Wang Huan and Zhang Yanyu stood by Li Mo’s side.
“Come here!” Li Mo beckoned Li Yan.
With his cowardly nature, Li Yan obeyed.
“Deputy chair of the board Yu, I’ll trouble you to test him as well.”
“Absolutely not!”The dazed Ning Baihe suddenly shrieked.
Li Shili was stunned for a while.
Ning Baihe’s reaction was too sudden, too conspicuous.
Ning Baofeng laughed coldly, “Just because you say so you think you’ll have it done? Who do you think you are? My Ning clan may not be important, but still not someone you can shame!”
“Even if Baihe is wrong, she is still your stepmother and yet you dare slap her. This is outrageous, barbaric even!”
Li Mo said, “You all hounded my mother to death and now you have the nerve to call me barbaric? My actions are warranted!”
Li Xuanyu trembled.
Li Mo gripped Li Yan and pulled his hand to deputy chair of the board Yu. The Ning clan members wanted to stop him but Wang Huan and Zhang Yanyu blocked them.
The DNA device started again.
A warning sounded and the machine flashed red.
“39% match, no relations!”
Ning Baihe covered her face as Li Shili collapsed dumbstruck.
Li Xuanyu held his chest finding it hard to breathe. His vision clouded.
Li Xuanyu cupped his hands among his shivering, “Everyone, this skeleton in the closet is too big. I ask that you will withdraw and let us solve it among ourselves!”
The guests left the hall. After ten minutes, the only ones left were the Mo, Ning, and Li clans.
Li Xuanyu said, “Clan Head Mo, please withdraw as well.”
Mo Zhendong stood up and glared at him, “Shui Tingyun is my daughter. You still want me to step back?”
Rumble!
Li Shili trembled. Mo Zhendong’s words struck like lighting, leaving everyone staring dumbly.
Li Mo kneeled before Mo Zhendong, “Grandfather.”
“Rise, rise.” Mo Zhendong helped him up in tears.
The Mo clan came only because of Li Mo’s invitation.
Li Shili didn’t know Shui Tingyun’s identity, but Li Mo did. She told Li Mo at that time, holding nothing back.
Li Mo walked to Li Shili, “Do you know why mother hid her identity? Not because she was unworthy of you, but you unworthy of her. Do you know why mother couldn’t take me away? She wanted to, desperately, but that would’ve marked the destruction of the entire Li clan!
“She died still wanting to protect you. And what did you do? Did you have even the slightest remorse?
“Back when you weren’t hard on mother, she had suspicions of Ning Baihe. But you were too blind to see how Ning Baihe was pregnant even before you were with her. You brought this on yourself!”
Mo Zhendong cried bitterly.
“Tingyun was to be wed with Zheng clan but she refused. She changed her name and left. I looked everywhere for her but never found any clues.
“A girl born in a prominent clan isn’t a blessing, but adversity. Tingyun yearned for freedom. I believed she found a good man and was living happily. B-but she was in fact so blind to fall over a brute like you!”
Mo Zhendong kicked Li Shili into tumbling on the floor.
“Slut!” Li Shili erupted in howls as he charged at Ning Baihe, biting and scratching.
The Ning clan and Li clan members joined to separate them, throwing the place into chaos.
When they did manage to split them up, Ning Baihe had bite marks all over, while Li Shili’s face was scratched everywhere.
“Oh, the horror!” Li Xuanyu gripped his chest, his breathing ragged.
Li Shili yelled, “Slut, you played me all this time! Speak, who’s the bastard that did it? Say it!”
Ning Baihe shrieked, “Li Shili, what right have you to speak to me? You and Shui Tingyun had been together for six years, and with such an old child. But did I ever blame you? Don’t forget it was you who came to me. It was you who wanted in on the Ning clan’s glory. Do you think I’d marry you if not for being with child? You are no different than me!”
“Zhang Peng, it must be Zhang Peng. Damn it! No wonder he always stayed with us. No wonder I always saw the both of you together with ruffled clothes and in a panic. Curses! Curses!!”
Ning Baofeng avoided Li Shili, and Ning Baofeng’s face was also unsightly.
Pff~
Li Shili spurted blood from anger and collapsed.
“Pardon us, grand-sir. Let the children sort out their matters when they calmed down!
“Let’s go!”
Ning Baofeng’s face was gloomy.
The Ning clan left along with Ning Baihe and Li Yan, leaving the Mo and Li clans.
“Bastard!”
Li Xuanyu took his whip and lashed at the dazed Li Shili.
Mo Ziyang snorted, “Grand-sir, unless you kill him, this will never end. My sister’s death shall not be in vain!”
Li Xuanyu lashed thrice then took two steps back and gripped his chest.
He wasn’t faking it. His body was unwell, to begin with, and the constant shocks had taken a toll on him.
Li Xuanyu supported Li Xuanyu. He secretly took out a blue spiritual bead and transferred it into Li Xuanyu through his back.
Li Mo’s blue spiritual bead was not only concentrated but, once it entered the body, it would slowly release spiritual qi without posing any danger.
Li Xuanyu soon recovered.
“I have no objections in the face of the horrors he committed. Clan Head Mo, I leave it to you as to what punishment befits him!”
Mo Zhendong pointed a gun at Li Shili.
“Don’t kill me. I would’ve never treated Shui Tingyun like that if I knew she was your daughter in a million years.
“I was wrong, I was truly wrong. I beg you, for Tingyun’s sake, for Li Mo’s sake, spare me!”
Li Shili was terrified out of his mind as he begged for mercy.
Mo Zhendong looked at Li Mo, sighed, and withdrew the gun.
“Killing filth like you will only stain my gun. I won’t kill you, but if you want to atone, then you will come to the capital with me.”
“Ah? Ah? I… I…”
Mo Zhendong snapped his eyes on him, “Say that you refuse and I will waste you!”
“I’m going!”
Mo Zhendong softened his tone as he said to Li Mo, “Little Mo, do you want to come as well?”
Li Mo shook his head.
He and Mo Zhendong had talked for the better half of last night. Mo Zhendong had urged him many times to come back with him, but Li Mo refused.
“You want to stay with the Li clan?”
“No, it has stopped being my home ten years ago.”
Li Xuanyu sighed.
“Grandpa, take the millennium ginseng. It will prolong your life by a decade. You know my phone number, and I will call often.”
Li Xuanyu gripped Li Mo’s hand in tears.
“Did you invite all those important men? Grandpa knows that if I haven’t spoken today, it wouldn’t have come to this. You may not accept you came from the Li clan, but you have always protected its reputation.”
“I didn’t invite them. They came by themselves.”
Li Xuanyu was startled then laughed.
