True colours ——2Mo Qiang looked at her heartless sister and then sat down on the floor with Chi Chi in her lap. She did not have a mecha core, Mo Qiang was very well aware of this fact—— all the magical things which she could do depended on the powers which were given to her by Xiao Jiao, she could not use the powers completely but she was sure that Chi Chi, who was a spiritual being would definitely be able to use his powers to form a weapon much better than any human.



Compared to Madam Lian who was a human, Chi Chi was a spiritual being which meant that he was naturally one-up when compared to Madam Lian.

" Make sure to work hard with me, all right?" Mo Qiang planned to unite their powers for the time being at least this way they will be able to deal with the pressing matter much more quickly than the rest.

" Chi," The little chinchilla agreed as it started to meditate together with Mo Qiang as they tried to connect their spiritual energy as one.

On the other side of the chasm where the Mo Family lived, Yin Fu was looking at Mo Qiang who was meditating with a pair of glasses which allowed him to zoom in and out. His lips curled into a smile as he looked at Mo Qiang who was sitting in the chasm with sweat dripping down her forehead and then turned to look at Xie Jie who came to a stop next to her all of a sudden.

" What is the matter? Why did you suddenly pop out from behind?" Yin Fu asked with a small smile as he took off his glasses and turned to look at Xie Jie.

" What are you doing?" Xie Jie did not answer instead he questioned Yin Fu regarding his actions. He had been paying attention to Yin Fu for a few days and he could see that the mer was indeed really fascinated by Mo Qiang. At first, he thought that Yin Fu was only attracted to Mo Qiang because of his momentary feelings but from the looks of it, Yin Fu seemed to be treating Mo Qiang a bit more better than he expected.

Yin Fu arched a brow and then turned to look at Xie Jie completely as he asked, " What do you mean by what am I doing? I am only looking at her and nothing else."

"That's why I am asking you what is going on with you," Xie Jie rubbed his head as he sighed, he looked slightly askance because of Yin Fu's actions and could not help but ask, " Why are you suddenly interested in her? I thought you hated her so much that you wanted to poison her, so why is it that you are suddenly keeping an eye on her so closely? Is this some sort of evil game that you are playing again?"

Yin Fu rolled his eyes as he dropped the glasses which were on his face onto the window sill and then turned to look at Xie Jie who was standing beside him as he said, " You are thinking too much, I am not thinking of doing anything to her... I just find her amusing which is why I want to keep an eye on her."

As a student of law, Yin Fu was very sharp when it came to dealing with people with criminal psychology. In the past, he knew that Mo Qiang was a good-for-nothing bastard but because of his mother who wanted to get rid of her baggage and debt, he had to marry Mo Qiang. Thus, he knew Mo Qiang better than anyone else, which was why after a period of talking back and forth with her, he realised that Mo Qiang was indeed no longer the same person as she was before.

Compared to the Mo Qiang of the past, she was a tad bit shyer and awkward when it came to dating and romance. She was like a blank slate who did not even have any idea what dating meant, of course, Yin Fu did not regret this sudden change at all. In his eyes, this could be the best thing that could happen to him which was why he was wholeheartedly willing to accept this change.

But whether or not he wanted to tell this to others was completely dependent on his mood, though he liked Xie Jie and Shao Hui and treated them as his brothers, he still wished to be the first person to leave a mark on Mo Qiang.

Xie Jie did not expect this answer as he stared at Yin Fu, he was well aware of the fact that the mer was not someone who would forgive past grudges with ease so why was it that he was suddenly willing to forgive and forget everything?

" What exactly are you planning to do?" Xie Jie asked sharply as he looked at Yin Fu who smiled softly and then raised his fists in the air as he replied, " You are scaring me, Jie'er. I told you I am simply fascinated and nothing else, I mean did you expect that someone like Mo Qiang would one day go down the chasm and even start meditating like that?"

Xie Jie turned to look at Mo Qiang, though he could not see the figure without the glasses which Yin Fu was holding he was very much aware of the fact that Mo Xifeng and Mo Qiang went to train this morning.

" Its nothing but a momentary interest and bravado, she will quit by tomorrow morning," Xie Jie did not have an ounce of trust in that woman especially when he saw Mo Qiang sell his brother to a corrupted official after getting egged on by his father.

He knew that Mo Qiang was willing to work hard like this because she was full of vigour and dreams that she will take down Madam Lian but once she realises how hard it truly was, she will show her true colours soon enough.



A severe allergyXie Jie had seen Mo Qiang doing the same thing over and over again, each time she would start something with great enthusiasm since she felt motivated and comfortable thinking of the goals she might be able to attain if she was to finish the task but each time she made a move under the confidence that she will be able to deal with everything which she had to face when completing a task.



However, that motivation only stayed until she did not face any obstacle, once she faced something which she could not take over, she would throw everything aside and then refuse to pick it up again. This was something that he had seen Mo Qiang do so many times that he was not even interested in it anymore.

Right now, she was fuelled by her desire to make Madam Lian lose and win that duel but once she reaches a bottleneck situation, she will give up faster than anyone.

" She is only doing it in the heat of the moment, don't give her too much credit," he told Yin Fu who smiled slyly and then mused, " We will see."

After speaking he turned around and walked away leaving Xie Jie alone as the latter looked at Mo Qiang's blurry figure and pursed his lips.

We will see. Hah, what a joke. He was well aware of what kind of ruffian-like person Mo Qiang was. She was someone who never faced any sort of discomfort, forget about anything else she did not even know how to withstand dirt and sand much less heat and exploding craters, she will be back in an hour or so, what was there to see?

' She will surely regret doing this, in fact, she might as well be regretting it now,' Xie Jie coldly thought as he picked up the glasses which Yin Fu had left behind and after hesitating for a few minutes, he placed them on the bridge of his nose and then glanced at Mo Qiang who was sitting in the middle of the chasm which was filled with explosions and frowned as his gaze fell on the sparks which were falling on Mo Qiang's skin.

