Starting with a cub, the superpower boss becomes the richest man by lying flat

Chapter 181 Brother Mo, you can't let my sister be bullied.
"Explain yourself clearly what happened!" Mo Qilan wasn't stupid; Mo Ziyuan's sudden dismissal of this servant must have been for a reason.

"This servant..." The servant told Mo Qilan everything about Qi Shi's scheme and what happened after Mo Ziyuan returned.

"Alas! Madam is so foolish!" Mo Qilan sighed after hearing this, and looked at the servant. "Alright, from now on you can stay in the front yard. Keep your mouth shut. If even a single word of what happened today gets out, you can forget about living."

"Yes, Your Excellency!" The servant bent over at almost a ninety-degree angle.

"Get out!"

After shooing the people away, Mo Qilan sat in a chair in a daze for a long time before sweeping everything on the table onto the floor.

"Father, may I come in?" Mo Zichen's voice rang out from outside the door. Mo Qilan looked up at the doorway and said after a moment, "Come in!"

The door was pushed open, and Mo Zichen walked in with a thick bandage around his neck. He bowed to Mo Qilan and said, "Father!"

"What happened to your neck?" Mo Qilan asked, frowning.

"This..." Mo Zichen glanced at him hesitantly, then said, "This... this was accidentally scratched by the girl who was with my older brother."

"Your older brother? Girl? What girl?" Mo Qilan accurately grasped the key point.

"It was just a girl. My friend and I went to Shixiang Pavilion for dinner, and we ran into my brother. We exchanged a few words, and then that girl drew her sword and accidentally hit me." Mo Zichen rolled his eyes inwardly. Was he trying to say "girl"? He clearly said that the girl who was with his brother injured him. Why couldn't his father understand?

Did Mo Qilan really not understand what Mo Zichen wanted to say? Of course not. Over the years, he had come to understand that this son harbored resentment towards his previous son. But after what happened with that servant, he suddenly felt that he couldn't understand Mo Ziyuan anymore. This made him feel offended. And just at this moment, Mo Zichen came over to sow discord between Mo Ziyuan and Mo Ziyuan, which made him a little impatient.

However, the news brought by Mo Zichen did stir his heart. Could it be that Mo Ziyuan's change was related to this girl?
So Mo Qilan asked, "What's that girl like? Whose family is she? From what you're saying, she knows martial arts, is that right?"

Mo Zichen was furious. Without thinking, he blurted out, "She's very beautiful, more beautiful than any of the young ladies in the capital. I don't know whose she is, I've never seen her before. As for martial arts, of course she knows them, otherwise where would the injury on my neck have come from?"

“Never seen him before…” Mo Qilan pondered for a moment, then she decided not to go to the capital. Mo Ziyuan had been away from home for several years, could it be that they met during this time?
Seeing that his father's attention was focused on the girl, Mo Zichen felt a sudden alarm bell ring in his mind. An absurd thought suddenly entered his mind and wouldn't leave him. The reason he could act so arrogantly in the Duke's mansion and not take the legitimate heir seriously was because of the Duke's favoritism. He absolutely would not allow anyone to take away this favoritism, not even a hint of it.

Now that her father is so interested in a girl, it's hard to say he might have some ulterior motive. He needs to find a way to make this girl disappear, the sooner the better!

"Father, if there's nothing else, I'll head back now," Mo Zichen said.

"Alright, you go back and rest first!" Eager to figure out if Mo Ziyuan's change was because of this girl, Mo Qilan didn't notice Mo Zichen's abnormality at all. Just when he needed to think carefully, he let Mo Zichen leave without saying a word. As a result, Mo Zichen believed even more that his father was interested in that girl.

The separated father and son had completely different thoughts, but they both ended up focusing on Lin Xin.

Lin Xin was unaware of these things yet. She was standing opposite Cui Shi, looking completely bewildered at the pile of bottles and jars he had pushed in front of her.

"These...are all for me?" Lin Xin looked up blankly and asked. "What else?" Cui Shi looked at her with a look of disappointment. "You're going to the palace tomorrow. It's not a peaceful place. There are conspiracies and schemes everywhere. I have to prepare some things for you to protect yourself!"

"Huh? Oh, then... what are all these?" Lin Xin asked timidly.

“Come on, let me tell you, this is…” Cui Shi introduced the contents of each bottle or jar to Lin Xin one by one as if they were his own treasures, and Lin Xin was dumbfounded after listening.

Many of these medicines are antidotes for various poisons, some delay the onset of drug effects, and others are top-grade wound medicines and hemostatics. These are all quite normal. However, the remaining medicines that cause itching all over the body, runny nose, pustules on the face, and diarrhea are utterly perplexing to her.

"No, you want me to poison people anytime, anywhere?" Lin Xin asked.

“You don’t understand. The palace is arguably the dirtiest place in the world. You might encounter all sorts of filthy and despicable tricks. You can’t just take the beatings without fighting back! You have to let people know that you’re not a pitiful little thing that can be bullied!” Cui Shi said to her in a serious tone.

Lin Xin looked at his serious and earnest old face, then at the pile of bottles and jars, swallowed hard, and didn't dare to voice her question: Aren't you afraid I'll mix all these things up?

"Alright, take all these things with you! The old man knows you can manage." Before leaving, Cui Shi "inadvertently" tossed her a deep-sea torpedo.

"I freaking..." Lin Xin glared, then sat down in the chair and chuckled. This was just fine.

The next morning, Lin Xin stretched and stepped out of her room, only to see Cui Shi and Lin Nan sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, reciting their lessons with great seriousness. If they hadn't been glancing at her every now and then, they would have looked even more like they were studying hard.

"Alright, stop looking. Be careful not to let your eyes get all crooked and never straighten them again." Before going into the kitchen to make breakfast after washing up, Lin Xin wrinkled her nose and said to them.

"Sister, we were just worried you'd be nervous. Master even stayed behind last night. How can you be so ungrateful and even curse us?" Lin Nan pouted and ran to the kitchen, clinging to the doorframe in protest.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I appreciate it, you can go now!" Lin Xin didn't know where he learned this nagging trick from, but she was sure that if she didn't admit her mistake, his little mouth would keep babbling until Mo Ziyuan came to pick her up.

"That's more like it! If you really don't appreciate it, my master and I will be heartbroken!" Lin Nan was satisfied and proudly returned to Cui Shi. The master and disciple exchanged a glance and smiled.

Breakfast had just been served when Mo Ziyuan arrived.

"Brother Mo, you can't let my sister get bullied today, you know?" Lin Nan whispered in Mo Ziyuan's ear after climbing onto his lap.

"Don't worry, Nan Nan. With Brother Mo here, I guarantee no one will bully your sister," Mo Ziyuan said earnestly.

"Yes, Nannan trusts Brother Mo."

"Dinner's ready." Lin Xin, who had overheard their entire "whisper," twitched at the corner of her mouth as she placed the last plate of pickled vegetables on the table.

"Okay, let's eat!" Lin Nan obediently let Mo Ziyuan carry her to her seat.