"Xia Weilan, don't go too far! Xuefei has already knelt down for you, and you still won't help her up. Everything you ate and used at the Lin family was provided by the Lin family. Now that you've got some power, you come back to ruin the Lin family. Aren't you being immoral?"
Wei Hongmei, who had originally been standing behind Lin Jiancheng, couldn't help but rush forward a few steps and stood right in front of Xia Weilan, her finger almost poking Xia Weilan's face.
"It seems that you're not here to plead with me, but to cause trouble." Xia Weilan scoffed and cast a cold glance at Lin Jiancheng standing aside.
Hearing this, Lin Jiancheng quickly scolded, "Wei Hongmei, shut up! You're more of a hindrance than a help."
"What do you want to do to let the Lin family go?" Lin Jiancheng asked in a deep voice.
"Even God is about to change the situation today. You used substandard products to impersonate luxury goods, and now that it's been exposed, you actually say that I won't let you go. Lin Jiancheng, are you crazy? Should Mo Ying Group just bear the losses for you? Do you think others are so easy to bully?"
Xia Weilan was quick - witted, and every word was to the point.
Lin Jiancheng was so angry that his face turned alternately green and white. Lin Xuefei stood aside, gnashing her teeth in hatred. Wei Hongmei wanted to lose her temper several times but managed to hold it back.
Just then, the school bell rang, and a few people came out of the classroom and walked towards them.
"Sister, please, just let us go. After all, we're a family. You can't be so ruthless." Lin Xuefei suddenly seemed to throw caution to the wind and knelt in front of Xia Weilan again, her shoulders trembling and her voice full of grievance.
Xia Weilan's heart skipped a beat, and the corner of her mouth curled up in a cold smile.
Sure enough, a few students stopped and started whispering.
"Isn't that Lin Xuefei? How did she end up like this?"
"Could it be that she was beaten by Xia Weilan? I heard that the Lin family is on the verge of bankruptcy. It seems that Xia Weilan is behind it."
"Mom, hurry up and talk to sister. If she doesn't let us go, our whole family will be finished." Lin Xuefei looked back sharply at Wei Hongmei.
"Yes, Weilan. After all, I raised you. Just think of it as mom begging you." Wei Hongmei came to her senses. At this moment, she lost all her former arrogance and began to play the victim.
Xia Weilan sneered, "Trying to gain sympathy?"
Hearing this, Lin Xuefei and Wei Hongmei's eyes flickered, and they both denied it immediately:
"Sister..."
"Daughter..."
The seemingly aggrieved and patient tears finally streamed down Lin Xuefei's face.
The public opinion instantly turned to sympathize with the weak.
"I think Lin Xuefei has already admitted her mistake. Xia Weilan should stop while she's ahead. Look what she's done to the whole Lin family."
"Yes, look at her mother. She's so desperate. I can't bear to watch."
The whispers grew louder, and Xia Weilan's cold attitude made her seem like a cold - hearted and ruthless person in everyone's eyes.
"Lin Xuefei, you know what you've done to me. If you disgust me again, do you believe that I have evidence to send you to prison?"
"Wei Hongmei, I warned you before. Your blatant human trafficking will land you in jail."
"Moreover, Lin Jiancheng, you've done so many bad things, and now that it's been exposed, coming to me to plead won't help. Now, if you don't leave my sight, I won't be polite."
Xia Weilan's sharp voice was clear and firm, and she meant every word.
These words struck fear into the hearts of the three members of the Lin family because they had a guilty conscience.
"Fine, we'll leave." Lin Jiancheng saw that they couldn't succeed in pleading today and might even get his wife and daughter involved, so he had no choice but to take them away.
Just now, Xia Weilan's words not only reached the ears of the Lin family but also deeply struck the hearts of the onlookers.
Seeing the Lin family really leave, the onlookers weren't stupid. They no longer dared to discuss Xia Weilan's faults.
Not far away, Rui Li was leaning against a tree, holding her phone:
"Brother Mo, the Lin family came to harass sister - in - law... They've just been sent away. Sister - in - law doesn't look good. Now she's coming over. I'll hang up first."
Rui Li put away her phone and stood at attention.
Xia Weilan glanced at Rui Li casually and didn't ask about anything else. She just said lightly, "Let's go. Go out for a drink."
"Now?" Rui Li said this, but she still followed Xia Weilan out.
In a coffee shop near University A, the two girls each ordered a drink and sat by the window.
"I thought you meant drinking alcohol when you said 'go for a drink'. I didn't expect this." Rui Li stirred the cold drink in her hand. It really wasn't to her taste.
"What are you thinking? We still have classes this afternoon." Xia Weilan put down the cold drink, stretched, and leaned back casually on the chair, smiling at her.
"How boring!" Rui Li pouted, leaned back on the chair, squinted her eyes, and suddenly asked,
"You must hate the Lin family, right? If I were you, with such endless relatives, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to control my legs. I'd kick them every time I saw them until they were knocked down."
"Pfft~" Xia Weilan couldn't help laughing and said ambiguously,
"Only those who care can hate."
Compared with the Lin family and Xia Ruolin, the person she hated the most was Ouyang Mingqi.
The feeling of whole - heartedly trusting someone but being stabbed in the back by that person could make one numb with pain.
Rui Li squinted her eyes, feeling that Xia Weilan was hinting at something. Since Xia Weilan didn't want to talk more, Rui Li skillfully changed the topic:
"Don't worry. Brother Mo is a very reliable person. Since you're Mrs. Mo now, even if the sky falls, there will be someone to support you."
Xia Weilan smiled faintly. In her heart, Mo Beichen was her vast blue sea and boundless sky.
...
In the afternoon, in the president's office of Mo Ying Group.
"Mr. Mo, Lin Jiancheng has been waiting in the lobby for two hours. He said he must see you. I think he really intends to wait it out here." Secretary Xu Wei handed over several company documents and said respectfully.
"Let him wait." Mo Beichen said calmly.
"Yes." Xu Wei took the order and left. He told the employees to just ignore Lin Jiancheng and go about their business, letting Lin Jiancheng continue waiting in the lobby on the first floor.
Lin Jiancheng waited in the lobby of Mo Ying Group for an entire afternoon. He knew that the survival of the Lin family depended on just one word from Mo Beichen, so he didn't leave for a long time.
But he never got to see Mo Beichen.
When the sun was setting, someone saw Lin Jiancheng walking out of Mo Ying Group. He looked as if he had aged twenty years overnight, haggard and emaciated.
In the evening, at the Lin family villa.
The entire Lin family was shrouded in an impending sense of doom.
"What is this today? The Lin family is still here, and you're already being so negligent. Do you not want this job anymore, you nanny?"
The sound of Lin Xuefei throwing things came from the lobby.
"Miss, it's the same as yesterday." The nanny took two steps back in fear, her eyes red.
"What do you mean the same? You did a bad job and still dare to argue! Make me another one!" Lin Xuefei directly poured the hot soup into the trash can.
The nanny was angry but dared not speak out. She turned around and went into the kitchen.
"Master is back." Wei Hongmei, who was huddled in a corner, suddenly cried out in surprise.