Reborn as a Fake Heiress Marrying the Tycoon novel Chapter 1190

Chapter 1190: Confess the Truth

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After failing to win over the Lin family, Lin Miao quietly slipped the thousand yuan back where she had taken it from. It was far too early for Gu Shan to discover what she’d done—if he found out now, nothing else could be carried out.

She took a trip to the countryside.

There, she found Li Li.

A month earlier, Li Li had given birth to a baby boy in that quiet, gossip-drenched village. The locals had been abuzz, whispering behind their palms, endlessly speculating about the identity of the child’s father.

No one had a clue. But Lin Miao did.

She had already done her homework. The father of that child was none other than Gu Shan.

Naturally, Gu Shan was aware too. When he heard the news—that Li Li had given him a son—he practically beamed until his face could split open. To him, it was divine providence. A cosmic reward.

"Finally," he said with glee, "the heavens have smiled on the Gu family."

He arranged for Li Li to stay quietly in the countryside with the baby for now, until the timing was right. Then he would bring mother and son into better circumstances, into the life they deserved.

And it was at that moment—hearing that single smug, self-important sentence—that Lin Miao realized a painful truth. In Gu Shan’s mind, a daughter could never compare to a son.

Now, Lin Miao had no other cards left to play. She was broke. The Gu family had agreed to cover only her tuition going forward. But university was its own kind of society, a microcosm of status and power—and without money, how was she supposed to survive?

So she made a move.

Clutching a few personal items that belonged to the child, she confronted Gu Shan. She demanded that he and Zhang Mei visit the city branch of Sister Hua’s Gourmet Shop and pretend to fall ill from food poisoning.

The target was Li Hua. They were to demand compensation—enough to patch the gaping hole in the Lin family’s finances.

Lin Miao had done her research. Back when Sister Hua’s Gourmet Shop first opened in the town center, there had already been underhanded attempts like this. The eatery had learned their lesson. They adopted a policy: for every batch of food, a sample would be kept in storage.

Which meant—for this plan to work—Gu Shan and Zhang Mei would have to order something that didn’t have a backup sample. Fortunately, that wasn’t hard to arrange.

They had no choice. Gu Shan couldn’t afford for news of his affair and illegitimate child to explode. He and Zhang Mei followed Lin Miao’s plan to the letter.

Gu Shan even pulled some strings—called in a favor at the police bureau. A familiar face helped muddy the waters, turning the case into a chaotic mess that left the Lin family scrambling. With no other option, they were forced to pay compensation.

Now, Lin Miao only had one last step left. Just one. And the money would be in the bag.

But before she could even step out the front door, there was a knock.

A voice came from outside.

"Police. We’d like to ask you a few questions."