In the small garden at the door, the girl's sobs could be heard constantly, one after another, crying so hard that her throat was hoarse, and the crying was more like venting her emotions.
Lu Xue squatted in front of her daughter and stroked the top of her head distressedly.
"Xie'er, stop crying. Mom's heart is almost broken. You are trying to kill mommy."
Mu Nuanxi raised her head, with tears still hanging on her cheeks. From the day Wen Li returned to Mu's house, all her self-esteem and pride were shattered step by step.
She can never compare to that wild girl. No matter what she does, she seems to be able to do her best. She always makes people envious and jealous. She can always easily get everyone's attention and become the focus of everyone's attention.
"I've lost all my face tonight. I am the eldest daughter of the Mu family. I have been loved by thousands of people. I have had everything I wanted since I was a child. I have been able to control the wind and rain, but I can't compare to a wild girl who grew up in the countryside. Those people don't have the ability to do anything now."
Lu Xue had a severe headache. She didn't expect that that wild girl could be so capable, breaking people's eyes time and time again.
Mu Jing'an hurriedly ran over from nearby, "Sister-in-law, have you seen Luoluo!!"
Lu Xue was busy persuading her daughter, waving her hands towards her with a somewhat impatient look, "I don't know where she went."
"What should I do? I've looked everywhere but I can't find Luo Luo. Is something wrong with her?" Mu Jing'an was so anxious that she almost cried.
She is just a daughter who has been pampered like jewels since she was a child. How will she survive if something happens to her.
This would literally kill her.
Mu Nuanxi looked a little strange when she saw Mu Jing'an's anxious look, "Auntie, what did Luoluo do?"
If Li Mengluo just came to attend the dinner normally, even if he couldn't find her, he might have left first. Mu Jing'an would definitely not be so anxious, fearing that Li Mengluo would do something else.
Mu Nuanxi's words attracted Lu Xue's attention, and she looked sideways, "What's going on?"
Mu Jing'an anxiously grabbed the dress around her waist, wanting to make a hole in it, but now that the person was gone, she could only confess honestly no matter how reluctant she was.
"What!" Lu Xue's scream sounded in the garden.
Mu Nuanxi couldn't care less about her own sadness at this moment, lowered her head and held her forehead, "Aunt, not to mention that his identity as a Nan family member before was of no use. Even now that he is a guest of the Nan family, Luo Luo cannot mess with him casually."
"But Luoluo said..." Mu Jing'an now realized that things were not that simple.
"Jing'an, you used to be a calm and logical person, why have you become so aggressive now?" Lu Xue sighed.
Back then, Mu Jing'an had the demeanor of the old man Mu Kuiyuan, who could hide her thoughts, stay dormant, and be calm in times of trouble. However, after marrying Li Wen and giving birth to Li Mengluo, she gradually became like this.
Her impatience is extraordinary, and she doesn't even know the word "calm down" in times of trouble.
"What should I do now? Luoluo has disappeared for such a long time. How will I survive if something happens to her." Mu Jing'an was so anxious that she almost jumped up.
She gave birth to her only daughter after a difficult labor, so she must give her the best things in front of her. The pain was like pearls, just like her own eyes.
If something happened, she wouldn't be alive.
"That man is in the hall now. Luoluo must have failed to succeed and if you couldn't find her. He probably sent her out."
Mu Nuanxi closed her eyes, and her mind was filled with the way the man danced just now, coquettish, sexy, uninhibited, and so arrogant.
She is afraid Luo Luo will be in trouble.
Mu Chenxing ran out of the hall and saw the three people standing together. He calmly said, "Something happened."
......
Wen Li waited for a while but couldn't wait for the person in front of her to speak. She moved back and found a comfortable position to lean against.
"It seems that Mr. Mu is not very willing to cooperate with us."
Mu Chenyu clenched his hands that were hanging down. This girl did it on purpose. She was humiliating him and the Mu family.
"Mr. Mu, our president is a very rigorous person. If you want to get investment, we need you to introduce Mu's situation in detail, and the plan you give us must also be elaborated in detail." Pan stood next to Wen Li and spoke, playing the role of representative conscientiously.
Pu Jianchuan stood not far away and saw everything in his eyes. The little daughter of the Mu family who had returned was really amazing.
"Dad, what are you looking at?" Pu Xi looked at his father stretching his neck.
"Look at other people's children." Pu Jianchuan replied.
Pu Xi consciously picked up the wine glass and went elsewhere. His father would never give him face.
"Mu Wen Li, do you want to humiliate me in front of so many people?" Mu Chenyu said coldly.
