Mu Baicheng’s face was very cold as he dragged Mu Baiyu to one side, clenching his teeth as he demanded, "I’m asking you, why did you contact Zheng Niannian to go to my apartment yesterday? This was all your doing, wasn’t it?"
"What thing?" Mu Baiyu pretended not to understand.
Mu Baicheng frowned tightly, "Feigning ignorance won’t do you any good!"
"What feigning ignorance? I genuinely don’t understand," Mu Baiyu withdrew her hand, "Baicheng, what are you going on about?"
"Mu Baiyu!" Mu Baicheng’s eyes almost spat fire.
"Chengcheng, this matter has nothing to do with your sister," Old Lady Mu intervened authoritatively, "It was I who had her do it."
Mu Baicheng was taken aback and stared at Old Lady Mu with utter disbelief in his eyes.
"Mom! Do you have any idea what you’re doing?" Mu Baicheng’s voice trembled.
"I am your mother; I would never harm you!" Old Lady Mu continued, "I know better than anyone who is suitable for you and who is not."
Clearly.
Lin Guixiang was not suitable for Mu Baicheng.
Old Lady Mu locked eyes with Mu Baicheng, "Chengcheng, a real man should stand tall and upright, and he must also be responsible for his actions! I just had your sister contact Niannian to take care of you. What happened afterward was all voluntary on your parts; it has nothing to do with me."
She was reminding Mu Baicheng that he needed to take responsibility for Zheng Niannian.
Mu Baicheng’s expression changed.
His mother was right about one thing.
No one had forced him and Zheng Niannian into anything.
If blame had to be assigned, it was only to the intoxication of a drunken passion.
Mu Xiaoxiao, arm in arm with Old Lady Mu, chimed in at the right moment, "Dad, I really like Aunt Zheng too; I want her to become a part of our family."
Mu Baicheng looked at his mother and daughter and felt so unfamiliar with them.
Had everything before been just an illusion?
If he remembered correctly.
Old Lady Mu and Mu Xiaoxiao both used to like Lin Guixiang very much.
But now...
Old Lady Mu continued, "Chengcheng, there’s something else I don’t want to hide from you anymore."
"What is it?" Mu Baicheng inquired.
Old Lady Mu said, "In fact, from the very beginning, Niannian was the match I had arranged for you. But Niannian is an honest girl; after learning that you might have a girlfriend, she began to get cold feet. I concealed the truth from you and told her that you didn’t have a girlfriend and that you had a very good impression of her. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have come all the way to Qing City to look after me, nor would she have cared for you when you were drunk."
Mu Baicheng’s eyes widened, a mix of emotions unclear at the bottom of his gaze.
So he had been living all along within the calculations of his family.
"Mom!" Mu Baicheng couldn’t help but roar out, clenching his fists, "How could you do this to me?"
Only now.
Did Mu Baicheng realize why Lin Guixiang was so concerned about the presence of Zheng Niannian.
Because she was an outside observer.
She could see things more clearly.
And it was at this moment that Mu Baicheng fully understood why after mistakenly answering a call, Lin Guixiang had said those words to him.
At the time, Mu Baicheng just thought Lin Guixiang was making a mountain out of a molehill.
"Chengcheng, this was the path you chose for yourself; you can’t blame anyone else," Old Lady Mu spoke each word deliberately, "Chengcheng, think about it, did you ever tell Niannian that you weren’t single, that you had a girlfriend?"
Before Mu Baicheng could say anything, Old Lady Mu added, "Niannian is not the kind of girl who clings on desperately. If you’d said you weren’t single, she wouldn’t have stayed to look after me at the hospital for so long! But did you tell her that? You did not! You have never once rejected Niannian."
Mu Baicheng’s complexion grew paler and paler.
Yes.
Old Lady Mu was right.
He had indeed never firmly rejected Zheng Niannian, and he had never mentioned to Zheng Niannian that he had a girlfriend.
His family and mother could only be accused of giving a push to what was already happening.
He himself was the real culprit.
Observing the shifts in Mu Baicheng’s expression, Old Lady Mu narrowed her eyes. She knew she had achieved her goal, and her voice softened a few degrees as she turned and said, "Chengcheng, now that things have happened, don’t think too much about it. Niannian is a good girl; I hope you can learn from this and not falter again in the future. It causes harm not just to you, but also to the ones you love!"
Mu Baicheng hung his head, unable to utter a single word.
He was filled with regret.
But regret was now useless.
"Let’s go," Old Lady Mu said as she turned to look at Mu Baiyu and Mu Xiaoxiao.
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