Threatened by Zhang Juhua, Zhang Yuefen had no choice but to go to her son.

Xie Yuan immediately felt overwhelmed: "What's the use of asking me about this?"

Zhang Yuefen also complained: "I don't know what's wrong with Song Xia this time. Everything was fine before, but this time she suddenly refused, making your mother lose face in front of those relatives."

"Who told you to make such a big promise? Do you think just anyone can do that? With those scores, he couldn't even pass the interview. How can I help him out?" Xie Yuan was full of resentment. He was already overwhelmed by work, and now his mother was taking on all this trouble. Did she want him to die?

Zhang Yuefen was rendered speechless by her son's words: "Mom is just trying to save face. You've made something of yourself, and I've finally managed to gain some respect in front of our relatives. I accidentally made a boast."

Seeing his mother like this, Xie Yuan could only endure it for the time being: "I don't have time to deal with his stuff right now. Just send some gifts back and say that the investigation is strict now, and get rid of the matter."

“We can’t back out.” Zhang Yuefen looked at him cautiously. “Zhang Juhua said that if we don’t get this done for her, she’ll go and talk nonsense to Song Xia. You know, Mom has always been outspoken, even about things like this in our family…”

"What did you say?" Xie Yuan suddenly stood up, his face terribly gloomy.

“She didn’t say much.” Zhang Yuefen’s voice grew softer as she explained. “She just talked about how we would control Song Xia, how we would make her hand over the company, and Tianci. Mom accidentally mentioned his existence once.”

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuan flew into a rage: "You dare to tell others about these things? Didn't I specifically tell them? If even one of them has a big mouth, all my efforts at the Song family will be in vain!"

"Mom didn't want this either, but it's so close to your success, isn't it? Besides, she keeps showing off her eldest grandson in front of me, and I couldn't stand it... But I didn't say it outright, so she might not be able to guess correctly."

"You idiot!" Xie Chuancai joined in the cursing. "You're all talk and no action. Why don't you wait until things have settled down before you start showing off? If you ruin our son's plans, I'll teach you a lesson."

"I only told them because Song Xia doesn't like to talk to our relatives..."

"You're still trying to deny it." Xie Chuancai raised his fist. "Even if Song Xia doesn't like to talk to our relatives, there's still a group chat. What if someone says something in there, or adds her separately..."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuefen's face turned pale: "That can't be, after all, they are all our relatives."

"What do you mean 'can't'? How many of our relatives are truly good to our family? They're only on our side now because they've benefited from our family. But what if one day we can't meet their demands, like this time? Do you think they'll complain to Song Xia just to see us make a fool of ourselves? After all, our family has become successful; who wouldn't be jealous?"

Now that you mention it, it's quite possible. Zhang Yuefen's face grew even paler: "Why don't we delete Song Xia from the group right now? Just say it was an accident."

"Do you think she'll believe that? Especially right after she said that in the group chat?" Xie Yuan felt increasingly stupid about his mother. Why couldn't she just stop causing him trouble?

He took a deep breath: "Right now, we can only keep my aunt and cousin in check. Once the Song family is completely mine, we won't need to worry about Song Xia's attitude no matter what others say."

"Okay, Mom will listen to you this time. You tell me what to do, and Mom will do it."

Xie Yuan's eyes flickered, and he said in a low voice, "The first thing is to keep Song Xia calm and prevent her from having time to pay attention to company matters."

"This mother is experienced, leave it to her. Once a woman becomes a mother, her weakness lies in her child." Zhang Yuefen smiled maliciously. This time she almost lost face, and she wouldn't be Zhang if she didn't get her revenge on Song Xia.

Xie Yuan opened his mouth as he listened, but ultimately said nothing.

Although Zhang Yuefen didn't say it, he knew perfectly well what his mother's tricks were. All he could say was that a daughter acquired through scheming was ultimately not loved.

At the same time, Song Xia knew that Zhang Yuefen had lost face and would definitely try to get revenge on her, so she specifically instructed Aunt Liu and Liu Qian.

She had arranged to have dinner with two of the company's veterans today, so she had to leave Lingling with them for the time being.

"Xiaxia, don't worry. After Lingling gets out of school, I'll take her to the amusement park with Mom, and Zhang Yuefen won't even be able to find her." Liu Qian came up with a plan, which Song Xia approved.

After all, Zhang Yuefen is a woman who never gives up until she gets what she wants, and she is also Lingling's own grandmother. If she's not around, her tantrums will be hard to handle.

"Goodbye, Mom." Lingling waved obediently to Song Xia. After spending a few days together, she had completely gotten used to Aunt Liu and Liu Qian keeping her company.

After breakfast, Liu Qian changed her into a light yellow dress and put two daisy hair clips in her hair, making her look like a little sun in spring. She looked fresh and lively.

Liu Qian thought that Xie Yuan's only advantage was that he gave Lingling good looks and height genes. Apart from her eyes being like Song Xia's, her nose, mouth and face shape were like Xie Yuan's. She would definitely be a great beauty with three-dimensional features and a clear outline in the future. As for her height, you could tell that her calves were relatively long when she was only three years old. She would definitely not be short when she grew up.

Fortunately, Lingling is not as cold-blooded and heartless as the Xie family; instead, she is Xiaxia's warm and caring daughter.

"Grandma Liu, Sister Qianqian, please wait for me a moment. I promised to show Lily my photo album." Lily is Lingling's new best friend, so she cherishes her very much.

Children's preferences are unique and change quickly. This time, the two agreed to exchange photos of each other when they were young, so Lingling was very careful in her selection.

Song Xia took too many photos of her. Although she had already selected them last night, she still felt there weren't enough this morning and needed to add a few more.

With her heavy little schoolbag on her back, Lingling prepared to go out, but as soon as she opened the door, she saw someone she didn't like, and her little mouth pursed.

Zhang Yuefen scolded, half-jokingly: "You little ingrate, have I raised you for nothing? You're so unhappy to see me? You're such an unruly wolf cub. But who told you to be my good granddaughter? No matter what others teach you, I'll always love you. Look what I've raised for you!"

Liu Qian looked around cautiously and found that there were only some fruits and snacks, none of which were foods that Lingling was allergic to, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Aunt Liu took them: "Sister Zhang, we're taking Lingling out now, so let's leave these things here for now."

"Where are we going? Just the two of you outsiders? Do you think this will work?" Zhang Yuefen said accusingly. "Is this how Song Xia acts as a mother? Ordering us out like this. I thought she could take good care of the child, but this is how she is? No way, I have to come with you."

Liu Qian looked anxiously at her mother, wondering what to do.