Chapter 43 Grandpa Mu’s Love for Xiaohua

Mu Xiwan looked at Grandma Tiantian, who was in a hurry to buy food, and couldn’t help but have a thousand thoughts. Anyway, Teacher Zhang, this mother-in-law, really values and loves Tiantian.

Mu Xiwan looked at Tiantian, whose complexion had improved somewhat by now, and consulted with Teacher Zhang about the matter of applying for college preferences, then left the hospital.

Mu Xiwan first took a taxi to her rental house. When Xiaohua saw Mu Xiwan come in, she looked at Mu Xiwan with a look of grievance, as if she was saying to Mu Xiwan, how could she leave it alone in the rental house!

Mu Xiwan looked at Xiaohua’s cute and pitiful appearance and couldn’t help but smile. She walked over, gently picked up Xiaohua, then sat on a chair and told Xiaohua about what had happened in the past two days. She knew that although Xiaohua couldn’t speak, it could understand every word she said.

After Mu Xiwan explained seriously to Xiaohua, Xiaohua lifted its head and rubbed against Mu Xiwan’s neck, the soft feathers lightly brushing past, as if indicating that it was no longer angry.

Seeing that Xiaohua was no longer angry, Mu Xiwan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, then thought about tidying up the rental house.

She packed some of the things she usually used into her own space. Other things that were not needed were also packed up and thrown into the trash bin in the community. After finishing all this, she called the landlord, waited for the landlord to come over, and then returned the rental house.

After all, this was a school district house, and the rent was very expensive every month. Since she had returned to the Mu family, she didn’t need this rental house anymore. Besides, she would be applying to Peking University in the future, and when the time came, she would rent a house around Peking University.

After tidying up, Mu Xiwan took Xiaohua and took a taxi to the Mu family. The taxi driver was a middle-aged man. He looked through the rearview mirror at Xiaohua in Mu Xiwan’s arms, his eyes full of curiosity:

“Student, what kind of bird is this little bird of yours, so beautiful and well-behaved!”

Upon hearing the taxi driver’s praise, Xiaohua made a pleasant and pleasant chirping sound, as if thanking the taxi driver, making the taxi driver marvel.

When they arrived at the Mu family, the house was empty, and even Grandpa Mu was not at home. Mu Xiwan carried Xiaohua to her bedroom, then helped Xiaohua make a comfortable nest on the balcony.

In a new environment, Xiaohua first flew happily for a few rounds, then landed on Mu Xiwan’s shoulder, chirping as if expressing its satisfaction with the new home.

Mu Xiwan instructed Xiaohua a few words. Although Grandpa hoped Xiaohua would come over, she still didn’t want Xiaohua to disturb the Mu family too often.

“Hua, when you’re free in the future, just stay in my bedroom. If you want to go out, I’ll go out from the window on my balcony. If I’m not home and you can’t get in, just stay on the platform outside my balcony, okay?”

With its little head up, Xiaohua nodded slowly, indicating that it understood after listening to Mu Xiwan’s words. Xiaohua flew into the nest prepared by Mu Xiwan, then chirped at Mu Xiwan a few times, indicating that it also liked the nest.

Mu Xiwan praised Xiaohua and said, “Good, wait a moment, I’ll go downstairs to get you some bread to eat!”

In fact, Mu Xiwan usually noticed that as long as Xiaohua practiced with her every day, it could be fine without eating or drinking, but this little guy only liked all kinds of bread. Although it couldn’t eat too much each time, as long as it was given bread, it would be extremely happy.

Just as Mu Xiwan opened the door, Xiaohua flew back to its shoulder. Mu Xiwan looked at Xiaohua, then reached out and touched Xiaohua’s head. It seemed to want to follow her downstairs, and since there was no one downstairs at the moment, it could follow her!

As Mu Xiwan was walking downstairs, she saw Grandpa Mu opening the door and walking in. Mu Xiwan looked at Grandpa Mu, who was humming a tune, and asked with a smile:

“Grandpa, did you go out for fun?”

Grandpa Mu raised his head upon hearing Mu Xiwan’s words and saw Xiaohua perched on Mu Xiwan’s shoulder. Grandpa Mu was first stunned, then asked in confusion:

“Xiwan, is this the little bird you mentioned?”

“This is not what I imagined,” he thought. He had assumed the bird Xiwan brought would be small and dainty, kept in a cage, chirping away. He hadn’t expected something so big. A bird that size wouldn’t fit in a cage, would it?

