"!!!" Yang Qingxi immediately stiffened.

Then she hurriedly spoke:

"Didn’t he already explain things clearly? There’s no such relationship between us."

"Heh." Yang Qingyun sneered lightly. "Do you think I’d actually believe that nonsense?"

Yang Qingxi froze slightly.

Meanwhile, Yang Qingyun continued calmly:

"I was simply enjoying myself watching that boy desperately struggle to invent excuses."

"And your little secret signals weren’t exactly subtle either."

Her lips curled upward.

"Do you think I’m blind?"

"...."

Yang Qingxi instantly became speechless.

So, her mother had already seen through everything from the beginning?

Yang Qingyun lightly sighed.

"I could tell he had no ill intentions toward you."

"Or towards our family."

"That’s why I played along."

Honestly, watching Su Mo continuously improvise his ridiculous, mysterious master story had been extremely entertaining.

Especially his fake profound expressions, the dramatic sighs. His "hidden expert" act.

Yang Qingyun almost laughed several times.

Still, amusement was amusement.

Now she genuinely wanted answers.

Her expression gradually became serious again.

"So, enough games."

"Tell me the truth."

"I want to know everything."

"Do you understand?"

Yang Qingxi remained silent for several seconds.

"...Alright."

She softly sighed.

As expected, this was still her mother. Nothing escaped her eyes.

The earlier playfulness had merely been one of her quirks.

In reality, her instincts remained terrifyingly sharp.

Soon, Yang Qingxi remembered something Su Mo had told her previously.

’There’s no need to hide certain things from your parents.’

At that time, Su Mo said it casually based on his understanding of the original story and the Yang Family’s deep familial bonds.

Meanwhile, Yang Qingxi herself always knew his words were correct.

She had simply felt it was unnecessary to drag them into dangerous matters involving destiny, protagonists, and systems.

However, she can’t escape the fact that the moment her brother became a villain, she became the "Villainess".

Her family was already involved in this struggle of destinies.

Staying ignorant might actually become more dangerous for them now.

Yang Qingxi slowly closed her eyes briefly.

Then, her gaze gradually became firm.

She had made her decision.

No more excuses. No more hiding.

She would reveal all the ’truth’ to her mother.

***

Su Mo had absolutely no idea that all his dramatic explanations and clumsy excuses were as transparent as distilled water before Mother Yang’s sharp eyes.

At this very moment, he was still secretly feeling proud of himself.

’My acting today was flawless. As expected of me.’

Completely unaware that Yang Qingyun had already mentally labeled him as "Suspicious but Harmless."

Meanwhile, after leaving the Yang Estate together with Li Mei, Su Mo directly drove toward his company.

Ankang Biotech.

CEO’s Office.

Inside the spacious office, Leng Shuang sat calmly behind her desk.

Wearing a clean white office suit together with silver-framed glasses, her cold and capable aura perfectly matched the professional environment around her.

However, the woman sitting opposite her completely destroyed the office atmosphere. The contrast was honestly painful to look at.

"I really didn’t expect you to arrive this quickly, Qian Lian."

Leng Shuang adjusted her glasses slightly while looking at the woman sprawled lazily across the sofa.

"How did Miss Homebody suddenly decide to crawl out of her nest?"

"And even travel thousands of miles for it."

The contrast between the two women was honestly ridiculous.

Leng Shuang sat upright behind the office desk in a clean white office suit, her silver-framed glasses giving off a capable elite aura.

Meanwhile, Qian Lian looked like she had barely survived society.

Her hair was messy and uncombed. Heavy dark circles surrounded her eyes.

Her pale face clearly showed the consequences of someone who had not seen proper sunlight in months.

Even the faint scent around her carried traces of vitamin tablets and energy drinks.

At this moment, she hugged a milkshake cup while drinking from it weakly, like a dying patient.

After hearing Leng Shuang’s teasing, Qian Lian slowly raised her head.

Then she yawned tiredly.

"You still have the mood to joke..."

Her voice sounded aggrieved.

"Do you even know what I suffered through to get here?"

Leng Shuang raised a brow slightly.

"...What happened? Did you run into trouble?"

"Trouble?" Qian Lian’s expression instantly became emotional.

"It was hell."

She sat upright immediately and began counting on her fingers.

"I got lost six times, was scammed, robbed, and I almost missed my flight."

The more she spoke, the more wronged she looked.

Meanwhile, Leng Shuang silently listened.

Honestly... that level of bad luck almost sounded impressive.

"So how did you solve it?" she finally asked, "Did you call the police?"

"Police?" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Qian Lian blinked innocently. Then shook her head.

"No."

"I hacked the city surveillance system to find my way."

Leng Shuang: "..."

Qian Lian continued naturally:

"The taxi driver who scammed me had three hidden bank accounts, two fake IDs and a mistress in another city."

"So I emptied all his money."

"Let’s see if he dares scam cute girls again in the future."

Leng Shuang silently pressed her forehead.

Meanwhile, Qian Lian looked completely justified.

"As for the robber..." She sipped her milkshake calmly. "I emptied his account, too."

"Then I traced the location of his gang’s hideout and anonymously sent all the information to the security department."

"Oh, right."

"I also emptied the gang’s accounts."

"..."

Leng Shuang’s lips twitched slightly.

There were honestly too many things wrong here.

Especially the "getting lost" part.

Couldn’t this woman simply open a GPS like a normal person?

Then again—

After knowing Qian Lian for years, Leng Shuang understood something clearly.

For Qian Lian, hacking a city’s security network was mentally easier than properly using a navigation app.

At this point, common sense no longer applied to her.

Meanwhile, Qian Lian still looked aggrieved.

"And because I spent too much time handling those idiots..."

She slowly lowered her milkshake cup.

"I almost missed my flight."

Leng Shuang nodded slightly. "That part sounds normal, at least. Did you buy another ticket?"

Then, Qian Lian calmly added:

"So I hacked the airport command center and delayed the departure by twenty minutes."