“Dad, I’m not getting married. It has nothing to do with Dr. Song. I remember explaining the reasons at home before. I just haven’t met the right person yet that I want to marry.”
"If you ask me, Qingwan cares about you so much. If you were willing to marry her, she wouldn't have listened to her family's arrangement to marry someone else two years ago."
Mu Yaodong was a little annoyed with his son. He said, "Now, Qingwan already has a child, and I heard that the couple's relationship is pretty good. Look at you, you're still all alone. You're not worried about it, but your mother is so anxious that she can't sleep at night."
“My mom takes care of my second brother’s child. She goes to bed at night and doesn’t wake up until the next morning. She doesn’t have time to worry about my affairs.”
Mu Ting said slowly, "Besides, my third brother and my younger sister are both dating. Doesn't my mother have to take time out of her care for her grandson to keep an eye on them?"
Mu Yaodong had three sons and one daughter. Mu Ting was the eldest son, Mu Rui was the second son, Mu Xiu was the third son, and Mu Xia was the youngest daughter.
All four children have grown up and achieved success.
Among them, Mu Ting needs no introduction; at a young age, he is already an excellent neurosurgeon. As for the second son, Mu Rui, he works in construction and is doing quite well in his field.
The third brother, Mu Xiu, and the fourth brother, Mu Xia, had just graduated from university. One studied economics and management, while the other studied Chinese language and literature at a teacher's college. According to the country's work assignment policy for college graduates, both of them are currently working in positions suitable for their majors, contributing to the country.
Well, Grandpa Mu has more than just Mu Yaodong as a son. He has two sons and two daughters. However, due to work reasons, his other children did not develop in Beijing. Naturally, their children, who are Grandpa Mu's other grandchildren, live with their parents and do not live in Beijing either.
However, when Old Master Mu was hospitalized this time, all of his children came back to visit him, some even taking leave from work. But now it was Mu Yaodong's turn to stay with him at night, so there was no one else in the ward.
"Your mom does have to keep an eye on Xiaoxiu and Xiaxia, but your marriage is what's giving her the biggest headache!"
Mu Yaodong glanced at Mu Ting, then shifted his gaze to Old Master Mu: "Dad, are you hungry? I'll have Xiao Ting go to the cafeteria to buy you some millet porridge, what do you think?"
"I want to eat the crispy pickled radish that your mom makes."
Grandpa Mu casually remarked, and upon hearing this, Mu Ting said, "I'll go home and bring you some." As he spoke, his gaze fell on Mu Yaodong, "Dad, I'll bring your food with me."
"Whatever you want."
Mu Yaodong sat down on the chair next to the hospital bed and snorted irritably.
Mu Ting smiled, his expression somewhat helpless. He felt that compared to his grandfather, Mu Yaodong was more childish and harder to coax.
"Can't you just talk to the child properly?!"
As the ward door opened and closed, Old Master Mu listened to the familiar footsteps receding into the distance, then turned to Mu Yaodong to express his dissatisfaction.
"Dad, Xiaoting is your grandson, but I am your son. Does that mean your son is not as close as your grandson?"
Mu Yaodong felt wronged.
"Don't make that face to disgust me!"
Grandpa Mu looked disgusted: "You don't lack grandsons, so why do you insist on Xiaoting getting married? If he wanted to get married, we wouldn't need to say anything; he would bring his wife home himself. But you, for some reason, used Dr. Song to hurt Xiaoting's feelings. Don't you know that children have self-esteem?"
"Didn't you notice that Xiao Ting practically glued his eyes to Dr. Song?"
Mu Yaodong's implication was that he was not wrong.
"So what if you can see it? Don't tell me you don't know how outstanding Lanlan is. Xiaoting is attracted to her and doesn't even want to settle for someone else when it comes to his life's most important matter. What does that prove? It proves that our Xiaoting's eyes are fine, understand?"
Old Master Mu's eyes widened in surprise. After hearing what he said, Mu Yaodong laughed: "Dad, isn't your way of addressing Dr. Song a bit too familiar?"
"Can't you just focus on the important points?"
Grandpa Mu's face darkened: "Lanlan's grandfather and I are indeed old buddies. However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, I left the army due to organizational arrangements, so we had less contact. But after I retired a couple of years ago, I visited the compound where your Uncle Chen and Uncle Lu lived quite often. This old relationship has been rekindled. So, isn't your Uncle Chen's granddaughter the same as my granddaughter? What's wrong with me calling Dr. Song Lanlan?"
"Yes, yes, absolutely!"
Mu Yaodong was all smiles, which made Old Master Mu unable to bear to look at him. The old man said, "Can't you be normal for once?"
For a moment, Mu Yaodong's smile froze, and he coughed twice, looking slightly embarrassed, and said, "Dad, can I also call Dr. Song Lanlan?"
"Nobody's stopping you from doing it."
Grandpa Mu felt tired, so he closed his eyes to rest: "I'm going to take a nap."
Mu Yaodong regained his composure: "Shall I help you lie down?"
"Need not."
Grandpa Mu shook his head.
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When Song Lan returned to the courtyard house from the hospital, she saw Qin Yaxin talking to Li Jumei and Aunt Liu. All three of them had smiles on their faces, so she couldn't help but ask, "Mom, what are you talking about that makes you, Second Sister, and Aunt Liu so happy?"
"Ya-Xin has a boyfriend!"
Li Jumei responded.
"Just talked about it?"
Song Lan asked Qin Yaxin.
"Um."
Qin Yaxin nodded, her face blushing, and said, "Last year, I wasn't the third female lead in a movie. At that time, he and I were just the beginning. This time, I joined the crew as the female lead, and he happened to be the male lead. After the whole movie officially wrapped up, he confessed to me, and I... I accepted!"
Do you understand the other person?
Song Lan asked with a smile.
"He said his family is also in Beijing, but his workplace is the city's drama troupe. However, he has already acted in several movies and filmed no less than five TV series. He can now be considered a rising star..."
When talking about her boyfriend, Qin Yaxin's eyes were practically overflowing with affection. Even though she looked shy, she talked on and on, as if there was no end to how good he was to her.
Song Lan could tell that Qin Yaxin was truly in love, but she still couldn't help asking, "You seem to really like him?"
"Sister-in-law~"
Qin Yaxin blushed.
"When are you going to bring it home so that Dad, your older brother, and I can see it?"
Song Lan doesn't object to Qin Yaxin dating, after all, Qin Yaxin is of a certain age, but she doesn't want her to be deceived in her feelings without knowing the truth.
It's not that she's overly cautious; it's just that marriage is a serious matter and cannot be taken lightly.
As the eldest sister-in-law, with her mother-in-law gone, she had the obligation and responsibility to take care of her sister-in-law's marriage.
"Sister-in-law, we've only just started dating. Let's talk about meeting the parents later!"
Hearing Li Jumei and Aunt Liu's laughter, Qin Yaxin was so embarrassed that she quickly got up and ran to her room.
"Ya-Xin is shy!"
Aunt Liu said with a smile.
"It's understandable that the young girl is a little shy when she first starts dating."
Li Jumei added a sentence.
"I'll go put the bag down."
Song Lan greeted Li Jumei and Aunt Liu, then walked towards the room where she and Qin Yanzheng lived.
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