Mu Hao was furious. He lifted his foot and kicked the piano hard.
As if that wasn't enough to vent his anger, he ruthlessly smashed the cup on the table onto the floor.
Madam Mu hurried over to hug him. "My good son, please don't smash things anymore. If Madam Sun and Xiyao see this later, it will ruin the new project your dad is trying to secure."
Mu Hao's eyes were full of hostility. Since he couldn't smash things, he unleashed a flurry of punches and kicks on Madam Mu instead.
Madam Mu didn't stop him. "Just don't hit Mommy's face."
Mu Hao kicked Madam Mu right in the stomach. Madam Mu frowned in pain, but even so, she continued to comfort him. "Baby, don't hurt your hands from hitting me. Mommy's heart will ache."
Madam Sun and Sun Xiyao were absolutely dumbfounded by the sight.
Wasn't Madam Mu spoiling Mu Hao a bit too much?
Mu Hao was punching and kicking her, yet she was worried about him hurting his hands?
Madam Sun's worldview was nearly shattered.
"Mom, when exactly will our family become the richest in the country? I don't want to be treated like a monkey in a zoo for Madam Sun and the others' amusement anymore."
"Every time they come, they make me perform. It's so damn annoying! And that Sun Xiyao, always asking me to teach her how to play the piano. She's so stupid, she never learns no matter how many times I teach her!"
Sun Xiyao's eyes instantly turned red from Mu Hao's scolding.
She had always thought that Mu Hao liked being friends with her and was teaching her willingly.
She never expected that he secretly thought she was incredibly stupid.
Seeing Sun Xiyao driven to tears by Mu Hao's insults, Madam Sun pulled her daughter into her arms, her face pale with anger.
Madam Mu, perhaps realizing Mu Hao's words were inappropriate, quickly covered his mouth. "Don't talk nonsense! If they hear you, we're finished."
Mu Hao looked completely irritable. "So annoying! If they didn't have money and power, I wouldn't compromise myself. When my dad becomes the richest man in the country, I'm going to make them perform for me every day!"
Madam Mu kissed Mu Hao's forehead. "Alright, alright. When that day comes, my baby can do whatever he wants."
Madam Sun felt completely sickened watching this. She had never imagined that the Mu family were such people!
She had always treated Mu Hao like her own son, only to realize her genuine affection had been thrown to the dogs.
"Mom, I never want to be friends with Mu Hao again!"
Madam Sun nodded. "From now on, our family will not give the Mu family any more projects."
Madam Sun walked up to Mu Ze. Upon learning that he was Madam Mu's adopted son, a trace of doubt appeared in her eyes.
At this moment, Wen Yan and the Si family walked in.
"Madam Sun, I assume you have quite a few doubts. Let me answer them for you one by one."
Wen Yan pulled Madam Sun aside and told her everything Madam Mu had done to Mu Ze.
Although it sounded somewhat bizarre, Madam Sun was an experienced wealthy lady who had seen much of the world. She quickly believed that it was Mu Hao who had stolen Mu Ze's luck.
Originally, those talents and skills all belonged to Mu Ze.
And Mu Hao was nothing but a shameless plunderer.
Wen Yan called Mu Ze over and rolled up his sleeves. Mu Ze's thin and frail arms were covered in black and blue bruises.
"Look, Madam Sun. Whenever Xiao Ze disobeys Madam Mu's wishes, she violently beats him!"
Madam Sun had always favored smart and talented children. Seeing the mottled bruises on Mu Ze's body, her heart ached terribly.
"Xiao Ze, has Madam Mu been treating you like this all these years?"
Mu Ze had already learned from Wen Yan that he had his own biological grandmother, that his biological mother hadn't abandoned him on purpose, and that he could live with his own relatives from now on.
He didn't want to be beaten anymore. He wanted to live with Grandma Chu.
"I always thought Mom... no, Madam Mu was doing it for my own good. I didn't expect that she made me learn things just so Mu Hao could steal them."
Madam Sun squatted down and asked Mu Ze a few questions, and Mu Ze answered all of them fluently.
Madam Sun patted Mu Ze's head and then said to Wen Yan, "Miss Wen, I will investigate this matter. If it is really as you said, and everything Mu Hao has was plundered from Mu Ze, I will not easily let the Mu family off!"
Wen Yan smiled and nodded. "Madam Sun has a keen eye and will surely see the truth."
Seeing that Madam Sun and Sun Xiyao hadn't returned to the private room for a long time, Madam Mu went out to look for them.
As a result, she saw Madam Sun and Sun Xiyao leaving in their car.
"Sister Sun, Xiyao, why are you leaving?"
Madam Sun gave Madam Mu a cold look and, without saying a word, simply told the driver to drive away.
Madam Mu felt a bit uneasy.
Could it be that her Hao Hao's failure to play the sonata had angered Madam Sun?
It was all Mu Ze's fault!
Madam Mu aggressively stormed into Mu Ze's private room.
However, she didn't see Mu Ze's figure.
That little brat dared to disobey her. Just wait until she caught him, she would teach him a lesson!
Madam Mu went out to look for Mu Ze and found him at the staircase.
"I told you to practice the piano properly, where the hell did you go?" Madam Mu grabbed Mu Ze by the ear.
Mu Ze's small face turned pale from the pain.
"Let him go!" A cold, stern reprimand rang out.
Madam Mu looked up and saw Si Youyou's family.
The one who had just scolded her was a stunningly beautiful woman.
Madam Mu didn't recognize the woman, but she seemed to have a high status in the Si family, surrounded by them like stars around the moon, walking right in the center.
Madam Mu was furious. "I'm disciplining my own son, what does it have to do with you?"
