Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

Chapter 1479: Chapter 1479: Silent Melancholy

Liu Ming’s father was still trying to defend his son, but he was unexpectedly glared at by Ming Yue Xin, who retorted, ”No guts? It’s written in black and white, crystal clear.

If the evidence wasn’t solid, how dare I even speak of it? Don’t say you can’t believe it—I can’t believe it either.

That our Ming family could produce such an ungrateful wretch.”

The more Ming Yue Xin spoke, the more agitated she became. She waved her hand and scolded, ”I’m doing well now and wanted to help everyone live better, but you can’t treat me like this. Work hard and climb the ladder— is making money that difficult? Do you have to resort to such underhanded means to get rich? Isn’t the money Liu Ming embezzled also mine? What kind of people are you, teaming up with outsiders to turn against me, your benefactor?”

Ming Yue Xin and all the women of the Ye family never really considered themselves benefactors.

They simply believed that since they were doing well, they should lend a hand to friends and relatives. Who wouldn’t want to live a stable and good life?

But... as Ming Yue Xin spoke, she suddenly became heartbroken.

Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. Professor Ming, who watched this, felt very pained. He became even angrier, which was why he hadn’t spoken up earlier.

Every parent dotes on their child. What Liu Ming had done was essentially undermine his sister.

The Ming family relatives suddenly fell silent, fearing that if they continued, Ming Yue Xin might get too upset and cut off their financial lifelines.

Some of them, like Liu Ming, worked in the Ye family’s businesses, while others ran small businesses that relied on the Ye family’s enterprises.

If Ming Yue Xin got angry and distanced herself from them, many would suffer.

Ming Yue Xin sat down abruptly, her pretty face cold as frost, her chest heaving.

A younger child quickly brought over a cup of water, placed it in front of her, and cautiously advised, ”Sis, drink some water, don’t get too angry.”

After a moment of silence, Ming Yue Xin’s emotions eased a bit. She looked at the relatives and elders who were now quiet and had various expressions on their faces and said, ”I came back today to tell you all this: Making money is fine; I won’t stop you. It’s better if everyone prospers. I won’t hold Liu Ming’s actions against you all, but from now on, everyone must behave properly. If something like this happens again, I won’t intervene.”

Hearing that she had left some room for maneuver, Liu Ming’s parents quickly seized the opportunity and asked, ”Yue Xin, no matter how many mistakes there are, they’re all Liu Ming’s. We apologize to you on his behalf. But you know he’s still young and has never been very mature. Maybe he just lost his head this time and made a mistake. So... ”

At this point, they glanced at the surrounding relatives, their eyes filled with pleading, and continued, ”Please help him. If you don’t help him, no one else will.”

As they spoke, they were about to kneel on the ground. Ming Yue Xin quickly turned away, and someone nearby held them back.

”I said it already: whoever makes a mistake must bear the consequences. I came back and said all this because I don’t want Liu Ming’s actions to affect your futures. I can guarantee the future for the others, but for Liu Ming... he did something wrong, and it can be forgiven, but he must face the consequences!”

With these words, Liu Ming’s parents felt their hopes sink to the bottom of their hearts, but Ming Yue Xin didn’t care. She sighed inwardly and continued, ”Ye Fei is already handling this matter. He is also very shocked and angry. I can’t interfere or ask about it. I just hope Liu Ming can accept his punishment and turn over a new leaf.”

Having said this much, Ming Yue Xin knew she had been harsh in her words. But she had been so upset by her relatives that she had spoken without thinking.

The Ming family relatives no longer dared to speak nonsense as they had before, fearing that if they continued to provoke Ming Yue Xin, they might lose their livelihoods. At this moment, Liu Ming’s parents were left isolated and helpless.

Ming Yue Xin didn’t stay at home for long and hurried back to Ye City overnight. As for what her relatives said behind her back, she didn’t want to think about it or care.

At this point, she had come to understand the meaning of the saying, ”A peck of rice makes a benefactor, but a bushel makes an enemy.”

But... they were still family. No matter how angry Ming Yue Xin was, she would eventually let it go. She decided to forget the unpleasantness.

If everyone behaved well in the future, then everything would be as usual. If they continued to escalate the situation, then it wouldn’t be her fault.

On Ye Fei’s side, he was walking alone on the street, aimlessly. Ye Fei suddenly felt a sense of emptiness, unable to muster the energy to do anything. Normally, with his personality, he wouldn’t be affected by something like this.

But Ye Fei was indeed affected. It was a hard-to-describe feeling. Ye Fei always thought of himself as a good person, at least decent to his people.

But Liu Ming had disappointed him. When he got to the hospital and saw Sun Qian, as well as the undisguised hatred from her boyfriend, Ye Fei, he suddenly felt a lump in his throat.

Why did this have to happen? Ye Fei asked himself. How could he save someone who had been ruined?

After dealing with Liu Ming, would the ”innocent girl” feel avenged? But how could the evil of that night be erased?

So he still felt a lump in his chest, and even a sense of savagery welled up inside him. This feeling was not unfamiliar.

It had been appearing from time to time these days. He hadn’t paid much attention to it then, and he didn’t pay much attention to it now, thinking it was just because he had been provoked by today’s events.

Feeling a bit thirsty, Ye Fei bought a bottle of ice water and drank it all in one go. From his throat to his stomach, everything instantly turned icy cold. Ye Fei exhaled a breath of cold air, threw the bottle into the trash can, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled again, feeling much more comfortable with this cool sensation.

Squinting his eyes, he simply squatted and sat on the roadside bricks. At this moment, he looked like an ordinary person, perhaps dissatisfied with work or confused about relationships. Anyway, like everyone else, he sat by the roadside, and passers-by didn’t pay much attention to him.

Ye Fei sat there for over an hour, barely moving, not even turning his head much. Cars and people came and went beside him.

During this time, many people passed by Ye Fei and then went their separate ways. They might have known of Ye Fei, the famous ”King of the Southeast,” but they wouldn’t have thought that the renowned Ye Fei was the man sitting by the roadside.

”An elder? Sure, Fourth Uncle, you have a daughter too. If your daughter was raped, could you still speak like this? I don’t think so. You wouldn’t know the pain unless it happened to you!” Ming Yue Xin was furious. Ye Fei had told her about the matter first, letting her handle it herself. If it were up to Ye Fei to deal with it, things would be beyond salvage. Yet, these relatives still didn’t know how to behave properly.

Fourth Uncle’s blood pressure shot up immediately after Ming Yue Xin’s words. He was speechless for a long time.

Ming Yue Xin then looked at Liu Ming’s parents and said, ”You probably don’t know this, but not only did Liu Ming commit this evil deed, but shortly after he was promoted to vice president of the company through trickery, he had already embezzled over three million. Haha.”