As soon as Wen Yan and Si Youyou returned home, Old Master Si called them to the dining room.
"I had the servants prepare a late-night snack."
Wen Yan glanced down at herself and slightly pursed her red lips. "Grandpa, you guys have been feeding me so well lately that I've gained weight."
"Where did you gain weight? You young people just like being skin and bones. I think having a bit of flesh looks much better."
Unable to resist Old Master Si's enthusiasm, Wen Yan had no choice but to sit down.
There was nothing she could do. In this world, good food is the one thing that should never be disappointed.
While eating, Wen Yan thought about the grievances Si Youyou had suffered, feeling a bit confused.
[Logically speaking, with the Si family's current status in Ye City, Little Youyou shouldn't be easily bullied by others, right?]
[Si Yubai hid his identity as the Fifth Young Master of the Si family on the swim team, so Zhou Zhicheng and Yang Xu thought he was just an ordinary person and teamed up to frame him. That makes sense.]
[But Little Youyou's identity is public. The Mu family knew who she was when they invited her to the party. How dared that Little Bully lift her skirt?]
What? Lifted her skirt?
Old Master Si was so angry that his white beard suddenly curled up.
Si Moyan, who had just returned from work, happened to hear Wen Yan's inner thoughts as he passed by the dining room. His sword-like eyebrows unconsciously furrowed.
Si Youyou had been sensitive and suffered from low self-esteem since childhood. Usually, when she faced grievances, she would bury them in her heart.
Only in front of her sister-in-law would she open up.
But she forgot that her sister-in-law's inner voice could be heard by the whole family.
Si Youyou didn't want to tell her family about such an embarrassing incident. She wanted to stop Wen Yan but couldn't bring herself to speak.
She could only blush, her small face turning a deep red, and silently lower her head.
Wen Yan was digging through her gossip system and didn't notice the strange reactions of Old Master Si and Si Youyou.
[Holy crap! The Little Bully suddenly ran upstairs to lift Little Youyou's skirt because he was instigated by Gu Yanyan and Bai Youwei.]
[The Little Bully had also lifted Gu Yanyan and Bai Youwei's skirts downstairs. The two were ashamed and angry, but they didn't dare to do anything to the Little Bully, so they encouraged him to go lift Little Youyou's skirt instead.]
[They knew Little Youyou was the most easily embarrassed. If someone lifted her skirt, she would definitely fly into a rage out of humiliation and hit someone. If Little Youyou hit someone, Madam Mu, who is fiercely protective of her son, would definitely not let her off easily.]
[But where did Madam Mu get the nerve? The Si family is the richest family in Ye City after all. Does she really not take the Si family seriously?]
Wen Yan looked deeper into Madam Mu's background.
[So she really didn't care about the Si family. A year ago, she took the Little Bully to participate in a parenting variety show and met three other mothers with extraordinary backgrounds. One is the wife of a top tycoon from a wealthy family in Jingdu, one is the sister of a political bigwig, and the other is the goddaughter of the president of the Port City Chamber of Commerce.]
[Those three mothers, as well as their children, really liked the little prodigy Mu Hao. Over the past year, the four families gathered from time to time, and the Mu family obtained a lot of resources. Their current assets should be about to surpass the Si family. No wonder their son is getting more and more arrogant!]
Hearing this, Old Master Si was furious.
Even if the Mu family's current development momentum and network resources were stronger than the Si family's, they couldn't bully a member of the Si family like that!
Old Master Si looked at Si Youyou, who had her head lowered, his face full of heartache. "Youyou, why didn't you tell Grandpa when you were wronged?"
Although Si Youyou was sensitive and timid, she had been influenced by what she saw and heard since childhood, so she naturally knew how realistic and cruel this social circle was.
Those with a lower status than the Si family definitely wouldn't dare to offend her.
Those who dared to offend and hurt her must have something to rely on.
Telling her grandpa and eldest brother would only make them worry.
It couldn't be like in domineering CEO novels, where whoever made her unhappy would have their family go bankrupt!
That was all unrealistic.
The Mu family had strong momentum now; there was no need to offend them for her sake.
"Grandpa, I also slapped him in the face. I won't go to their house again in the future, so there shouldn't be any more interactions."
Old Master Si saw Si Moyan at the dining room door. He stood up and walked over to him. "Eldest, what do you think about the Mu family bullying your little sister?"
A sharp, cold glint flashed in Si Moyan's dark eyes. "I have something on the head of the Mu family. I will make him come over and apologize to Little Sister personally!"
...
The next evening.
Mu Guansen, the head of the Mu family, rushed back to the Mu family from abroad.
"Husband, you're back. In a couple of days, Sister Sun is bringing Xiyao to Ye City for a gathering with our family. You should come along. I heard Sister Sun's husband is going to invest in a major project in Ye City. When the time comes, I'll help you..."
Before Madam Mu could finish speaking, Mu Guansen interrupted her with a dark expression, "Did Hao Hao lift the skirt of the Si family's little girl yesterday?"
Madam Mu frowned, displeasure showing on her well-maintained face. "What, did the Si family complain to you? Hao Hao is only nine years old. What does he know? It's just a child's nature, being naughty and playful. She even slapped Hao Hao hard!"
Madam Mu crossed her arms over her chest and sneered coldly. "Old Master Si and Si Jinxiao publicly severed their relationship. The Si family's shares plummeted a while ago. Si Jinxiao set up his own company to compete with the Si family. The Si family is rotten from the inside out. Do they really still think they are the richest family in Ye City?"
Madam Mu now had three huge backers behind her, and she didn't take the Si family seriously at all.
"Husband, without Hao Hao, our Mu family wouldn't be where it is today. Don't break your own son's heart for the sake of outsiders!"
Mu Guansen's brows furrowed tightly. "I naturally know that Hao Hao is our family's lucky star, but out of all the skirts he could have lifted, he had to lift the Si family's. Although the Si family is not as good as our Mu family now, their strength cannot be underestimated. Especially after Si Moyan took over the Si family's company, his abilities and methods are no less than those of Old Master Si and Si Jinxiao. We can't afford to completely offend them right now."
Madam Mu glared at Mu Guansen in displeasure. "Then what? Don't tell me you want our Hao Hao to go apologize?"
If Mu Guansen didn't have something held against him by Si Moyan, he naturally wouldn't make his precious son apologize.
But if they didn't go apologize, Si Moyan would release his secret, and his wife would fight with him endlessly.
"Just let Hao Hao apologize this time. Once we surpass the Si family, we'll find a way to deal with them!"
After much persuasion from Mu Guansen, Madam Mu finally agreed.
When Mu Hao learned that he had to apologize, he cursed, kicked, and punched Madam Mu.
Madam Mu endured the pain and kept coaxing her little ancestor, but no amount of coaxing helped.
Ultimately, only Mu Guansen and Madam Mu could carry gifts and head to the Si family to apologize.
Wen Yan was a bit surprised that Madam Mu was willing to come over personally to apologize to Si Youyou.
She quickly checked the system.
[Ahahaha, Iceberg Si really has a trick up his sleeve. As expected of someone who served in the special forces, his reconnaissance skills are truly top-notch.]
[He actually managed to take pictures of Mu Guansen getting happy with a female dolphin at the animal brothel opened by Gu Beichen abroad. Freaking awesome.]
