Don't Acknowledge You, You're Just a Puff of Air

Qin Ni was confronted by Grandma, her face alternating between red and white, yet she had no room for rebuttal.

"Grandma, you shouldn't say that..." Jiang Sifeng said with a forced smile, his voice as effeminate as his appearance and lacking strength. "My godmother had no choice but to raise four siblings by herself and send away her brother..."

"Who gave you the right to speak?" Grandma interrupted him bluntly. "Qin Ni, is this the kind of child you've raised? An outsider interrupting when elders are speaking?"

"Mom, please don't be hard on him..."

"Huh, one word and I'm not allowed to speak? But you all freely insulted my grandson back then? Who's really your son, or are you just naturally servile?" Grandma showed Qin Ni no face. "I'll say it again, the shares belong to my grandson Mo Xuan. As the saying goes, show filial piety in the hall and bring joy at one's knee. Who in your entire family besides Xuan has done that? Mo Jinpeng? Or your three daughters? Hah, who am I, this old woman? I'm not worthy of having your Mo family's young master and misses as grandchildren, nor am I worthy of their filial devotion!"

"Instead of wasting time here, go back and advise your husband and father-in-law. Heaven sees everything - to give birth but not raise, and to mistreat Xuan, aren't you afraid of divine retribution?"

Qin Ni trembled all over, glaring at Grandma before letting out a cold laugh: "Mom, are you trying to completely tear apart our relationship? Besides Mo Xuan, that unfilial son, and these ten percent shares, what else do you have? Your husband and son don't acknowledge you, three granddaughters and one grandson don't care about you. I know what you're like, and I'd rather work myself to death than let you raise my son to be like that!"

"What am I like?"

Mo Xuan walked in expressionlessly. Upon seeing him, Jiang Sifeng instinctively stepped back two paces to hide behind Qin Ni. But Mo Xuan didn't even glance at him, instead walking straight to Grandma's side and saying gently: "Grandma, let me show them out."

"Mo Xuan, where are your manners? Elders are speaking!" Qin Ni deliberately used Grandma's earlier words to irritate the grandmother and grandson. "Besides, I'm your mother, don't you see me sitting here?"

"Ms. Qin, let's talk outside." Mo Xuan didn't turn around, instead helping Grandma lie down and tucking in her blanket. "If you continue making trouble here, you know what I'm capable of. The reason I don't hit you isn't because you're my biological mother, but because I generally don't hit women. However, I make no guarantees about that sissy behind you."

"You..."

Qin Ni stood up angrily but dared not say another word. She indeed knew Mo Xuan's capabilities - he was the last disciple of Master Zhang from National Martial Arts. When he severed ties with the family, it got extremely ugly. Mo Changshan sent eight bodyguards, but Mo Xuan put them all in the hospital, and even knocked out two of Mo Jinpeng's front teeth with one punch.

"Grandma, I'll go send them away and come back to keep you company."

Mo Xuan placed the fruit and nutritional supplements on the bedside table, then turned to Aunt Zhang and said: "Aunt Zhang, there are fresh cherries here, please help wash some for Grandma to eat later."

"Go ahead, Xuan." Aunt Zhang glared at Qin Ni. "If there's any trouble, just say the word. I've trained too - if you won't hit women, I will!"

Mo Xuan waved his hand with a smile, but when he turned to face his mother, his expression immediately turned cold as he pointed to the door: "Let's talk outside."

Qin Ni and Jiang Sifeng didn't dare to truly provoke Mo Xuan and could only grudgingly leave. The three went downstairs to the nursing home's courtyard, where Mo Xuan impatiently said: "Ms. Qin, last time you came, Grandma already said that if you want the shares, you can buy them at fair value. Wanting shares in a listed company without paying a penny - are you joking with me?"

"Mo Xuan, you and your grandmother..." Qin Ni sighed. "Why must it be like this? Why must family be so clear-cut about these things? It's not that Grandma won't give you her shares, look, I'll give you another three percent of Qin's Jewelry shares. That money will be enough for you to spend a lifetime!"

"Stop right there, Ms. Qin. I've cut ties with your family," Mo Xuan pointed at Jiang Sifeng, his tone tinged with mockery. "Your godson has ten percent shares in Qin's Jewelry, but you're only offering me three percent? That's not how business is done, is it?"

