Back to 1984: Let's Work Hard Together to Raise The Kids!-Chapter 267: Reaping What You Sow

Xiao Jinlin was utterly baffled. After hanging up, he immediately contacted Chen Xinyue.

As soon as the call connected, his voice was filled with concern, "I heard you got into a fight, are you hurt?"

Chen Xinyue was taken aback, glanced at Li Muchen across from her, and shook her head, "I’m fine. It was Miss Su who caused trouble for Miss Li first and she hit Miss Li first. I was just helping Miss Li."

Xiao Jinlin understood and recounted how Mu Qinglian had called to scold him.

Li Muchen, sitting across from Chen Xinyue, heard everything clearly and slammed the table in anger, "Shameless bitch! How dare she twist the truth! This can’t be let go so easily!"

Chen Xinyue hurried to calm him, "Don’t be impulsive."

The truth is, when people are angry, they don’t listen to reason.

Li Muchen stormed back home and exaggerated the story of Guo Lingyue and her friend beating her up, even showing her parents her injuries.

Li’s parents adored their only precious daughter and couldn’t swallow their anger. They immediately took her to the Xiao family to demand answers.

Mu Qinglian thought it was Xiao Jinlin bringing Chen Xinyue back and went out angrily, only to see the three members of the Li family, "Mr. Li, Mrs. Li, Miss Li, what brings you here?"

Though furious, Mrs. Li maintained her composure and questioned, "We are here to see your daughter-in-law Guo Lingyue and that woman surnamed Su. Please, Mrs. Xiao, allow us to do so."

"What do you need with Lingyue and Miss Su?" Mu Qinglian asked, puzzled.

Li Muchen immediately stepped forward, took off her coat to reveal her neck and arms, "Auntie, do you see? These injuries were caused by that woman surnamed Su, and Guo Lingyue just stood by enjoying the show. Don’t you think they owe me an explanation?"

Mrs. Li declared righteously, "The mall called the police at the time, and there’s surveillance video as evidence. The truth cannot be denied. Mrs. Xiao, for the sake of harmony between our families, please handle this justly."

Mu Qinglian’s face flushed with embarrassment, and through gritted teeth, she instructed the maid to call down Guo Lingyue and Susu.

The two women had planned well, mentioning only Chen Xinyue in front of Mu Qinglian and not mentioning Li Muchen at all. Besides, with Susu being beaten up by Li Muchen, they never expected her to come making a scene.

When they saw it was Li Muchen who had come while descending the stairs, their faces turned pale with fear.

Mrs. Li glared at them fiercely, "Was it you who beat my daughter?"

Facing Mu Qinglian’s fiery gaze, Guo Lingyue’s legs went weak and she apologized with tears in her eyes, "Auntie, it’s not like that. It was a misunderstanding. We didn’t know it was Miss Li....."

Li Muchen shouted excitedly, "Not knowing it’s me is an excuse to snatch the clothes from my hands recklessly and curse people indiscriminately? Mom, that woman called me a country bumpkin and said having power and influence gives her the right to take others’ things as if it were only natural. If you don’t believe me, watch the surveillance!"

Surveillance, surveillance, surveillance... Li Muchen mentioned the surveillance more than once.

Originally, Mu Qinglian hadn’t taken it to heart. Now, afraid of further misunderstandings, she immediately contacted the security to obtain a copy of the surveillance footage from the mall.

Guo Lingyue was thoroughly panic-stricken and immediately dropped to her knees, crying and repenting, "Miss Li, we truly didn’t mean it. It’s all a misunderstanding. Whatever you want me to do to appease your anger, I’ll do it."

Susu nodded vigorously. She had maintained her act for a long time, and Mu Qinglian had a good impression of her. But if they saw the video, everything she had built would be ruined.

Li Muchen crossed her arms, acting superior, "I don’t want anything today but to expose your true nature! Let everyone see how disgusting you are!"

The surveillance footage was quickly delivered. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

At the strong insistence of the Li family, Mu Qinglian played the surveillance footage for everyone to see.

Seeing Susu arrogantly snatching the clothes from Li Muchen, both influential and domineering, the Li family couple was furious, and even Mu Qinglian was fuming.

"Such poor manners!" Mu Qinglian said with a stern face, not naming anyone, but Susu knew she was finished. No more chances left!

Feeling like her soul had been sucked out, Susu’s eyes lost focus.

Everyone continued watching and saw Guo Lingyue’s indifferent demeanor, minding her own business, while Chen Xinyue’s behavior was the most normal. She didn’t initiate the altercation but joined after Guo Lingyue went over to mediate, helping Li Muchen while beating Susu in places invisible to others, leaving them without words to complain.

Conversely, Guo Lingyue failed as a mediator, escalating the conflict, and after failing to resolve the issue, let Li Muchen and Chen Xinyue leave without controlling the situation at all.

It was clear to any sharp observer that Susu’s picking a fight was inseparable from Guo Lingyue.

After watching the footage, Mu Qinglian apologized sincerely to the Li family trio, offering apologies and gifts to soothe their anger.

Mrs. Li, before leaving, turned back and told Mu Qinglian, "Your second son’s choice of partner is far better than your first!"

Mu Qinglian’s expression stiffened as she managed an awkward smile and brushed it off.

Guo Lingyue was already trembling in fear.

After the Li family left,

Mu Qinglian took a deep breath and coldly ordered, "Go, have the driver take Miss Su home."

Then she turned sharply, her gaze piercing as she looked at Susu, "Miss Su, it’s better if you don’t come visiting if there’s nothing important; Ling Yue isn’t on the same path as you."

"Auntie, I..." Susu was anxious to explain but found whatever she said seemed futile and powerless.

Once she left, Mu Qinglian fiercely slapped Guo Lingyue across the face, "You dare treat me like a tool! You’ve forgotten your place!"

Terrified, Guo Lingyue knelt and burst into tears, "Mom! I really know I’m wrong! It was Susu constantly saying she liked uncle, and I just wanted to help her. After all, you also wanted to mend relations with uncle. I thought if in the future, our family could live in harmony, and since you liked Susu and I got along well with her, if she could marry uncle, she’d certainly help ease things between you and uncle. I meant well!"

Mu Qinglian kicked her angrily, "Your good intentions involved distorting facts in front of me, making me misunderstand Jinlin’s partner, and resulted in my call to Jinlin! Guo Lingyue, let me tell you, if Jinlin deepens his misunderstanding of me because of this, I’ll ensure Jincheng divorces you! Don’t believe it? Just wait and see!"

"Mom! Please, don’t do this to me, Mom, I really know I was wrong!" Guo Lingyue wailed, completely breaking down.

Meanwhile, Xiao Jinlin also received copies of the mall surveillance footage and made several copies, sending them to Xiao Bai, Xiao Jincheng, and the second branch of the Xiao family and even the Xiao elder couple.

Though he had nothing, his stance on protecting his wife was clear.

The Xiao family matriarch called that day, summoning Mu Qinglian and Xiao Jincheng over and scolded the mother and son viciously.

Next to arrive were Xiao Sheng and He Xue.