What will happen to our kids ?Shao Hui rushed out of the hospital where his father was admitted and continued to run until he was very far from the hospital and no longer be caught by anyone. Once he was sure that no one will follow him anymore, Shao Hui stopped running and then walked towards a small alley where a large trash can was sitting, he walked past the trash can and then slumped down on the floor with his back against the wall of the house which was behind him, sitting in such a way that he was hidden behind the trash can which was smelly and dirty.
He placed his hands on his knees and then buried his face into his knees as he started to sob. He knew that he was being selfish but he could not watch the only person who loved him die, which was why even though he knew that making his father wait was cruel of him, he continued to hang on to the hope that someday everything will be fine and he will be able to save his father.
But how was he supposed to cover a bill of three hundred million golden coins? Even the bank will not loan him such a big amount without a proper job!
It was all Mo Qiang's fault! If she had not offended his boss then he would have never lost the opportunity to perform on the stage, with his skills, he could have surely surpassed that bastard whom his mother was very proud of in just a few months! He was certain about this!
" Mo Qiang, you better get me those three hundred million coins or I will chop your limbs up if I have to!" Since she was the one who pushed him into this desperate situation she better pull him out as well!
....
" Achoo, Choo!" Mo Qiang who was riding the electric train which ran on the mithril ore and did not need rails as long as the destination was set, sneezed loudly. She sniffed and looked at the people who were glancing at her like she was a wanted criminal on the run and rubbed her nose but then remembered that she was wearing a mask and dropped her hand to the side sheepishly.
She tried to ignore the hushed whispers but couldn't since the people riding on the train were all looking at her! What was wrong with them? Never seen a daughter of the ex-general or what?
" Why are they looking at us like that?" She asked Mo Xifeng who was just as annoyed as well, even though they had done nothing wrong and only their mother was the one who was convicted as a traitor, they were still being monitored by the police officers.
Mo Qiang never thought that one day an upright citizen like her will be examined like a criminal along with the packages that she brought with her. She had no idea what happened all she knew was that the second she stepped out of the mecha car that drove her and Mo Xifeng to the imperial star, the two of them were surrounded by officers who asked them to raise their hands and searched them until they even checked their underpants.
She was rather annoyed with the way they were searching her but when she saw that even the ever-upright and lofty Mo Xifeng was silent, she too decided to shut her mouth and let the women do what they wanted, if the talented mecha morph was not saying anything, what can a small fry like her say?—— but even after this, the police officers did not leave them alone, they left an officer behind with them who was now following them like a shadow.
It would be a lie if Mo Qiang said that she was not annoyed by this.
" There is nothing that we can do," stated Mo Xifeng with a blank expression on her face as she turned to look at the police officer who was following them. " Mother never did anything to betray the army but she was schemed against quite heavily and the charges that were pressed on her are quite serious as well, that incident created quite a sensation —— please do not click our images, we might be not welcomed here but we still have our rights," she stopped mid explanation to scold the young mer who was directing his monitor in their way and snapping their pictures.
When the young mer was scolded, he did not apologise instead he rolled his eyes and said, " Do you think that you are still the proud daughters of the general? Oh please, you all are sinners of the Empire and nothing else. What rights? If not for General Wei's kindness you would have been executed!"
' I would rather get executed than suffer this humiliation,' was what Mo Xifeng wanted to say but then her hand was caught by another warm one, surprised she turned to look at Mo Qiang who smiled at her and shook her head.
She then tipped her head at the police officer who was already talking into her monitor while taking the tranquilliser and said, " I would like to finish what I came here for, being shot is not on my bucket list today."
Mo Qiang did not say anything to the young mer nor did she let Mo Xifeng say anything, she knew that the officer was not going to say anything to them but if she and Mo Xifeng was to say anything, that police officer will definitely take them as a threat and shoot them.
' How annoying,' Mo Qiang thought in her head, but then again people had the habit of kicking someone down when they have already fallen.
Seeing that the Mo sisters were no longer saying anything, the young mer once again tried to snap an image of them but as soon as he clicked the snap button, he was surprised to see that Mo Qiang who was standing straight until she heard the flash going moved and made a rather running face with her fingers pulling her eyes down and her tongue lolling out while making a silly face at him.
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" You..." The young mer did not expect Mo Qiang will deal with him like this, he looked at her in horror not knowing what to do, a part of him was really angry that she ruined his shot but at the same time, he was impressed with the with of the woman. She did not say a word but at the same time, she stopped him from taking a snapshot of her!
Mo Qiang, on the other hand, huffed inwardly but on the outside, she looked at the young mer with an innocent expression and said, "What's wrong, was my snapshot not good? You can try again then."
Since this young mer wanted to play she will show him who his daddy —was— no, who his mommy was!
The young mer was not someone to be trifled with either, he was the social butterfly of his school and had only seen women flattering him to take him on a date. Never in his life, he had been humiliated by a woman which was why he continued to snap Mo Qiang's photos and the latter continued to make ugly and funny faces.
One time she made an ogre's face, then a monkey one and then a pig one —— just like that an hour passed by the time the train started to slow down, the young mer and Mo Qiang both were panting with tiredness. The young mer was tired after clicking a hundred thousand snap shot yet missed getting one decent one of Mo Qiang who not only covered for Mo Xifeng but herself as well.
The ugly faces that she made, even a ghost will not believe that she was Mo Qiang! In fact, if Mo Qiang's daddy was to see the snapshots that he had taken of his daughter, even that mer will also outright refuse to accept that this was his daughter!
On the other hand, Mo Qiang was tired of thinking of all sorts of ugly faces that she needed to make, since she was afraid that she will make a mistake and be recognized if she was to make the same face, she continued to make a different face each time. Now she was running out of the list that she had in her head, fortunately, the babies that she raised had taught her well! Who would have thought that something so useless that she learned in the orphanage will come into handy as well today?
