Mother Zhao hadn’t exaggerated at all.
In the situation of the Mu Family, if Lin Guixiang were to marry into it, she would definitely be at a disadvantage.
Lin Guixiang naturally understood the meaning behind Mother Zhao’s words. She slightly raised her eyes, "Aunt Zhao, I understand all that you’re saying. Don’t worry, since I’ve decided to let go, I absolutely won’t turn back."
Hearing Lin Guixiang’s response, Lin Bingqiang also breathed a sigh of relief.
Mother Zhao nodded, "Guixiang, I’m relieved to hear you think this way."
**
On the other hand.
After Mu Baicheng treated Zheng Niannian to dinner, he drove her back again.
Zheng Niannian sat in the passenger seat looking at Mu Baicheng’s profile, her eyes full of puzzled expressions.
She found herself increasingly unable to understand the man beside her.
Clearly, he was doing things that only a boyfriend would do.
Accompanying her while shopping, picking up the tab...
But he just wouldn’t utter the word ’love’.
Zheng Niannian’s thoughts were in a mess, when at that moment, the car stopped at the hotel entrance.
"Miss Zheng, we’re here," Mu Baicheng reminded as he spoke.
Zheng Niannian looked at Mu Baicheng with a smile, "Brother Baicheng, we’ve known each other for so long, why do you still call me Miss Zheng? I told you, just call me Niannian."
Call her Niannian?
Mu Baicheng frowned slightly.
Weren’t he and Zheng Niannian not that close yet?
But then he thought, since Zheng Niannian had taken care of Old Lady Mu at the hospital for such a long time, if he outright refused her now, it would be too embarrassing for her.
Girls tend to be sensitive.
Mu Baicheng was always a very gentlemanly person.
With this in mind, Mu Baicheng smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Zheng Niannian then said, "Would you like to come up for a cup of coffee?"
A cup of coffee?
Having learned from the previous experience, Mu Baicheng dared not to make the same mistake.
Hearing this, Mu Baicheng immediately shook his head, "It’s getting late, I should head back."
"Alright then," Zheng Niannian didn’t want to part from Mu Baicheng so soon, but it really was quite late.
After speaking, Mu Baicheng got out of the car, took all the items from the trunk, handed them to the hotel staff, and asked them to deliver them to Zheng Niannian’s room.
These were all of Zheng Niannian’s spoils of the day.
After doing this, Mu Baicheng then sat down in the driver’s seat, "Niannian, I’m heading back now."
Zheng Niannian liked hearing him say her name and smiled back, "Alright, Brother Baicheng, drive safely."
"Mhm." Mu Baicheng nodded, started the engine, and drove away.
Zheng Niannian watched the car leaving.
When he returned to his residence near the hospital, after getting washed up, Mu Baicheng intended to pick up his phone to call Lin Guixiang.
But when he saw it was already midnight, he dismissed the idea.
Calling now would surely affect Lin Guixiang’s rest.
Better to go to sleep.
The next morning, the first thing Mu Baicheng did upon waking up was to call Lin Guixiang.
The call was quickly answered.
"Hello." It was Lin Guixiang’s voice.
Hearing Lin Guixiang’s voice made Mu Baicheng very excited, so much so that he didn’t even notice how different this voice sounded from usual.
"Ah Xiang, can I pick you up at nine o’clock?"
Lin Guixiang was leaving the country the day after tomorrow, and had arranged all her current affairs, so Mu Baicheng wanted to spend the entire day with her on a date today and, incidentally, discuss the matter concerning her and her mother.
"Let’s break up."
Break up?
In that instant, Mu Baicheng thought he was hallucinating.
Everything was going so well, why did Lin Guixiang want to break up with him?
Mu Baicheng continued, "Ah, Ah Xiang, are you joking with me?"
Other than a joke, Mu Baicheng couldn’t think of any other reason.
"No joke, let’s break up, we’re not suitable." Like birds and fish on different paths, if she and Mu Baicheng were to forcefully stay together, they would only sink into endless pain later on.
Better a brief pain than a long one.
"Why?" At this moment, Mu Baicheng’s voice was trembling.
He thought he could walk into the hall of marriage hand in hand with Lin Guixiang.
Unexpectedly, what he got in the end was a breakup.
"Ah Xiang, what is the real reason? You have to give me a reason..."
Mu Baicheng hadn’t finished speaking when a busy tone came through from the other end of the phone.
When he called back, he found that Lin Guixiang had already blocked him.
Mu Baicheng immediately opened WeChat.
On WeChat, there showed three unread messages, all from Lin Guixiang.
Two text messages, and one was a photo.
When he saw that photo, Mu Baicheng’s whole heart turned cold.
It was the scene of him and Zheng Niannian strolling through the shopping mall today...
Could it be that Lin Guixiang was also in the mall at the time?
It was also at this moment that Mu Baicheng realized why Lin Guixiang had called to ask him where he was.
So...
It was to test whether he would tell the truth or not.
Damn!
He really deserved to die!
Why didn’t he tell the truth at that time?
Mu Baicheng’s face turned ashen with regret as tears began to roll down from his eyes, splashing onto the screen of his phone.
Explanation.
He could explain.
Mu Baicheng immediately sent Lin Guixiang a voice message, "Guixiang, it’s not what you think! I lied to you because I was afraid you’d overthink, there’s really nothing between me and Zheng Niannian, can you give me a chance to explain?"
After sending a 60-second voice message, a red exclamation mark appeared on the other side.
It was Lin Guixiang who had deleted him.
Unable to reach Lin Guixiang, Mu Baicheng became very anxious and immediately drove to Tang Dynasty Yipin.
He needed to explain to her face to face.
Mu Baicheng stood at the Lin Family’s door, knocking desperately.
Just when he thought that Lin Guixiang wouldn’t open the door,
Click.
The door opened.
"Ah Xiang, listen to me..."
The words that Mu Baicheng was about to say abruptly stopped because he suddenly realized that the person opening the door wasn’t Lin Guixiang, but Lin Bingqiang.
Before Mu Baicheng had time to react, Lin Bingqiang grabbed the collar of his shirt and said angrily, "Mr. Mu, you’ve really got the nerve to show up!"
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