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"Miss Ye, you don't need to worry about me," she said sarcastically. "That family bullies the weak and fears the strong. If I stand up for myself, they won't dare to do anything."

That family truly embodied the phrase "bullying the weak and fearing the strong" to the extreme.

Upon hearing this, Ye Mo felt slightly relieved, and thought to himself: Indeed, there are still a minority of people in this world who go to extremes.

Just to be on the safe side, she still asked 888 if the Hong Family had any bad intentions.

888: [No, that family just curses at Secretary Huang's family from time to time, but they haven't done anything else.]

Ye Mo: [Oh, impotent rage.]

888 continued, "[Their family isn't in the mood to do anything right now, because their son is about to die; the hospital has already issued a critical condition notice!]"

Ye Mo:... Then I'll say less and save myself some good karma.

After learning about Secretary Huang, Ye Mo and his group arrived back at the Ye Family without incident.

The car drove into the Ye Family's courtyard and stopped at the villa entrance. As soon as Ye Mo got out of the car, she saw everyone else from the Ye Family standing there, which made her pause—this was an even more grand affair than when she first came to the Ye Family. Everyone was there except for her second brother, whom she hadn't seen yet.

While Ye Mo was still in a daze, Ruan Xianyue quickly came downstairs, grabbed her hand, and said anxiously, "I saw on the news that you went to the police station. What happened? Why did you end up in the police station? Did someone bully you?"

Hearing Ruan Xianyue's words, Ye Miao, who was a few steps behind her, looked Ye Mo up and down a few times, then rolled her eyes and said, "With her personality, how could she let someone bully her? I think she might be the one who beats them up."

Ye Mo: In a way, Ye Miao was right; she really did beat Sun Qian up.

"I'm fine." She reassured the worried and anxious Ruan Xianyue, opening her arms to show her, "Look, I'm perfectly fine, not a scratch... It was just a small accident during filming, so I went to the police station to give a statement."

"Are you really alright?" Ye Zhipeng asked.

Ye Mo, "I'm really fine!"

"Is everything alright now?" Ruan Xianyue suddenly asked, her expression turning somewhat grim as she seemed to have seen something.

She suddenly reached out and touched the skin on Ye Mo's neck.

As she reached out, Ye Mo shifted slightly, then froze, struggling to stay still. But the next second, she instinctively hissed – the spot where Ruan Xianyue was burning with pain.

Ruan Xianyue said to her, "You said you were fine, but your skin is all red and blistered..."

As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, and she asked, "What happened to you?"

Ye Mo touched it too, and it hurt even more. She said, "... It's probably from filming. Today was a scene set in fire."

"Don't cry," she comforted Ruan Xianyue. "It's just a minor injury. Look, I'm standing here perfectly fine, aren't I?"

We filmed this scene three times today. Ye Mo stayed in the fire for more than two hours. She was very close to the flames, and her exposed skin inevitably got burned.

"If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have even noticed I was injured," Ye Mo said, as she roughly touched her neck again.

"Smack!"

Ruan Xianyue slapped her hand away, glared at her angrily, and said, "How can you be so unconcerned about your own injury? And you're spewing spittle everywhere, doesn't it hurt?"

Ye Mo: "It's alright, it doesn't hurt too much."

Ruan Xianyue looked at her, both amused and annoyed, and pulled her into the house. "Judging from your appearance, you must not have slept all night... I asked the kitchen to make you breakfast. After breakfast, go back to your room and sleep. Children need to sleep more."

Ye Mo, already twenty-three years old and turning twenty-four after the New Year, yet still called a child, "..."

After Ruan Xianyue finished speaking, she looked curiously at Ye Mo's outfit and asked, "Is this your costume from the play?"

Ye Mo, reminded by her, looked down and exclaimed, "Oh no, I've put my costume back on!"

"Yes," she replied.

In response to Ruan Xianyue, "I was in a hurry and forgot to change... How is it? Does it look good?"

She turned around in front of Ruan Xianyue.

Ruan Xianyue nodded, her tone certain, "It looks good, but the fabric is too poor and too plain. Children should wear brighter clothes to look their best."

She touched the fabric of Ye Mo's clothes.

Ye Zhipeng laughed and said, "You look like your mother, of course you're good-looking."

Ruan Xianyue glared at her husband and said, "Momo also looks a bit like you..."

Ye Mo: "..." At this moment, she suddenly felt like she had been shown up in a compliment.

"I'm going upstairs to wash up!" she immediately decided to slip away.

Of course, on the one hand, she also felt uncomfortable wearing the costume. You see, after being burned in the fire all night and going to the police station, her costume was already beyond repair.

While taking a shower, the hot water made the skin on her neck, which had been scorched by the heat, even more burning. After showering, she looked in the mirror and found that her exposed skin was bright red, and some areas were even blistered. The blisters, large and small, looked rather eerie, though they had been hidden by her hair before.

No wonder it felt like it was burning before...

Ye Mo, "Thank goodness Ruan Xianyue didn't see these blisters, otherwise she would have really cried."

Ye Mo found a box of aloe vera gel, scooped out a little and carefully applied it to the burned skin, wondering whether he should go to the hospital to see a doctor.

"Won't it leave a scar?" She was still a little worried. After all, she was a celebrity, and she hadn't yet become a well-known actress; she still relied on her looks for a living. It wouldn't be good if she had a scar on her neck.

Because of this injury, Ye Mo stayed in the bathroom a little longer. When she came downstairs, she saw a middle-aged man in the living room.

Ruan Xianyue stood up and pulled her over to sit down, introducing her. "This is Doctor Xu, our family's private doctor. Let him take a look at you..."

She glanced at the skin on Ye Mo's neck and noticed that it was covered in blisters. Feeling a pang of sympathy, she gently touched it and said, "How did this get so bad?"

This time, she really cried, and large tears streamed down her face.

Ye Mo looked at her tears and felt a headache coming on—no one knew that Ye Mo was completely helpless when it came to people's tears.

"It's really nothing," she said. "It just got burned by the fire. It looks a bit scary, but it's actually nothing serious. You can ask Doctor Xu if you don't believe me!"

She looked at Doctor Xu.

Doctor Xu, who was being stared at, replied, "I'll have to examine him to find out."

Ye Mo: "..."

While Doctor Xu was examining her, Ruan Xianyue asked with some concern, "Will it leave a scar?"

After examining Doctor Xu, Dr. Xu said, "No, Miss Ye's burns on her neck aren't serious. With proper treatment and a light diet, they won't leave scars."

Ye Mo turned her head to let him treat the wound on her neck. There were more blisters on her right side, probably because it was closer to the fire. Doctor Xu first popped the blisters, cleaned the pus inside, applied medicine, and then covered it with gauze.

After applying the medicine, Ye Mo felt a refreshing coolness on his burning skin; the effect was truly immediate.

While Doctor Xu was treating the wound on Ye Mo's neck, Ruan Xianyue didn't leave; she sat to the side, occasionally asking Ye Mo, "Does it hurt?"

Ye Mo naturally replied, "It doesn't hurt."