The Rich Family's Melon King Only Wants to Eat Melon, but Her Thoughts Are Heard Ch. 9

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This morning, Zhang Xiufeng showed up again and told her she had stayed at a hotel last night. As for who she was with, Mo Xiaoyun had no idea.

At that moment, Zhang Xiufeng still didn't know her future son-in-law had come out of the closet.

"Zhengtian, why–why aren't you eating?" Zhang Xiufeng asked, forcing a calm tone as she picked up a dumpling and tried to offer it to him.

She knew that the more critical the situation was, the calmer she had to be. Besides, without evidence, they couldn't actually do anything to her. She had already destroyed everything that could link her to anyone else last night. Every trace on her phone had been wiped clean.

Even so, her hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly.

That small movement didn't escape Mo Zhengtian's notice. He smacked her hand away from the dumplings, voice cold, "Where did you go last night?"

[Ohhh my god, finally the old man noticed something.]

[But like... even if he knows she went out, there's no proof of what she actually did.]

"Zhengtian, I went out with a few of the ladies last night. We were out pretty late," Zhang Xiufeng said, eyes brimming with tears. "Zhengtian, do you really not believe me? All these years, I've basically been the one keeping this house together. I've always been thinking of you, Zhengtian, you... Zhengtian..."

As she spoke, her hands reached out to grab his wrist, her face full of pitiful emotion. "Zhengtian, back when you found me wandering the streets and took me in, you cared for me and made me the Mo family's madam. I've always been grateful to you. How could I ever betray you?"

As soon as she finished, she burst into sobs, tears falling like rain.

Even though Zhang Xiufeng wasn't as beautiful as Mo Keyu's birth mother, she still had some charm—and she loved acting weak and delicate in front of Mo Zhengtian. And men, well... most of them fell for that act.

"Dad, Mom's always been the one holding this family together. She'd never do anything bad. Dad, when you're not home, we're all just waiting for you to come back. I—I even started learning how to manage the company," Mo Xiaoyun added, throwing herself toward him.

Mo Zhengtian really did start to waver a bit—

But then, a sharp, mocking voice exploded in his head—

[Ahahahaha I can't, I'm dying—Dad~ when you're not home everyone just does whatever they want~]

[Especially that idiot Mo Xiaoyun—she says she's learning to run the company, but everyone there hates her. She sucks at everything, doesn't understand a damn thing, and treats people like servants.]

[And that whole "Daddy" thing? Kind of awkward, don't you think? Like, have you ever wondered why she looks nothing like you? Heck, she doesn't even look much like Zhang Xiufeng.]

[Zhang Xiufeng, oh Zhang Xiufeng... Before she landed Mo Zhengtian, she had quite the wild history. System, give me more melon. What's that? Four people in one bed?!]

Mo Zhengtian felt a tightness in his chest, like a giant rock was pressing down and he couldn't breathe.

Ever since he got back, the house had been one mess after another.

Zhang Xiufeng was still putting on her performance, crying even harder now.

The whole living room was full of sobs—except for Mo Keyu, who was happily messing with her phone.

She happened to scroll past a video—it was a promo for some melodramatic family drama.

In it, an old man found out his wife had been cheating. The wife begged for forgiveness, saying the kids were already grown, only for him to later find out the kid wasn't even his.

Mo Keyu hadn't expected the video algorithm to be this on-point. She couldn't help but turn the volume up, sending a not-so-subtle message to the old man.

"Once there was a man named Xiaoshuai. He was a simple farmer. One day, he came home early from work and caught his wife with another man. Xiaoshuai beat the guy up, and then his wife came begging for mercy..."

"Xiaoshuai's daughter looked nothing like him. Her personality and interests were all weird. One day, he got suspicious and went to the hospital for a paternity test... and found out the daughter wasn't his. When he found out the truth, Xiaoshuai felt like the sky was spinning and the ground was crumbling beneath him..."

The video's volume was so loud, it drowned out the sound of Zhang Xiufeng and Mo Xiaoyun crying.

Mo Zhengtian's gaze finally, inexplicably, landed on Mo Xiaoyun.

In all his years of living, this was the first time he truly gave this detail serious thought: Mo Xiaoyun didn't look anything like him.

Before, Zhang Xiufeng would always sigh beside him, saying, "If only Xiaoyun looked more like you, she'd be even prettier." She always claimed Xiaoyun took after her.

But now... looking closely, Xiaoyun did resemble Zhang Xiufeng a bit—but she looked even more like an old friend of his from the business world.

With the tragic music from Mo Keyu's video playing in the background, Mo Zhengtian felt like he'd just been struck by lightning.

"Dad, why are you looking at me like that?" Mo Xiaoyun started to get nervous under his stare.

How could her father suspect her? Was it just because of that strange voice in his head?

"Zhang Xiufeng..." Mo Zhengtian said through clenched teeth. "I may not have been home much, but you—"

"Zhengtian! You're still doubting me?!" Zhang Xiufeng suddenly shifted from sobbing to screaming, like she'd just been wronged more than anyone else in the world.

"You two are so noisy," Mo Keyu finally spoke up, even she couldn't ignore their endless wailing anymore. "If you're that confident, why don't you just get checked? I mean, old man—oh, I mean, Dad—hasn't been home in forever. If you've been all pure and loyal, there shouldn't be any marks on you. But if you've been out and about... well, that's another story."

[What a bunch of drama queens. With acting like this, they should've won Oscars already.]

[But considering how wild Zhang Xiufeng got with that dude last night, I bet her whole body's covered in marks.]

[Right, system?]

[There's a little hickey under her collarbone.]

[No way. That bold? Even when the old man was home? No wonder her collar's higher today than yesterday.]

Zhang Xiufeng still wanted to keep putting up a fight, but Mo Zhengtian suddenly grabbed her wrist and yanked her forward.

He pulled at her collar, tearing it open and exposing the skin below her neck. Starting just under the collarbone were clusters of nasty-looking bite marks.

Mo Xiaoyun froze, staring blankly at the bruised mess beneath her mother's collar.

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