Mu Xiwan saw the stunned look on her grandpa’s face and said with a smile, “Yes, Grandpa, this is Xiaohua, my best companion! Xiaohua, come and say hello to Grandpa!”

Xiaohua, upon hearing Mu Xiwan’s words, chirped twice at Grandpa Mu. Grandpa Mu, looking at the bird greeting him, asked in surprise, “Xiwan, it can actually understand you? What kind of bird is it?”

Mu Xiwan didn’t actually know what kind of bird Xiaohua was. She had searched a lot of information online, but she hadn’t seen any birds similar to Xiaohua. So she honestly told Grandpa Mu, “Grandpa, I don’t know what kind of bird it is. When it was injured, I helped it heal, and it wouldn’t leave my side.”

Grandpa Mu was surprised to hear Mu Xiwan say this. He could tell this bird was very intelligent. He looked at Mu Xiwan and said with a smile, “Xiwan, it seems this bird has a great connection with you. Since it chose to stay by your side, we’ll treat it well.”

After saying that, Grandpa Mu looked at Xiaohua perched on Xiwan’s shoulder and said enviously, “Xiwan, can you let it come over to me for a while?”

Grandpa Mu thought that if Xiaohua could let him get close, then tomorrow he would take Xiaohua to show off to those old men.

Mu Xiwan looked at Grandpa Mu’s expectant expression and laughed. She turned to Xiaohua and said, “Xiaohua?”

Xiaohua instantly understood and chirped softly, indicating she understood. Then, she flapped her wings and flew towards Grandpa Mu, landing steadily on his shoulder.

Grandpa Mu was a little stunned. Just now, Xiwan had only softly called its name, and it understood?

This bird was too intelligent! Grandpa Mu looked at Xiaohua standing on his shoulder and asked Mu Xiwan with a smile, “Xiwan, what does Xiaohua like to eat? I’ll go buy some for it. Do you feed it insects or something?”

Mu Xiwan looked at the stunned expression on Xiaohua’s face when Grandpa Mu mentioned insects and couldn’t help but laugh, “Grandpa, it likes bread the most. It doesn’t like anything else!”

“Bread, huh? We have that at home. I’ll go get some for it!” Grandpa Mu said, then went to the kitchen eagerly.

Xiaohua, standing on Grandpa Mu’s shoulder, heard him say he was going to get bread for her and immediately flapped her wings happily to express her joy.

Chapter 44 Xiaohua’s Disdain for Mu Jinghan

Mu Xiwan watched with amusement as her grandpa went to the kitchen with Xiaohua. Just as she was about to go upstairs to her bedroom, she heard voices from the yard.

“I haven’t had anything happen all day, haha, looks like I’ll be able to get my ten thousand yuan back!”

Mu Xiwan had originally wanted to go upstairs, but when she heard Mu Jinghan’s loud voice outside, she slowly retracted her left foot that was about to step up. As soon as she turned around, she saw Mu Jinghan and the others pushing the door open and entering.

Mu Jinghan swaggered into the living room, looking smug. As soon as he entered, he saw Mu Xiwan standing by the stairs, his arrogance even higher. He shouted at the top of his lungs, “Mu Xiwan, you’re here, good! Saves me the trouble of looking for you. Quickly return my ten thousand yuan to me, hurry up! Your fortune-telling is completely inaccurate. I’ve been at school all day, and there wasn’t any blood disaster like you said!”

Grandpa Mu, who was in the kitchen helping Xiaohua get bread, saw Mu Jinghan yelling at Mu Xiwan and immediately scolded him angrily, “You brat, Xiwan is your elder sister, how dare you call her by her name? Where are your manners?”

Mu Jinghan, who was still very arrogant, immediately subdued his arrogance when he heard his grandpa’s scolding.

However, he quickly recovered and put on a wronged expression, saying, “Grandpa, Mu…she didn’t predict anything accurately. Nothing happened to me all day, no blood disaster at all!”

Grandpa Mu, hearing Mu Jinghan say this, also took a closer look at him. He saw that Mu Jinghan was indeed unharmed.

But Grandpa Mu was still on his granddaughter’s side. He said to Mu Jinghan, “You brat, what accurate or inaccurate? Why are you so fussy? You don’t have any masculine spirit! Go, go, go, quickly go do your homework. You’re going to take the college entrance exam next year. If you have the ability, then get a top score on the exam like your sister Xiwan!”

Mu Jinghan, hearing his grandpa say this, was a little amused. This favoritism was too much! And, this top score hurdle couldn’t be crossed, could it? He grumbled inwardly, his face full of displeasure.

