Chapter 099: A Change of Heart
It was easy to return to the Mu house, and Gong was lying on the bed, humming and chirping for a long time. Knowing that Mu Jiaojiao and his party were back, she quickly called them over: "How is it now?
"A-Niang, rest assured, people are fine. It's all a misunderstanding, but it has nothing to do with our family. Mu Xuanxuan said busily.
"That's good, that's good. Gong finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly looked outside, "Where's your father? Why hasn't he come back yet?"
"Although the matter has nothing to do with our family, it happened in the Peony Building, so Daddy stayed to deal with some things, and he should come back in a while. Mu Wanxuan responded.
Gong nodded again and again, then clutched his chest and cried: "It's good to be back in a while, now I just hope that he can come back soon." Don't you know, when you go, my heart will feel like it has been hollowed out, and I am scared to death!"
The corners of Mu Xuanxuan and Gu Wenhua's mouths twitched.
They were beaten and scolded outside, they were not scared to death, why did this person lie at home, but he still wanted to die?
Patiently, she said a few more words to Gong, coaxed her, and several people ran out of the room as if they were running away.
"Sixth sister!" As soon as she left the room, Mu Jiaojiao took Mu Jiaojiao's hand with a smile again, "I've always heard that Sixth Sister, you have good medical skills, but we just heard about it." What I saw with my own eyes today made me understand how powerful you are. With your ability, where will you not be able to eat in the future?"
Mu Jiaojiao looked at her coldly: "Sister, do you want an ointment to treat bruises?"
Mu Wanxuan smiled dryly. "Why? I'm just gossiping with you, and I don't mean anything else. However, if you have extra medicine on hand, Sixth Sister, it's good to give us a little. Today, your brother-in-law has suffered a lot outside the Peony Building, and you can see that his face is bruised!"
Mu Jiaojiao's head was bright. "I see. Then he called out red beans.
Hongdou hurriedly grabbed out a handful of purses. Mu Jiaojiao didn't look at it, and took it casually and stuffed it into Mu Jiaojiao's hand: "These medicines are commonly used at home, Sister, you can take them back and use them! β
"Then thank you Sixth Sister!" After getting so many things in one go, Mu Xuanxuan's eyes narrowed with joy. Hurriedly handed over all the things to the girl behind her and put them away, she couldn't help but be a little more affectionate to Mu Jiaojiao.
It's just that Mu Jiaojiao was so tired that she panicked, and quickly pulled her arm out of her hand: "Sister, I'm tired, go back and rest for a while." β
"Okay, I know you're weak. Today's toss must have exhausted you, right? Go and rest, and we'll talk when you're rested!" Mu Mingxuan took the opportunity to change the conversation, and made an empathetic appearance.
It's a pity that if she goes, she won't come back and talk nonsense with you! Mu Jiaojiao said secretly in her heart, nodded at them, and left with red beans.
When she returned to the Dark Fragrance Garden, she finally had time to sit down and take a breath.
After taking a sip of tea to calm her mood, she didn't rush to rest, but said to Hongdou: "Go and bring the box that Sister gave me today." β
Red Bean hurriedly went to fetch the box. Mu Jiaojiao opened it and looked at it, and was almost blinded!
I saw a sandalwood box seven or eight inches long and three inches wide, full of ten thumb-sized pearls, two jasper pressed skirts, a string of fiery red coral bracelets, and all kinds of exquisitely carved headdresses. Roughly calculated, the price of these things must be no less than a thousand.
No wonder she felt the box so heavy in the first place!
"Wow!" Seeing this, Hongdou was also stunned, "The second lady is really generous this time! Could it be that she is so generous to Jiu Niangzi and Eleven Langjun?"
"Of course not. She deliberately gave me so many things, she was deliberately showing favor to me!" Mu Jiaojiao smiled, "Moreover, I'm afraid that these things are not what she meant, but what the Gu family master meant." β
After the failure of the last proposal, Gu Yuan left in a gloomy manner, and he didn't show up again for a long time.
But later, on the day Mu Wanying and Gu Wenhua got married, the Gu family's pomp and circumstance were very large, even beyond the battle when Mu Wanying first got married, and she had already noticed that the Gu family was a little deliberately trying to please the Mu family. Now this box return gift shows his intentions even more clearly. I'm afraid that on the day she gets married, the Gu family will give a more expensive gift.
Sure enough, it's an old fox who has been rolling in the mall for many years. Once he found out that something was wrong, he did not rush to save his image, but secretly observed in the shadows. Until now the dust has settled, the family affairs of the Mu family and the Cui family are certain, and Mu Xuanxuan also married into the Gu family, and the in-law relationship between the two families determines their untidy and chaotic relationship, and he uses this foundation to repair the relationship little by little, and slowly climb up. This method seems simple, but it is actually very clever.
And now, for the sake of this box of precious jewelry, if Mu Wanxuan really falls out with Gu Wenhua in the future, she is afraid that she will not be able to bear to stay out of the matter.
Hey, what a headache!
