Chapter 42: Becoming a Spinster

During dinner, Mu Xueqin was afraid that Gu Yan Zhi would be picky, so she kept watching his facial expressions carefully. Gu Yan Zhi was a workaholic and also a master at reading people’s minds. He saw Mu Xueqin’s worry at a glance.

He ate naturally, and after swallowing, he said faintly, “Delicious.”

Only then did Mu Xueqin relax. She knew that Gu Yan Zhi was from a wealthy family and was afraid that he wouldn’t be used to eating this.

“Xiao Gu, if it’s delicious, eat more.”

Mu Luoxi: “…”

She twitched her lips. Her mother was actually calling this big demon, who everyone feared, “Xiao Gu.” She quickly apologized, “Sorry, my mom is like this, don’t mind her.”

“It’s okay.” Gu Yan Zhi smiled faintly, “Thank you, Auntie.”

Mu Luoxi suddenly realized that Gu Yan Zhi wasn’t so unreasonable after all.

Her gaze fell on Ruan Yu. No wonder, she was the woman who had tamed this man.

Mu Xueqin picked up some food for Ruan Yu, “A-Yu, Mom wants to ask you a favor.”

Ruan Yu blinked, “Mom, tell me, I’ll try my best.”

Mu Xueqin put down her chopsticks, she looked at Mu Luoxi with a look of disapproval, then she slowly said, “You see, Luoxi is twenty-four years old, and she doesn’t even have a boyfriend. Mom wants to ask you, if you know any suitable boys, help her find someone. Otherwise, with her wooden head, she’s going to be a spinster.”

Mu Xueqin had raised Mu Luoxi alone, she was not in good health, and she hadn’t been able to give her a warm life for so many years. She was afraid that if she passed away one day, the thing she would be most worried about would be her daughter.

So she wanted to see her get married to a good family in her lifetime. If heaven was kind to her, she would watch her give birth to a child and hear her grandchild call her “Grandma.”

Ruan Yu looked at Mu Luoxi’s face, which was full of resentment, “Mom, don’t worry, if I know any suitable boys, I’ll definitely introduce them to Luoxi. Luoxi is so excellent, she won’t have trouble getting married. Don’t worry.”

She comforted Mu Xueqin, asking her to relax. Besides, love couldn’t be rushed, and Mu Luoxi wouldn’t want a marriage of convenience.

Mu Xueqin nodded. With Ruan Yu as such a good friend by Mu Luoxi’s side, she felt more at ease.

After dinner, Ruan Yu and Gu Yan Zhi returned to the Gu residence. Mu Luoxi helped her mother clean up the table, took a shower, and went back to her room.

Mu Luoxi lay in bed, looking at the contact information on the piece of paper in her hand.

This piece of paper was given to her by Lu Jingzhou today. It was Lu Jingzhou’s phone number, the same number for WeChat. Lu Jingzhou left in a hurry, asking her to add his contact information when she got back.

She stared at the piece of paper in her hand, the handwriting was beautiful. She hesitated, not knowing whether to add him or not.

What should she say if she did add him?

Should she take that step when there was no guarantee of a result?

She didn’t believe in love at first sight, but when she saw Lu Jingzhou for the first time, she believed in love at first sight.

He was so dazzling, so gentle, even sitting in the corner, he couldn’t hide the light on him. When he was with Shen Yu and Gu Yan Zhi, the first thing that attracted her was his gentleness.

His eyes were like they held a thousand stars, making it impossible to ignore him.

His every move, every word, every frown and smile deeply attracted her.

Mu Luoxi was very clear-headed when it came to other people’s problems, but when it came to her own problems, she was a complete fool.

She picked up a coin and muttered to herself, heads, she would add him, tails, she wouldn’t.

She liked to flip a coin to solve problems when she hesitated. She didn’t expect that one day, her feelings would also be decided by a coin.

She flipped the coin, and it landed in her palm.

Tails…

It seemed that the coin was also telling her to cut her losses.

She looked at the piece of paper in her hand, as if she had made a major decision, she tore it up and threw it in the trash can.

She believed that there was true love in the wealthy world, and she also believed that princes could fall in love with Cinderella. But she didn’t believe that the fairy tale scenario would happen to her.

Her mother was a stark lesson. People from wealthy families were very cold-blooded and ruthless.

She wasn’t fatherless, but when she was very young, her father had an affair and eventually kicked her and her mother out of the house. He married his mistress. Her mother didn’t want to stay in that place of sadness, so she took her and left that city and came to Nancheng.

In the end, her mother used the compensation the man gave her to buy a house in Nancheng. They had a place to stay.

Although they had a hard time these years, they were happy. Her mother gradually forgot about that man.

She didn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps.

On the way back with Gu Yan Zhi, Mu Luoxi received a WeChat message. It was from Lu Jingzhou, 【Can I have Mu Luoxi’s WeChat?】

Just a simple sentence.

Ruan Yu looked at Gu Yan Zhi, “Jingzhou Ge asked for Luoxi’s WeChat, is he interested in Luoxi?”

He knew his brother well. Gu Yan Zhi said faintly, “Maybe.”

Gu Yan Zhi’s “maybe” was almost a certainty.

She hesitated whether to give it to him. In the end, she decided to give it to him. It was up to Mu Luoxi to decide whether to accept it or not.

But Mu Luoxi had a grudge, it wasn’t something she could think about in a moment.

But she also sincerely hoped that Mu Luoxi could find a good home.

Gu Yan Zhi pulled her into his arms, lifted her chin, “Don’t mind them, Lu Jingzhou can handle it. Let’s talk about us.”

“Talk about what?” Ruan Yu blinked. She had already gotten used to Gu Yan Zhi’s constant intimacy.

The driver was fed a mouthful of dog food, he moved his gaze away from the rearview mirror.

“When will you let me be a father?” Gu Yan Zhi’s voice was low and magnetic, with a hint of desire.

Ruan Yu’s cheeks flushed red, “The coffee shop just opened, are you really going to make me abandon my career and become a housewife?”

She asked Gu Yan Zhi back.

“Madam wouldn’t be afraid that I can’t support you, would you? The coffee shop has Mu Luoxi, you don’t need to be there all the time.”

“No.” Some things hadn’t ended yet, Ruan Yu was a little worried, “How about we wait until the coffee shop is stable?”

Gu Yan Zhi held her in the palm of his hand, he wouldn’t force her, even if they didn’t have children in this life.

“Okay.”

Gu Yan Zhi lightly pecked her lips.

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A WeChat notification sounded. Mu Luoxi, who had been trying not to think about anything and was about to go to sleep, picked up her phone and looked at the friend request she had received.

The friend verification message said, 【I’m Lu Jingzhou】

Mu Luoxi stared at the friend request on her phone screen, she was stunned for a long time. She clicked on his profile picture, it was a picture of his back in the sunset.

She couldn’t see his face clearly, but she was sure that the person in the profile picture was Lu Jingzhou.

She took a screenshot of his profile picture and saved it in her photo album. In the end, she pressed the “Reject” button.

Real life was cruel. She just wanted to live in a fantasy, but she extinguished her own fantasy.