novelraw Chapter 380: The Puppet Master Is Someone Related to Me? 1
Chapter 380: The Puppet Master Is Someone Related to Me? 1
"Who is it?"
Mo Yinhe was silent for a while, not answering directly.
"Mingjing, I will avenge you, so please don’t get involved, alright?"
Si Mingjing was surprised and turned her head, looking at him, puzzled. "Why? You found out, but you won’t tell me?"
Mo Yinhe’s thin lips moved slightly, but he still didn’t speak. He had his own concerns; telling her would put her in a quandary.
Si Mingjing grew upset, pushed Mo Yinhe away, and stood up from his embrace, looking down at him. "Tell me!"
Seeing his silence, Si Mingjing’s tone intensified.
"Mo Yinhe!"
Mo Yinhe also stood up and said, "I’m tired. Let’s go to sleep."
"No! You must tell me tonight, otherwise I’ll find out myself. You know my abilities; I can find out sooner or later. You can’t hide it from me for long."
Her face grew cold. No matter who the mastermind was, no one would stop her from seeking revenge!
Mo Yinhe reached out, gently stroking her hair. "Mingjing, it’s the same if I take revenge for you. This isn’t just your hatred..."
Si Mingjing knocked his hand away, questioning, "Is the mastermind someone related to me?"
Otherwise, why would Mo Yinhe be so concerned?
"Is it Bai Jiusi’s family?"
Coming from the Mu Continent and related to her, the Bai Family was the first to come to her mind.
"Is it or not? Tell me!"
Si Mingjing was too clever. With her simple network of relationships on Earth, just a sliver of a clue would allow her to quickly discern the truth.
Mo Yinhe’s face tightened as he admitted, "It’s your mother-in-law."
Si Mingjing was speechless.
Quickly, she realized the mother-in-law Mo Yinhe referred to was definitely not her mother, Si Yao. So it was Bai Jiusi’s mother?
"Is it Bai Jiusi’s mother?"
Mo Yinhe nodded, gently stroking Si Mingjing’s hair.
One was her mother from a past life, and the other was her current mother. Telling her would only add to her troubles.
Si Mingjing crossed her arms, her spirits clearly low. "Why would she do this?"
"It’s not clear for the time being. Maybe she doesn’t want to lose her daughter. After all, you’re no longer Bai Jiusi since your rebirth through surrogacy."
Si Mingjing found it strange. "But I’ve been on Earth for nearly half a year. Why has she never come to find me? And why did she even allow Bai Jiusi’s sister to have plastic surgery to look like Bai Jiusi?"
Mo Yinhe felt pained for her and held her in his arms.
"Your relationship with your mother wasn’t good. I raised you for so many years, and she only sought you out when she stood to gain something. She wouldn’t visit unless she had a reason, and she loves your sister Bai Qingshui more, always demanding you make sacrifices for Bai Qingshui. Sometimes I find it hard to understand how a mother can be so biased. But even if she is biased, you cannot commit matricide. If you did, your reputation would be destroyed. This is completely different from wanting to send Song Tengfei to prison; the whole world would not tolerate you."
Si Mingjing felt a suffocating tightness in her chest.
"I understand, but it’s hard to accept."
A knot of frustration tightened in her heart, but she couldn’t find an outlet for her emotions.
「The next morning.」
When Mo Yinhe awakened, he realized the woman he was holding was burning hot.
He touched her forehead with his hand, his expression turning to alarm. A fever?
He woke her up and gave her some fever-reducing medication.
Si Mingjing took her own pulse.
After checking it, she said, "I’m fine. This is an emotional fever, caused by qi and blood stagnation leading to internal heat. Just get me some Gentiana Drain Liver Pills."
Mo Yinhe noted the name of the medicine and asked Fengjue to send someone to buy it.
Then he went to the kitchen to make her some lean meat porridge.
Si Mingjing didn’t want to sleep. After washing up, she sat in the yard, soaking up the sun. Mo Yinhe brought a lounge chair for her and draped a blanket over her.
"Jingjing, are you feeling unwell?"
The ever so sweet Ye Nianbai scurried to her side to fuss over her, even holding a glass of water with both hands. "Jingjing, you need to drink more water when you have a fever. Let me feed you."
Touched, Si Mingjing rubbed Xiaobai’s head. "I’m fine."
Sheng Liangliang, also a little sweetheart, said, "Mom, Liangliang will massage your legs for you."
"Mom, Susu will dance for you."
Dad said that Mom was unhappy, which is why she had a fever. If we cheer Mom up, her illness will go away faster.
The little chubby one wasn’t to be outdone. Even if he didn’t truly accept Si Mingjing as his mother in his heart, his words were sweet. "Mom, let your little treasure massage your shoulders for you."
With the four Little Dragon cubs surrounding her, such treatment...
Mo Yinhe came out with the lean meat porridge he had cooked, laughing. "They weren’t raised in vain."
Si Mingjing laughed as well.
Seeing the four Little Dragon cubs, she could cast aside any bad mood, truly experiencing the joy of motherhood.
Mo Yinhe personally fed her a bowl of porridge.
The warm lean meat porridge settled in her stomach, making her feel warm and much more comfortable.
「Half an hour later.」
Fengjue returned with the Gentiana Drain Liver Pills.
After taking the medicine, she continued to lie in the yard, sunbathing and watching the children play.
Just then, Mo Yinhe received a flustered call informing him that the approval had come through. Thanks to Mo Yinhe’s maneuvering, the Song Family members, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, were now approved for exile to Prison Star.
Normally, prisoners sent to Prison Star had to wait until a sufficient number were gathered before being transported by spaceship. But Mo Yinhe was generous, providing a private transport service for the Song Family.
「In the afternoon.」
The Song Family were sent to Mo Yinhe’s spacecraft.
Song Tengfei was unwilling to board the spacecraft, shouting all the way, "How dare you! How dare you! Do you know who I am? I am Mo Yinhe’s father-in-law!"
Unfortunately, no one paid him any heed; he was directly forced onto the spacecraft.
Si Mingjing boarded the spacecraft, specifically to see Song Tengfei off.
Upon seeing Si Mingjing, Song Tengfei grasped at her as if she were his last hope. "Daughter! Daughter! I am your father! I am your biological father! Are you really going to send me to Prison Star? No matter how much of a scoundrel I am, I’m still your dad!"
"Sorry, but there’s something I never told you."
Si Mingjing had boarded the spacecraft specifically to infuriate Song Tengfei. She was sick and lacked energy, so she felt a bit childish and wanted to vent her frustration on someone.
"During the paternity test, I secretly took a hair sample from your daughter, Song Tiantian, and used it for the test with your sample. A man like you doesn’t deserve to be my father."
"What did you say?"
Song Tengfei looked as if he had been struck by lightning.
"You’re lying to me! You must be lying! Even if you deny it, my blood still flows in your veins!"
"That’s why I brought the Paternity Tester."
Si Mingjing took a Paternity Tester from her bag, plucked a strand of her own hair, and handed both to Song Tengfei.
"You can test it yourself."
Song Tengfei refused to believe it, but he performed the test anyway.
He never imagined, not even in his wildest dreams, that the result would be: Non-father-daughter relationship?
Song Tengfei staggered.
"This is impossible! This is impossible!"
Si Mingjing folded her arms, quietly enjoying the sight of Song Tengfei’s hope shattering.
"Go and repent on Prison Star."
Feeling somewhat better, she walked off the spacecraft.
Standing on the ground, she watched with her own eyes as the spacecraft shot through the clouds and soared into space. The frustration that had been clogging her chest finally began to dissipate.