Yang Shushu was prepared this time, but she still didn't dodge. Instead, she took a step forward, thinking that it was not her style to not fight back after being slapped for no reason.
But before she could move, or even before Mu Shicang could stop her, Yu Xinggui, who was the most surprising person, stood in front of Mu Shuya and raised his hand to hold her wrist. With his body trembling and his eyes red, he shouted at Mu Shuya, "Enough!"
Mu Shuya was startled by his sudden loud voice. For so many years, her son had been living under her pressure, including maintaining the tone and volume of his voice at a certain standard. To exaggerate, her son had never spoken loudly since the day he was born. This could be regarded as the loudest he had spoken in more than ten years, and it was even directed at her.
Yu Xinggui looked at Mu Shuya's disbelief, as if he were looking at a ghost. He slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said in a trembling voice, "My second brother asked my second sister-in-law to take me out for a walk to relax. I've been going to the white house a lot these past few days because there, at least I'm a human being, not a machine. I don't understand why you can speak so dirty about our family members."
After saying that, he didn't even look at Mu Shuya, but turned and ran. He didn't run back home, but towards the gate. Mu Shuya stood there blankly, as if she had been greatly shocked. Yang Shushu was a little worried and wanted to follow to see, but Mu Shicang pulled her back and said, "Leave him alone, someone is following."
He raised his chin and saw a man in black following the direction of Yu Xinggui's message and quickly disappeared.
Yang Shushu finally felt relieved. When she turned around, Mu Shuya was staring at her with hatred: "Yang Shushu, what did you say to Xiaogui?"
Yang Shushu rolled her eyes and didn't want to pay any attention to her. She was simply hopeless.
Seeing Yang Shushu about to leave, Mu Shuya was not going to let her go and stepped forward to stop her, but was stopped by Mu Shicang: "Escape is everyone's first reaction, but as a parent, escaping your responsibility to your child, aunt, don't you think it's too shameful? You keep talking about this person who brought shame to the Mu family, and that person who brought shame to the Mu family. What about you?"
After saying that, Mu Shicang pulled Yang Shushu away. Mu Shuya stood there blankly, not moving for a long time.
In the dark, Chi Ling was looking at the direction where Mu Shicang and Yang Shushu disappeared. Her eyes were abnormally bright, with an unusual light flickering in them.
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Uncle Liang recounted to Old Master Mu what had just happened in the small garden, especially the part about the bald bird mentioned by Yang Shushu. Old Master Mu actually laughed for the second time today: "That's a pretty apt metaphor."
Then he thought for a moment and asked Uncle Liang, "Lao Liang, do you think I treated Ah Cang the same way back then? So I'm also a bald bird, isn't that right?"
Uncle Liang thought for a moment before saying, "Young Master and Biao Shao Shi are different. Moreover, your and the eldest lady's methods of education are completely different. Strict as it is, the eldest lady's method... well..."
"It's control." Old Master Mu said it for him and sighed. "Back then, it was my fault. If I hadn't compared them to the eldest brother in everything when they were little, they wouldn't have harbored such deep resentment. But... as a parent, even if you know you have to treat your children equally, sometimes your emotions just can't be controlled... Not to mention that the eldest brother and his wife are no longer here..."
When talking about his eldest son, Old Master Mu was overwhelmed with sadness again. The sadness of seeing a young person die cannot be washed away by time.
Knock knock knock!
There were three consecutive knocks on the door. Old Master Mu guessed who it was, calmed down, and said, "Come in."
Mu Shicang came in, called out "Grandpa", and when he saw the chess pieces on the table, he sat down directly opposite the old man. The two of them didn't say anything and started playing chess in tacit understanding.
Uncle Liang left the study silently.
"How are you going to deal with that woman?" Old Master Mu asked after putting down the black piece.
Mu Shicang held the white piece in his hand and pondered, but it did not affect his answer: "She must have been manipulated by someone, but we probably don't know much. Let's find out who is behind it first."
"Well, but you can't let people slander your reputation like this. How can I, Mu Dingtian's grandson, allow others to throw dirty water on you like this?" At this time, the tone of Grandpa Mu's words became more domineering and willful. Mu Shicang smiled when he heard it.
"Yes, I don't know." After a pause, he continued, "Grandpa, the development of the Liandong convenience store is under the responsibility of my second uncle. A problem arose today, and I may have to review it again. My second uncle may make a scene again, so please keep a record of it."
The old man lowered his head and looked at the chess piece seriously, without even looking up: "Just do it as you wish, don't worry about him. He has grown quite old in the past two years. I want to teach him a lesson, but he is becoming more and more unreasonable."
"Grandpa, have you ever thought about bypassing the uncles and handing the power over to me? My second uncle, third uncle, and aunt are resentful."
Old Master Mu raised his head, his eyelids lifted, and his eyebrows raised: "What would you do if they have grievances?"
Mu Shi Cangbai suddenly landed on the chessboard, raised his eyebrows, and said proudly: "Grandpa, you lost."
Old Master Mu glanced at the chessboard, then looked up at him again, as if waiting for his answer, but then he heard Mu Shicang say, "If my father hadn't died, then everything you have would have been his. Don't even mention handing it over to me now. Even if you don't have it, if it belongs to my father, I will definitely get it for him."
Old Master Mu showed a satisfied smile on his face, picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip: "You and your wife have been acting more and more like a couple these days, and you often take her out with you. What's the matter? Have you come to terms with it?"
Mu Shicang's hand, which was playing with the chess piece, suddenly stopped. The piece fell from between his fingers onto the chessboard. The jade chessboard made a crisp sound, breaking the silence in the room. "The Ji family came to Jinjing. I got the news that they were looking for someone."
Old Master Mu lowered his head and coughed lightly: "In that case, you should handle it yourself. That girl..."
He paused, revealing a helpless expression: "When you show your true nature, you're actually not that annoying."
This time it was Mu Shicang's turn to be surprised. He looked at Old Master Mu in astonishment. When he wanted to marry Yang Shushu, Old Master Mu was extremely opposed to it. The biggest reason was that they were not a good match. Now Yang Shushu's status has not changed, but Old Master Mu said such words. Is that girl vicious?
Old Master Mu was embarrassed by his gaze and had to cover it up by drinking tea: "Grandpa didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to remind you to control yourself and not hurt others and yourself."
Mu Shicang slowly lowered his head and chuckled softly: "No, Grandpa, nothing is more important than avenging my parents."
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