The scolding behind her stopped. Wei Hongmei stood still on the spot and suddenly felt regretful.
She had nothing now. The Lin family was finished, but she still had Xia Weilan. Xia Weilan was the young mistress of the Mo family. When she came here, she had planned to persuade Xia Weilan well. How had things ended up like this?
When she saw Xia Weilan just now, she still subconsciously thought of her as the powerless little girl who could be trampled on at will, and thus started to act high - handedly.
"My daughter..." Wei Hongmei shook off the guard's hand, suddenly stood still on the spot, and burst into tears, crying extremely sadly.
She was going back to the shantytown, back to that 20 - square - meter house with only a bed and a table for furniture.
Xia Weilan walked into the shadows. Hearing the heart - rending cries behind her, she felt a wave of annoyance in her heart, and then strode into the villa.
Suddenly, a figure appeared beside her and grabbed her hand.
Xia Weilan looked up and found Mo Beichen, who had appeared beside her without her knowing.
Xia Weilan sniffed. Her originally reserved heart suddenly softened completely. She threw her arms around Mo Beichen's neck and held on tightly.
She was like a child who had been abandoned. Suddenly, she called him aggrievedly, "Husband."
"Yeah." Mo Beichen put one arm around her and gently stroked the back of her head with the other.
"They clearly didn't want me. How come in the end, it seems like I did something wrong? What did I do wrong?" Xia Weilan murmured to herself, "It was them who did wrong, not me. But every time they live happily. Now, even when they are not doing well, they still manage to make me unhappy. The ones who did wrong are others. Why am I always the unhappy one?"
In the past, after they scolded her, they would laugh smugly, while the wounds in her heart just deepened.
Now they still scolded her. After scolding, they even felt wronged and burst into tears at the gate.
Why was this?
"You didn't do anything wrong." Mo Beichen's low and gentle voice had a soothing power.
"Yeah." Hearing Mo Beichen say this, Xia Weilan suddenly felt much more at ease.
"Let's go." Mo Beichen suddenly grabbed her hand and walked towards the outside of the gate.
"Where are we going?" Xia Weilan subconsciously followed him but was a bit confused.
At the gate, Wei Hongmei was still squatting outside and crying loudly. The faces of several guards looked unpleasant.
"Mr. Mo..." The guards greeted politely when they saw the person coming.
Wei Hongmei had been crying loudly. Hearing the voice, she quickly looked up. Seeing Mo Beichen standing in front of her, looking high and mighty, she was so stunned that she even forgot to cry. Then she stood up excitedly.
"Mr. Mo... No, good son - in - law," Wei Hongmei wiped her face twice and immediately greeted with a smiling face, "Son - in - law, look, we're all family. Mom is begging you for something. Your father - in - law was doing well in the company. Can you..."
"Ms. Wei, Lin Jiancheng did something wrong, and it's only natural for him to be fired." Mo Beichen squeezed Xia Weilan's slightly cold palm, his voice cold and deep.
"This... Daughter, please say something. Mom already knows she was wrong. We were sorry to you before, but after all, the Lin family raised you for so many years. You can't let Mr. Mo be implicated and be seen as an ungrateful person." Wei Hongmei was much more rational at this moment and tried to reason with Xia Weilan.
"Ungrateful? Ms. Wei, it's you who are being ungrateful now. Lin Jiancheng embezzled public funds. I didn't send him to prison. I just asked him to make up for the deficit. Is this how the Lin family treats the benefactor?" Mo Beichen replied directly before Xia Weilan could say a word.
"Embezzled public funds?" Wei Hongmei's face changed. She quickly said, "Mr. Mo, even if he embezzled public funds, you can't be so pushy. There must be some misunderstanding. Moreover, since Weilan married into the Mo family, we didn't take a single cent of betrothal gifts. Mr. Mo is so wealthy. You shouldn't haggle with your in - laws over that little money. How about just regarding it as the betrothal money? What do you think..."
Wei Hongmei knew that Mo Beichen didn't care much about that money, so she argued strongly. She really didn't want to live that penniless life again.
"You really have a thick skin." Xia Weilan suddenly scoffed.
"Betrothal money?" Mo Beichen chewed on these three words playfully, "The amount of betrothal gifts should match the amount of dowry. If the Lin family can provide a dowry of ten million, then come and ask for ten million in betrothal gifts. As for the rest, if Lin Jiancheng still can't pay back the public funds tomorrow, he can just wait to go to jail."
"Tomorrow?" Wei Hongmei got anxious, "Even if we sell all our property, it will take time. Tomorrow is too soon, Mr. Mo..." Wei Hongmei was about to cry.
"It was originally a week, but since Mrs. Lin has the leisure to come here and cause trouble, it seems I gave too much time. You go and inform Lin Jiancheng. It's tomorrow." Mo Beichen looked like he was the king and no one could do anything to him.
Wei Hongmei didn't dare to show her anger now. She was extremely regretful.
"Are you still not leaving?" Mo Beichen's eyes were like water and ice, with a hint of coldness.
Several guards stepped forward and were about to drive her away.
"I'll leave by myself, I'll leave by myself." Wei Hongmei didn't dare to stay any longer. She got in the car. When reversing, due to nervousness, she hit the stone lion at the gate and scratched the car body. But she didn't dare to get out of the car to check and drove away in a hurry.
If she continued to cause trouble, Mo Beichen might really send her husband to jail.
Moreover, if Lin Jiancheng knew that she had messed things up and even made him have to pay back the money tomorrow, she didn't know if he would beat her.
The night was hazy.
Mo Beichen and Xia Weilan walked side by side.
The whole Jinxiu Yuting was like a paradise.
"I'll take you for a walk to relax." Mo Beichen led Xia Weilan into a tree - lined path.
The hazy moonlight shone through the big trees on both sides, leaving light moon shadows. Every few meters, there was a street lamp emitting a dim yellow light.
"This is the first time I've walked on this path." Xia Weilan took a few deep breaths of the cool air and suddenly felt calm.
"Are you blaming me for being negligent?" Mo Beichen said half - seriously and half - jokingly.
"How could I? You've been really good." Xia Weilan lowered her head and said something like a confession.
The hand he had around her waist tightened. His voice, as hazy as the night, seemed to say faintly, "It seems I've really been negligent, making you easily satisfied."
"You can have bigger expectations." Mo Beichen suddenly leaned down beside her ear, almost biting her earlobe as he said.
"Expectations?" Xia Weilan didn't expect the topic to deviate so much. She couldn't help blushing and didn't dare to ask anymore.
"In a few days, I'll take you to meet more people. You don't have to be trapped in those wrong relationships all the time. The world is so big. You can go out more often."
Mo Beichen gently scraped the tip of her nose, and a glint flashed in his eyes.
"Yeah." Xia Weilan somewhat understood what he meant.