Bai Suqing stared at the car while it grew smaller and frowned fiercely once it disappeared. She took out her phone and stared hesitatingly at the keyboard, feeling scared. In the end, she decided to dial the numbers.
The phone rang for quite a while before an oppressive male voice sounded. “Hello?”
Bai Suqing trembled, her lips quivering as her eyes filled with terror. “It… It’s me…”
“Have you settled the matter already?” Translated by The Novelst
“N… No, sorry! I didn’t do it on purpose. It was that woman Mu Rulan. She’s so hard to deal with! She…” Bai Suqing tried to explain, but the man on the other end didn’t want to hear it.
“Hmph. During these three months, what have you been doing? You can’t handle even an ordinary girl; how am I supposed to trust you to take over the Mu and Ke wealth?”
Bai Suqing panicked. “Please believe me. I can handle it, Mu Zhenyang has already promised to adopt me into the Mu Family. As long as I become one of the Mu Family, I will definitely take over Mu Rulan’s place in both Mu Zhenyang and Ke Wanqing’s hearts and take away the Ke Family’s affection for Mu Rulan!”
“Hmph, that better be true. Why did you call me?”
Bai Suqing sighed with relief. “An amazing person seems to have appeared in K City. I can’t even look him in the eye due to fear. My instinct tells me that he can see right through me. This person can be the greatest obstacle to our plans.”
In Bai Suqing’s eyes, Mu Rulan wasn’t terrifying, it was only Mo Qianren.
“Oh?” The person on the other side seemed to take an interest in the matter. “Who’s this person?”
“It’s someone surnamed Mo, he doesn’t seem to be from K City.”
“Mo… Sh*t! It can’t be that person… Can it?!” He swore in disbelief and anger.
“Brother?” Bai Suqing couldn’t help but shout.
“Shut up! Do not call me brother!” He answered coldly.
Bai Suqing was taken aback and began to tremble again, her thoughts filling with grievances.
“Avoid him in the future. I don’t want any mistakes; don’t get cheeky and overconfident and provoke him, either. You hear me?”
“I understand,” Bai Suqing answered while pouting. Even if she wanted to, she couldn’t because she didn’t dare look him in the eye. Being seen through was terrifying.
At that very moment someone knocked on Bai Suqing’s door. She hung up and opened the door to reveal Mu Zhenyang standing there, smiling shy and sweet: “Daddy~!”
Mu Zhenyang’s whole body turned numb at that. Seeing the warmth radiating from Bai Suqing’s eyes, he reached out to hold her hand on their way downstairs. “Let’s go. Come eat with father and we will go pay a visit to Mayor Zhou.”
“I don’t know yet. We’ll know when we get there,” he responded, smiling.
Bai Suqing nodded, letting Mu Zhenyang hold her hand. On the inside she was disgusted that this feeble old man always took advantage of her.
Mu Zhenyang and Bai Suqing dined at home before heading to the mayor’s house by car.
Mayor Zhou and his wife, Huafang, were anxiously waiting at their home.
A policeman had come moments ago to take away their daughter. They were startled and began to panic, thinking that despite already having destroyed all the evidence, the police were at their doorstep in such a short amount of time. They felt needles pierce their hearts remembering the pitiful way Zhou Yaya cried and begged and held on to them, not wanting to leave.
She was their only daughter. They couldn’t stand to see her suffer a single loss, so how could they ignore the fact that she was going to jail?
Zhou Sulun sat in the living room. Seeing the two panic, he became impatient and said, “Father, Mother, why are you both like this? It’s not like Mu Rulan died. Yaya is only fifteen. The law will surely show some leniency in this matter. She’ll be locked away for two to three years at most, or maybe just be sent to juvie.”
“Shut up! What are you saying? Is this something that you, as a brother, should be saying?!” Huafang spit at him.
Zhou Sulun ignored her. “I’m just trying to look at things objectively. Zhou Yaya is only fifteen, so she’ll be seventeen or eighteen when she returns. She can start over no problem. But you guys on the other hand, a mayor and entrepreneur covering for her – think about the consequences once it comes out and everyone learns what you did!”
Wasn’t it obvious that their business was going to suffer?
Zhou Sulun was right. Both the Mu siblings suffered no injuries and were alive and well. Zhou Yaya was also young; as long as they found a good lawyer Zhou Yaya’s actions could be portrayed as simple mischief.
If this was rejected, Zhou Yaya could also have a mental illness: paranoid psychosis, by hiring a doctor to examine. This kind of mental illness didn’t require hospitalization nor did it need to be forcefully treated, but wasn’t it still a mental illness?
The law was a little more tolerant towards psych patients. As long as she wasn’t killing people, setting fires to settlements or other horrible things, she would most likely be sentenced for one to three years.
Yet Mayor Zhou and Huafang had destroyed all the evidence of her crimes, and now they intended to tell Mu Zhenyang about something they really shouldn’t be speaking of. If they were exposed, Mayor Zhou would surely be forced to step down from his position.
That was why Zhou Sulun disagreed very strongly to their idea. Translated by The Novelst
Mayor Zhou and Huafang shared a look and warned him. “At this point, we should be working together as a family to solve the problem at hand. Yaya is your only little sister. You can’t fault us for wanting to help her… don’t think that mother doesn’t know you like Mu Rulan. Liking her is one thing, but whether she likes you back is another. Stop being delusional and holding back our family!”
