Chapter 104: The Situation Escalates
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Seeing that the argument was about to escalate, Chen Hao quickly stood between them to mediate. Mei Mu also stepped in front of Liu Kai to dissuade him. “Please, stop. I don’t want to bring family matters into school.”
Despite her words of mediation, her expression seemed pitiful, as if she had suffered so much since entering the Mei family.
Little did one know that the real victim of mistreatment was Mei Shu.
She had once had loving parents and a happy family that anyone would envy.
But all that happiness came crashing down in an instant because of Mei Mu and her mother.
Her father’s betrayal and her mother’s accidental death left indelible scars on Mei Shu’s young heart.
Later, she was sent to the countryside, where she suffered loneliness and bullying. When she was finally brought back home, she thought she would receive her father’s love. However, what awaited her was vicious schemes that entirely ruined her.
In this life, Mei Shu refused to endure it any longer.
Since Mei Mu wanted to make a big deal out of things, Mei Shu would grant her wish.
Mei Shu calmly stood up and walked slowly to Mei Mu’s side. “I’ll ask you just one question: do you deny everything Liu Kai said just now?”
Mei Mu turned away, tears falling heavily. “Sister, why do you want me to deny? My mother was never a mistress.”
“Very good. Since you insist on saying that, then I’m reassured.” Mei Shu didn’t look at her but glanced at Liu Kai with a hint of disdain. “If you truly like Mei Mu, then you should thoroughly investigate the real situation of the Mei family.”
“My parents were deeply in love, and my mother gave birth to five children for my father. 1 have four younger brothers. But my mother never imagined that my father had a illegitimate daughter just two months younger than me. You said my mother was a mistress. How do you explain this?”
“Furthermore, when my mother found out about my father’s affair with Mei Mu’s mother, she wanted to divorce him. But then she died in a car accident. Mei Mu and her mother were taken back to the Mei family, while I was sent to the countryside, ostensibly to recuperate. So who’s the one to blame?”
“When I was almost turning eighteen, I was suddenly brought back from the countryside to the Mei family, with the sole purpose of giving Mei Mu and her mother the shares my mother left behind. My mother and father co-founded the company, so why should the shares be given to Mei Mu?”
“You’re talking nonsense!” Liu Kai was left speechless by her words. Although he believed what Mei Shu said, emotionally he didn’t want to taint Mei Mu with any blemish.
Mei Shu knew it wouldn’t be easy to make him believe her, so she sneered, “If you don’t believe me, 1 have a recording that you can listen to.”
Saying that, Mei Shu took out her phone and looked like she was about to press play.
Mei Mu had an instinctive feeling that the recording wouldn’t be in her favor and desperately rushed to snatch the phone.
Mei Shu evaded her, moving to the other side and coldly watching her. “Now it’s too late to regret, Mei Mu. You wanted to make a big deal out of this, so let’s make it grand. Let’s see who can’t handle the outcome.”
The next moment, Mei Mu’s voice came from the phone.
Mei Shu increased the volume, and for a moment, everyone in the classroom listened in shock to the content of the recording.
When Li Hua gave her the recording back then, she kept it, never imagining it would come in handy like this.
Mei Mu and Wang Yue had schemed too much, and Mei Shu couldn’t bear it any longer!
“Mei Shu still holds shares of the Mei family company. Once she hands over the shares, she’ll be completely within our control.”
Mei Mu said many things like this, trying to keep Li Hua under control.
Now, all of it was exposed in front of her classmates.
Liu Kai couldn’t believe these words were spoken by the gentle and lovely Mei Mu.
Some classmates found it hard to believe, but there were others who had already seen through Mei Mu’s true nature. To them, besides feeling angry, there was no surprise in hearing these words.
How good could a daughter born from an affair be?
Her actions were bound to be more disgraceful than her mother’s!
After the recording played, there was a long period of silence in the classroom.
Mei Mu stood dumbfounded, her eyes fixed on the ground, sweat beads rolling down her forehead, and her face alternating between red and white, emanating a bone-chilling coldness.
After a long time, she suddenly regained her senses, burst into tears, and then covered her face as she rushed out of the classroom, never to return.
Mei Mu was gone, and Liu Kai, who had been defaming Mei Shu for her, felt deeply ashamed.
He couldn’t believe that the girl he had liked for so many years could be so despicable.
Regret overwhelmed him more than guilt, and he clenched his lips, unable to utter a word.
Wen Miao couldn’t stand it any longer and walked over to sneer at him, “Weren’t you eloquent just now? Why are you suddenly mute? When you say something wrong or do something wrong, you should apologize. Do you not have even this much upbringing?”
Liu Kai glared at her fiercely.
But he knew he was in the wrong, so he lowered his head and said to Mei Shu, “I’m sorry.. Just forget what I said just now!”
