At this moment, with the chessboard already set up in front of her, how could she refuse!
She sat down happily, and while the old lady was delighted, she did not forget about Mi Jing. Smiling, she introduced to Mu Hongwen, "Hongwen, this is my granddaughter-in-law, Mi Jing."
"Hello." Mi Jing smiled at Mu Hongwen and politely greeted him.
"..."
Mu Hongwen suddenly froze, looking at Mi Jing, and another person’s image flashed in his mind.
Just now, he was so focused on talking to the old lady that he completely didn’t notice Mi Jing. But at the moment Mi Jing smiled at him, his previously calm heart completely stirred.
"Hongwen, what’s wrong? Did you know our Jingjing before?" seeing Mu Hongwen staring at Mi Jing in a daze, the old lady asked curiously.
"No, I don’t." Mu Hongwen smiled slightly and said calmly, "She just resembles an old friend of mine."
Resembles his friend?
Just now, listening to Mi Jing talk, Su Aiping also mentioned that Jingjing resembled someone.
Upon hearing this, the old lady suddenly looked up toward the second floor, and the next second, she saw Su Aiping. She was hiding behind a column next to the railing, peeking at them!
"Aiping, why haven’t you changed your clothes yet?" the old lady rudely "pulled" out Su Aiping and said with concern, "You can’t stay like this, wearing wet clothes for too long will definitely make you catch a cold."
"I..."
Su Aiping didn’t expect the old lady to be so blunt. When she was caught eavesdropping, she was already terrified. Then the old lady’s question immediately shifted everyone’s attention to her. For a moment, under their gaze, Su Aiping was utterly flustered and couldn’t find an appropriate reason to explain her behavior.
"Why are you hiding there?" Mu Hongwen’s face was dark, and his sharp eyes stared at Su Aiping. His voice was filled with intense questioning.
"I... I..." Su Aiping became anxious, almost on the verge of crying, "My foot hurts, and I was resting here because I was tired."
Resting?
Who would believe that!
The old lady, Mu Hongwen, and Mrs. Zhou didn’t believe it, but Mi Jing was an exception.
"Mrs. Su, can you still walk? Do you need help?"
"No, I can walk by myself." Su Aiping forced a smile and said, "You continue chatting, don’t mind me."
After saying that, Su Aiping had no more excuses to stay. She turned around and limped towards the guest room on the second floor.
"Jingjing, come and sit down."
The old lady didn’t like people lying to her, so whether Aiping’s foot hurt didn’t concern her at all. However, Mi Jing was different. After eating the seafood Aiping sent, she felt somewhat grateful to her. So, when the old lady, Mu Hongwen, and Mrs. Zhou sat down indifferently, she still stood, attentively watching Aiping walk away. The old lady couldn’t help but call out to Mi Jing, signaling her to sit down beside her.
Sigh, Mrs. Su is indeed quite pitiful.
Mi Jing sighed quietly, then walked over to the old lady and obediently sat down, silently watching the old lady and Mu Hongwen play chess.
Mi Jing knew almost nothing about chess. After watching for a long time, she couldn’t make sense of it. Gradually, her attention began to wander. Out of curiosity, her gaze shifted from the chessboard to Mu Hongwen.
Is he Mu Bai’s father?
But Mrs. Su is Mu Bai’s aunt, so why was he so fierce to Mrs. Su just now?
Staring at Mu Hongwen for two seconds, Mi Jing immediately averted her gaze, afraid he would notice she was observing him.
The atmosphere was very quiet. The old lady and Mu Hongwen were both focused on the chessboard. Mrs. Zhou was also sitting aside, intently watching the game. Only Mi Jing felt bored, but she dared not speak or make noticeable movements, in case she disturbed them.
"Where are Hongbo and Jialing?" The old lady picked up a chess piece and suddenly broke the silence.
"Sister-in-law hurt her back, and she’s with my brother in their room." Mu Hongwen looked up and said.
"That’s really careless." The old lady asked with concern, "Where did she fall? Is it serious?"
"She accidentally fell into water. It’s not very serious."
"Fell into water?" The old lady frowned and then asked, "Did she fall into the pond outside?"
"Yes." Mu Hongwen responded softly.
"That’s really strange, three people fell into the water." The old lady looked at Mu Hongwen and said with meaning.
"..."
Mu Hongwen didn’t speak anymore. Under the old lady’s gaze, he lowered his head.
As sharp as he was, how could he not understand the old lady’s implication? But since this wasn’t his home, even if he wanted to settle accounts with Su Aiping, now wasn’t the time.
After that, the atmosphere continued to be silent. Fortunately, it wasn’t long before Xing’er came downstairs holding her son, Little King Kong. Mi Jing quickly ran up and carefully took the child from Xing’er.
"Xing’er, your Little King Kong is so adorable, so soft and smooth, with beautiful skin." Mi Jing held the child and smiled lightly.
"Jingjing, bring him over and let me see." As soon as the great-grandchild appeared, the old lady immediately lost interest in playing chess. She turned around with a look of expectation and said.
Upon hearing this, Mi Jing immediately turned around and walked towards the old lady, asking while walking, "Grandma, do you want to hold Little King Kong?"
"Yes." The old lady answered straightforwardly. With that, she happily extended her arms.
Seeing the joyful smile on the old lady’s face, Mi Jing quickened her pace, walked around the sofa, and carried the child to her side.
"My little golden grandson, let great-grandma hold you." As she took the child, the old lady’s kind face was filled with love, her eyes sparkling with joy.
Rarely seeing the old lady so happy, Shen Xing’er was instantly infected by the intense joy she radiated. Looking at Mi Jing cheerfully, she asked, "Sister-in-law, when do you and my brother plan to have children? Seeing how Grandma is, she must be eager for a grandchild."
"I..." Mi Jing didn’t expect Shen Xing’er to suddenly ask this, feeling a bit unable to handle it, stammered, "We... don’t plan to have children for now."
"Oh." Shen Xing’er raised her eyebrows playfully and teased, "Still want to enjoy more couple time, huh?"
"N-no." Mi Jing was a bit embarrassed and said with her head lowered, "The main thing is that Ling Xing is busy with work."
"Haha, that’s just an excuse. How can being busy with work interfere with having children?" Seeing Mi Jing’s embarrassment, Shen Xing’er found it even more amusing to joke with her and continued teasing.