"I've raised Sifeng since he was little, he's always been filial to me, working diligently as my assistant at the company despite his poor health. What about you?" Qin Ni sneered. "You're not my son, I won't give you a penny, and you still want shares in my company?"

"Oh, so it's my fault?" Mo Xuan felt his biological mother was truly as shameless as his father. "You and Chairman Mo decided together to send me away, and now you're saying I'm unfilial? Did a dog lick your face clean, CEO Qin?"

"Brother, how can you say such things?" Jiang Sifeng immediately stepped in front of Qin Ni. "This isn't Mom's fault, blame me if you must!"

"Get lost..."

Mo Xuan couldn't even be bothered to waste words with him, clenching his fist, which sent Jiang Sifeng scurrying back behind Qin Ni. In Qin Ni's eyes flashed a barely noticeable trace of disgust, not for Mo Xuan, but for Jiang Sifeng.

"Don't come anymore, Grandma doesn't have much time left." At this point, Mo Xuan's eyes held hatred as he looked at Qin Ni. "Ms. Qin, I curse you, your husband, your father-in-law, and all your children including this sissy - may you all die horrible deaths without intact bodies."

Hearing Mo Xuan's hateful curse, Qin Ni's heart twinged, but she still refused to back down: "Mo Xuan, you, you unfilial son! You're just like your grandmother, read a few books and think you're above everyone else, arrogant about your talents! You're not as good as Jinpeng or Sifeng!"

"Of course not, after all, you raised your godson from childhood, look how useful he is, he's sucked you dry." Mo Xuan smiled playfully, looking at the two of them. "Ms. Qin, you really know how to play around."

"You, what the hell are you saying?"

Mo Xuan's words made CEO Qin burst into crude cursing: "What the fuck are you talking about? Is this the quality of a Capital University student?"

"Enough, why blame me for saying it?" Mo Xuan couldn't be bothered to look at her. "These days it's because of people like you that terms like godfather and godmother have become derogatory. How else..."

Mo Xuan deliberately paused, then said with a meaningful smile: "Unless he's your real son, how else do you explain taking him everywhere you go?"

Qin Ni's face turned pale, and Jiang Sifeng's eyes began to dart around evasively. Mo Xuan gave a cold laugh - sure enough, Luo Shiya and Luo Muqi's people weren't wrong...

"Go back and tell Chairman Mo that if he wants the shares, he needs to pay for them." Mo Xuan couldn't bear to look at her anymore, finding it disgusting. "Also, stop trying to get close to me and Grandma. If I acknowledge you, you're my mother and Grandma's daughter-in-law. If I don't, you're nothing!"

Mo Xuan turned to leave, but an enraged Qin Ni rushed forward, raising her hand to slap him, only to have Mo Xuan catch her hand.

"Still want to hit me? I was foolish before to treat you as a mother. Ms. Qin, don't force me to actually hit a woman."

Mo Xuan threw Qin Ni's hand aside. She was about to say something more but noticed the watch on Mo Xuan's right wrist and froze.

The Knights of the Round Table had many imitations, but as someone in the jewelry business and a jewelry designer who had attended Roger Dubuis new product launches, Qin Ni recognized Mo Xuan's watch as genuine at a glance!

"That watch of yours..."

Mo Xuan glanced at the watch on his wrist, not understanding her meaning, and impatiently tossed out a "none of your business" before turning to enter the nursing home.

"Godmother, are you alright?" Jiang Sifeng only dared to approach after Mo Xuan left. "Should we head back first? It seems impossible to negotiate with brother while he's here."

Qin Ni didn't answer, instead staring at Mo Xuan's retreating figure. When Mo Xuan had raised his hand to look at his watch earlier, she became even more certain it was genuine - a limited edition worth over 4 million, something Mo Xuan couldn't possibly afford. While Grandma had shares, her father-in-law had ordered many year-end dividends to be withheld, leaving Grandma with only two or three hundred thousand.

Even without withholding the dividends, knowing her mother-in-law, she wouldn't spend tens of thousands on luxury goods for Mo Xuan, let alone buy him this kind of limited edition luxury item!

"Come back to the nursing home with me, there are some things I must ask!"