Mu Tiantian returned to Yusheng Building to wait for Han Muning to announce the results of the bet.

The ultimate winner was Mu Tiantian.

Contrary to his usual behavior, Mu Yu did not question the competition result. Instead, he asked her, "Have you used the jade prayer beads I lent you?"

"Isn't it for protection? How do you use it?" Mu Tiantian took out the jade prayer beads, very curious.

"I'll teach you a spell, just repeat it after me." Mu Yu felt a little nervous.

Mu Tiantian nodded and followed Mu Yu in chanting the incantation.

The next moment, the jade prayer beads in her palm shimmered with a bluish-green light and gradually floated in the air.

Mu Tiantian could sense that the spiritual energy in this Buddhist bead was very abundant, making it a rare and precious magical artifact.

Seeing this, Mu Yu couldn't help but get excited, "You...you can use it?"

"Didn't you tell me to use it?" Mu Tiantian found him strange.

Han Mu Ning knew the origin of the jade Buddhist beads. Judging from this, Mu Mu was most likely Mu Yu's younger sister. However, in order to avoid Mu Yu scaring her, she decided to keep the beads.

She stepped forward and patted him on the back to calm him down, whispering, "Don't get agitated, you might scare them. I'll help you."

As she spoke, Han Muning walked up to Mu Tiantian and briefly asked her about her family situation.

Seeing their reactions, Mu Tiantian guessed what was going on. She figured that the jade prayer beads could only be used by the Mu family, so Mu Yu had completely confirmed her identity, but didn't know how to acknowledge her.

Mu Tiantian didn't plan to take the initiative to acknowledge her as a relative. She hadn't figured out Huo Jixiu's specific situation yet. If he still didn't remember her after his legs were healed and his resentment was completely cleared, then there was no need for her to stay in this world.

Even if they acknowledge each other as relatives, it will only add to the sorrow in the end.

Mu Tiantian answered verbatim according to the information provided by Qi Tong. She said that she lost both her parents at a young age, grew up in an orphanage, and became self-reliant after entering university. She learned metaphysics because she was interested in ghosts and the like.

Han Muning asked tentatively, "Then you've never considered that you might be... an adopted child of your parents?"

Mu Tiantian shook her head, "I haven't thought about it that way."

"What if... I mean, what if your parents aren't your biological parents... what will you do?" Han Mu Ning asked. "Would you be willing to look for your real family?"

"If my parents aren't my biological parents, then how did they manage to adopt me? Was I abducted or stolen by human traffickers? Or did my biological parents never want me and just abandon me?" Mu Tiantian asked rhetorically.

Mu Yu hurriedly said, "How could your biological parents have abandoned you? You must have been stolen by human traffickers."

"How did the traffickers abduct me? Was it because they didn't take good care of me or because I was naughty and disobedient and ran away from home on my own, giving the traffickers an opportunity?"

Mu Yu was speechless upon hearing her words, overwhelmed by the guilt of losing her.

Mu Tiantian could only harden her heart and continue, "If it's the former, it means they don't care about me, so why should I acknowledge them? If it's the latter, then I don't need to bother them anymore. I'm so disobedient, even if we acknowledge each other, it might only annoy them. Besides, I think I'm fine on my own."

"You can't think like that, you are my..." Mu Yu almost blurted out, but he held back.

He's the one who lost her. If she knew, she probably wouldn't forgive him.

Mu Yu looked dejected and full of guilt.

Seeing his reaction, Mu Tiantian felt that she might have been too harsh, and her heart softened. She relented and said, "Of course, if I really was adopted, I would be willing to acknowledge my biological parents and family if I had the chance to see them again. But I think that's probably impossible. Why are you asking me this question? Did you tell my fortune?"

Han Muning quickly replied, "No, we know we can't tell fortunes for our colleagues without permission. Hey Mumu, you seem to have a bug on your head. Let me take it off for you."

As she spoke, she reached out and ruffled Mu Tiantian's hair.

"Ouch..." Mu Tiantian cried out in pain, "You pulled my hair."

"Sorry, I'm clumsy, please don't mind. The bugs are all gone." Han Mu Ning smiled, gently rubbed her scalp, then put her hands behind her back and put the hair she had secretly plucked into her pocket.

Mu Tiantian sensed something was off about her actions.

Han Mu Ning quickly changed the subject, "Oh right, Mu Mu, you won... no, I should say Master. I'll go prepare tea for the apprenticeship ceremony."

As she spoke, she hurriedly went to prepare the tools for the apprenticeship ceremony.

The ceremony concluded.

Han Muning was overjoyed to become Mu Yu's master.

Mu Tiantian and the other two happened to be helping her with something, going to find Liu Xuan's ghost.

She then went to see Gu Yichen to finally resolve this messed-up contract.

...

Mu Tiantian entered Gu Yichen's company. The receptionist didn't even ask her anything and took her directly to the top floor, to the rest area outside the president's office.

"Miss Mu, Mr. Gu is in a meeting. Please wait here for a moment."

Mu Tiantian nodded.

The receptionist was on the phone as she entered the elevator; you could vaguely hear what she was saying when she arrived.

After a while, another woman came out of the elevator. She was dressed in a formal suit, with long flowing hair, soft features, and a very pure appearance.

Zhao Qing looked Mu Tiantian up and down, and greeted her with a smile, "Miss Mu, right? I'm President Gu's secretary, my name is Zhao Qing."

"Hello." Mu Tiantian smiled politely at her.

"Miss Mu, I heard you're getting married to President Gu. Congratulations!"

Mu Tiantian thought for a moment, then directly denied it, "I'm not the one who married him, please don't misunderstand."