Using the excuse that his wife was pregnant, he stopped taking her out to sea, but that was just the beginning.
However, at that time, Father Lin was not entirely lying.
Lin Yanqin's mother was already pregnant with Lin Yanqin's elder brother at that time, and of course, it was still two years before Lin Yanqin was born.
The overseas noble family did not suspect the reason given by their foreign son-in-law, as they had witnessed Father Lin's attitude towards Lin Yanqin's mother before, and therefore, had no suspicions.
Moreover, they felt that since Lin Yanqin's mother was pregnant, it was normal for Father Lin to stop taking his wife out to sea out of concern for her.
Later, Father Lin took Lin Yanqin's mother back overseas less and less frequently, and Father Lin gave many reasons, such as just giving birth, the child being young, and then being pregnant again, meaning Lin Yanqin.
Lin Yanqin's mother only had two children, Lin Yanqin and her brother, and gave birth to only this son and daughter.
Since Lin Yanqin's mother became pregnant, she had not returned to her overseas home for several years. However, at least on the surface, Father Lin still treated her extremely well, so Lin Yanqin's mother was willing to have children for her husband and children, reducing the opportunities to return home.
However, what Lin Yanqin's mother did not know was that Father Lin was accustomed to his philandering ways.
After marrying her, because Lin Yanqin's mother was indeed beautiful, had an interesting personality, was easy to coax and deceive, and always needed to be appeased to gain benefits, Father Lin also treated her sincerely for a period of time.
But as time went by, Father Lin gradually became impatient and began to have affairs behind Lin Yanqin's mother's back.
However, he knew how to maintain appearances, as Father Lin was very reliant on the influence of Lin Yanqin's mother's family at this time, and it was necessary to appease Lin Yanqin's mother, so he couldn't let her notice anything amiss.
At this time, even though Lin Yanqin's mother was far away overseas, Father Lin had no good way to make Lin Yanqin's mother disappear.
Another reason was that unless necessary, Father Lin considered himself a romantic and sentimental person, and even if their relationship broke down, he would not harm his wife. At this time, he forgot how he had dealt with his former lovers when he married Lin Yanqin's mother.
However, Father Lin would not be excessively heartless towards Lin Yanqin's mother, and part of the reason was naturally that he had not completely tired of Lin Yanqin's mother.
After all, Lin Yanqin's mother was such a rare beauty, rarely seen anywhere, and in any case, Father Lin was reluctant to treat her too heartlessly.
However, it should be known that since ancient times, there has been a saying that paper cannot wrap fire.
However, Lin Yanqin's mother first sensed something was amiss because of a conspiracy within the Lin family, where a collateral branch intended to seize the family property.
After Father Lin opened the door to overseas business with the help of Lin Yanqin's mother's family, the Lin family's business grew larger and larger, and the Lin family's assets expanded further. With more family business, it was naturally difficult to avoid internal disputes.
Moreover, to be honest, Father Lin built such a large family business by himself. He was actually a capable person, so the money he earned was naturally his to decide. The other collateral branches of the Lin family, if you really wanted to say, were difficult to get involved.
But it is one thing to not be involved, and it is another thing whether others will be covetous.
Father Lin was already philandering and amorous, so he could not be considered very clean.
It's just that before marrying Lin Yanqin's mother, he had his family help him clear out his past lovers.
However, since this matter was not handled by himself, it was inevitable that some traces and flaws would be left behind. In the final analysis, the people who did things for him were not dedicated enough, and could even be said to have already planned to scheme against him in the future, and thus deliberately did so.
At that time, Lin Yanqin's mother was pregnant with her second child, and Lin Yanqin was already in her womb. If the other members of the Lin family wanted to scheme for Father Lin's family property, they naturally couldn't do anything in front of Father Lin.
They also knew how to scheme and were patient enough to wait for the opportunity. They waited for many years, and as Lin Yanqin's mother gradually followed Father Lin out to sea less often and returned to her overseas home, staying in the Lin family to recuperate, they gradually began to show their intentions.
They patiently waited until this time and did such things in order to make Father Lin and Lin Yanqin's mother fall out, and when Father Lin was severely damaged and in a state of panic, they could seize the opportunity to contend for Father Lin's family business.
At that time, they would pretend to help the Lin family's collateral branch, feigning to support Lin Yanqin's mother, but in reality, they would seize more benefits. This was not something they had not considered.
Since Father Lin could use Lin Yanqin's mother, they believed that if they could win over Lin Yanqin's mother, they might not be unable to do the same thing.
At that time, after they helped Lin Yanqin's mother, with such great kindness, Lin Yanqin's mother should repay them something, right?