Sure enough, her orphanage director was right, no matter what you learn one day it comes into use and nothing goes to wait, so keep learning my lovelies!
" You...this is not over yet!" The young mer said to Mo Qiang just as the train came to a stop at the station where Mo Qiang and Mo Xifeng needed to get off and glared at her. He could not believe that he was defeated by the monkey king's face!
" Then keep trying!" Mo Qiang waved her hand as she dragged Mo Xifeng out of the train, as soon as she was out, she rubbed the muscles of her face and muttered worriedly, " I hope that my skin does not get loose, I will look so ugly if it does.——"
"Pfft, hahaha,"
" Hahaha."
She turned to look at Mo Xifeng and the police officer who was following behind her, while Mo Xifeng was laughing until she was holding her waist and was bent double, the police officer was laughing a bit restrainedly even so, she could see that the woman's shoulders were twitching a lot!
" Why are you laughing? I did not do anything funny!" Mo Qiang stated she was only trying to save her face from being photographed while saving Mo Xifeng from the shame as well!
" Yes..yes..haha...you are right...haha...you did...ha...you didn't do anything funny," Mo Xifeng was laughing so hard that it was getting harder and harder for her to breathe when ever she came to the imperial star, she would either glare or scold the person who was trying to take her snapshot which annoyed the people around her greatly.
This was the first time she was seeing someone stop their snapshots being taken and that too in a manner where everyone was smiling and giggling instead of glaring at her, even the officer seemed to have loosened up a little and was no longer staring at them sternly.
Mo Qiang was not embarrassed when she was pulling funny faces but when she saw Mo Xifeng laugh until she was struggling to breathe, heat rushed to her cheeks and she said with a whiny voice, " Come on stop laughing, I was just trying to save us!"
While Mo Qiang was flustered, Little Jiao on the other hand was looking around while hugging the small spirits that she had summoned seeing that the little squirrel was acting weirdly, Mo Qiang turned to look at her and asked, " What are you doing?"
Who would have thought that Little Jiao would turn to look at her and glare before throwing the most ridiculous sentence at her, " I am taking our kids and divorcing you! You have embarrassed me, our kids and even our cow. I can't stay with you anymore!"
Mo Qiang: "..."
" Fine, give me the alimony and mental trauma compensation for all the nonsense you have put me through, we will get a divorce today! The kids will follow me," snapped Mo Qiang causing Little Jiao's mouth to drop as the latter asked, " Why am I paying the alimony??"
" Who among us is more powerful?" Mo Qiang questioned back as Little Jiao looked at her while Mo Qiang looked back at her.
Little Jiao pointed to Mo Qiang who shook her head and then she pointed to herself only then did Mo Qiang nod.
At first, no one said anything before Little Jiao flew to Mo Qiang and nuzzled the latter's cheeks, " Oh my honey, you are taking my words far too seriously, I was just joking.... You are the only one for me."
" Heh," sneered Mo Qiang as she shoved the little squirrel away. " Go and find another one, I will quit today!"
" You can't, what will happen to our kids? If you leave! Mommy you cannot go!"
ApologyMo Qiang stood in front of the building which was so tall that she could not even see the end of it, with her hand covering the top of her eyes, she looked at the floors of the building which continued to increase but did not seem to show any signs of stopping at all.
" Sister Qiang, what are we doing here?" Mo Xifeng asked as she looked at the building in front of her uncomfortably. She, of course, knew to whom this company belonged and she also knew that her sister and her entire family were banned from going inside this building because this building was none other than Imperial Star Entertainment which was ranked top in the list of entertainment companies ranking and it was the same company that once gave her, third brother in law a chance to debut under their company name.
But that opportunity was snatched before it could land in the hands of her brother-in-law. The contract was not even offered to Shao Hui and the agent of this company was only in talks with Shao Hui regarding signing him to their company when who knows from where her sister got wind of the fact that Shao Hui was getting contracted as an idol under this company.
The next day without telling anyone, Mo Qiang arrived in front of this company and made a lot of ruckuses, she blamed and accused the company of pimping mers and making them lowly prostitutes who wriggled their bottoms and tops for just anyone if that was not enough, Mo Qiang went ahead and even accused the married boss of this company for taking benefits from the mers whom she launched as idols in her company and swore that she will sue her.
The boss of this company was married and had her own husbands as well, all of them were well-known models and actors. The accusations of Mo Qiang's caused a lot of trouble for them including bringing a lot of bad publicity to this company, and to add a cherry on the top the idols who were accused of selling their bodies in exchange for benefits were also enraged.
In short, Mo Qiang offended the entire company with her words in just a few hours and by the time Mo Xifeng arrived with Shao Hui, it was already too late. The idols who were offended and CEO Shen were standing together, they unanimously decided that their company will never hire Shao Hui or anyone from the Mo family causing the contract talk to fall through before it could reach its end.
"I am here to apologise," said Mo Qiang as she dropped her head and brought her gaze from the sky-high building back to the bottom where the guards were sneering and showing off their bulging muscles to her, silently daring her to take a step close to them such that they can send her packing to the hospital.
Mo Qiang looked at the guards and knew that it was going to be really hard for her to even take a step inside this building much less meet with CEO Shen whom the predecessor of her body offended in the past. She did not get anything about Shen Miao from the memories of her predecessor if anything in the mind of the previous Mo Qiang, the boss of this company was nothing but a pervert.
This was why she had to research Shen Miao for more than a week and by the time she finished her research, she wished she could return in time when this body's owner died and kicked her just once -Shen Miao, the woman who single-handedly built an empire of entertainment business with her own hands was a pervert in the eyes of this idiotic woman?
