Mu Jingshu, whom the Shen family regarded as a treasure, was enjoying her meal. Mu Jingheng was generous and ordered whatever his sister wanted to eat.
Seeing how happy Mu Jingshu was, Xu Xinning was afraid that Mu Jingshu would be too upset when she got home and found out about her mother's situation, so she deliberately gave Mu Jingshu a heads-up.
Xu Xinning: "Jingshu, do you like Daddy or Mommy more?"
This is a deadly question that parents in later generations love to use, and Xu Xinning's mother in her previous life may have been too deeply poisoned by it, as she used to often use this question to tease the three siblings.
Now Xu Xinning has actually put this potentially fatal question in front of Mu Jingshu.
Mu Jingheng chuckled, as if he could see his future child being grabbed by Xu Xinning and asked this question.
Mu Jingshu looked bewildered, wondering why her second sister-in-law would ask such a profound question.
Do you like your dad or your mom more?
Can't I like them all?
Why do we have to choose one?
But if you really want to say it, she prefers her brothers?
Xu Xinning looked at Mu Jingshu, who was deep in thought, with anticipation on her face.
I remember when her mother first asked her, she hadn't figured out the rules of the game yet. She blurted out that she loved her mother more, but the reason was simple: her father wasn't around, so of course she had to say she loved her mother more, because she was afraid of getting a spanking. Little did she know how bored her mother and father were; her mother had her father deliberately hide behind a screen.
As expected, Xu Xinning was tricked.
The second time was when the Empress Dowager hid and the Emperor questioned her. Forgetting the painful lesson from the last time, she said she loved the Emperor even more. As a result, the Empress Dowager came out with a sad face.
From now on, Xu Xinning has learned her lesson; she will never play games with her unscrupulous parents again.
Mu Jingshu raised her head and looked at Xu Xinning as if she had made up her mind.
Xu Xinning was filled with excitement, finally understanding why her mother and father had enjoyed teasing the three siblings so much.
Mu Jingshu: "I like my brothers more!"
Xu Xinning looked completely bewildered. What kind of answer was that?
Mu Jingheng slapped his thigh and laughed heartily.
Xu Xinning glared at Mu Jingheng, then asked, "What are your thoughts on the relationship between your father and mother?"
Mu Jingshu answered quickly this time, "I don't have any opinion, one is my dad and the other is my mom, that's all."
Xu Xinning: "Do you think they have a good relationship?"
Mu Jingshu laughed: "Second sister-in-law, so that's what you wanted to ask? Why didn't you just say it directly? When I said I liked my brothers more, I wasn't just saying it casually. My mother doesn't actually love me; she only loves herself. As for my father, my second brother knows him best. He's a workaholic, but Dad loves us."
Hsu Hsin-ning: "If you had to choose between your parents, who would you choose?"
Mu Jingshu sat up straight, glanced at Mu Jingheng, and then looked at Xu Xinning, saying, "Second sister-in-law, can I choose second brother? I want to go to Xu Family Village with you."
Mu Jingheng patted Mu Jingshu's head and laughed, "You're not going to school anymore? Besides, you're the old man and grandpa's source of joy. What will they do if you leave?"
Mu Jingshu scratched her head in confusion and looked at Mu Jingheng, asking, "Then what should we do?"
Mu Jingheng glanced at Xu Xinning and smiled, "We'll talk about it later."
Xu Xinning understood Mu Jingheng's meaning; in fact, letting Mu Jingshu temporarily change her environment was a good idea.
Besides, Xu Xinning was also afraid that Shen Yuqin and the Shen family would come after Mu Jingshu. No matter how insightful Mu Jingshu was, he was still just a ten-year-old child, and too much pressure was not a good thing.
Mu Zhenting acted swiftly, finalizing the divorce the very next day. As the dust settled, Mu Zhenting suddenly felt a great sense of relief, never expecting the pressure this marriage would put on him so intensely.
When Wang Yanping brought Shen Yuqin home, it gave the Wang family elders quite a fright.
Everyone in this alley knows that Shen Yuqin married a high-ranking official. The Shen family also rose to prominence because of this.
But now that Wang Yanping has brought someone home so openly, isn't that a slap in the face to that leader?
Wang's mother grabbed Wang Yanping and gave him a good scolding. She would rather her son never marry than have him make such a big mistake, which could cost someone their life.
Wang Yanping told his mother about Shen Yuqin's divorce from Mu Zhenting, and also about Shen Yuqin's pregnancy with his child.
The Queen Mother was stunned. She never expected things to develop this way, but the thought of having a grandson or granddaughter soon made her very happy.
Shen Yuqin moved into the Wang family home and began living as husband and wife with Wang Yanping.
The next day, Fu Zhihong helped Mu Zhenting deliver the divorce certificate to the Wang family.
How did Fu Zhihong know that Shen Yuqin lived in the Wang family's house?
Originally, Old Master Mu released Wang Yanping with the intention of playing the long game and catching a big fish. How could he not have arranged for someone to be near him?
Therefore, Wang Yanping and Shen Yuqin's every word and action was actually being monitored by the people sent by Old Master Mu.
When Mu Jingshu learned that her parents had divorced, she was shocked, but not surprised.
It wasn't a secret that Shen Yuqin had schemed to marry Mu Zhenting again; Mu Jingshu had heard about it before. Furthermore, Mu Zhenting rarely came home, and when he did, he didn't sleep in the same room as Shen Yuqin. She was young and didn't understand when she was younger, but she learned later when she started school that her parents should share a room and a bed. That's when she realized that her parents were different from other people's parents.
Perhaps because she was used to it, Mu Jingshu didn't really feel much about the result.
Hearing that her mother was going to marry Wang Yanping, Mu Jingshu felt very uncomfortable. She had seen Wang Yanping enter her mother's room several times, and now she realized that they had been together for a long time. Mu Jingshu felt sorry for her father and hated her mother even more.
None of the Shen family members are good people; this is the biggest feeling in Mu Jingshu's young heart.
On the third day, Wang Yanping went to the Shen family to propose marriage and gave a dowry of 600 yuan. The Shen family did not expect that Shen Yuqin, who was getting married for the second time, would receive such a high dowry. This finally brought some light to the originally gloomy Shen family.
On the day of the marriage proposal, the two went to get their marriage certificate. In order to prevent Mu Jingshu from being influenced by Shen Yuqin and Wang Yanping, the Mu family published a notice in the newspaper on the same day that the two got their marriage certificate, severing ties with them. From then on, Mu Jingshu had no further connection with Shen Yuqin and the Shen family.
When Mr. Shen saw the newspaper, he was stunned. He never expected the Mu family to act so quickly. However, it seems that nothing else has been affected so far, which is probably the best news!
These past few days, besides spending time with Xu Xinning, Mu Jingheng has been staying in the study every night with Old Master Mu and Mu Zhenting, who are both people who do great things.
Naturally, the task of taking care of Mu Jingshu fell to Xu Xinning.
No matter how cheerful and mature Mu Jingshu was, Shen Yuqin's matter still dealt her a heavy blow.
To distract Mu Jingshu, Xu Xinning took her to buy medicinal herbs, and the two of them began researching medicine making at home.
To Xu Xinning's surprise, Mu Jingshu actually had a great talent for pharmaceuticals and a very good memory; she could remember everything after being told it only twice.
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