Therefore, it was when Lin Yanqin's mother was recuperating at home that one day, a former lover of Father Lin before he married Lin Yanqin's mother suddenly showed up, bringing a illegitimate son who was already several years old.
This child was old enough to go out on the street to buy soy sauce, and he looked so much like Father Lin, as if he were carved from the same mold. At a glance, it was obvious that he was Father Lin's own child.
The thunderous impact this fact had on Lin Yanqin's mother was self-evident.
Just by seeing the child, the weight of what this lover said was enough for Lin Yanqin's mother to believe it more.
But to believe it entirely, although Lin Yanqin's mother was born somewhat simple and naive, and was raised very well by her family, she was still of noble birth, and she had seen some dirty things, so she understood some things.
She was not so naive as to believe everything this lover said.
Instead, others misjudged her and miscalculated her temperament.
And this former lover of Father Lin, who was nominally dealt with but actually hidden by the collateral branch of the Lin family, was able to survive and be chosen by the collateral branch of the Lin family to frame Father Lin in the future, precisely because she was pregnant and had Father Lin's child in her womb.
Once this child was born, the destructive power would be even greater, needless to say.
Because of Father Lin's heartlessness, and after hearing about Father Lin's original wife, this lover naturally did not dare to take chances and was heartbroken. Therefore, for the sake of the child in her womb, she agreed to cooperate with the collateral branch of the Lin family to trip up Father Lin and be used by the collateral branch of the Lin family.
This lover came to the Lin family this time and found Lin Yanqin's mother according to the reasons and excuses given by the collateral branch of the Lin family, saying that she had been with Father Lin before, but it was unsustainable, and for the sake of the child, she found the Lin family's door to see Father Lin.
She claimed that she did not dare to ask to return to Father Lin's side, but her child could not suffer with her. She hoped that Lin Yanqin's mother would be magnanimous and not hold it against the child, and agree to take in her child, and she would leave on her own.
Then, when Lin Yanqin's mother asked what was going on, this lover subtly revealed Father Lin's past affairs to Lin Yanqin's mother.
It wasn't that she told everything at once.
Instead, she revealed a little here and a little there, and then asked Lin Yanqin's mother to have someone investigate later. In this way, in Lin Yanqin's mother's eyes, the credibility of these matters would become higher.
Moreover, Father Lin himself was not clean. Strictly speaking, most of what this lover said was actually the truth. When Lin Yanqin's mother investigated, she could naturally find out some things that were not completely cleaned up, and understand most of the matters clearly.
Even, she might even gain some "surprises"?
After experiencing this incident, Lin Yanqin's mother, although her husband was not present, still kept the illegitimate son. She did not deliberately mistreat the child, because her nature was not bad, and she had servants take good care of the child.
At the same time, she secretly found someone to investigate Father Lin's past affairs.
When Lin Yanqin's mother had people investigate, those in the collateral branch of the Lin family who were planning all this naturally also secretly exerted effort, causing Lin Yanqin's mother to quickly investigate Father Lin's extensive past love affairs, including the tragic story of Father Lin's original wife.
Lin Yanqin's mother never expected that her husband, whom she thought loved her deeply and was devoted to her, would be such a hypocritical playboy.
If he were just a philanderer, he would only be a scumbag. However, Father Lin had even caused lives for this.
Lin Yanqin's mother never expected that behind Father Lin marrying her, there were so many lives. She and Father Lin were married on the bones of others.
This fact was hard for her to accept, and she almost miscarried.
However, Lin Yanqin's mother, thinking of the child in her womb, regardless of how the child's father was, or how disappointed her husband made her, Lin Yanqin's mother also loved her children.
As a mother, she became strong, forced herself to endure, and also took good care of her pregnancy to avoid any accidents to the child in her womb.
She was also waiting for Father Lin to return from overseas and give her an explanation. Moreover, due to her upbringing, Lin Yanqin's mother had also secretly made up her mind early on that when Father Lin returned, she would divorce him and return to her own home.
She even planned to take her son and her unborn child with her.
However, it was a pity that the collateral branch of the Lin family had misjudged Father Lin's strength and ability to respond, and after all, Lin Yanqin's mother still loved her husband.
When Father Lin returned, he was indeed in a state of great distress for a while.
However, the problem was resolved relatively quickly.
As soon as he returned from overseas, he maintained a look of affection when he met his wife, but unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he saw his wife leading a strange child who looked very much like him to meet him.
Almost at the same time, he sensed that something was wrong.
Father Lin first tried to pry out some facts from his wife, how much she knew about his past affairs, whether there was any room for maneuver, and then quickly had his subordinates investigate what had happened during his absence.
At the same time, Father Lin also comforted his wife, saying that he would definitely give her a reasonable explanation, that she had some misunderstandings about him, but he would explain.