"Little Stream!"
After the plane arrived in Beijing, Chu Yaqin and Shen Lanxin walked together. Seeing Mu Xiaoxi running ahead, Chu Yaqin quickly called out to stop her.
Mu Xiaoxi turned her head in a daze, and when she saw Chu Yaqin and Shen Lanxin, she immediately showed a surprised expression: "What are you doing here?"
Chu Yaqin didn't mind Mu Xiaoxi's somewhat impolite tone.
After spending time with her several times, she realized that Mu Xiaoxi was completely different in front of Mu Liuyun than she was in front of others.
"Us? Of course, we have the same reason as you."
“…”
Even knowing that the two women in front of her were genuinely doing what was best for her brother, Mu Xiaoxi still couldn't let her guard down.
Unlike Chu Yaqin and Shen Lanxin, she had no way to check Mu Liuyun's schedule.
She came here simply because Mu Liuyun had told her before that he wanted to go to Northeast China.
"Do you know exactly where Mu Liuyun is located, that stream?"
"You didn't find anything?"
Hearing Mu Xiaoxi's words, Chu Yaqin shook her head and sighed.
If she knew, would she still waste her time talking to them?
"I don't know either."
Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you, Mu Xiaoxi thought to herself.
"Alright, ladies, we've got some work to do now."
"How so?"
Shen Lanxin frowned, not understanding what Chu Yaqin meant.
"The Northeast is so big, we can't just search like headless flies, can we?"
"Each of us has our own channel, so let's split up and act separately."
"Can."
"...No objection."
After receiving a response, Chu Yaqin opened a map on her phone: "Make a note of this. I am assigning the following subordinates: Shen Lanxin, you will head north from here and intensify the search in the cities north of Shangjing. Mu Xiaoxi, you will head east from here and intercept any possible places he might go. I will start my investigation from Shangjing to see if I can find his whereabouts."
A strange sense of camaraderie filled the three of them. After glancing at each other, they turned around and walked in the other three directions.
After confirming that Shen Lanxin had gone far away, Gu Nan, carrying large and small bags, walked blankly to the spot where the three of them had just been standing.
"What's going on? Shen Lanxin and Chu Yaqin? What are they doing here?"
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"Xiao, Xiaoyun?"
The man who had been hiding behind the door was so shocked that he let go of the door, revealing the thinly dressed figure behind it.
That figure evokes both nostalgia and despair.
This person was none other than Mu Liuyun's non-blood-related brother, Mu Jianghe, whom she hadn't seen for three years.
Brother Sun and Sister Wang looked left and right, then right, and saw Mu Liuyun and Mu Jianghe standing there dumbfounded, both of them showing puzzled expressions.
"Xiaoyun, is your sister-in-law really your relative?"
Sister Wang doesn't know if calling her "sister-in-law" is correct. She hasn't looked into this kind of address before, since it's generally unnecessary.
Mu Liuyun stared straight at Mu Jianghe without answering, but her complex gaze had already given her the answer.
After a long silence, Mu Liuyun finally spoke, her voice trembling slightly: "Brother Jianghe, why aren't you home?"
Upon hearing Mu Liuyun's question, Mu Jianghe sighed and stammered, "I'll change my clothes first."
Sister Wang and Brother Sun squatted to the side. If they hadn't been without sunflower seeds in their hands, they would have looked just like the old ladies chatting idly at the village entrance.
However, seeing the heavy atmosphere surrounding Mu Liuyun, Sister Wang still got up to try and comfort her.
Before leaving, she glanced at Brother Sun disdainfully: "Aren't you going to see your 'lover'?"
Reminded as if waking from a dream, Brother Sun stood up in a comical manner and ran towards the inner room.
"Xiaoyun, don't overthink it. After all, there are all kinds of people in the world."
Sister Wang didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only bite the bullet and make up some nonsense.
"Why, why?"
"Um, Xiaoyun, think about it, maybe your brother just likes it this way?"
That's not what I meant.
Mu Liuyun shook her head: "Why doesn't he go home? Clearly, Grandpa misses them very much."
Despite his seemingly unreliable demeanor, Old Man Mu is actually a very sentimental person. He often reminisces about every child who has left the orphanage.
Especially Mu Jianghe and Mu Pingxi, who left early, were mentioned almost every day for the first two years after they left, and Mu Liuyun was often asked to contact them to ask how they were doing.
But since they left home, apart from sending back tens of thousands of yuan every two months, there has been no other news, and they can't even get through on the phone.
This led Mu Liuyun to suspect that the two people had already died and that the money they received was government compensation.
But now, seeing Mu Jianghe standing there perfectly fine, with no changes from a few years ago except for his longer hair, more effeminate face, and a change in his fashion sense, Mu Liuyun felt both excited and angry.
"Doesn't he know how much his grandfather misses him?"
Based on the money returned, Mu Liuyun knew that Mu Jianghe and Mu Pingxi were not cold-hearted people, nor did they intend to be ungrateful.
So why has he disappeared without a trace?
"I must ask him properly!"
Sister Wang could also tell that Mu Liuyun was a little angry, but she wasn't worried that Xiaoyun would fight with Mu Jianghe later.
After all, with Xiaoyun's small arms and legs, she could be lifted off the ground with a gentle hug.
About five minutes later, Sun Xingmin and Mu Jianghe walked out of the door hand in hand.
Although they were supposed to be holding hands, they only linked their little fingers together, looking like a shy high school couple.
"Jiang He, if you don't want to see him, I'll have them go back first."
Seeing Mu Jianghe's still conflicted expression, Sun Xingmin spoke with some heartache.
Mu Jianghe simply shook his head: "It's alright, he's my brother who's even closer to me than my own brother."
Then, he walked up to Mu Liuyun and gave her a smile that had a touch of wifely charm: "Xiaoyun, you've become even more handsome."
As his brother, Mu Jianghe naturally knew that Mu Liuyun had always cared a lot about her appearance, so she would never say anything like that she had become more beautiful.
Moreover, he genuinely felt that Mu Liuyun had become more handsome. Even though Mu Liuyun had a delicate and refined appearance, the feeling she gave off inside was still that of a strong and upright person.
"I knew there wouldn't be any problems leaving Grandpa and Xiaoxi in your care."
"Brother, why don't you come back? Do you know how much Grandpa and Xiaoxi miss you?"
"Look at the way my brother looks now, how can he face Grandpa?"
Mu Jianghe, wearing a skirt, twirled around in place, lifting the hem of her skirt, and gave Mu Liuyun a wry smile.
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