" What a fool," he muttered as he took off the glasses and then placed them on the window sill. And then turned to leave, it was better if she was stopped midway, after all, she was a human being who used to get drunk every day—— not only that she also committed many misdeeds. If a woman like her awakened her mecha form then he was sure that she will surely create chaos every day.

Though he thought that his hands which were looking up for an ointment for burns did not stop.

.....

On the other side, Mo Xifeng watched Mo Qiang silently as she meditated with the small chinchilla in her lap, though the image was considerably odd, no one said anything.

One hour passed by and then two hours passed by —— she expected Mo Qiang to give up but instead, she stayed put where she was without even pausing as she continued to concentrate on her core. Even though the sparks which were flying around burned her skin, she did not stop and continued.

Without any rest or complaints, she stayed still in the sitting position and not once did she open her eyes while the energy around her shuddered and dipped.

How? Mo Xifeng could not help but question as she looked a Mo Qiang who was sitting in the middle of the chasm which looked like a furnace. The only difference was that it was twice as much hotter than that of a furnace, seeing her stay so tenacious, Mo Xifeng was confused as she could not understand Mo Qiang's mental fortitude.

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The only reason Mo Qiang could stay so stubborn despite all the things which were against her was nothing but her tenacity to not bow down in front of anyone.

When she was pushed out of the orphanage to survive on her own, there were many times when she was shunted along by the crowd even when she joined the company, she was bullied and suppressed by the higher-ups, she did not wish to back down which was why she doubled back down and took a step back only to return in glory.

She was used to grinding herself to the max and bringing out her best every time she set her mind to doing something.

In the company there were many times when the senior architects thought that she was nothing good which was why they did not hand her a team causing Mo Qiang to step out of the company and then survey the entire location with her own hand and feet, even though she was simply an architecture designer, she was used to staying on the fields in gruelling summers and winters even if she was to break a limb or two she would still finish her work.

' Compared to those years of hard work where she had to drag her broken body and climb the stairs of hierarchy in the company, this was still better! At least she had no one screaming at the top of her head telling her how she was not a good seed and did not know how to deal with this and that, compared to that mental torture and working place depression what was this? At least she did not have the urge to off herself after returning home.'

Only those who did not know how hard it was to climb from the bottom to the top would say that this was difficult. If someone was to ask her, burns on the skin did not hurt that much as the words which stabbed ones did, burns can be treated with the correct remedy but when someone tried to shred someone's dignity and made it impossible for them to pick those shreds and then sew them all together.

Because she was the bottom feeder with no parent and no one to care about her, she was an easy target which was why she had to push herself to her limits. No, it was better to say that even if her back was to break and her body was to push itself even further its limit, she still had to punch in the company on time.

Only then she could climb to the position where she didn't have to worry about starving, getting spit on and taunted to death by someone who thought that they were better than her.

On the other hand, this chasm was a bit more friendlier at least the burns she received were much more light than she expected them to be, with a decent burn healing ointment she will be good to go.

Mo Qiang concentrated on her energy and felt jubilant, she did not have to listen to anyone's taunts, no one was telling her that she was useless and she did not have to worry about her meals while haggling with the shopkeepers that this thing was expired and should be sold for a much cheaper price.

' This life was indeed much better than the ones where she had to suffer,' Mo Qiang thought as she finished her training and then climbed back up the chasm when she heard Mo Xifeng call her to stop.

Once she was done, she pulled herself up the chasm and then smiled at Mo Xifeng who was looking down at her with confusion in her eyes. Seeing her like this Mo Qiang flashed her a smile as she panted and winced, "Ouch, huff.. huff, you did not expect this right? You look like you just saw me giving birth to this star's first wonder."

"...."

" I know you are speechless! But you should accept that I am doing great right?"

Mo Xifeng rubbed her forehead as she pulled Mo Qiang up and then looked down at Mo Qiang whose skin was covered with small burn marks and felt her eyes twitch. She could already see the scolding that Wen Gui was going to give her which was why she turned to look at Mo Qiang and said, " Sister, I think you should give up and apologize to Madam Lian. I know you don't want to but we will have other chances to deal with her, there is no need for you to harm yourself like this by pushing your body to its limits."

" What are you talking about?" Mo Qiang wiped the sweat off her face and then looked at Mo Xifeng sweetly. " You might not know this but I am allergic to apologising to bi*ches which is why I cannot do what you are asking me to do."

Mo Xifeng was speechless, she knew that Madam Lian was a b*tch but what kind of new allergy was this?

" Oh, it looks like little Xifeng does not know what kind of allergy it is right? Don't worry it's nothing serious, I just have this sudden urge to curse when I see fake b*tches, it's a very severe condition of mine."

Mo Xifeng: "....."

Cleaner" I understand," though Mo Xifeng had never heard of or seen such an allergy in her entire lifetime, she still played along with Mo Qiang. " We are done with today's training, you can return home."



From the way she spoke, it seemed to Mo Qiang that Mo Xifeng did not plan to come back with her which was she parted her lips and asked, " Where are you going? Shouldn't you return home with me?"

Even though Mo Xifeng stayed with her and only gave her some pointers she did not stray away from the edge of the cliff and stayed close to her as if prepared to take down any sort of danger heading her way. Because of this, she was covered with a sheen of sweat and did not look too good in fact she was looking even paler than usual.

" I have something to do," Mo Xifeng replied calmly as she turned her gaze and looked in the direction where Mo Qiang could see something moving.

' Oh, so Madam Lian was worried huh?' She thought as she saw the sneaky woman who was trying to run away after she was detected by Mo Xifeng.

Mo Xifeng turned to look at Mo Qiang and then calm as ever like she was going on a walk and nothing else, she turned around and walked away. Seeing her leave Mo Qiang clicked her tongue and then headed towards home, when Xiao Jiao saw that Mo Qiang was leaving without doing anything she could not help but ask, " Why are you not following her? Should you not be helping your sister?"

