Ling Mo slightly lifted his eyelids and looked at Su Yu.
Su Yu is Ling Mo's stepmother. More than ten years ago, she was a very popular actress. Now, she is over forty years old, but she is still slender and graceful, like a shy and lovely young girl.
However, her past was not as glamorous as her appearance. She was a mistress who rose to power by sleeping with Ling Yunlong's husband while her best friend Shi Ying was pregnant.
Later, Shi Ying died of amniotic fluid embolism during childbirth, and she immediately married into the Ling family while heavily pregnant.
After securing her position as the matriarch of the Ling family, she successfully suppressed her shameful history of rising to power through her exceptional skills, and even thrived in the social circles of wealthy women in Linjiang City.
It was precisely because of Su Yu's exceptional diplomatic talent that Shijian Group received a huge amount of multi-party financing, which is why Ling Yunlong has been able to cherish and protect her for so many years.
As soon as Ling Yunlong saw Su Yu approaching, a smile instantly bloomed on his cold and stern face:
"There was a traffic jam on the way, which caused a bit of a delay. Don't worry, I will definitely not forget my precious daughter's birthday."
Su Yu grunted and turned away, as if she was sulking with him.
Her almond-shaped eyes, which always seemed to smile at everyone, paused slightly before she noticed Ling Mo, who stood with his hands in his pockets and exuded an aloof and refined air.
"How's the matter of Momo being expelled from school going?"
Su Yu maintained a faint smile, but the resentment in her eyes was already evident.
God knows how much thought and effort she put in to erase that despicable history of a mistress rising to power.
Ling Mo's return also means that the "stigma" she has been trying so hard to shake off will soon return.
Ling Yunlong clearly didn't notice Su Yu's emotional fluctuations. He gently held her slender waist and spoke softly:
"The principal is away on business and I'll have to go again tomorrow. By the way, Momo has only been back from the countryside for a week and doesn't know the rules yet. I'll have to trouble you to teach her properly in the future."
"That's natural."
Su Yu put down the teddy bear in her arms and shouted at Wu Ma, "Aren't you going to take Miss Mo to wash up?"
"Yes, madam."
Aunt Wu, dragging her obese body, came running out, "Miss Mo, please come with me."
"Um."
Ling Mo nodded, a few glints of light flashing in her pure eyes. Even without makeup, she was still dazzlingly beautiful.
She followed silently behind Wu Ma, her mind frequently wandering as she pondered what to do next. Being reborn a year before the tragedy began meant that everything that had happened before could be started anew.
She will repay Ling Tian and Shi Yi tenfold, a hundredfold, for the deadly grudge they committed.
She will personally destroy Su Yu's hypocritical mask.
As for her brothers who have fought alongside her through thick and thin in the Super God Arena, she will do everything in her power to protect them...
"Miss Mo, be careful! Don't get the Scottish rug that Madam specially ordered from O continent dirty."
Aunt Wu grabbed Ling Mo, who was slightly distracted, and yelled at her.
In her opinion, Ling Mo's canvas shoes, washed until their original color was no longer visible, were not worthy of stepping onto the expensive Scottish carpet.
"Aren't carpets meant to be stepped on?"
Ling Mo stomped heavily on the thick carpet, then turned his head and gave a cold look to Wu Ma, who was always good at flattering the powerful and belittling the weak.
In her past life, she only harbored a sliver of fantasy about Ling Yunlong, her biological father, which is why she tolerated him in every way.
Having been reborn, how could she possibly live up to the favor of fate if she were to remain so cowardly?
The maid, who was sweeping in the living room, glanced at Ling Mo, who had his hands in his pockets and looked quite roguish, and whispered among herself.
"That lowly country bumpkin is truly vulgar. I heard he got into a fight at school and almost got expelled."
"Exactly! How can that ill-mannered wild girl compare to the Second Miss, who is proficient in all the arts?"
"I never imagined that the young lady would be such a loser, not even as good as me."
"Sigh~ Who told me to be so lucky? I was betrothed to the young master of the Liang family at birth."
...
Ling Mo calmly walked past the whispering maids, his eyes inadvertently meeting Zhang Jie's shrewd gaze. A roguish smile curved his lips.
"Sister Zhang, if you have bad breath, you should brush your teeth more often."
"Wh...what?"
Sister Zhang looked up and stared at Ling Mo in astonishment.
She was speaking very softly, so how did Ling Mo hear her?
Shh, you're suffocating me.
Ling Mo made a shushing gesture, completely ignoring the strange looks from the crowd.
After all, everyone in the Ling family, except for Aunt Tian in the kitchen, had been completely subdued by Su Yu'en's combination of force and coercion.
Sister Zhang blushed, so embarrassed she wished she could disappear into a hole in the ground.
She wanted to argue with Ling Mo, but because of Ling Mo's status as the eldest daughter of the Ling family, she had no choice but to back down and swallow her anger silently.
Ling Mo had intended to go upstairs for a nap, but when he saw Ling Tian suddenly sitting upright at the piano playing "Islame," one of the top ten divine songs, he strode forward and slammed his fist on the piano keys with a loud "Duang."
The music stopped abruptly, and an eerie silence began to build.
For some reason, everyone held their breath for a moment, fearing that Ling Mo might do something outrageous to Ling Tian.
Ling Tian frowned, looked up at Ling Mo who had a roguish air about him, and asked insincerely:
"Would you like to play a song too, sister?"
Noticing that Ling Tian was a little unhappy, Aunt Wu approached her like a lapdog and said sarcastically:
"Miss Mo doesn't know how to play the piano. In my opinion, all she knows how to do is clench her fists and smash the keys."
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