Ming Zhi Rou placed her hands on Ming Mu's arms, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.
"Mom, let me beg my sister... I don't want you to be mocked by others at the concert..."
Ming Mu was deeply moved.
She couldn't embrace Ming Zhi Rou.
All she could do was redden her eyes and gently comfort her, "Don't believe that little slut's nonsense. She just wants to humiliate you. What good can she do..."
"Don't cry, we'll always find a way."
"If it really doesn't work... if it really doesn't work, I won't go to the concert that day."
Ming Zhi Rou immediately threw herself into Ming Mu's arms, weeping, "I want you to attend the concert too. I want you to see me perform on stage with your own eyes, and I also want... I want you to see with your own eyes that Master Zheng Yu will accept me as his disciple..."
A touching scene of mother and daughter affection.
It was enough to move anyone to tears.
Ming Yan Lun, who was descending from the second floor, looked at Ming Zhi Rou with an incredibly complex gaze.
If it were in the past.
He would have been as moved as Ming Mu by Ming Zhi Rou's words.
And would have wished to rush over and strangle Ming Zheng right away.
So that Ming Zheng would never have the chance to humiliate his precious sister again.
But...
Ever since he had watched the surveillance footage from the Yin Yang Master's parking lot.
Ming Yan Lun could now view everything in the Ming family from the perspective of an observer.
Just now, on the second floor.
He had watched the entire scene.
From Ming Chu Yan calling Ming Zheng.
To the very end of the call.
The phone was on speaker.
He could hear Ming Zheng's voice from the second floor.
He saw Ming Zhi Rou take the phone and plead with Ming Zheng, repeatedly saying she was willing to be tormented by Ming Zheng in place of Ming Mu.
But when Ming Zheng said "Okay,"
Ming Zhi Rou's expression became very strange.
It was clearly a look of unwillingness to suffer in Ming Mu's stead.
Although she kept her head lowered.
Ming Chu Yan couldn't see her expression as she sat with her mother.
Ming Yan Lun on the second floor could clearly see the change in Ming Zhi Rou's eyes.
He also saw Ming Zhi Rou constantly assessing Ming Mu's expression, and then saying words related to the concert.
The reason Ming Chu Yan had called Ming Zheng.
Was none other than wanting Ming Mu to attend next week's concert like a normal person.
Ming Zhi Rou deliberately saying those words at this time.
Was it not deliberately reminding Ming Mu...
If she really took Ming Mu's place to endure Ming Zheng's torment.
Then, the concert next week would be off?
And after Ming Zheng hung up the phone.
Ming Zhi Rou deliberately brought it up again...
Saying that if Ming Mu attended the concert like this, she would become a laughingstock.
Ming Mu, who cared so much about her reputation.
How could she tolerate becoming a joke?
Therefore, this sentence was undoubtedly an implication to Ming Mu not to attend the concert.
Ming Yan Lun's gaze deepened.
Was Ming Zhi Rou looking down on Ming Mu?
Worried that if Ming Mu attended the concert.
It would affect her?
It would make her a laughingstock as well?
This sister of his...
Was indeed not as simple as she appeared on the surface.
Everything she did...
Was with a purpose.
And it was always for her own benefit.
Scary.
Too scary.
-
After Ming Zheng finished her meal, she took a photo of her empty bowl and sent it to Chi Xian.
Chi Xian still hadn't replied.
It seemed he was quite busy during the day recently?
Ming Zheng checked the time.
It was past one in the afternoon.
She then looked at the last message on Chi Xian's chat interface, which was time-stamped at half-past eleven.
It was the message where he said he had ordered food for her and left it at her door.
It had only been a little over an hour.
He didn't even have time to reply to a message now?
So busy, yet he still ordered food for her?
Ming Zheng thought about it.
She decided to go to the Chi family's residence to see what Chi Xian was so busy with.
Perhaps there was something she could help with.
Ming Zheng changed her clothes and went out.
She didn't know where the Chi family lived.
After getting into the car.
She directly made a voice call to Si Lin.
Si Lin answered very quickly, his voice filled with surprise, "Miss Ming Zheng, you're looking for me?"
"Send me the location of the Chi family," Ming Zheng said directly.
Si Lin was stunned, "You, you want the location of the Chi family for what?"
Ming Zheng: "To find Chi Xian, is there a problem?"
"No, no problem! If you want to find Brother Chi, Brother Chi will be too happy to have a problem!" Si Lin's tone became more enthusiastic.
He chuckled, and as he sent the Chi family's location to Ming Zheng, he said, "Miss Ming Zheng, you want to give Brother Chi a surprise, right? Don't worry, I definitely won't say anything. Call me when you get here, and I'll pick you up!"
Ming Zheng: "?"
What was there to not say?
She called Si Lin precisely because she didn't intend to hide anything.
However, she was too lazy to say more.
After getting the location, she directly hung up the call with Si Lin.
Si Lin was still excitedly patting his chest and making promises.
But then, the voice call ended.
"Miss Ming Zheng is just like Brother Chi... using someone and then just discarding them," Si Lin grumbled.
A cold voice came from behind him, "What are you doing here?"
Si Lin's body immediately tensed, and he jumped up, turning around to face his twin brother's stern face.
"N-nothing..."
Si Qi cast a suspicious glance at Si Lin, his cold brows furrowed. "Hurry up and get ready, Brother Chi is going to make a move."
"Okay, okay, okay... move?!" Si Lin exclaimed, his expression changing instantly. "Wait, wait... weren't we still deploying? Why are we moving so suddenly?"
"What? Is there a problem?" Si Qi narrowed his cold eyes, his gaze falling on the phone in Si Lin's hand.
Si Lin quickly hid his phone behind him, "No, no, no problem! It's okay, it's okay! I know, action... action..."
With that, he quickly hopped backward.
And swiftly escaped the range of his twin brother's grasp.
It's over, it's over!
Miss Ming Zheng will be here soon.
What should I do now?
-
Outside the Chi family's gate.
A luxury car worth millions stopped.
A woman in a white gauze dress, with her black hair spread over her shoulders and her makeup delicate and gentle, stepped out of the car.
She tilted her head back, looking at the magnificent ancient mansion that resembled an ancient imperial palace. A hint of greed flickered in her eyes.
She clenched her fists.
Then, she tucked her black hair from her cheeks behind her ear, revealing her sweet and gentle face.
Stepping confidently in her pointed high heels, she walked towards the ancient mansion.
At the entrance of the ancient mansion.
Two tall and handsome men stood there.
From the aura they exuded, it was evident that...
They were both B-class martial artists.
Even the gatekeepers were B-class martial artists.
The light in the woman's eyes intensified.
She raised a sweet smile and said to the two men, "Hello, I am the daughter of the Ming family, Ming Zhi Rou. I heard that the Chi family head has been very busy recently, so I specifically brought some gifts for the Chi family head."
Yes.
This woman was Ming Zhi Rou.
She had finally managed to find the location of the Chi family through considerable expense.
And had immediately asked the family driver to bring her here.