elder brother

Mu Wan'er didn't think there was anything wrong. She just took a deep breath and said seriously, "Sister, I feel like you'll be happier if you return to the Qiao Mansion."

[Now that I have entered the palace, who knows which old man the Marquis's Mansion will want to marry my daughter to...]

[My daughter must be depressed now because of the series of broken engagements and the male supporting role. If she commits suicide again, it will be the end! ]

Listening to Mu Wan'er's strange thoughts, Mu An Ning blinked and asked slowly: "Wan'er, why is it...'return'?"

Mu Wan'er was obviously stunned by this question. She was stunned for a long time before she realized something. She asked tentatively, "Sister, didn't you read the letter I wrote to you before I left the border?"

Hearing the word "border", Mu An Ning shook his head slowly and smiled bitterly: "Wan'er, to be honest with you, I think I have lost that memory."

"What?" Mu Wan'er's eyes widened immediately, and she walked around the girl in the moon-white dress: "Sister, are you saying that you have lost your memory?!"

【What's going on? ! 】

Mu An Ning felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by her and just nodded slightly.

Mu Wan'er's eyes widened even more. She stopped and pointed at herself and asked, "Sister, do you still remember me?"

Mu An Ning said "hmm" somewhat helplessly. They had been talking for such a long time, so she naturally recognized it.

"That's right. You can forget anyone but me." Mu Wan'er nodded with satisfaction. She suddenly opened her mouth and reasoned sharply, "So, sister, you have... forgotten the days at the border?"

[Is it normal to put this kind of novel bridge in a novel? 】

[Is the goose girl stimulated by the male supporting role? 】

Mu An Ning nodded calmly, and then asked with a pounding heart, "So what was written in the letter you mentioned earlier?"

Mu Wan'er was stumped for a moment. Seeing the girl's expression, she suddenly didn't want to say anything to provoke Mu An Ning.

That day, she was just angry at the system, so she left the letter and wanted the girl to know the truth.

But now, except for Gu Huaizhi, all of them have returned safely, and the story has not yet completely ended. She doesn't know whether to go with the flow and hide the truth for now, so as to prevent the system from causing trouble again.

After a while, Mu An Ning, who didn't hear any answer, trembled his fingers slightly, reflecting the uneasiness in his heart: "The Qiao family, are they my family?"

Mu Wan'er was slightly stunned, and seeing that the girl seemed very determined, she was a little undecided for a moment.

When Mu An Ning saw her sister like this, her suspicions were confirmed. She lowered her long eyelashes and asked, "So what is the relationship between Aunt Fang, Brother Qiao, and Fang Ziweng and me?"

After hearing this series of questions, Mu Wan'er closed her eyes resignedly, ignoring the obstruction of the brain system, and curved her lips: "Since sister has guessed it, then I am not satisfied with you."

She swallowed and said with relief, "They are my sister's aunt, brother, and cousin."

[Don't argue with the dog system. She knew the truth the last two times. Why can't she do it this time? ]

[Why are you afraid that they will develop independent consciousness? ]

Mu An Ning ignored the quarreling around her, but her nose suddenly felt sore.

Sure enough, she guessed right.

When Mu Wan'er said she was going back to Qiao's house, it turned out she really meant "back".

She really does, and she has a family.

After a while, Mu An Ning pursed her lips, then looked at her frowning sister and asked tentatively, "Do they know?"

Mu Wan'er stopped arguing in her mind and was stunned: "Who?" Hou Mansion or Qiao Mansion?

"My family." Mu An Ning raised the corners of his lips slightly and clenched his sleeves unconsciously to hide the nervousness in his heart.

Mu Wan'er nodded quickly and said, "Sister, we do know everything, but we didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just, it's just..."

Seeing that Mu Wan'er was speechless for a long time, Mu An Ning suddenly lowered his eyebrows, and his tone was emotionless: "But they... don't want to recognize me?"

“How could this happen!” Mu Wan’er was so panicked that she danced with joy, completely forgetting all the etiquette she had learned so hard these days: “Sister, don’t misunderstand me, it just happened for a reason, otherwise they would have recognized you long ago!”

