Chapter 249: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
### Chapter 249: Making a Small Profit and Deciding to Act (1)
After a while, Li Zhong returned.
"Yan'er, Mo Yonglu adamantly refuses to take the wages. He said he wants to see you and is waiting at the gate. Do you want to see him?"
Mo Yan felt a bit annoyed upon hearing this. It seemed like it was never-ending. After thinking for a moment, she decided it was best to go out and clarify things. "I'll go see what he wants."
With that, she stood up and walked towards the door, with Li Zhong following closely behind.
Mo Yonglu was pacing anxiously outside the gate. When he saw Mo Yan come out, he visibly relaxed and said before she could speak, "Yan'er, I don't have any other intentions in coming here. I just want to apologize to you in person for the wrongs I've done in the past."
"Apologize?" Mo Yan looked at him with a faint expression, repeating these two words with a tone that was both mocking and disdainful. "If apologies were effective, wouldn't that mean that wrongdoers wouldn't need to be punished?"
Mo Yonglu's face turned pale, and a hint of pain flashed in his eyes. "I... I didn't mean that. I know I've done a lot of things that I'm sorry for in the past. I'm not asking for forgiveness, I just hope to make up for my past mistakes."
He wasn't a good person, nor a good father. He hadn't raised his daughter well, leading to her making mistakes and ultimately being sold off by her own mother. This was already his punishment. Now, he just wanted to be a better person and atone for all the wrongs he had done.
Seeing Mo Yonglu's regretful expression, Mo Yan's demeanor softened momentarily, but then returned to her previous coldness. "The harm has already been done, and it cannot be erased with just an 'apology.' As long as your family doesn't cause any trouble for mine in the future, that would be the best apology."
The death of the original owner was still connected to this family. Even if it ultimately benefited her, she couldn't forgive these people on behalf of the original owner. The only way to repay the original owner was to protect this family and prevent anyone from harming her loved ones again.
"I'm sorry..."
Mo Yonglu's expression was filled with despair and bitterness as he looked at Mo Yan, feeling as if he were looking at a stranger. It was heartbreaking.
But he still needed to apologize to the Mo family. "Previously, when your family's timber and fruit trees were destroyed, it was instigated by Erni'er. Since she can't come here personally to apologize, let me, her father, kneel down and apologize to you on her behalf, and say 'I'm sorry.'"
With that, he knelt straight down on the ground with a 'plonk' and knocked his head three times in a row.
Mo Yan was startled and quickly stepped aside. Even if she despised Mo Yonglu, she couldn't accept an elder kneeling down to apologize.
"You should get up quickly. If you think that using this method will make our family forgive you, then you're mistaken. I'll say it again, as long as your family doesn't cause any trouble in the future, that's all that matters."
Mo Yonglu had come to apologize in person and even mentioned Mo Erni'er's actions. It seemed like he genuinely regretted it, but she still wouldn't treat him as a second uncle.
"I'm... sorry!"
Mo Yonglu's face was filled with despair and bitterness. He had expected that his cousins' family wouldn't easily forgive him, but now, hearing Yan's words, he realized that he might never be forgiven.
Seeing that he refused to get up, Mo Yan felt uncomfortable all over. "If you want to kneel, then kneel. Even if you kneel through the ground, my words remain the same."
With that, she turned around and went back inside.
Li Zhong hesitated for a moment before stepping forward to help the disheartened Mo Yonglu up, unable to help but say, "You should go back. For both of your families, it's best if there are no more conflicts in the future."
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