Mu Jiaojiao rubbed her temples and quickly closed the box. "Let's put things first, I don't need them now. β
She took a break, so naturally she didn't go out again until Mu Wanwan and Gu Wenhua left.
Mu Jiaojiao originally planned to take advantage of the relationship between Hui Menduo and Mu Jiaojiao. Today in the Peony Building, I saw that Mu Jiaojiao easily detoxified the Pei family's Xiao Langjun, and scolded several noble-born Xiao Langjun on the spot, and she didn't dare to move, and the momentum made her stunned on the spot, and she felt a little envious and jealous in her heart.
No wonder this girl can be favored by the Cui family, with her ability and momentum, who can be suppressed by ordinary people?
For the first time in her life, Mu Jiaojiao clearly realized that she was indeed inferior to Mu Jiaojiao.
This realization made her heart sour.
After saying goodbye to the Gong family, the young couple returned to the ox cart, Mu Xuanxuan immediately changed his flattering expression in the Mu family, raised his eyebrows, and pulled the corners of his mouth a few times: "Isn't it just a little capable, look at her bullishness! I don't even care about my sister." β
"You don't have to say a word!" Gu Wenhua scolded angrily.
Mu Xuanxuan turned his head. "What do you mean by that?"
Gu Wenhua twisted his head. "It's not interesting. β
Now his mind is also in turmoil. His mind couldn't stop thinking about Mu Jiaojiao's performance in the Peony Building. At the gate, when he and Mu You were both held down and beaten, she was neither humble nor arrogant, and in a few words, she moved those nobles to let go of the door and let them in;
That solemn and awe-inspiring bearing, which makes people want to look up from the bottom of their hearts.
At that time, her detached bearing had surpassed her countenance, attracting the brilliance of heaven and earth to herself, and people couldn't help but pay all their attention to her.
And the more he stared at her, the more he felt that she was beautiful. It's not the kind of beauty in appearance, but the kind of beauty that has a long aftertaste, the kind of beauty that you can't get tired of seeing. The longer he watched it, the more his heart was ready to move.
Originally, she was his fiancΓ©e!
This idea suddenly came out of my heart, and then it quickly took root in my heart, and in an instant, it grew into a towering tree.
Although his eyes did not follow Mu Jiaojiao later, that resolute back was firmly engraved in his heart.
Mu Xuanxuan felt a chill in his attitude.
Even if he knew that she had abandoned him to marry another man, he only spoke a little louder to her, but he never dared to yell at her, let alone ignore her. But now......
Sure enough, men are so cheap, don't they know how to cherish what they get in their hands?
Her heart was sour. It's just that since they are already married to him, what can she do now?
Mu Wanxuan hurriedly raised a smile, hugged Gu Wenhua's arm with both hands, rubbed his plump chest back and forth on him several times intentionally or unintentionally, and said delicately: "I know, this matter has made you suffer today." I'll give you the medicine when I get back, okay? By the way...... I'll give you the compensation you deserve, and you can make up as much as you want, huh?"
The soft touch on his limbs pulled his mind back a little.
Although he was a little unwilling to Mu Jiaojiao in his heart, he still understood that the woman was no longer his. And this Mu Wanying beside him has been liked by him for many years, especially her plump figure, convex and backward, and she is very comfortable to hold in her arms. This is beyond the reach of ten Mu Jiaojiao.
Gu Wenhua immediately rubbed it on her chest. "You said it yourself!
"Death!" Mu Xuanxuan hurriedly pushed him, but his body fell softly into his arms.
Soon it was getting dark. Before the curfew, Mu You finally returned.
He just called someone to inform Gong of the news that he was back, and went straight to the study.
Sitting in the room, he looked down at the scroll unfolding in front of him, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"Qiu Niang......" whispered the name, he stretched out his hand, and only then did his fingertips touch the cheek of the person in the painting, and then he heard a knock on the door.
He hurriedly rolled up the painting and put it away, and then said to the outside: "Who, come in." β
The door opened, and it was Mu Jiaojiao who came in.
"It's all this time, why are you here?, you're tired from the day today, why don't you rest in the room?" Mu You asked with concern.
"I've rested. On the contrary, Daddy, you must be tired of dealing with the government and dealing with the housekeeping of the restaurant, right?" Mu Jiaojiao said, "I have no other expression, so I can only cook a bowl of bird's nest porridge to make up for you." β
"If you can have such filial piety, Daddy will be satisfied. Mu You nodded contentedly, took the bird's nest and drank it.
After he finished drinking, Mu Jiaojiao took the empty bowl, and said as if unintentionally: "By the way, how are things going?"
"It's all good. There are people from the Pei family, the Wei family, and the Xue family testify, and the government concludes that the matter has nothing to do with our family. It's just that the quack's behavior is too bad, and the Pei family still refuses to let him go, and the government has to arrest his family for interrogation. As a result, the government sent someone to look for him, only to find out that his family had already left two days ago!" Mu You said, "It can be seen that this matter was completely premeditated!"