Draw to a Close

Xia Zhi also popped up in the group chat: "Exactly. I've read Lin Mo's file, and those relatives of his are completely unreasonable. He's just seeking justice right now, not breaking any laws or causing trouble."

In the archives of Yanhuang Awakening, as long as one had sufficient clearance, a person's entire life was practically transparent.

It mostly depended on whether someone was willing to look into it.

That was why Liu Zheng and the others knew Lin Mo's past like the back of their hands.

Liu Zheng thought for a moment before adding a word of caution.

"Old Bai, keep a close eye on him. As long as he doesn't cross the line, just go along with his wishes and let him vent his frustration."

"Copy that."

Old Bai put away his phone, sighing inwardly, but at the same time, he felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

After all, Lin Mo really wasn't in the wrong here.

On the other side, after experiencing her initial shock and anger, Lin Shulan completely wilted.

She was wicked, not stupid.

With the locksmith there as a witness, throwing a tantrum would only make her look worse and wouldn't bring her any benefits.

It was as if all the strength had been drained from her body. Her shoulders slumped, and her entire figure seemed to hunch over.

"Fine... I agree to everything."

At that moment, Lin Mo stood up.

"Alright then. First apologize, then transfer the money, and then I'll sign. This is the police station, I wouldn't lie to you."

As he spoke, Lin Mo glanced at the police officer who was watching the drama unfold.

The officer nodded immediately and said in a muffled voice, "Of course."

"Fine!" Lin Shulan took a deep breath, pulled her son up, and walked out of the mediation room.

Old Bai wanted to say something to Lin Mo, but Lin Mo seemed to notice his gesture and simply followed Lin Shulan outside.

He didn't want to hear Old Bai's attempts to dissuade him.

This actually wronged Old Bai; what he wanted to ask was whether they should grab dinner together tonight.

But he decided against it. After all, Lin Mo had his little landlady with him.

Old Bai didn't think his face was more important than the little landlady's; he prided himself on knowing his place.

When Lin Mo walked outside, he saw Xie Yuling standing with her hands on her hips, glaring angrily at his pathetic group of relatives.

He ignored the equally gloomy relatives and walked straight toward Xie Yuling.

"What's wrong?"

Xie Yuling puffed out her cheeks and said, "As soon as you went in, these people kept badmouthing you. They said you were disobedient and ill-bred. I couldn't help but stand up and call them shameless!"

After all, she was a young girl who rarely socialized in the past, so she couldn't really spit out any truly harsh words.

In the end, all she could do was stand across from them and say a few harmless things.

Lin Mo just smiled and reached out to rub Xie Yuling's head.

"It's fine. Arguing with a few old scumbags is pointless. It'll only drag us down to their level."

"Hmph!" Xie Yuling wished she could slap a few bad luck talismans onto these people.

Lin Mo didn't lower his voice, so the people opposite them heard every word.

Naturally, they felt resentful, but since Lin Shulan and Liu Zihao had come out, their attention naturally shifted to the two of them.

"Shulan! Xiao Hao!" Liu Feng was the first to greet them, immediately noticing the bruises on Liu Zihao's face.

Liu Feng whipped his head around to glare at Lin Mo.

"You!"

Lin Mo nodded. "I hit him. So what?"

His face practically screamed: Come hit me if you dare!

But Liu Feng had never been much of a tough guy. He merely shielded Lin Shulan and Liu Zihao, glaring at Lin Mo with a look full of hatred.

Lin Mo's gaze bypassed him and landed on the two behind him.

"Let's get started. We're hungry, so don't waste time."

Even though the summer days were long, it was already getting dark outside.

Therefore, Lin Mo didn't want to waste any more time.

Liu Feng froze for a moment before turning around to ask what was going on. Lin Yucheng and his wife also leaned in to hear what had happened.

They actually still didn't fully know the specific details of the situation.

But Lin Shulan clearly didn't want her older brother and sister-in-law to hear about it.

So she just pulled Liu Feng to the side and told him the whole story.

After hearing her out, a look of disappointment flashed across Liu Feng's face, as if lamenting her foolishness.

"Sigh, how could you... forget it. We'll just have to swallow this bad luck. We have to pay this money, no matter what."

In their family, he was actually the only one working.

It wasn't that they didn't have fifty thousand, but since Liu Zihao had started college, their expenses had grown significantly.

It was also because of this that Lin Shulan had brought Liu Zihao and found a locksmith to open the door.

She had planned to take the gold jewelry left behind by Lin Mo's mother, which would have fetched tens of thousands when sold.

She hadn't expected that she would end up having to pay out of her own pocket instead.

However, they seemed to have forgotten one thing: that fifty thousand originally belonged to Lin Mo anyway.

After finishing their conversation, Lin Shulan pulled her husband back over.

"Stop stalling. Hurry up, I'm hungry."

Lin Mo's tone was incredibly cold.

Lin Yucheng didn't understand what was going on, and then he watched as Lin Shulan pulled Liu Zihao into a deep bow.

"We were wrong. We shouldn't have done this."

He couldn't help but widen his eyes, watching his sister apologize.

He then looked at Lin Mo, only to see that there wasn't much expression on his face.

He merely said indifferently, "That's not what we agreed upon inside, is it? Kneel and apologize. You're not kneeling to me, but to my parents. Tell them that their sister, for the sake of money, came to her nephew's house and tried to pry open the door lock to steal their family's gold jewelry!"

The more you try to cover it up, the more I will tear away your facade.

Hearing this, even Lin Yucheng and his wife were stunned.

Although they weren't good people either.

But breaking into someone's house to steal gold jewelry was something they truly couldn't bring themselves to do.

Especially stealing from their own nephew's house.

Even Lin Yucheng found it hard to bear.

With a trembling hand, he wanted to point at Lin Shulan, but in the end, he couldn't help but let out a sigh.

He turned his head to look at Lin Mo, still wanting to mediate in his heart, but when he saw Lin Mo's icy gaze, he knew there was nothing more he could say to this nephew.

So ultimately, he just sighed and dropped a single sentence: "Then I'm staying out of this."

After saying that, he grabbed his wife and left the police station.

Originally, Liu Feng was the one who had called them over. Since he had asked, they came.

But they hadn't expected things to be like this.

The one area where Lin Yucheng was slightly better than Lin Shulan was that he wasn't quite as shameless.

Watching her older brother leave, Lin Shulan seemed to feel relieved.

She immediately pulled her son down, preparing to kneel.

But Lin Mo had already picked up his phone, aiming the camera at them.

"Go ahead."

Seeing this scene, Lin Shulan made up her mind that in this lifetime, she would never interact with Lin Mo again. Absolutely never.

With a thud, the two of them knelt down.

"I..."

After the apology was finished, Liu Feng immediately went to the ATM to transfer the money.

True to his word, Lin Mo signed the letter of understanding.

And because of this letter of understanding, the matter was finally considered settled.

Old Bai slowly walked out. He had thought Lin Mo would deal ruthlessly with Lin Shulan's family.

In his eyes, kneeling to apologize and paying fifty thousand in compensation was already a lenient punishment.

Before leaving, Lin Mo also glanced at Old Bai, but he didn't say hello, simply turning around and leaving with Xie Yuling.

For the time being, he didn't plan on letting Liu Zheng and the others know about Xie Yuling's uniqueness.