Stealing the moonlight into my arms

When Fu Runing knelt down, he took all the blame on himself without any explanation. The old lady who was watching woke up from her sleep.

The old lady winked at the housekeeper Yue Zhong, who understood and immediately turned around to find three cushions.

Sure enough, the next moment, Old Man Xiao shouted coldly at his grandchildren, "What are you two doing standing there? Kneel down!"

Xiao Jingting didn't say anything. He took off his coat casually, bent down in front of Fu Runing, and looked into her eyes with deep gaze.

Fu Runing couldn't understand what he was doing. What was he doing?

Xiao Jingting said calmly: "Move a little."

The man put the clothes under Fu Runing's knees.

Fu Runing was speechless.

Didn’t we agree to cooperate with her in acting out a melodrama when we came here?

Who let him act in a romance drama here!

But with this piece of clothing padding under my knees, it’s not so uncomfortable anymore.

After completing this series of actions, Xiao Jingting knelt down beside her.

He had a tall figure, and even when he was kneeling, he looked elegant and noble.

Seeing this, Xiao Qinrui had no choice but to kneel down reluctantly.

Yue Zhong found three cushions, but before he could get close, he was glared back at by the old man.

Xiao Qinrui had never suffered such humiliation before. The floor was cold and hard. She had been kneeling for less than three minutes when she felt uncomfortable all over.

She turned to her mother for help, but Weng Yuqing was speechless in this situation and could only stare blankly.

Old Master Xiao walked around them. Although he was no longer in charge of the Xiao family's business affairs, his authority as the head of the family was still there.

"Jingting, tell me why you called the police to arrest your sister."

Xiao Jingting said calmly, "This afternoon, my wife gave me a USB drive. It was originally packaged in a sealed bag and left at the front desk waiting for my secretary to go down and connect it. Later, my secretary got the USB drive from Xiao Qinrui, and the original content of the project file inside had been changed."

"From the surveillance footage, Xiao Qinrui took the USB drive for more than ten minutes."

Xiao Qinrui explained angrily: "Who touched your project files? Please stop lying with your eyes open!"

Xiao Jingting didn't say anything else. He just stated what he wanted to say and stopped talking nonsense with others.

The old man glanced at his eldest grandson, then at his granddaughter, and asked, "Ruirui, did you take your eldest brother's things?"

Xiao Qinrui said stubbornly, "I just happened to be passing by. My sister-in-law never comes to the company. I didn't think it was important to leave it at the front desk, so I just gave it to my brother..."

"And the contents of that USB drive, who knows if they were altered before they were delivered."

Fu Runing, who had been silent on the side, naturally interrupted after hearing this and said, "Yeah, that's why I said this was all my fault. I had a cleaning lady at home who was not very clean, and I fired her after I caught her doing it. Maybe she held a grudge and touched Jing Ting's things before she left."

Xiao Qinrui quickly said, "See? I told you it has nothing to do with me. You're the thief in your own family, who can you blame?"

Hearing this, Fu Runing calmly took out a recorder from his pocket.

She said slowly, "Jingting and I went to see the cleaner. She begged us not to call the police and confessed to us that someone paid her to do this in order to embarrass Jingting in the company."

As he spoke, Fu Runing took out another A4 paper with the transfer record printed on it.

Xiao Qinrui looked a little panicked when she saw the transfer record.

The old lady came over, picked up the paper, squinted her presbyopic eyes, and then explained to the old man, "This is WeChat. Young people use it to chat. You don't understand, but you can also transfer money on it. Just check it and you can find the source."

Old Master Xiao snorted coldly, "Why shouldn't I understand? Have you checked who transferred the money to her?"

"I checked, it's a new intern at Jingting Company. But..."

Having said that, Fu Runing paused and looked at Xiao Qinrui.

Mr. Xiao took the opportunity to ask, "Just what?"

Fu Runing replied respectfully, "It's just that the intern is Ruirui's classmate and they go in and out together every day, so Jingting can only handle this matter impartially. After all, it really concerns the interests of the group. If he can move Jingting's USB drive today, who knows what more important things he will move next time. Since Ruirui hasn't done it, she just needs to explain it clearly. After all, she is still young and may not be able to judge people well."

