Tong Mo returned home and saw Tong Aiguo reprimanding Tong Nian.
On Tong Nian’s face were two fresh slap marks.
Tong Mo’s motion to head back to her room came to an abrupt halt; she simply crossed her arms and quietly watched the uncommon scene unfold.
"Xiaonian, you’ve truly disappointed Dad. She’s your own sister, how could you tarnish her reputation ?" Tong Aiguo, upon hearing that Tong Nian had slandered Tong Mo, shook with rage.
Not only had she slandered her, but she also left behind so much evidence. Wasn’t this simply a death wish?
"Dad... I was wrong... I really was, please stop being angry at me..." Tong Nian, who had also grown up in the entertainment industry, immediately began to cry, and for the sake of sympathy, she even kneeled down to Tong Aiguo.
As the saying goes, to hit the child is to hurt the mother’s heart, and at that point Tong Aiguo couldn’t bring himself to scold her any further. He quickly helped her up, "Recognizing and correcting your errors makes you a good child, get up now, Dad isn’t angry at you anymore."
Finally managing to procure his forgiveness, Tong Nian threw herself into Tong Aiguo’s embrace, her shoulders shaking as she wept.
Liu Zhi cried along as well.
Tong Mo watched as the domestic violence scene suddenly turned into a sentimental father-daughter drama and lost her interest in watching, just as she was about to go upstairs, Liu Zhi, sobbing, called out to her.
"When did Momo come back? Today, it’s your sister who has wronged you. Auntie asks you to be magnanimous and forgive her this one time," as usual, Liu Zhi was playing the virtuous wife and good mother in front of Tong Aiguo.
"Why should I forgive her?" Tong Mo gave her a cold glance.
If it weren’t for Mengmeng and her friends helping out today, she would have been saddled with the baseless accusation of having an affair with a teacher, followed by school expulsion and becoming the laughingstock of the entire industry.
She would never be able to act or be part of the entertainment industry again.
To put it bluntly, Tong Nian almost ruined her future.
Why on earth should she forgive her?
Liu Zhi didn’t expect that after she had humbled herself so much, Tong Mo would still be so defiant. A hint of anger flashed across her well-preserved youthful face, but due to Tong Aiguo’s presence, she could only whimper quietly.
"Tong Mo! How dare you talk back to your Auntie? I haven’t even disciplined you yet! Knowing that your sister did this, why couldn’t you just bear it for the sake of the Tong Family’s reputation? Are you satisfied only after pushing your sister into becoming the butt of everyone’s jokes?" Tong Aiguo roared righteously.
Anyone unaware of the situation would surely think that Tong Mo was the one initially at fault.
"Then why couldn’t she refrain from slandering me for the sake of the Tong Family’s reputation?" Tong Mo, feeling both aggrieved and furious, stared hard at Tong Aiguo.
He was truly her wonderful father!
Oh so wonderful indeed!
Catching Tong Mo’s sarcastic gaze, Tong Aiguo’s face burned with embarrassment, yet he still forcefully spoke for Tong Nian, "Xiaonian is just young, that’s all..."
"She’s already seventeen years old, and in another year she’ll be an adult. She’s not young anymore." After dropping these scornful words, Tong Mo picked up her backpack and headed upstairs, unwilling to endure the presence of these three sickening people any longer.
Once Tong Mo entered her room, she flopped down on the bed.
She was just about to take a nap when a USB flash drive fell out of her pocket.
Glancing at it, she remembered it was the engagement dissolution agreement given to her by her nominal fiancé.
With that thought, Tong Mo immediately swept away her previous gloom, grabbed her computer, plugged in the USB drive, and excitedly clicked on the mouse to view the contents.