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Chapter 168: Hadn't Even Started Being Malicious

This particular early morning, the atmosphere of the Xiao family was conspicuously tense like a taut bowstring. Ning Shu, however, was still eating breakfast leisurely.

Master Xiao was sitting on the sofa. He clutched his walking stick tightly with a very serious expression on his face. When Madame Xiao saw that Ning Shu still had the appet.i.te to eat, she glowered at her.

In just a little while, Xiao Yan walked in with Su Meng and the two kids. The moment he arrived, he asked Master Xiao, "Dad, what happened? Why did the company's stock suddenly drop so much? It's fallen all the way to the bottom."

Master Xiao struck the floor with his walking stick. "A lot of people suddenly started dumping the stocks last night. I thought that we could control it, but now the value has already dropped to the bottom."

Su Meng didn't understand business so she just turned towards Ning Shu and rebuked her. "Su Ran, how could you still leisurely eat at a time like this? Aren't you worried at all?"

Ning Shu glanced at Su Meng indifferently. "Ah, your face is already better? Then stop jabbering in front of me."

Su Meng immediately covered her face in fear as she continued to glower at Ning Shu.

When Su Dabao saw that his mom was being bullied, he spread out his arms and stood protectively in front of her as he shouted, "You're not allowed to bully my mommy, you malicious woman!"

Da fudge? What the h.e.l.l had she done to be called malicious? She hadn't even started being malicious yet.

Su Meng crouched down to hug Su Dabao. "Mommy's fine. With you protecting Mommy, no one in the world can hurt Mommy."

"En. I'll always protect Mommy." Su Dabao said resolutely. His face was practically glowing with heroic light as he pointed at Ning Shu, "Don't you dare hurt my mommy."

Ning Shu: …

The way they were talking was as if she had done something to Su Meng.

The Xiao family's company was severely injured and the value of their stocks dropped to rock bottom. A lot of shareholders gathered in front of the company doors to complain and some people even threw manure at the company.

Ning Shu was not surprised when the long-time hegemon collapsed so suddenly. Li Xiuwen wasn't the only one that wanted to defeat the Xiao family. The Xiao family had many other opponents that all did their part in cutting a chunk of flesh from the Xiao family.

A lot of factors had contributed to this outcome.

As expected, in bloodless battles, substantial reversals occurred rapidly.

The Xiao family completely collapsed. It happened so fast that the Xiao family members didn't even have the time to react before they went bankrupt.

Master Xiao seemed to aged ten years in a night. In the end, he had no choice but to announce that the Xiao family had gone bankrupt.

Since they went bankrupt, this house now belonged to the bank and they could no longer stay here. It almost caused Master Xiao to vomit blood. After such smooth sailing for so many years, this was the ending they had to face?

The events occurred so fast people couldn't even process it. Only then did Ning Shu truly realize that the supporting male lead really wasn't inferior to the male lead. He might even be more amazing that the male lead. After all, he had been able to make the Xiao family go bankrupt without a sound. However, such a talented person ended up falling in love with the female lead and was striving with all his might to become the female lead's backup husband.

Just as the Xiao family was being tossed about by this situation, the captain came with a team of policemen and arrested Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan struggled violently as he shouted, "What right do you guys have to arrest me!?"

"How could you guys arrest people without reason? Does law still exist?" Master Xiao said coldly. Although the Xiao family's enterprise had already collapsed, he remained arrogant and continued to look down on the captain.

The captain expressionlessly pulled out a piece of paper and said, "This is an arrest order. Xiao Yan is suspected for attempting to murder his wife. He will be brought in for interrogation."

Xiao Yan's body stiffened, then he turned to shout at Ning Shu, "You malicious woman! I won't let you off!"

Jesus ah. Ning Shu suddenly felt that staying with people like this was seeking out discomfort for herself. She ignored Xiao Yan's shouts as she said to the captain, "Captain, look, he's still trying to threaten me."

The moment Ning Shu said this, several furious glares shot towards her. It included the glares of Su Meng and the rest of the Xiao family.