And did the previous Mo Qiang not see the husbands of Shen Miao? Those five mers were like ethereal angels who descended on the surface of this star only to grace peasants like her with their beauty! Even their skin shimmered and glowed like angels!
Cheating on those angels? Shen Miao must be too busy guarding her husbands to care about cheating!
However, there was nothing that Mo Qiang do now
even though she was sensible to understand such things, her predecessor was a blind idiot and she was the unfortunate one to take responsibility to disentangle everything which was messed up by her predecessor.
If she failed then she was afraid that she will really lose a limb or two, who knows maybe Shao Hui might bring her to an illegal warehouse and sell her organs. She looked up the price of human organs and even though there were artificial ones in the market the price of the natural body organs was still higher!
She couldn't allow the debt of three hundred million coins to press on her shoulders! Which was why
Mo Qiang raised her head and looked at the two guards who flinched under her sharp glare and then went to take their tranquilliser gun from their waist preparing to shoot Mo Qiang in case she was to make any move. And she did make a move but this move of hers was so explosive that the guards did not know what to do!
The two guards looked at Mo Qiang who was kneeling in front of the building and kowtowing like she was apologising to her elders. It was a clear contrast to the arrogance that she had shown in the past, the two guards exchanged a look with each other before the one of the right turned to look at Mo Qiang and said gruffly,
"You should leave Miss Mo, I am afraid that our CEO will not see you even if you apologise to her ancestors, do not forget what you did months ago."
"Thats right, your actions were far too arrogant and rash," agreed the guard on the left while looking at Mo Qiang who was kneeling in front of her, the guard turned to look at Mo Xifeng and then said in an honest voice, " You should take your sister away if she creates a ruckus again, I am afraid that we will have to take strict action this time even the ex-general might not be able to save your sisters from going to prison this time!"
apology ——2Mo Xifeng indeed wanted to take Mo Qiang away with her but she did not know what to say to her sister, should she tell her that she should just give up? But this was the first time her sister was taking the initiative to apologise to someone but at the same time if Mo Qiang really went too far then even their mother will not be able to save her.
" Sister why don't we——" Mo Xifeng wanted to ask Mo Qiang to leave with her but before she could say anything Mo Qiang smiled at the two guards and then lowered her head with a sincere attitude before saying,
" I was the one who was in the wrong, I was led astray by someone and believed the words of that person without using my own head, which was why I missed seeing the greatness of CEO Shen since I caused trouble for her in the public then I will apologise to her in public as well."
Last night when Mo Qiang was thinking about the incident where Mo Qiang made a ruckus in front of this company, Mo Qiang realised that she had missed one small thing which was in fact quite big. Maybe it was because of the fact that Mo Qiang was drunk but she had completely forgotten about the the person in cloak who told her about Shao Hui's contract and that he was going to leave her after he gets a platform to show off his skills.
And once he debuts, he will divorce Mo Qiang who was useless for sure, successfully goading Mo Qiang into taking the matter into her own hands.
Mo Qiang did not know who that person was, even the voice of that person who was talking to her predecessor was changed with the help of a voice changer. All she knew was that the person had six fingers in their right hand and nothing else, even this small memory came back to her head after she spent almost three hours bullying her mind by recalling the incident of that night.
Who was that person? Mo Qiang had no idea but she knew one thing and that was ——- that the person who came looking for her must be very scared of Shao Hui's debut which was why they made sure that Shao Hui will never be able to debut, either they were someone who hated Shao Hui or they were rivals from the same company ——maybe both.
But at this moment, that person was not important what was more important was arranging a meeting with Shen Miao!
" CEO Shen will——"
" I know that she will never meet me," Mo Qiang agreed but then she took the package that he brought from her item storage ring and then placed it in front of her and tapped it with a smile on her face. " But if she misses this opportunity I am sure that she will regret it ... I have something that can boost her stamina but that's not all there is something else ——"
" Something, that can make her husbands' skin glow like they rubbed the extinct moon pearl powder on their skin. I bet they will be very interested in this thing—— I am going to sell this in the market pretty soon and the price will not be low either, I am using this treasure of mine to apologise to your boss which shows that I am very sincere."
She paused and then added, " Just a small secret this is a rare treasure ...if CEO Shen misses out on this then she will cry tears of regret, I swear on my name." As she finished speaking Mo Qiang looked at the guards with a shrewd glint in her eyes.
After all, the maple syrup that she brought with her was A+++ grade, it was not only healthy but had amazing effects on the skin as well!
Realising what Mo Qiang was doing Mo Xifeng's eyes flashed and she knelt beside her sister as well before sincerely looking at the two guards, she followed her sister's actions and remarked, " What my sister is saying is indeed the truth, this thing that we have brought with us... shows our sincerity. If your CEO sees this, she will understand that we are deeply regretting our actions and would like to apologise to her wholeheartedly."
The guards exchanged a glance with each other, it was one thing when Mo Qiang was kneeling but now that Mo Xifeng was kneeling as well they could not ignore it. This young woman was once the pride of the star if not for the fact that she chose to follow her mother and her family, she could have risen to the top by now in the ranking of mecha morphs bringing glory to their star.
" I will go and see what I can do," said the guard on the left.
Seeing that the guard was going inside Mo Qiang heaved a sigh of relief inwardly, her eyes flickered to the camera on the left side of the building which was flying like a hidden bat in the darkness before she pulled her gaze away from it. She knelt in front of the guards not because she was really apologetic, she had done nothing wrong and did not feel an ounce of guilt in her heart but she needed to lower her head because she knew that Shen Miao was watching her.
After all, with the ruckus caused by her predecessor, there was no way that Shen Miao will ignore her arrival. She noticed the guard on the right pressing on the monitor screen she was wearing on her screen before she came to a stop in front of the two guards as soon as the two women noticed her coming towards them.
