Chapter 4: The overbearing patriarch fell in love with me

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　　Shortly after Mo Yitao left, Mo Tiangao and Chen Cuiwei came to pick him up.
　　Seeing Mo Tiangao, He Yan had to say that Mo Lanyu perfectly inherited all the genetic advantages of her parents and avoided all shortcomings. Mo Tiangao's appearance is ordinary, flat nose and sloping eyebrows*. At first glance, there is a kind of wretchedness. From top to bottom, the only thing that you can look past is his height, this is the only point that makes him and Mo Lanyu resemble father and daughter.

*八字眉: eyebrows that look like "八"

　　The hospital is not far from where Mo Qi lives, it took less than ten minutes to get home. During that time, Chen Cuiwei kept on asking about He Yan's physical condition with concern, and Mo Tiangao also followed with a few words of concern.
　　Mo Qi’s character is introverted, he stayed in Mo Tiangao’s house for three years and didn’t get close to them. He Yan is all the more lazy to have small talk with this pair of husband and wife harbouring evil intentions, he perfunctorily grunted in affirmation a few times.
　　Seeing this, Mo Lanyu told He Yan: "Little Qi, this is your wrongdoing. Mom is an elder, when elders care about you, you should listen well. It's rude not to answer. Besides, your character is so withdrawn, you will definitely be rejected when you enter society in the future.”
　　He Yan ignored her and said "bullshit" in his heart. The inheritance that Mo father left behind, Mo Qi won't be able to spend it all in ten lifetimes. Without your blood sucking family, the original host could've comfortably lived the life of a great young master long ago, enter what damn society.
        Mo Lanyu looked at He Yan who didn't listen to the advice and couldn't help but frown. Towards this cousin, her perception of him has always been very complicated. Although she is very sympathetic of Mo Qi being sickly, she also really disdain his gloomy and unsociable personality. Don't know how many times she already told Mo Qi to hopefully change his temper, but Mo Qi never once listened to her.
　　The car is parked in front of a small detached villa.
　　This villa is the residence of Mo Qi and his parents. When Mo father died, Mo Tiangao's family moved in to take care of Mo Qi because Mo Qi didn't want to live at Mo Tiangao's home.
　　After entering the door, He Yan was too lazy to say anything and went straight up to his room.
　　Chen Cuiwei sat on the sofa, the smile on her face disappeared cleanly as she muttered agrily: "Little white-eyed wolf*!"

*thankless wretch

　　Mo Lanyu frowned after hearing it but said nothing in the end.
　　Although there's no major fault, but in these past four years, she really felt that Mo Qi is a bit too selfish. No need to mention how Chen Cuiwei personally cooked for Mo Qi and picked him up to and from school everyday over the years, as long as something happened to Mo Qi, Mo Tiangao and Chen Cuiwei will busily take care of him back and forth, sometimes they aren't even able to care of themselves, but Mo Qi doesn't know how to be grateful and won't even say a word of thanks. Furthermore, he only let them live in two small rooms on the first floor until now.

　　On the second floor, there is a master bedroom, a second bedroom and a large guest room, their whole family can definitely live there. It's not like her mother never mentioned that she wants to move to the second floor, but Mo Qi refused to let Mo father and Mo mother's former bedroom to be used by others and repeatedly rejected them with this reason.
　　All these made her relentlessly disappointed with Mo Qi.