If they help Mo Xifeng then they will be able to raise their favourability points! With those favourability points, they could do many things! The reason Xiao Jiao was so greedy for the favourability points was that they were back to being paupers after summoning Huhu, she was thinking of using those favourability points that they have collected to level up the system which was handed to her and start the purchase the grains option, that way she will be able to buy those grains which were not found in this land.

This way she will be able to deal with her mission much more quickly than she expected but now that the favourability points were gone, they needed to collect it from the start and this was something that Xiao Jiao was not looking forward to. After all, with the personality that the predecessor of this body had, collecting favourability points was rather similar to taking a mad bull out for a ride while sitting on its back.

It was near to impossible!

Mo Qiang looked at Xiao Jiao as if the latter had gone mad and then said, " What are you talking about? Do you think that Little Xifeng needs my help? If anything that woman who was snooping around would need a helping hand in return."

As in cue, there was a loud bang which was followed by a large smoke and dust cloud that rose in the air for around fifty feet before it started to settle down. Because of the loud bang, both Mo Qiang and Xiao Jiao were looking in the direction in which Mo Xifeng had left and after a short pause Xiao Jiao said, " You are right, there is no need for you to go with her. With how hyper-strong she is, you will only become baggage for her and nothing else."

Mo Qiang the baggage: "...."

" You don't love me as you used to, Xiao Jiao," she spoke sullenly to which Xiao Jiao raised a brow and then replied with a calm voice, " Love is nothing but an illusion, it's your stats that I am after, do not be fooled."

" I didn't take you as someone so materialistic!" Mo Qiang muttered as she typed something on her monitor and sent it away, on the other hand, Xiao Jiao who took a peek at the message she was sending shivered and added, " And I did not think you will be this ruthless."

" What do you mean by ruthless? I am such a kindhearted woman what do you mean by ruthless?"

.....

" So, what did Madam Lian ask you to do?" Mo Xifeng pressed the abdomen of the woman who was lying on the ground. " I will ask you one last time, if you piss me off then be prepared for consequences that you have not expected."

" You are going to kill me anyway," the woman who was under Mo Xifeng's feet was Madam Lian's right-hand woman and have never thought of betraying her master which was why she looked at Mo Xifeng and coldly sneered looking like she was not going to give up and confess.

Seeing her like this Mo Xifeng arched a brow and then said, " You are wrong when you think that I am going to kill you." Mo Xifeng finished reading the message which was sent by her elder sister and sweetly smiled. " You might already know that we caught a few three-horned chickens and now we are raising them. But we have no one to take care of their waste which is why you will be coming with me to clean their waste and make manure out of them."

Manure? The woman was called Yu Pingping and she had never heard of such thing as manure before but she had indeed heard about the waste which three-horned chickens made. It was said that just one chicken could make a mountain of waste in just one day, and that was not once but three times as three-horned chickens had to go and release their waste three times a day!

To make it worse the waste which comes out of the three-horned chicken was so smelly that one would faint even if they were to smell it from a mile away they will end up fainting.

" You...you devil!" Yu Pingping thought that she would die in honour and glory. If she was to die in the hands of Mo Xifeng, she will be treated as a loyal soldier by Madam Lian but now that she was caught by Mo Xifeng, she was being dragged to clean chicken waste? She did not want to!

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Mo Qiang: No need to spill blood just bring her as an extra help.

Yu Pingping: I would rather die!





Jiang Zu---------------------------



" But why can I not go?"

As soon as Mo Qiang stepped inside the house, she heard the voice of her youngest husband, Shao Hui. At this moment he was quarrelling with Wen Gui who was nursing his forehead with a frown on his face, the latter did not seem to be in a good mood but he still suppressed his anger and then turned to look at Shao Hui as he spoke in a gruff voice, " I am not allowing you to go not because I don't want you to go out of our house. I have nothing against your freedom, I am only telling you not to go because the bar where your friends have called you is not good! You are not young anymore, Hui Hui! I believe that you will be able to realise that those friends of yours are nothing but plastic friends."

Shao Hui's expression was not good as he listened to his father-in-law, an hour ago he was called to Majestic Key bar by his best friend with whom he used to play when he was young. His best friend was the only one who had treated him well, even though he was exiled his best friend, Jiang Zu had never thought of breaking their friendship and even sent gifts to his daddy.

Jiang Zu was not only his friend he was also his brother from another father.

However, his father-in-law did not like Jiang Zu and that was only because his father-in-law was still upset because Jiang Zu boldly told Mo Qiang off when the latter tried to grope him. Back then Mo Qiang was drunk and ended up getting a bit handsy with Jiang Zu which was why he slapped her and told her off, this became a thorn in his father-in-law's heart and he never let go of that incident, till this day, he was still unwilling for him to get close to Jiang Zu and even called him a plastic friend when it was clearly Mo Qiang's fault!

" Why are you talking about him like this? Ah Zu is a very nice mer! He has never done anything to let me down!" Shao Hui was not willing to believe that there was anything wrong with Jiang Zu, after all, he had grown up with him, how can he not know that there was nothing wrong with Jiang Zu?

Wen Gui sneered and then banged his hand on the table in front of him and then snapped heavily, " You say there is nothing wrong with him does that mean that there is nothing wrong with him? Have you ever wondered how such small details of our family were leaked out on the internet? Clearly, there was someone who was playing the Devil's advocate. And you might not believe it but I know as I heard clearly, it was your friend who was trying to seduce my daughter and when he failed, he ended up accusing her."

He might be willing to dote on his daughter but that did not mean that he will turn a blind eye to her flaws, the things which were done by Mo Qiang were something that Wen Gui agreed and not once did he turn a blind eye to those acts of hers.

