Indeed, Madam Qing was angered. Before Meng Jingwei could even finish speaking, the old madam cut her off. "You go back to the old residence immediately."
"Oh, alright."
Meng Jingwei nodded without hesitation and agreed.
Madam Qing had already summoned Qing Muye back to the old residence. If she went back now, she could see the situation firsthand and find out what punishment Qing Muye was receiving.
After hanging up the phone, Meng Jingwei secretly let out a sigh of relief and sat on the bed, lost in thought.
A moment later, Shu Yao's call came in.
Meng Jingwei mechanically answered, "Hello?"
"Hello, hello? Where were you today? You weren't in the Qing family's old residence when you woke up this morning. Tell me honestly, where did you go?"
As soon as the call connected, Shu Yao started questioning her.
Meng Jingwei pursed her lips, found an excuse, and explained, "I suddenly got my period last night. The Qing family's old residence didn't have any sanitary pads, so I came back. I had abdominal pain all night and didn't sleep, only falling asleep when dawn broke. I forgot to charge my phone, so it automatically shut down."
With such a perfect explanation, Meng Jingwei felt like praising herself for being a little clever.
"Ai, I knew it. Go check Weibo's trending searches quickly, Qing Muye is in trouble," Shu Yao reminded her.
However, the tone of her voice carried a hint of schadenfreude.
Meng Jingwei couldn't be bothered to play along and directly said, "I already saw it."
"You saw it? Hmph, so you know now. Qing Muye is not only a timid and cowardly man, but he also likes men. He, he, he is completely omnisexual. It's so disgusting."
The thought of Qing Muye, who appeared cold and noble on the outside but behaved so chaotically in private and liked men, made Shu Yao shiver and her hair stand on end, giving her goosebumps.
Meng Jingwei raised her hand and rubbed her temples. She never expected Shu Yao to evaluate Qing Muye this way, and she couldn't even refute it.
She wanted to explain, even had the words on the tip of her tongue, but... she held back in the end.
"The specific situation isn't clear yet; it might just be a misunderstanding. But I can't chat with you anymore, Grandma asked me to go back to the old residence. I'll go see the situation there."
Not knowing how to continue talking with Shu Yao, she made an excuse to hang up.
"Alright then. Hurry back, so you can see for yourself how disgusting that shameless man Qing Muye is. Weiwei, you're my good friend, I really advise you to stay away from him, as far as possible."
"Yes, I appreciate your good intentions. Bye."
Meng Jingwei didn't want to continue discussing the matter with Shu Yao, so she hung up.
After calming herself down in the apartment for a while, she changed her clothes, tidied her hair, and set off for the Qing family's old residence.
She drove quietly all the way, not even turning on the music.
But because her mind was wandering and the roads were slippery due to the snow, she almost crashed into the green belt several times.
After a slow and agonizing hour, she finally arrived at the Qing family's old residence.
As soon as she reached the old residence, she saw a car with a familiar license plate parked at the entrance. It was Qing Muye's.
There was another car beside it, Qing Si Huai's.
Qing Si Huai is back too?
Not only that.
Just as Meng Jingwei was standing there staring at Qing Si Huai's license plate, three more sedans slowly drove up from behind.
Meng Jingwei couldn't help but get a headache. The scene today was quite grand.
Standing to the side, she saw a few middle-aged couples with distinguished temperaments alighting from the sedans.
They were Qing Muye's third uncle, fourth uncle, and maternal uncle.
Before Meng Jingwei could even greet them, she saw two more cars arrive from behind.
Fortunately, the area in front of the Qing family's old residence was very large, enough to park dozens of cars. Otherwise, there might not have been enough space.
More people got out of the following cars.
Meng Jingwei had seen these people before when she attended the family banquet at the Qing family's old residence last time.
These elders held some sway within the Qing family. They walked in with imposing airs, completely ignoring her presence, and entered the courtyard.
Because Meng Jingwei was recognized as an adopted granddaughter by Madam Qing, these people did not acknowledge her existence, so they paid her no mind.
After all, a girl from the countryside entering the Qing family would only dilute the family's assets. How could they possibly like her?
Meng Jingwei followed closely behind them into the old residence.
However, this time they did not go to the reception hall but followed them all the way to...
Upon reaching their destination, Meng Jingwei looked up and her steps faltered.
They had arrived at the ancestral hall of the Qing family's old residence.
Meng Jingwei had also come to the ancestral hall to pay respects when Madam Qing recognized her as an adopted granddaughter last time, so she knew the place.
But she never expected that this matter concerning Qing Muye would alarm everyone in the Qing family and bring them all to the ancestral hall.
The matter had escalated.
"Little girl?"
Just as Meng Jingwei stood at the entrance of the ancestral hall, unable to move for a long time, someone walked over beside her.
She looked back and saw it was Qing Si Huai.
"Seventh Uncle, you're back too?"
Meng Jingwei forced a smile and greeted him.
Qing Muye, dressed in a black woolen coat and a scarf around his neck, put his hands in his coat pockets and looked at the ancestral hall, shaking his head and sighing, "Ai, who would have thought Muye would end up in such a situation. Our Qing family has always been traditional. With this kind of incident, the family members simply cannot tolerate it."
Every word he spoke felt like a knife piercing Meng Jingwei's heart, making her increasingly uneasy.
She subtly probed, "Is it that serious? Is what happened to Qing Muye true? If it is, what will happen?"
"I don't know. The Qing family has never experienced anything like this. But Muye is currently the favored successor of the Qing family and shoulders great responsibility for the family. If he truly likes men, I'm afraid... the Qing family will not tolerate him continuing to hold the position of CEO of Songyu Group."
Meng Jingwei's pupils widened, and her brows furrowed. "What... what do you mean, are you saying... they will directly kick him out of Songyu Group?"
She had considered many scenarios, but she never expected things to be this serious.
Qing Si Huai shrugged, "Not sure. Let's go inside and see."
He strode towards the ancestral hall, and Meng Jingwei followed him in.
In the vast main hall of the ancestral hall, stood more than twenty men and women.
Fortunately, the main hall of the ancestral hall was over a hundred square meters wide, otherwise, it would have been very crowded.
Those people stood on both sides. Madam Qing stood before the offering table with many spirit tablets, glaring at Qing Muye, who stood in the center of the hall.
This setup was no less imposing than a 'triple trial', exuding immense pressure.
"This is utter nonsense, their conduct is indisciplined, turning our Qing family into a laughingstock of the entire city."
"Although Muye has certain business acumen, his character is truly lacking."
"Shameless, to be fooling around with a man in a mall fitting room!"
"Disgraceful!"