All these changes were good news for the Lin family. Good things kept happening for them, one after another. Elder Lin was satisfied; the set-up he did so many years ago finally paid off handsomely.
After the Lin family won the presidency, Shen Ru would find a reason to cancel Tong Yan and Lin Xuan's engagement. By then, Tong Yan would lose her position, so they wouldn't need a useless girl like her to muddle their gene pool.
Of course, nothing really happened between Tong Yan and Lin Xuan, it was all a front. Tong Yan was heads over heels in love with Lin Xuan, so she didn't mind the rumors ruining her name as long as she could be together with him. Lin Xuan didn't mind the fake engagement as well since they would never really get married.
Their relationship bordered on incestuous, but it wouldn't be found out. All of this was for the Lin family's future.