And no sooner did they alert the higher-ups, than the flying camera came floating down this was how Mo Qiang found out that Shen Miao was watching her cautiously preparing to take legal actions if she made a fuss.
' Honestly, why am I even working so hard?' Mo Qiang thought as her knees started to throb. 'I hope that Shen woman calls me up soon or else I am going to sell her the corn and honey at only a 5% discount in the future!'
HunchMo Qiang's doubts were indeed correct at this moment, Shen Miao was indeed looking at the two women who were kneeling in front of her company as an apology, she truly could not understand a woman like Mo Qiang. She was the one who came to cause a ruckus in front of her company making it such that she will never contract Shao Hui ever in his life, though Shen Miao felt that it was a shame to let go of such a good talent, in the end, there were many others who could be trained to become the next Shao Hui.
But if she had contracted Shao Hui back then it would have brought ceaseless trouble for her in the future which was she decided to be smooth and hard-hearted while dealing with a woman like Mo Qiang, though the heartbroken expression of Shao Hui as he begged her to not do something so cruel still remained imprinted in her mind.
However, Shen Miao was in the end a business woman being cruel to anyone who was useless and a harbinger of trouble was in her blood, since she knew just what kind of person Mo Qiang was, there was no need for her to be soft hearted and accept a troublesome idol like Shao Hui even though it meant cutting his future routes off completely.
" What is she thinking?" Her husband Fu Qiuning looked at Mo Qiang who was kneeling on the street while being laughed at by the pedestrians, she looked comfortable and calm as if she was not the one who was getting laughed at, some of the idols who were called names by her also threw their half-drunken drinks and tea on her as they arrived in the company but even so Mo Qiang did not lose her temper with them.
Shen Miao looked at Mo Qiang whose hair was dripping with liquid and frowned as she pressed the intercom button and asked in a cold voice, " What are you all doing? Am I paying you for doing nothing, stop the idols from making a joke out of our company. Mo Qiang might have been in the wrong but she never went too far with her actions and only used words, what will others think if they see this? Do not forget that the idols are the ones who influence the young generations, their actions will reflect wrongly in the eyes of the mind that can be influenced easily, understand?"
The security personnel's along with the agents who had been turning a blind eye to the actions of their idols shivered when they heard the cold threat in the words of their boss, they immediately pulled their idols who were contracted under them inside the company, while the others whose idols were yet to make trouble for Mo Qiang asked their idols to ignore her.
Though the idols were confused they were not stupid when they saw that their bodyguards and managers were dragging them away, they followed them silently.
Only then did Shen Miao leave the matter alone and turned to look at the screen in front of her with a bemused look on her face.
" Your heart seems to be aching for her?" questioned Shen Miao's second husband who walked inside the office with a caramel latte in his hands. His turquoise-coloured hair was gelled and a few strings of his bangs rested around his forehead almost covering his right eye, while his eyes which were slightly violet turned to look at Fu Qiuning who was sitting at the armrest of their wife's chair.
" You are here already?" asked the mer while looking at Fu Qiuning whose caramel hair and soft eyes that were filled with laughter made him look like several years younger.
" I am here, how can I miss this exciting show, Jian?" Fu Qiuning spoke to Cao Jian before his gaze dropped to the caramel latte that the latter was holding in his hands and asked with a soft chuckle, " Were you going to dump this on top of Mo Qiang's head as well?"
Cao Jian looked at the drink in his hands and rolled his eyes as he dumped the disgustingly sweet drink that could not recreate the sweetness of the natural sugarcane juice or stevia roots in the trash can as he said with a disgruntled voice, " My agent gave it to me, she wanted me to avenge my Miao Miao, given that the Mo woman had disrespected her quite a lot in the past but then Miao Miao's warning caused my agent to change her mind right on time."
Fu Qiuning chuckled as he heard Cao Jian's words, he turned his head and looked at the screen with his glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose.
His eyes were alight with interest as he commented, "It's a good thing that you did not because I have a feeling that those idols who threw their drinks at Mo Qiang's head are soon going to beg her."
His words caused both Shen Miao and Cao Jian to turn and look at him in surprise.
" What are you talking about?" Cao Jian asked while Shen Miao looked at her official husband with a solemn look in her eyes and went for the most important question immediately, " How can you be so sure?"
It was not like Cao Jian was not smart, he was wise after all he was the one who wrote many songs for the singers and idols in her company but compared to him Fu Qiuning was much more astute when it came to assessing the worth of a person. If not then he would have never chosen scripts to act in which proved to be full-blown blockbusters after coming to the theatres even when others said that the script was not decent enough to act and brought to life.
" Fu Fu," Fu Qiuning laughed with his hand under his chin as he looked at Shen Miao with a smile on his eyes and lips. "It's just a hunch, I guess?"
Shen Miao took a deep look at her husband before she turned around and called security to send Mo Qiang up, seeing this Fu Qiuning asked with a small smile, " You are calling her up?"
" What can I do?" said Shen Miao while rubbing her tired eyes which were sporting dark circles. " Your hunches are often correct, Ning'er."
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Hunch ——-2"Sister are you okay?" Though Mo Xifeng was very angry at Mo Qiang for making things difficult for Shao Hui in the past, blood was always thicker than water. Though the two sisters only shared blood from the side of their mother, Mo Xifeng still had Mo Qiang in her heart and the position of Mo Qiang was much higher than the rest given that she was her old elder sister.
Most of Mo Xifeng's negative favourability stemmed from the fact that Mo Qiang did not take manage her matters cleanly and caused a lot of trouble to their family but now that Mo Qiang was willing to take on responsibility and clean up her mess, Mo Xifeng's heart could not help but ache when she saw Mo Qiang being treated like a human trash can.
