Starting with a cub, the superpower boss becomes the richest man by lying flat

Chapter 199 The Duke of Dingguo's mansion cannot afford to lose face like this.

Qi Shi's mournful voice did not evoke any pity in Mo Qilan; instead, it reminded him of some things that happened when Mo Ziyuan's mother was still alive.

After Mo Qilan married Mo Ziyuan's mother, the two enjoyed a period of blissful companionship. Mo Qilan was skilled in literature and loved writing. Whenever this happened, Mo Ziyuan's mother would stay with him in the study, helping him grind ink and lay out paper. Occasionally, she would even play the role of the protagonist in his paintings.

Qi Shi was a friend of hers, and had visited the Duke's mansion to see her several times. Mo Qilan considered herself a gentleman of integrity, and would avoid Qi Shi whenever she came to avoid suspicion. If she couldn't avoid her, she would just exchange a brief glance and then go about her business.

However, for some reason, every time she came, Mo Ziyuan's mother would argue with her, and sometimes she would even run back to her parents' home for all sorts of reasons.

Mo Qilan thought that it was probably around that time that he started paying attention to this woman!
After Mo Ziyuan's mother locked herself in the courtyard, Qi Shi came even more frequently. After leaving the courtyard, she would come to see him several times, accusing him of not knowing how to cherish his wife.

Looking back now, those harsh words were actually pointing out his wife's faults, and he was misled by them, thinking she was a reasonable, gentle and virtuous person, so much so that he married her not long after his wife's death.

"Master~" Seeing that Mo Qilan's expression kept changing and he refused to speak to her, Madam Qi panicked even more. She crawled to the bedside and reached out to try to grab Mo Qilan's sleeve, but Mo Qilan, who had seen through her intention, stepped back first.

"Has your dad... come to his senses?" Lin Xin whispered in Mo Ziyuan's ear, her big eyes sparkling with gossip.

"I don't know," Mo Ziyuan said coolly, a slight smirk playing on his lips. "Let's wait and see! Who knows if he can withstand a skill I could never learn even if I were reincarnated!"

Lin Xin: "..." There's no point in bringing up old grievances. Even grievances from fifteen minutes ago are still old grievances!

"My lord, I know I was wrong, but I was only attracted to you and I did this because I love you! Is it wrong to truly love someone?" Qi Shi dared not gamble any longer, and scrambled off the bed, prostrating herself at Mo Qi Lan's feet and crying.

"Like? Does liking someone justify killing someone? Does liking someone justify sowing discord between my lord and Ziyuan?" After all, this was someone he had doted on for many years, and Mo Qilan's expression softened somewhat.

Lin Xin was dumbfounded. The Qi family was really something! Even in this situation, they still wanted to turn the tables. And if they didn't intervene, they might actually succeed.

This is not possible!

So Lin Duidui came online again, saying, "I have to say, you're really funny. So your liking is like putting a green hat on someone! One isn't enough, you've put several on them. Your liking is really bizarre, and the people you like are really unlucky!"

"I..." Qi was speechless after being rebuked, and looked at Mo Qilan with helpless eyes, hoping that he could speak up for her. If he was willing to help her, it would mean that she still had a place in his heart.

However, she was disappointed again this time. Although Mo Qilan was not very capable, he had been personally trained by the old Duke as the heir of the Duke's mansion since childhood. He would never tolerate his wife cheating on him.

"Tomorrow I will write a letter of divorce. You can leave the Duke's mansion with your two bastard children! This is the last bit of dignity I'll give you. If you still cause trouble, then we'll go to the Jingzhao Prefecture!" Mo Qilan said, word by word. The seriousness in his tone made Qi Shi feel as if she were in an ice cave, unable to feel any warmth at all.

"Master, Master, you can't! You can't divorce me! I know I was wrong, I will definitely change in the future, I will never go against Ziyuan again, and I will never let Zichen compete with him for the position of heir. Please forgive me this time! I beg you!" Qi Shi cried and fell to the ground.

Her response was the sound of Mo Qilan's hurried footsteps as he left.

"This...you just left like that?" Lin Xin asked incredulously.

"What else can we do?" Mo Ziyuan, already used to this, asked absentmindedly. "Then... what do we do now?"

"No need to do anything, go back and rest! Everything will be clear tomorrow." Mo Ziyuan said, then exaggeratedly yawned, took Lin Xin's hand, and turned to leave the magnificent house.

"Oh!" Lin Xin replied, then glanced one last time at Qi Shi, who was disheveled, lying on the ground weeping bitterly, before turning around and following Mo Ziyuan.

"Hey, do you think your dad will really give her a letter of divorce?" Unable to suppress her burgeoning curiosity, Lin Xin pulled Mo Ziyuan aside and asked.

"Yes!" This time his answer was very straightforward.

"Really?" Lin Xin was surprised.

"Yes! He's very concerned about his reputation. If we weren't here today, it would be hard to say, but being accused of being cuckolded in front of me, his own son whom he doesn't approve of, he simply can't bring himself to divorce Qi Shi." Mo Ziyuan knew this much about his father.

"So that's how it is," Lin Xin patted Mo Ziyuan on the shoulder. By this time, they were already standing outside the courtyard wall of Lin Xin's house. "Knowing that's how it is, I feel relieved. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to sleep. It's getting late, you should go back and rest too!"

"Alright, you should get some rest too!" Mo Ziyuan said, not in much spirits.

Lin Xin had no good way to deal with his depressed mood. He had just learned that his mother did not die from disease, but from murder, and he could not kill the person who killed his mother. Lin Xin understood his frustration but could not empathize with him, so she could only let him process these emotions on his own.

"Sigh! So what is the point of getting married?" Lying in her bed, Lin Xin asked herself this question before falling asleep.

The next morning, Mo Ziyuan arrived. He seemed to be in a better mood than when they parted the night before, but only slightly. Lin Xin even sensed resentment in his eyes.

That's strange. What happened this time?

"The Duke of Dingguo did indeed send a letter of divorce to Lady Qi, but Lady Qi attempted suicide by hanging herself in her room. She was discovered and rescued by the servants," Mo Ziyuan said without her even asking.

"Huh? They've gone all out? Your dad wouldn't have compromised, would he?!"

“No,” Mo Ziyuan shook his head. “Qi Shi is probably really going all out this time. She was unconscious when she was rescued, but that didn’t move the Duke of Dingguo. Instead, he took advantage of Qi Shi’s unconsciousness to send Mo Zichen and Mo Lanzhi to the estate. I estimate that she will ‘die’ in a couple of days.”

"Aren't you going to send him back to his biological father?"

"No, the Duke of Dingguo's mansion can't afford to lose face like that!"

"Tch, that's just burying your head in the sand," Lin Xin scoffed.

"Just cover it up, the result doesn't matter."

Lin Xin thought about it and realized that it was true. In the whole capital, which family could say they didn't have any dirty secrets? Even if people didn't say it openly, who knows what rumors were circulating behind their backs.