Proofread by: Hannah
Bai Suqing stared at the car while it grew smaller and frowned fiercely once it disappeared. She took out her phone and stared hesitatingly at the keyboard, feeling scared. In the end, she decided to dial the numbers.
The phone rang for quite a while before an oppressive male voice sounded. “Hello?”
Bai Suqing trembled, her lips quivering as her eyes filled with terror. “It… It’s me…”
“Have you settled the matter already?” Translated by The Novelst
“N… No, sorry! I didn’t do it on purpose. It was that woman Mu Rulan. She’s so hard to deal with! She…” Bai Suqing tried to explain, but the man on the other end didn’t want to hear it.
“Hmph. During these three months, what have you been doing? You can’t handle even an ordinary girl; how am I supposed to trust you to take over the Mu and Ke wealth?”
Bai Suqing panicked. “Please believe me. I can handle it, Mu Zhenyang has already promised to adopt me into the Mu Family. As long as I become one of the Mu Family, I will definitely take over Mu Rulan’s place in both Mu Zhenyang and Ke Wanqing’s hearts and take away the Ke Family’s affection for Mu Rulan!”
“Hmph, that better be true. Why did you call me?”
Bai Suqing sighed with relief. “An amazing person seems to have appeared in K City. I can’t even look him in the eye due to fear. My instinct tells me that he can see right through me. This person can be the greatest obstacle to our plans.”
In Bai Suqing’s eyes, Mu Rulan wasn’t terrifying, it was only Mo Qianren.
“Oh?” The person on the other side seemed to take an interest in the matter. “Who’s this person?”
“It’s someone surnamed Mo, he doesn’t seem to be from K City.”
“Mo… Sh*t! It can’t be that person… Can it?!” He swore in disbelief and anger.
“Brother?” Bai Suqing couldn’t help but shout.
“Shut up! Do not call me brother!” He answered coldly.
Bai Suqing was taken aback and began to tremble again, her thoughts filling with grievances.
“Avoid him in the future. I don’t want any mistakes; don’t get cheeky and overconfident and provoke him, either. You hear me?”
“I understand,” Bai Suqing answered while pouting. Even if she wanted to, she couldn’t because she didn’t dare look him in the eye. Being seen through was terrifying.
At that very moment someone knocked on Bai Suqing’s door. She hung up and opened the door to reveal Mu Zhenyang standing there, smiling shy and sweet: “Daddy~!”
Mu Zhenyang’s whole body turned numb at that. Seeing the warmth radiating from Bai Suqing’s eyes, he reached out to hold her hand on their way downstairs. “Let’s go. Come eat with father and we will go pay a visit to Mayor Zhou.”
“I don’t know yet. We’ll know when we get there,” he responded, smiling.
Bai Suqing nodded, letting Mu Zhenyang hold her hand. On the inside she was disgusted that this feeble old man always took advantage of her.
Mu Zhenyang and Bai Suqing dined at home before heading to the mayor’s house by car.
Mayor Zhou and his wife, Huafang, were anxiously waiting at their home.
A policeman had come moments ago to take away their daughter. They were startled and began to panic, thinking that despite already having destroyed all the evidence, the police were at their doorstep in such a short amount of time. They felt needles pierce their hearts remembering the pitiful way Zhou Yaya cried and begged and held on to them, not wanting to leave.
She was their only daughter. They couldn’t stand to see her suffer a single loss, so how could they ignore the fact that she was going to jail?
Zhou Sulun sat in the living room. Seeing the two panic, he became impatient and said, “Father, Mother, why are you both like this? It’s not like Mu Rulan died. Yaya is only fifteen. The law will surely show some leniency in this matter. She’ll be locked away for two to three years at most, or maybe just be sent to juvie.”
“Shut up! What are you saying? Is this something that you, as a brother, should be saying?!” Huafang spit at him.
Zhou Sulun ignored her. “I’m just trying to look at things objectively. Zhou Yaya is only fifteen, so she’ll be seventeen or eighteen when she returns. She can start over no problem. But you guys on the other hand, a mayor and entrepreneur covering for her – think about the consequences once it comes out and everyone learns what you did!”
Wasn’t it obvious that their business was going to suffer?
Zhou Sulun was right. Both the Mu siblings suffered no injuries and were alive and well. Zhou Yaya was also young; as long as they found a good lawyer Zhou Yaya’s actions could be portrayed as simple mischief.
If this was rejected, Zhou Yaya could also have a mental illness: paranoid psychosis, by hiring a doctor to examine. This kind of mental illness didn’t require hospitalization nor did it need to be forcefully treated, but wasn’t it still a mental illness?
The law was a little more tolerant towards psych patients. As long as she wasn’t killing people, setting fires to settlements or other horrible things, she would most likely be sentenced for one to three years.
Yet Mayor Zhou and Huafang had destroyed all the evidence of her crimes, and now they intended to tell Mu Zhenyang about something they really shouldn’t be speaking of. If they were exposed, Mayor Zhou would surely be forced to step down from his position.
That was why Zhou Sulun disagreed very strongly to their idea. Translated by The Novelst
Mayor Zhou and Huafang shared a look and warned him. “At this point, we should be working together as a family to solve the problem at hand. Yaya is your only little sister. You can’t fault us for wanting to help her… don’t think that mother doesn’t know you like Mu Rulan. Liking her is one thing, but whether she likes you back is another. Stop being delusional and holding back our family!”
Proofread by: Hannah
