Announced divorce, madly criticized Ling Shaochang for kneeling down

"Knock Knock Knock!"

There was a knock on the door, it was Qiao He.

"Ling Che, come and have a cup of tea with me."

Ling Che responded, glanced at Qiao Ruyi's somewhat unnatural expression, and walked away with a smile.

......

In the hall.

Qiao He pushed a cup of tea in front of him and said, "Ling Che, Ruyi said you've been quite busy lately."

"Yes." Ling Che's mouth curved into a perfect arc.

Qiao He took a sip of tea and said, "LS Group has been going strong lately, so it's normal for you to be busy... But, no matter how busy you are, don't forget to take care of your family."

Ling Che certainly knew Qiao He's intention of avoiding Qiao Ruyi and asking him to have tea alone.

He leaned on the sofa and nonchalantly played with the golden embossed lighter in his hand. His well-defined face flickered in the burning flame.

"Don't worry, Dad. Ruyi and I have a good relationship."

Upon hearing this, Qiao He stared at Ling Che's expression and said nothing.

If their relationship was really good, they wouldn't have been married for three years without a child.

......

When Qiao Ruyi returned to the hall, he saw the two men talking, probably about business matters again.

She wasn't very interested, so she moved to the backyard.

It was summer, and the flowers in the backyard were in full bloom.

She remembered that when she was a child, her mother always liked to stay in the backyard and grow flowers and plants in her free time.

My mother said that flowers and plants actually have very strong vitality. Even if they are transplanted to other soils, they can survive as long as they are given enough sunlight and water.

"Auntie Wang, I've told you so many times that this branch needs to be cut off."

At some point, Li Ling appeared in the backyard. She twisted her body, raised her index finger, and pointed at a branch of flowers that was growing perfectly.

The maid, Wang Ma, followed her with a pair of scissors in her hand and cut off the branch without saying a word.

He echoed, "Sorry, ma'am, I missed it. I thought this branch would bloom, but it sucked up so much nutrients and didn't even form a bud."

Since the second year after Yin Rufang's death, after Li Ling and her daughter entered the Qiao family, Li Ling acted like a hostess and replaced all the servants in the Qiao family.

Even Aunt Chen, who had taken care of Qiao Ruyi for eleven years, was sent away by her. She brought Aunt Wang to replace Aunt Chen.

At first Qiao He disagreed, and she also opposed it.

But under Li Ling's constant nagging, Qiao He didn't say anything else.

At that time, she was young and had little influence, and even though she was extremely reluctant, she could not change anything.

After more than ten years in the Qiao family, Qiao Ruyi already knew exactly what kind of person Wang Ma was.

Li Ling glanced in Qiao Ruyi's direction and raised her voice to Wang Ma, "For a flower tree, blooming and bearing fruit is the law of nature. Non-flowering branches should be pruned away early, especially if they haven't bloomed in three years. There's no need to keep them."

"Yes, yes, ma'am, you are right."

Wang Ma smiled wryly, "It's like a hen that doesn't lay eggs. Keeping it is a waste of food. It's better to kill it as soon as possible."

The two of them spoke back and forth, like a duet.

Qiao Ruyi sneered when she heard this. His words were just a sarcasm about the fact that she had been married to Ling Che for three years and had not given birth to a child.

She wasn't annoyed, but walked forward with her arms folded, smiling warmly, "Auntie Wang, is dinner ready?"

"Oh, it's the young lady."

Wang Ma was polite, but the contempt in her eyes was the same as her master's, "Dinner is being prepared..."

Before he finished speaking, Qiao Ruyi chuckled and asked, "So it wasn't done well?"

Mother Wang was stunned, her eyes slightly evasive: "Yes..."

Qiao Ruyi pulled the scissors out of her hand, her eyes fixed on the sharp blades. "You haven't even prepared dinner yet, and you still have time to trim the flowers? Aunt Wang, don't you know what's important?"

She raised her eyes and sneered, "When Aunt Chen was here, she managed the Qiao family perfectly. She even remembered my meal and drink times."

She suddenly raised her hand and pointed the scissors at Wang Ma... Wang Ma was so frightened that she didn't dare to breathe.

Li Ling's eyes flashed and she was also startled.

With a "crack", a branch of flowers in full bloom fell to the ground beside Wang Ma.

Seeing a flash of embarrassment on Wang Ma's face, Qiao Ruyi curled the corners of her mouth, but her tone was gentle, "You are so good. As a servant, you don't care about your own duties, but instead worry about whether someone's chickens lay eggs. Wang Ma, you have so much free time?"

Although she smiled calmly, her words seemed to carry a hint of majesty and a subtle hint of cruelty.

Everyone in the Qiao family knows that Qiao Ruyi has a bad temper.

Aunt Wang almost thought that her scissors were going to fall on her. Only when she looked at the neatly broken branches at her feet did she come to her senses.

She looked at Li Ling cautiously, and after getting Li Ling's gaze, she left.

"Ma'am, Miss, I'll go to the kitchen and check on dinner."

After Wang Ma left, there were only two people left in the backyard.

Qiao Ruyi didn't say anything, but just looked at Li Ling with a faint smile.

Li Ling subconsciously glanced at the scissors in Qiao Ruyi's hand. The sharp blade shone dazzlingly in the sunlight.

She was still frightened, and after calming herself down, she said, "Ruyi, I asked Aunt Wang to come over and take care of the flowers and plants. Isn't it inappropriate for you to say that about her?"

Qiao Ruyi asked with a smile that didn't reach her eyes, "Then I won't talk about her, but you?"

Ever since Qiao Ruyi came back, she hadn't been kind to Li Ling. Now that no one was around, Li Ling didn't hide her feelings and raised her voice, "Ruyi, I know you don't like me, but don't forget, if it weren't for Ruyuan, would you be able to sit in the position of the Ling family's young lady?"

Qiao Ruyi understood what Li Ling meant. Her biological mother had passed away and her biological father did not love her.

If she had not married into the Ling family, the richest tycoon in Beijing, and had the Ling family backing her up, her words would probably have no weight at all in the Qiao family.

Ha! According to Li Ling, should she still thank them, mother and daughter?

She looked at Li Ling's sarcastic face and sneered, "Aunt Li, you must be mistaken. Back then, in order to prevent Qiao Ruyuan from marrying Ling Che, you and your daughter cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to commit suicide by begging Dad. So, I did you a big favor. It's fine if you don't thank me, but why are you being so sarcastic now?"

"On the contrary, I should remind you." Qiao Ruyi stepped forward and looked at Li Ling.

Li Ling was frightened by her malicious look, "What?"

Qiao Ruyi's fingers circled the pearl necklace hanging on Li Ling's neck, and her eyes moved up to meet Li Ling's somewhat puzzled eyes.

"Aunt Li, if my mother hadn't passed away, do you think you could have entered the Qiao family and become the Qiao family's wife?"

Her eyes were so sharp that Li Ling turned pale and took a step back unsteadily, but Qiao Ruyi grabbed the pearl necklace on her chest and pulled her forward to steady herself.

"What a precious Australian white! You had never seen such a good thing before you married my dad, right?"

A sneer crossed Qiao Ruyi's delicate face. "If it weren't for my mom, do you think you could have lived this life of a wealthy wife without having to do any housework?"

She loosened the pearl necklace around Li Ling's neck and gently adjusted the collar of her cheongsam.

"Auntie Li, you have to be grateful, understand?"

She raised her eyes and smiled brightly at Li Ling, but there was undisguised sarcasm in her smile.

All the wealth that Li Ling enjoys now was left by her mother. What right does she have to be neither positive nor negative in front of her!