Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 84 Tearing the Face Off_1

Chapter 84: Chapter 84 Tearing the Face Off_1

Mo Yan and her family returned from shopping for the New Year’s goods on the street, only to realize after seeing Old Man Mo, Mrs. Hong, and Mo Yongfu waiting in the alley that Mo Yongshou and his brother had been arrested.

"Qingze, your uncle begs you, please save your useless cousins. Your uncle is kneeling before you!"

In the main room, Old Man Mo, with a face full of misery, finished explaining what had happened and, with a thud, knelt down before Mo Qingze.

"Uncle, why do you do this?" Mo Qingze was taken aback and hurried forward to help him up, "You should get up first. Doing this would only cut my life short, wouldn’t it?"

Old Man Mo was clutching Mo Qingze’s arm tightly, but shook his head, refusing to rise: "Qingze, if you don’t promise, your uncle will not rise from this kneel."

Was his uncle forcing him?

Mo Qingze’s face turned sour, and with a thud, he also knelt down: "Uncle, I’m but a commoner and can only try to inquire at the Government Office, to understand the ins and outs of this matter first."

Before Old Man Mo could speak, Mrs. Hong blurted out excitedly, "By the time you figure it out, your cousins might have lost their lives! Yongshou said, as long as you reveal the secret technique of vegetable cultivation, they can come back."

"The secret technique of vegetable cultivation?" Mo Qingze was baffled, "How my family grows vegetables is known to the entire Liu Yang Village, where’s there a secret technique?"

"How can there be none?" Mrs. Hong thought Mo Qingze was stonewalling her, and thinking of her sons suffering in prison, lost all her reason: "Are you refusing to reveal the secret technique to save your cousins because you resent how I treated you in the past? Is that it? Is that it?"

Mo Qingze was pushed back by her relentless questioning. He tried to explain, but Mrs. Hong refused to listen. Convinced that Mo Qingze bore a grudge against her, her accusations became increasingly vile:

"You’re no more than a conscienceless white-eyed wolf. No wonder your wife eloped with another man. This is retribution! If you don’t save your cousins, you’ll be struck by lightning, and those little sluts you’re raising will come to no good end!"

"Enough!" Mo Yan couldn’t hold back and with a "smack" her palm struck the table, her gaze fixed deadly on Mrs. Hong: "Get out of my house this instant. You’re not welcome here!"

Mo Yan’s furious bellow snapped Mrs. Hong out of her rage. When she came to her senses, she realized what she had said in her impulsive state and turned pale, not daring to face the furious Old Man Mo.

Old Man Mo was panting heavily, an unprecedented ferocity in his eyes as he glared at Mrs. Hong; he never should have allowed this madwoman to come.

"Smack! Smack! Smack!"

Old Man Mo, with Mo Yongfu’s support, shakily stood up and walked over to Mrs. Hong, delivering several slaps to her face: "You vicious woman, apologize to the children, quick..."

"You don’t have to put on a show for me!" Mo Yan gestured dismissively, cutting off Old Man Mo: "Your precious sons were the ones conning people, and you were the ones who benefited. It has nothing to do with my family, and we’re under no obligation to help! If you think we’re standing by out of resentment, so be it! In any case, it’s utterly impossible for my father to pull out some nonexistent secret technique to save anyone!"

After speaking, Mo Yan went to help her father up, not giving that unbearable pair another glance.

The decisive words from Mo Yan shifted the complexion of Old Man Mo and the other two dramatically.

Old Man Mo held onto a sliver of hope as he looked to Mo Qingze, but saw him turn his head away, clearly unwilling to be involved. He dropped his head in despair, and unobserved, a deep resentment flickered through his aged eyes.

Mrs. Hong wanted to cause more trouble, but Mo Yongfu held her back, "Mother, please stop making a scene. It won’t save the second or the third one if you continue."

Ultimately, Old Man Mo and his party left Mo Family’s home with great reluctance.

"Big sister, I hate step-grandma so much, don’t let her into our house ever again."

Zhenzhen, with red eyes, opened the door and ran into her elder sister’s arms. She had obviously overheard Mrs. Hong’s tirade just now.

Mo Yan hugged him and smiled, "Alright, we’ll do as Zhenzhen says, not letting her step half a foot into our house ever again!"

Xin Er also ran over, hugging her sister’s arm, pressing close for comfort.

Mo Yan freed one hand to wrap an arm around her shoulder, and the three siblings quietly huddled together, the faint warmth gradually nullifying the discomfort stirred up by Old Man Mo and his family.

Mo Qingze wanted to scold them for being disrespectful, but when the words reached his lips, he couldn’t utter them and just stood awkwardly aside, watching the siblings’ closeness.

After hugging for a while, Mo Yan sent them to play in their room. She then poured two cups of tea, handed one to her father, and took a sip from the other.

"Father, let’s distance ourselves from Second Grandpa’s family from now on," she said.

This incident completely severed the ties between the two families, and Mo Yan was thoroughly disgusted with them. It went without saying that Mo Yongshou and his brother dared to scheme against them, and while Mrs. Hong did nothing but create scenes and blame others, she never recognized her own faults!

Such people must be kept at arm’s length, let alone not be close.

Old Man Mo always knew how to pretend, enjoying the benefits Mrs. Hong obtained while always hiding behind others—the most despicable kind!

As for Mo Wu, she always remembered the kindness extended to her, and if her family could move out in the future, a kinship could be maintained.

This time, Mo Qingze didn’t scold her for being ignorant of manners, evidently feeling the rift was too wide to bridge with forced closeness, which would be meaningless.

Mo Yan smiled and recounted once more the schemes of Mo Yongshou and Mo Yonglu, finishing with a relieved expression, "Father, if it weren’t for the Punishing Shopkeeper’s integrity, this time, our family’s trouble would have been great!"

She didn’t mention Yan Junyu. The transaction was conducted privately, and Yan Junyu even implicitly hinted that the medicine (Spirit Spring Water) was tied to significant matters, advising her not to let anyone know—not even Lin Meng, who had accompanied them that day. She had covered it up with an excuse.

When Mo Qingze finished listening, his hand shook, and tea spilled from his cup, a wave of relief washing over him: "Thankfully, thankfully."

His anger towards the deeds of Mo Yongshou and Mo Yonglu reached an extreme, and any guilt that had risen from initially refusing to help vanished without a trace...

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