Mu Yiran took a step back, and Ai Ni easily controlled Su Tian, pushing her towards Li Ziqi. The two of them fell onto the sofa like bowling balls.
"Cheng Ran!" Su Tian gritted her teeth.
"Even framing someone requires evidence, ah..."
Mu Yiran rested her chin on her hand and shook her head:
"But Aunt Su probably doesn't have time to look for evidence that I framed my second brother right now. After all, my second brother is still waiting for you to clear his name."
Li Ziqi, supporting Su Tian, said angrily:
"Cheng Ran! I think you're plotting a rebellion! Do you think that just because you killed your second brother, the group will be all yours?"
Mu Yiran: "I don't know if it's mine or not, but it definitely has nothing to do with you."
Su Tian wanted nothing more than to tear apart the woman's face, which resembled Mo Yan's. Before she could make a move, several more people barged into the office.
"Su Tian! What exactly happened! Why was Cheng Li taken away by the police! Why is everyone online saying he used a human sacrifice ritual! What have you been hiding from us?!"
The shareholder grabbed a panicked Li Ziqi, "Sister-in-law! What exactly happened?! There's so much gossip going on! All the projects we've worked on have been cancelled! Did Second Brother kill someone?! Are you all crazy?! You've kept this from us!"
Li Ziqi's features were in disarray, her pupils darting around wildly, "How could this... how could it have been leaked like this? People who knew clearly! Clearly!"
The shareholders didn't care about the reason and kept arguing, demanding that they return the money they had previously invested. The group was in a chaotic mess, and how could Li Ziqi and her two women escape from their encirclement? They could only be trapped in their accusations.
Mu Yiran had already slipped outside. She glanced at Su Tian, who had already fallen out with her and been pushed to the ground, and then turned and left indifferently.
Attorney Hong leaned over and asked her, "Mr. Cheng, this document..."
Mu Yiran was browsing Weibo when she heard him ask, so she threw the document into his lap.
"Why didn't you mention that Cheng Linuo's money was all transferred to Su Tian's hands?"
Lawyer Hong: "They were very careful. The money went through several people's accounts, but it was only transferred between the three of them before finally reaching Su Tian. Because Su Tian is the head of a charity, it is not easy for a large amount of money to be transferred to her to arouse suspicion."
Mu Yiran was so shocked by the online revelations about Cheng Li's human sacrifice ritual that she was speechless.
Even if Cheng Li's family doesn't die, they'll be skinned alive. Mu Yiran clicked her tongue and shook her head.
I decided to help him out.
She told Attorney Hong, "Submit the document to the bureau and say it's an internal report. Follow the procedures, do it the way you're supposed to."
Lawyer Hong: "...Mr. Cheng, things are not yet confirmed. If we report this now, it will drive Mr. Cheng to a dead end."
Mu Yiran crossed her legs and said, "You don't have to, but you have to make up for the money they embezzled. You know better than I how much the group's shares have fallen because of him."
Cheng Yuan doesn't like being the one who's always the one to take the blame for her brother's mistreatment; she doesn't!
Hong Lu touched his balding hairline and nodded silently twice.
Even if he had three more lifetimes, he still couldn't make up for the money that Cheng Li's family embezzled!
Mu Yiran: "Where is my older brother?"
Lawyer Hong: "I just notified General Manager Cheng, and he's on his way back from Shanghai."
Mu Yiran snorted. She felt sorry for Cheng Yuan. He had to support his stepmother and stepsister, and the company was about to be handed over to him. He still had to clean up their messes.
Just for those decades of family ties?
She didn't understand.
I don't know whether to call him stupid or sentimental.
"If the evidence against Cheng Li is conclusive, what will be the verdict?"
One of the lawyers behind him said:
"It's possible... the death penalty cannot be ruled out, because the matter has a significant impact on society."
Cheng Li was looking for lost elderly people, homeless people, and even abducted children.
One of the abducted children was the child of a high-ranking official in Beijing. The exposure of this incident had a huge impact, causing the group's image to plummet.
If Cheng Yuan had any brains, she wouldn't have protected Cheng Li.
She wanted to warn Cheng Yuan, but she didn't see him until she was summoned for investigation.
Seeing Cheng Yuan, looking haggard, appear in the police station, Mu Yiran sat down beside him in silence.
Cheng Yuan scratched her hair, forcing herself to look at her, "I told you not to wear such a short skirt! Don't you care about your image as a girl?"
He pointed to Mu Yiran's exposed legs, "You'll know how deadly rheumatism is when you get old!"
"Don't take your youth for granted and do whatever you want!"
Looking at the woman's hesitant face, Cheng Yuan seemed to remember Cheng Li and gave a self-deprecating smile, "Never mind... anyway, none of you listen to me."
Mu Yiran shook her head, her words sincere, "Brother, you're right. When it's time to accept getting old, one must accept it, so..."
Cheng Yuan watched with suspicion as she reached into her bag to take something out.
What are you taking out?
Reaching out of his pants?
Mu Yiran reached into her large tote bag and pulled out... hair dye.
Cheng Yuan: "..."
She offered it with both hands, her eyes full of sincerity, "So let's dye our hair, I almost called you grandpa just now."
Cheng Yuan: "..."
He touched his face, but still took it.
Looking at the hair dye in his hand, Cheng Yuan thought of the evidence that Cheng Li had embezzled public funds that the group's lawyer had sent him yesterday. He looked at the woman beside him and pursed his lips.
"What did you say to the police? You didn't say anything inappropriate, did you?"