She didn't take the current Si family seriously at all.
Since Mu Ze dared to ruin her good plans, she was going to beat him hard.
Just as Madam Mu was grabbing Mu Ze's ear, trying to drag him away by force, two police officers in uniform approached.
"Madam Mu, we received a report that your family is illegally trafficking children, and that you have committed domestic violence against the child. Now we need to take you back for investigation!"
Madam Mu's eyes widened. "Who said I'm trafficking children? Besides, he's my own child, so what if I beat him? Weren't you educated by your parents when you were young?"
The police forcefully escorted Madam Mu into the police car.
Madam Mu was enraged. "Do you know who I am? Release me right now, or I'll make sure you lose your jobs—"
With a slam, the car door was shut, completely cutting off Madam Mu's clamoring.
Seeing Madam Mu being taken away, Mu Hao's eyes were filled with hostility, and he let out violent, panting roars.
"Mu Ze, it's all your fault, you little bastard! Why don't you just die?"
Mu Hao suddenly picked up a fork and fiercely thrust it toward Mu Ze's lower body.
Wen Yan and the others' expressions turned cold.
At such a young age, Mu Hao was so evil that it provoked the wrath of both men and gods.
"Xiao Ze, since he wants to stab you, there's no need to be polite to him," Wen Yan spoke up.
As soon as Mu Hao got close to Mu Ze, Mu Ze kicked him over.
When Mu Hao fell, the fork happened to stab into his own lower body.
"Ah—" Mu Hao wailed in agony.
Wen Yan's group ignored him and led Mu Ze away to their car.
...
Three days later.
Madam Mu was released on bail, and she was forced to hand over Mu Ze's household registration book and ID card to the Si family.
Mother Chu asked the Si family to act as Mu Ze's full representatives. The Si family proposed that Mu Ze must sever all ties with the Mu family, otherwise the two families would go to court.
Madam Mu had no choice but to agree.
Anyway, her Haohao had already stolen seventy to eighty percent of Mu Ze's luck.
As long as they could secure the support of Madam Sun, Madam Lu, and Madam Tang, the Mu family would be able to surpass the Si family and eventually plunge them into the abyss.
After leaving the police station, Madam Mu learned that Mu Hao had injured his private parts. She almost couldn't catch her breath and fainted on the spot.
She rushed to the hospital. Fortunately, Mu Hao had been brought to the doctor in time, and after treatment, the root of his manhood wasn't permanently damaged.
"Haohao, Madam Lu and Madam Tang will be coming over later. Even if you haven't recovered yet, you have to endure it and show them your true skills."
Mu Hao was so irritable he felt like killing someone.
"I'm already injured, and you still want me to perform like a trained monkey?"
"Baby, this is about your dad's new project. Just bear with it for a little while."
Madam Lu and Madam Tang had already heard about Mu Hao's situation from Madam Sun. They were starting to believe that such a smart child actually relied on plundering others' luck for his knowledge and talents.
Madam Mu pleaded and coaxed Mu Hao into meeting Madam Lu and Madam Tang.
"Haohao, quickly do a hip-hop dance," Madam Mu urged.
Mu Hao tried to dance, but his limbs were stiff, and his lower body was in excruciating pain. Before he could even do two moves, he gave himself away.
"Then show us some Taekwondo—"
Before Madam Mu could finish her sentence, Mu Hao impatiently swung a fist at her.
"Shut up! Making me perform this and that every day, it's so annoying! If you want a performance, do it yourself. My wee-wee hurts to death! If I can't marry a wife and have children in the future, leaving the Mu family without an heir, you will be the greatest sinner!"
Madam Lu and Madam Tang were dumbfounded.
They hadn't expected Mu Hao in private to actually be exactly as Madam Sun had described.
...
Si Moyan was recently attending a financial summit hosted in Ye City.
The attendees were all Ye City entrepreneurs, bosses of listed companies, and the like.
Mu Guansen was undoubtedly the most popular among these executives.
In recent years, the rapid development of the Mu Group was obvious to everyone. They all wanted to cooperate with the Mu family and get a piece of the pie.
Si Jingyi followed Si Moyan to attend this summit. When he greeted Mu Guansen, Mu Guansen completely ignored him.
Recently, because of Mu Ze's matter, the relationship between the Mu family and the Si family had become quite tense.
Many executives acted on the rumors; some sided with the Mu family, while others sided with the Si family.
The summit venue seemed to be divided into two factions.
"The richest man in Ye City is probably going to change hands soon."
"Now the Mu family has the backing of the Sun family and the Lu family from Jingdu, as well as the Tang family from Gangcheng. Their business has expanded to Jingdu and Gangcheng. How can the Si family possibly compare?"
"I didn't expect the Mu family's momentum to be so fierce. I heard it's all thanks to President Mu's genius son."
"President Mu is truly blessed."
Hearing the compliments, Mu Guansen's face was full of smiles.
His wife had taken Haohao to meet Madam Lu and Madam Tang. To back up their Mu family, the Lu and Tang families would even send their assistants over later to personally hand him the contracts for the new projects.
As long as the new projects were signed, the Mu family could surpass the Si family and become the richest family in Ye City.
Seeing Mu Guansen looking down his nose at him, Si Jingyi was furious.
"Big brother, will the Lu and Tang families really send people over to back the Mu family later?"
Si Moyan pressed his thin lips tightly together. Just as he was about to say something, the assistants of the Lu and Tang families walked in.
They held the contracts for the latest projects in Jingdu and Gangcheng in their hands.
Mu Guansen walked toward them with a face full of smiles. However, they made a move that Mu Guansen completely did not expect—
