novelAlta Chapter 634: Extra 047 Xin Zaozao, won't you listen to an explanation? (Second update)
Chapter 634: Extra 047 Xin Zaozao, won't you listen to an explanation? (Second update)
Chapter 634: Extra 047 Xin Zaozao, won’t you listen to an explanation? (Second update)
Mu Cidian was carrying Lei Qian’s suitcase.
Lei Qian was following him closely.
At this moment, Xin Zaozao and Song Lifei were standing in front of them. Behind them were some staff members, probably there to investigate the geographical environment for some investment project.
All four of them looked at each other.
It was Song Lifei who spoke first, “Mu Cidian, why are you with Lei Qian?”
“It’s because of some special circumstances, not what you think,” Lei Qian hurriedly explained.
Mu Cidian did not utter a word.
Xin Zaozao did not utter a word either.
Song Lifei scanned Mu Cidian and Lei Qian up and down. They looked somewhat suspicious. He could not help but ask, “Why are you dragging baggage around?”
“This is my luggage,” Lei Qian quickly responded.
Only when she had spoken did she realize she had made her explanation even less clear.
“Are you going on a trip together?” Song Lifei continued to ask.
“No, it’s not that.”
“Living together?”
“No, no, it’s no such thing.” Lei Qian’s face turned red.
Song Lifei chuckled at Lei Qian’s reaction.
Although they seemed to have a close relationship, he knew Mu Cidian would never do anything to betray Xin Zaozao.
He was only joking around.
“Mu Cidian’s mother fell ill, and since I had the time...” Lei Qian was exaplaning.
Suddenly, Xin Zaozao said, “Let’s go.”
She spoke coldly towards Song Lifei.
She didn’t listen to Lei Qian’s words.
Lei Qian felt somewhat embarrassed.
Xin Zaozao walked past Mu Cidian.
Mu Cidian grabbed her arm.
Xin Zaozao frowned slightly.
“Won’t you listen to the explanation?” Mu Cidian asked her.
Xin Zaozao looked back at Mu Cidian, “What is our relationship?”
Mu Cidian stared back at her.
“We have no relationship, so why should I waste my time listening to so-called explanations.” Xin Zaozao briskly pushed away Mu Cidian’s hand.
Mu Cidian watched her as she strode away.
Song Lifei glanced at Mu Cidian, it was clear there was a rift between the two.
He quickly caught up with Xin Zaozao’s stride and left with her.
Mu Cidian’s face paled.
Lei Qian was also somewhat flustered.
She spoke in a low voice, “Mu Cidian...”
“Let’s go.” Mu Cidian pretended to be fine.
Lei Qian felt a bit guilty.
As she sat in the front seat of Mu Cidian’s car, she glanced at Mu Cidian’s composed expression. She suggested, “Should I explain to Xin Zaozao? I’m afraid she might have misunderstood you.”
“No need, she wouldn’t care.” Mu Cidian drove seriously.
“But I’m afraid she might misunderstand...”
“If she doesn’t care, there’s no misunderstanding,” replied Mu Cidian dryly.
“Does she know about your mother’s situation?” Lei Qian couldn’t help but ask.
“Mhm.”
“Then she should understand. She should understand why you’ve been living with your mother recently. Once Auntie...” Lei Qian seemed unsure about how to proceed.
Mu Cidian did not continue the conversation either.
“Since you two are only temporarily separated, I think you can explain it to her. I believe Xin Zaozao could understand your predicament. Anyone would choose to look after their parents when they’re sick. That’s human nature. Xin Zaozao wouldn’t not understand.”
It’s not that she didn’t understand.
She just couldn’t accept Wan Quan. No matter what, she would not accept Wan Quan, just as Wan Quan would not sympathize with her if Xin Zaozao was sick!
They were like oil and water.
Between the two of them, he could only choose one.
And now as he had chosen to care for his mother, he had to keep his distance from Xin Zaozao.
Seeing that Mu Cidian did not continue speaking, Lei Qian thought it best not to say any more.
