Chapter 48: What Are You Barking About?

"Mo Ran, where do you get the nerve to speak to us like this?" Feeling the disdain in Mo Ran's tone, Su Sen immediately became unhappy, his face hardening as he spoke.

"Who else? Of course, it's Liang Jingru. Or do you think it's someone from your Su family?" Mo Ran replied with a cheerful smile, but his eyes grew colder. Was there something wrong with these Su family members? They were divorced, yet they couldn't grasp the situation.

"Dad, Mom, why haven't you sat down yet? Oh, brother-in-law is here too." At that moment, Su Qingxue's voice rang out. Unexpectedly, she came across Mo Ran again, and her words held a hint of delight.

"Qingxue, he's no longer your brother-in-law. Don't say that outside anymore," Su Qingcheng, who had just arrived after parking a bit late, quickly reminded her before Qingxue's words had even finished.

"That's right, Qingxue. You shouldn't call me brother-in-law anymore. Your sister's standards are too high; I was dismissed long ago." Mo Ran nodded in agreement, his tone matching hers. Now, he had nothing but a cold face for the Su family, except for Su Qingxue.

"Mo Ran, you..." Hearing this, Su Qingxue frowned, her tone turning displeased. What did he mean by her standards were too high? Clearly, it was Mo Ran who was useless.

"So, what advice does the esteemed President Su have for me today?" Mo Ran gently patted Lin Mo's hand, signaling her not to worry, then stood up and shielded her behind him, turning to Su Qingcheng.

"Who is she?" Su Qingcheng's eyes flashed with something at Mo Ran's subtle gesture, then she looked at him and asked.

"And what does that have to do with you, Su Qingcheng?" Mo Ran found her questioning tone somewhat absurd.

"Of course it does. We've only been divorced for a short time, and you already have another girl?" Su Qingcheng eyed the silent girl sitting on the chair, feeling a pang of jealousy she couldn't quite understand herself.

Not only Mo Ran but even Lin Mo was at a loss. What did she mean by "we've only been divorced for a short time and you already found another girl?" What kind of logic was that? Was she a twenty-year veteran pugilist?

"Su Qingcheng, do you really think there's nothing wrong with what you just said?" Mo Ran looked at the faces of Su Sen, his wife, and Su Qingcheng, all so self-assured, and he let out a mocking smile, posing a counter-question.

"Is there really a problem with what I said? We just got divorced a few days ago, and you already have another girl. Clearly, you were cheating during the marriage, it was all planned," Su Qingcheng lifted her chin, full of righteous certainty as though she stood atop a moral high ground.

"Did you use to box?" Mo Ran glanced at her with contempt. He truly couldn't understand how, with this kind of intelligence and logic, Su Dashan had ever agreed to let her be CEO of the Su Group. It made no sense.

"Box? What do you mean?" Su Qingcheng was momentarily confused, unable to grasp his meaning.

"That punch of yours, twenty years of skill, nearly knocked me out." Seeing she hadn't understood, Mo Ran elaborated.

"Are you saying I'm unreasonable?" Su Qingcheng's face darkened, her tone growing noticeably displeased.

"Sister." Unable to watch any longer, Su Qingxue quietly tugged on her sleeve, softly calling her name.

"What is it, Qingxue? Can't you see I'm talking?" Su Qingcheng was just about to erupt, but felt her sleeve tugged and impatiently turned to glare at Su Qingxue.

"Sister, you're already divorced. So, brother-in-law—well, Mo Ran—did nothing wrong. You can't criticize him," Su Qingxue said, steeling herself.

Su Qingxue's words were refreshingly clear, and instantly the faces of Su Sen, his wife, and Su Qingcheng changed.

Only now did Su Qingcheng realize, yes, that's how it was. Mo Ran no longer had any legal connection to her; her words had no justification.

"So what? When we divorced, he was so decisive. Who knows if the two of them had already met beforehand? Otherwise, would he have been so quick to ask for a divorce?" She thought this to herself, but outwardly, for the sake of her pride, Su Qingcheng stubbornly insisted. In her mind, she could never be at fault. If anything went wrong, or wasn't handled well, it had to be someone else's mistake.

Hearing this, Mo Ran's anger flared. Before, he lived off the Su family's money, ate their food, slept in their house, with no choice but to endure humiliation and hardship. Now that he was divorced, they still wanted to shift blame onto him? Mo Ran refused to stand for it.

"Su Qingcheng, do you really not know why we divorced? Must I say it in public?" Mo Ran's gaze was icy as he stared directly at Su Qingcheng. The events in the Su Group's lobby that day were still vivid in his memory.

"How should I know? Wasn't it you who initiated the divorce?" Even after Mo Ran said this, Su Qingcheng felt uneasy and guilty.

She certainly knew why he had asked for a divorce, but she would never admit it. That day, in front of everyone, it was for the Su Group's development, to avoid offending the Liu family. She hadn't done anything else, the Su Group staff could attest to that. Within a few seconds, Su Qingcheng had completed her own internal rationalization, anesthetizing herself and firming up her resolve.

"Fine, fine, Su Qingcheng, I've seen shameless people, but never anyone as shameless as you. Maybe you should see a dentist, get yourself a set of porcelain veneers." After hearing her words, Mo Ran was so furious he laughed, retorting.

"You're the shameless one!" At this moment, Su Qingcheng's mind snapped into action. She raised her right hand, about to slap Mo Ran hard.

"Go ahead, hit me. Look around you, see the monitors everywhere in this shop. Do you think I'm still the same old punching bag you could kick and slap at will?" Mo Ran grinned at her raised hand. "If you actually do it, we'll take a trip to the police station. I don't care, I'm just a tough-skinned little nobody. But you, Su Group CEO, hitting someone in public—tsk, tsk, tomorrow's online headlines will be all about you."

"You—Mo Ran, you bastard!" This was Mo Ran's first true counterattack. Unlike the police station incident, this time he stood on the moral high ground, wielding the weapon of righteousness and striking without restraint. It left Su Qingcheng pale with fury, while Su Sen and his wife were dumbfounded. They never expected that the useless man they'd ordered around for three years could be so formidable.

"Enough, Mo Ran's ex-wife. Are you done barking? Mo Ran and I still have to eat." Just as Su Qingcheng's face turned white with anger, Lin Mo suddenly spoke up.