IHWL – Chapter 87

Chapter 87: The Fall of the Mu Family (2)

As Mu Xiulun expected, the so-called big handle in Madam Mu’s mouth referred to the two Su sisters’ swapping.

    To be honest, Su Jishi’s plan to enter the entertainment industry in place of her sister was flawed in every way. Although the two sisters were identical, their personalities and habits were poles apart.

    If they switched identities —— for example, letting Su Jin replace Su Jishi to study PhD in geology —— it would definitely have been exposed within three days.

    But then, who made Su Jin an actress?

    In the entertainment industry, establishing a persona was particularly important. Countless celebrities had different faces in front and behind the camera. After Su Jishi became Su Jin, even if the staff she worked with noticed that she had changed a lot, they didn’t dig deeper into it.

    As for her fans, they didn’t realize that their Goddess had become a different person.

    If this major, major news were to be revealed, Su Jin’s reputation would definitely fall, and the sisters wouldn’t only face a sky-high breach of contract, but also the possibility of fraud charges from advertisers.

    How did Madam Mu discover this secret? ——

    It was that day she blocked Su Jishi at the cemetery, hoping to win Su Jishi over to her side, but instead received a sarcastic attack from Su Jishi. She couldn’t swallow her anger. The more she thought about it, the more she felt puzzled, so she sent someone to investigate Su Jin.

    The private detective started from the cemetery. He investigated the tombstones, but he did not find the tombstone signed by Su Jin. Instead, he discovered the names, Su Jishi and Su Jinqing. These two names made the private detective suspicious, so he followed the line of investigation —— There he found out that Su Jin, the hottest traffic actress in the entertainment industry, was actually a twin. The former Su Jin was the younger sister, and her sister now substituted her!!!

    It immediately dawned on the private detective that this big news was definitely worth thousands! Madam Mu only planned to spend a little money to send him away, but in the end, he abruptly increased the price. He blackmailed a large amount, and then patted his ass and immediately fled the country.

    That price hurt Madam Mu very much, but the thought of finally being able to threaten Mu Xiulun made her feel that it was worth the money!

    And today was the day she could raise her head for its fulfillment.

    She put the evidence in front of Mu Xiulun. The private detective did have some skills. He actually flew to the Northern Territory, secretly followed Su Su Jinqing and took a video of her. As for Su Jishi’s relevant information when she was studying in school along with her PhD extension application, he also collected them all together.

    “Ironclad evidence”, Madam Mu looked at Mu Xiulun smugly, thinking, ‘He has no other choice but to give in!!

    Mu Minde also saw the information, and gave his wife a reproachful look, thinking she was a bit nonsensical. But on second thought, if Mu Xiulun and Su Jin didn’t have feelings as deep as the ocean, he was afraid that Mu Xiulun wouldn’t be so easily manipulated.

    The couple’s burning eyes fell on him at the same time. It was as if they saw him volunteer to take on the scapegoat.

    Unfortunately, their calculations were all going to the drain.

    Mu Xiulun picked up the ironclad evidence from the table and slowly flipped through it one by one.

    In the photos, there was a girl wearing a camouflage uniform and leading tourists on a steamboat tour around the Crocodile River; there was also a picture of her, changing into a graduation toga and waiting on stage for the dean to pluck her tassel…

    The identical faces appeared at the same time. Mu Xiulun once couldn’t tell them apart. But now, he could easily identify the one he loved from the two.

    He looked at Su Jishi’s smiling face in the photo, slowly closed it, folded it, and stuffed it in his coat pocket.

    “This is indeed remarkable,” Mu Xiulun said indifferently, in a tone as if he was evaluating a tree or a blade of grass on the roadside. “If you had put this heart and soul into your careers, the Mu family wouldn’t have taken a crooked path and collapsed so easily.”

    His mockery was obvious. Madam Mu’s eyes shrank sharply, hearing the rejection beyond his words. “You!” Madam Mu snapped, “Don’t you care if your girlfriend lives or dies?”

    Mu Xiulun replied, “No, of course, I care.” He said breezily, “To be honest, I came here today to see if you feel any remorse, but it looks like the Mu family is rotten from the roots.”

    Originally, he also felt that Madam Mu was also a ‘victim’ in this marriage. Her husband not only cheated on her, but also took his illegitimate son back and raised him under her nose. All the resentment and bigotry she felt as a result was understandable.

    Therefore, for so many years, he had turned a blind eye to all her trials and provocations against him.

    However, he didn’t expect that Madam Mu had long been eroded by the Mu family. What she wanted to preserve was not her marriage, love, or family. She only had eyes on her own interests. She just wanted to push Mu Xiulun out as a scapegoat, and then keep the Mu family’s records clean for nothing, so that she would still be the high and powerful lady.

    It was just a pity that she underestimated Su Jishi’s weight in his heart.

    If she had not used Su Jishi’s matter as a threat, he would have left her a way out. Unfortunately…

    Mu Xiulun gave a wink to Gao Ling behind him.

    Gao Ling sighed inwardly and thought to himself, Madam Mu, you just provokek the most powerful one you can’t mess with. He could only mentally light a candle for Madam Mu.

