As long as everyone believes that he is Rong Shaoze’s child, that’s all that matters.
"Madam, Rong Mingyan is no fool. If we bring in a fake child, wouldn’t he investigate?"
Rong’s mother smiled and said, "Don’t worry about that, I’ll take care of it. I can have someone fabricate any evidence we need, so you don’t have to worry about Rong Mingyan exposing us."
Lin Xinlan frowned slightly, "Madam, I’m afraid I cannot agree to help you."
"Why?!" Rong’s mother asked angrily.
"Don’t you want to help Shaoze? He cares so much about you, and I thought you loved him too. Even though you are both divorced now, I still consider you my daughter-in-law. Now that Shaoze needs your help, why won’t you agree?!"
"It’s not that I don’t want to help him, it’s that I can’t," Lin Xinlan said helplessly.
Rong’s mother immediately turned cold, her tone very chilly, "Are you saying that now Shaoze is dead, you want to completely distance yourself from him? I see, you’ve set your sights on Rong Mingyan, haven’t you?"
As Lin Xinlan listened to her spout more and more outrageous claims, she had no choice but to tell the truth.
"That’s not it! It’s not what you think. If I could help Rong Shaoze, I definitely would. The problem is, I can’t pretend to be pregnant because Rong Mingyan knows I won’t get pregnant!"
Rong’s mother was shocked, "What do you mean by that?"
Lin Xinlan looked down and said indifferently, "I have an IUD inserted, and Rong Mingyan knows about it. So, he knows that I won’t become pregnant with Rong Shaoze’s child."
"You have an IUD?" Rong’s mother’s eyes flashed with surprise, "Don’t you want to have Shaoze’s child?"
"Madam, do you remember how I lost my last pregnancy? It was Shaoze who killed his own child by his own hands. I didn’t want to relive the tragedy, nor did I want to get pregnant again, so I secretly went to the hospital and had the procedure..."
After the procedure, she shouldn’t have intercourse for two weeks.
She had been making excuses to avoid Shaoze’s touch and had luckily managed to muddle through.
At that time, she really didn’t want to become pregnant with Shaoze’s child, and when she went for the surgery, she didn’t hesitate at all.
Rong’s mother looked at her for a while, and then it dawned on her.
She sighed heavily, her tone filled with sorrow, "I understand now, you hate Shaoze for killing your child, don’t you?
As a mother, I understand your feelings and actions. But Shaoze is my child, and I only want to protect what belongs to him, not to let others take it away.
I thought that as long as you got pregnant, you could secure Shaoze’s wealth. I never imagined that you had undergone a contraception procedure.
Now that this path is also impossible, must all that belongs to the Rong family really end up in Rong Mingyan’s hands?"
Lin Xinlan looked at her, puzzled, and asked, "Madam, I don’t understand what you mean. You are Rong Shaoze’s mother; even though he is gone, his possessions should belong to you. Why would they go to Rong Mingyan?"
Rong’s mother suddenly let out a cold laugh, her voice dripping with sarcasm,
"You can blame Rong family tradition for that! When you married Shaoze, it was only temporary, and we never took it seriously, so we didn’t tell you about the Rong family rules. It’s no wonder you’re unaware."
Rong’s mother began slowly, "The Rong family started their business at the end of the Qing Dynasty and became quite famous, amassing a considerable fortune.
Unfortunately, the head of the Rong family at that time was young but fell seriously ill.
He was worried that his wealth would end up in the hands of outsiders after his death.