Chapitre 2557: You are just asking for trouble.

Yun Shishi, meanwhile, was rather astonished to hear such startling news, but the appalled expression on the lady's face told her that what her son had said must be pretty much true. The puzzled her did not know where the lad got that insider information from, though.

The boy coldly commented, "Aren't you so clingy toward my father because you're hoping that he, for the sake of your past friendship, will help the Rong Group tide over this crisis using the Mu Group's resources?"

"Nonsense!" The guilt-ridden missy tried to refute his words. "I don't have such thoughts in mind! What nonsense are you spewing?!"

An elegant smile graced his face as he spoke mockingly, "You know it yourself whether I'm spewing nonsense or not. It doesn't matter to me whether you're exposed or not. All I'm concerned about is: What right do you, a soon-to-be pauper, have to laugh at my mother's so-called 'commoner' status?"