Mu Xiwan, hearing her grandpa’s words, felt a warmth in her heart. Was this what it felt like to be protected by loved ones?

She smiled slightly at Grandpa Mu, then turned to Mu Jinghan and asked with a teasing smile, “I think you didn’t have a good day at school today?”

Mu Jinghan, hearing Mu Xiwan say this, thought about his encounter at school today, and his expression changed. He didn’t know what was wrong today, but everything at school was going wrong.

It was all small things, like during the exam, both of his pens ran out of ink, and when he went to the toilet, he slipped and bumped his forehead. Then, at lunch, he was accidentally bumped by a classmate, and his lunchbox fell on him…

He felt like all the bad luck from the past year had been concentrated on today, but these didn’t seem to count as a blood disaster. So he still argued, “What’s wrong with that? It’s just a few small accidents. It’s far from the blood disaster you mentioned!”

Chu Yunxi, standing beside them, saw this and coughed lightly. She had actually come to pick up Mu Jinghan specifically today. She wanted to see with her own eyes if Mu Xiwan really knew any arcane arts.

When she saw Mu Jinghan, who was completely fine, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Mu Xiwan’s arcane arts weren’t that good after all! After all, how good could she be if she was self-taught?

Chu Yunxi looked at Mu Xiwan and said softly, “Sister Xiwan, I’m not saying that it’s bad that you learn arcane arts, but it’s a new society now. We should believe in science, shouldn’t we?”

Mu Xiwan looked at this White Lotus Chu with amusement and said lightly, “You sound very nice, as if you don’t believe in arcane arts!”

Chu Yunxi, hearing Mu Xiwan’s words, was startled. She didn’t know if Mu Xiwan knew something or if she was deliberately saying this.

Her heart was a little uneasy, and she laughed awkwardly, “What are you talking about, Sister Xiwan? I don’t believe in arcane arts. I think those are all scams!”

Chu Yunxi said this, but her eyes flickered, not daring to look directly at Mu Xiwan’s eyes that seemed to be laughing but not laughing.

“That’s right, it’s completely a scam. There’s a reason why people say that fortune tellers are charlatans!”

Mu Jinghan, hearing Chu Yunxi’s words, followed suit.

Grandpa Mu, who was feeding Xiaohua bread, heard Mu Jinghan’s words and was about to glare and scold him, but was pulled by Mu Xiwan’s sleeve.

Grandpa Mu instantly understood his granddaughter’s meaning. He glared at Mu Jinghan, said nothing, and left the stage to Mu Xiwan.

Mu Xiwan raised her eyebrows and said lightly, “The day isn’t over yet, is it? And I observed that your disaster aura won’t last long and will soon come true. Just wait and see!”

Mu Jinghan, seeing Mu Xiwan still being stubborn, said to her with a confident tone, “Alright, if I don’t have a blood disaster before twelve o’clock tonight, you have to return my ten thousand yuan!”

Mu Xiwan, seeing Mu Jinghan still hung up on the ten thousand yuan, smiled slightly and said, “Alright! When the time comes, I will not only return your ten thousand yuan, but I will also give you an extra ten thousand yuan as compensation!”

Mu Jinghan, hearing Mu Xiwan say this, thought to himself, this new cousin is truly silly. From now on, I won’t touch anything dangerous. After dinner, I’ll just lie down in bed and it’s settled.

This is a sure win for me, and Mu Xiwan is even thinking about giving me an extra ten thousand yuan. Such a good thing, I’d be crazy to refuse.

“Alright, it’s a deal!” Mu Jinghan said happily to Mu Xiwan. From now on, I’ll just be honest and careful.

After finishing this matter, Mu Jinghan finally saw Xiaohua on his grandpa’s shoulder. He asked in surprise, “Grandpa, is this a new bird you bought? But didn’t Grandma tell you not to keep any? This bird is so beautiful!”

Mu Jinghan said this and wanted to reach out and touch Xiaohua. Who knew that Xiaohua didn’t like to be touched? The moment Mu Jinghan’s hand extended, it immediately flew towards Mu Xiwan and landed on her shoulder.

“This! It…what does it mean?”

Mu Jinghan stared blankly at Xiaohua, who was showing him a disgusted expression, and said in a daze.

Grandpa Mu, seeing Xiaohua fly away from his shoulder because of this brat, said angrily, “Look at you, even a bird dislikes you. Why don’t you hurry back to your room and study!”

Grandpa Mu blew his beard and glared at Mu Jinghan. This brat is so against Xiwan, it’s no wonder Xiaohua likes him!