But what Mo Qiang did not do, he will never admit to it. Jiang Zu clearly tried to seduce Mo Qiang but his daughter only had the third prince in her heart which was why she did not even look at Jiang Ze. Even though Shao Hui was not accepted by her, how can Jiang Zu even fall in the eyes of his daughter when he looked worse than Shao Hui?

And compared to Shao Hui who trusted Jiang Zu without a doubt, Wen Gui had not only investigated that mer, he had taken a keen interest in his activities and from everything that Jiang Zu did Wen Gui could easily see that Jiang Zu was only interested in women, Shao Hui was interested in.

Being a paper tiger Shao Hui never confessed to the women nor did he relay his feelings to Jiang Zu but as a mer, it is easier for them to detect such small things especially when Shao Hui never hid his feelings and confessed by taking care of those women he admired or adored.

Noting something so small down was not difficult and Jiang Zu was able to detect Shao Hui's affections clearly which was why he deliberately got closer to those women and voilà three months later, those women confessed to Jiang Zu.

After all, compared to Shao Hui who was hot-tempered and a bit awkward, Jiang Zu was soft-spoken and he did not have any qualms about rolling in bed with other women. If he did then he would not be one of the very famous idols in the imperial star—— he was not saying that anyone who worked in the business of entertainment industry achieved success by taking short cuts but Jiang Zu was indeed one of those short cut chasers and this was something that Wen Gui had traced down ages ago.

However, no matter how he tried to explain Shao Hui—— the latter would not believe him.

Instead, he told him off saying that he was coming up with fake evidence to clean up Mo Qiang's mess. As if! His daughter might be bad and she might have the habit of teasing mers but she had taste! She will not fall for a bastard like that Jiang Zu!

"What's going on?" Seeing that Shao Hui was close to exploding, Mo Qiang stepped inside. The last thing she wanted was another incident of the waving of the knife. " Why is he upset like this?"

Wen Gui heard the voice of his daughter and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that it was Mo Qiang who returned. He gave a disdainful glance to Shao Hui and then turned to look at Mo Qiang as he replied, "It's your husband, he wants to go to the bar with his best friend Jiang Zu. Even when I am telling him to stay at home."

Don't stand close to meMo Qiang looked at Shao Hui and pursed her lips silently, she did not say anything but that was not because she agreed with Wen Gui. Instead, it was because she could not remember this Jiang Zu character and had to refresh her memory once again.



It was delirious hard work as she flipped through the memory book in her head. After a very long time, she finally stumbled on the memory of a particular evening, from where she finally remembered who this Jiang Zu really was and only then did she realize that Shao Hui's best friend had a really peculiar personality.

He seemed to want everything that Shao Hui had even if those things were useless and rotten, he still wanted to have them in his hands once before throwing them away.

As Wen Gui said Jiang Zu was a famous idol, just like Shao Hui that mer also joined the entertainment industry at a young age. Because he grew up with Shao Hui, the latter trusted Jiang Zu a lot which was why after he got married despite her predecessor asking him to keep their marriage a secret, Shao Hui relayed it to Jiang Zu who came to congratulate him and the previous Mo Qiang on a fateful evening.

Though the predecessor was not his cup of tea, he still sucked up his disgust and tried to charm Mo Qiang's predecessor. From touching her 'casually' to falling in the arms of the drunken Mo Qiang, he did everything but the previous Mo Qiang despite being a hooligan did not make a move on him.

The reason was simple, she only had Qi Hong in her heart and as a prince, Qi Hong's beauty was no joke. Compared to the white moonlight in her heart, Jiang Zu was nowhere as beautiful and charming in the predecessor's eyes which was why she not only pushed Jiang Zu away but she also scolded him quite fiercely.

And calling it fierce was putting it lightly as she not only called him a cockroach who liked to eat trash but also called him a big, fat, pig. All because his face was a bit chubby instead of being sharp and thin—— Mo Qiang who finally remembered how her predecessor scolded Jiang Zu was stunned and speechless.

She had to say that the previous Mo Qiang had a poisonous tongue no wonder she was slapped by Jiang Zu. After the things she had said to him, even if he was on the verge of dying he would have still pushed himself out of the coffin only for the sake of slapping Mo Qiang.

This was of course not a problem in Mo Qiang's eyes, the problem was that after he slapped Mo Qiang, he was caught by Shao Hui. Since, Jiang Zu knew that Shao Hui trusted him more than his wife, he took advantage of the situation and for the sake of driving a wedge between the two, he cried and made a fuss saying that Mo Qiang took advantage of him.

Her predecessor who was confronted by Shao Hui was annoyed and humiliated when she realised that she was being schemed against by a small-time entertainer. Thus when Shao Hui asked her whether or not she assaulted Jiang Zu, she replied haughtily and her response was still fresh in Mo Qiang's head.

' Think what you want to I am too lazy to bother with you two shameless pricks,'

She couldn't bother herself by explaining the situation to Shao Hui which in return instilled even graver misunderstandings between the two. Shao Hui firmly believed that Mo Qiang assaulted his friend while Mo Qiang thought that she was way above him to care about something so small. In her eyes, this was something that didn't need any explanation since she will never touch someone like Jiang Zu.

Once Mo Qiang was done flipping through the memories she only had one word to say and that was —— fck!

She really wanted to drag her predecessor out of the underworld and ask her what was she thinking, she was too haughty to explain the situation correctly but did she not scold Jiang Zu until he was crying bitter tears? Then why didn't her predecessor take the liberty to explain the situation to Shao Hui? Fine, she did not like him but this had nothing to do with Shao Hui, instead it was related to her reputation!

Mo Qiang wanted to slap her predecessor left and right but she couldn't do it since her predecessor was already dead.

Even Xiao Jiao who finished watching the memories of the previous Mo Qiang was speechless, she wanted to ask the previous Mo Qiang how come her ego started to act up in the wrong situation. There was nothing wrong with being egoistic, she had seen many arrogant humans in her life but she had never seen one as foolish as Mo Qiang's predecessor.

