Chapter 75: Mother-in-law Is Coming

Chapter 75

The discussion sounds from the ladies' chat group gradually diminished as Sheng Mumu calmly responded.

In many cases, people's attitude towards gossip is just like this - the more candidly the person involved faces it, the less interest onlookers have in discussing it.

Sheng Mumu didn't bother anymore about who exactly that '[l]' was in the group.

Perhaps the person really just happened to pass by and overhear it.

One week later, over 100,000 yuan was suddenly transferred to Sheng Mumu's bank account.

Soon after, the lawyer called to explain the situation to her:

"Ms. Sheng, this is the defendant's repayment of previous arrears, and compensation for the flower shop attack. We expect a conclusion within a week."

Sheng Mumu was puzzled: "He still has money to compensate?"

The lawyer spoke proudly:

"I found that the defendant still owns a property in his hometown. If he refuses to pay compensation, the court has the right to forcibly auction the property for compensation."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Mumu suddenly remembered that Sheng Lei had indeed said in person at the time that he had no choice but to return to his hometown.

It seems that after he gets out of jail, he won't even be able to return home.

Sheng Mumu had considered whether doing this was too harsh on Sheng Lei.

But that thought flashed by very quickly.

If it wasn't for him constantly causing trouble and pressing her step by step, things wouldn't have reached this point.

For people like him, simple verbal warnings without him paying anything substantial, he would never understand the golden rule of 'do not impose on others what you do not want for yourself'.

If he really could realize his mistake, the money left from selling the property after he gets out, would be enough for him to start over.

Thinking of this, Sheng Mumu strangled the last shred of sympathy in her heart.

She completely stood for herself, and also for the original owner, drawing a clear line between them and her vampire-like brother.

After hanging up the phone, Sheng Mumu simply ate lunch then went out.

She and Qin Jiamu had agreed to go look at houses together with a real estate agent.

They planned to rent a reasonably priced office in the CBD area for their future office location.

The journey towards turning the Yuyi brand into a proper business was officially underway.

When going out, she happened to run into Zhang Ma, the housekeeper who had the day off today. Zhang Ma had made plans with a few of her old lady friends to go shopping.

Sheng Mumu chatted with Zhang Ma for a bit, and found out that their destinations happened to be along the same route, so she offered to give Zhang Ma a ride.

"Madam, this...this is too irregular." Zhang Ma declined again and again.

Sheng Mumu pressed the car key fob, and her white Lamborghini let out two "beep beep" sounds. She smiled and asked, "Zhang Ma, are there any Qi family rules against catching a ride when it's convenient?"

Zhang Ma was taken aback.

Renting an office wasn't something that could be rushed. The two of them were prepared to come out frequently in the near future to look at places.

After coming out of the last office building, on the way to the parking lot, Qin Jiamu made a phone call to her daughter, planning to have dinner together with her.

"Dear, where are you? Mum wants to come get you so we can have dinner together?" Hearing the response on the other end, Qin Jiamu's rising smile gradually faded away, and she said listlessly: "Alright then, I'll just have to go find your dad to eat with."

After hanging up, Qin Jiamu shot Sheng Mumu a helpless look, sighing:

"Oh, kids grow up so fast. She said she already ate at a cafe with her classmates, and here I was looking forward to spending a mother-daughter weekend with her. Yet she didn't think of me at all."

Sheng Mumu smiled and joked while taking out her car keys:

"Maybe she was hoping you could spend a husband-wife weekend?"

Qin Jiamu's face lit up with a smile. She glared at Sheng Mumu, then walked off with an unrestrained wave goodbye: "Off I go. See you tomorrow."

The two got into their respective cars and drove out of the parking lot.

Back home, Sheng Mumu was tidying up the information she had recorded today in her room.

After just a few minutes, there was a knock at the door.

Opening the door, Qi Shaobai was standing outside holding a takeout bag.

"Brought this for you." Qi Shaobai held out the bag towards her.

The bag had the Wenhua Ice Cream Parlour logo printed on it.

Sheng Mumu accepted the bag: "What is this?"

"Iced lemon tea and curry puffs," Qi Shaobai replied, hands tucked into his pockets. "I was eating out just now and happened to buy these for you on the way back."

Sheng Mumu revealed a delighted smile. "Little Qi, you're awesome! How did you know I like to eat curry puffs?"

"Mm," Qi Shaobai scratched his head somewhat awkwardly and lazily mumbled a response before heading downstairs. "I'm going to do homework now."

Seeing Qi Shaobai's immature yet aloof manner, Sheng Mumu strangely felt like a proud mother seeing her child grow up.

An I'm-so-proud.jpg expression on her face.

Qi Shaobai's peripheral vision caught her exaggerated expression, and he couldn't help shuddering as he quickened his pace down the stairs.

Just then, there were sounds coming from the front door downstairs.

An unfamiliar middle-aged woman's voice floated upstairs.

"Ah, I'm exhausted. Went all over the world, but still feel Jing City is the best."

Downstairs, the servants chorused loudly: "Welcome home, Madam— Welcome back, Miss Qiao—"

Sheng Mumu: "??"

Madam?

Could it be that her mother-in-law, whom she had never met, had arrived?

And who was Miss Qiao?