As she looked at the bedraggled Mo Qiang, Mo Xifeng's favourability points once again rose and this time they rose by leaps and bounds before coming to a stop at - 110 points.
Mo Qiang looked at the sudden rise in the favourability points and smirked inwardly. Though in the eyes of others, she was lowering her head and admitting her faults, the truth was that she was actually taking a step down to invoke more and more sympathy from both Mo Xifeng and Shen Miao.
" I am fine, little Xifeng," Mo Qiang pushed the dripping wet hair off her face and ignored the sticky feeling as she pitifully looked at Mo Xifeng and said with a soft melancholic look on her face. " I was the one who was wrong in the past, it's worth it as long as I get the forgiveness of CEO Shen."
Mo Xifeng looked at her sister who was once arrogant like those peacocks that she had only seen in the three-dimensional models which were displayed in the museums and felt even sorrier for her elder sister.
[ Mo Xifeng's favourability points rose by +2.]
Now that the favourability points of Mo Xifeng had jumped by such a great leap, Mo Qiang was finding it hard to suppress the smirk that was etching its way to her lips while she heard the voice of the system while notifications popped in front of her.
[ Mo Xifeng's favourability points: -108.
Green finger level advancing from level one to level two.
Assessment skill advancing from level one to level two.
Item box storage area increased by two storage blocks.
King of the Jungle aura unlocked.]
' King of the jungle? What is that?' Mo Qiang questioned in her head but she had no time to listen to Little Jiao's explanation as the guard who was standing in front of the door walked towards her and then gruffly said, " Stand up, our CEO is willing to see you."
As she spoke the guard could not help but soften her voice as she looked at the bedraggled appearance of Mo Qiang and asked, " There is a cleaning machine in the restroom on the first floor, you can go ahead and get yourself cleaned up...don't dirty the floor of our company." Though the last words were added in a harsh tone, the guard still seemed to sympathise with Mo Qiang.
' Gotcha!' An evil smile decorated Mo Qiang's face when she heard the words of the guard, she clenched her fingers and lowered her head as she tried to stop the laughter bubbling inside her throat.
Looks like her orphanage director was right as well, when facing someone you cannot offend it was better to swallow all grievances and make yourself look as pitiful as possible. Though Mo Qiang had only seen such schemes in those palace dramas, she did not believe back then that one day she will have to use such schemes and what was more, she even won the sympathy of that tyrant!
As for those idols who took liberty with her ——humph just wait and watch, she will make sure that they pay thrice the market price of this maple honey, she will make them rue the day they dared to lift the lid of their coffee cups and dump the contents on top of her head!
Especially that omelette head, she will make that bastard pay four times the sum of this maple honey! That dratted bastard he dumped two drinks on her head!
The guard looked at the trembling shoulders of Mo Qiang and thought that the latter was crying tears of joy which was why she was even more sympathetic towards Mo Qiang but Little Jiao and the two pitiful spirits who could see the evil lady smile decorating the face of Mo Qiang shivered and secretly lit up a candle for each of the idol who made fun of Mo Qiang.
Little Jiao: "....." I hope they had life insurance secured.
Chi Chi: "....." so scary.
Ya Ya: "....." I am scared Mommy.
The three spirits were scared when they saw Mo Qiang smile like a D-grade villain but what scared them even more was when the latter raised her head and looked at the lady guard, her eyes were shimmering with tears as she sniffed and said in an apologetic tone, " I am really sorry for the trouble that I have caused you. It was I who did not know what was good for me and in my stupidness, I made such terrible decisions, I promise I will never touch alcohol ever again in my life, it's really the cause of misfortune for many."
As she spoke she even squeezed out two tears that were fat and glossy before turning her head to the side and wiping her eyes but even so both the woman caught sight of her tears.
' Chameleon, she is truly a human chameleon, look at how quickly her expression changed! If this woman was to kill someone, that someone might go to the underworld and plead on her behalf such that she will not be punished! Look at those acting skills!' Little Jiao thought in her head while she looked at Mo Qiang who was acting pitifully.
While Mo Xifeng who had no idea that her sister was acting felt another burst of sympathy as her favourability points rose by another four points even the female guard looked at Mo Qiang with red-rimmed eyes and said, " As long as you are willing to change, there are still better days ahead of you."
' I am telling you, you are being fooled,' said Little Jiao in her head but when she saw the sudden rise in the favourability points, even she threw down her shame and started to act like a distressed squirrel who was too upset upon seeing her master upset.
" What are you doing? Don't you have shame?" Mo Qiang asked when she saw Little Jiao's sympathy-raising acting.
" Oh, what shame? The tears in your eyes just moved me so much my beloved, that I could not help myself," replied Little Jiao.
Mo Qiang: "...." Was it my tears or are you crying for the sake of favourability points?
Meeting Shen MiaoMo Qiang cleaned herself in the restroom of the company on the ground floor, thankfully though there were not many natural resources left to use in this world, the technology could be considered as extra powerful, without using a single drop of water it cleaned all the junk which was sticking to her clothes and even dried her clothes in a manner which made them look new.
It was only later did she realise that the machine used a sort of mechanism which fused the water molecule and soap together in such a way that the machine would have to use the least amount of water but work more efficiently which would leave the user satisfied but even so Mo Qiang wished to go back home and take a bath.
She was someone who came from a world where she had to take a long shower once a day to soothe her taut nerves, if wiping with a rag did the job why did she buy that extra expensive jacuzzi in her previous life? Taking a bath with hot water was much better than standing in the middle of a machine that looked like it was blowing steam from all sides which was infused with soapy bubbles!
