Wendy shook her head with a bitter smile and looked at Lindsay, her expression one of utter helplessness. “Lindsay, you''ve been with me for many years. Do you really think I''m that kind of person?"


    “From the moment I learned that Nathan deceived me, that he swapped his mistress''s daughter into my home to enjoy a life of luxury while secretly abandoning my own biological child-from that moment on, I''ve wished him dead. How could I possibly be reluctant to let him go?"


    “But Nathan''s entire family won''t even spare their own Scott bloodline. And these four children have inherited Nathan''s temperament; they are all just as vicious."


    "Perhaps the four of them knew the truth all along, which is why they treated Joanna so well. After all, she is their half-sister."


    Wendy looked deeply at Lindsay, her eyes glistening with tears. “Lindsay, to be honest, those four sons were deliberately corrupted by Nathan. I tried to correct them. It''s not that I didn''t notice the problems, but Nathan was just so persuasive.


    Every time I tried to teach the children to study hard, he would be on the sidelines fanning the mes, saying things like ''education isn''t the most important thing; having money in the future is what matters.''"


    "And yet, he made sure Joanna attended a prestigious university and learned all sorts of survival skills."


    "Now look at those four brats. They almost couldn''t even get into college. If the Don family falls, the four of them won''t even be able to find a job."


    "Zenobia Nelson leaving Jerome, Susan leaving Jared-it was all Joanna''s doing. And Yvonne is still dreaming of marrying into the Scott family, letting them foot the bill for everything."


    "The truth is, Joanna has always known that the child in Yvonne''s womb isn''t Jerome''s."


    "Susan was a good girl, devoted to Jared. But Joanna was afraid Jared would gain power through his connection to the White family, so she found a trashy woman to deliberately get close to him and frame Susan at every turn."


    "Lindsay, this woman is terrifying. After investigating for the past six months, we''ve found that half the people in thispany are hers. That''s why thispany must go bankrupt."


    "Those four have been raised to be useless. You suggest I train Colin to be my sessor? I deliberately told him some things today, but he only trusts his father. He wouldn''t believe a word I said."


    "Lindsay, if they want to die, I won''t stop them. But they won''t stand in my way either. The Don family legacy is the life''s work of my parents, my grandparents— nearly four generations."


    "I will absolutely not let that pack from the Scott family destroy everything I''ve worked for all these years."


    Wendy had already made her decision.


    It was impossible not to love the


    children she had raised with her own


    hands, but when faced with a


    choice if her death would also mean a devastating price for her parents she would choose


    abandon her four children to protect her parents.


    Lindsay understood her character and her deep filial piety. It was why, after marrying Nathan, Wendy had taken the initiative to give his parents a hundred thousand


    dors a month for living expenses.


    "Wendy, you have done more than enough for the Scott family. But those two old folks are ungrateful. They kriew everything but kept it hidden from you and the four children. But you need people you can trust by your side right now..."


    “Lindsay, being too conspicuous will only drag us into the abyss. After we let thispany go, even though we''ll lose over a billion, we''ll all be able to live, won''t we?"


    Only by living is there hope. The memory of Nathan trying to poison her brought a fresh wave of agony to Wendy.


    Lindsay thought about how close Wendy hade to being poisoned and said with concern, Wendy, you can''t eat a single bite of food from the Scott family home. If it hadn''t been discovered in timest time, you would already be..."