Qiao Qingsheng actually went to find her and told her that their attempts to become related to Mu An Ning were always interrupted.

She roughly guessed that it must be the system's fault.

Mu An Ning looked at her sister's red face due to anxiety, and her heart seemed to calm down a little.

So, does she have a family member who loves her?

"Don't worry, sister." Mu Wan'er stared at the girl's red eyes from the sun without blinking: "I will never let them marry you to an old man!"

[When I return to the palace later, I will immediately give the male lead a vaccination! ]

Mu An Ning's eyes rippled, and she suddenly spoke softly, "Wan'er, thank you."

The girl said, then took two steps forward and hugged her sister, who was half a head shorter than her, in her arms. As she closed her eyes, a tear fell from her right eye.

She didn't notice that the tear had fallen right onto the dull wooden sign at her waist.

Mu Wan'er was a little surprised and murmured, "Sister..."

In fact, she doesn't have any relatives in modern times.

She grew up in an orphanage and was able to go to school thanks to scholarships and the help of her mother, the director of the orphanage.

Until she went to college, there were no major changes in her life.

It was not until she started working as a screenwriter that her life gradually improved and she was able to earn a sum that she had never imagined before.

She never longed for family affection, but at this moment, she felt a little sad.

“Sister Wuwuwu, I will miss you.” Mu Wan’er suddenly cried and hugged the girl back: “Remember to come to the palace to find me often!”

[I feel like the finale is not far away, this time I really have to say goodbye.]

[What should I do? I really don’t want to part with my goose girl.]

*

June 25th.

Mu An Ning is still under house arrest, and the medicine prescribed by Dr. Lu seems to have no effect.

That day, she didn't have time to ask Mu Wan'er whether anything had happened between her and Gu Huaizhi, and Mu Wan'er returned to the palace.

After returning to her room, she wrote a letter and asked Baoqin to deliver it to Qiao's house, but Baoqin was stopped by someone.

I heard that Mu Wan'er ordered the Marquis' Mansion not to marry her off without permission.

Although the Marquis's family agreed, they treated her, their adopted daughter, even worse.

"Miss, the sun is too hot, let's go back to our room." Baoqin said with a worried look on her face while gently fanning the girl.

The young lady has had a poor appetite these past few days, and her complexion, which she had worked so hard to maintain, has become much more haggard.

The servants in the kitchen were all very powerful, and seeing that the young lady had lost power, they even served the meals in a perfunctory manner.

Mu An Ning stood in the sun, gazing at the crabapple tree in the yard.

The wind blows gently, and the petals fall like rain, turning into mud, leaving only sighs.

The girl casually glanced at the low wall, her eyes passed through the corner of green bricks, and she was stunned for a moment before turning around and going back to the house.

*

June 30th.

The weather is getting hotter.

On this day, someone unexpectedly visited Xiangningxuan.

It’s Luo Zhiyan.

I think it was because of her status as the princess's cousin that no one dared to stop her.

Luo Zhiyan looked a little tired, but she was concerned about her: "Sister Mu, are you okay?"

Mu An Ning was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Thank you Miss Luo for your concern."

Mu Jingyue sniffed and suddenly asked, "Sister Mu, did Brother Huai say anything to you before he died?"

Mu An Ning's eyebrows twitched slightly, a little puzzled: "I was with him that day?"

She had already known that Gu Huaizhi had passed away, but she didn't know that they were together at that time.

Seeing Luo Zhiyan nodded, Mu Anning apologized for a while and said, "Sorry, I can't remember clearly."

These days she was thinking, maybe that person was not important to her, otherwise she would not have forgotten only him.

Luo Zhiyan was silent, thinking that the girl didn't want to say it, but she still found it strange.

Why did Brother Huai die, but Shi Jiangli is still alive?

At that time, Jiang Li had been staying in their Luo Mansion for so many days, just like a wolf in sheep's clothing, but his mother and father treated him as their own son.

The only thing to be thankful for was that he seemed to have really become a mute, and also seemed to have been seriously injured and no longer had the ability to hurt them.

