Chapter 283: 282 She ran away, it was inevitable
Translator: 549690339
In the living room, Mo Xiuchen stood tall, his handsome countenance taking on a cold demeanor because of Mo Jingteng’s words. His insightful eyes half-closed, he said coldly and mockingly, “Your wife has run off, what does that have to do with me?”
Gu Kai was also slightly surprised, glancing at Mo Xiuchen curiously.
He listened as Mo Xiuchen continued, “Didn’t you say you had her confined? You can’t even manage to keep a woman captive. The people in that villa were carefully chosen by her, you should’ve known she could escape. It was only a matter of time.”
Wen Ran too was taken aback. Mo Xiuchen’s words were delivered coldly and crisply, demonstrating no particular deference despite the addressee being his father.
After ending the call, he walked into the dining room, his emotions reined in and his countenance betraying none of the earlier icy coldness.
“Xiuchen, did Xiao Wenqing escape?”
Gu Kai looked at him, his handsome brows making the question seem like an act of concern.
Mo Xiuchen nodded slightly, sat down in a chair beside Wen Ran, met her gaze and pulled up a small smile, calmly saying, “The old man was too confident, thought locking Xiao Wenqing in the storeroom, with someone to watch over, would be enough. He didn’t expect her to run off in just one night.”
“Was it Mo Zixuan who let her go?”
Gu Kai’s gaze flickered with doubt. In the villa, not all but at least half the people were loyal to Xiao Wenqing.
Was Mo Jingteng overly confident, or did he underestimate the fact that Xiao Wenqing would run away immediately after he marred her face?
Now that she had escaped, it would be difficult to bring her back.
Mo Xiuchen shook his head, his tone indifferent, “I don’t know. Mo Jingteng slapped Mo Zixuan and planned to put him under house arrest. He dreamt that Xiao Wenqing would come back for Mo Zixuan.”
By the end, a hint of mocking seeped into his voice unintentionally.
Seeing the worry in Gu Kai’s eyes, Mo Xiuchen wanted to say something but instead simply said, “Let’s eat breakfast first. We shouldn’t let irrelevant people affect our mood. Ranran, come, try this.”
At the Mo mansion
Mo Zixuan was violently slapped twice by Mo Jingteng.
His handsome face was swollen and deformed, but he firmly denied, “Dad, I didn’t let Mom go.”
Last night, he had considered giving his mother a chance to escape. Staying here, his father would definitely not let her go, but he only thought about it, he didn’t do anything.
This morning, Mo Jingteng broke into his room, furiously stormed to his bedside and without saying a word, first slapped him twice before asking if he had freed Xiao Wenqing.
Mo Zixuan was stunned by the suddenness of this incident.
It took him a moment to get over the shock and then he realized his mother had run off last night.
Seeing his son slumped on the edge of his bed, Mo Jingteng’s gaze held no sympathy, only icy anger, “It really wasn’t you who let her go?”
He stared angrily at Mo Zixuan, this son of his had always been obedient to his mother. Mo Zixuan’s relationship with Xiao Wenqing was much stronger than it was with him.
Mo Zixuan bravely met his father’s menacing gaze and said stiffly but stubbornly, “No.”
Mo Jingteng snorted coldly, vindictively saying, “Even if she runs away, it’s no use. I’ll catch her and make her pay for betraying me.”
As soon as his words fell, Ah Sen entered from outside, looked grave and said, “Sir, Xiao Wenqing has transferred her money to another account and we don’t know where she deposited it afterward…”
His meaning was clear – the potential to retrieve Xiao Wenqing by freezing her account had become null. Mo Jingteng’s face abruptly changed from green to white with rage, making it difficult for him to breathe. When he saw Mo Jingteng shaking and holding his chest, Mo Zixuan’s face quickly changed, disregarding the two slaps he just received, he quickly said, “Dad, don’t get excited, where is your medication? I’ll bring them for you.”
Mo Jingteng shakingly reached into his pocket for the medicine. Mo Zixuan grabbed the medicine before him, opened the bottle and poured the pills into his father’s mouth, then went to the sofa and grabbed the water cup from the coffee table, “Dad, the water is cold, you’ll manage to take the medicine.”
After taking the medicine, Mo Zixuan and Ah Sen helped Mo Jingteng sit on the sofa. It took about two minutes for his face to regain its color.
“Dad, I know you’re very angry now and I know my mother has acted outrageously. But your health is the most important, her escape may not necessarily be a bad thing.”
“How dare you say it’s a good thing!”
Mo Jingteng glared at Mo Zixuan with cold eyes.
Mo Zixuan frowned and calmly said, “Dad, can you hear me out? If my mother didn’t run away now, you would surely kill her or torture her to death. But what difference does that make? Can it change the fact that she has already betrayed you? No, instead, you would become a murderer. Do you think it’s worth sacrificing your life for her?”
“Sir, the second young master makes sense.”
Ah Sen nervously began, considering Mo Jingteng’s ferocity, Xiao Wenqing’s death was certain if she hadn’t run away.
In this way, he himself would become a murderer. For a woman who betrayed him, it’s not worth it to risk his life.
“Shut up.”
Mo Jingteng certainly didn’t think so. In his dictionary, Xiao Wenqing’s betrayal warranted death.
Mo Zixuan pursed his lips and did not continue the previous topic, but instead, changed the subject saying, “Dad, let’s have breakfast first. After breakfast, we can go to the hospital for the paternity test. If I’m not your son, you can unleash all your hatred for my mother on me.”
Even at the cost of his life, he didn’t regret.
Consider it as recompense for his father raising him.
Now that he was living meaninglessly—his mother had an affair behind his father’s back, and now she had run away. While his most important memory had been erased…
Mo Jingteng was caught by the desolation in Mo Zixuan’s tone.
He watched his son’s handsome face, which bore some resemblance to his own. Now that he was older, Mo Zixuan’s face was very similar to Mo Xiuchen’s in some aspects.
However, one of them had experienced too much, making his facial features more defined, firm and cold, while the other one was gentle and handsome, exuding a youthful vibe.
But now, his face was swollen, losing its handsomeness as well as its sunny and charming look. All that remained was a lifeless silence.
“Fine!”
He said in a deep voice, one word, then stood up with Ah Sen’s help and said, “Let’s go. we’ll go to the hospital now. No need for breakfast.”
With that, there was no mood left for breakfast.
“OK.”
Mo Zixuan nodded, wanted to step forward and support him, but withdrew his hand, he simply followed quietly behind him, downstairs.
After being denied by Mo Jingteng last night, Mo Zixuan himself started doubting if he was his biological son.
He didn’t know for how many years his mother had an affair, but he guessed, his mother’s lover might be Wu Tianyi.
Recently, he heard his mother mentioning it a few times, every time his mother mentioned Wu Tianyi, she always had a warm smile and showed complete trust in him.