Chapter 58 Mrs. Mu Returns

Two days before the banquet, Mrs. Mu hurried back by plane. When Mrs. Mu arrived home, Mu Xiwan was being taken by Jiang Xingman to try on dresses.

Mu Xiwan thought she had selected a dress style on the tablet, so she thought she wouldn’t have to go through the tedious process of trying them on. However, she eventually couldn’t escape it.

As Mu Xiwan and Jiang Xingman returned from outside, just as they entered the living room, they heard Chu Yunxi’s voice:

“Grandma, you finally went out to relax with your friends, why did you come back so soon!”

Chu Yunxi’s voice was soft and gentle, with a hint of coquettishness, which Mrs. Mu enjoyed hearing.

“Isn’t it because Wanwan is back? As a grandmother, I have to attend my granddaughter’s banquet!”

Mrs. Mu smiled, her eyes showing deep affection. In fact, when Mr. Mu told Mrs. Mu that their granddaughter was found, Mrs. Mu was very happy and expressed her desire to come back.

However, since the plane tickets for those days were not booked, when Mrs. Mu wanted to take the high-speed rail, Mr. Mu stopped her:

“Wanwan is back and won’t leave again, you don’t need to rush!”

Mr. Mu was also worried that Mrs. Mu would be too tired from taking the high-speed rail, so he just asked her to come back before the banquet.

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After hearing Mrs. Mu’s words, Chu Yunxi deliberately showed a hint of grievance in her eyes, as if she had suffered a great grievance but tried to cover it up by lowering her head.

However, Chu Yunxi’s actions could not escape Mrs. Mu’s notice. She frowned slightly, looking worried, and asked:

“Xixi, what’s wrong with you? Did someone upset you?”

As Chu Yunxi was brewing her look of grievance, her brain was working rapidly, thinking about how to speak to make Mrs. Mu feel more distressed and develop a sense of disgust towards Mu Xiwan.

Before Chu Yunxi could speak, Jiang Xingman’s voice came from the living room:

“Mom, you’re back! Wanwan, look, grandma is back, come, quickly greet grandma!”

With Jiang Xingman’s voice, Mrs. Mu also looked at Mu Xiwan. At this moment, a look of annoyance and hatred appeared on Chu Yunxi’s face. Jiang Xingman and Mu Xiwan didn’t come early or late, but chose to interrupt her plans now!

Mu Xiwan obediently approached Mrs. Mu, behaving elegantly and politely greeted her:

“Hello, Grandma, I’m Mu Xiwan!” Her voice was crisp and pleasant, like a clear spring in the mountains, refreshing the heart.

“Ah, good child, you’re finally back!”

Seeing Mu Xiwan approaching, Mrs. Mu stood up warmly, tightly held Mu Xiwan’s hand, and said affectionately:

“Xingman, look, this child has inherited your and Hongtao’s strengths. At a glance, she is a child of our Mu family!” Mrs. Mu’s face was filled with joy and contentment, her eyes full of love for Mu Xiwan.

Mrs. Mu took out a bank card she had prepared long ago from her pocket and handed it to Mu Xiwan, insisting that she accept it:

“Child, take it. You’ve suffered outside all these years. Whatever you want to eat or wear, just buy it, don’t be reluctant!”

Mrs. Mu’s tone was firm yet caring, as if she wanted to compensate Mu Xiwan for all the love she had missed over the years in one go.

Mrs. Mu took a liking to Mu Xiwan from the moment she saw her. Moreover, she heard from her old man that this child was actually this year’s college entrance examination top scorer!

Watching the affectionate exchange between the two, Chu Yunxi couldn’t help but clench her fists, her knuckles slightly whitening from the force. She was afraid of being caught in a moment of loss of control, so she took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.

After some contemplation, in the pause of Mrs. Mu’s conversation with Mu Xiwan, she playfully said:

“Grandma, did you have a good time this time you went out? Did you bring me a gift!”

Chu Yunxi even showed a mischievous look, pretending to playfully ask Mrs. Mu for a gift, as if she were still a child.

“Of course, I brought you a gift. When did Grandma go out without bringing you a gift! The gift is in the suitcase, I’ll give it to you tonight!”

Mrs. Mu said, reaching out to point at Chu Yunxi indulgently. Chu Yunxi then made a cute face towards Mrs. Mu, looking very endearing.

After doing all this, Chu Yunxi took the opportunity when everyone was not paying attention to show a hint of a proud smile towards Mu Xiwan.

Fortunately, although Mrs. Mu treated Mu Xiwan very well, she still loved her as much as before.

In the Mu family, Mrs. Mu was the one who loved herself the most, and she could say that she had grown up under Mrs. Mu’s care.

Chu Yunxi believed that the decades of love between grandmother and granddaughter couldn’t be taken away by Mu Xiwan just because she said so!

After speaking to Chu Yunxi, Mrs. Mu turned around and looked at Mu Xiwan with the same affectionate gaze:

“Wanwan, grandma brought you a gift too, but grandma didn’t know what you liked, so after I heard you were coming back, I picked out a gift with local characteristics for you in the place I visited!”

Seeing her grandmother’s worried look, Mu Xiwan smiled and comforted her:

“It’s okay, grandma, as long as you bought it, I like it!”

Actually, Mu Xiwan didn’t care about the gift, but rather her grandmother’s intentions. As long as Mrs. Mu treated them equally, she had no objections.

After all, Chu Yunxi was raised by Mrs. Mu, and they had a decade-long bond. So, Mrs. Mu being able to treat her and Chu Yunxi equally was already satisfactory to her!

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On the morning of the banquet, since the banquet was held at noon, Mu Xiwan took it easy, still practicing with Xiaohua and then going for a morning run.

However, today, when Mu Xiwan was going for her morning run, Xiaohua, who usually shirked her duties, actually wanted to follow her. However, she wouldn’t fly or run, just staying on Mu Xiwan’s shoulder.

Mu Xiwan looked at Xiaohua helplessly:

“I’m going for a morning run, what are you following me for? Why don’t you go play with grandpa?”

Recently, Xiaohua and Mr. Mu had a special bond, and wherever Mr. Mu went, he brought Xiaohua along.

Mr. Mu said he had never seen such a clever and well-behaved little bird. When Mr. Mu played chess with others, Xiaohua would sit beside him obediently.

Xiaohua wasn’t like other birds that would chirp and chatter endlessly. Only when Mr. Mu spoke to her would she chirp twice in response. Therefore, because of Xiaohua, Mr. Mu received many envious glances.

On the day Mrs. Mu returned, when she saw Mr. Mu and Xiaohua come back together, Mrs. Mu’s reaction was slightly intense:

“Old man, I’ve only been away for a few days, you actually raised a bird behind my back, didn’t you?”

Before Mr. Mu could speak, Chu Yunxi, who was beside him, hastily explained:

“Grandma, don’t blame grandpa, grandpa didn’t raise a bird behind your back!”

After hearing Chu Yunxi’s words, Mrs. Mu pointed at Xiaohua on Mr. Mu’s shoulder with confusion:

“Where did this little bird come from?”

Only now did Mrs. Mu notice that Xiaohua was covered in colorful feathers, and she had to admit, she looked quite pretty!