Chapter 1827 - 1825: She Wants to Be the Villain
Chapter 1827: Chapter 1825: She Wants to Be the Villain
Though Elder Sima and a few others were surprised, they were also quite happy because, according to their initial plan, even if everything was handled well, it would take two months before they could return to Divine Land. But now, being able to return earlier is indeed a good thing. It’s been too many years since they left, and to say they don’t miss it would be a lie.
So this matter was settled like that.
The happiest of all was Liu Ling.
However, she still remained cautious, always feeling like Chu Chengfeng agreed too easily—could there be something she wasn’t aware of?
But Liu Ling thought over and over, and couldn’t figure out what could be wrong.
Everything was just like before.
So she felt relieved and began preparing to leave the Imperial Capital for Divine Land in a few days.
On the same night, Mu Xinxin learned about the three people from the Lu Family causing a scene at Li Gufen’s place, and she quickly called Li Gufen. Although on the surface, there was now little relationship between the two, in the past two years they had gotten along very well, so Mu Xinxin was very concerned.
She had been with Lu Hao for over two years; their relationship was really great, and Lu Hao worked hard and earned several accolades, advancing two ranks over the two years. Not considering family background, Lu Hao could totally match her now.
But the Mu Family never approved.
Mu Xinxin even thought of secretly taking out the household register to secretly register for marriage with Lu Hao, making it a done deal so her family would no longer oppose. But Lu Hao stopped her.
He couldn’t let the girl he loves the most be caught in such an awkward situation, and they hadn’t reached that point yet. However, he promised Mu Xinxin that he would definitely marry her this year.
After talking with Li Gufen over the phone, she felt at ease. From a certain perspective, now the Lu Family is actually closer to her relationship with Li Gufen, yet through Li Gufen’s description today and past incidents, Mu Xinxin was truly disappointed with this family.
She even thought perhaps Heaven was joking, how could someone as good as Lu Hao be born into such a family?
Being born into such a family, Lu Hao might as well have been an orphan.
But she surely couldn’t say such things to Lu Hao, no matter what, those people are Lu Hao’s family—they are connected by blood.
After talking a while longer, they hung up the phone, and Mu Xinxin went to the living room. She was living with her grandparents now, and originally the head of the Mu Family was Old Lady Mu—a powerful woman, determined and assertive.
They lived in a serene courtyard.
The Mu Family had many members, but living with Grandma Mu were only Mu Xinxin’s parents and her.
The elder sister and brother of Mu Xinxin had both married and moved out.
Every day after dinner, she would spend some time watching TV with Grandma Mu, and today was no exception, though Mu Xinxin seemed a bit preoccupied.
Grandma Mu faintly glanced at her absent-minded favorite granddaughter with a sigh; she was aware of the happenings at the Top Grade Beef Noodle Restaurant.
Some matters spread quickly in their circle, not being secrets anymore.
After all, having been together for a long time, intricately linked, there are always connections.
Grandma Mu acknowledged Lu Hao as a good kid—one of the best among young people she was familiar with. She was truly reassured that her granddaughter could marry such a talent. But what she couldn’t trust was his family.
Especially what happened this morning at the Top Grade Beef Noodle Restaurant—it’s almost a joke now.
Yet Chu Chengfeng’s fiancée isn’t any good either—she’s just a troublemaker. Who knows why that foolish boy took a liking to such a woman?
Sima Xiaowen was such a nice girl, breaking up just like that.
Sometimes she really doesn’t understand young people’s thoughts, so for someone from that kind of family like Lu Hao, even if he has good character, she always holds a six-point suspicion, and besides, her granddaughter isn’t that old, so there’s no rush.
Moreover, she’s observing Lu Hao to see how much he can regulate his family. Coming to today’s view, it seems useless; that family is just like that, rotten to the core, unchangeable.
She then asked, "Xinxin, what’s wrong today? You seem to have something on your mind—can you talk to Grandma?"
Mu Xinxin blinked, unsure whether Grandma knows, but chose to play dumb, "Grandma, nothing’s wrong. Right, your favorite TV show is about to start—I’ll tune it for you."
Seeing her beloved granddaughter making excuses, Grandma Mu waved her hand, "I’m not watching TV today. I want to talk to you about something."
"Grandma, what do you want to talk about, soon we’ll watch TV." Intuitively, Mu Xinxin didn’t want to talk with Grandma today.
"Xinxin, there are some things you can’t avoid. Although you’re young now, time flows like water; in the blink of an eye, a year passes. There are some things you should consider."
"Grandma, what do you mean?" Mu Xinxin asked restlessly.
"Let’s talk about what happened this morning at the Top Grade Beef Noodle Restaurant, how those three from the Lu Family shamelessly bullied Li Gufen."
Mu Xinxin stared at Grandma, not wanting her to know, but Grandma still found out.
In this circle, sometimes news spreads too fast; nobody knows who informed Grandma. She lowered her head, fiddling with the remote, not speaking.
"Xinxin, I admit Lu Hao is a good kid, and I agree sometimes people say life is between you two only, unrelated to others. But Xinxin, this is just wishful thinking—how could it be unrelated? Once you marry Lu Hao, the relationship is huge."
Hearing this, Mu Xinxin felt a bit shy but mumbled, "They’re in Lu Family Village, quite distant from the Imperial Capital."
She paused, suddenly realizing despite Li Gufen divorcing Lu Family’s eldest brother years ago, she still made the arduous journey to find them.
Though motivated by others, if they didn’t harbor such thoughts themselves, how would they come? Anyone with a bit of dignity wouldn’t disturb Li Gufen anymore.
She dejectedly lowered her head.
Grandma Mu, feeling some heartache looking at Mu Xinxin, decided this topic must be discussed thoroughly with her granddaughter.
"...You actually know, even if tens of thousands of miles away, that shameless family would stick like maggots, even if you two build your home in the Imperial Capital. Can you stop them from coming to see their son, brother, or brother-in-law?"