“Mu Mu, let’s go together…” Ling Wei sat in the car and noticed Su Mu was still standing there, looking very dejected and lost. Her heart tightened inexplicably, so she ignored her cousin’s scrutinizing expression and called out to Su Mu.
Hearing Ling Wei call her so softly, Su Mu sighed and walked forward. She noticed a woman sitting next to Nangong Shan, looking at her coldly. Averting her gaze, Su Mu opened the car door and sat down beside Ling Wei.
Seeing Su Mu’s wooden expression and the fact that she wasn’t speaking, Ling Wei thought of how she had just abandoned her and ran away. Realizing Su Mu might have misunderstood, she took out her phone to type an explanation.
She had only typed a few words when she felt the phone being pulled away by Su Mu. Su Mu then extended her hand in front of her and looked at her. Knowing Su Mu wanted her to write in her palm, Ling Wei hesitated for a moment before holding Su Mu’s hand and gently tracing words across her palm.
Seeing Ling Wei actually writing in her palm to explain herself, Su Mu’s previous resentment vanished like a popped balloon. Actually, the system had already explained things to her, but she just wanted to see Ling Wei writing in her hand. Feeling the tip of Ling Wei’s finger drawing gently on her palm, Su Mu’s lips curved slightly, and her gaze grew tender as she watched Ling Wei’s profile.
Meanwhile, Lin Qingqian, watching through the rearview mirror, saw Su Mu’s tender gaze toward Ling Wei. A hint of playfulness entered her inquisitive eyes. This girl seems to like my cousin? I wonder how my Uncle and Aunt will react when they find out.
Aware of Lin Qingqian’s gaze, Su Mu’s expression remained unchanged as she focused on Ling Wei’s writing. A year had passed, and the original baby fat had faded; she didn’t look quite as “cute” anymore.
“The person sitting in front of me is my cousin, Lin Qingqian. Just now I saw her sitting next to Nangong Shan, so I rushed over. She does business in America now. Because she’s too beautiful, company bosses always have indecent thoughts about her, so she often keeps an expressionless, cold aura. I didn’t dare go near her when I was little, but after spending time together, I found she’s a very good person. Mu Mu, you don’t need to worry.” Ling Wei wrote slowly, stroke by stroke, worried that Su Mu wouldn’t understand if she went too fast.
Realizing Su Mu hadn’t reacted, Ling Wei looked up at her and found her staring back with a soft gaze. Suddenly remembering the kiss and the confession from earlier, a blush slowly crept up her face. As if she had been electrocuted, she quickly let go of Su Mu’s hand and turned her head to stare out the window.
Su Mu didn’t do anything further seeing Ling Wei’s shyness, but she began to wonder why her possessiveness toward Ling Wei was so strong. Although she liked her very much, these dark thoughts of wanting to “destroy the world” even when her life felt like stagnant water before she died were thoughts she had never had before.
“System, do you know what’s going on?” Su Mu reached out and took Ling Wei’s hand again, prying open the hand she had clenched out of nervousness.
“I don’t know…” As if. Back then, everyone in the Three Realms knew exactly how possessive you were of her.
The system sighed inwardly, unable to explain, so it could only gloss over it and wait to see what happened later.
Although Su Mu knew the system wasn’t telling the whole truth, she didn’t ask further. By the time she finished her thoughts, they had arrived at Ling Wei’s house.
“Hmm? Why did you all come back together?” Mother Ling (Zhang Qing) came downstairs and saw Ling Wei and Su Mu coming back hand-in-hand, along with her niece who was supposed to be in America… and that boy next to them… seemed to be the child from the Nangong family, what was his name again?
“Mom, it was a class reunion today. It got late, so we all came back together,” Ling Wei said to her mother.
“Mhm. Then take Mu Mu to rest first. I have something I want to discuss with your cousin.” Seeing her niece’s suggestive look, Zhang Qing dismissed Ling Wei and Su Mu.
As for Nangong Shan? Sorry, his presence had always been quite weak…
“Qingqian, is there something you want to say?” Zhang Qing asked once the two had gone upstairs.
“Auntie, the person next to us is the heir to the Nangong family. I ran into him when I was coming back, and he told me quite a lot on the way…” Lin Qingqian sat down with Zhang Qing, facing Nangong Shan, making her stance and attitude toward him clear.
“Auntie, I am Nangong Shan. I have been here before with my father.” Nangong Shan tried to act familiar, but finding no reaction from Zhang Qing, he felt awkward for a moment.
“Mhm. Is there some reason you’re here?” Seeing the atmosphere grow cold, Zhang Qing didn’t want to make things too hard for a junior, so she gave Nangong Shan a way out—though it sounded more like she was showing him the door.
“It’s like this: I came here because I wish for an alliance through marriage with the Ling family.” Nangong Shan sat up straight, declaring his intentions.
“Go on?” Zhang Qing raised an eyebrow and gave a slight nod.
“I have liked Weiwei since I was a child and wish to marry her when I grow up. I’ve had a crush on her for seven years. Furthermore, with the strength of my Nangong family, a marriage alliance between our two families would be a perfect match in terms of social standing.” Nangong Shan briefly expressed his intent, planning to come back more formally with his father in a few days.
However, this first conversation caused Zhang Qing’s impression of him to plummet. Nangong Shan thought bringing up business interests would move her, but he didn’t realize that Zhang Qing’s love for Ling Wei wasn’t limited to family profit—it was the love of a mother for her daughter. Zhang Qing was prepared to take him seriously after his opening words, but what he said later sounded like a mix of threats and bribery. This was something no mother could accept.
“Mhm, I understand what you mean. However, it’s too early for a child to be saying such things. It’s late; you should head back first.” Understanding his intent, Zhang Qing didn’t mince words and sent him away, her attitude self-evident.
“Qingqian, what do you think?” Seeing Nangong Shan leave dejectedly, Zhang Qing turned to ask her always-independent niece.
“Auntie, this person is reliable for a moment, but not for a lifetime.” Lin Qingqian had spent years fighting in the business world; she knew the types. Nangong Shan’s “devotion” would likely be diluted by self-interest in the future.
“Mhm.” Zhang Qing gave an appreciative look, signaling her to continue.
“But Auntie, shouldn’t you take a look at Su Mu?” Lin Qingqian shifted her posture, asking seemingly casually while her eyes carefully observed Zhang Qing.
“Hmm? Mu Mu? That girl is quite good, what’s wrong?” Zhang Qing asked in confusion. she had a good impression of the person who saved her daughter’s grades; after all, there weren’t many people who could fix a “fragile student” like Ling Wei.
“Then does Auntie know that Su Mu likes my cousin?” Knowing Zhang Qing liked Su Mu, she revealed her discovery from today. Seeing Zhang Qing’s stunned expression, Lin Qingqian’s lips curled.
Zhang Qing: “???”
#I didn’t even know when my daughter started swinging both ways.#
#I’m getting old; maybe I’m having hallucinations from lack of sleep.#
#Father of my child, something huge has happened!#
“Qingqian, you go rest first. We’ll talk about this tomorrow.” Zhang Qing was silent for a while before letting Lin Qingqian go to bed, intending to talk to Ling Qi (the father) and others first.
“Alright.” Lin Qingqian went upstairs. When she passed Ling Wei’s room, she heard a soft cry from her little cousin. Her gaze turned strange instantly. Is this Su Mu really that bold?