It was fine to scold Jiang Zu like a shrew but when it came to explaining the situation it was beneath her? What kind of drugs was she on?!

Mo Qiang sighed as she rubbed her forehead and said to Wen Gui, " If he wants to go then there is no point in stopping him dad, he and I are going to be divorced sooner or later. There is no point in stopping him or restraining his freedom."

When Shao Hui heard Mo Qiang mention divorce once again, he stiffened. Because of the rumours which were running rampant on the internet his divorce with Mo Qiang had been postponed but it wasn't cancelled, this was something he was very well aware of but he still felt upset when he heard Mo Qiang mention it so casually.

Wen Gui also knew that Mo Qiang was right but he couldn't let Shao Hui go to the bar alone, even though he disliked his son-in-law because he was not caring towards Mo Qiang it did not mean that he hated Shao Hui and now that Shao Hui had signed a contract with the imperial entertainment company, he was sure that the latter must have already 'shared' this good news with Jiang Zu.

For that mer to call Shao Hui to a bar at night, Wen Gui knew that nothing good was brewing in the head of Jiang Zu which was why he turned to look at Mo Qiang and said calmly, " Why don't you go with him? If you accompany him, I will allow him to leave."

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Don't stand close to me —-2Wen Gui did not wish for his daughter and son-in-law to get along but he did wish that neither of them would part on bad terms. If something was to befall Shao Hui tonight then even if Mo Qiang was now no longer the same, she will definitely not accept Shao Hui who was played around by others.



Shao Hui might trust Jiang Zu but he did not have the slightest bit of trust in that mer, surely he must have planned something for Shao Hui such that his plan to debut as an idol would fall through. Even though there was no evidence left behind, Wen Gui did not think that it was just a mere coincidence that his daughter found out about Shao Hui's debut and made trouble on the day he went to sign the contract.

The matter was most probably related to Shao Hui's Half brother and Jiang Zu who were chummy behind the scenes while acting as enemies in front of Shao Hui.

Because of this reason, he could not allow Shao Hui to leave for the bar alone but if Mo Qiang was to follow him then he would have nothing against it.

Mo Qiang frowned and so did Shao Hui, the two of them looked at each other and the reluctance could be seen clearly in their eyes. They did not seem to be inclined towards this idea which was why they opened their mouths to refuse at once but they were stopped by Wen Gui who narrowed his eyes and then said heavily,

" If you want him to go alone to a bar where all sorts of characters come and go, I have to think about the reputation of our family. More importantly, he is soon going to debut as an idol...its fine if he was simply going to live his life as a commoner but what if something happens? Wouldn't it be like a black stain in his career? To make matters worse, it might even affect our family as a whole, don't forget that your mother has enemies everywhere.."

When Wen Gui put it like this, there was nothing Mo Qiang could say, she looked at Shao Hui and then sighed before running her fingers through her hair and then replied, " Fine, if that is what you want then I will accompany him."

She did not think that there will be any use in her following Shao Hui but she still agreed with Wen Gui's suggestion since, his reminder brought the memories of the masked mer with six fingers, the one who wanted to ruin Shao Hui's future once and for all.

Only then did Wen Gui smile and then allowed the two of them to leave.

As the two climbed up the stairs, Shao Hui couldn't help but turn around and say to Mo Qiang sternly, " Once we are in the bar don't stick close to me... if someone sees you with me they will talk and Zu Zu, will also feel awkward since you did something so upsetting to him."

The way he spoke was way too condescending which was why Mo Qiang arched a brow and snorted as she replied, " I am not dying to follow you such that I can stick close to you. I am only escorting you because my father doesn't wish something ill to happen to you, so stop thinking too much."

Sure, she wanted the favourability points but that did not mean that she did not value her self-respect. How dare he talk to her like she was some perverted woman?

With that, she rolled her eyes and then climbed up the stairs before heading to her room.

Even though she did not say anything to Shao Hui, she was bursting with rage.

" How dare he... does he thinks that I am not worthy to stand by his side? Or that if I stay next to him, I will drag him down?" Mo Qiang stomped inside the room which belonged to her and then pulled open the wardrobe as she looked at the clothes which were hanging inside the wardrobe.

Unlike the one in her previous world, this wardrobe was specially equipped even without a mannequin, they were floating in the air as if someone invisible was wearing them from the inside and finally chose a maroon top and skirt which was as dark red wine with black lace embroidered over on the seams along with small embroidery which was printed on it.

The top was sleeveless and was wide on the bottom along with being backless and the skirt reached to her inner thighs, it was neither showy nor formal, in Mo Qiang's eyes it was just perfect.

A sinister expression etched on her face as she stripped off her clothes and started to change, " I will make him beg for me to stand next to him! How dare he look down on my villainous beauty !"

So what if she looked like a villain? She was still a beauty!

Xiao Jiao who was buried under the top which Mo Qiang casually threw away scrambled out and looked at the angry woman, she wanted to say something to Mo Qiang but then thought of how it was of no use and swallowed back her words, it was all right.

There was no need for her to rain on Mo Qiang's parade.

Because Mo Qiang wanted to show off, she specifically dressed up and even put on makeup to make her stand out. Even though her features were sharp as long as she dressed up, she could also give many women a run for their money!

Thus, when she stepped out of the room and headed downstairs to meet Shao Hui who was standing against the counter while talking to Xie Jie who was sipping on the maple syrup hot water, she caused a lot of stir as Xie Jie who was drinking the sweet water choked on his drink and sputtered when he saw Mo Qiang all dressed up.

When Shao Hui saw that Xie Jie was coughing after seeing something, he could not help but turn around and follow his gaze only for him to receive a grand surprise as well.

Ditching him ?When Mo Qiang saw their reactions she was more than pleased as she scoffed and then brushed a strand of her hair away from her face before saying in a lofty voice, " What do you say? I look beautiful don't I?"