Wen Li leaned forward and looked at him, "How capable do you think you are that I can waste my time and humiliate you? It was you who came here to cooperate with Nangtry, I didn't force you. If you can't explain the plan, I won't put money into a bottomless pit.
The tone was very calm and normal, but to Mu Chenyu's ears it sounded like naked sarcasm.
"Wen Li." The old man suddenly opened his mouth and called out.
Mu Chenyu said nothing and stood there looking at the old man who was helped by Mu Ting.
"Everyone talks a lot here. Let's find a place where we can sit down and talk as a family." Mu Kuiyuan looked at the girl on the sofa.
Mu Ting was in a mixed mood. He didn't expect that the third lady was so powerful. The CEO of Nangtry, the financial genius who had been praised countless times by the old man, would actually be Wen Li.
According to Wen Li's age, she was only sixteen years old when she rose to prominence in the financial world.
At that time, Mu Nuanxi was still in high school, and Mu Chenyu was just starting to make his mark in business. The old man was happy about this for a long time, but in such a comparison, the achievements of the three children of the Mu family were nothing.
Is bloodline really important? Wen Yanxing was a genius in the scientific research field back then, and his son Wen Xuqian was no less talented. Wen Li, who inherited their bloodline, was also gifted in this way.
According to what Mr. Mu said, everyone moved to the room upstairs.
After Nan Jinchuan finished greeting the guests here, he turned around and found that the Mu family were gone, and even Fu Yuxiu was gone.
"Where have all these people gone?"
Nan Pei slowly walked over and looked back, "Old man, your information circulation speed is a bit slow."
"You stinky girl." Nan Jinchuan stretched out his hand to pull the person, "Where are the Mu family?"
As soon as he came to his senses, no one was seen, not even Mr. Mu.
"Went to solve family problems, don't worry about it."
Nan Pei sighed, it was only because of Nan Jinchuan's slow temper that Old Mr. Nan did not hand over the Nan family into his hands.
She could see clearly just now that Wen Li was the president of Nangtry, but many people knew that Mu had a financial problem recently and was in contact with Nangtry.
The Mu family doesn't care much about her. Otherwise, why was the situation like that just now? Even Mu Nuanxi came out to compete with Wen Li.
With Wen Li's temperament, if the Mu family was kind to her, she would not wait for Mu Chenyu to negotiate with Nangtry, and she would be able to resolve these matters quickly.
This kind of family is really one of a hundred. Nan Jinchuan likes Mu Nuanxi and thinks that she has no problem and always wants Nan Sheng to marry her.
After Wen Li entered the room, she found a comfortable seat and sat down. The man following him immediately came over and she glanced sideways.
"Why did you come in?"
This person likes to join in the fun to this extent.
"Give you confidence, otherwise you will be bullied again." Fu Yuxiu raised his hand and touched the tip of her nose affectionately.
Pan raised his eyebrows and watched the interaction between the two with great interest. If he went back, would this be big news and bragging to them?
The boss, who had always been unconcerned, was also pulled down from the altar, and this man looked really evil.
Mu Kuiyuan sat down opposite Wen Li, and Mu Chenyu sat next to his grandfather, quietly waiting for the old man to speak first.
"Wen Li, grandpa didn't realize that you would be so great. The legendary financial investment genius would be you." Mu Kuiyuan looked up and down at the girl opposite.
From the first day she entered the Mu family, Mu Kuiyuan's vague feeling came true. This child was not an ordinary child, and was different from everyone he had ever seen.
"I'm just more discerning than others." Wen Li replied lukewarmly.
Mu Kuiyuan smiled and then said, "Since you are the president of Nangtry, we are all a family, so there is no need for you to treat your elder brother like this."
Mu Chenyu understood his grandfather's temperament, and the old man hoped to use affection to induce Wen Li to relent.
But there was no affection between them and Wen Li.
"Grandpa, once Mu's capital chain was broken, the project that was supposed to be carried out was shelved for no reason. Nangtry, who had not invested in country G for three years, suddenly arrived and looked directly at Mu. Can't you see this clues?" Mu Chenyu interrupted Mu Kuiyuan's movement to speak.
Mu Kuiyuan calmed down, and that was indeed the case. Mu had not been as difficult as he is today for so many years, and this was all after Wen Li came back.
"I think this legendary Ms. N must have put a lot of thought into it." Mu Chenyu snorted coldly.
Wen Li seemed to think about it seriously and said very calmly, "It's very simple, no need to worry about it."
Mu Kuiyuan now looks at this child again. She is different from ordinary people. This child probably came to the Mu family with a purpose from the beginning.
