Chapter 15

Guan Kaili’s hands were so weak from signing and her face was so stiff from smiling that Zhao Linya finally arrived.

“That’s Li Mo’s mother.”

“You know what, she’s quite pretty. She doesn’t look like a gangster.”

“If you don’t have this kind of temperament, how can you seduce a nouveau riche like Fan Min’s father? These days, nouveau riche like this kind of intellectual woman.”

“But the way you’re eating is so ugly. Even if you want to help your children afford school, you shouldn’t ask the father of a classmate. Now that this has become public, how embarrassing is it?”

Guan Kaili felt that she had lost all face. After signing the last one, she said “I’m sorry” and walked to Zhao Linya.

“Come with me, I have something to tell you.”

Zhao Linya gave her in-laws a friendly smile and replied, “Okay.”

“Why is Kelly looking for that mistress?”

“Yeah, these two are so different, what’s the connection?”

As Du Huaizhou’s mother walked over, she heard another mother say, “You don’t know this? Bai Jinzi and Li Mo both like Du Huaizhou. This must have had a huge impact on Li Mo’s mother. Kelly was afraid that it would affect Du Huaizhou and, in turn, her daughter’s future reputation, so she went to talk to Li Mo’s mother.”

When Du Huaizhou’s mother heard this, she was overjoyed.

She knew the Bai family’s background.

If their Huaizhou could really board Bai Jinzi’s giant ship, the Du family’s social status would soar.

“Mother Du, are you here?”

Seeing that everyone saw her, Mrs. Du sighed.

“Actually, I used to think Li Mo was great in every way. She was quite outstanding. I heard she was going to participate in an international computer competition with our Huai Zhou. But her mother is such a headache.”

Those mothers praised Du Huaizhou for his excellence and promising youth, which made Du’s mother very proud.

Cao Xingying’s mother curled her lips and brought the subject back to the topic: “Excellent what? Good grades mean excellence? She has no morals and no bottom line. She hit someone and still wants us to apologize. Haha, I want to see what evidence she can produce. She sued the police, and I will sue the court! In short, our Xingying’s matter cannot be let go like this!”

Here, the parents were discussing the gossip about Guan Kaili and Zhao Linya, while on the other side, the parties involved were talking in an open space in the playground in the distance.

Bai Zhibo was standing guard around them, and whenever someone came up to ask for an autograph, he would politely ask them to leave.

“I’ve heard about what happened in class. Li Mo is my biological daughter, and I won’t ignore her. But this is too abominable! My dear in-laws, how could you do such a thing?”

Guan Kaili started to criticize Zhao Linya without giving any explanation.

Zhao Linya can ignore others, but Guan Kaili is Li Mo’s biological mother, so Zhao Linya can’t ignore her.

She explained, “My dear relatives, things are not what you think. Fan Min has no idea what is going on. She is just talking nonsense. The purpose of this afternoon’s parents’ meeting is actually…”

“Okay, time is limited, don’t explain.”

Guan Kaili didn’t want to hear about Zhao Linya’s dirty deeds at all.

She took out a check from her bag and forced it into the other person’s hand.

“Here’s 150,000 yuan, plus the 50,000 yuan from before, a total of 200,000 yuan, enough for Li Shuo’s studies and your living expenses. As for Fan Min’s father, for the sake of the child, if you can, cut ties. But if you can’t, don’t take any more money from him, and don’t let Fan Min get hold of you.”

Zhao Linya got anxious when she saw it, and immediately returned the check to Guan Kaili: “No, I can’t accept this money. Listen to me…”

“Listen to me!” Guan Kaili didn’t take the check at all, and still didn’t give Zhao Linya a chance to speak, and forcefully took over the topic.

“We didn’t give you this money for free. Li Mo is trying to clear your name by dragging the entire Bai family into this. She’s trying to use the recognition banquet to hype up the fact that she’s our daughter, so that no one will dare to say anything bad about you. But have you ever considered that if they don’t scold you, they’ll scold the Bai family and poke holes in their backs?”

“You may only know that the Bai family is rich, but you don’t know that before going into the entertainment industry, Li Mo’s grandfather and uncle were both in the army. Her grandfather is retired, and her uncle was discharged due to injury. They are both people who value their reputation more than their lives. Do you know that if Li Mo does this, it will destroy the Bai family?”

“You can see that her grandfather thinks highly of her. Can you bear to disappoint her grandfather?”

Zhao Linya’s face grew serious, and she frowned as she asked, “Was it Bai Jinzi who said that Momo wanted to drag the Bai family into trouble through the family recognition banquet? In-laws, have you ever considered that this was Bai Jinzi’s malicious false accusation? In any case, Momo would never say such a thing.”

“This has nothing to do with Jinzi! She meant well. I’m just telling you the stakes involved, hoping you can consider Momo. Also, the family reunion banquet is already being planned, and Grandpa and Uncle have invited many important figures. If this gets out, the Bai family will be disgraced nationwide. So my suggestion is that you convince Momo to cancel the family reunion banquet. We can just have a simple dinner together this weekend, and we can discuss the family reunion banquet after she goes to college.”

As soon as Zhao Linya opened her mouth, Guan Kaili interrupted, “Also, your situation has had a huge negative impact on the class. I contacted No. 1 Middle School yesterday, and they’re willing to transfer Momo there. No. 1 Middle School is the best public school in Western Province, on par with Lin Jin, and even has better students. I heard that if Lin Jin hadn’t offered Momo a full scholarship, she would have studied there. It just so happens that Li Shuo is also there, so after he’s transferred there, the two siblings can be together and take better care of each other. You should also try to persuade Momo.”

As they were speaking, more than 100 military and police officers marched into the school.

The three people walking in front were a major general, a major, and one wearing a police uniform with shoulder straps of the same level as the national emblem.

Most of the people who came to the parent-teacher conference were mothers, and they all stared at the young man walking in the front.

“This boy is so handsome!”

“So tall and straight! This guy must be 185cm tall, right? Absolutely amazing!”

“You’re already a major at such a young age! Your future is limitless!”

“I don’t know if you have a girlfriend?”

“This anti-drug publicity and education campaign is quite grand…”

After hearing this, everyone was shocked: How could there be so many military and police officers entering the campus?

The principal and even leaders at all levels of the Education Bureau are already waiting here.

The students immediately took their positions and stood in the square formation they had rehearsed.

Parents quickly came to their children according to the serial numbers they received.

“The meeting is in session, so I won’t say any more. Anyway, please help me persuade Momo that this family reunion banquet must not take place. I think Momo has a rather stubborn personality. She might not listen to us, and might even misunderstand us. But her father and I would rather be misunderstood than let the Bai family lose face.”

Seeing Guan Kaili leave in a hurry, Zhao Linya could only let out a breath and put the check in her pocket.