Warm

"Father, Mother." Mu Wan'er bowed respectfully without any sense of nervousness or fear.

The bright yellow silk skirt highlights her figure, simple yet bright.

"Oh - good boy." Xu and Marquis Chongde looked at each other, their eyes full of emotion.

The two of them had originally gone back to Xu's parents' home, but they had never imagined that such a big thing would happen.

Xu gently pulled her daughter to her side and asked, "Are you used to living here these days? If you need anything, just let me know."

Mu Wan'er smiled generously: "Don't worry, mother, Wan'er has nothing to lack."

Seeing this, the couple were both shocked.

The child looked exactly like Xu when he was young. This must be their child without a doubt.

On the other hand, although Mu An Ning had a similar temperament to Xu, gentle and sophisticated, as she grew older, her appearance gradually revealed a bold and gorgeous appearance, which inevitably caused people to talk about her.

Even Xu's close friend, Princess Luo of Anqing, once half-jokingly asked who the child looked like.

They never thought that she was not really their child.

After looking at Mu Wan'er for a while, Marquis Chongde said solemnly: "This is your brother."

Mu Wan'er leaned over and bowed, then said politely, "Hello, brother."

[This guy is quite handsome, but a little serious.]

[Alas...it's just a pity that his ending was so tragic.]

Mu An Ning, who was standing quietly at the side, moved his eyes slightly and looked at Mu Wan'er without saying a word.

She heard the strange sound again.

My elder brother is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and he rarely comes home due to his busy official duties.

She said he had a tragic ending...what did she mean?

Mu Guiling nodded slightly. His face had strong lines and deep features, and his eyes were stern as he looked at the new sister in front of him.

He once tried a major case: a woman pretended to be a long-lost daughter of a family in order to seek revenge. In the end, all the family members died tragically, without anyone being spared.

Therefore, when he heard that such an absurd thing actually happened in their mansion, he returned home with mixed doubts and beliefs.

However, now that the girl's face looked somewhat like his, all his doubts disappeared.

Xu smiled at the brother and sister, then her eyes fell on her adopted daughter. She smiled awkwardly, "This is... this is An Ning."

"Sister An Ning." Mu Wan'er bowed and smiled, "We have met before."

Mu An Ning nodded slightly but didn't say anything.

She has always been good at seeing through other people's minds, so how could she not notice her adoptive mother's mood at the moment?

Perhaps it was destined that the mother and daughter had never been close.

After giving birth to her second child, Xu became weak and sickly, so she grew up under the old lady's care.

Apart from Xu's scolding when she occasionally lost her manners, they spoke very rarely, and over time they gradually became estranged.

When she occasionally attended various banquets, she envied the deep love between mothers and daughters more than once.

[My daughter is so beautiful today, I can do it! ]

[But she didn't seem very interested, and it seemed like she was starting to feel resentful towards me.]

Mu An Ning was wearing a light blue gauze dress today and only a coral hairpin on her head. After hearing the compliments, she felt a little uncomfortable and avoided the girl's sight.

She didn't harbor any resentment towards Mu Wan'er, she just felt a little ashamed.

[I have to find a way to escape the system detection and get along well with my daughter. I don’t want her to commit suicide in the end! ]

What does this mean?

Mu An Ning's eyes were a little dazed, and he suddenly remembered the dream that seemed like a prophecy.

Could it be... that her previous guess was true?

Thinking of this, her distinct black and white almond-shaped eyes moved slightly, secretly paying attention to everyone's reactions.

It seemed like...she was the only one who could hear Mu Wan'er's thoughts.

Last night she read many books, trying to find records of this supernatural event, but found nothing.

Marquis Chongde noticed Mu An Ning's solemn expression and said suddenly: "An Ning, you will still be the eldest daughter of the Marquis' Mansion in the future."

After saying that, he turned to Mu Wan'er on the other side and said, "Wan'er, you are the second lady of the Marquis' Mansion."

He stroked his long beard and said meaningfully, "In three days, the palace will hold a Hundred Flowers Banquet. You two will attend it together."

On one hand, there is his adopted daughter who has a certain reputation in the capital and has been raised for fifteen years. On the other hand, there is his biological daughter who grew up in the countryside and has just been found. He needs to consider this matter carefully.

Mrs. Xu spoke softly, looking at Mu Wan'er lovingly, "I have already discussed this with your father. If anyone asks, we can say that you were weak and were raised in a country farm."

Mu Wan'er nodded obediently.

But everyone present knew that this statement was full of loopholes.

A ethereal voice suddenly rang in Mu An Ning's ears——

"As expected, biological daughters are treated differently. As soon as they arrived at the mansion, they were able to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet in the palace."

"Aren't they afraid that a country girl like her would embarrass herself and lose face in such an occasion?"

Mu An Ning's eyes were slightly dazed, and she couldn't help thinking: Yes, she has been learning etiquette day after day since she was a child, until she could not find any fault with it, and only then was she allowed to attend banquets in the capital.

How can Mu Wan'er...

The girl trembled slightly, shocked by her own thoughts, and suddenly came to her senses.

This sound was...the thing that caused her to fall into the water that day.

It can actually control her thoughts?

She was already grateful to her adoptive parents for allowing her to stay in their home, so how could she be jealous of their biological daughter?

Mu An Ning tried his best to calm down, but his face did not show any abnormality: "Father and mother, An Ning is feeling a little unwell, I would like to leave first."

Marquis Chongde and Mrs. Xu nodded slightly, neither showing any desire to retain him.

Mu An Ning's eyelashes were half-drooped, hiding the flash of disappointment in her almond-shaped eyes.

