Chapter 21: The President
The game livestream was also linked to this one card, and changing it would require several days of approval.
Lin Mo sighed, took a shower, and went to bed.
“Forget it, I’ll deal with it tomorrow. Otherwise, I might just drop dead.”
She had livestreamed all night and only slept for three hours in the car during the day.
At this moment, she was utterly exhausted.
She turned off the lights and got into bed, pulling the covers over her head to shut out the world.
Her phone buzzed incessantly.
Qin Lian had called many times.
But Lin Mo had left her phone on the bathroom counter and hadn't heard a thing.
The atmosphere in the Lin household was suffocating.
“All right!” Qin Lian sat on the sofa, grinding her teeth. “How dare she not answer my calls?”
“The card’s frozen, yet she still manages to hold on.”
“Heh, I want to see just how long she can keep this up!”
Lin Wan frowned nearby, anxious.
Her spot wouldn’t just disappear, would it?
Although her brothers and parents had all sworn to guarantee it…
But now that Lin Mo had run away, what was she supposed to do?
“Mom, where is Mo Mo right now? She can’t have run into danger, can she?”
“Maybe I should apologize and ask her to come back first.”
“She’s just a girl; it’d be terrible if she ran into bad people…”
“Forget her!” Qin Lian didn’t want to go looking for her. “Hmph, I checked the bills today.”
“All fifty thousand in her account was spent on those two old country bumpkins.”
“Other expenses were all near A University. She’s probably already at school!”
The thought made Qin Lian furious.
She felt both heartache over the fifty thousand and anger that the spot hadn’t been given to her yet.
Fifty thousand! She had originally planned to use that money to buy a car for Wan Wan. A sure thing, and now it was wasted on those country folk.
And now Lin Mo had just run off on her own.
Qin Lian clutched her chest. “That ungrateful wretch—I should never have taken her back. Without us, how could she be where she is today?”
“Does she not think about who’s raised her?”
“Once the little money she has left runs out, she’ll come crawling back!”
Lin Wan felt miserable inside, deeply upset.
She wanted to urge her mother to give her the spot quickly but was afraid of causing family resentment.
So she could only suffer in silence.
Lin Qinglang spoke coldly nearby, “That fifty thousand was probably taken under Second Brother’s name, right?”
“Why else would they give her such a sum? Is she even worth it?”
“Hmph, you shouldn’t have let her take it. That money surely belongs to Second Brother.”
Qin Lian found this reasoning all too plausible.
Her heart ached even more.
Lin Hen happened to be at home and overheard this but didn’t know what to say.
Qin Lian snapped, “Second son, if it’s your money, why didn’t you say so earlier? Now it’s wasted.”
“No, I will make those two old fools return the money!”
Lin Hen said, “Mom, that money isn’t mine. It belongs to Lin Mo herself.”
Lin Wan frowned. “Second Brother seems to have changed his opinion of Mo Mo a lot, hasn’t he?”
She felt a sense of crisis. Now with Lin Mo’s attitude, even Second Brother was speaking up for her.
Could it be that one day all the brothers would come to care for Lin Mo?
If that happened, she might as well kill her.
She didn’t want to see such a day come…
Qin Lian didn’t believe Lin Hen. “Did she drug you or something? How can you defend her like this?”
“That’s fifty thousand! Our family is rich, but we don’t just throw money away like that.”
“That’s enough. I said it’s not my money!” Lin Hen clicked his tongue, feeling that his mother’s attitude toward Lin Mo was excessively unfair.
Feeling frustrated, he drove out for a spin.
His mind kept drifting back to Lin Mo.
As he thought, he took out his phone and tried to transfer five thousand to Lin Mo…
[Transfer failed: recipient is not your friend]
Lin Hen slammed on the brakes, frowning deeply.
He asked Lin Qinglang what was going on.
At home, Lin Qinglang checked and found that Lin Mo had deleted them all from her contacts.
“Heh, Lin Mo is quite something. Seems like she deleted all of us the moment she left yesterday?”
When Lin Mo woke up, sunlight poured over her, warm and gentle.
It was only 6:30 in the morning.
Summer days had early sunrises, and having gone to bed early, she was now so hungry her stomach was tying itself in knots.
“So hungry.”
Lin Mo changed into some clothes and was about to eat.
She picked up her phone and saw Qin Lian had called over ten times.
“Tch.”
Lin Mo ignored the calls completely.
Just as she was about to leave, her phone rang urgently.
It was Lu Mingzhu.
“Mo Mo, the boss is coming to the company for a meeting today. Remember to be there before 8 o’clock.”
“I’ll notify you whenever the boss comes from now on.”
Lin Mo rubbed her head, almost forgetting. “Sister Lu, I haven’t bought formal wear yet... should I get ready now?”
“Ah, it’s fine. You’re an assistant, so just wear regular clothes today,” Lu Mingzhu replied with a smile.
But one should know, as the top secretary in the department and someone quite authoritative in the company, she rarely showed such warmth to newcomers.
It was only because Lin Mo was personally assigned by the boss that she was so kind and attentive.
After breakfast, Lin Mo went to the company.
She wore a white dress, one of the few decent outfits in her wardrobe.
Everything else was school uniforms or t-shirts with sweatpants.
As she got off the bus, she smoothed her hair.
Her white dress was sweet and charming, her long black hair waist-length, making her slender waist look delicate enough to grasp with a hand.
Her legs were straight and fair.
On her feet were simple white sneakers…
She truly had no impressive attire.
“I’ll think about buying some new clothes after this month’s paycheck.”
“Stop right there. Please show your employee ID to swipe through.”
Lin Mo was stunned. “I’m a new employee and haven’t gotten my card yet. I’ll receive my badge today…”
“I’ll call to verify that you’re new.”
She dialed Lu Mingzhu.
But Lu Mingzhu was busy checking the conference room and didn’t see her phone.
“Beep.”
“Beep.”
“Beep.”
The situation grew increasingly awkward.
“If you’re not an employee, move aside and don’t block the way!” The security guard was harsh and impatient. “Stop pretending!”
“Today’s the day the president is coming. If some small fry sneaks in, it could cause serious trouble.”
“You look barely in your teens. How could you possibly be an employee here? Does your education even qualify? Ridiculous!”
“Next time if you try to sneak in, at least don’t wear such cheap street vendor clothes!”
The security guard’s words became more and more offensive.
Lin Mo bit her lip. “You…”
A hand gently tapped her shoulder.
“Excuse me, could you please step aside? The president is coming.”
The guard was startled, then roughly shoved Lin Mo aside. “Hurry up and get out of here!”
Lin Mo staggered a few steps and bumped into someone, who caught her waist.
A familiar woody scent wafted in. Her face paled, and she twisted her ankle on the steps.
Pain!
“Hiss…” Lin Mo gasped, probably spraining it.
The security guard looked on in horror. “Pr-President…”