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        At night.
　　When the door was knocked, He Yan was rummaging through the closet. When it comes to clothing, Mo Tiangao and his wife didn’t let Mo Qi lack anything. After all, the cost of clothing, food, shelter and transportation was all deducted from his own credit card. Although the clothes in the closet aren't luxury items, but it's also from famous big brands. The texture is very good and the style is also very novel. Hearing the knock on the door, He Yan randomly picked a white long-sleeved shirt with black and white diamond pattern on the hem and threw it on the bed.
　　Mo Lanyu came in with a glass of milk.
　　He Yan looked at Mo Lanyu's white long-sleeved shirt with a familiar diamond pattern on the hem and he became silent for a while.
　　He almost forgot, his credit card is still in the hands of Chen Cuiwei. Whenever his good aunt bought clothes for him, she will always "conveniently" use his credit card to buy a bunch of clothes for Mo Lanyu. The original host was raised innocently and weakly, he never raised any objections to Chen Cuiwei's behaviour.
　　Mo Qi’s character has always been dull, Mo Lanyu also didn't care about his silence. What's more, she still has some words to ask Mo Qi. She placed the milk on the desk and walked to the bedside to sit beside him. She turned her head sideways and gave a gentle smile to the boy, softly asking: "Little Qi, how is your body?"
　　Not good, really not good.
　　He Yan sneered in his heart.
　　He is a person with a strong sense of territoriality. Chen Cuiwei's act of taking Mo Qi's —— now his money, to buy Mo Lanyu and him the same clothes made him feel extremely disgusted.
　　And...from the looks of it now, Mo Lanyu can live in Mo Qi's house and wear clothes bought using his money with a complete peace of mind*, I am afraid that she isn't as pure and kind as she usually shows.

*feel at ease and justified; have no qualms of conscience

　　He Yan isn't the original idiotic host who will say he's fine when he isn't. In fact, when he's unhappy, he usually wants others to be unhappy too, especially if other person is also the culprit who made him unhappy. So with a weak face, he spat out one word: "Unwell."
　　Mo Lanyu blanked for a while.
　　What happened? Mo Qi wasn't like this before. He has always been very trouble-free. Even when he's hospitalized, he will say that he's very well and won't let the elders worry, this can be counted as one of his few good points.
　　Is the illness very serious this time?
　　Although her senses tells her that she should now leave to let Mo Qi take a proper rest, but her heart is already fully occupied by the tall figure of a man. After a bit of hesitation, she decided to disturb Mo Qi for a while.
　　Although Mo Yitao is the head of the Mo family, he isn't very close to other Mo family members except for the main family. For Mo Yitao to visit Mo Qi for two consecutive days, it's very rare. While envious of Mo Qi, she also had some hidden expectations in her heart.
　　Mo Qi and Mo Yitao never met each other before, could it be that because of her, Mo Yitao showed a different kind of attention towards her cousin?
　　Although that kind of possibility is almost impossible, but once hope is rooted in the heart, it's difficult to crush.
　　"Little Qi, do you still remember that big brother who came to see you today?" Mo Lanyu raised a warm smile again.
　　"......" Big brother. He Yan really felt that with Mo Yitao's age, he can be his uncle.
　　He nodded.
　　"That big brother said something to you," Mo Lanyu smiled more tenderly: "Can you tell big sister?"
　　When she walked out of the hospital, she began to regret it. This Xiao Di always relied on Mo Yitao to abuse his power and bully others. In those years, some of the Mo family members that gave Mo Yitao difficulties were all made almost completely bankrupted. When they went to Mo Yitao to beg for peace, Mo Yitao himself didn't say anything. His assistant, Xiao Di, cursed and berated them, extremely unforgiving. This isn't her first day knowing what kind of person Xiao Di is, why impulsively leave because of a moment of anger and loose the opportunity to talk to Mo Yitao.
　　"Well, he said..." He Yan slowly opened his mouth.
　　Mo Lanyu's eyes brightened and she looked at him with anticipation.
　　He Yan kept a calm look: "....I should pay attention to my body."
　　Right, these words are always said when visiting the sick... Mo Lanyu asked again, "Did he say anything else?"
　　He Yan shook his head.
　　The smile on Mo Lanyu's face became a little stiff.
　　She's really somewhat disappointed, did Mo Yitao really not mention her?
　　Then again, that man already made a name for himself, she is still a little girl in his eyes.
　　However, she is confident. The previous loss in the stock market was intentionally misled by someone. This lesson has also served as a reminder. Next, she will not prepare to step into the muddy waters of stock market again, she will prepare do to business instead, starting with information technology. The information industry is Mo's main field of business, if she can make some achievements in this area, it will definitely make Mo Yitao see her in a new light.
　　Now she just need a start-up capital to be given to her, she believes that she can make a beautiful turnaround in two years.
　　But forget about what start-up capital for now, her family's debt is still unpaid. Mo Lanyu is a little anxious.
　　Thinking up to this point, Mo Lanyu’s heart moved, she heared from her parents that Mo Qi's parents left him a huge amount of property when they passed away. Can she borrow some money from Mo Qi first....Mo Lanyu looked thoughtfully at the boy sitting quietly on the bed. The boy also coincidently lifted his head and looked her. They sullenly stared at each other for a brief moment. Her heart couldn't help but jumped and she forced down the thoughts in her heart.
　　Forget it, seeing the degree of importance Mo Qi attached to his parents, he definitely won't agree to lend her the properties that his parents left behind. Moreover... she doesn't know how long Mo Yitao's attention to Mo Qi will last. If Mo Yitao found out that she borrowed money from her cousin, that man will definitely think that she wants to covet Mo Qi's inheritance. She isn't that kind of person, nor does she want that man to develop such misunderstandings about her.
　　"Okay, won't bother you anymore, quickly rest." Disappointed in her heart, Mo Lanyu patted the boy's thin shoulder. "Remember to drink the milk before going to bed."
　　After the door closed, He Yan did not hesitate to take off the shirt that was patted by Mo Lanyu, throwing it into the trash can with the diamond patterned long-sleeved shirt. God knows how much effort he just used to control himself from taking away Mo Lanyu's hand.
　　He then looked at the cup of steaming milk and chuckled.
　　Mo Qi had the habit of drinking milk before going to bed. After Chen Cuiwei found out, she intentionally asked Mo Lanyu to give him a cup of hot milk every night. The drug that cause blindness is also mixed into this milk every day.

