Noticing Mu Liuyun looking at her, Mu Xiaoxi blushed slightly and swallowed hard, saying, "Brother, you, you eat."
Mu Liuyun looked at Mu Xiaoxi with amusement and found that this child was no different from when they first met more than ten years ago; she always wore her thoughts on her sleeve.
So he pushed the bowl in front of him towards Mu Xiaoxi and said gently, "Judging from your small bowl of noodles, I know you're not full. Here, you can eat this bowl first."
Mu Xiaoxi shook her head: "Brother, I'm not eating. What will you eat?"
Mu Liuyun had already stood up, patted Mu Xiaoxi's head, and ruffled her long, smooth hair: "It's okay, I'll cook another bowl."
Old Man Mu, who was standing to the side, saw this scene of brotherly affection and sisterly respect and began to speak sarcastically.
"Xiao Yunzi, you get angry and refuse to eat a bowl of noodles when I offer it to the old man, but you're so generous to Xiao Xi?"
Mu Liuyun picked up another packet of instant noodles and walked towards the kitchen without looking back.
"If you were as well-behaved and adorable as a little stream, I would cook noodles for you every day!"
However, despite saying that, Mu Liuyun, who was starving, had no appetite to cook another bowl of the same noodles, so she simply brewed a packet with boiling water.
Yeah, I usually eat instant noodles because I crave them, but today it's really for convenience.
Mu Xiaoxi didn't touch her chopsticks either, obediently sitting at the table waiting for Mu Liuyun to return. Even though the noodles in her bowl were a little soggy, she remained unmoved.
Old Man Mu, standing to the side, watched Mu Liuyun busy in the kitchen and sighed softly.
"Xiao Yunzi, thanks to you for delivering the letter yesterday, I got in touch with Lao Chu. He said he wanted to thank you. Also, his daughter said you left something at Shui Yilan's place, so why don't you go and pick it up?"
"You're not allowed to go!"
Mu Xiaoxi, who had just been staring at Mu Liuyun, suddenly stood up upon hearing this, her voice so loud that it nearly startled the old man next to her.
Fortunately, Mu Xiaoxi reacted quickly and caught the old man in time, otherwise he would have received his pension for several years less.
"Xiaoxi, you scared Grandpa to death!"
Seeing that both Grandpa Mu and Mu Liuyun were looking at her with concern, Mu Xiaoxi realized that she had overreacted and quickly explained, "My brother almost got drunk yesterday. Grandpa, you know what he looks like. If I hadn't gone to pick him up, it would have been so dangerous. How can we go again today?"
Mu Xiaoxi was telling the truth. Others might not know the look in that woman's eyes when she looked at her brother yesterday, but she knew it all too well. It was the look she gave him every night when she stared at him.
If she hadn't arrived in time yesterday, Mu Liuyun could have styled her hair like an adult today.
Mu Liuyun tore open a packet of seasonings and said nonchalantly, "What's so dangerous about it? You seem to have forgotten that I'm a man. Besides, I'm not drinking today."
Actually, Mu Liuyun didn't want to go at first because of a small misunderstanding with Chu Yaqin yesterday, which made Chu Yaqin think she was a man. Although she didn't have the memory of giving the letter to Chu Tianxing, since the old man had already contacted Chu Tianxing, it meant that the letter had been given to him, and Chu Yaqin must already know the fact that she was a man.
Under these circumstances, even if Old Man Mu and Chu Tianxing were good friends, Mu Liuyun didn't want to see Chu Yaqin again the next day, for fear of being treated in a certain way.
However, she is the only daughter of a large family and must be very busy. She will probably forget about yesterday's events after a while.
I have no idea how Old Man Mu, who is on the verge of developing dementia, got to know Chu Tianxing.
When Xiaoxi was around, Mu Liuyun didn't plan to discuss this topic with the old man.
So Mu Liuyun planned to contact Chu Tianxing for Old Man Mu after some time had passed. But when she heard Mu Xiaoxi say that she was in danger, that tiny bit of male pride jumped out again.
You say it's dangerous? Then I'll see what kind of danger it could possibly be!
At this moment, Mu Liuyun had completely forgotten that when she met Zhang Ruyu that morning, Zhang Ruyu had mentioned that there would be a class reunion at Shuiyilan today.
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Lantian Group, President's Office.
Shen Lanxin looked at her secretary, her usually icy face showing a hint of impatience: "Shen Jing, haven't you found out yet?"
The secretary, named Shen Jing, was the adopted daughter of Shen Lanxin's father, Shen Lihong. She had grown up with Shen Lanxin since childhood and was sent by Shen Lihong to assist her. Therefore, she was not afraid of Shen Lanxin and calmly replied to her president: "President Shen, we have done our best, but regarding Mr. Mu's matter, we can only find out that he has a grandfather, a sister, and a childhood friend. As for who else he is in contact with, we really cannot investigate with the authority you have given us."
Upon hearing Shen Jing's words, Shen Lanxin lowered her head and began to think.
Although Lantian Group is now completely controlled by Shen Lanxin, her father, Shen Lihong, still serves as the chairman and CEO. This is not because Shen Lihong is unwilling to relinquish power, but because the Shen family is a large clan with serious internal struggles. Although Shen Lihong has high hopes for his daughter, the family will not truly hand everything over to Shen Lanxin until she is settled down and established in her career.
Even so, Shen Lanxin still wields authority in the Shen family that rivals that of Shen Lihong. This either indicates that the Shen family cannot afford to offend the people Mu Liuyun usually associates with, or that besides her family and childhood friends, the only person Mu Liuyun interacts with is Shen Lanxin.
As an orphan, Mu Liuyun couldn't possibly be in contact with someone even the Shen family couldn't afford to offend every day. Therefore, there's only one possible explanation: the slap on his face was truly his own doing, and the only person Mu Liuyun interacted with was indeed Shen Lanxin.
Thinking of this, Shen Lanxin's pretty face flushed slightly, and a feeling of satisfaction welled up from the bottom of her heart.
"Xin Xin, what are you thinking about?"
Just as Shen Lanxin was about to instruct her secretary to stop the investigation, a man suddenly walked in from outside. With a slightly lazy and deep voice, he came up to Shen Lanxin and stood even closer to her than the secretary.
"Ah...Gu Nan, what brings you here?"
Upon seeing that the person who approached was Gu Nan, Shen Lanxin frowned. In the past, seeing Gu Nan so close to her would have made her very happy. But now, seeing Gu Nan and hearing the name "Xin Xin," she felt only disgust.
Although Gu Nan sensed the distance in Shen Lanxin's address, he couldn't discern her inner thoughts. He simply assumed that Shen Lanxin was shy because they hadn't seen each other for so long, so he pulled up a chair and sat down next to her: "Nothing much, Aunt Zhang asked me to come and see you."
"Did my mom send you?"
As Gu Nan approached, Shen Lanxin's brows furrowed even more deeply. Her mother, Zhang Chunfang, had always favored Gu Nan; in fact, it was Zhang Chunfang who orchestrated their engagement.
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