"I don't believe it. That the Mu family, if we can't get your investment, will fall tomorrow. Mu Wen Li, don't you think you are too cruel? You are really powerful when you take the Mu family's surname and besiege the Mu family."
"Only you will find this surname so glorious. To me, it's not even as good as the garbage on the ground." Wen Li looked at the man in front of him.
Mu Kuiyuan's heart trembled. This child had such an identity, which meant that what happened back then might not be hidden from her anymore.
"No matter what, we are all a family. It would be ridiculous for a family to make such a fuss." Mu Kuiyuan said softly.
"Old man, do you still remember Wen Yanxing?" Wen Li looked at Mu Kuiyuan coldly.
As soon as the name came out, Mu Kuiyuan's eyes widened, as if he had seen a living person crawling out of the tomb of the dead.
Mu Ting pinched Mu Kuiyuan's jaw hard and whispered in his ear, "Old man, please calm down."
When the name Wen Yanxing came out, Mu Kuiyuan must have known that Wen Li had found out the truth about him.
"Now you want to tell me that I am part of your Mu family? Or do I, Wen Li, owe a debt of gratitude to your Mu family?" Wen Li's tone became colder.
Fu Yuxiu gently squeezed her shoulders to calm the little girl's emotions.
"Child, do you know everything?" Mu Kuiyuan didn't stop her.
He had always thought that as long as they could keep it a secret, Wen Li would be kept in the dark for the rest of her life.
"Since you can think of Wen Yanxing, you must know what I will do next?"
Mu Kuiyuan shook his head hurriedly, "Did Lei Yuan talk nonsense to you? Don't believe him."
"Really? In this case, I have to listen carefully to Mr. Mu's version to see if it can match his. It has been too long. I hope you can remember it well, otherwise the Mu family will not be saved." Wen Li raised her hand and turned over the hourglass on the table.
"Think about it carefully, I'll listen to your statement."
When Mu Chenyu saw his grandfather's appearance, he suddenly became angry and said, "Wen Li, don't go too far. Mu family, is not something you can touch if you want."
"You are not qualified to say this to me now." Wen Li glanced at him sideways, somewhat dismissively.
Pan pushed the documents he brought across the table, "Mr. Mu, you should take a look at this first, and then think about how to talk to our president."
Mu Chenyu took the document and after scanning it for a few times, his expression went from sunny to gloomy in just a moment.
"You acquired Mu's shares!"
Feiran followed the man's instructions and brought up two pieces of almond cake for Wen Li. It was really hard for the young master. At this time, he still remembered that Miss Wen Li hadn't eaten.
"Do you think everything will be fine after the stock market turmoil in Mu's last few times stabilized?" Wen Li took the plate and looked at it, then picked up the spoon and took a bite with satisfaction.
Seeing Wen Li's satisfied expression, Fei Ran breathed a sigh of relief. He served the cake several times in a row, but the young master rejected it before it reached Miss Wen Li's hands.
Mu Chenyu slapped the thing in his hand on the table, "Thirty-four percent of the shares! How could you possibly get it?"
"Nangtry's financial resources are sufficient so far. As long as the price is sufficient, these things can certainly be purchased." Wen Li disagreed.
When Mu's stock price was turbulent, many people sold Mu's stock. Pan's ability to do things was sufficient, so naturally there was nothing left to acquire.
"What on earth do you want to do!" Mu Chenyu stared at her, his emotions on the verge of collapse.
"I don't want to do anything. The old man naturally knows my purpose and makes up my words. If I don't get the answer I want, Mu will probably have to change his surname."
Mu Kuiyuan raised his hand to pull Mu Chenyu back, and looked at Wen Li with a calm expression.
"Lei Yuan should have told you a lot. I think you want to know about the Wen family. Let them all go out, and I will have a good chat with you alone." Mu Kuiyuan said.
"Grandpa." Mu Chenyu called.
"Chen Yu, you go out first, Wen Li and I will have a good talk." Mu Kuiyuan looked at his grandson.
Fifteen years ago, he had thought that such a day would come, but he didn't expect it to come so soon. Wen Li is Wen Yanxing's granddaughter, and it is right for her to come to seek justice.
Wen Li looked sideways at the man beside him, and seeing the meaning in her eyes, Fu Yuxiu stood up.
"Be careful yourself."
Wen Li and Mu Kuiyuan were the only ones left in the room. The old man, who was over seventy years old, had white hair. His originally energetic appearance was now a little decadent.
The atmosphere was a bit dull. Wen Li said nothing, waiting for the old man opposite to speak. He seemed to know more about the Wen family's affairs.