"Cousin, how could you do this?" Su Meng retreated a few steps with an incredulous expression on her face. "Could it be that you hate Xiao Yan this much? Would you feel better just because you did this? Your actions will just make Xiao Yan hate you more. He won't ever love you."

Ning Shu just slapped Su Meng in response. "Shut up, or I'll rip your tongue out."

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Chapter 169: Painful Parting as Dramatic as Bai Suzhen's Imprisonment

In the end, Xiao Yan was taken away. Of course, it wasn't before Su Meng and Xiao Yan acted out a painful parting that was so dramatic it was like Bai Suzhen was about to be imprisoned in Thunderpeak PaG.o.da. It was a deeply moving scene. Su Meng chased after the police car for a very long time before finally collapsing on the street.

Su Dabao and Su Xiaobao covered their faces as they wailed. Su Dabao's gaze was now filled with sinister hatred as he looked at Ning Shu.

Although Xiao Yan had been arrested, for some reason the two parents of the Xiao family still seemed completely unperturbed and certain that Xiao Yan would be fine.

It gave Ning Shu the misperception that Master Xiao had some trick up his sleeve, but Master Xiao actually turned around and told her to get Xiao Yan back by telling the police that it was just a misunderstanding.

When Ning Shu heard him say this with such a matter-of-fact tone, she couldn't help but be dumbstruck. He was completely treating the government like they were servants of the Xiao family. Did he really think that the government would release the person based on her words?

Ning Shu paid no attention to Master Xiao and continued dealing with her own matters. Master Xiao became so angry he continuously struck the ground with his walking stick.

Ning Shu felt that this guy was a complete idiot. The bank was about to collect this house. Shouldn't he be worrying about where he was going to live from now on?

As Ning Shu had expected, not long after Xiao Yan was arrested, the people from the bank came to sequester the house. A paper strip was placed on every single item to indicate that these things no longer belonged to the Xiao family. Even Madame Xiao's jewelry was taken away.

The little apartment that Xiao Yan had given to Su Meng was also sequestered, so Su Meng moved with her two kids to the apartment Li Xiuwen had arranged for her. Li Xiuwen had even sent servants to look after her.

Su Meng was, of course, extremely grateful. Meanwhile, Master Xiao's side wasn't so lucky and they were directly kicked out.

Master and Madame Xiao's facial colors weren't good.

The old couple had enjoyed luxurious lives and now had no idea where to go. Ning Shu lifted her suitcase and prepared to leave.

When Madame Xiao saw that Ning Shu was about to leave, she hastily grabbed her and asked, "Where are you going? Are you planning to run right after taking the Xiao family's money?"

Ning Shu: …

When did she take the Xiao family's money? Well, if it was referring to the spoils of war Li Xiuwen split with her, it really was the Xiao family's money.

Madame Xiao naturally didn't know that her current daughter-in-law had cooperated with someone to make the Xiao family collapse. It was just that she and Master Xiao didn't know where to go right now, so their best choice was to depend on Ning Shu.

The two ignored Ning Shu's expression and insisted on following her.

Ning Shu laughed coldly. Ignoring the two, she headed to a small neighborhood. She had bought a house in this neighborhood earlier in preparation for this situation.

Madame Xiao walked into the house, then complained with a disdain, "Why are the rooms so small?"

All the rooms added together couldn't compare to the kitchen of the villa.

Master Xiao also looked dissatisfied and said to Ning Shu, "You're having us live in a house like this?"

Ning Shu said simply, "If you guys don't want to live here, you can leave." This house wasn't small, it was over a hundred square meters.

Master and Madame Xiao couldn't find any other places to live so they could only stay. When it was time for dinner, the two sat down at the dinner table and looked towards Ning Shu.

Ning Shu gave a cold humph. "If you want to eat, move your own hands. There aren't any servants here to attend to you guys." Then she picked up her handbag and headed out.

#comment: A hundred square meters converts to about 330 square feet, which is only about a hundred square feet bigger than my college dorm room. For a house that's tiny, but in Shanghai, the average apartment size of permanent residents are 71 square meters, so Ning Shu isn't joking. 1076.39 sq ft. Mm, that's a pretty good size. Ty for pointing it out @Raelyn.