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　　He took the milk to the bathroom and poured it down toilet. He Yan who is left with only a pair of small white undershorts wrapped himself up in the quilt and slept.

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         Mo Yitao came over when they were having breakfast.

　　After being mocked by Xiao Di yesterday, Chen Cuiwei is much more honest. At least the breakfast is normal, even a few light dishes were added to take care of his body (Mo Qi).

　　After Mo Yitao entered the door, all three people except He Yan were very surprised at the table. Especially Mo Lanyu, her mood went up and down because of this man yesterday. After returning her room, it was difficult to fall asleep in the middle of the night. Today, Mo Yitao suddenly came to visit, her heart was filled with a burst of joy — She just knew it, it's not that Mo Yitao had no feelings for her.

　　Mother once said to her, looking at the whole Mo family, only her looks and talents can match Mo Yitao.

　　Her eyes swept over the man's tall body and the handsome and sharp eyebrows. To conceal the excitement in her heart, she only revealed a bright smile to the man. However, Mo Yitao’s gaze only faintly swept over her and didn't linger.

　　Chen Cuiwei and Mo Tiangao have ghosts in their hearts*, Mo Yitao's appearance is far more shocking to them. While Mo Lanyu who is muddled* by love is more calm.

*ulterior motives/guilty conscience

*to be muddled in the brain (idiom); excited and unable to act rationally

　　Mo Tiangao, as the head of the family*, first got up and asked Mo Yitao to sit down after the surprise passed. "How did Mr. Mo have time to come over?" He spoke slowly and because of the smile on his face, the corners of his eyes stiffened and squeezed out a few wrinkles.

*He's the head of his own family branch.

           Mo Yitao didn't bother with being roundabout since long ago, or it should be said that he doesn't have much patience when it came to this pair of husband and wife that gave off bad feelings. He faintly nodded and went straight to the point, "I came to pick up Mo Qi to return to the old house and stay for a while."

　　"What?" Mo Lanyu couldn't help but shout, she was swept away by heavy disappointment and grievance. Mo Qi, why is it Mo Qi again? That cousin of her's who is only skin and bone with a malnourished look, just which part of him can attract Mo Yitao's gaze more than her?

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