    He took out a pile of documents from his briefcase, walked over to Madam Mu and handed them to her.

    Madam Mu did not take it, but slapped the table and scolded Mu Xiulun in a fury, “What do you mean? Bluffing?”

    Mu Xiulun coldly replied, “I am not bluffing. Look at this information before you talk.”

    Madam Mu frowned and glanced at it, but when she saw the paper’s content, she gasped in surprise and subconsciously tried to snatch the document.

    Her excessive reaction naturally attracted the attention of Mu Minde. He glanced at the document when he heard her exclamation. His brow tightly furrowed first, then his eyes flared open in anger. And in a split second, he snatched the document! Madam Mu wanted to stop him but failed. Mu Minde grabbed the document, quickly flipped the pages, and the more he turned, the more his hands shook!

    “You…You! Well done, ah, I’ve worked so hard for this family for so many years, and here you are doing this behind my back!!!” Mu Minde felt a twinge in his heart. He covered his chest where his heart was and gasped for breath.

    It turned out that what Gao Ling handed her was exactly an indictment —— Mu Xiulun, as an heir, sued Madam Mu for transferring nearly ten billion of marital property!

    According to the current law, regardless if Mu Xiulun was an adopted son, or an illegitimate son, he had the same inheritance rights as other legitimate children. Mu Xiulun had long known that Madam Mu was prone to stealing. If the lawsuit was successful, Madam Mu would not only have to return all the money, but also might face jail time.

    Mu Xiulun’s threat was laid out in the open —— If Madam Mu keeps Su Jin’s secret, then he would take this indictment back as well. If Madam Mu was determined to make a big deal out of Su Jin’s matter, then he could also just take her to court.

    When comparing the two, Madam Mu … was ultimately more concerned with her own interests.

    She swallowed bitterly, and cursed, “You little beast!!! I should have strangled you on the first day you entered the house!!!” But before she could finish speaking, Mu Minde swung his arm high and gave her a resounding slap!

    The relatives around them had long been frozen after watching such a big show. Seeing how Mu Minde raised his hand, it was his children who first reacted and pounced on him to persuade him to calm down.

     But how could Mu Minde calm down? The Mu family business was in turmoil. Their stock price had plummeted drastically, and many members of the family had been taken away by the police; yet his wife had secretly transferred their marital properties? How could he contain his anger?

    The relationship between the two was officially broken. Mu Xiulun watched the husband and wife tear each other. Where had their rich and powerful air gone? They were more like a shrew and scum in the marketplace!

    The more they fought, the happier Mu Xiulun was.

    He did not hide his festive mood. After all, he had waited for this day for a long, long time.

    Seeing the way he acted like a theater goer, his cheap brother (the legitimate son of Mu Minde and Madam Mu) flew into a rage and actually rushed toward him and tried to touch him. 

    “Mu Xiulun! Who the hell are you?!!! I’m telling you, if the Mu family is gone, you won’t get a single penny at all!”

    Mu Xiulun took a step back and side-stepped the man’s sloppy fist.

    “I think you’re mistaken about one thing.” Mu Xiulun raised his eyebrows. “From the first day I set foot in the Mu family, you and your mother have always been on guard against me, worried that I would take a penny from the Mu family —— but I’ve never wanted to take your money. I only wanted to…” The hatred in his eyes flashed, “… let you guys die.”

    “What?!!!” The crowd exclaimed.

    Seeing how stupid they were, Mu Xiulun sighed. “How can you still not understand that the person who disclosed that evidence on the Internet —— is none other than me?”

    His birth mother was a happy girl born in a small town. She went to the big city to work, but attracted Mu Minde’s fancy instead and gave birth to a son in pain. She intended to sue him, but was falsely accused by the powerful Mu Minde and sent to prison, where her soul was eventually broken. Mu Xiulun had never forgotten this blood debt for a single day.

    The next second his words fell, a loud noise suddenly erupted from the hall of the old Mu family mansion.

    Before the Mu family could react, the study door was slammed open, and a maid stumbled in, saying in terror, “E-Elder Master, Madam! Outside, there are a lot of police outside!!!!”

    Before the maid could finish her sentence, a number of police officers with loaded guns barged into the house. The lead officer was expressionless with an arrest warrant in hand.

    “Mu Minde, accordant with the evidence the police have, you are suspected of rape, murder and many other crimes. Do not resist, come with us.”

    ……

    The cold handcuffs took Mu Minde away.

    The others who remained in the study were like a group of terrified ants, an army in disarray.

    Mu Xiulun looked at the bunch of Mu family members who made him sick to his bones, and felt that the fire of revenge that was burning in his heart was finally extinguished.

    —— The Mu family really fell.

    “Let’s go.” He turned around and led Gao Ling away. “Let’s go back early. I still have work to finish.”

    Gao Ling was confused. He flipped through the planner in his hand and said, “But Boss Mu, you don’t have any work scheduled for tonight.”

    “It’s not work.” Mu Xiulun helplessly said, “I still have to go mine online. I promised Jishi to send her another 500 ores when she goes online.”

    Gao Ling: “…”