“Goodbye.”
“Goodbye.”
Mu Cidian put down his phone.
Lei Qian stood not far away from him.
Mu Cidian knew she was near.
He turned to look at her.
Lei Qian quickly said, “I didn’t mean to eavesdrop on your call. Auntie kept calling me out, and I couldn’t turn her down.”
“Uh-huh.”
“It’s hot outside. Let’s go in.” Lei Qian said.
He said, “You go first. I’ll come in later.”
Lei Qian nodded.
Mu Cidian extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand.
He picked up his phone and started typing a message, “Don’t get the wrong idea. Lei Qian and I are not an item.”
After typing the message, he deleted it.
He thought, Xin Zaozao wouldn’t care about him and Lei Qian; what she cared about was him going back to Wan Quan.
Right now, the best way to resolve their conflict is to simply not be together.
He put down his phone and returned to the living room.
In the living room, Wan Quan and Lei Qian were watching TV, chatting and laughing together.
Mu Cidian sat beside them.
He looked at Wan Quan with dull eyes. After her surgery, she had lost a lot of weight and aged significantly. Her hair was even turning half white...He naturally felt some heartache. The only thing he could do now was to allow her to live out her remaining days as happily as possible.
In the days that followed.
Mu Cidian, Wan Quan, and Lei Qian lived under the same roof.
Lei Qian and Wan Quan shared a room. Lei Qian took care of all of Wan Quan’s daily routines, and Wan Quan increasingly accepted Lei Qian.
A month after Wan Quan’s release from prison, her physical condition obviously worsened.
Wan Quan was increasingly losing her appetite.
Mu Cidian would cook a variety of nutritious meals, but Wan Quan barely ate any of it.
That night.
Once Wan Quan managed to painstakingly wash up and lie down in bed, she couldn’t help but ask the Lei Qian beside her, “Xianxian, tell me honestly, how did my surgery go?”
“It was very successful.” Lei Qian nervously reassured her.
“I heard before that I needed chemotherapy.”
“Perhaps the successful surgery means it’s not necessary anymore.” Lei Qian quickly said, “The specific treatment plan is discussed between Mu Cidian and the doctor, I’m not very clear on it.”
“Are you really not clear?” Wan Quan was skeptical.
“I really don’t know. Why don’t you ask Mu Cidian? I can call him for you.”
“Never mind.” Wan Quan stopped her. “Go to sleep, I’m tired too.”
“Oh.” Lei Qian quickly pulled the blanket over Wan Quan.
Lying down, Wan Quan spent the majority of her day sleeping, but now she couldn’t sleep at all.
She wasn’t stupid.
She used to be a woman of a prominent family. Although she is now very extreme, she’s actually still a very shrewd person.
She increasingly suspected that her condition wasn’t as easy as Mu Cidian made it sound.
Not to mention the treatment plan differed from what she had in mind, the change in Mu Cidian also struck her as strange. Before, she thought that Mu Cidian had come to understand her importance, but thinking about it, it seemed impossible for Mu Cidian to simply give up on someone he loved as much as Xin Zaozao. Over the past month, Mu Cidian stayed close by her side, which made her increasingly suspect her condition was very serious.
And she, too, could feel her body getting weaker and weaker.
She rolled over.
She didn’t even have the strength to roll over.
Lei Qian quickly got up to help her.
Over this month, Lei Qian took meticulous care of her.
She said, “Lei Qian, in the past month living with Mu Cidian, how have things been between you two?”
Lei Qian was somewhat embarrassed. She said, “Auntie, Mu Cidian and I are just friends. Don’t worry.”
“I’m not worried. You’ve been trying to win Mu Cidian over your whole life.”
“I never thought about getting him...”
“Do you want him?” Wan Quan asked.
Lei Qian clenched her teeth.
“As long as you want him, that’s enough.” Wan Quan said.
Lei Qian didn’t know what Wan Quan was planning.
She really loved Mu Cidian, but she didn’t insist on getting him.