Though was not as good-looking as Mo Xifeng, with Wen Gui and Mo Yan as her parents, Mo Qiang's foundation was not too bad. It was just that her features were too sharp causing her to look extremely scary when she dressed up in clothes which were too gloomy with heavy makeup but compared to her predecessor, Mo Xifeng was much more apt in the skills of tidying up once appearance, thus she indeed looked much more prettier than she did in the past.

As Mo Qiang looked at her reflection in the small reflective glass in the living room, she could not help but sigh in disappointment. Though the predecessor was not as good-looking as Mo Xifeng it was not to the point that she had to let go of herself and completely immerse herself in depression.

Her predecessor also had a good foundation all she needed was to take care of herself properly.

Shao Hui snapped out of his daze when he heard Mo Qiang's words and pursed his lips as he turned his gaze away from Mo Qiang and said, " We are getting late, if you want to come with me then you might as well hurry."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and headed out of the house seeing him run away like this Mo Qiang snorted. Clearly, she looked good tonight but because this guy did not wish to praise her, he was running with his tail stuck in between his legs.

Mo Qiang rolled her eyes as she walked out of the house but as she stepped outside, she met with Yin Fu who was carrying a big basket with two eggs that were twice the size of an ostrich egg. When Mo Qiang saw those two eggs, her eyes widened as she stepped forward and took a close look at the basket which was made up of fibre elements.

"The three-horned chickens already started to lay eggs?" She was very surprised when she realised that the three-horned hen which she captured was already laying eggs, she thought it will take some time but the hen seemed to be doing really good under the nourishment which she had given her.

Yin Fu nodded happily as he excitedly said, " These two eggs are not fertilized so Mother asked me to bring them back and make some omelettes for our family, while the rest were left behind."

When Yin Fu thought about how he would be able to eat eggs, he couldn't help but swallow harshly. He was very well aware of how expensive and rare these eggs were even Mo Yan who was once a general could only buy one of these eggs.

Getting two of these was like a dream for him but now that his family had a chicken coop filled with hens and chickens, he can eat eggs at any time!

Yin Fu looked up after he was done speaking and was shocked to see Mo Qiang all dressed up, his turquoise eyes took a double take as he stared at his wife and felt his fingers curl.

T...This was Mo Qiang? Why ....how in the world was she looking so good?

" Ah Qiang?" Yin Fu took a double take as he looked at Mo Qiang to make sure that she was the same woman he married. He could not be blamed after all, the woman he married had a tuft of messy hair and her eyes were always gloomy with dark eyeshadows and red lips that looked quite similar to a vampire who had just finished drinking blood.

" Hm?" Mo Qiang who was looking at the eggs raised her head and looked at Yin Fu, her head tilting to the side which caused the two locks that were framing her palm-sized face while her hair was tied into a ponytail that almost reached the ground to fall on to her full lips.

But the most beautiful things were her eyes which were no longer filled with hatred, blame and regrets as she looked at him.

This scene was so enchanting that Yin Fu felt stifled in his chest, a part of him wanted to smack himself out of his daze but he couldn't, he just continued to look at Mo Qiang and muttered, " You look beautiful."

His praise brought a smile to Mo Qiang's face as she raised her eyebrows and proudly said, " I know right? Looks like I am not that bad looking, what do you say?"

Yin Fu did not even have any words left in his mouth, not even two words that he could string together. He could only nod in a daze as he heard Shao Hui asking Mo Qiang to hurry up as the two left while he walked inside the house with the two eggs in the basket.

Xie Jie, who was reading a tab book raised his head and looked at Yin Fu who was staring at the horizon in a daze and placed his book down in his lap slowly as he asked, " Whats the matter?"

" I never knew that my wife was so good looking, should I say that she was a fool or should I call myself a fool for acting like a blind for so many months?" Yin Fu asked Xie Jie who calmly raised his book and replied,

" You are thinking too much, she did look good but not to the point where you should lose your head."

When Yin Fu heard Xie Jie's words, he turned to look at the latter and then very calmly said, " Your tab book is upside down, please straighten it up."

Xie Jie stiffened as he looked down at his tab book which was indeed upside down and cleared his throat before standing up from the couch on which he was sitting and then said stiffly, " I am going out on a walk."

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Ditching him ——2Yin Fu watched Xie Jie leave but suddenly he opened his mouth and asked, " Where are they going?" Just now he was too flustered and forgot to ask Mo Qiang where she was heading with Shao Hui, now that she was gone he could think straight again.



" They left for the majestic bar," Xie Jie responded as he turned to look at Yin Fu just as he came to a stop near the cabinet where he picked up the mask which was sitting on the floating cabinet and then placed it on his nose. " Jiang Zu called Ah Hui and father did not allow him to go alone but then he compromised and allowed Ah Hui to go to the bar as long as he was accompanied by Mo Qiang."

When Yin Fu heard that Shao Hui was going to meet Jiang Zu, his expression could not help but change as he frowned and then said, " And you did not stop him?" Even though Yin Fu did not know much about Shao Hui a lot, he was well aware of the fact that Jiang Zu was not a good person after Xie Jie told him about Jiang Zu and his treacherous actions.

Compared to him who was not from the same industry, Jiang Zu and Xie Jie were from the same company when Xie Jie was not banned by the company in which he was working. Thus, Xie Jie knew Jiang Zu much better than he and Shao Hui.

He even told Shao Hui to not stay close to Jiang Zu but the latter was not willing to listen it was as if Jiang Zu was his bottom line, he wouldn't listen to a single thing against him.

The two of them couldn't do anything upon seeing Shao Hui's unshakable trust in Jiang Zu.

" What can I do to stop him?" Xie Jie coldly spoke as he turned to look at Yin Fu. " Even if I told him to stay at home and refuse Jiang Zu, he wouldn't have listened to me after all we have tried such things before, right?"

