The Villain's Wife

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"I am not here because I want filial piety. I am here for forgiveness."

Silence descended inside the room after Lisa stopped the video on the large TV inside Wu Ye's office. He stared at his mother as he held Jennie's hands.

"He is crazy." Wu Ye blurted as he sipped into his tea. "He is making the media dig into your past. I am sure that he will secretly release our ties."

"Who knows what kind of theories will the media come up after this?" Dae Un said as she clenched her jaws. "How dare he let the world inside our private lives?"

"Well... since he wanted it so badly, why not give it to him?" Jennie's words immediately got everyone's attention. She crossed her legs, a nonchalant smile dangled on her face. "For all we know, he was lying when he told Lisa that he was sick. He only wanted you two to get involved in his life."

"What do you mean by giving it to him?" Wu Ye asked. "That man only has profits in his eyes. We don't really know what will happen if we agree to meet him."

"Exactly," Jennie said. "There is a reason why he is so adamant about creating ties at this moment. So I suggest, we take advantage of the current situation as well."

"How?" Dae Un asked, confusion apparent in her eyes.

"Meet him," Jennie answered. "There is no other way."

"If we won't meet him, he will only continue using the media for sympathy." She held her hand. "A frail old man asking for forgiveness and yet his daughter and grandson refused to even see him. What an unfortunate old man. He might have all the money, but he can't have the forgiveness of his only child."

"Theatrical, isn't it?" Jennie added, prompting both Dae Un and Wu Ye to eye each other. This is the first time that they had actually work with someone like Jennie and to say that they were surprised by her aggressive behavior was an understatement.

"What do you think will he do next?" Wu Ye asked calmly. His gaze steady, his lips pursed into a thin line. No matter what, his priority had always been his wife. He can't have Isaac create some troubles for them again.

"If I am on his shoes, I would accidentally reveal that Dae Un is my missing daughter, who ran away to be with his beloved." She answered without batting an eyelid. "The timing was perfect. You and mother just revealed yourselves after how many years. You told them the media that your father was killed and that you were forced to run with your wife years ago. You just successfully won the board of directors and is now managing the Zhou Enterprise. He could easily use that to his advantage."

"He could say... actually, make it look like you were the one who manipulated his only daughter to stay away from him. Make you look like you are an abusive and jealous husband who asked your wife to cut ties with her family. He would then plead... in front of the media. He would plead for your forgiveness. He would say, he wants to have a relationship with his only daughter and turn the opinion of the people against you."

"The worst-case scenario is you will be forced to see him and act cordial. If this happens, it will be hard for you to retaliate without pinning the blame to yourself. If he dies, his people could say it was you. If he gets sick, his people could say you poisoned him. No matter what you do, he could easily paint you as the villain, the evil man."

A heavy silence blanketed the room. It was as if Jennie's words rung in everyone's ears like a bell, hurting their senses. The possibilities are endless and Jennie just gave them a scenario that Old Man Lee could easily use against them.

Seeing this, a flash of unfathomable expression flashed in Jennie's eyes. "However..." seeing everyone woke up from their stupor and stared at her. "If we see him before he does this... we could easily turn the tides against him."