At Xiaochun's funeral, the moment Xia Weilan saw Liu Yinyin also showed up, she immediately ordered, "You're not welcome here."
"Weilan, are you out of your mind? I'm Xiaochun's aunt. Why am I not welcome? Are you crazy?" Liu Yinyin relied on the presence of the old master. She knew that even if Xia Weilan wanted to do something to her, she had to think twice.
"Beichen, hurry up and control her. Why is she acting so crazy for no reason?"
"Weilan is right. You're not welcome here," Mo Beichen said coldly.
The director of the orphanage was also present. Seeing the situation, he immediately realized what was going on and stepped forward, saying, "You're Xiaochun's aunt. It was you who told Xiaochun that she was abandoned, which made her sad for several days."
If Xiaochun hadn't suffered such a great shock, maybe she could have lived for a few more days.
"What abandonment? I didn't say anything. Grandpa, I'm being wronged. I've always been so good to Xiaochun," Liu Yinyin panicked and immediately explained.
If she couldn't clear this matter up, her good image in front of her grandfather would be completely ruined. Moreover, she still hoped that Mo Beichen would take a second look at her. How could she have such a stain on her?
"It must be Xia Weilan who taught Xiaochun to talk nonsense," Liu Yinyin rolled her eyes and pointed at Xia Weilan instead. "Xiaochun is so innocent. She must have been deceived. I clearly didn't say anything. I must be framed."
Liu Yinyin decided to flat - out deny it. After all, Xiaochun was already dead. Could a dead person come back to bite her?
"Enough!" Old Master Mo's voice sank. He glared at Liu Yinyin and said, "You go out first."
In the last two days, Xiaochun's attitude towards Liu Yinyin was obviously different, and Old Master Mo had also noticed this.
"Okay. I'll give my flowers to Xiaochun before I leave." Liu Yinyin looked as if she had nothing to fear. She walked up to Xiaochun's ashes, put down the white flower in her hand, and then pretended to look disappointed.
When Liu Yinyin walked beside Mo Beichen, she said pitifully, "Beichen, you must believe me."
Mo Beichen's eyes turned cold. He directly ordered, "Get out."
Liu Yinyin was really shocked by this roar. This time, she was truly disappointed, and her eyes were really red. Then she left.
After the funeral, Xia Weilan fell seriously ill. She lost ten pounds from her once - healthy body.
In the hospital, Mo Beichen was the most exhausted one. Before, he had been busy with Xiaochun's illness, then with Xiaochun's funeral, and now his pregnant wife had suddenly fallen ill.
Even an iron man would need to catch his breath, but Mo Beichen never complained about being tired. He silently stayed by Xia Weilan's side. He even brought his work documents to the ward to deal with them. After approval, he would ask Xu Wei to take them back to the company.
"Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?" As soon as Mo Beichen saw Xia Weilan open her eyes, he helped her sit up. There were always several kinds of congee on the table every day. He would try different ways to coax Xia Weilan to eat.
If Xia Weilan's gaze lingered a bit longer on a certain bowl of congee, Mo Beichen would quickly pick it up and hand it to her.
"Eat more," Mo Beichen said in a low voice.
But as soon as Xia Weilan took a sip, she started coughing again and vomited out everything she had eaten. Mo Beichen's eyes were filled with even more pain. He patiently fed her bit by bit.
Xia Weilan knew that she had to eat. There was another life in her belly, and she couldn't not eat.
Xia Weilan's illness lasted for a full seven days.
It wasn't until Xia Weilan got better that Mo Beichen finally had time to rush to the company with Xu Wei.
"Mr. Mo, many of the people we promoted in the company have been fired by Mo Donglin. Moreover, the company has undergone a major reshuffle in the past few days. Mo Donglin has placed many of his own people in various positions. Mr. Mo, no matter what project we do now, we will be held back by Mo Donglin's people. We've really encountered a tough problem this time," Xu Wei said.
The scariest thing was not a powerful enemy, but internal strife. It was hard to guard against when one's own people were suppressing each other.
