Chapter 14: Reasoning about the Mother's Death
Mu Nanyan wrote the three groups of words on a piece of paper, then wrote the corresponding names below: Mu Feng, herself. When she wrote about her parents, Mu Nanyan paused, because she had never heard Shen Yi mention her parents, nor had she met them. She put a question mark under the word "parents". She never mentioned her mother. Was she dead? Or was she an orphan, without parents? Or was there some other reason?
Mu Nanyan found her thoughts wandering again, and quickly pulled her attention back, crossing out her parents. Since her mother hadn't mentioned it before, and Lawyer Qin had also stated that only she and Mu Feng needed to be present to announce the inheritance, it probably had nothing to do with her parents. She could deal with other issues later, and first get the matter at hand straightened out.
"Knock, knock, knock."
Mu Nanyan was thinking about something when she suddenly heard a knock on the door. She quickly stood up and prepared to open the door. When she stood up, she accidentally bumped into the table, and the USB flash drive on the edge of the table shook and fell into a box that Mu Nanyan had placed on the corner of the table. The box was full of plush toys that her mother had bought for her before, so the USB flash drive did not make any sound when it fell, and Mu Nanyan did not see it either. She had already come to the door to open it.
Seeing the housekeeper standing at the door, Mu Nanyan asked politely, "Housekeeper, what can I do for you?"
The housekeeper was stunned when he saw Mu Nanyan's expression. He looked at Mu Nanyan with strange eyes for a while before he spoke:
"Madam, it's lunch time now. We have prepared lunch. Would you like to eat something?"
Mu Nanyan had no appetite at all and didn't want to eat at all, but seeing the housekeeper's concerned look, Mu Nanyan couldn't refuse, so she said, "Okay, I'll pack up and come down right away."
Seeing that Mu Nanyan agreed, the housekeeper went down to prepare and did not stay long. Mu Nanyan had just cried and felt uncomfortable all over, so she prepared to wash her face.
When Mu Nanyan came to the bathroom, she was shocked when she looked at herself in the mirror. She was no longer as bright and beautiful as she was when she first left the house this morning.
Her makeup was all smudged, her eyeliner smudged from crying, and she looked like a panda. Her foundation and everything else had been rubbed off, and now she looked like a lunatic. She finally understood why the housekeeper had looked at her so strangely just now.
"Ah, Taishe is dead. I actually let the housekeeper see me like this. How can I go downstairs to eat?"
Mu Nanyan quickly took off her makeup with makeup remover and washed her face. She looked much better now. However, after removing her makeup, her red eyes were more obvious and a little swollen. This wouldn't go away anytime soon, so Mu Nanyan had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to eat.
"It's okay. I can't see it, so I don't know. I'm not embarrassed. It's others who are embarrassed."
Mu Nanyan mentally prepared herself several times before going downstairs. She kept her head down the entire time, not wanting to be seen by the maids cleaning nearby. She finally arrived at the restaurant, sat down, and ate her meal, paying no attention to her surroundings.
However, the housekeeper standing next to her still saw Mu Nanyan's red and swollen eyes, and knew that she must have cried before. He didn't know this new young lady very well, so he didn't dare to go up and show concern for her rashly, for fear of offending her.
Mu Nanyan had something unresolved in her mind, so she had no appetite. She ate a few bites of food and a small bowl of rice before putting down her chopsticks.
"Butler, I'm done eating. I'll go upstairs first."
After saying that, Mu Nanyan went straight back to her room. The housekeeper saw that the young lady had only eaten a few bites and was really worried. He prepared to report the young lady's condition to his master, and then called Lu Yiran.
Lu Yiran was a little surprised to see that the call was from the mansion. He was in the company during the day and basically never received a call from the mansion. Today was the second one. He couldn't help but frown, but he still picked up the phone.
"Hey, butler, what's up?"
"Master, this is what happened. After the young mistress came back today, she has been locking herself in her room. When I went to call her for lunch at noon, I saw that her makeup was all smudged from crying. When she came downstairs to eat, her eyes were swollen from crying, and she didn't eat much at lunch. Did something happen to the young mistress?"
"Whatever happened to her has nothing to do with me. Don't call me about her affairs in the future. I'm very busy at the company and don't have time to take care of her affairs."
After saying that, Lu Yiran hung up the phone angrily. He said that he didn't care, but he was actually very angry in his heart because he was even more certain that he guessed right.
"Humph, you're crying so sadly, it must be because of her ex-boyfriend. For a man, you can't even eat. Mu Nanyan, how much do you like him!"
"Since you like him so much, and you agreed to marry me so readily, it's nothing more than wanting some money from me. You want everything, how can such a good thing happen?"
Lu Yiran suddenly felt that he was too impulsive to marry Mu Nanyan. He should have investigated her background carefully before marrying her. Maybe everything Mu Nanyan had shown before was fake. She was just a vain woman. She even dared to have an affair with other men during their marriage and cheated on him, Lu Yiran. She was really tired of living.
She asked for a job from Lu Yiran, but she just stopped coming and went to have a secret meeting with other men. She couldn't even eat because of other men. What did Mu Nanyan think of him, Lu Yiran? Was he a dead man?
At this moment, Lu Yiran really hated Mu Nanyan. No woman had ever dared to tease him like this.
He picked up his phone again and sent a message to the housekeeper:
[Keep an eye on Mu Nanyan. From now on, she is not allowed to go out without my permission.]
The housekeeper was confused when he saw the message sent by Lu Yiran. He meant to ask the eldest young master to pay more attention to the eldest young mistress, but he didn't expect that his good intentions would backfire. The eldest young master seemed angry and actually wanted to imprison the eldest young mistress.
The housekeeper suddenly felt a little guilty and didn't know how to tell Mu Nanyan. After thinking about it, he decided not to tell her. He didn't want the relationship to become more awkward because of this matter. He decided to wait until Mu Nanyan was about to go out.
The housekeeper silently put away his phone and went to work. He didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.
After Mu Nanyan returned to her room, she continued to organize her previous thoughts. She wanted to sort out the cause and effect of the matter so that she could start an investigation. Otherwise, she really didn't know where to start.
She looked at the heirs on the drawing paper. Besides herself, there was only Mu Feng. Could this matter be related to Mu Feng? But Mu Feng's assets were definitely more than her mother's. He probably wouldn't care about these things.
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