Chapter 158: Flowers of the World
For the first time, Li Mu experienced how Han Yun felt when someone called him in the middle of the night and scolded him until he couldn't sleep. She was so angry that she laughed, so she really turned around and sat back. She wanted to see how much more presumptuous this young man dared to be in front of her.
However, Jiang Wu's first words were beyond her expectations -
"Did the injury on your face come from the fire at the art museum ten years ago?"
“…”
Li Mu's eyes flashed with surprise, but he quickly regained his composure and asked, "How did you know this?"
She knew how much of a shadow that incident had cast on Han Zhong, and the two had only known each other for half a year, so it was impossible that Han Zhong told him.
"Zhou Yannan told me."
"...The old man from the Zhou family? Do you know him?"
"Yeah." Mr. Jiang thought for a moment and then said, "He is my friend."
Li Mu couldn't figure out how an old man in his seventies and a young man in his twenties became friends. She also remembered that the old man was a Taoist priest who traveled abroad for many years. "How did you two know each other?"
"I know his elders."
“…”
Li Mu was unable to conceal her shock for a moment. She was surprised at how her son could be so blind as to say that Jiang Wu was a good boy who never lied and was just straightforward.
The old man of the Zhou family is already 72 years old this year. He is the oldest in the Zhou family. This Jiang Wu is at most 26 years old this year, but she actually said that she knew Zhou Yannan's elders. This statement was so absurd that it seemed like he was taking her for a fool.
So she asked back, "To borrow your words, what does this have to do with you, Mr. Jiang?"
Jiang Wu didn't feel like he was being scolded, and said frankly, "I want to know the true situation of the fire ten years ago."
He said it seriously, which made Li Mu feel less disgusted. "Why do you need to know this?"
"Find out who was behind the fire that year."
"…What do you mean?"
"The fire that year was not caused by Han Zhong. Someone deliberately framed him."
Li Mu was shocked, but pretended to be relaxed. "He was only 18 years old at that time. Why did you frame him?"
Jiang Wu had a vague feeling that it was related to the evil body, but he hadn't found any evidence yet, so he said, "I don't know, I'm checking."
Li Mu didn't expect that the other party actually knew all this, and was still investigating the fire ten years ago. "Are you investigating the fire for Han Zhong?"
Jiang Wu looked at her doubtfully, "Of course."
Li Mu was stunned, looking at the clear eyes of the young man in front of her, she didn't know what to say. In her opinion, this young man and Han Zhong had only known each other for half a year, and at most they just liked each other.
She was not bragging. Even if we didn't mention his appearance and family background, and only talked about his character and mentality, her son Han Zhong was the best in Linhai. It was normal for people to like him, but there was no deeper affection.
Her husband tried his best to suppress the fire incident for the sake of the Han family's reputation and to prevent Han Zhong from being affected by this incident in the future. They didn't want anyone to look at Han Zhong differently in the future, thinking that he was a rich kid who took human life lightly. Her child was such a kind and excellent person and should not be accused of a crime without cause.
"Why do you think someone framed Han Zhong?"
"Because Han Joong would never do such a thing."
Li Mu watched him say this calmly, as if it was a matter of course, and his heart was moved, "In fact, that matter has already passed, and Han Zhong doesn't want others to bring it up again."
Jiang Wu looked at her with some confusion, "If that person didn't achieve his goal back then, he would definitely attack Han Zhong again. Naturally, we have to find him out first to prevent future troubles."
Li Mu was choked by his expression of "How can you be so uncaring about your own son?" and felt that something was wrong. "Since you care so much about Han Zhong, why are you unwilling to admit the relationship between you and Han Zhong?"
"Because we are not that kind of relationship."
“…”
The room fell silent. Li Mu looked at his serious expression and suddenly a strange guess came to his mind, "...you two are not together?"
"Um."
“…”
Li Mu has shrunk across the jewelry design and company operations industries, found a good husband, and gave birth to a good son. She has always been elegant and calm for fifty years. She considers herself young and open-minded, but she never expected to become the future vicious mother-in-law in a TV drama.
"Han Joong told me that you two were together."
"He... misunderstood."
Speaking of this, Jiang Wu pursed his lips and said, "It's my problem."
Li Mu looked at his slightly wrinkled brows and raised his eyebrows, "So do you like my son?"
Jiang Wu did not answer, but asked in return, "If you can't have children, will you still be with Han Yun?"
Li Mu was a little surprised, but still replied seriously, "Of course, I love him and he loves me too. The child is just the fruit of our love. What we love most is each other."
"What is love?"
“…”
"Are you always together? What if he dies before you one day?"
“…”
Li Mu was very surprised. She had never thought that this seemingly straightforward and somewhat rude young man would have such problems in his heart. "That's a matter for the future, even decades later, very far away—"
"Not far." Jiang Wu said, "A few decades passed in the blink of an eye. It's not far at all."
Li Mu paused, and looked at him with a complicated look, "Is it true... that someone important has died in front of you?"
"Um."
"Are you sad then?"
"no."
He had known that Yan Chong would die. He was just a mortal, and a mortal who could not cultivate. Even if he had the purple aura, he was still a mortal. Even if he searched all over the world for medicinal herbs, he could only live to the age of ninety-seven in that era with backward medical conditions.
Even before he reached the age of 100, Yin Baiyue's medical skills were still too poor, not as good as Zhan Xiangchen's.
"Since he is such an important person, why wouldn't you be sad?"
"Because that's the ending I already knew."
"That's not a reason not to be sad. The human heart is not controlled by reason."
“…”
Jiang Wu curled his fingertips unconsciously and met Li Mu's gaze, "But I'm different from others."
Li Mu stared at his face for a minute, then raised the corner of his mouth, "What's the difference? You also have an important person, and you immediately thought of him when I mentioned him, which shows that he has always been in your heart. What's the difference?"
“…”
"If you could choose again, would you make the same choice as you did last year?"
"Can you?"
"I will."
Li Mu lowered his eyes and looked at the tea leaves floating in the teapot. "Ordinary people live a very tiring life, with separations and deaths, and decades passing by in a hurry. But life will not lose its meaning just because it will eventually die, and love will not disappear just because that person leaves. It will always exist until the moment you die, and it will not disappear, because it objectively existed and no one can erase it. In the future, there will be countless people who will risk their lives for it, even if they burn themselves out for it."
"If you are afraid of separation and dare not be together, it is because you love too much. If you feel resentment because of someone's departure, it is because you miss them too much."
“…”
"Because missing someone is too painful, missing someone who will never appear again will be endless pain, not many people can bear such pain, so they will resent and forget. This is human instinct and should not be blamed, but if someone is willing to bear this pain, then this love is great enough."
She looked at the young man who was staring at her blankly, and said slowly, "If you can't bear the pain brought by this love, then leave Han Zhong."
She also saw that the young man in front of her was just as Han Zhong said, so pure and clear that he didn't seem like a person living in this era. It seemed that nothing outside could shake his heart, and he only believed in his instincts.
No wonder Han Zhong, who is so harsh on himself, would be moved.
Loveliness is a flower born in this world. The person in front of me doesn’t even have the soil of this world in his heart, so how can it bloom?
Her children will be sad.