Mo Beichen looked coldly at the documents in front of him, which contained the list of newly - placed employees in the company recently.
Mo Beichen closed the documents heavily, closed his eyes as if in a doze, and said nothing.
Xu Wei had no choice but to continue driving. He believed that the president must have his own plan. The president must have a way to suppress Mo Donglin. Otherwise, over the years, why was Mo Donglin just a mere manager while Mr. Mo had the final say in Mo Ying Group?
Xu Wei didn't know where his confidence came from, but he just blindly admired Mr. Mo.
On the other hand, Xia Weilan stood in front of the school gate again. She took a deep breath and slowly walked in.
This time, she was called back by the principal. Xia Weilan felt that the situation was not good because she had taken a week - long leave in a row, and before that, she had also taken many days off to take care of Xiaochun.
"Knock, knock, knock." Xia Weilan knocked on the door a few times before entering the principal's office.
As soon as the principal saw Xia Weilan's emaciated appearance, he sighed and said, "Sit down."
"Principal, I'm much better now. I can come back to school," Xia Weilan observed the principal's expression.
"Weilan, this time, I can't protect you anymore. The last time you were allowed to stay in the school as an exception made you a special case. And now you've suddenly taken so many days off. If I don't let you take a suspension of studies, the school's rules and regulations will be just for show," the principal said, shaking his head.
"Then, can I still follow up on the school's design project and the new materials to be researched?" Xia Weilan asked, making a concession.
"The innovative project you proposed has been put on hold. The technical problems in it can't be solved overnight. Well, when you return to school in the future, you can restart this research," the principal said, looking embarrassed.
"I understand," Xia Weilan sighed. She also knew the principal's difficulties and couldn't make things difficult for him.
Xia Weilan entered the school and left less than half an hour later.
She called her driver and asked him to come back and pick her up.
However, Xia Weilan didn't expect that as soon as she got in the car, the driver said, "Young Madam, the president asked me to take you to him."
"Does Beichen know that I'm taking a suspension of studies?" Xia Weilan asked.
"Yes, the president knew about it a long time ago. And he told me in advance that if you took a suspension of studies, I should take you to him," the driver replied respectfully.
However, Xia Weilan was taken not to Mo Ying Group, but to a building near the group.
As soon as Xia Weilan walked in, the security guard said respectfully, "Madam, hello."
After passing through several checkpoints, Xia Weilan finally entered a research laboratory. Inside, Mo Beichen was waiting for her with an entire research team.
Xia Weilan seemed to be frozen on the spot because several of the doctors in front of her were well - known experts in the field. They were the authorities in the design industry.
And these authorities were actually gathered together? What was going on?
"Weilan, from today on, you can resume your research," Mo Beichen walked up to her and showed her around the entire research laboratory.
Xia Weilan had previously designed a product with innovative ideas. However, this product couldn't be put into production yet because it was only a conceptual work, and the suitable materials hadn't been researched. And this was the laboratory for researching materials.
"Dr. Liu, Professor Zhang, hello," Xia Weilan immediately greeted the seniors seriously. Then she said to Mo Beichen, a bit hesitantly, "But it seems like overkill for you to recruit so many people."
"I didn't recruit them. It was your creativity that attracted them here," Mo Beichen corrected her.
"What's going on?" Xia Weilan was extremely surprised.
Actually, half a month ago, Mo Beichen had sent the research directions proposed by Xia Weilan to several doctors respectively. If they were interested, they could come and participate in the project.
Now, Xia Weilan felt a bit elated and was very happy. Looking at the equipment in the room, it was comparable to that in the school. It was simply an authoritative laboratory.
"Miss Xia, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation," Dr. Liu said actively.
In the eyes of these people, Xia Weilan's academic background didn't matter, nor did her gender. What mattered was her ability, and Xia Weilan undoubtedly had this ability. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come up with such a breakthrough design.
After that, Xia Weilan would go back and forth between her residence and the research laboratory every day, immersing herself whole - heartedly in the research.