"Since that's the case," Mo Beichen didn't give him time to react and continued, "I will terminate all cooperation with the Xia Family."
This single sentence was like a bombshell dropped, making the faces of the Xia Family members turn ugly.
"Beichen, our two families have had a friendship for generations. Can you think it over again?" Second Master Xia's face was covered in a thin layer of sweat, and his lips twitched as he looked at Mo Beichen.
He never expected that Mo Beichen would disregard the friendship between the two families because of a small matter.
"Did you show any respect to the Mo Family when you bullied my wife?" After Mo Beichen finished speaking, he ignored Second Master Xia, whose face had turned deathly pale. He took Xia Weilan and walked straight past him towards the door.
Everyone quickly made way for them.
"It seems that the Xia Group is doomed. Offending Mo Beichen means there's no way out."
"Yeah, Mr. Mo is really infuriated for the sake of his beauty."
Xia Ruolin didn't expect that with just one sentence, Mo Beichen had forced the Xia Group into such a difficult situation. She immediately chased after their figures.
"Brother Beichen! Wait a minute!" Xia Ruolin chased all the way to the door and blocked their way.
Xia Weilan squinted her eyes and looked at Xia Ruolin's anxious expression. She said coldly, "What do you want?"
But Xia Ruolin ignored Xia Weilan and directly said to Mo Beichen, "Brother Beichen, the Xia Group is Grandpa's lifelong effort. You can't be misled by a few words from Xia Weilan and pick on the Xia Family without distinguishing right from wrong. Think about it. How vicious Xia Weilan is to instigate you like this."
Xia Weilan was quite speechless at Xia Ruolin's blatant slander. It seemed that in the other's eyes, she was just air. How arrogant could one be!
"I have eyes of my own and I can tell the truth!" Mo Beichen immediately pulled Xia Weilan into his arms. His deep pupils only reflected Xia Weilan's figure, and he didn't even look at Xia Ruolin.
Xia Ruolin felt a deep sense of powerlessness. A look of grief flashed across her face. She pleaded earnestly, "Brother Beichen, please see clearly. I..."
"Enough!" Mo Beichen interrupted her loudly. His gaze finally fell on her, but it was as sharp as a cold blade, stabbing at her. "You know exactly what you've done. In the business world, everyone has to rely on their own abilities. You'd better watch out for yourself!"
Xia Ruolin watched their departing backs. A sudden chill rose in her heart, and her whole body began to tremble. She knew that Mo Beichen was serious. He was really willing to target the entire Xia Family for the sake of Xia Weilan.
A thought suddenly popped into her mind: The Xia Family is doomed.
It took Xia Ruolin a long time to come to her senses. Suddenly, she rushed into the banquet hall and found Ouyang Mingqi in a corner. Without hesitation, she grabbed Ouyang Mingqi and said, "What should we do? Brother Beichen seems to be targeting the Xia Family. He's serious! What should we do?"
Ouyang Mingqi also looked very depressed. He pulled Xia Ruolin to an empty corridor and said seriously, "It's your Xia Family that has gone too far. What else can we do? It seems that the cooperation between the Ouyang Family and the Xia Family will have to be terminated this time."
Ouyang Mingqi thought that he wasn't powerful enough yet and it wasn't wise to confront Mo Beichen head - on. He wanted to withdraw from the cooperation. Maybe Mo Beichen only had the Xia Family in his sights. Let Mo Beichen target the Xia Family.
Ouyang Mingqi coldly shook off Xia Ruolin's hand. His tone was so indifferent that Xia Ruolin's chest heaved with anger. "How can you be so ungrateful!"
"Get it straight. Our relationship is not a cooperative one but a mutually beneficial one. I've helped you so much. If you don't show any gratitude, don't forget what you owe me. You're not qualified to talk to me like this."
Xia Ruolin remembered that Ouyang Mingqi still held the evidence of her asking him to kill Grandpa. Her face immediately turned pale and she gritted her teeth.
She was still too naive. She thought that Ouyang Mingqi would help the Xia Family for free. She was really too innocent.
"I'll remove the news about the cooperation online." Ouyang Mingqi said.
"Okay." Xia Ruolin regained her composure and didn't say anything more.
That night, Xia Weilan and Mo Beichen returned to the Xia Mansion. She lit a stick of incense in front of Grandpa's memorial tablet.
"Grandpa, I hope you won't blame me." Xia Weilan murmured silently in her heart.
Mo Beichen stood behind her, looking at her lonely and emaciated back. He couldn't help but step forward and pull her into his arms. His big palm touched her skin, and he felt that she had lost even more weight recently. A touch of pity flashed through his heart.
Just then, a sudden dull sound came from the ear, followed by a louder noise. Xia Weilan walked out of the ancestral hall and asked the butler, "What's going on?"
"Miss, Miss Ruolin has been throwing things in her room since she came back. Maybe she's in a bad mood." The butler replied respectfully.
Xia Weilan looked up at the second floor. The door of Xia Ruolin's room was tightly closed, and the sound of things breaking kept coming from inside. She squinted her eyes and walked up.
When they reached the door of Xia Ruolin's room, the butler immediately knocked on the door. "Miss Ruolin, please open the door."
Xia Ruolin opened the door with an angry face. "What do you want! Can't you see I'm in a bad mood?"
Xia Ruolin didn't expect to see Xia Weilan and Mo Beichen when she opened the door. She immediately fell silent and glared at Xia Weilan angrily.
"Butler, calculate what's broken inside and ask Xia Ruolin to compensate at the original price. This is my place, not a place for people to mess around."
Hearing this, the butler immediately walked into the room and started to count.
Xia Ruolin looked at Xia Weilan in disbelief. "What right do you have! This is my room. Why should I compensate!"
Xia Ruolin looked at Mo Beichen, her eyes filled with tears as she pleaded, "Brother Beichen, look at her!"
But Mo Beichen remained unmoved and just stood quietly behind Xia Weilan.
"Also, please move out now. You're disturbing me." Another bombshell dropped from Xia Weilan's mouth, making Xia Ruolin stare at her in disbelief and forget to react.
"What? What did you say!" Xia Ruolin shouted.
"Miss, a total of six porcelain items and pieces of furniture were broken, totaling one million yuan." The butler came out of the room with a list.
"Give this to her. Also, send someone to watch her. Don't let her leave until she pays off the debt. After she pays it off, she can move out!" After Xia Weilan finished speaking, she didn't even look at the arrogant Xia Ruolin.
Several maids immediately stepped forward to watch Xia Ruolin closely without showing any mercy.
Grandpa had passed away, and now the entire Xia Mansion belonged to Xia Weilan. They only listened to Xia Weilan.
"Miss Ruolin, I'm sorry. Please pay off the debt immediately!" The butler said seriously.
Xia Ruolin looked at the people surrounding her and was so angry that she almost jumped up. "Fine, fine. Isn't it just one million yuan? Isn't it just this lousy place? Do you think I still want to live here! You want money? Here you are!"
Xia Ruolin really transferred one million yuan and then stormed downstairs.
The butler looked at Xia Ruolin's back. His heart felt a little heavy. The fight between the two young ladies was something Grandpa didn't want to see. But because of the will, even the butler felt disappointed. How could Xia Ruolin and Second Master Xia take the company's shares with a clear conscience?
The butler remembered that Grandpa had said that he would leave the property other than the company to Xia Ruolin.
The butler watched Xia Ruolin leave with a deep look in his eyes and sighed.