Chapter 161: Chapter 160: Slapping the Fake Heiress 61
Mrs. He had not expected He Yang to be so extreme.
She thought it was all because of Liu Mingzhu.
It was Liu Mingzhu who led He Yang astray, making him not even listen to her anymore.
"Did Liu Mingzhu tell you this?"
Mrs. He asked He Yang coldly.
He Yang stiffened his neck, completely ignoring Mrs. He’s words: "It wasn’t Mingzhu who said it, it was my own idea. Mom, you all have a prejudice against Mingzhu, insisting on thinking of her as so bad."
Mrs. He was almost amused by anger: "Fine, then let me ask you, how did you figure out that Anning wouldn’t let Liu Mingzhu enter the home? Who told you? Do you have any evidence?"
"If it’s not because of Zhao Anning, then why did Mingzhu move out as soon as she came back?"
The more He Yang thought about Anning, the angrier he became, with all his resentment directed at Anning: "She’s only been back a few days and has forced Uncle Zhao and Mingzhu to cut off their father-daughter relationship, making Mingzhu’s life so miserable."
Thinking of Liu Mingzhu, He Yang felt she was truly pitiable: "Mom, Mingzhu is now homeless, she’s just a student, what can she do? Even if she wants to work, no place will take her, if we don’t look after her, she’ll die."
However, Mrs. He didn’t care about what would happen to Liu Mingzhu; she only knew that He Yang was too deeply influenced by Liu Mingzhu, and if left unchecked, who knows what could happen.
"You can lend a house to Liu Mingzhu to live in, but afterwards, you can’t associate with her anymore, nor bring her to our house, and definitely can’t let her interact with Min’er. If you can’t do that, then don’t blame me for being unkind. I will take back that house and really leave Liu Mingzhu without a place to live."
Mrs. He issued an ultimatum to He Yang: "I mean what I say, you understand that."
Facing the strong-willed Mrs. He, He Yang was helpless.
He was young and still studying; he needed his family’s financial support, how dare he defy Mrs. He.
Just like he said, he was still a minor, and if he fell out with his family, once he left the house, he wouldn’t even have a place to work and earn money.
He Yang was very angry, but he didn’t dare do anything, he could only gloomily agree with Mrs. He.
Once he returned to his room, he immediately sent a Flying Messenger message to Liu Mingzhu.
He Yang: Mingzhu, my mom has given me an ultimatum. If I keep associating with you, she will take away the house you’re living in. Sorry, I can’t look after you anymore. You can keep staying in that house for now; I’ll transfer some money to you in a bit... you MUST study well, once you come of age, there will be a way.
Liu Mingzhu was throwing a tantrum when she received the message.
She saw Anning’s competition video and was so angry when she got back that she threw things around.
"Why do you have to be so outstanding? Ah, why have you become so outstanding? Zhao Anning... you’re in the limelight, while I’m hiding like a rat in the gutter, why? Why? Zhao Anning, I won’t admit defeat, everything you stole from me, I will take back eventually."
She threw a lot of things, and at the peak of her anger, her phone chimed.
Liu Mingzhu picked up her phone and almost threw it too upon seeing the Flying Messenger message from He Yang.
"Everyone is bullying me, every single one of you, what did I do wrong to deserve this..."
She hugged her phone, crouched in the corner, and curled up into a ball.
At this moment, Liu Mingzhu felt like she was abandoned by the whole world.
Even He Yang was no longer looking after her; she didn’t know what to do in the future, the world so vast yet she felt she had nowhere to belong.
After squatting for a while, she got up, silently cleaned up the broken things, tidied the room, then went to the kitchen to find something to eat, and sat down, slowly stuffing food into her mouth.
After stuffing herself, Liu Mingzhu finally came to her senses.
Her eyes were like they were filled with poison: "Zhao Anning, if it weren’t for you, I would still be the Miss of the Zhao Family, my life wouldn’t be like this, if it weren’t for you..."
Liu Mingzhu didn’t know when she went back to the bedroom and dug out a doll, which had Anning’s name written on it. She took a needle and repeatedly stabbed the doll: "Die, just die, die..."
The robotics competition finally came to an end.
Zhao Batian won the championship with an absolute advantage and could represent Hua Country in the World Robotics Competition.
Also qualifying for the world competition were Red Fox and Blue Phoenix.
In the past few days, because of Anning’s victory, Zhao Han had been walking with an air of triumph.
With joy comes a lifted spirit, and it was nearly Spring Festival. Anning had gotten first place in her final exams, Zhao Mingrui had also made some progress in his studies, and the solar cell Anning made had applied for a patent, with the factory under construction.
To expedite battery production, Zhao Han didn’t rebuild a new factory but directly purchased one.
Although the purchased factory also needed renovation, it was a lot less trouble than building a new one.
Zhao Han had someone set up a workshop first and then bought machinery according to the specifications Anning had provided.
Anning went over to help Zhao Han calibrate the machinery, then she and Zhao Han asked the workers to leave so the two of them could retrofit the machinery.
By the time the first batch of batteries was produced, Xiao Hongyi immediately called Zhao Han; his family’s brand also had a smartphone line that was selling very well.
Xiao Hongyi wanted to switch to the Zhao Family’s batteries for their new smartphone model.
Xiao Hongyi offered a very good price, but he requested exclusive supply to the Xiao Family smartphones for one year.
Considering that the battery production wouldn’t increase significantly within a year and Xiao Hongyi’s conditions were indeed favorable, Zhao Han agreed.
Soon, Xiao Hongyi sent Zhao Han a deposit, and the sum was indeed significant.
Just that sum alone recouped all the costs of purchasing the factory and machinery.
Naturally, Zhao Han was very happy. He began visiting the battery factory frequently, urging the workers to speed up and started setting up a second workshop.
In addition, Zhao Han also collaborated with Xiao Hongyi to produce domestic service robots.
Truthfully, the Zhao Family had always been in the hotel industry and truly had no experience in electronics, whereas the Xiao Family had been researching electronics for years, with both manpower and an existing factory making them ideal partners.
The first batch of domestic service robots produced by the two families was released to the market just before the Spring Festival.
Xiao Hongyi and Zhao Han, both seasoned businessmen, began massive advertising well before the robots’ release. As soon as the robots went on sale, they sold out instantly, followed by a stream of great reviews. Countless people regretted not acting fast enough to buy them, and even more were waiting for the release of the second batch.
With Zhao Han busy, Song Ruyi naturally became busy as well, and with Zhao Mingrui facing the college entrance examination next year, he was caught up with doing practice problems and attending tutoring classes despite the holiday break.
As for Xiao Yuan, it was unknown how he communicated with Xiao Hongyi, but after the holiday he started working at Xiao Family enterprises.
It seemed that the only person who was relatively free was Anning.
But Anning was not really idle either; there were some issues during the robot production that she needed to resolve. Additionally, with money in hand, she set up a lab and began formal research on artificial intelligence.
AI research is extremely costly, and Anning’s funds were not sufficient, so she sought investment from Xiao Hongyi. With the investment from Xiao Hongyi, the lab was finally established.
Because she was busy with setting up the lab, Anning relaxed her surveillance on Liu Mingzhu.
And it was because of this that Liu Mingzhu found a gap to come into contact with Song Ruyi.