Xiao Qinrui didn't dare to say a word, but her expression became more unnatural.

She originally thought that no matter how hard she tried to deny it, no one would find out about her. When the divorce agreement was released, she thought Xiao Jingting and Fu Runing would keep silent about it, so why would they bring it up and make a fuss about it when they got home?

Fu Runing then continued, "I know that the Xiao family values ​​family harmony and unity the most. Today, Jingting and Ruirui had an unpleasant incident. Ultimately, it was all my fault, so I said that if anyone wants to blame someone, blame me."

Weng Yuqing stepped forward and said something nice: "Dad, let's leave it at that. You see, this is just a misunderstanding."

Old Master Xiao raised his eyebrows but did not express his opinion.

The old man looked at Fu Runing and asked calmly, "Why did I hear that everyone was talking about Jing Ting getting a divorce today?"

Fu Runing took a deep breath slowly. Finally, the play came to the end.

"I threw a divorce agreement into the trash can before, and the cleaner took it. She must have put it in Jingting's project file to embarrass Jingting in public."

Mr. Xiao was surprised and asked, "Why would you want to get the divorce agreement out?"

Fu Runing lowered her eyes, a layer of mist covered her eyes, and her eyes turned red.

Her tone was tinged with sadness. "Jingting and I have been married for three years, but we haven't conceived a child. I feel really bad about it. Maybe I just don't have the luck to have children. I always feel sorry for Jingting."

"And those tonic medicines that Auntie gave me, I vomited after drinking them. I also wanted to quickly recover and give Jing Ting a child, but I just couldn't live up to my expectations..."

"I was thinking about getting a divorce from Jingting, but Jingting disagreed and refused to sign the divorce agreement. Then came the subsequent events. Who knew it would be used by someone with ulterior motives to make a fuss?"

Fu Runing's words were so sincere that she almost cried.

The old lady heard the key words and immediately stood up and asked, "What medicine is it? All medicines are poisonous, so don't drink them carelessly."

Fu Runing pursed her lips slightly, glanced in the direction of Weng Yuqing, and said nothing.

The old lady frowned and asked, "What medicine did you give Ning Ning?"

Weng Yuqing didn't expect that the criticism would be directed at her, so she quickly explained, "Mom, these are just some medicines to regulate the body and help with pregnancy. My sister's daughter-in-law couldn't get pregnant either, but she got pregnant after taking them for three months."

The old lady was adamant and insisted on getting to the bottom of it: "Where's the prescription? Give it to me and I'll take it and ask for clarification."

"This...this is all prepared and brought here. I don't have a prescription. How about I get it for you another day?"

The old lady scolded in a bad tone: "Don't bring these messy things into the house in the future."

"Oh." Weng Yuqing didn't know what to say, so he agreed awkwardly.

Today's journey has come to an end.

The old lady helped Fu Runing up again and comforted her, "There's no need to rush the matter of the child. From now on, if anyone from the Xiao family talks behind this, I'll make them pay for it. How can we get a divorce just because of this?"

Fu Runing followed the old lady obediently and nodded.

At this point, there is nothing more to say.

Fu Runing did not directly expose that it was Xiao Qinrui who bribed her family's cleaning lady to cause trouble. That saved her face and also kept the Xiao family respectable.

How could I not understand what level Mr. Xiao and Mrs. Xiao were at?

Of course, we can't let them suffer any loss.

The old lady paced slowly and put an end to tonight's play.

"Jing Ting did nothing wrong. In his position, he should consider the overall situation and would rather pass than miss. However, he still left an oversight that allowed someone to take advantage. Kneel here for an hour and reflect on it."

"As for Ruirui, you didn't know how to judge people and made careless friends, and you almost got your eldest brother into big trouble. You must kneel here until midnight, and you are not allowed to get up before then. Also, don't go to the group for internship. Once you've reflected on your thoughts, follow your second brother's path and go to the branch office and rotate through various positions."

Hearing this, Fu Runing suppressed the corners of her mouth, trying not to raise them at this time.

How could Xiao Qinrui bear this hardship?

This is how the Xiao family has always cultivated their children. There is no distinction between male superiority and female inferiority, but strength is the key.

This is how Xiao Jingting got here, and even the second young master Xiao Yanting is still in exile.

