Year 2011.

January.

In the blink of an eye, Mu Xin has been interning at Yushi for nearly a semester, there are not many classes this semester, she has stayed in Yushi for much more time than in school, and there are more staff members who know Yushi than her classmates in school.

To be honest, Empress Yu didn't teach Mu Xin much, Mu Xin's feeling was that Empress Yu gave her a good platform to try and grow by herself, she liked this feeling, she never liked that sense of urgency.

Time flies quickly, Mu Xin finished reading half of the book in one afternoon, for her, the book of economics is still a little obscure, but fortunately, New Year's Day is coming, and the workload given to her by Empress Yu is not large, and she still has time.

Stretching, Mu Xin got up from his seat.

"Ye Li, I want to go home, will you accompany me back?" She stood in front of Ye Li, who was reading the newspaper on the side, and pulled out the newspaper in his hand.

"Well, it's time to go home, it's the New Year's Day," Ye Li stood up in response, "Anyway, where is your home?" ”

"I don't know where my home is." Mu Xin's eyes dimmed slightly, and then returned to her original appearance, she walked out of the office, said hello to Queen Yu, and left the president's office.

Ye Li touched his head and followed.

It's strange that it's getting dark early today.

It was only six o'clock, and the night outside the window was already very thick.

Mu Xin sat in the back seat of the car, thinking about how to explain it later. To be honest, she didn't feel like she needed to explain her to those people.

She unexpectedly received a phone call at noon today, Duan Lin asked her to go home and said that there was an important matter to ask her. In the past few days, she has been quite peaceful, and the thing he wants to say should be about the old lady.

Thinking of the old lady's sudden illness that night, she became more and more frightened, no matter how much Duan Lin was not emotional, he would not treat his mother badly, why did the old lady treat herself so badly? If there is a good guy in the countryside, it is not good to send him to the hospital immediately.

Besides, the old lady raised her, and she didn't want the old man to stay away from her.

"Mu Xin is back? I heard your father say that you are coming back today and asked Wang Ma to cook your favorite dishes. Gentle words came from the sofa, and the lower eyes were Chen Yun's gentle and watery face.

"Please also tell Mrs. Duan where my dad is." She replied, a sarcastic "Mrs. Duan".

Not surprisingly, she saw Chen Yun's face stiffen.

Hearing this, Duan Ran hurriedly ran down from upstairs, and at a glance saw Ye Li standing majestically behind her, "Has my sister brought a friend back?" ”

"Sister, are you bringing your boyfriend back?" Duan Zhen didn't shy away at all, and walked down in a pale pink nightdress and sat on the sofa.

Mu Xin looked at Ye Li, raised a smile, and said generously: "Yes! ”

Ye Li was stunned, although he didn't know her for a long time, he also knew her temperament, that is, he was noisy and competitive. He simply didn't speak, let her toss.

"I believe your nonsense, as long as you are high or low, can you find a boyfriend just after college?" Duan Zhen pulled a bag of potato chips and enjoyed herself.

"Do you know clearly, the young man is in charge of me? Passed math? Or is your homework done? Her tone was extremely flat, but it was a sentence - no, just let me go and study, only to see Duan Hao's face turned pale, and she couldn't say a word.

"I didn't pass the math, and you dare to be presumptuous here, Duan Zhen, I really doubt what your cheeks are made of." Mu Xin's voice became heavier.

Duan Zhen really doubted if she was her own sister, she threw away the few remaining bags of potato chips, and looked at Ye Li with a mocking gesture, "Big brother, look at how this woman treats her own sister, hurry up and recognize the person in front of you, don't regret meeting someone in the end!" ”

Ye Li shrugged his shoulders behind his back and said with a smile, "Mu Xin, I didn't know that your family had such an arrogant little sister?" ”

"Flutter ......" Mu Xin smiled, he played this role very well, "Yes, Ye Li, there is such an arrogant little sister, look at how pitiful I am, I have been squeezed by such a vicious woman for eight years......"

As she spoke, she looked at him pitifully, and her watery eyes made him tremble for a while, "Do you want me to help you get revenge or something?" ”

Duan Zhen was ridiculed for her math scores, and couldn't help but want to fight for her breath, so she went upstairs with an angry face, and didn't forget to give Mu Xin a gesture of contempt before leaving.

"Of course you want me to accept help," she nodded hurriedly, her eyebrows curled in anticipation, "How are you going to help?" ”

"I'm kidding. It's still difficult for people to cut off family affairs, I'm a bodyguard, and I'm mixed with you? He curled his lips and smiled, revealing a few white teeth.

The conversation between the two was heard word by word by Chen Yun, and the "vicious woman" probably referred to herself, right? Thinking like this, her heart went cold.

Mu Xin punched him in the shoulder and laughed, "Trick me, you don't want to live anymore?" ”

"Did you hit me?" Ye Li raised his eyebrows, with a face of "If you can't beat me, what can you do to me", "Do you want to get the moon first near the water building, I will reluctantly let you learn from a teacher?" ”

"It's just a few fists and embroidered legs, and you'll have to be scared." Mu Xin threw away a cold look, ignored him, ate the fruit, picked up an orange and handed it to him, "Give-"

"Don't eat it." He shook his head and pushed back.

