Although Liu Yingying appeared delicate and gentle on the surface, she was never someone to be trifled with.

Even when she was with Ye Feng, he didn't dare to provoke her, let alone Ding Xue.

Coco had always been the apple of Liu Yingying's eye, her most vulnerable spot, and now she had been beaten like this.

As a mother, Liu Yingying was completely enraged, like a tiger with its fur standing on end.

With a slap, Ding Xue's cheek turned red. Ding Xue was momentarily stunned, and when she came to her senses, she was furious and shouted, "Liu Yingying, you slut, how dare you hit me?"

"Slap!"

Another crisp slap echoed.

Liu Yingying shouted angrily, "Ding Xue, watch your mouth."

She then pressed Ding Xue's head down and slapped her several more times.

Even so, it couldn't extinguish the anger in Liu Yingying's heart.

Liu Yingying was over 1.7 meters tall, while Ding Xue was less than 1.6 meters, so Liu Yingying towered over her.

Moreover, Liu Yingying had practiced some martial arts during her university days, not enough to compare with martial arts experts, but enough to easily handle Ding Xue, who had no power to fight back.

The scene left everyone in the room a bit stunned, and after a long while, Liu Yuan rushed over to help.

Liu Yingying's father, Liu Chundong, seeing this, was afraid his daughter would suffer and hurried over to pull Liu Yingying back.

It took quite an effort to separate the two, and by then, Ding Xue was already bruised and disheveled, crying on the side.

Pointing at Liu Yingying, she cursed loudly, "This bitch, bringing a little bastard here to act out in our Liu family."

"You want another beating, don't you?"

Liu Yingying glared at Ding Xue, looking ready to go over and slap her swollen mouth again.

Ding Xue instantly shut her mouth, her aggressive demeanor fading away, not daring to continue cursing.

Liu Yuan's face changed repeatedly, pointing at Liu Yingying and shouting, "Liu Yingying, how dare you hit my wife in front of Grandpa?"

The old man sitting on the antique rosewood armchair in the hall already had a gloomy expression.

No matter what, making a move in front of him was disrespectful.

"Chundong, look at the daughter you've raised, what a disgrace."

The old man said with a sullen face.

Yingying's father, Liu Chundong, stood silently by the side.

Ever since his heir status was revoked, Liu Chundong had lost his voice in this family.

"Hmph, look at you, such a failure, can't even control your daughter. It's a good thing the Liu family wasn't handed over to you, who knows what would have happened."

The old man of the Liu family said with disdain, seeing Liu Chundong remain silent.

Because he had no sons, the old man of the Liu family was extremely displeased with Liu Chundong, favoring his second son, Liu Chunnan, who had given him a grandson, Liu Yuan's father.

In truth, Liu Chundong wasn't as incompetent as the old man made him out to be.

Back in the day, Liu Chundong was the most outstanding young man in Liancheng City, with exceptional business acumen.

At that time, the Liu family had fallen into decline, even dropping out of the top ten families in Liancheng City.

Later, Liu Chundong took over some family businesses, and after a few years of development, he managed to restore the family's status.

One could even say that the current glory of the Liu family was inseparable from Liu Chundong's efforts back then.

However, no matter how capable, he couldn't withstand the lack of a male heir.

Because he had no sons, the old man of the Liu family grew increasingly distrustful of Liu Chundong.

Coupled with Liu Chunnan's family constantly fanning the flames, and Liu Yingying giving birth to Coco.

The old man eventually drove their entire family out of the Liu family mansion.

With his granddaughter beaten and being scolded by the old man, Liu Chundong felt very uncomfortable.

After a long contemplation, he finally said slowly, "Dad, you can't just look at Yingying's actions, look at what happened to Coco."

Liu Chundong chose to stand by his daughter, not thinking Liu Yingying was wrong to act.

Liu Yuan angrily said, "Just a little bastard, so what if she got hit."

"Exactly, and it's not like I hit her for no reason. A little bastard coming in and dirtying our home, even daring to break our Xiaojun's toys, deserved to be hit."

"I think we should have enforced the family law on her back then, shouldn't have let her live."

Ding Xue said through gritted teeth, viciously.

The so-called family law allowed the head of the family to have life-and-death authority over the Liu family members.

It was a way to deal with those who violated family rules.

Five years ago, there was a proposal to smother Coco in the cradle, but in the end, Liu Chundong left the family, relinquishing his heir rights to save her.

Hearing Ding Xue's words, Liu Yingying's face turned pale.

No matter how much harm she suffered, she wouldn't be afraid, but Coco was always her most vulnerable point.

No one could harm her in the slightest.

She knew the severity of the Liu family's laws.

But at this moment, she could only grit her teeth tightly, not saying a word.

Su Yumei, standing by, also changed her expression, and started scolding Liu Yingying, "You wretched girl, how dare you hit someone in front of Grandpa, apologize to Ding Xue."

Seeing the past being brought up again by Ding Xue, Liu Chundong was furious, "Ding Xue, what do you want? Do you want to use the family law against my family?"

Liu Chundong's words carried weight, as he had managed the family business for some years.

Ding Xue might not have seen Liu Chunnan's demeanor, but Liu Yuan knew his uncle was not to be trifled with, and quickly explained, "Uncle, she's just talking nonsense, don't take it to heart."

"Hmph."

Liu Chundong snorted coldly, saying no more.

At this moment, the old man, who had been silent, spoke up.

"Chundong, Yingying is really out of line."

"To compensate Ding Xue, have Yingying hand over that cosmetics company to Xiaoyuan."

He had originally intended to take back that cosmetics company and give it to Liu Yuan.

The old man was cunning, knowing that Liu Yingying wouldn't easily hand it over, originally planning to make her do so at the New Year's banquet.

Now that this incident had occurred, he decided to seize the opportunity to take it back.

"Dad, you can't take that company away!"

Liu Chundong protested.

He knew that their family could still live decently because of Liu Yingying's company.

Without that company, he knew the Liu family wouldn't offer them any support.

They would be left with nothing.

"Enough, this is my decision!"

The old man ignored Liu Chundong's protest, making the final decision.

Hearing this, Liu Yuan immediately showed a delighted expression.

Ding Xue also suddenly felt her cheeks no longer hurt.

"I will not hand over the company to you."

Liu Yingying said firmly, holding Coco.