She walked lightly into the courtyard alone to relax, and suddenly heard a pleasant voice: "Miss Mu——"

He drew out the last syllable of his voice in a lazy tone that sounded like a smile, but not a laugh.

She turned around when she heard the sound, but there was no one there.

Suddenly, the spring breeze blew, and a figure gracefully descended from the tree.

The young man was wearing a long crimson brocade gown inlaid with gold threads, which looked gorgeous and ostentatious.

He had sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes. His amber peach eyes were slightly upturned, making him look a little charming.

Peach petals fluttered lightly as he moved, landing on their shoulders and hair.

Mu An Ning's heart was filled with ripples as she stared at her sweetheart in a daze.

The young man leaned against the tree trunk and laughed cynically: "This prince has stayed in your house for a day and a night, but someone didn't come to visit your savior?"

Mu An Ning's clear eyes were like rippling autumn water, and her tone was filled with subtle joy: "Did the prince save me when the sun set that day?"

Gu Huaizhi raised his eyebrows slightly and asked impatiently: "Who do you think it is?"

That day, he was forced by his mother to visit the Marquis's Mansion. Unexpectedly, he ran into her talking with a strange girl and accidentally overheard the secrets of the Marquis's Mansion.

Then she lost her footing and fell into the water.

The girl she was talking to was crying for help so loudly that he knew it would soon attract the attention of the servants.

He didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but when he caught a glimpse of the lavender figure in the water, he felt extremely annoyed.

He knew that she had been unable to urinate since she was a child.

Finally, he stepped lightly from the top of the rockery, jumped into the water, and swam straight towards her.

After rescuing the man, he just sneezed, and Madam Mu let him stay in her house for a day.

He wanted to refuse, but the servant beside him, acting on his mother's orders, begged him to stay.

He understood that A-niang wanted to promote his relationship with his future wife, but he hated being restricted the most.

"Miss, you are really something, why don't you tell the old master and the mistress!"

A female voice from far away interrupted the conversation between the two.

Gu Huaizhi's starry eyes narrowed slightly. He put his arms around the girl's slender waist and hid behind the rockery.

Mu An Ning's eyelashes trembled, and he took hold of the young man's strong arm. After he stood up, he asked in confusion, "What are you doing, my Lord?"

Gu Huai subconsciously reached out his hand and placed it on her rosy lips: "I don't want anyone to see you and me in the same place."

The girl couldn't help feeling disappointed when she heard this.

He really still disliked her.

But the sudden soft touch on her lips caused a faint blush on her cheeks.

She had lived in seclusion for a long time and had never had such contact with men.

A scent of orchid, a unique type of young girl, wafted into his nose, and Gu Huaizhi suddenly realized his own extraordinary behavior.

He coughed uncomfortably and hastily let go of his hand as if he had touched a hot potato.

They weren't doing anything shameful, but why did he feel strange in his heart?

He gently stroked the hand that had just touched hers, and the warm touch still lingered in his palm.

The two of them simultaneously turned their eyes away from each other, and the conversation on the other side became clearer.

"Miss, it was obviously the eldest lady who deliberately fell into the water, causing you to be grounded!"

Mu An Ning frowned slightly and saw from a distance that the person who spoke was the maid assigned to Mu Wan'er by her grandmother.

Mu Wan'er curled her lips and ignored the maid's words.

If she hadn't been restricted by the system, she would have spoken out in rebuttal.

However, the maidservant did not notice her master's displeasure and continued to talk: "Miss, I am not saying anything bad about you, but you should be more careful."

"If the eldest lady persuades the old master and his wife to drive you away, then you will still be a wild girl born in the countryside, and the eldest lady will continue to be the daughter of a high and mighty marquis, and you will no longer have a place to stand."

"You have to learn to please the old master and his wife and become the only daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, so that I can live a good life with you!" She thought Mu Wan'er was just a simple-minded country girl, so she spoke without restraint.

"I understand, Yunxiang, can you just let me be quiet?!" Mu Wan'er covered her ears and quickened her pace.

She was really helpless.

The author arranged countless characters like this to instigate the two sisters who originally had no grudges against each other.

[It’s so annoying, but how can I prevent my daughter from getting hurt again tomorrow? ]

[I don't want her to be misunderstood again.]

The master and servant gradually went farther and farther away until the surroundings became silent, with only the heartbeats of the boy and girl behind the rockery remaining.

Gu Huaizhi suddenly looked down at the girl who was standing so close to him with interest.

He has already figured out the story of the real and fake daughter.

He was really curious whether this daughter of the marquis, who had always behaved properly, would lose her composure at this moment.

However, her reaction was totally beyond his expectations.

There was no expression on her snow-white face, as if she didn't hear anything.

In fact, Mu An Ning was concentrating on thinking and completely forgot that there was someone in front of him.

According to what Mu Wan'er said, she will use the same old tricks again tomorrow to frame Mu Wan'er?

If it really happened, how did Mu Wan'er know about it?

It's getting weirder.

While she was thinking, she suddenly felt a slight itching in her ear.

It turned out that it was Gu Huaizhi who whispered in her ear, "So you are not the daughter of the Marquis's mansion."

Mu An Ning felt his right ear getting slightly hot, and he subconsciously turned his head to the side, slightly distanced himself from the boy, and said "hmm" softly.

Gu Huaizhi raised his handsome eyebrows slightly: "Then our marriage will be invalid?"

Mu An Ning was distracted for a moment, then raised her eyes and met the boy's smiling peach blossom eyes.

He looked extremely happy.

But he was right.

Everything she has now should belong to Mu Wan'er, including the marriage contract with Gu Huaizhi.

Thinking of this, the girl nodded slightly.