Wen Li looked for Lou Qing. Searching all the information in the Red Mansion could find all the information about Wen Yanxing's awards that year, but there was very little information about Wen Li's father, Wen Xuqian, let alone her mother.
The information obtained from "Know" only gave a name, the name of the imperial capital.
According to Lei Yuan, the three of them are the best brothers. Mu Kuiyuan may know some things that Lei Yuan doesn't know.
"Do you want to know how your parents died?" Mu Kuiyuan said tentatively.
Wen Li turned over the decorative hourglass on the table again, "You don't need to test me. If you can make up your mind to tell me the truth you know, you must also know my ability to make such a decision."
After all, Mu Kuiyuan has lived a long time and has seen a lot of ups and downs. He has developed an eye for recognizing people and can judge the current situation more clearly.
The little girl in front of him is not as weak as they imagined. From IO to Nangtry now, she has refreshed people's understanding time and time again, which is enough to prove her ability.
There were some things she wanted to find out, but it was just a matter of time.
"I really don't know anything about your parents, but maybe I can tell you something about your grandfather." Mu Kuiyuan raised his eyes and looked far away, as if he was remembering something long ago.
At that time, the three of them were together. Although they took different paths, it was indeed a very happy time, a time that people cannot forget.
"Your grandfather graduated from Ningzhou University at the age of twenty and went to the Imperial Capital for further study. It was also while he was studying in the Imperial Capital that he became famous. He became the youngest scientist at the time and the one who won the most awards."
At that time, Wen Yanxing was very popular, and Mu Kuiyuan also took advantage of the wind to start a business. The exchanges between the two were not very frequent, but they would still let each other know when something big happened.
"He got married when he was twenty-four years old. He married your grandma. I asked him what kind of woman she was. He only said that she was the daughter of a famous family in the imperial capital. But she was not arrogant, she was generous, quiet, and well-educated.
Both parties were busy with their careers and gradually lost contact.
Thirty years have passed since we met again. Wen Yanxing made the original energy chip, which caused an uproar in the industry. However, Mu's electronic products encountered a bottleneck and funds could not be returned. In order to save Mu's, Mu Kuiyuan thought of his old friend.
If we can cooperate with Wen Yanxing, Mu will be able to save him.
"It happened that your grandfather took your family of three back to Ningzhou. When they arrived in Fangxi Town, I went to find your grandfather and wanted to cooperate with him."
"But he refused, so you killed him?" Wen Li touched the hourglass lightly.
"No, I didn't kill your parents. They came back to escape for their lives." Mu Kuiyuan was emotional, holding his heart and gasping hard.
But Mu Ting was not there, so he could only find the medicine and take it by himself.
"Your father's name is Wen Xuqian. I've heard him call your mother's name, Huining. Yan Xing found me after your parents were killed. He hopes to use the original chip in exchange for you to become the daughter of the Mu family. Allowing you to grow up hiding in the Mu family."
They were also afraid that those who killed Wen Li's parents would find the child who survived.
"In order to make you a reasonable member of the Mu family, I found Mu Kun, who was in Fangxi Town at the time, and forged all the test reports of Lu Xue's pregnancy, and forged your birth certificate at the hospital in Fangxi Town, making you the child born in that hospital and the third lady of the Mu family."
Even in order not to arouse anyone's suspicion, Wen Yanxing used the experimental equipment and drugs left by Wen Xuqian to change Lu Xue's genetic sequence so that the paternity report could match the mother-daughter relationship between the two.
"Yan Xing had already agreed with me at that time that he would never reveal your identity to anyone in his life. You will always be a child of the Mu family."
Wen Yanxing even paid close attention to the child's future and blocked all possibilities for leaving messages from the outside world in order to save the child's life.
But he never expected that Wen Li would be lost for fifteen years.
"Then why did you kill him?" Wen Li looked at the old man with a sad expression in front of him.
Mu Kuiyuan's expression at this moment did not look like he was pretending. The death of his friend was indeed a lifelong pain for him.
"Later, after you were brought back for a week. Yan Xing came to me and hoped to take you back. I thought he regretted it..."
This is equivalent to a transaction. This transaction has already begun since Wen Li arrived at the Mu family, and the original chip was the only hope to save the Mu family at that time. How could someone who has already obtained something hope to have it taken away again.
"I accidentally killed your grandfather."
When Mu Kuiyuan said these last words, everything settled.
The hourglass in Wen Li's hand had reached its bottom, and when she looked at Mu Kuiyuan, his eyes were no longer warm. Those who investigated back then blamed Wen Yanxing's death on the person who killed Wen Xuqian and his wife.
