Beside the window, Chu Xinning curled up her right hand to cover her mouth. It was still the same as in Mu Tianye's memory.
I remember that when she was a child, she would often cough, and her father would always give her a fat ball to dip in the water, saying it could soothe her throat...
A small fat sea can be soaked into a big ball in a glass of water, like a black fruit rising and falling in the cup.
At that time, he was about three or four years old and was not sensible yet. He just thought it was fun and reached out to hold the cup. Chu Xinning ran over screaming and pulled him away from the table.
He was fine, but she wetted one of her trouser legs.
The water was hot and the trouser legs were steaming. She frowned in pain, but she just held his hand nervously and looked up and down, asking him repeatedly, "Is it hot and where does it hurt?"
…
Chu Xinning stopped coughing and spoke softly, "I just... came back to see grandpa."
Taking his thoughts back from the old days, Mu Tianye lowered his eyes and stopped looking at her.
"go out!"
"Amano!"
Ning Xiaofei shook his arm gently, intending to plead for mercy.
"go out!"
Mu Tianye spoke again, his tone a little more angry than before.
"I'll leave right away." Chu Xinning glanced sideways at Ning Xiaofei, "Sorry for disturbing you."
Walking forward diagonally, her white high heels tapped lightly on the floor. She reached out to hold the door handle of the study and opened the door.
"In the future..." Mu Tianye pursed his lips, "I don't want to see you here again!"
Chu Xinning's lips trembled, but she didn't say anything, she just quickened her pace and hurried downstairs.
Mr. Mu happened to walk up the stairs and stopped in surprise when he saw Chu Xinning.
"Xin Ning?"
"I go first."
With a whisper, Chu Xinning sidled past him and walked quickly out of the door.
"Husband..."
Mrs. Liu came over from the kitchen, only to see her thin figure disappear behind the door, and then the car parked outside started to leave.
Mrs. Liu glanced sideways at the floor upstairs, then hurriedly returned to the kitchen - this kind of thing was not her responsibility.
Mr. Mu slowly went upstairs and saw Mu Tianye and Ning Xiaofei in the study. He had already guessed the situation. He was just worried that Mu Tianye would be angry with Ning Xiaofei and he was busy taking the responsibility on himself.
"Don't blame Xiao Fei, I asked her to hide it!"
"Why?" Mu Tianye asked in a low voice.
"I..." Ning Xiaofei lowered her face, "I just..."
"I'm not asking you." Mu Tianye explained softly. When he spoke again, his tone had already risen, "I'm asking you, why?!"
He knew that Ning Xiaofei was kind-hearted and soft-hearted, maybe because Chu Xinning felt bad that the mortgage company had helped him raise money when he was in the most critical moment.
But he couldn't understand why grandpa wanted to help her. She was the woman who abandoned his son and grandson. How could he forgive her
"Amano!" Grandpa Mu turned to him outside the door, "Grandpa is old and doesn't have a few more years to live. Don't you even want to recognize your only relative?"
"She is not my relative!" Mu Tianye retorted coldly.
"Nonsense!" The old man's voice suddenly rose, and he raised the crutch in his hand and knocked it hard on the floor, "No matter what she has done, she is still your mother!"
Afraid that Mu Tianye would lose his temper with the old man, Ning Xiaofei hurriedly grabbed Mu Tianye's arm, "Don't blame grandpa, it was me who let her in, it was me... I let her go upstairs, and it had something to do with grandpa. If you want to scold me, just me , don’t argue with grandpa!”