"I'm relieved then. Thank you, manager." Zhou Lanxin let out a sigh of relief and walked out of the company's gate with ease.
Mo Donglin, who remained in place, watched Zhou Lanxin's back and frowned. After returning home today, he must have a good talk with Liu Yinyin. He must tell her not to play any more tricks. Otherwise, Mo Beichen would really take action against her regardless of their brotherhood.
If Mo Beichen took action, it would be really hard for Mo Donglin to protect Liu Yinyin from Mo Beichen.
At noon.
As soon as Xia Weilan got off work, she declined Mo Beichen's invitation to have lunch together.
Mo Beichen was extremely surprised.
Xia Weilan just smiled. "I'm going to visit grandpa."
"You visited him just yesterday," Mo Beichen frowned.
"Today is different. I have something to talk to grandpa about." Xia Weilan curled her lips and immediately drove away.
Mo Beichen watched Xia Weilan's departing back. He felt a faint sense of curiosity in his heart. Why did Xia Weilan seem to have more and more little secrets recently?
At the Mo Family Mansion.
Xia Weilan took Old Master Mo for a walk in the corridor.
"Girl, why are you so kind as to accompany me for a stroll? Moreover, the weather outside is bad. Let's go inside and rest. You can accompany grandpa to play chess." Old Master Mo looked at her kindly.
Xia Weilan walked a few steps and then stopped in front of a window. She didn't say anything but just raised her eyebrows at the window.
Old Master Mo followed her gaze and gasped in surprise.
"Grandpa, how come Liu Yinyin is standing in punishment on a chair? And she can even cross her legs and eat so many delicious things."
Old Master Mo snorted and walked directly to the main entrance.
As soon as the maid saw Old Master Mo coming, she immediately shouted in a shrill voice, "Master!"
In the ancestral hall, upon hearing the shout, Liu Yinyin was in a flurry. She quickly stuffed all the snacks under the table and then knelt back down again, looking very obedient.
"Grandpa, why are you here?" Liu Yinyin turned her head to look at Old Master Mo. Her heart skipped a beat. Why was grandpa so angry? Did she expose herself?
Liu Yinyin secretly glanced around but didn't notice anything abnormal.
So, it must be Xia Weilan who was speaking ill of her?
Just as Liu Yinyin was thinking this way, she saw Xia Weilan walking over calmly. Xia Weilan directly lifted the cloth on the table, revealing the food inside.
"Xia Weilan, what are you doing!" Liu Yinyin panicked and directly accused Xia Weilan. "This is the ancestral hall. What's going on with all these things you've hidden here?"
Xia Weilan looked at Liu Yinyin amusingly and didn't defend herself.
"Enough! How dare you say these are Xia Weilan's things? They're clearly yours." Old Master Mo became even angrier. It was bad enough that she was two - faced in the ancestral hall, but now she was even trying to frame someone. She really deserved a beating.
Liu Yinyin couldn't figure out when she had been discovered by the old master. At this moment, she was too guilty to say anything more.
"Steward!" Old Master Mo called out. Soon, the steward arrived.
"Drag Liu Yinyin out and use the family law!" Old Master Mo had a furious expression on his face. He directly pointed at the pile of food on the ground. "Clean all these things out."
By the time Mo Donglin rushed over, Liu Yinyin's buttocks were already bruised from being beaten 20 sticks. She was lying on a chair, whimpering in pain.
"Grandpa, what's going on?" Mo Donglin quickly ran over.
Old Master Mo pointed at the snacks on the ground and told Mo Donglin one by one about how Liu Yinyin had bribed the maid, hidden things wantonly in the ancestral hall, and framed others.
Hearing this, Mo Donglin glanced at Liu Yinyin. "Yinyin, why are you so muddle - headed?"
Old Master Mo's anger hadn't subsided. He said coldly, "Fine, carry her back. If you don't want to kneel in the future, then don't. And don't come to the mansion anymore."
Mo Donglin's heart skipped a beat. The old master was extremely angry.
"Grandpa, I'll take Yinyin to the hospital first. In a few days, I'll definitely bring Yinyin here to apologize." After Mo Donglin finished speaking, he walked up to Liu Yinyin in disappointment. He called the servant to take her out.
In the hospital, Liu Yinyin was lying limply on the bed, whining non - stop. As soon as Mo Donglin applied medicine to her, she felt even more pain.
After finally applying all the medicine, Liu Yinyin had the strength to speak again.
"It's all this Xia Weilan. She's always trying to scheme against me. It wasn't enough for her to make me kneel in punishment last time. This time, she just couldn't stand to see me well and had to bring the old master here!" Liu Yinyin was full of resentment.
She originally thought that Mo Donglin would side with her, but unexpectedly, this time Mo Donglin said, "Enough. This time you've gone too far. How dare you hide food in the ancestral hall? This is gross disrespect!"
Mo Donglin often walked around the mansion when he was young. He knew very well the status of the ancestral hall in Old Master Mo's heart. It was something that could not be desecrated. Liu Yinyin had really gone too far this time.
"Husband!" Liu Yinyin said aggrievedly. "I was really hungry, so I just took a bite secretly. How could you bear to let me kneel in punishment and go hungry?"
"I'm your wife. Can't I even take care of myself if you don't care about me?" Liu Yinyin's face darkened.
Mo Donglin just felt a headache. "Forget it. If you want to eat in the future, just endure it. Wait until the punishment is over."
Liu Yinyin felt a pang of sadness in her heart. "Do I still have to kneel like this?"
She felt like a disabled person.
"If you want to be the Mo family's granddaughter - in - law, you have to finish kneeling, and you have to kneel obediently." Mo Donglin remembered what the old master had said before leaving. It seemed that the old master didn't recognize Liu Yinyin as his granddaughter - in - law anymore.
Liu Yinyin snorted heavily and started whining about the pain again.
Mo Donglin's expression immediately softened.
He sat on the edge of the bed and carefully checked Liu Yinyin's injuries. "The medicine has already been applied. Does it still hurt? Here are some painkillers. Take them first."
Liu Yinyin was served to take the medicine. She couldn't turn over or move around now. Lying there like that, Mo Donglin couldn't even see her expression. He just heard her muffled voice saying, "I'll definitely get even with her when I get back to the company."
Didn't Xia Weilan go to the company? They would see each other every day. She didn't believe that she couldn't find Xia Weilan's fault.
Mo Donglin frowned. "Xiao Xiao and Zhou Lanxin have both been fired. What else do you want to do? If you target Xia Weilan again, even if it's Xia Weilan's fault, others will think it's you who's up to something!"
"Then what should I do! Is this fair? She's allowed to frame me, but I'm not allowed to get even?" Liu Yinyin was extremely annoyed.
Mo Donglin told her about Mo Beichen's warning today. "If you offend Xia Weilan again, you won't even be able to stay in the company, and the old master won't help you either."
"No, I can't leave the company. I want to stay with you in the company." Liu Yinyin immediately said.
"Then just be more obedient. Don't act rashly recently." Mo Donglin's voice softened.
"Okay." Liu Yinyin nodded. Of course, she couldn't leave the company. The reason she went to the company was to see Mo Beichen.
Although she never had the chance to go to his office, just seeing him from afar usually made her feel comfortable.
Mo Beichen was the man of her dreams and the white moonlight in her heart.