Seeing that he refused, Mu Xin snorted coldly, broke open the orange and tore off a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, "Isn't this eating?" Sentimental. ”

Ye Li looked embarrassed, and his favorability towards Mu Xin soared, this woman is sassy, she is also sassy, her heart is good, she is a friend. No wonder Empress Yu accepted her as a student......

Soon, there was a sound of brakes outside the door, and Mu Xin knew that Duan Lin had arrived home.

In the study that exuded the fragrance of gardenias, Mu Xin leaned lazily on the chaise longue, leaned back, closed his eyes and waited for Duan Lin to speak.

"Xin'er, now that the outside world is spreading the news about you and Empress Yu, what do you think of it, you can't turn a blind eye and let it develop, this will cause great damage to your girl's reputation." Duan Lin lit a cigarette, saw Mu Xin's frowning brow, twisted it in the ashtray, and threw it in.

His serious tone didn't make Mu Xin serious, she opened her eyes to look at him, "The clear is self-clearing, what should I worry about?" ”

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Duan Lin's eyes turned cold, she caught his momentary displeasure, but did not give him a chance to refute, and then said, "I don't have the heart to guess what others said in front of you, and there is no need to explain my relationship with Empress Yu to you, and those people." ”

"I heard that Empress Yu bought you an apartment in the city center, is it true?" Although her explanation was not straightforward, at least it sounded that she and Empress Yu were still innocent, Duan Lin's heart was a little relaxed, and there was even a hint of comfort. Although in some ways, it is not a good thing that Empress Yu values her.

"True or false, does it matter?" She asked with a smile.

Duan Lin was a little stunned by her laughter, the so-called people from the outside world just broke the news as a casual conversation after dinner, and he didn't delve into the truth of these news, now-

Listening to his daughter's gentle and slow ridicule, his heart suddenly twisted together, "Yesterday I met Ah Mu and Yang Shang in the coffee shop, and the two of them said that you have not been with them for the past two days, and Jia Li has also stayed at home during this time...... So, is this true? ”

"I'm an adult, so I don't need to report my whereabouts to you, right? Or do you want me to go back to the country in the safest place, and preferably not even to be in front of you and your family again? Mu Xin's face was expressionless, as if he was saying something that had nothing to do with him.

"Xin'er, I'm your father!" Duan Lin was obviously a little angry, but he still tried to suppress his anger, after all, he was sorry for her for so many years, he didn't give her a complete home, he didn't give her enough fatherly love, he didn't hold up for her when she was lost and sad, everything he owed her...... So he's trying to make up for it.

"Well, I know, you don't have to repeat it over and over again. The blood relationship is cut constantly. She remained as calm as water, oblivious to his nervousness.

There are some things that you won't understand without experiencing them.

It's like a happy family shattered overnight, and a person goes from a princess to Cinderella.

How's that, doesn't it feel like you're reading it at all?

Duan Lin's eyes sank, and he didn't feel good in his heart, Mu Xin, is it really just a blood relationship? Is it just blood relationship?

"Okay," Duan Lin spoke, he changed the subject, "I don't delve into where you live, you're right, you're almost an adult, and you have to face a lot of things by yourself, but Dad still hopes that if you don't fit in, you should move back in, after all, it's not safe outside." ”

"As the outside world said, some time ago I lived in Yuhou's house, and it is also true that Yuhou bought me an apartment in the city center, but it is just for the convenience of work, and I will live there well in the future. As for the safety you said, I think I should think about it if I continue to live here. She said lightly.

Every word was hit on Duan Lin, who was the father, and he didn't know whether he should be happy that this child grew up and talked about art, or should he be sad that he was actually crushed to death by the child's words.

He admitted that the time when he invited Empress Yu was according to the time when Mu Xin went home, and he had the idea of sending Mu Xin to Empress Yu, but not deliberately, because he was ashamed of her, and she could not be a victim of his interests.

However, her relationship with Empress Yu was so unexpected.

"Okay," he glanced at her, and when it was finally time to get down to business, he said earnestly, "Xin'er, you are now 18 years old, although you have not yet reached the legal age of marriage, but you can take a look - can the marriage agreed between your mother and the Lin family be put on the agenda?" ”

Mu Xin was stunned, he didn't say that she had forgotten that there was such a thing.

Seeing that she was stunned, Duan Lin continued, "The Lin family is a family with a head and a face in Huaning. Lin Qian's kid has basically been abroad all these years, but he is very successful in his military career, he is mature, and he is also handsome, and the important thing is that there is nothing negative... Journalism is a man to rely on. ”

"Dad!" Mu Xin hurriedly stopped, Lin Qian? Haha, she hasn't seen him for four or five years, who knows what will happen if we meet again? She didn't want to suddenly develop a relationship with a strange man, and then maybe get knocked down.

It's a chill to think about.

"I don't want to fall in love at this time." She vetoed it.

"It was set when your mother was alive!"

"But ......," she gritted her teeth.

"Xin'er, I can do other things according to your temperament, but this thing can't work. People who do big things keep their promises, you don't want your parents to become untrustworthy people in other people's mouths, right? So, whether you want to or not, Lin Qian will come back next month for the New Year, and you will accompany Lin's parents to pick up the airport. ”

"Chinese New Year?" She breathed a sigh of relief, but luckily it wasn't tomorrow.

"Yes, it's rare to come back for the New Year."