" You see nothing can beat the natural resource, you should pray to the Goddess of Nature and ask for her forgiveness, maybe when you go back home, you should make a small shrine for her and offer her the first crop," Little Jiao was naturally very happy that Mo Qiang was finally seeing the light and immediately pushed the matter of building a shrine, since the latter was an architect, she was sure that it was a matter of seconds for Mo Qiang.
" En, I will see what I can do," Mo Qiang replied in a lukewarm manner which was neither too hot nor too cold, she did not deny the suggestion which was given by Little Jiao who narrowed her eyes at Mo Qiang and said, " You dare break your promise? I swear if you make your honey angry I——"
As she was chattering, Mo Qiang took out a small gum candy with which Little Jiao was obsessed with at the moment and shoved it in the mouth of the latter ceasing all the chattering that was going on next to her ears.
Little Jiao: "..." she dare use such tactics on me! I will teach her a lesson once I am done with this candy!
Mo Xifeng was already waiting for Mo Qiang and when the latter saw her eldest sister returning she raised her head and tried to smile at Mo Qiang but failed since she was not used to smiling at all.
" What are you waiting here for?" Mo Qiang asked as she looked at Mo Xifeng who was standing in front of the elevator. " Didn't the guard take you to the resting area?"
When Mo Xifeng heard Mo Qiang mention the resting area, she stiffened and then turned her head to look at the well-insulated glass room which had a couch and a television with a few mers sitting along with women and said in a heavy voice, " Its nothing, I do not like sitting with strangers."
While she said that, Mo Qiang turned to look at the resting area where the mers were shyly batting their eyes while looking at Mo Xifeng, it seemed like even if Mo Xifeng was the daughter of a traitor, she was still quite wanted at the moment!
But as soon as the mers saw that Mo Qiang was looking at them, they all made ugly faces as if Mo Qiang owned their ancestors some major debt or something of the sort.
' Look at that, they are looking at Mo Xifeng as if she was a pile of billion golden coins but when it comes to me, they look at me like I am some sort of rotten trash lying on the side of the street,' Mo Qiang muttered in her head.
" You are wrong they are looking at you like you are a pile of s*it," corrected little Jiao.
Mo Qiang: "....." One of these days she was going to have roasted squirrel!
"Let's go," Mo Qiang did not believe in staying where she was disrespected and seeing that Mo Xifeng was also getting uncomfortable with the gazes that the mers were shooting her way.
Mo Xifeng nodded as she turned her head away from the mers who were winking at her while shooting heart-shaped lasers at her, and followed Mo Qiang into the elevator as the assistant of Shen Miao who was waiting for Mo Qiang to return brought them to the topmost floor.
The elevator which Mo Qiang took was the fastest among all the elevators which caused Mo Qiang to feel dizzy for a moment and then as the latter stepped out of the elevator after the assistant, she got even more dizzy when she looked outside the glass panes which were used to make the wall on the right side of the building.
She stared at the clouds that were floating a few feet below the floor on which she was standing and nodded to herself before thinking, ' Yup, there is no way I can fail now.'
Hearing her thoughts, Little Jiao turned to look at Mo Qiang and asked, " Are you finally feeling motivated to join me in this movement more enthusiastically?"
" No, I just think that if I do not satisfy that Shen woman, she will have me thrown down from this floor," replied Mo Qiang as she continued to follow the assistant while turning her head away from the glass window. " I have no intention of becoming a meat patty which is why ... I need to make sure that I butter that Shen woman nicely before slipping her in a bottle."
" What do you mean by slipping her in the bottle?" Little Jiao asked with a frown not understanding what the latter was trying to say.
" It basically means that I butter her up so nicely that she will lap everything up that I tell her," Mo Qiang snickered silently. " After all, she will be my biggest customer after this meeting is done and dusted! She is the key to our business making it big!"
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Meeting Shen Miao——2Mo Qiang was emboldened when she thought that she was going to make it big today but as soon as the assistant opened the door and pushed it open, Mo Qiang's confidence suffered a great blow. As soon as the door was pushed open, the woman who was sitting inside came into view, she was dressed in a white dress shirt with black hair which was as dark as ink and eyes that were sharp like a predator, in her hands she was wearing black gloves which had sharp knuckles while two mers who looked both slim yet muscular stood next to her.
Though they did not say anything, Mo Qiang could see that they were standing rather protectively beside Shen Miao, if she said one wrong word then receiving a punch in the face was evident.
'Why?' Mo Qiang looked at the beautiful woman in front of her and cried in her heart. 'Why was it that despite having such sharp looks this woman looked like a boss mommy and I look like a D-grade villainous? How can the Gods be so biased? And look at her husbands, one is prettier than the other! What's more, they are so protective of their wife, I am so jealous!'
At her house, there were three mers but she was certain that far from being protective they were looking for a way to kill her without shedding blood and then bury her body in the dungeon where no one will find her corpse.
"Well, your predecessor was one in a million as well, just look at the accessories those mers are wearing and then think of your husbands," said Little Jiao as she flew next to Mo Qiang while Chi Chi and Ya Ya rested on either side of Mo Qiang's shoulders." The watch that the mer on the left is wearing is more than thirty million golden coins and the glasses that the one on the right is wearing are more than fifty million, do you understand now?"
"I understand," said Mo Qiang with a blank voice. "I understand the power of gifts is above all." No wonder those men in her company would gift something expensive to their wives when they made a mistake, it was because the higher the price of the gift the greater were the chances of affection and forgiveness, what a sin that she was penniless and had to work so hard to gain some meagre favourability points!
Little Jiao: "..." You did not understand sh*t!
It's called doting you idiot! Sigh, don't tell me that I have to teach her how to chase after mers along with growing crops? Why did I choose a woman who was single for decades and only knew how to study and work? Despite Mo Qiang's hard work, Little Jiao was now regretting a little for choosing a woman who was yet to be enlightened.
