Mu Beiyin grabbed Lin Ru's neck fiercely.
"How dare you throw away my mother's belongings?"
Mu Qianrou shook her head while crying.
"Sister, please don't do this. Mom passed away early, it's unlucky. Leaving her things here isn't good for Grandpa either. Throwing them away is actually for your own good…"
Lin Ru couldn't help but curse loudly,
"So what if they're thrown away! You still want to hit me? You homewrecker, who do you think you are—"
Slap! Slap!
Mu Beiyin pinched Lin Ru's chin and decisively slapped her twice.
Lin Ru felt like her chin was about to be crushed.
"Mu Beiyin!"
Mu Qianrou cried out at the right moment,
"Grandpa, please come quickly! Sister is going to beat us to death!"
Footsteps hurried up the stairs, and Grandpa Mu saw the scene in front of him and immediately spoke without hesitation,
"Beiyin, what nonsense are you causing again? Let go of Aunt Lin. She is your stepmother after all. How can you act like this? Apologize now!"
Lin Ru instantly dropped her arrogance and cried,
"Dad, it's nothing. Beiyin's temper has always been like this. I'm used to it."
Her pitiful posture made it seem like Mu Beiyin was always bullying her and her daughter.
Mu Qianrou's tears silently fell.
Grandpa Mu frowned,
"Beiyin, since you've come back home, don't bring those bad habits from the countryside with you."
Mu Beiyin asked coldly,
"Grandpa, Lin Ru said you threw away Mom's belongings. Is that true?"
Grandpa Mu's face flushed for a moment, then he turned away and ordered,
"Qianrou, take your mother to get her wounds treated. Lin Ru, go to the warehouse and pick some jewelry you like to take with you. Consider it Beiyin's apology to you."
Lin Ru wiped her tears, feeling aggrieved,
"Dad, as long as Beiyin isn't angry, that's good enough."
"That's enough. It was my promise to give it to you anyway. Qianrou, help your mother downstairs."
Lin Ru looked at Mu Beiyin with a smug expression.
Grandpa doted on Qianrou. What could Mu Beiyin do to cause trouble now?
Tonight was Qianrou's shining moment. After tonight, the rumors about Qianrou being the mistress would disappear, and she could marry smoothly into the Song family.
As for Mu Beiyin… Hmph, a daughter abandoned by the family, making her disappear was the easiest thing.
After their figures disappeared, Grandpa Mu disapproved and scolded,
"Beiyin, no matter what, they are your stepmother and sister. There's no reason to start hitting people as soon as you get home!"
Mu Beiyin suddenly sensed something had changed. She looked at Grandpa Mu,
"Why has Mom's room become Qianrou's bedroom?"
Grandpa Mu trembled and avoided her gaze.
"It's just a bedroom. Why do you care so much? Your mother's belongings are still with me. But I decided to give some things to Qianrou. She's going to attend an auction tonight, and the family arranged for her to donate the 'Siren' necklace…"
Mu Beiyin's mind went numb,
"That's Mom's thing!"
"Beiyin, Grandpa is also thinking about the Yun family! Although that necklace belonged to your mother, it has been kept by the Mu family for so many years. Using it to help Qianrou get through this difficult time is not a problem. Your father and I both agreed. You're the elder sister, be magnanimous!"
Mu Beiyin's heart grew colder inch by inch, and a sense of betrayal arose naturally.
She clearly knew the character of the Mu family, so why did she come back?
One reason was for Song Lingqian, the other was for Grandpa.
But in the end, Song Lingqian had long been unfaithful and secretly engaged to Mu Qianrou, and Grandpa was completely fooled by the mistress and her daughter.
Mu Beiyin closed her eyes tightly.
"Mu Qianrou is a mistress who rose to power with a bad reputation, so you want to use my mother's things to help her get through this difficult time?"
Grandpa Mu frowned and sighed,
"Qianrou hasn't had it easy either. Because of her status as an illegitimate child, she has suffered a lot of grievances. Beiyin, be kind and don't always bully her!"
Mu Beiyin spoke deliberately, word by word,
"I'm the one who lost my mother and was driven to the countryside; I'm the one who was robbed of my fiancé; I'm the Mu family's eldest daughter with no home to return to, yet she, an illegitimate daughter, is cherished in the palm of the Mu family."
"Do you really think I'm the one bullying her?!"
Grandpa Mu's face turned awkward, feeling exposed and displeased.
"That's enough, Beiyin! It's just a necklace. Your mother's belongings all belong to the Mu family. What's the use of quibbling? Don't be so petty!"
Mu Beiyin's eyes instantly turned cold. When Mu Qianrou had taken her things before, the whole Mu family had blamed her for being petty. She thought Grandpa was different, but now she realized she was wrong about him.
Mu Qianrou's success today relied entirely on the hard work of her and their mother!
Mu Beiyin nodded,
"Fine, Grandpa, from now on, whatever I want to do, I don't need to consider you anymore."
Grandpa Mu felt a bad premonition rise in his heart.
"Beiyin, what do you want to do? Don't cause trouble!"
Mu Beiyin sneered coldly and walked out.
Before, she had tolerated Mu Qianrou's antics to spare Grandpa from sadness and let the Mu family think she was easy to manipulate.
Want to turn things around with an auction? Dream on!
Mu Beiyin stepped outside the villa, took out her phone, pressed a few buttons, and raised her eyebrows.
Very good. At tonight's auction, she would give Mu Qianrou a big gift!
…
At dusk, outside the auction hall.
Mu Beiyin deliberately waited at the entrance, watching from a distance.
Lin Ru and Mu Qianrou, dressed in beautiful gowns, flanked Mu Yaohui on either side, walking along with many high-society guests.
"Miss Mu really lives up to the rumors, a model socialite. Chairman Mu is so lucky to have a daughter like her!"
Lin Ru listened to the compliments and smiled broadly!
Everyone knew Mu Qianrou's good reputation, but what about Mu Beiyin?
Lin Ru proudly walked outside the auction hall and suddenly saw a figure. Her expression changed instantly, and her voice involuntarily sharpened—
"What are you doing here with such a shameless face? This isn't a place for you!"
The crowd instinctively turned around and frowned upon seeing the woman blocking the auction entrance, not wearing a gown.
"Chairman Mu, who is she? Only those with invitations can enter the auction. Please don't let someone with ill intentions attach themselves to you."
"She's probably here to cause trouble. Chairman Mu, don't be polite to her."
Mu Yaohui's expression darkened. He didn't expect Mu Beiyin to come to the auction. What was she up to?
He frowned sharply and said disdainfully,
"Did you hear that? Get lost immediately!"
"Why should I leave?"
Mu Beiyin glanced at the crowd and feigned confusion,
"The invitation says all Mu family members are invited. Dad, am I not part of the Mu family?"
Boom! The surroundings immediately fell silent.
The crowd was stunned for a moment before reacting in surprise,
"What? This is the Mu eldest miss?!"
"This… Seeing Chairman Mu and the mistress and her illegitimate daughter getting along so well, how did they forget about the Mu eldest miss?"
Everyone knew the affairs of the Mu family. They had never seen this Mu eldest miss before, only hearing she grew up in the countryside and was a rough country bumpkin.
But now, upon seeing her… she actually overshadowed Mu Qianrou completely!
They had said all Mu family members were invited, the illegitimate daughter showed up in a gorgeous gown, but the eldest Miss Mu was instead told to 'get lost quickly.'
Why does the Mu family treat these two daughters so differently?