It was not the first time when Jiang Zu was calling Shao Hui outside, they tried to stop Shao Hui each time but the latter never listened. Even though Shao Hui looked like he was a straightforward person, but in reality, he was someone who desperately clung on to the few relationships that he had because of the small bit of kindness he received in the past, Jiang Zu was indeed his good friend and many times helped him as well but as the hours of clock ticks by, people change.

The Jiang Zu of the past who was willing to share his meals with Shao Hui was long gone but the latter was still foolishly hanging on as if the past can be returned as long as he continued to hold on to it.

Yin Fu sighed and then headed to the kitchen from where he took out a very small bottle of oil that Wen Gui received ages ago from the Emperor for saving his life and then turned to look at Xie Jie and asked, " Do you want to eat omelette?"

Xie Jie who was heading out paused and then turned around to walk inside as he sat down properly on the small stool in front of the kitchen platform.

"..."

.....

On the other side, Mo Qiang drove to the majestic bar with the help of the auto driver system and arrived at the small pub which was situated neither at the imperial star and nor at the star where they lived.

A suspicious glint flashed in her eyes but she still did not say anything as she watched Shao Hui pick up his wallet and then head inside the pub just as she was going to follow him, the latter turned around and then said to her, " Please don't follow me, I am not a child who needs you to take care of me."

Shao Hui did not wish Mo Qiang to come with him, in his eyes if Mo Qiang was to come with him, Jiang Zu will definitely feel awkward after all the two of them did not have any pleasant memories together and it was Jiang Zu who was slighted by Mo Qiang.

Mo Qiang arched a brow and then pointed at the bar before asking, " Is this under your daddy's name?"

" No," Shao Hui did not understand why Mo Qiang was asking such a question but a second later he understood what Mo Qiang was trying to say as he heard her speak,

" If this is not under your dad's name, it means that I can come in and out of this place without your permission," Mo Qiang's voice was rather calm as she looked at Shao Hui whose expression twisted.

Shao Hui wanted to say something but he did not have anything to say to Mo Qiang, she was in the right after all. Since he was not the owner of this bar he could not bar Mo Qiang from entering.

A frown etched on his face as he looked at Mo Qiang helplessly and said, " Ah Zu will not feel good with your presence,"

" I am not going to meet him, am I?" Mo Qiang stated as she lifted her feet and then walked past Shao Hui. " I am here to have fun and nothing else, you can worry about your precious Ah Zu but that does not mean that I have to change my plans because of him."

Shao Hui was speechless when he heard Mo Qiang, he thought that the woman was going to stay next to him all the time but instead, she was thinking of ditching him and having fun alone instead.

How can she do that?

" Did Dad not tell you to stay with me?" Shao Hui did not wish to stay with Mo Qiang either but when he saw her ditch him so causally he couldn't help but get angry.

Mo Qiang paused and looked at him as if he had gone crazy and replied, " My dad asked me to bring you here, he never asked me to guard you all the time did he?"

Magma beesWhen Mo Qiang finished speaking, she turned around and left without looking back causing Shao Hui to be stumped. He thought that she would stick close to him and act like a bother given that he was here to meet Jiang Zu but she left him behind just like that?



" Is she really here to have fun?" Shao Hui couldn't be blamed for not trusting Mo Qiang, her past actions had such a loud fame that it was truly impossible for him to trust Mo Qiang's words. Though he was confused, he did not think much about it, since Mo Qiang had already said that she was not going to stay close to him then he might as well enjoy this get-together that Jiang Zu had arranged for him and his friends.

Shao Hui let out a puff of breath and then shook his head before taking a quick look at his hair and make-up in the monitor's camera before he headed inside the bar which was booming with noise. As soon as he stepped inside, he noticed the crowd which was bouncing along with the music which was playing inside the bar.

The crowd was filled with energy as the women and mers swayed along with the music, they seemed to be having the time of their life but Shao Hui's fingers which were clutching his wallet clenched lightly.

And his expression changed swiftly as he realised that the song which was being played belonged to his half-brother Shao Yan.

Though the people who were dancing along to this rhythm were unaware of the depths of the lyrics which were being sung, Shao Hui knew that this song was the one which his half-brother wrote after trapping him in a room for a week without any food or solution.

The song might be speaking about the desperation of love and anguish but Shao Hui knew very well that each word which was coming out of the speakers was actually retelling his sorry state in which his brother found him after a week.

" Ah Hui! You are here?" A soft voice called out to Shao Hui who snapped out of his daze and turned to look at Jiang Zu who was walking towards him with two drinking glasses in his hands as he smiled at Shao Hui and then said, " I thought that you were not going to arrive, thank goodness you came or else I would have lost the bet with Han Han."

As he spoke he turned to look at a young woman who was walking behind him, the woman was dressed in a light beige dress with a small cut at the upper half of her bosom and her hair which was cut in a blunt cut was styled carefully making her look exceptionally pretty.

" You don't have to blame me like this," Chen Han poked Jiang Zu in his arm as she turned to look at Shao Hui and smiled, "It's Ah Hui's fault that he arrived late" After a pause she added, "What delayed you?"

Shao Hui felt a bit awkward, he did not know why but for some reason, he felt like Chen Han was blaming him but that shouldn't be the case. Even though he was late, he was only late by a few minutes, it was not to the point where he should be scolded by anyone.

Maybe he was thinking too much.

" I had something to do at home," answered Shao Hui as he shook off the weird feeling that he was getting after Chen Han was done speaking to him.

Chen Han, who was trying to make things difficult for Shao Hui snorted in her heart upon hearing his response, as to why she was making things difficult for him.

Jiang Zu had told her many times that Shao Hui did not take him seriously and often treated him unkindly, he even told her that Shao Hui's wife had once tried to take advantage of him but instead of supporting him, Shao Hui had asked him to drop the matter and not make a fuss.

Though Shao Hui's actions caused Jiang Zu's heart to break, the two of them had been friends for so long, how can an incident like this break their friendship? Because of this Jiang Zu was willing to forgive and forget everything.

