Ling Qianhe, though complaining about Lin Mucai, still escorted her back to her room.
Lin Mucai heard him say,
"In this kind of occasion, be more mindful."
Did he mean not to drink alcohol or beverages carelessly?
Lin Mucai was momentarily stunned, then vaguely replied, "Okay." Ling Qianhe's eyes slowly settled on her cheek.
"If you think you're capable, then don't make people worry."
The next morning, Lin Mucai returned home. Lin Cuiping specially took Old Li's car to pick her up.
The moment she saw her, she immediately called her "precious, precious" and hugged her tightly, refusing to let go.
Lin Mucai hummed in response. But on the way, her phone kept vibrating. Lin Cuiping glanced at it, but didn't answer.
Lin Mucai was a little curious.
"Who is it?"
Lin Cuiping scratched her head.
"It's Lu Yuanhang. His calls, I don't want to answer."
Lin Mucai frowned. Lu Yuanhang's call? Was he trying to stir up trouble again?
Lin Cuiping remarked,
"He's quite short of money."
Lin Mucai could see it.
The Lin family's financial reports showed several deficits, but she had promptly intervened, preventing Lu Yuanhang's scheme to transfer assets from succeeding. Therefore, Lu Yuanhang was now like a dog biting a hedgehog with nowhere to sink its teeth. He likely thought that Lin Cuiping, with her love-struck brain, was the easiest to deal with, which was why he came to cause trouble for her.
Lin Mucai reached out and scratched her chin. The car drove to the outside of the Lin family villa.
From a distance, she saw a person wrapped like a mummy with bandages, only their eyeballs exposed, guarding the gate. Lin Mucai couldn't quite believe it.
"Is that Lu Yuanhang?"
Uncle Li immediately became vigilant!
"I must protect Madam and Young Lady!"
Lin Mucai jumped out of the car. Lu Yuanhang rushed forward. He limped, but still looked up at Lin Mucai aggressively. The moment he spoke, he started cursing, never learning to speak properly.
"What good things have you done? Why are so many people calling to ask if I'm having an affair with Madam Ling of Ling Corporation? You unfilial daughter, you unfilial daughter!"
Lu Yuanhang was about to scold her further, while Lin Cuiping showed immense bravery. She spread her arms and rushed in front of Lin Mucai, like a hen desperately protecting her chicks.
"Why are you scolding? Whether Xiaoci does well or not, what business is it of yours? Didn't I tell you not to come here anymore?"
Lu Yuanhang, with only his eyeballs exposed, could still puff up his beard and glare.
"Scoundrel! You keep doting on her. Indulging a daughter leads to unfilial piety. Xiaoci has been completely spoiled by you. This girl is audacious and has offended someone everywhere, causing trouble. If this continues, my father-in-law's legacy will be ruined by her!"
Lin Cuiping continued to retort.
"The Lin family all belongs to my daughter. It doesn't matter if Xiaoci squanders it all!"
Lu Yuanhang was so angry he leaped up.
"How is it not my business? It was my hard work for twenty years that helped you preserve the family business!"
The "phoenix man" leaped in anger.
Lin Mucai, however, scoffed at him.
"Hard work for twenty years? Your twenty years of hard work was secretly setting up your own company, then using my mother's maternal grandfather's money to buy estates and enterprises, placing them overseas, registered under Lin Miaoyu, Zhao Jingjing, and your son Lin Yangbin?
You're so angry now only because your company's capital chain is broken. That's why you've come shouting. But Lu Yuanhang, if you want money, you have to kneel down and beg my mother.
Instead of putting on a show of incompetent rage...
It's truly laughable!"
A deep sneer flickered at the corner of Lin Mucai's lips. The man opposite her seemed not to recognize her as his daughter! His eyeballs darted around. After a long pause, he pursed his lips, and his voice suddenly became dejected.
"You..."
Lin Mucai smiled, her eyes full of mockery.
"Me what?"
Lu Yuanhang was panting, and from the small car behind him, two elderly people ran out. Their legs and movements were incredibly agile.
The woman in her fifties or sixties, holding a broom, was about to strike Lin Cuiping and Lin Mucai on the head!
"Beat you to death, you unchaste demoness! You beat my son into hospitalization, have you no law?
You married into our Lu family to be our servant! Just because you have a bit of money, we don't care! What we want is a diligent daughter-in-law who will wash our feet, sweep the floor, feed chickens, and carry manure, not a poisonous woman like you!
For so many years, we've had enough! You poisonous woman, we wish we could kill you!"
Lin Cuiping's face turned pale.
The old woman opposite continued to curse.
"We want our son to divorce you, you lazy daughter-in-law who can't do anything!
We want you to get lost! Go back where you came from. We can easily find another woman in the village for our son who is a hundred, a thousand times better than a good-for-nothing like you. You can't even have a son, you useless thing! Ptooey! What are you so proud of? What are you so stylish for?
Your daughter is also a little enchantress! We don't want such a granddaughter!"
The old woman's curses were extremely vile, interspersed with dialect and slang, spoken at a rapid pace. She held the broom, looking fierce, showing no signs of poor health or needing care.
Lin Cuiping seemed completely stunned. Having been a pampered young lady since childhood, she had never experienced such hardship, nor been verbally abused with such venomous and lowly words.
The shrew opposite spewed saliva as she cursed.
Lin Cuiping remained silent for a good while, then she made a decision.
"Then divorce."
The shrew was stunned.
Lu Yuanhang was dumbfounded.
"Wh-what?"
Lin Cuiping mustered her courage and shouted.
"I said, then divorce! I'll find a lawyer immediately. We'll divorce, is that okay now? When I married you, didn't you sign a contract that you would leave with nothing if we divorced? Let's go by the contract. You take your mistress and your son and daughter and get out!
You and Zhao Jingjing, go live by your village entrance!
The villa, the luxury cars, they have nothing to do with you!
They all belong to me and Xiaoci."
As she said these words, it felt as if the dark cloud that had hung over her head for years had finally dispersed, and she felt much lighter.
Lin Mucai was extremely excited.
She quickly asked the system.
"Quick, what's the current relationship status between Madam Lin Cuiping and Lu Yuanhang?"
The system was also excited.
"It's now a state of hatred. Hmm, this means another hundred points are credited to the host.
Ah, back then, you got 100% favorability from conquering Ling Qianhe, obtaining one thousand points. You used five hundred points to redeem the Traditional Chinese Medicine skill, then spent five points to redeem Old Li's information, used two hundred points to redeem acting spaces, and on the cruise ship, you spent fifteen points to help Ling Qianhe..."
As the system was still calculating with difficulty, Lin Mucai waved her hand. Regardless, she was still far from the one thousand points needed for the second upgrade of the Traditional Chinese Medicine skill.
However, it was a good start.
Lin Mucai looked up at Lu Yuanhang, a hint of sharpness in her brows and eyes. The young girl stood as straight as a bamboo.
"You won't have a chance to approach my mother again!"
Hmph! She's going to rise!