Day n of not wanting to be a kept man's canary

Leng Tingye stopped what he was doing, neither continuing nor letting go.

Mu Yanxin's eyes were filled with tears, and her brows were full of reluctance. "If I can't see Ye Ye, I will miss him. How can I live without Ye Ye?"

"Perhaps, Master Leng will take my life, and then I'll never see Master Ye again!"

"Does Master Ye really want me to suffer the pain of unrequited love, unable to see you?"

The deep affection Mu Yanxin spoke of seemed to suggest that of lovers about to face a life-or-death separation.

He watched as the woman in his arms, afraid of being discovered, uttered a string of sweet words, even though he knew she wasn't telling the truth.

Leng Tingye was instead intrigued by her feigned affection. He ran his fingertips over her lips and cheeks, his tone becoming playful, "So reluctant to part with me?"

Mu Yanxin nodded quickly in agreement, afraid that being too slow would arouse his suspicion. "I can't bear to part with her, I really can't bear to!"

Leng Tingye was amused.

Seeing that the gloom in the man's eyes had dissipated somewhat, Mu Yanxin mustered her courage and tentatively asked, "Master Ye, how about next time?"

Leng Tingye smiled faintly, "Alright!"

The man spoke so easily, just when Mu Yanxin thought she had successfully persuaded him.

Leng Tingye added, "However, let's get through this first!"

"Hey, no, not here!"

Every second that followed was filled with anxiety, a feeling of impending doom. Fortunately, no one came in.

Freed from the man's control, Mu Yanxin straightened her clothes in front of the mirror and picked up the tea tray again.

My legs went weak, and I almost lost my balance and fell to the ground.

Leng Tingye reacted quickly, helping her up and letting out a mischievous laugh.

Mu Yanxin shook off his arm and said reproachfully, "What are you laughing at? It's all because of the bad things you did."

After saying that, he walked quickly to the door, only to find that the door was locked from the inside when he turned the doorknob.

Ugh, I've been tricked by this man again.

At the entrance of the banquet hall, Mu Yanxin put down the tea tray, straightened her slightly wrinkled dress, fanned herself with her hand, took a few deep breaths, and then stepped inside.

"Did you go abroad to brew tea?" Feng Yaqin scolded.

Clearly, the trip took too long.

As Mu Yanxin bent down to pour tea for everyone, she said, "I'm sorry to have kept you all waiting. I'm not very familiar with the tea room, and it took a while to find the tea leaves. Please forgive me!"

Feng Yaqin said with dissatisfaction, "It's taken you so long to find tea leaves. Anyone who didn't know better would think you slacked off halfway through!"

Clearly, she did not meet Feng Yaqin's expectations, especially since disciplining her in front of everyone would make her seem authoritative as a mother-in-law.

“I…” she was about to explain.

Leng Xingchun said with a smile, "Sister-in-law is a new bride who hasn't been married yet, so it's normal that we can't find her, right, Second Aunt!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Leng Xingchun's words left Feng Yaqin speechless!

It was clear that Leng Xingchun was trying to help her out of a tight spot, and Mu Yanxin smiled at her.

Just from Leng Xingchun's words, you can see her ability to control the situation.

With just a few words, he made Feng Yaqin beam with joy, and she couldn't help but praise, "Our Xingchun has such a sweet tongue!"

Auntie San said enviously, "I wish I had a sweet little girl like that."

Auntie said this because she only had one son, Leng Changfeng, who was away from home most of the year, traveling around and rarely returning.

He has a nickname: Young Master Feng.

Seeing Leng Xingchun probably reminded her of her own son, and the third aunt's expression became somewhat forlorn.

"It's alright, Third Aunt, from now on you can treat me like your own daughter!" Leng Xingchun got up and sat down next to the Third Madam, playfully saying, "Anyway, I don't have a mother!"

The words "no mother" came out of Leng Xingchun's mouth without a trace of sadness.

Everyone suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere became somewhat strange.

After a moment of silence, Auntie San spoke up, "Good, good, our Xingchun is the most sensible."

A single sentence shattered the eerie silence.

"Xingchun, you're not leaving this time after you go home, are you?"

Leng Xingchun smiled as if nothing had happened, "I'm not leaving!"

"It's good that they're not leaving!"

Everyone agreed.

A hint of regret flickered in Leng Xingchun's clear eyes. "I didn't want to leave home either. If Academician Leng Renzhi hadn't suddenly had an accident, I wouldn't have had to go abroad to study!"

“I’ve heard of Song Renzhi. He’s a leading authority in the medical field, especially in the application of artificial intelligence in medicine.”

"Yes, he single-handedly pushed medicine to a level never before reached."

"But this medical genius was secretly a hypocrite who molested patients, causing them to miss the best time for treatment, resulting in failed surgeries and deaths. He then framed the intern for all of this, forcing the intern to commit suicide by jumping off a building to prove his innocence!"

"Later, Madam Song was driven to commit suicide by cutting her wrists."

"In the end, he detonated the lab and committed suicide out of guilt!"

"He's an angel in public, but a devil in private!"

Leng Xingchun wanted to argue, but everyone was talking at once, and she couldn't get a word in edgewise.

"A person like that deserves to die a hundred times over."

Listening to their criticisms and condemnations of their father, her fingernails dug into her flesh as she sat on her thigh, the only way she could maintain a semblance of calm.

People are often like this: you can do a hundred good deeds and still be praised, but if you do one bad deed, the previous hundred are no match for that one bad deed.

"Yan Xin, why aren't you saying anything? Don't you know Song Renzhi?"

Caught off guard by the question, Mu Yanxin was somewhat taken aback.

Don't you recognize her? Mu Yanxin certainly didn't recognize her, but she was Song Nuan!

She doesn't even have the courage to acknowledge her father now.

Just as she was wondering how to answer, Leng Xingchun smiled and answered the question for her, "How does sister-in-law know Academician Song?"

"Your sister-in-law is twenty-two years old, right?"

Mu Yanxing forced a smile and nodded.

Leng Xingchun thought for a moment, "I remember Academician Song has a son and a daughter, and his daughter is about the same age as you."

"Is that so?" Mu Yanxin smiled bitterly, her heart bleeding.

"Yes, but after Academician Song's accident, his two children vanished without a trace!"

"What's so strange about that? Her father did such a heinous thing, how could his children possibly face anyone? Besides, he killed someone, so of course they'd come looking for revenge! They're probably hiding!"

Words spoken are the least costly thing to do. At the grassroots level, people can say whatever they want, since it's not illegal.

Mu Yanxin chuckled silently to herself. How many members of the Leng family have a clean conscience, given how they've risen to their current position?

That's all she saw, what happened to Leng Tingye.

What gives them the right to stand on the moral high ground and righteously criticize others?