Snap!
With a crisp sound, a bright red handprint appeared on Xie Yunhuai's fair cheek.
He remained silent, as if he weren't the one who had been beaten.
The woman in front of him had a face similar to his, and looked at Xie Yunhuai with disgust.
"Do you want to become a good-for-nothing like your father?"
Xie Yunhuai appeared obedient, bowing his head and letting her beat and scold him.
Xie Lan squinted. Her meticulously maintained face showed no signs of aging, except for the wrinkles around her eyes.
She raised her hand.
Snap!
He slapped Xie Yunhuai again.
She seemed to have finally vented her anger, sat down in the golden nanmu chair, lit a cigarette, and held it between her fingers as it burned.
Amidst the swirling white mist, Xie Lan said coldly, "That person in the video is obviously you. It's a good thing you don't show your face in public, otherwise do you know how much the stock would drop? And how much money and favors would be needed to suppress it?!"
She took a few puffs of her cigarette in frustration and exhaled.
"You really inherited your father's bad genes."
Xie Yunhuai finally spoke his first words as he entered the room.
"I'm sorry, Mom."
Xie Lan crushed the cigarette butt into the ashtray next to her.
"What's the point of saying all this now? You've been tricked by such a stupid person. It's a waste of my time teaching you!"
Xie Lan watched the whole online drama unfold; she hadn't seen such low-level tactics in a long time.
He actually managed to fool netizens and his own silly son completely.
"I told you long ago to stop associating with that girl. You're so stupid."
The "girl" Xie Lan was referring to was Su Jin. Although she had helped Su Jin before, Su Jin's later actions made her realize that she had helped the wrong person.
Xie Yunhuai's eyes dimmed, but he spoke up for Su Jin with neither arrogance nor servility, "That's not her fault. No one can choose the family they are born into."
Just like myself.
Xie Lan's sharp gaze swept over his son, and he stood up and kicked him in the back of the knee.
Xie Yunhuai was forced to kneel down, his knees hitting the hard ground with a thud.
“If you still can’t learn how to talk to your mother, I don’t recommend finding another heir. Now, give me the things.”
Xie Yunhuai looked up at her; his mother's face was bathed in sunlight, so bright that he couldn't see anything.
He bowed his head again respectfully and presented a brown paper bag with both hands.
"Yes, Mother."
The bag contained a USB drive that Gu Xingze's assistant had given him this morning, containing the original version of the maliciously edited video of Su Xingran that had been posted online.
As Assistant Li left, he respectfully relayed a message: "You've probably heard of our company's reputation as a hacker; it's not just for show. Our boss said he wasn't helping you, but rather he didn't want our wife to be affected by such a huge public opinion."
"Oh, and he also said you were stupid for letting someone like that step on you."
...
"Ouch, that hurts!"
Lin Shi looked at Su Jin with teary eyes; there was a scrape on her arm that she didn't know when.
Su Jin was applying medicine to her with great force; it was unclear whether it was intentional or accidental.
Lin Shi: "I'm giving you my whole heart, and you're just going to stir-fry some green peppers for me."
"How could that be, my dear? You are my eldest daughter, I would never bear to let you suffer."
Luo Feifei glanced over in this direction, still feeling a lingering fear.
Su Jin sensed it and turned to look at her with a smile.
She touched her lips, wriggling and twisting them, "Does sister want to feel it again~"
Luo Feifei reacted as if she had seen a ghost, quickly creating distance between them.
[Hilarious! I wonder how much psychological trauma Luo Feifei is experiencing.]
This reaction is a bit like when I kissed a straight girl I liked, and she reacted...
[The person upstairs explained in detail that the battery has enough power.]
Shen Yanxiu quietly watched the two of them from the side, secretly glancing at Su Jin's face both cautiously and openly.
Her beautiful eyebrows furrowed, and although there was a smile in her eyes, there was more worry than anything else.
It's so beautiful...
It's like being stared at by eyes like those.
Shen Yanxiu turned his back and stared at a sharp stone.
He raised his hand and, without hesitation, slammed it hard against the stone.
Blood gushed from the thin back of his hand, but he seemed to feel no pain, not even flinching.
"All done! Wrapped up perfectly!"
Su Jin clapped her hands, praising her own skills.
Lin Shi looked speechlessly at the crooked bandages on her arm.
"You actually dared to mess with me? The consequence of messing with me is that I'm powerless to fight back! You've kicked a cotton ball, you've warmed up! Let me tell you! I'll show you with my actions that the consequence of messing with me is that nothing will happen!"
After saying that, he stormed off.
Su Jin muttered to herself, "Why is she so short-tempered?"
A bleeding hand suddenly reached out in front of her.
Shen Yanxiu said in a low voice, "I'm injured too."
"It hurts so much."
He clutched the hem of his clothes with his other hand, afraid that she would reject him, so he could only feign weakness and say that it hurt.
Su Jin stared wide-eyed at the bloody hole. "Oh my god, why didn't you say so earlier? How could you be so patient? You could have died right next to me and I wouldn't even know!"
She frantically opened the first-aid kit and used her meager first-aid knowledge to treat his wounds.
Shen Yanxiu lowered his eyes slightly, and from his angle, he could just see Su Jin's tightly furrowed brows and the tip of her nose.
While frantically trying to stop the bleeding, she muttered to herself, "What should I do..."
The campfire illuminated her profile, revealing even the fine downy hairs around her lips.
Shen Yanxiu despised himself in his heart.
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