"Miss Mo," Shen Miao glanced at the squirrel which was clutching her head while looking at Mo Qiang as if the latter was an idiot, her eyes flashed with a glint but that glint vanished before anyone could catch it. "You have three minutes to tell me what you want to say or else you can get lost, am I clear?"
"Yes, Yes, you are very clear," Mo Qiang wanted to smack the arrogant woman but recalling how her predecessor was the one who wronged this woman, she could only rub her hands like a little follower and then take the box which she had brought with her from Mo Xifeng and walked over to the small tea table where she placed the box and said, "I just awakened and this is what I grew with my powers, I wanted my apology gift to be sincere which is why I chose to bring it."
As she spoke she opened the box and revealed the shiny corn and maple honey bottles inside the box.
Seeing the corn ears, Shen Miao sighed as she looked at her husband, Fu Qiuning as if to say that he was wrong with his hunch this time round but the latter only smiled and then turned to look at Mo Qiang before asking in a floaty voice," Miss Mo, are you here to show your sincerity with just some corn ears and honey?"
"They might look normal at a glance, Mister Fu but if you take a good look at them, you will realise that they are A+++ grade corn and honey! This is something that you will not find in the market
Bang!
Shen Miao who was sitting on the chair stood up with her hands on the table as she looked at the box with her eyes flashing wildly, she did not look at Mo Qiang instead she continued to look at the corn and honey before asking in a voice which was thick with emotions," Are you sure that this is A+++ grade corn, Miss Mo? If you dare to lie to me then you will face the consequences which will be heavier than the other."
Shen Miao could not be blamed for this overreaction, her third husband was an actor as well just like Cao Jian but unlike Cao Jian who only did romantic comedy, her third husband liked shooting martial arts movies. Last month he went to a mountain intact but returned with broken ribs and legs, one of his hands was fractured as well, mers did not have a mana core like women and men of this world and could be considered really weak when it came to physical strength.
Though her husband survived the accident, he was yet to heal. With all the medicines and medical care it would not take long for her third husband to heal but the doctors had told her that for full recovery he either needed continuous meals of grade A++ crops or the meat of the water dragon that resided in S class dungeons which were exceptionally difficult to hunt, she had hired many mecha morphs but no one succeeded and getting an A++ crop was even harder than hunting a water dragon. After all, even though she had money and power, there were no awakened who were not under the imperial family at the moment. Even if she wanted to purchase those A++ crops from the imperial family there was a chance that they might not agree, just as she was going crazy with worry, Mo Qiang arrived with these crops which she called A+++ grade and not A++, how can she be not suspicious?
RabbitMo Qiang looked at Shen Miao, though the latter had restrained her excitement quite a lot, she was an office worker who had to slave away under her tyrant bosses day and night how could she not catch the change in Shen Miao's expression? She was someone who was so experienced that she would even catch the lightest note of admiration in the sullen voice of her boss! Even when he pretended that he was not satisfied with her work just so he would not have to give her a bonus.
But she will not be fooled!
With a smirk that was similar to that of a cat that had licked the fat cream of milk, Mo Qiang sneakily rubbed her hands before she put on a sincere expression as she looked at Shen Miao and said in a solemn voice, " How can I dare to lie to you, CEO Shen? This is a hundred per cent A+++ grade corn ears and maple syrup. Because I wanted to ask for an apology for my past actions, I brought the freshest batch from my farm, if you don't believe me then you can ask someone to boil it or roast it, as you prefer to eat it."
She paused and then added, " You can even ask one of your assistants to go and make some tea with this maple syrup, it will not only strengthen the body of your husbands but it will also make their skin supple and plump like a leaf from which you can squeeze water from with just a pinch."
Her words were similar to that of an experienced salesperson, Mo Qiang hit the correct note like some skilled pianist, even though Fu Qiuning and Cao Jian did not show it on their faces, they indeed liked the idea of becoming more and more beautiful.
And to Shen Miao, the strengthening aspect of these things was the biggest selling point.
She looked at the corn ears and maple syrup bottles before raising her head and looking at Mo Qiang with a suspicious yet assessing gaze as she said, " This is all free right? You are not going to ask me to pay an extravagant fee once I eat this right?"
There was nothing wrong with paying a certain amount if this was really A+++ grade corp, she would happily fork out as much money as Mo Qiang wanted as long as this box of corn ears and maple syrup belonged to the rare grade crop but in case this woman brought a fake then she was not going to fork a single coin out!
" Of course, I brought this box as a show of sincerity while apologising to you CEO Shen," Mo Qiang clapped her hands together as she brought them to the right side of her face with a smile which could leave even the most perfect salesman in the dust. " The entire box is free of charge, if you want then you can cook the entire box and I will not ask for a single coin."
' Did she think she was a fool? If she was to ask for money for this box then how will she ask for all the good things that she had made a list of? One has to stuff up a goat before chopping it up, only then can they eat the fat and delicious mutton!'
Mo Qiang was very clear that she needed to reel in the Shen family slowly and carefully which was why she did not charge them a single coin of gold and was willing to part with this box of corn ears and maple syrup, despite her heart bleeding like it had been shredded.
Never mind, never mind—— there will be more chances for me to make money but for now, she needed to make sure that Shen Miao signs Shao Hui under her label.
Shen Miao looked at Mo Qiang from what she could see Mo Qiang was indeed not lying. She hesitated for a while but when she saw the box of corn ears and thought of Zhu Tong, she decided that she was willing to take the risk. It was fine even if this was one of Mo Qiang's schemes, she was still stronger than Mo Qiang and her stupid schemes, her core might have been harmed because of that incident years ago but she was still the same Shen Miao who paved her way through poverty and became the CEO Shen who was revered by all! There was no way anyone could harm her!