Mu Yiran looked at him with amusement, "What do you think I can say, Big Brother? Even if I don't say anything, Second Brother is already finished."
"..."
The woman's expression was indifferent, as if the person locked inside was not her second brother, but a stranger.
Cheng Yuan felt a chill in her heart, an indescribable disappointment. "Was this something you did behind the scenes?"
Mu Yiran sneered: "Why do you and Aunt Su both like to ask if I made it? What's the difference between me making it and not making it?"
"If I hadn't done it, would my second brother not have been arrested? Wouldn't anyone have found out?!"
Cheng Yuan avoided her gaze, "Your second brother is only doing this for the project, for the company..."
Mu Yiran was surprised by his words and laughed in anger:
"So does that justify taking people's lives?"
Has Cheng Yuan been brainwashed by Su Tian and Cheng Li?!
"..."
Mu Yiran stood up and said calmly, "I believe my elder brother knows better than I what is best for the group now."
Thinking about how Cheng Yuan would end up losing the entire company because of helping Cheng Li, and being forced to leave the country by the shareholders.
Mu Yiran lowered her eyes, looking at her own two legs, or rather, the original owner's two legs. She felt a strange feeling in her heart. She pursed her lips, took a few steps and then stopped.
"You've yielded to your second brother for half your life, isn't that enough?"
Cheng Yuan stared at her blankly, muttering to herself, "Let...yes, that's enough, that's enough!"
The man's eyes held a stubborn resolve, as if he were trying to convince himself, and he kept muttering to himself.
He straightened his collar and stood up. The two left the Municipal Public Security Bureau together. Just before getting into the car, Cheng Yuan suddenly asked her:
"I heard you've been looking for a place these past few days? To throw a birthday party for that kid from the Shi family?"
Mu Yiran wanted to say no, but then she thought about how close she was to Shi Yan and his son in the eyes of the Cheng family, so she nodded.
"Yes, his acceptance letter has arrived, so we'll have a celebration banquet together."
Cheng Yuan nodded: "Then let's stay in Licheng. We're all family. If we choose another place, people will think there's some kind of rift between our two families."
Especially at times like these, we must cling tightly to the Shi family's support.
Cheng Yuan knew this, and Mu Yiran knew it very well as well.
She didn't refuse, "Then I'll go back and ask Shi Yan."
"good."
The two parted ways at the entrance of the police station.
…
Mu Yiran got into the car and sat in the passenger seat. Ai Ni skillfully turned the steering wheel; she had just gotten her driver's license a few days ago.
Mu Yiran gave her a car, but Ai Ni refused to accept it, saying she would only use the car to pick her up and drop her off at get off work.
"Madam, the people from the workshop have just delivered the items to your office."
Mu Yiran: "Oh, you've already checked, haven't you?"
Ai Ni nodded, "Yes." She glanced at the woman in the passenger seat and asked curiously, "Is that a birthday present for the young master, Madam?"
Mu Yiran looked up from her phone. "I guess so."
There are others.
The girl next to him hesitated, then Mu Yiran raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong? Don't you think that looks good?"
Ai Ni quickly shook her head, "No! It's just that I also wanted to give the young master a gift, but I don't think I can afford anything too expensive..."
"They're just kids, why would you give them something expensive? Besides, they wouldn't accept it anyway. How can a subordinate in the Shi family give their boss a birthday present?"
"Sending him a blessing is good enough, don't send him anything, that guy's been spoiled."
The gift of the tattooed arm was delivered a few days ago. Mu Yiran's eyes widened as she watched boxes and boxes of red bills being carried in.
However, Shi Youxi showed no sign of liking or gratitude, and instead had Uncle Lin place the pile of Lego next to the tattooed Lego figure, saying it would bring good fortune to the Snow Queen figure on the Lego.
Rich people celebrate their birthdays this way, which made Mu Yiran's prepared gifts seem quite out of place, so she quickly went to prepare a few more.
Ai Ni shook her head: "There was no coercion. I wanted to send her away myself. If it weren't for the young master's help, I wouldn't have been able to find my biological mother..."
Mu Yiran hadn't expected this; the pretty girl had been secretly doing good deeds behind her back.
She thought for a moment and said, "Oh... then I can send it to you."
Ai Ni: "So... Madam, could you please ask the young master if there's anything he likes?"
She observed for several days and found that apart from being interested in the madam, the young master seemed to have nothing else.
Is it interesting to criticize officials and seek personal gain?
She couldn't just capture Guan Shiyan and use him as a gift!
Mu Yiran nodded without hesitation, "Okay!"
She could also ask him about his gift preferences; if he didn't like anything, she could resell it.
The car stopped in front of the villa. Mu Yiran got out first and saw Uncle Lin directing people to decorate something on the wall in the rooftop garden on the second floor.
As we walked in, the ground was covered with congratulatory gifts from those who had cooperated and befriended the Shi family that day.
Mu Yiran found the person at the entrance of the Sky Garden.
A boy wearing a light blue shirt was leaning casually against the railing, with the setting sun as the most beautiful backdrop behind him.
"Hmm, handle it well, don't give him a chance to come out..." Shi Youxi heard footsteps and turned around, seeing the woman standing on tiptoe trying to scare him.
After hanging up the phone, Shi Youxi turned around and exclaimed in surprise, "Sister, you scared me to death!"
Mu Yiran raised her chin at him, "Are you secretly doing something bad? Otherwise, why would I scare you?"
Shi Youxi pulled her to the garden, "Is secretly thinking about your sister a bad thing?"
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