Going home for Chinese New Year, I squeezed onto a bus with three energetic young women.

Things seemed to be getting tense.

But even in the face of Xie Tianyun's anger, Bai Li remained gentle and soft-spoken:

"Uncle, don't panic."

Xie Tianyun raised his voice:

"Don't rush? How can I not rush!"

"When your people called, Lingmo was definitely not at my house," Bai Li stated earnestly.

"Why should I believe you!" Xie Tianyun's chest heaved violently, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.

"This is my daughter! She's my only daughter! She's my only living family member!"

The only surviving family member...

Upon hearing this, Bai Li's eyelids twitched slightly.

No wonder Lingmo has never mentioned anything about her mother...

Bai Li took half a step back and turned sideways:

"Uncle, let's go inside and talk."

Then, Xie Tianyun's bodyguard lifted his leg to step over the threshold.

Bai Li directly raised his hand to block the bodyguard, his tone indifferent:

"You cannot enter."

Bai Li's tolerance for Xie Tianyun was only because of Xie Lingmo.

That doesn't mean just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can enter Bai Li's territory.

What's more, this is also the home of the "spirited young women".

Bai Li would never allow outsiders to break in and disrupt this sense of security.

The bodyguards wanted to argue.

Bai Li didn't give them a chance to speak, and exerted force with her wrist.

"Bang."

The door was slammed shut right in front of them.

Only Xie Tianyun was allowed into the living room.

Xie Tian turned around and stared at Bai Li:

"Kid, you'd better explain yourself to me today."

He took two steps forward, closing in on Bai Li:

Why is my daughter here with you?

"I gave you a car, I signed the best cooperation contract with you, and you still insist on harming my daughter?"

He heard that someone dared to be mean to his older brother.

Chen Tingting and Zhang Qian stood up abruptly, then began to grin and unleash their fury.

Fortunately, Bai Li noticed in time and raised his right hand to signal them to be quiet.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Li looked directly into Xie Tianyun's eyes:

"uncle."

"I admit it, I'm the one who let Lingmo stay here with me."

The words fell.

The living room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Xie Lingmo was stunned, and even the apple in her hand fell to the ground.

She stared blankly at that broad back.

They had nowhere else to go, so they came here to ask for shelter.

But now, Bai Li has taken all the blame, completely absolving her of any responsibility.

"Bai Li...you're so kind..."

Even Xie Tianyun's roar got stuck in his throat, and he opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound for a long time.

He had imagined that a scumbag like Bai Li would definitely find all sorts of excuses to justify himself, or even shirk responsibility.

Unexpectedly, the kid readily admitted it!

Xie Tianyun was caught off guard by Bai Li's frank attitude.

Regardless of whether what this kid said is true or false, if I keep arguing and cursing, I'll only seem to lose my composure.

He suppressed his anger and turned to look at his daughter sitting in the corner.

Seeing Xie Lingmo with her head down and not saying a word, Xie Tianyun thought his daughter was still in pain, and regret welled up in his eyes.

"Mo'er..." Xie Tianyun softened his tone:

"You've had enough of making a scene, come home with Daddy."

Xie Lingmo's gaze remained fixed on Bai Li, and she remained silent.

Xie Tianyun grew anxious and took a step forward:

"Lingmo, Daddy apologizes to you."

"You didn't come home all night, and your attitude on the phone was rude..."

"Dad shouldn't have gotten angry. I was just too anxious, afraid you'd be scammed."

As soon as this classic remark was uttered, the young women around him could no longer hold back.

Chen Tingting threw the cushion directly onto the sofa:

"Does being impatient justify hitting your child?"

"Hmm?" Zhang Qian put her hands on her hips, her blue hair swaying with the movement.

"You're such a big boss, don't you have any sense of reason?!"

Li Jiaxin sneered and stepped forward with her arms crossed:

"And you're asking why she's with Big Brother? She was beaten and ran away, she had nowhere to go, who else could she go to if not Big Brother? Sleep under a bridge on the street?"

Chen Tingting pointed at Xie Tianyun, unleashing her full power:

"Stop using the guise of 'for her own good' to play moral blackmail here."

"She's never been hit by you before, and she's nineteen now. Have you ever considered how much damage that slaps a girl?"

Lin Xiaoshuang peeked out from behind Bai Li:

"Exactly! And when that pink-haired girl had bipolar disorder, why didn't you dare to hit her?"

"Now that your older brother has cured her illness and she's back to normal, you think you're so tough now? You dare to lay a hand on her?"

The four girls chatted away, each displaying their true skills honed from street arguments.

Xie Tianyun was rendered speechless by the barrage of words from these girls with yellow, purple, and blue hair.

He was usually aloof and used to flattery, so who would dare to point fingers at him and lecture him like that?

But ironically, he couldn't refute a single one of these words.

He could only turn to his daughter for help.

As long as Xie Lingmo is willing to stand up and walk with him, everything can get back on track.

however.

Xie Lingmo stood up from the sofa.

She didn't walk towards Xie Tianyun, nor did she even glance at him.

Instead, he went straight to the coffee table, picked up a rag from it, and walked to the spot where the apple had fallen.

She crouched down, picked up the apple, threw it into the trash can, and then began to vigorously wipe the juice stains off the carpet with a rag.

Xie Tianyun stood there, stunned.

After wiping the carpet, Xie Lingmo stood up, took a rag, walked to the French windows, breathed on the glass, and wiped it up and down.

Next is the coffee table.

Then there are the dining chairs.

She even carried a basin of water into the public restroom on the first floor, where the sound of running water scrubbing the toilet and sink could be heard.

The anger that Xie Tianyun had finally managed to suppress suddenly reignited.

He walked a few steps to the bathroom door.

Looking at Xie Lingmo, who had rolled up her sleeves and was washing a rag, Xie Tianyun's voice trembled:

"Mo'er! You'd rather do this kind of work at his house than go home?!"

"We have a nanny and maids at home! You've grown up like this, and I've never even let you touch a broom!"

In the restroom.

Xie Lingmo wrung out the rag and draped it over the shelf.

She turned around, still not answering Xie Tianyun's question.

She walked to the corner of the restroom, bent down, and picked up the trash can.

I'm going to pack up the garbage bags inside, tie them up, and take them out to throw them away.

Xie Tianyun walked over, heartbroken, and tried to snatch the trash can from his daughter's hands.

"Put it down right now! You, Xie Lingmo, didn't come here to collect junk!"

Xie Tianyun grabbed the edge of the garbage bag and pulled it back.

Because of excessive force.

"Splash!"

The black plastic bag had a large tear in it.

Half a bucket of garbage spilled out and scattered on the floor.

There were no fruit peels or scraps of paper, and no leftover food.

What came into Xie Tianyun's view was a mountain of crumpled paper.

Clumps and clumps.

It was all used toilet paper, crumpled and wrinkled.

These papers.

These are all tissues that the young women used to blow their noses when they caught a cold during the seasonal change a couple of days ago.

But in Xie Tianyun's eyes, these papers were clearly not legitimate...

Xie Tianyun's brain was buzzing.

His breathing became rapid, his lips trembled, and he pointed to the crumpled paper on the ground, then to Bai Li standing not far away.

"Mo...Mo'er..."

Xie Tianyun's voice trembled, and he could barely stand:

"You...you guys...what on earth happened?!"