On the other side, inside Fu Youhan's car ——
"Uncle, I didn't intentionally start a fight or cause trouble. I just couldn't stand Lin Xian's behavior! He, as a grown man, not only drugged a girl's drink but also tried to shift the blame!"
Ling Ye sat in the middle of the backseat, with Fu Youhan and Jiang Moxi on either side.
The backseat of the car was quite spacious, even with three adults sitting, there was plenty of room.
After getting into the car, Ling Ye had been busy explaining to Fu Youhan.
However, when he addressed Fu Youhan as "Uncle", Jiang Moxi couldn't help but look at him with surprise.
Perhaps her confusion was evident, and Ling Ye quickly realized it, saying, "Moxi, I forgot to introduce you. This is my uncle, Fu Youhan, also known as Third Master Fu from Yan City."
Frowning, Jiang Moxi glanced at Fu Youhan and asked, "But isn't your last name Ling?"
"My parents got divorced, and I took my mother's surname," Ling Ye explained.
Jiang Moxi immediately understood.
Initially, Jiang Moxi had assumed that Fu Youhan came to the police station specifically to get her out, and Ling Ye was merely accompanying him. However, it became clear that she wasn't the one Fu Youhan had come for.
No wonder when Ling Ye opened the car door, he casually sat beside Fu Youhan as if it was natural!
However, this worked out well for her; she wouldn't owe Fu Youhan any favors.
When Jiang Moxi shifted her gaze away, Ling Ye continued the introduction, "Uncle, this is Jiang Moxi, a fellow student from my school. She helped me get to the hospital when my mom had an accident."
Since Ling Ye left the Fu family with Ling Yinan, he rarely interacted with them. Except for occasionally visiting his grandparents at the Fu residence, he had little contact with Fu Yiming and the others.
So he had no idea that Jiang Moxi had a previous engagement with Fu Yiming and didn't know about her connection with Fu Youhan.
"Is that so..." Fu Youhan responded indifferently, but his peripheral vision kept sneaking glances at Jiang Moxi.
Was it Lin Xian and his friends who spiked her drink?
And did she drive Ling Ye away because she was taking him to the hospital?
So... he had misunderstood her?
However, Jiang Moxi continued to gaze out of the car window, not sparing him another glance.
It was only when the car approached a bus stop that she finally spoke, "I'll get off here."
Ling Ye tried to persuade her, "Moxi, where do you live? Let us take you home directly."
"No need, I have a part-time job tonight," Jiang Moxi declined.
At first, she had yearned to have a home.
But later, she gradually understood that in that family, she was always an outsider.
So now, she tried to go back less often.
Chi Jing glanced at Fu Youhan through the rearview mirror and noticed his indifferent expression.
Recalling the recent events, both Jiang Moxi and Fu Youhan had not exchanged a single word in front of Ling Ye, as if they were complete strangers to each other.
Therefore, Chi Jing stepped on the brake.
Soon, Jiang Moxi got off the car and entered the bus stop shelter, while the business vehicle departed from the scene.
Inside the car, Ling Ye was still sharing some interesting stories with Fu Youhan.
Fu Youhan responded absentmindedly, his gaze fixed on the heavily made-up girl through the rearview mirror.
As the car drove away, her figure gradually shrank into a mere dot until it vanished completely...
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On Saturday night, after finishing her part-time job, Jiang Moxi ran into a group of girls dressed in Lolita-style skirts.
They had just come out from a nightclub, and the smell of alcohol lingered around them.
"I never knew that those expensive bottles of alcohol actually taste so different from the ones we buy at the supermarket."
"We should thank Ling Hua for this opportunity. If it weren't for her, we wouldn't have a chance to drink such expensive liquor."
"Why thank Ling Hua? You should be thanking me the most."
"Exactly! The biggest thanks should go to Yang Fei!"
As Jiang Moxi passed by the group of girls, she unintentionally glanced at the girl named Yang Fei, who was wearing a pink Lolita-style skirt, and she looked somewhat familiar.
At that moment, another girl, dressed in a dark Lolita skirt with a more gothic makeup style, rushed over to them.
"Why did you order so much alcohol? Didn't we agree to keep tonight's expenses under 300,000?"
Yang Fei, instead, pushed her lightly and said, "Weren't you the one who said it's my birthday treat tonight, and you will pay the bill? If you can't afford to treat us, you shouldn't have suggested it in the first place."
Jiang Moxi looked at the girl in the dark Lolita skirt, and with Yang Fei's words, memories of encountering these two at the hospital resurfaced.
The girl in the dark Lolita skirt was Ling Hua, Ling Ye's younger sister.
Now, Ling Hua was trying to explain to the group of Lolita-dressed girls, "It's not that I don't want to treat you all, but spending over 500,000 exceeds my budget. I can't settle the bill right now!"
The young host and the security guard were still following behind Ling Hua, afraid that she would escape.
It was also the first time Ling Hua had encountered such a situation and she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to settle the debt and would end up being beaten and sent to the police station.
But Yang Fei said matter-of-factly, "If you can't settle the debt, find someone who can help you do it. We have to go home and sleep, we have school tomorrow!"
Then, she left with the other girls without even looking back, despite Ling Hua's howling and shouting.
Thus, Ling Hua had no choice but to face the people of the nightclub alone.
"I only have a little over three hundred thousand yuan here. Can I pay later when I have the money?" she asked desperately.
She was just a teenager and this was the first time she had encountered such a situation, and she was on the verge of tears.
However, the people belonging to the nightclub replied, "Sorry, we don't have a precedent for credit here. If you can't pay, we can only report you to the police."
"Can you not report it? Can you let me work here as a server to pay off the debt?"
Ling Hua tried to negotiate.
But when the security guard took out his phone to call the police, Ling Hua was on the verge of tears when Jiang Moxi stepped forward.
"Don't call the police. Just put the debt on my account; I'll guarantee it for her."
"Miss Jiang?"
The security guard and the young host recognized Jiang Moxi because she was the one personally promoted by Young Master Ye to the ninth floor. Moreover, according to the hostess Yu Na, Jiang Moxi was also Third Master Fu's niece.
With these two connections, they were not worried that the money would go to waste.
"But this has never happened in our nightclub before."
"I'll explain the situation to Young Master Ye."
Jiang Moxi was willing to guarantee for Ling Hua because she was Fu Youhan's close niece. As long as she explained the situation to him, the money wouldn't be lost.
With Jiang Moxi's intervention, the young host readily agreed, permitting Ling Hua to pay the thirty-odd thousand yuan she had in her account, while Jiang Moxi took responsibility for the remaining two hundred thousand yuan as part of her debt.
After sorting everything out, Jiang Moxi thought about finding Fu Youhan, who was still on the ninth floor.
But at this moment, Ling Hua followed her up.
"Thank you," she said.
"You're welcome. I'm just returning the favor to your younger uncle," Jiang Moxi said straightforwardly.
Yes, she helped Ling Hua, but the most important thing was that she wanted to take the opportunity to repay the favor owed to Fu Youhan.
But Ling Hua was a bit surprised. "You know who my younger uncle is?"
Because of Ling Yinan's deliberate concealment, very few people in Yan City knew about their sibling relationship with the Fu family. Moreover, both siblings were quite proud and wouldn't mention that they were part of the Fu family.
So she was even more astonished that this stranger, Jiang Moxi, knew who her younger uncle was.
"I not only know who your younger uncle is but also your brother, Ling Ye," Jiang Moxi said, thinking of the wicked appearance of those girls just now. She couldn't help but add, "In the future, don't associate with those people."
But Ling Hua's expression darkened instantly, "But besides them, no one else is willing to be my friend."