The Wen family came to Fangxi Town only after offending someone. Not long after they moved there, he died, and this case became a sensational unsolved case.
"How did you kill him?"
Mu Kuiyuan looked down at his hands, his eyes were filled with scarlet red, and the blood that had covered his face burned his eyes red.
"Use a knife, a fruit knife."
"Is there anyone else besides you?"
Mu Kuiyuan shook his head, "I'm the only one."
Wen Li let out a long sigh, stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows in the room. From the height of the fifth floor, all she could see were the tall buildings opposite.
"You could have never told me about it, why are you telling me now?"
Mu Kuiyuan stood up, bowed ninety degrees in the direction of Wen Li, and straightened his back, "I know you won't believe anything I say now. I failed Yan Xing and failed to take good care of you. Instead, I lost you. He hoped that the Mu family could protect you back then, but I lost you for fifteen years. Nothing can make up for it now. "
Wen Li was separated from the Mu family for fifteen years and suffered a lot. However, the Mu family relied on the development of original energy chips to prosper and became a leading company in the technology industry.
When Mu Kuiyuan came back from his dream at midnight, he felt very guilty. He felt unworthy of being entrusted to his friend, so he wanted to do his best to make up for this child.
But it was too late. The child had grown up and became something that many people could not achieve.
Sure enough, it was Wen Yanxing's bloodline.
"I'm sorry, I will pay for what I have done, but the children of the Mu family are innocent, and they cannot pay for what I have done, so Wen Li, I want to ask you to let them go, and let Mu family go."
Mu Chenyu worked hard and tirelessly for the Mu family, and Mu Kuiyuan saw this. Mu Nuanxi worked hard for the person she loved since childhood, and Mu Chenxing trained day and night in order to catch up with his brother and sister. They were all hard-working children, but they were a little more arrogant and worked hard for their own future.
But the appearance of Wen Li shattered their pride. The Mu family was in danger. If the Mu family collapsed, Mu Kuiyuan could only imagine how those children would live.
"Let the Mu family go, I will surrender to give your grandfather justice." Mu Kuiyuan pleaded.
Now that things have come to this, that's all he can think about for his children.
"Your apology is worthless in my eyes. Even now, you are not qualified to tell me to let go of the Mu family. My grandfather's life is far more valuable than your Mu family."
Wen Li always thought of the kind old man in the dream, holding her hand and walking along the tree-lined path, holding a book and teaching her to write stroke by stroke.
Very few people can remember what happened when they were five years old when they reach adulthood. Wen Li's lack of memory may also have something to do with Wen Yanxing.
But after she woke up, these images were the ones that appeared most frequently in Wen Li's mind.
Parents who love their children must have far-reaching plans. In order to save her granddaughter's life after the tragedy of her son and daughter-in-law, Wen Yanxing sent her to the Mu family and even changed Lu Xue's genetic combination to match hers, and then erased her memory.
"You can go." Wen Li looked at the door.
Mu Kuiyuan faltered, but turned around when he reached the door, "I really never thought about killing him, and I really feel sorry for you."
"If you are really ashamed of him, do what you should do and give me nothing less."
Mu Kuiyuan knew what she meant and opened the door with trembling hands.
People waiting at the door hurriedly gathered around him. Mu Ting supported the old man and said, "Are you okay?"
After staying alone with that girl for so long, he was afraid that the old man would leave without even taking a breath.
"Grandpa, let's go back first." Mu Chenyu didn't ask anything and helped the old man to the elevator.
Mu Jing'an hurried over, "Dad, please help me, Luo Luo is missing!"
Mu Kuiyuan's already tense nerves were completely broken, and he leaned back and fainted.
"Dad!!"
"Grandfather!!"
The corridor was in chaos. Feiran didn't even raise his eyelids and stood at the door of the room without moving.
"Our Li Li are the smartest, and you will definitely be a more powerful scientist than grandpa in the future..."
"Dad, you haven't seen that she doesn't even have the patience to practice calligraphy. She may not be a scholar in the future."
"No matter what we do, as long as our, Li Li, grow up healthily and happily..."
These words kept ringing in Wen Li's mind, along with the voices of noisy children, the laughter and the breeze.
A pair of warm hands wrapped around her waist, and Fu Yuxiu stood behind her, holding her tightly in his arms.
"Is it cold?"
Wen Li shook her head. She had experienced colder days, so this was nothing.
"Let's go, take you back."
Wen Li lowered her head and played with a copper iron piece in her hand. The pattern of two intertwined letters was glowing when touched.
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