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Chapter 460: Chapter 458: Was it Them Who Acted?
Lu Zhaozhao, Xu Zhenzhen, and Wen Qingyu almost simultaneously stopped what they were doing.
Seeing that it was Xiao Mo who had pressed the button, Xu Zhenzhen lifted her leg and kicked at his armpit before following Lu Zhaozhao and Wen Qingyu out.
They seemed to be in a panic and accidentally dropped something.
But they were running too hastily, and no one noticed.
On the contrary, it was the sharp-eyed Song Keren who noticed, and she, while painfully covering her face, crawled over to pick up the item from the ground.
It was a photograph, and the person in it was Xiao Mo.
Song Keren furiously threw the photograph at Xiao Mo’s face, "It’s all your fault! If it weren’t for you, these people wouldn’t have come to our house, and I wouldn’t have had to take this beating because of you!"
"..."
Xiao Mo picked up the photograph Song Keren had thrown at him and glanced at it, his brow instantly furrowing.
Seeing him not speaking, Song Keren grew even more infuriated, gritting her teeth, "What exactly have you done? You’ve nearly got mom and me killed! And what’s with the bodyguards at home? Why is there not a single one around?"
Xiao Jinglan also seemed to notice something was off. She slowly sat up and leaned on the sofa.
Due to the withdrawal reaction from the poisoned cubilose earlier, her health had become very, very poor. Had those people not stopped when they did, she would likely have died here.
"Xiao Mo, why aren’t the bodyguards around today?" Xiao Jinglan asked in a weak voice, reverberating in the room.
Both her and Song Keren’s gazes almost simultaneously turned toward Xiao Mo.
He had quite a few enemies within the Song Group, and so the villa was usually guarded by bodyguards. The absence of the bodyguards today, under these circumstances, was very strange.
Xiao Mo’s expression darkened, "Recently, some of the security company’s major clients have been encountering some trouble. They requested additional security personnel, and so the company was under some strain, which is why I reassigned all the bodyguards."
But he hadn’t expected that his family would be targeted because of this.
Thinking of this, Xiao Mo couldn’t help but clench his teeth, "This definitely has been orchestrated by someone behind the scenes. I will not let them off easily!"
Song Keren was crying, snot and tears mixed together as she glared at Xiao Mo, "What good does it do if you don’t let them off? We’ve already been beaten up! And they’ve all run away. Where will you find them?"
Xiao Mo shot a cold glance at Song Keren, shook the photograph in his hand at the two of them, "With this photo, we will be able to find them."
Hearing Xiao Mo say this, Xiao Jinglan immediately felt a little relieved. If he was so certain, then there must be a way.
Her gaze fixed steadily on Xiao Mo, she asked word by word, "What clue exists in this photo?"
To her, it seemed like a very ordinary photograph.
At most, she could tell that the photograph was taken secretly.
Xiao Mo pointed at a specific part of the photo with his hand, "Don’t you find the background of this photo familiar?"
Xiao Jinglan and Song Keren almost simultaneously looked over, scrutinizing the background of the photo closely, but they couldn’t figure out what was familiar about it.
Song Keren was even more resigned as she muttered, "If you already know, can’t you just say it straight out? At this time, why are you still playing coy?"
The more she spoke, the angrier she became, wishing she could just point at Xiao Mo’s nose and curse him outright.
Why did she have such rotten luck? Why did it have to be today that they came to the house?
She would avoid a beating if she could just miss a day!
But how would Song Keren know that it was precisely because they had seen her return to Xiao Mo’s house that they decided to act?
Xiao Jinglan raised her hand to pat Song Keren, trying her best to soothe his emotions as she said, "Keren, let him explain slowly."
Though she also wanted to know as quickly as possible, at this point, they had no choice but to listen to him take his time.
She understood this child, Xiao Mo.
Having just been brutally beaten, his emotions weren’t much better now.
If Song Keren continued to make a scene, Xiao Mo might do something irrational, and they would be the ones to suffer the consequences.
With that in mind, Xiao Jinglan gave Song Keren a look, and he finally quieted down.
Xiao Mo’s complexion finally began to improve, and he slowly began to speak, "This photo was taken at the hospital, not long after you were admitted."
When he said this, his gaze was on Xiao Jinglan, attempting to jog his memory of the event.
Xiao Jinglan clearly paused, her eyes returning to the photo before realizing that the background wall was indeed from a hospital.
The more she looked, the more familiar it seemed, until suddenly, as if remembering something, she declared decisively, "This is Feng Jiyue’s hospital room! Only the wards on this floor have this decoration."
The only people who could have taken a photo of Xiao Mo from this angle were Feng Jiyue and Hao Li.
Thinking of this, Xiao Jinglan bit her teeth in anger, "So it was them who did this? I’ll make sure these two pay with their lives!"
Having already had the experience of dealing with Xia Wenjin’s death abroad, she now felt confident and fearless.
Xiao Mo, sitting beside her, shook his head, "Don’t be rash."
"Why shouldn’t I be?" Xiao Jinglan’s face contorted with hatred, "They’ve already tried to have us killed, should we just sit back and wait for death?" Ever since she learned of her impending death, she carried an air of defiance that bowed to no one.
Anyone who dared mess with her, she’d make sure they paid dearly, especially since she didn’t have long to live anyway.
Xiao Jinglan didn’t care in the least—she was more than willing to take a few others down with her when her time came.
Especially those despicable people trying to seize her son’s business—she wouldn’t spare a single one!
Let alone those who had schemed against them!
With a bit of a headache, Xiao Mo pressed his temples, "Wait until the matter of Xia Wenjin’s disappearance is fully blown over. After that, you can do as you please, but not now."
The police were still investigating Xia Wenjin’s disappearance, and if Xiao Jinglan acted rashly now, it could very well expose their involvement with Xia Wenjin, backfiring on themselves.
As long as they safely got through Xia Wenjin’s disappearance, Xiao Jinglan could deal with Feng family’s people any way she wanted.
He didn’t mind at all.
Although Xiao Jinglan disagreed with Xiao Mo’s suggestion, to avoid exposing themselves over Xia Wenjin, she reluctantly nodded in agreement.
Song Keren, who had been listening on the side, seemed to pick up on something. Her eyebrows shot up and she said almost incredulously, "The disappearance of Xia Wenjin wouldn’t have anything to do with you two, would it?"
If she remembered correctly, Xiao Mo had recently been making public statements through various media outlets, asking for help from all parties to find Xia Wenjin.
His Mr. Nice Guy act at that time had seemed quite comedic to her.
Those unaware might even think their relationship was full of love.