Mu An Ning looked at the thoughtful girl and suddenly asked, "Miss Luo and Mr. Tan, are they together?"

Luo Zhiyan came back to her senses in an instant, her face gradually blushed with embarrassment, but she shook her head violently.

*

July 2nd.

Mu Wan'er seemed to be ill today, and everyone in the Marquis' Mansion went to the palace to see her.

Mu An Ning also suggested going to visit together, but was forbidden by Old Madam Mu, who also sent a nanny to look after her.

I heard that Mu Jingyue dressed up beautifully today. It didn't seem like she was going to visit her elder sister, but rather to take advantage of the opportunity.

Mu An Ning quietly read the medical book that the man had given her, and a voice seemed to emerge in his heart, telling of injustice.

In fact, after learning etiquette for so many years, she still didn't understand why the Marquis's Mansion would not let her go back to recognize her relatives.

After all, she was no longer of any use to them, and instead became another mouth to feed.

Seeing that she could not get through the medical book, she immediately put the book down and prepared to go to the yard to relax.

Now she only has Baoqin, a maid, by her side. It turns out that Yuandong belongs to Aunt Yun.

Before leaving, Yuandong told her that her current situation was inevitable because of Aunt Yun's behind-the-scenes fanning the flames, just to make everyone in the Marquis' Mansion pay attention to Mu Jingyue.

Mu An Ning walked slowly into the yard and came to the crabapple tree again.

The trees cast mottled shadows and the breeze blows gently, bringing some of the summer heat.

She looked up and saw that the seeds of fruit had already appeared on the branches, and the small green fruits were gleaming slightly in the sunlight.

She was stunned, gently stroking the rough bark, and a strange memory popped up in her mind.

She seems to have climbed a tree?

While the girl was in a daze, something suddenly fell from the tree and floated gently to her feet.

She slowly squatted down and picked it up. After examining it for a while, she couldn't help laughing and whispered to herself, "There are still people who release paper eagles..."

It is said that in February, the grass is lush and the warblers are flying, and the willows on the bank are swaying in the spring smoke.

The children come home early from school and are busy flying paper birds in the east wind.

But it is July now.

As far as I can remember, someone seemed to have made fun of her.

The man seemed to say, "How foolish! Who would release paper orioles at this time of year?"

"I made a paper oriole for you, but I didn't ask you to release it now."

Just as the girl was trying to recall, a steady male voice, neither loud nor soft, suddenly came from behind her.

"Peace."

Mu An Ning was startled and turned around suddenly, only to see a tall figure standing behind her.

"Brother?"

She hasn't seen Mu Guiling since she woke up from her coma.

In the past, he was like a mysterious dragon that was rarely seen, but today everyone went to the palace, so why didn't he go?

Mu Guiling looked his sister up and down, and seeing that she didn't seem to be as grief-stricken as he had imagined, he nodded and said, "An Ning, Wan'er told me."

Mu An Ning was stunned for a moment, and unconsciously pinched the paper eagle in her hand. She only heard Mu Guiling cough lightly and said seriously: "Grandmother was just confused for a moment, don't take it to heart."

Mu An Ning raised her head slightly and met her brother's eyes, which were somewhat similar to Mu Wan'er's, and her heart was filled with ripples.

Brother, are you concerned about her?

She had not been close to her brother before, but after Mu Wan'er returned home, she was able to experience the feeling of family love.

Mu An Ning came back to his senses, nodded gently, and looked at the shadow of the crabapple tree swaying gently on the ground without saying a word.

She didn't know how to respond to her brother's concern.

Mu Guiling stared at the increasingly taciturn girl for a while, and suddenly asked sternly: "An Ning, do you want to leave the Marquis' Mansion?"

Mu An Ning was stunned again, and was about to reply when he saw another man slowly walking out from behind Mu Guiling.

He was dressed in a green robe, with his sleeves fluttering in the wind like the fresh mountain breeze.

It was her biological brother whom she had not seen for a long time.

"An Ning, are you willing..." Qiao Qingsheng took a deep breath, his tone containing a hint of expectation: "Go back to the Qiao Mansion with me?"