"Brother Mu Ci, do you know the reason?" Zhou Shuo murmured.
Song Nan shook his head and smiled. "Does it matter? Even if someone tells Mu Ci this reason, will he accept it? Will Madam admit it? Truth is always understood by those who are watching. Those who are involved are unwilling to admit it."
Indeed, Zhou Shuo nodded in agreement.
"Did you find Mr. Mu later?" Zhou Shuo was attracted by the story and asked.
"Of course, with a family like the Mu family and Mr. Mu being the eldest son, it's impossible for him to be stranded outside. How big is the world? With the Mu family's financial resources, how difficult could it be to find someone?"
Song Nan sneered, "The Mu family tricked Mr. Mu back home, claiming the old lady was seriously ill and wanted to see her child one last time. At the time, Mrs. Mu was indeed seriously ill. Mr. Mu had no feelings for Madam Mu or Mu Ci, but he was very filial to Madam Mu. Madam Mu was overjoyed to see her son again, and she finally overcame her illness. It was everyone's joint efforts that helped the relationship between Madam Mu and Mr. Mu improve, and that's how Mu En came to be."
So that's how it is. Zhou Shuo couldn't help but nodded with admiration.
"So, what happened next?" Zhou Shuo couldn't help but ask since the key person hadn't appeared yet.
"Later, a few years later, the eldest lady discovered that Mr. Mu had been having an affair again. They had been living a peaceful life for several years, and the lady's heart was finally at peace. But then Mr. Mu did it again—she almost went crazy. She tried everything to find out who the woman outside was and wanted to kill her."
"But Mr. Mu is also very experienced. He protected that woman very well. Neither the Mu family nor the Duan family could find out who that woman was. Madam was on the verge of collapse. She didn't even care about her eldest son being kidnapped, injured, and disabled. Now, her eldest son reminded her of the pain she had suffered in the past, and she hated him." Song Nan sighed deeply.
"There's really no logic to human life. Born of the same mother, Mu Ci bears all the blame from the Madam, while Mu En is the product of the Madam's brief and beautiful memories in her life. So, the Madam gives all her love to Mu En." There was a hint of regret in Song Nan's voice.
Zhou Shuo couldn't agree with this unreasonable conclusion and couldn't help but frown.
Song Nan understood what she wanted to say, but didn't want her to say it, so he said, "Don't you want to know who Mr. Mu's woman is outside?"
"Isn't it Lin Jun?" Zhou Shuo said frankly. She was not so stupid. All those prelude things were just for mystery. The facts were all there. Was there any need to guess?
Song Nan gave her a disdainful look at her dull and low-IQ performance.
"That's right, it's Lin Jun. Lin Jun is Anya's niece from back then. She looks about 70% like her aunt. She's an orphan and was raised by her aunt. The Mu family threatened Anya and her safety, but they didn't actually find her. Anya hid her safely and provided her with sufficient funds so that she could get a good education. Mr. Mu's feelings for her were probably just transference of affection, not true love, or maybe he was just being angry with the Mu family."
Zhou Shuo recalled the time when Muguo's family of three were together and felt that Song Nan's words were not objective, but rather self-consoling. Lin Jun had a natural aura of peace and tranquility that would attract even women, not to mention men, and draw them closer.
"That woman was incredibly lucky. When the old lady of the Mu family became seriously ill again and needed a bone marrow transplant, they couldn't find a suitable match. In the end, it was her daughter's umbilical cord blood that saved the old lady. She went from being a shady mistress to a benefactor of the Mu family, putting them in an extremely embarrassing situation."
"I didn't expect this woman to be so lucky and resourceful! Seeing the Mu family getting embarrassed, she took the initiative to come to their house and made her attitude clear, saying that she would not enter the Mu family and would not embarrass the Mu family and Mr. Mu. She is capable of raising her daughter on her own and has nothing to do with the Mu family."
"Her actions made the Mu family, who were on high alert, feel helpless. Finally, the old lady made the decision and gave the child the surname Mu and named him Mu Yao, but raised him with her. From then on, the Mu family adopted an attitude of ignoring this 'concubine'." Song Nan breathed a sigh of relief.
"People are so hypocritical, don't you think?" Song Nan drank the tea in one gulp and poured himself another cup.
Zhou Shuo listened to the entire story for the first time and took a sip of tea in silence.
Song Nan raised an eyebrow and looked at Zhou Shuo, saying, "You also think this is a happy ending, right?"
Zhou Shuo didn't say anything. She had no right to comment on this matter.
Song Nan sighed, "You've noticed, haven't you? There's one person who's always been overlooked in this story: the legitimate First Lady. She followed her family's arrangements and married into the Mu family, hoping for a harmonious marriage, at least mutual respect. Unexpectedly, her relationship ended up falling apart like this, and in the end, she was slapped in the face by the Mu family. It was her fault she couldn't keep the man. Fortunately, the old man and the old lady felt they owed her, so they defended her in public and behind the scenes, allowing her, the First Lady, to have the status she has today."
Song Nan looked at Zhou Shuo and saw that she had remained silent. He asked, "What's wrong? Are you scared? Are you finding it hard to accept that behind the glamorous appearance of this wealthy family is such a filthy place?"
Zhou Shuo didn't fall for her trick and said calmly, "It has nothing to do with me!"
"You—you are now the eldest lady of the Mu family!" Song Nan gritted her teeth.
This person is really unreasonable! She glared at Zhou Shuo fiercely.
Zhou Shuo looked at Song Nan and smiled, "I thought none of you acknowledged that I was the eldest young lady of the Mu family!"
They say others are double-standard, but aren’t they double-standard?
Ignoring Song Nan's expression, Zhou Shuo said calmly, "If Miss Song really wanted to protect Madam, she should have thrown the things away when Mu Yao brought them to her, and made her stance clear on her behalf, instead of trying to smooth things over when Madam was angry at Mu Ci. You just want to please both sides, no, all three. You don't even want to offend Mu Yao and Lin Jun. You want everyone to say you're good."
"As for why you told me, I think it's because you don't care about offending me. In this family, you feel that I'm the only person you can control. If you can subdue me, you'll have another place to vent your anger. Besides, you told me all this because you have too much on your mind and no one to confide in. Because no one in the real Mu family cares about the things you said."
Song Nan's face turned pale and blue. He stood up suddenly, looked down at Zhou Shuo, and said word by word: "You really don't know what's good for you!"
Zhou Shuo looked up at her, "So what if I know what's right for me? Should I stand with you? How can you let me become your ally? In your heart, how can I be worthy?"
Song Nan couldn't say a word, turned around and left.
Zhou Shuo looked at her back and murmured, "You can't stand it? Is this just anger out of shame? If you're already angry out of shame, how can you scheme against others?
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