As for Xiao Qinrui, she wanted to rise to the top overnight by sneaking into the group and showing off her power and becoming its daughter.

Weng Yuqing's face turned grim. She stepped forward to plead with Xiao Qinrui, "Mom, this ancestral hall is so cold, and there's no air conditioning or heating. What if the child gets frozen? Ruirui is a girl..."

The old lady showed no mercy and said with a wave of her hand, "Yue Zhong, ask the kitchen to make some ginger soup and bring it over. Then lock the door of the ancestral hall. Let the young master come out in an hour, and let the young lady come out at twelve o'clock. Follow the rules."

Seeing this, Weng Yuqing pulled Xiao Hongshen's arm and asked him to say a few words.

However, Xiao Hongshen just drank a sip of tea, woke up, and said: "Kneel down, or you won't learn your lesson."

Weng Yuqing was so choked that he couldn't speak.

Old Master Xiao walked ahead and led the way out of the ancestral hall. He was not so unkind when he left and still left the cushion behind.

Fu Runing was originally following the old lady. She glanced back at Xiao Jingting's kneeling figure, then turned to the old lady and whispered, "Grandma, you go back first. I'll stay here with Jingting."

Of course the old lady refused, "It's cold here. Once we leave, neither of them will kneel. It's no big deal."

Fu Runing arched her brows and put on a smile, "It's okay, it'll only be a moment."

After saying that, she waved to the old lady and turned back to the ancestral hall.

……

The door of the ancestral hall was locked from the outside.

The ancestral hall was as cold as an ice cellar at night in early spring.

When Xiao Jingting saw Fu Runing coming back, he frowned slightly and asked in a bad tone, "What are you doing back?"

Fu Runing picked up his coat from the ground and wrapped herself in it, wrapping herself tightly.

What did she come back for? Of course, to laugh at Xiao Qinrui.

How could she really come back to accompany him?

Seeing that everyone had left, Xiao Qinrui stood up by herself. Her knees were numb and she almost fell. She rolled her eyes at Fu Runing.

This place is literally freezing cold.

Fu Runing naturally ignored her and walked around the ancestral hall.

A moment later, she took out a heater from somewhere. She plugged it in and hot air started blowing instantly.

Then, Fu Runing moved another chair over. She looked at Xiao Jingting with a smile and extended her hand to him.

"Husband, come, let's sit down and warm ourselves for a while, so that some young girls won't be ashamed to stare at our affairs every day."

Xiao Jingting looked at the hand stretched out in front of him.

She remembered that when he was fifteen, she had extended her hand to him in the same way.

The girl's fingers were long and white, and her palms were soft and gentle, without a trace of calluses, forming a sharp contrast with his skinny and calloused hands.

At that time, he just touched it lightly and then let go as if he was running away.

In the end, Xiao Jingting didn't shake her hand and stood up by himself.

Fu Runing didn't say anything either.

In the cold ancestral hall, there is a huge difference between the areas with heaters and those without.

On one hand, you are enjoying the spring breeze, and on the other hand, you are freezing to death in the late spring cold.

Fu Runing also adjusted the angle from time to time to prevent some people from coming over to take advantage of the warmth.

Xiao Qinrui was so angry that she was half dead. Finally, she went inside to find a slightly warmer corner to stay.

Only Xiao Jingting and Fu Runing were left in the lobby.

Fu Runing sat in the chair and took a long breath. This tiring night was finally over.

She was wrapped in the man's clothes, so she kindly let him sit in front of the heater.

The two sat side by side, the light coming from behind, entangled their shadows intimately.

However, the words spoken were a cold transaction—

Fu Runing whispered in his ear: "Xiao Jingting, I've performed for you, can you also perform for me?"

The man scoffed softly, "You'd be wasting your talent if you didn't enter the entertainment industry."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Fu Runing sighed slightly. In this huge Xiao family, Xiao Jingting was the only one who fought alongside her.

If we don’t help him, who else can we help?

Rather than going back to live alone in the Xiao family's bedroom, she would rather choose to stay here with Xiao Jingting.

In these days when people are suspicious and wary of each other, it is difficult for her to pretend to like someone even if she wants to.

too tired.