Even though Mu Chen has lost interest in figurines now and gave all his treasured figurines to Chu Hao, he didn't give away the guitar that Mu Tiantian made for him.
System: [Mu Chen's rage value decreased by 30, currently at 20.]
"Where have you been these past two years?" Mu Chen asked. "Why did you do that back then?"
“Actually, I… I wasn’t in a good mental state back then, and I don’t know how I did that kind of thing. I really know I was wrong now, and…” Mu Tiantian lowered her head, not daring to look at him, and whispered, “I was the one who handed over the evidence of Dad’s fraud to the police to report him. Brother, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have kept it from you.”
Mu Chen's father's company was a shell company and was also involved in pyramid scheme fraud.
When her father found out that Mu Tiantian was dating Jiang Ye, he wanted Mu Tiantian to swindle Jiang's shares.
Mu Tiantian then played along, completing the task of harming Jiang Ye while keeping evidence of her father's fraud. Before leaving, she handed it over to the police, which led to his imprisonment.
However, she didn't tell Mu Chen about this, because she was afraid that Mu Chen would be taken advantage of by his father.
Mu Chen wasn't too surprised by what Mu Tiantian said. He had guessed it before because the time she disappeared coincided with the time her father was arrested.
Mu Chen looked at Mu Tiantian, who seemed a little guilty, and gently patted her head, saying, "You did the right thing."
"Brother, you're not angry with me?" Mu Tiantian thought he would be angry that she sent his father to prison.
"The only thing I blame you for is that you shouldn't have just left."
Mu Chen never knew what kind of company his father ran. His father was rarely home, and he didn't even come to visit his mother when she was sick, so the relationship between them wasn't very good.
He remembered something and said, "Your mother...it seems she married someone else."
"My mom is the kind of person who only cares about money," Mu Tiantian said nonchalantly.
Mu Chen thought she was forcing herself, so he hugged her and said like an elder, "I will always be your support."
"Brother." Mu Tiantian was touched.
System: [Mu Chen's rage value has been reduced to zero.]
Chu Ran overheard their conversation and recalled the events of that year.
After Mu Tiantian left, Mu Chen's father was arrested, and Jiang Ye's equity transfer agreement became invalid.
Could it be that Tian Tian knew the equity agreement was invalid from the start, but did it on purpose?
If she could report her criminal father, why would she go and swindle Jiang Ye's money?
You Lian thought Chu Ran was jealous and was about to add fuel to the fire, so she asked curiously, "So the two of them are so close? They don't seem to be blood-related siblings, do they? I didn't expect them to be so intimate. No wonder Mu Chen..." wasn't interested in other girls.
Before You Lian could finish speaking, she saw Chu Ran looking at her with a cold glint in his eyes.
This made her swallow the rest of her words.
"You Lian, what do you mean by that?"
"I didn't mean anything by it, I was just curious, there's nothing wrong with that, right?" You Lian's words seemed to imply that Chu Ran was overthinking it, and that she hadn't said anything.
Chu Ran suddenly felt nauseous when she saw You Lian.
I feel disgusted from the bottom of my heart.
"Curious? You Lian, I don't think I've ever told you they're not siblings, have I? Where does your curiosity come from?" Chu Ran hadn't mentioned Mu Tiantian to You Lian much.
Even if there were rumors about Mu Tiantian at school, they were all about her and Jiang Ye, and everyone thought that Mu Tiantian and Mu Chen were siblings.
She only learned about this shortly after Mu Tiantian disappeared, when Chu Hao told her.
They certainly wouldn't talk about such a thing as gossip.
Chu Ran rarely mentioned Mu Tiantian and wouldn't gossip about her.
The only possibility is that You Lian overheard her conversation with Chu Hao but didn't tell her.
Now Chu Ran felt that You Lian's so-called straightforwardness was genuine.
"I think I overheard it by accident, but you didn't want to mention Mu Tiantian at the time, so I forgot about it. Now that I see them, I suddenly remembered it." You Lian downplayed the issue, acting as if she didn't care about it and didn't take it to heart.
It was her expression that made Chu Ran feel disgusted.
"If you don't know anything, then shut your mouth. Otherwise, you'll look like you have no brains. Curiosity is not a reason for you to gossip and speculate about others, nor is it a shield for you to pry into other people's privacy." Chu Ran didn't give You Lian a good look, and her words were harsh, but her voice wasn't loud.
Chu Ran was still willing to give her some face, it just depended on whether she wanted it or not.
You Lian saw that Chu Ran was angry with her and stood there stunned.
Chu Ran had never treated her like this before, but ever since Mu Tiantian appeared, Chu Ran began to distance himself from her.
She didn't understand, what gave Mu Tiantian the right?
She saw that Mu Tiantian gave Chu Ran a star jar, which she heard contained a thousand paper stars.
How could a rich young lady like Chu Ran be so easily fooled by these cheap paper stars?
Moreover, those paper stars might not have been folded by Mu Tiantian herself.
Chu Ran ignored You Lian and walked out. Looking at Mu Tiantian and Mu Chen, who had already separated after their hug, she joked, "You two haven't gone back for so long. I thought you fell into the toilet."
"I'm sending my brother an apology gift." Mu Tiantian smiled at her, not hiding anything.
Chu Ran noticed the exquisitely crafted figurine in Mu Chen's hand and exclaimed, "Tian Tian's hands are so skillful."
“Indeed.” Mu Chen put the exquisite figurine into his pocket.
Chu Ran hooked her arm around Mu Tiantian's neck and asked, "I overheard your conversation just now, Tiantian. Since you're willing to put aside your own family for the greater good, you certainly wouldn't hurt Jiang Ye for money. Did you know that the share transfer agreement was invalid? Did you do it on purpose?"
Mu Chen shared the same thought as Chu Ran, looking at Mu Tiantian seeking an answer.
System: [The host cannot mention the mission details.]
Mu Tiantian said to the two of them in a serious tone, "I was really out of my mind back then, that's why I did it."
She says this to everyone, but never gives a direct answer.
Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it, Chu Ran and Mu Chen didn't ask any more questions.
"So you're clear-headed now?" Chu Ran teased. "What if you accidentally get mercury in your brain again someday?"
"...Hair all gone, grass growing on my butt." Mu Tiantian swore, then added after thinking for a moment, "Pimples on the soles of my feet, the more I scratch, the itchier it gets."
Chu Ran chuckled, amused by her again.
Mu Chen couldn't help but smile.
"You Lian? What are you doing standing here?" Jiang Ye hadn't seen Mu Tiantian for a long time, so he came over to check on her.
In reality, Mu Tiantian had only been away from him for ten minutes.
"Jiang...Jiang Ye, I...I'm going to the restroom." You Lian came out from around the corner. Seeing Mu Tiantian and the other two looking at her, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and greet them, "Everyone's here."
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