With that thought in her head, she pressed the button of her intercom to call her assistant, who knocked on the door of the room within three seconds.
" Come in," Shen Miao gave permission to the assistant who was now walking inside by two guards who went straight towards Mo Qiang and caught her by her arms.
Mo Qiang: "..." ???
What in the world?
This turn of events was so shocking that even Shen Miao was stunned she turned to look at assistant Yan and then asked in a hurry, " What are you doing?"
Seeing that Shen Miao looked a bit displeased, Yan Sui, the assistant felt a bit surprised. He turned to look at Mo Qiang who was looking at him with an expression that was full of gloom while being dangled by the guards like a bedraggled cat who was caught smuggling cream of the milk.
While Mo Xifeng on the other hand had already summoned her sword ready to slash through anyone who dared to disrespect her sister.
" D..Didn't CEO Shen call me to throw her out?" Yan Sui asked Shen Miao who rubbed her head and then waved her hand silently asking the guards to let Mo Qiang go. " No, I did not call you to throw Miss Mo out... she has sincerely brought some rare goods for me, I asked you to bring them out and roast them."
Actually, Shen Miao wanted to boil the corn but the water was really rare in this world, in case this turned out to be a low-quality corn, it will be a waste to boil it!
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Rabbit —-2"Oh," Yan Sui realised that he had made a mistake and immediately asked the guards to let Mo Qiang go. He did not expect that, Mo Qiang actually came bringing something good, given her past actions he thought that the CEO called him to throw Mo Qiang out of the company who would have thought that she called him because she wanted to roast some corn?
The guards had already let go of Mo Qiang but even so, Mo Qiang was looking at the people in the room with a dark expression. She originally wanted to only take a small advantage of these people but now she was going to level up! What was the meaning of this? Does she look that unreliable?
" I am afraid so yes," replied Little Jiao as she looked at Mo Qiang's evil face that looked exceptionally sinister now that she was not smiling. In fact, if she was to smile, she only looked a little less sinister but now that her expression was so dark that ink could be squeezed out of it, it made her look even more scary!
Mo Qiang grounded her teeth when she heard the words of the little squirrel, she turned to look at the annoying pixie of nature and sneered before coldly speaking, " If that is the case then why don't I jump off this building and off myself? You can find another woman!"
Little Jiao: "....." What a terrifying woman!
" Of course not, now that I have chosen you, you are the only one for me," Little Jiao immediately started to rub her furry cheek against Mo Qiang while holding her right cheek with her small paws. " How can you ask me to look for another woman? You are breaking my heart."
Among all the people she had chosen, Mo Qiang was the only one whose determination knew no bounds, more importantly, her willpower was super scary! Before she had never seen anyone use the buff until the last second but Mo Qiang —— she had withstood the pain throughout the entire time and made use of the last of the buff strength even though her mana core was not yet strong enough to withstand the power of the sudden increase in strength.
There was no way she was going to let go of such a terrifying yet strong woman!
Mo Qiang scoffed before she flicked Little Jiao away, she was very much aware that the little thing only liked her for her body which was strong enough to withstand all sorts of turmoil. There was no sincerity in her love!
Yan Sui watched the squirrel being sent flying before he pushed the glasses up on his nose and went to pick three corn ears, from the sneer on Mo Qiang's face he could she that she was very angry but even so bullying the little squirrel was too much!
"Wait," seeing that Yan Sui was going to pick up three corn ears, Shen Miao stopped him. She did not know whether those corn ears were really A+++ grade but what if they were? Cooking three corn ears wouldn't it be too extravagant?
In the end, she swallowed hard and made a tough decision, " Just pick one and then bring it to roast with you, leave the rest and take one of those maple syrup bottles with you as well, make some tea for Qiuning and Jian."
Yan Sui looked at his boss who was looking at the corn ears as if she was making an extremely difficult decision and became nervous, was there something special about these corn ears? He was a mer though he had a mana core as well, it was not well developed when compared to women and men.
At most he could only use it when he was pushed into a corner thus he was never able to detect the spiritual energy of the corn ear which he was holding but in the end, he was used to listening to Shen Miao and did as she told him, he only picked up one corn ear and then placed the rest back inside the box before picking up the maple syrup bottle and walking out of the room towards the kitchen which was situated at the other end of secretary office.
" What is going on?" Another secretary who was making coffee in the kitchen raised his head and looked at Yan Sui who came out of the office, he was planning to watch the show of Mo Qiang being thrown out but instead he saw Yan Sui walk out of the office with a corn ear and a bottle with golden amber liquid, what was this? Was a farm suddenly opened inside CEO Shen's office?
" Don't ask," Yan Sui did not know himself what he was doing, he went inside the office all ready to throw Mo Qiang out but instead made a joke of himself, if not for the fact that Mo Qiang didn't make fun of him, he would have taken a day off and went home to sulk!
The other secretary named, Xiao Huai naturally did not say anything and simply stood to the side and watched Yan Sui as the latter skilfully turned the gas stove on and then placed the corn ear which he had brought with him.
He knew that he had to apply butter on the corn ear but when he saw that the corn was smelling rather sweet and tantalising he did not wish to destroy the scent by using the highly adulterated butter that had more chemicals than milk contents in it, instead he used the maple syrup which he brought with him causing an explosion of sweetness all over the place which caused the other secretaries to step out when they smelled the sweet scent.
Yan Sui was focused on grilling the corn and did not pay attention to his surrounding but when he raised his head and looked at the secretaries who were eyeing the corn in his hand like greedy wolves he suddenly felt like a cornered rabbit.
All that was left were a pair of two rabbit ears and a tail.