In Chen Han's eyes, Shao Hui was shameless to the extreme. Even though Jiang Zu was big-hearted and was willing to forgive him, he should have at least learned some tact, how can he simply come to this get-together just because Jiang Zu invited him? Jiang Zu was willing to invite him because he was big-hearted but what was Shao Hui doing by accepting the invitation?

Though she was dissatisfied, Chen Han did not say anything. She simply rolled her eyes and smiled at Shao Hui before saying lightly, " Oh yes, I forgot that your family has been exiled now, hasn't it? Surely, without any servant robots you have to do the housework?"

This time even though Shao Hui did not wish to read too much into the situation, he seemed to have realised that Chen Han was deliberately targeting him. A frown appeared on his face as he asked in a low voice, " Chen Han, I don't think I have done anything to offend you right? So why are you targeting me?"

Unlike Jiang Zu who was soft-spoken and never faced anyone head-on, Shao Hui was different. He was straightforward and did not beat around the bush, as long as someone upsets him, he will simply question them directly.

When Chen Han heard Shao Hui's question she was stunned, she did not expect Shao Hui to speak in such a manner, was he not afraid of falling out with her?

Jiang Zu on the other hand panicked, he called Shao Hui here because he heard from Shao Yan that Shao Hui had somehow managed to jump into the imperial star entertainment, he did not know how this little hussy was able to do something that he couldn't but Jiang Zu who wished to jump ships knew that he could not offend Shao Hui at this moment.

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Magma bees——-2Jiang Zu and Shao Yan had been trying to jump ships for ages and yet they couldn't do it since getting into imperial star entertainment was no joke somehow Shao Hui whom they looked down on managed to get into their dream company.



How can Jiang Zu not panic upon seeing this?! The second he got wind of the fact that Shao Hui was signed under imperial star entertainment, he hurriedly arranged for this get-together and called for Shao Hui. He did not believe that what Shao Hui could do he couldn't do the same which was why he was certain that Shao Hui had made use of some connections.

For the sake of getting hold of those contacts Jiang Zu was willing to share a bit of his precious time with Shao Hui.

Thus when he saw that Chen Han and Shao Hui were going to fall out, he hurriedly raised his hands and stepped in between them as he said in a low voice, " Ah Han, stop provoking Ah Hui. I know that you hate waiting but there is no need for you to take your anger out on Huihui, he did not come late deliberately and Ah Hui, I hope that you will forgive Ah Han. You know how she is, she has always been hot-tempered from the beginning, don't mind her words too much, all right?"

Though neither Shao Hui nor Chen Han wanted to back out, the two of them still stepped away from each other and snorted. Since neither of them wanted to make a scene at a public place they did not make a fuss anymore and simply ignored each other.

While Chen Han muttered under her breath calling Shao Hui ungrateful and whatnot, she did not speak too loudly. On the other hand, Shao Hui slowly crossed Chen Han's name from his friend list, he thought that since they had all grown together, Chen Han would be willing to treat him well but who would have thought that just because he got delayed because of a few minutes, Chen Han would start targeting him all of a sudden? Who did she think she was?

While these things were taking place. Mo Qiang who was watching everything from the sidelines snorted under her breath and said, " Both of them are equivalently stupid, who would fall out with each other because of a mer like that? Even though he is pretty I can tell that he is a green tea by just looking at his face."

Xiao Jiao on the other hand looked at her and then said in a soft voice, " If you are so intelligent why is it that you are not willing to help that mer? To me, it looks like he is at a disadvantage. As his wife should you not be helping him?"

" If I help him now, he will think that I am making things difficult for him and might not even appreciate what I do for him. Its better if I let him suffer a little and then step in, if not then he will surely not learn his lesson," Mo Qiang had seen too many bear children like Shao Hui in the orphanage even though they knew that they were in the wrong they never once accepted their faults, the reason was simple, the director of the orphanage was too soft on them.

Every time they got into trouble, the orphanage director would somehow pull them out of the trouble and wouldn't scold them.

Because of this those bear children only became more and more stubborn. Thus, after they left the orphanage one after another they started to walk down the wrong path and were either executed or killed since they became notorious killers.

From those incidents, Mo Qiang learned that sometimes being too kind to children was also wrong. There were times when they have to face the consequences of their actions only then will they learn.

Because of this reason not only did Mo Qiang not step into the fight which was taking place in front of her, she even ignored Shao Hui while drinking the alcoholic solution which tasted truly bad.

" You are heartless," seeing that she really had no intention of helping Shao Hui, Xiao Jiao could not help but comment to which Mo Qiang simply placed one of her hands on her chest as she bowed lightly and said, " Thank you for the compliment."

" That was——"

Just as Xiao Jiao began to speak, a commotion attracted their attention causing Xiao Jiao and Mo Qiang to turn around and look at the mer who was pulling his hands away from the woman who was holding his hand.

" I am telling you to let go! I have no intention of following you so please," the mer cried as he tried to pull his hand which was being held by the other woman, free. His cheeks were flushed and Mo Qiang could see that the mer who was playing tug and pull with the other woman was quite drunk.

Though he seemed to be drunk out of his head, Mo Qiang was certain that he did not come here to have fun after all, he was dressed in a research coat and formal suit. From the looks of it, he was here for business but ended up getting harassed.

On the other hand, the woman who was holding his wrist laughed lightly and then said, " Why are you trying to act tough huh, Wang Yuelin? You should know that your research is now at a bottleneck situation. If you want me to help you then you need to listen to me or are you going to make me upset? I am telling you other than me no one can help you at this point!"

The mer named Wang Yuelin bit his lips as he looked at the woman who was holding his wrist, he did not wish to even talk with this woman but it was just his luck that this woman turned out to be his investor!

If this goes on then his years of research and his hard work to revive the magma bees will go downhill!