes, Madam. I'll take good care of you!"

Li Mu replaced the sisters, massaged his wife's shoulders and legs, and asked, "How about this? Is this strength okay? Do you need it to be lighter?"

Madam Lin said meaningfully, "My man is about to be taken away, and I can't take it lightly anymore. That's it!"

She was implying something. Li Mu did not dare to neglect and quickly said with a smile, "What's wrong with you? Who made you angry again?"

Lin Wan said angrily, "Apart from you, who else would dare to make me angry?"

"Why it's me again? Okay, I apologize. Don't be mad at me, Honey. You can beat or scold me if you want. Please forgive me and don’t be mad."

"Cut the crap. Let me ask you. When did you take an adopted mother?"

It turned out to be this matter. Li Mu was relieved and said cheerfully, "The old lady came to me for revenge and asked me for an explanation. I didn't want to marry her daughter, so I could only call her my adopted mother. Is this wrong?"

"When did she go to you for revenge? Why didn't I know?"

"On the day when you negotiated with the Shen Family, she and her daughter came to me together. It was no big deal, so I didn't bother to tell you."

"On the day of my negotiation with the Shen Family?" Lin Wan was puzzled and subconsciously turned to look at the two sisters.

Shen Zixing confirmed his story, "Miss Lin, Brother Mu didn't lie. Ming'er and I were both there that day. We were practicing shooting at the shooting range. Many people saw that."

Only then did Madam Lin believe her husband's words, but how had the mother and daughter seized the opportunity to do so? In her memory, she did not seem to provide them with any opportunity to take advantage of.

Mrs. Hong reminded her, "Lin Wan, haven't you figured it out yet? Think about that day. At the meeting, Third Grandaunt pretended to go crazy and was dragged away by her daughter."

Lin Wan suddenly realized what was going on. She gritted her teeth and said, "It turns out that they were deliberately playing with me. How shameless!"

Shen Ming'er didn't like it, so she defended in a low voice, "Miss Lin, don't scold my Master. Brother Mu is now my Master's son and Shen Xingyue’s brother. Isn't it good?"

"You know nothing! They are brother and sister now. Who can guarantee that she will have no other ideas in the future? Shen Xingyue is not simple. She is boiling a frog in warm water."

Mrs. Hong advised, "Lin Wan, you don't need to be so angry. I think Li Mu did the right thing. He’s a smart and responsible man."

Patting his thigh, Li Mu agreed vigorously, "Mrs. Hong, you know me so well!"

Mrs. Hong chuckled, "Stop flattering me. Explain to Lin Wan why you did that?"

"Okay, my idea was very simple. After all, it was my fault to escape our arranged marriage, so I needed to give them an explanation. Otherwise, how could the Shen Family have forgiven me?"

Lin Wan questioned, "Does this have anything to do with you taking an adopted mother?"

"There was a lot to do with that. The relationship between me and the Shen Family had always been unclear, and I wasn’t sure whether I was a friend or a future son-in-law. It was easy to be criticized. After I took Third Grandaunt as my adopted mother, all relationships could be smoothed out. Then the so-called marriage contract was naturally void."