bayedsolid Chapter 152 A Farce!
Chapter 152 A Farce!
Mu Changchun's sudden action terrified Liu Tingting, who naturally refused to go with her! Besides, even if they were to return to the Liu residence, this wasn't the way to do it!
Mu Xin Nuan gave her a look, and Rong Yue quickly ran out.
Mu Changchun, while dragging Liu Tingting along, was cursing under his breath. He really had none of the demeanor of a young lady from an official family back then!
Liu Tingting was first startled, and then, after being scolded so harshly by her mother, she felt a pang of sadness, and tears streamed down her face. Liu Zhuangzhuang, who was standing nearby, was naturally terrified and immediately went forward to pull his sister away.
"Mother, let go! What are you doing? My sister is crying. You're hurting her!"
Mu Changchun was unwilling to let go, as he was currently in a fit of anger and refused to give in.
Seeing that this was really outrageous, Mu Xin Nuan quickly ordered, "What are you all standing there for? Quickly pull this old lady away! Be careful not to hurt Miss Biao!"
Mu Xin Nuan's words would seem perfectly reasonable to anyone else, but to Mu Chang Chun, they were problematic! And quite problematic at that!
What did she mean by that? Was she trying to pull herself away so as not to hurt Miss Biao? Did she think that she, a legitimate married-out aunt of the Mu family, was less important in the Mu family than her own daughter? The more Mu Changchun thought about it, the angrier she became, feeling that the Mu family had mistreated her. With nowhere to vent her anger, she naturally took it out on Liu Tingting.
"Don't come any closer! Don't forget I'm the matriarch of the Mu family! Am I wrong to pull my own daughter along? No matter where we are, I, as her mother, am always right. If you dare come any closer, I'll fight you to the death!"
Mu Changchun, at this moment, seemed to have gotten strength from nowhere, and was no different from a shrew from the countryside!
Li had already come out of the house by now. After going down the steps, she saw Mu Changchun and her two daughters making a scene, and she was getting quite angry!
"Little sister, what are you doing? Be careful not to hurt the child!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Xin Nuan's lips curled into a smile. These words were nothing short of adding fuel to the fire for her aunt!
Sure enough, Mu Changchun's expression changed upon hearing this, and his eyes glared fiercely at her. "What do you mean by this, sister-in-law? Is it wrong for me to take my daughter with me? Don't forget, my daughter's surname is Liu, not Mu! Hmph! Don't think I don't know what you and my brother are up to! Aren't you just thinking of using my daughter? Don't even think about it!"
Li was stunned. "Sister, what are you talking about? Why would we use Tingting for no reason?"
Seeing that things had escalated to this point, Mu Changchun stopped his sarcasm and stopped moving. However, he still held his daughter's wrist tightly and refused to let go. He gave Li a cold laugh.
"Hmph! You and your brother only want to send our Tingting to some high-ranking person to secure your own future because she's so beautiful, right? Let me tell you, no way! She's my and Haiye's daughter, and her marriage is our decision. It's none of your business, Li Lanxin's, to interfere!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Xin Nuan laughed! Could there really be such a stupid person in this world? Turning her head, she saw that Liu Tingting's face had turned pale!
"What does Aunt mean by this? Not to mention that Father has always disdained such things, even if he really wanted to use someone, shouldn't he be using me and Xinyao? Why would he go to such lengths to use my cousin? Just as Aunt said, she is surnamed Liu after all. Isn't Father afraid that she will speak up for you in the future instead of the Mu family?"
Mu Changchun, however, laughed smugly, "What do you know, you little girl? You and Mu Xinyao are my biological daughters, so naturally I wouldn't give you away as gifts! But our Tingting is different; she doesn't even have the surname Mu!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Xin Nuan felt an urge to applaud her! But not for her intelligence, but for her utter stupidity!
“Aunt, you’re wrong again! If Father really had such intentions, wouldn’t it be enough for him to just adopt a few beauties? Even if he hired some nannies to train them, it would only take a year at most, saving money. Besides, they would be more outstanding in appearance than my cousin. Most importantly, my cousin has lived in the Mu residence for more than three years and is only thirteen this year. She still has three more years before she reaches marriageable age. Isn’t Father being incredibly foolish?”
Mu Changchun was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, for what Mu Xinnuan said did not make no mistake!
“Aunt, I really don’t understand why you would think this way? My cousin calls Father ‘uncle’ too! She’s Father’s only niece, how could we possibly wrong her? Why do you think of Father and Mother like this? Can’t you see how my cousin and cousin have been doing in the Mu family all these years? Do you have to make Mother tear her heart out for you to see before you believe that no one in the Mu family intends to harm her?”
These words left Mu Changchun speechless.
While Mu Changchun was in a daze, Li Shi had Yu Mama snatch Tingting from her hands.
When Li saw Liu Tingting's hand, her eyes immediately welled up with tears!
"Quick! Go get some medicine for the wound and fetch the physician from the prefecture. The child's wrist is all bruised!" As she said this, tears streamed down Li's face.
Mu Xin Nuan looked over and saw that Liu Tingting's right wrist was bruised and had four very clear finger marks!
In recent years, Tingting has become close to Mu Xinnuan, and naturally she has also become close to Li Shi. Li Shi is a soft-hearted person, and she has never treated Liu Tingting as an outsider! Now that she sees her beautiful, delicate wrists pinched and bruised, how can she not feel sorry for her?
"Mother, don't cry. My cousin is alright now. We'll apply some medicine to clear the stagnation, and she'll be fine. At most, she'll have to miss a few days of school, and she won't be able to write or do needlework."
When Liu Zhuangzhuang saw his sister's wrist like this, he couldn't help but cry. He ran to Li's side, hugged Li's leg, and cried.
Mu Changchun was awakened by the crying. He looked up and saw his daughter crying in Li's arms, and his son holding Li tightly. His own mother, however, seemed like a complete stranger.
At the entrance of Jinyuan, Old Master Mu had already arrived. He had been standing there watching ever since Mu Changchun said that his daughter's surname was Liu and not Mu!
When Mu Chang'an arrived after hearing the news, the four people in the courtyard were hugging each other and crying incessantly, while his younger sister, Mu Changchun, stood there blankly, not knowing whether to cry or leave!