MDMB 13

Chapter 13

 Argument

Logically, flowers that fragrant should have been impossible to miss from the doorway.

After taking a look around inside, Xiao Suo didn’t say anything, but the disappointment in his eyes was practically overflowing.

Feeling dejected, he got into his car and immediately called Fu Sihuai.

“Ah-Huai, did you give me the wrong shop? The flowers there were all pretty ordinary. I even showed them the photos I took earlier, and they insisted those flowers weren’t from their store.”

After venting his complaints, silence lingered on the other end of the line for quite some time.

A few seconds later, Fu Sihuai’s deep, cool voice finally came through the phone.

“Aunt Liu wouldn’t make a mistake. It was definitely that shop.”

Xiao Suo looked disappointed, but there wasn’t much he could do about it.

“Alright. Maybe I just had bad timing. The batch of flowers I wanted might have already been sold out.”

A thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and he perked up immediately.

“Wait, how about I go to your house? If there are any left, I’ll take them all. You don’t mind, right?”

Fu Sihuai responded casually.

“I don’t mind. Go ahead.”

After hanging up, he glanced at the flowers on his desk.

His gaze seemed to pass through them, as though he were seeing someone else entirely.

Xiao Suo’s eldest sister was currently the head of the Xiao family—a remarkably capable woman.

However, ever since losing her child three years ago, she had become irritable and volatile, her temper impossible to predict.

If bringing those flowers back could make her happy, then it would be worthwhile.

The Fu Residence

Around eight or nine in the morning, Qingqing loved helping the gardener water the flowers in the garden.

The gardener watered the larger plants while she carried a tiny watering can for the smaller ones.

Just as she was having fun, she heard the sound of people arguing.

Stopping in place, she lifted her little watering can and took a few steps toward the source of the noise.

A crowd had gathered at the villa entrance.

The most eye-catching person among them was a woman wearing a custom-made purple dress.

She was mature and beautiful, slightly plump, and even shorter than Aunt Liu.

Blocked by bodyguards at the gate, Bai Wei’s expression remained cold and indifferent.

Aunt Liu was there as well, wearing a smile that wasn’t really a smile.

“I’m sorry, Miss Bai. My employer has already given his instructions. Please don’t make things difficult for a servant like me.”

Bai Wei pressed her red lips together, irritated by her attitude.

But when her gaze landed on Aunt Liu’s face, she couldn’t help feeling surprised.

Aunt Liu looked at least ten years younger than before.

So her mother had been right.

The old woman had secretly gone for beauty treatments and deliberately kept the salon’s location hidden from them.

With that thought, Bai Wei’s expression turned even colder.

However, she hadn’t come today to ask about beauty salons.

“My mother only came here and said a few words. What exactly did she say wrong? You’re stopping cooperation with our family over something like that? Since when is an orphan so precious?”

Aunt Liu’s eyes flickered slightly, and the smile on her face deepened.

So the master had already taken action.

Serves them right.

Though that was what she thought, she put on a regretful expression.

“I really wouldn’t know about that. Matters concerning the master’s business aren’t something I’m qualified to ask about.”

A trace of mockery flashed through Bai Wei’s eyes.

“You don’t know? Weren’t you the one who tattled to him? You dare do it but won’t admit it? Old woman, and now you’re pretending to be innocent?”

The smile on Aunt Liu’s face faded.

The words were truly unpleasant to hear.

She decided to stop pretending altogether and adopted an expression that clearly said, Do whatever you want.

“That’s right. I told the master. So what? If your mother hadn’t come to the Fu family to bully people, I wouldn’t have had the chance to report it. You brought this upon yourselves.”

The more Bai Wei listened, the angrier she became.

Her mother’s words hadn’t wronged that child in the slightest.

The girl was an orphan—that was simply the truth. Since when could people not say it?

Seeing Aunt Liu’s fearless expression, Bai Wei felt an overwhelming urge to slap her.

And she really did it.

Her manicured nails left two bloody scratches across Aunt Liu’s face.

The side of Aunt Liu’s face that was struck began swelling visibly.

Covering her cheek, Aunt Liu refused to back down and immediately slapped her back.

Having spent years doing physical labor, the strength in her arms was far beyond what Bai Wei could match.

The slap sent Bai Wei crashing to the ground with a loud thud.

Despite seeing Aunt Liu gain the upper hand, none of the bodyguards around them moved.

After falling to the ground, Bai Wei noticed someone from her lower vantage point.

A child.

The little girl was hiding behind the villa’s front door.

She wore a light green dress, both tiny hands gripping the edge of the door tightly.

Poking out her little head, she stared over nervously at the scene unfolding before her.