Chapter 79.4
Mu Rulan sat across from him silently . After a while Lu Zimeng found it a little awkward, and so stopped laughing .
After floundering desperately for a bit, he latched on to a new topic: looking at the bags beside her seat, he asked, “You two went on a date? Did you buy clothes for Qianren?”
“Mn,” she nodded .
He smirked in a very evil way all of a sudden . “Did you pick them out for him?”
“Mn,” she responded again . Why was his sudden smile so… creepy?
“Then that’s good! I’m so sick of watching him wear the same clothes every day!” Lu Zimeng said happily, scooting closer to her . “Did you also buy him underwear?”
“…” Mu Rulan went silent . Translated by The Novelst
“Hm? You didn’t?” Lu Zimeng slapped his leg, “That’s too bad! You don’t know yet, but his underwear is all that same black color—”
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Suddenly his neck prickled as he felt a gaze on him . He stiffly turned his neck to look sheepishly at Mo Qianren . “Aha… ahaha… Qianren ah, when did you return?”
“When you were being more of a busybody than a woman, talking about my clothes,” he said, looking frostily at his friend, causing Lu Zimeng to tremble in his seat .
Inside he bathed in tears . This jerk was too much, what a waste of effort it was to try and care about him, damn it!
Mu Rulan chuckled softly . It seemed these two had a very close relationship .
……
Manager’s Room of Loulan Court .
Ke Wanqing was in a black suit, hair tied neatly behind her . She seemed a little domineering when facing the manager of Loulan Court .
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“Madam Mu, could you repeat that?” The manager asked .
Ke Wanqing frowned slightly . She hated having to repeat herself the most . If this person had been working under her, she would have fired him ages ago .
“I said take out the accounts book and let me take a look . My daughter is still young and she’s just a student . This shop is so big with so many customers, who knows how you keep the accounts? As her mother, of course I need to help her manage a little,” Ke Wanqing spoke with confidence .
The smile on the manager’s face vanished . Face serious, he said, “What Madam Mu is implying is that we have taken the money to feather our own nest?”
“Hmph . You’re the one who said it, not me,” Ke Wanqing said, smirking like she was the owner of the house .
“This shop has been in my daughter’s possession for nearly two years . I’m the one who gives her pocket money, but even as her mother I don’t know if you have given the profits to my daughter or not . How can I be rest assured? And my daughter is busy studying every single day . She might even forget to collect it . I am her guardian . Isn’t it natural that I help her manage the shop?”
Ever since Ke Wanqing had hit a wall in failing to obtain Loulan Court from Mu Rulan the last time, she still had not given up in her desire to turn Loulan Court into her very own . She even had been brainstorming about a way to get past the legal protections set in place by Grandpa Ke in order to get her hands on Loulan Court .
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In Ke Wanqing’s head, Mu Rulan belonged to her, so everything that belonged to Mu Rulan also belonged to her .
Initially she had been thinking that Lan Binglin had ways to gobble up the company owned by Hua Fang and the Jin Family, which help the Mu Corporation pull through .
However, Lan Binglin needed an upfront investment from her before they could execute the takeover . Though it sounded a little strange, she believed that Lan Binglin wouldn’t dare scam her . So for the sake of money, she couldn’t help but come to Loulan Court .
The manager heard her words and sneered . “Madam Mu, aren’t you a little too forgetful? I believe you were able to take a look at the legal documents before Grandpa Ke gifted Loulan Court to the miss . Before she turns eighteen, she had no right to sell or transfer ownership of Loulan Court to anybody else .
“The management of Loulan Court and any problems regarding the accounts book are fully handled by myself . If miss would like to check the accounts, of course she can . But Madam Mu, I’m sorry, you do not have the right to look at it . ”
Ke Wanqing had a heart loftier than the sky . The moment she heard this employee speak to her like that, she was fired up . She slapped the desk in front of her and stood up . “I dare you to say that again!”
“No matter how many times I repeat myself nothing will change . If there’s nothing else, please leave now . We have work to do,” he said firmly . The manager had been chosen personally by Grandpa Ke to serve Mu Rulan, so he was naturally unafraid when threatened by Ke Wanqing .
That year when Ke Wanqing had so foolishly left the Ke Family, she had looked so happy as though she had won a great victory . As someone who served the Ke Family, he remembered that day clearly . Ke Wanqing still thought she was a princess of the Ke Family, yet she didn’t know that ever since she had left the family for a man, she had already become a joke in the upper-class society of Hong Kong .
“Fine!” Ke Wanqing’s face was flushed red . “I see you take yourself as the owner of this Loulan Court, huh? You’re not even paying respects to me, how can I expect that my daughter can control you? You better tell me the truth . Where did you hide the profits of the last two years?! Did you give it to my daughter?!”
The final sentence was her true interest . Translated by The Novelst
Of course Ke Wanqing was aware that this was someone from Grandpa Ke’s side . He had always had a good eye for people, so naturally he wasn’t someone who would betray his master so easily . But then where had the money gone?
Ke Wanqing had checked Mu Rulan’s bank account, which she had created herself to transfer her daughter some pocket money easily . There were only tens of thousands in it . But she knew that Loulan Court had always been a good business, definitely earning over ten million a year, but where had the money gone? Had Mu Rulan squirreled it away?
The moment Ke Wanqing thought this, she couldn’t help but clench her fist . She couldn’t imagine such an obedient girl like her daughter would save money like that in secret . She would definitely not allow Mu Rulan to act outside her control . That was why she had come today, to confirm that for herself!
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