Author: Joe Mai Machine Translation
Mu Ru had never studied accounting, so she actually didn't know anything about accounting.
She gazed at the complicated financial accounts, and she felt like her head was going to explode.
2She knew that something was really wrong with the transactions, because accounts were not supposed to be settled that way.
2The Dongfang Group's financial manager was Dongfang Mo's uncle, Dongfang Yingcai. He managed all the finances of the Dongfang Group. Although Dongfang Mo was required to sign documents and checks for many large expenditures, he didn't need to sign the release of smaller amounts.
2Although Mu Ru did not understand accounting, she knew how to sort them out. She gradually sorted out the companies and then sorted out their transactions.
2After a whole week, she was finally able to sort out the accounts for the past year. She also discovered something strange. The Dongfang Group would transfer a sum of almost one million to a company called Yingmei almost every month.
2According to the by-laws of the Dongfang Group, any expenditures above one million yuan had to be approved by Dongfang Mo. Transactions below one million yuan only needed Dongfang Yingwu's approval.
2However, the amount transferred to Yingmei every month was between nine hundred thousand and one million yuan. Perhaps that was why no one really took notice of it. No one questioned its legitimacy and the purpose of the transactions.
2Mu Ru had no idea what company Yingmei was, but she deduced that it was an advertising company.
2Other than the Anglo American company, Dongfang Mo also mentioned the MQ Company. Dongfang Mo said that a large sum of money remained unaccounted for. He probably overlooked the fact that an amount of thirty million was transferred to MQ Company in the previous month.
2This was also a very well-disguised transfer because an amount that large must have been signed and approved by Dongfang Mo. Mu Ru read the details of the transfer and found out that it was for the acquisition of a company called AG Company. However, it was questionable that there was no receipt of the transaction.
2She marked the problematic areas with red and yellow and then rang the doorbell to inform the people outside that she was done with the task.
2If it wasn't for the fact that the confinement room was too narrow and deserted, she thought it was a good place to live in. She thought it was a very safe room because she had already been there for a week. The demon that had haunted her during her first few nights at the house never showed up when she was at the confinement room.
2The door to the confinement room opened. When she walked out of the door, she saw Dongfang Mo with a gloomy expression. He simply looked at her tired and worn face but didn't say anything about it.
2"Have you sorted everything out?" he asked.
2She immediately handed him the form.
2She said, "I've marked all the areas that don't match up with each other with a colored pen. I don't know if there's really a problem. I'm just judging from the transaction of the accounts—"
2Dongfang Mo impatiently cut her off. "All right. You can go now."
2Dongfang Mo obviously did not have the patience to listen to whatever she had to say. With a wave of his hand, he told her to quickly get lost. Meanwhile, he gathered the documents she handed him and quickly turned his wheelchair around to leave.
2Mu Ru looked at his cold back and bit her lips, and tears welled up in her eyes. She had been locked in the confinement room for a week and had been working day and night. She had finally completed the task that he had given her, but he did not even say anything.
2He did not even ask how she was. He did not even thank her.
2As Mu Ru was slowly walking back to the Dragon Garden, Mother Liu just happened to come out of the kitchen. Mother Liu looked at Mu Ru's pale and haggard face.
2"Young Madam, it's been hard on you. Quickly go upstairs and wash up. I've made your favorite lion's head dish. You can eat it later," Mother Liu said to Mu Ru.
2Author: Joe Mai Machine Translation
"Young Madam, it's been hard on you. Quickly go upstairs and wash up. I've made your favorite lion's head dish. You can eat it later," Mother Liu said to Mu Ru.
2"Thank you, Mother Liu!"
2Mu Ru thanked Mother Wang softly, and tears welled up in her eyes.
2She realized that in the whole Dongfang household, only the maid, Mother Liu, cared for her and treated her like a person.
2Perhaps that was her fate. In the Xi family, only Mother Wang was good to her. She was practically raised by Mother Wang. In her heart, she was closer to Mother Wang than she was to her own mother.
2Now that she was married and had her own home, only Mother Liu was good to her.
2She went upstairs. The room felt deserted because no one had been in it for a week, and because the windows had not been opened, the room still smelled of oil and paint.
2Mu Ru drew the curtains to let the sunlight in. She looked at her phone on the bedside table. It was already dead, so she quickly took out her charger and plugged it in. She walked to the closet and picked out a set of clothes. She then walked into the bathroom.
2When she came out of the shower, her phone was already on. She was shocked by the number of missed calls and text messages that popped up.
2There were fifty-nine missed calls and thirty-nine text messages, all from her mother.
2She could not be bothered with those missed calls. With trembling hands, she opened the text messages. It was the first time she had received so much attention from her own mother in a short period of time.
2She had been in the confinement room for only a week, but there were already too many notifications on her phone. People who didn't know her would think that her mother loved her and cared about her.
2However, she knew that it was not a sign that her mother loved her. She knew that her mother simply wanted to reach out to her because of some urgent concern.
2She opened the text messages and read them.
2There were so many messages. "Mu Ru, why aren't you picking up the phone?" "Can you go home for a while? Our family is in trouble." "Nangong Xun wants us to pay him three hundred million for the time he lost waiting for you. He said he waited for you for five years, but you went to marry someone else."
2Mu Ru was dumbstruck as she read the messages.
2Three hundred million? That was not a small sum. The Xi family's assets combined were probably only worth one hundred million.
2Mu Ru shook her head. She had been locked up in the detention room for a week. She was so busy with Dongfang Mo's bills and had not had a good night's sleep. Her eyes were droopy because she felt too tired.
2She looked at the time. It was almost noon. She was about to call her mother, but before she could press the call button, her phone rang. Of course, it was her mother.
2She answered the call. Before she could say anything, her mother spoke. She sounded very fearful.
2"Mu Ru, where are you?"
2"I'm at home."
2Mu Ru was still confused.
2She continued, "I'm at the Dongfang family's house. Mom, what's the matter?"
2Du Xinyue would not have called her daughter for no particular reason. Mu Ru knew that very well.
2"Mu Ru, can you hurry back home?" Du Xinyue said.
2She sounded like she was crying.
2"Mu Ru, I beg you to come back. The Xi family...is about to fall."
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