Mu Huaner sighed with relief.
Luckily, she had noticed something was off with the bird’s nest; otherwise, Ning Nuan would have caused her major harm!
Today, she felt that Ning Nuan was acting a bit strange, but she never expected Ning Nuan to do such a thing!
Soon, Aunt Xue brought the silver needle.
Yan Qianyi inserted the silver needle into the bird’s nest, and it instantly changed color.
"As expected, it’s poisoned," Yan Qianyi got up and looked at Ning Nuan, "Did you think that after causing me to miscarry, Ah Lie would be with you?"
Ning Nuan desperately shook her head, not daring to admit it.
"It really wasn’t me! I bought this bird’s nest from the store. After buying it, I gave it straight to little aunt; I didn’t even touch it! Just now, it was little aunt who opened it. If it wasn’t a problem with the store, then... then it ought to be little aunt. Little aunt has never liked you and didn’t want you to be with Ah Lie!"
"Ning Nuan!" Mu Huaner fumed with anger, "How could you... I have always cherished you, yet you frame me !"
"Little aunt, I know you cherish me, but I can’t take the blame for this..."
Ning Nuan hadn’t finished her sentence when she suddenly received a heavy slap from Mu Yunlie.
She fell to the ground, too pained to make a sound, her ears ringing.
Mu Yunlie’s wrathful gaze was almost murderous.
Except for enemies, he would not strike a woman.
But Ning Nuan had already crossed his line.
Even if Yan Qianyi didn’t believe in little aunt, he would trust her.
Like how he had firmly believed before that his mother-in-law was not harmed by little aunt.
Mu Yunlie glared at Ning Nuan and gritted his teeth, "Out of respect for your grandfather who once saved my grandfather’s life, I’m sparing your life today. Do not let me see you again!"
Struggling, Ning Nuan got up from the ground.
She covered her stinging face, tears streaming down as she looked at Mu Yunlie, "Brother Ah Lie..."
"Get lost!" Mu Yunlie growled.
Ning Nuan trembled all over, scared, and closed her eyes momentarily.
She looked at Mu Huaner, "I know I was wrong, little aunt..."
Mu Huaner turned her head away, her eyes slightly reddened.
Ning Nuan had disappointed her too much!
In the past, she had always supported Ning Nuan to be with Ah Lie, thinking that Ning Nuan was a good girl, and had always treated Ning Nuan well.
She never imagined that one day, she’d be used by Ning Nuan as a pawn.
Thinking about how she had opposed Yan Qianyi and Ah Lie being together before, helping Ning Nuan, she now deeply regretted it.
Recalling everything, she suddenly realized that Ning Nuan seemed to have been using her all along.
She had been blind before!
Seeing that Ning Nuan was still lingering, Mu Yunlie’s fists clenched audibly, and he said sternly, "Leave before I change my mind!"
If not for the sake of Grandpa Ning, he wouldn’t have let Ning Nuan off so easily.
Ning Nuan, not daring to stay any longer, ran away crying.
Mu Yunlie approached Yan Qianyi, his brows furrowed, "Are you alright?"
"I’m fine. Why did you come back all of a sudden?" Yan Qianyi asked.
Having experienced the incident where Yan Hong had once poisoned her juice, she would now not easily consume anything given by someone she didn’t trust.
Ning Nuan coming over today, telling all sorts of things, she simply didn’t believe that Ning Nuan was truly ready to give up on Mu Yunlie and sincerely wish them well.
And just now, while drinking the bird’s nest, Ning Nuan had seemed a bit anxious.
So, she had taken extra caution, observing the bird’s nest.
"I finished my business, wanted to come back early," Mu Yunlie said.
In fact, it was because Aunt Xue had secretly sent him a message.
She knew Qianyi didn’t like dealing with interpersonal relationships, so she rushed back.
"Yunlie, Qianyi, I’m sorry..." Mu Huaner said ashamedly, "Today, it was I who brought Nuannuan here. I really didn’t expect her to act ."
Fortunately, Yan Qianyi didn’t drink that bowl of bird’s nest.
If something had happened to the child in her womb, she wouldn’t have forgiven herself, and Yunlie wouldn’t have forgiven her either.
Yan Qianyi said, "Little aunt, don’t blame yourself. This isn’t your fault. Ning Nuan disguised herself well; I was almost deceived by her hypocritical appearance before, too."
It was only after Mai Hunter reminded her that she shouldn’t get too close to Ning Nuan.
Mu Huaner smiled, "Qianyi, thank you, but... I still want to ask, if I hadn’t noticed that the texture of the bird’s nest was a bit strange just now, would you have believed me?"
Yan Qianyi thought for a moment, "To be honest, not as much as I do now."
Ning Nuan is very clever. Indeed, the bird’s nest was personally unsealed by Mu Huaner and handed to her in a bowl, so Mu Huaner could have used this opportunity to add something to it.
Mu Huaner looked a bit dismayed.
Yan Qianyi then said, "But ultimately, I would have believed you."
Mu Huaner paused, "Why?"
Yan Qianyi smiled, "Because you are Brother Ah Lie’s favorite little aunt, because Ah Lie trusts you."
Mu Huaner’s face regained its smile.
This incident seemed to have resolved some former grievances between the two.
Yan Qianyi said, "Let’s continue with our meal; ah, Ah Lie has just come back."
Mu Yunlie nodded slightly, his expression also softened.
Yan Qianyi noticed that when she said she trusted Mu Huaner, Mu Yunlie smiled.
Sure enough, when she and Mu Huaner got along well, he was happier.
During the meal, Mu Huaner asked, "Yunlie, are we really not going to pursue this matter?"
Mu Yunlie said, "Qianyi wasn’t hurt, and Grandpa Ning had saved my grandfather on the battlefield; he’s a good man too. For his sake, let’s let Ning Nuan go this time. Qianyi, is that okay?"
"Of course, Grandpa is a very loyal and righteous man, so he initially wanted you to marry Ning Nuan. Since I wasn’t harmed, let’s let it go this time and just avoid her in the future."
In truth, she was a person who held grudges; her willingness to forgive Ning Nuan was also influenced by her brother.
Because Ning Nuan is her brother’s half-sister by the same father.
She still didn’t know what her brother’s attitude towards this sister, Ning Nuan, was like.
Mu Yunlie said, "For our wedding, I didn’t invite her and Mrs. Ning either, only Grandpa Ning."
Last time at the Mu Family residence, Mrs. Ning’s harassment toward Yan Qianyi had led Mu Yunlie to blacklist her.
Mu Huaner gritted her teeth, "I won’t deal with her in the future either! She infuriates me!"
In fact, Mu Huaner was the one who was hurt the most by Ning Nuan’s actions.
After all, she had always been very affectionate towards Ning Nuan.
Ning Nuan returned to the Ning Family’s home in tears.
In the bedroom, she found Mrs. Ning.
When she opened the door and walked forward crying, she wanted to tell her mom about the grievances in her heart.
But when Mrs. Ning turned around, her face was streaked with tears.
Ning Nuan paused, forgetting to cry for a moment, "Mom...what happened to you?"
Mrs. Ning quickly wiped away her tears, "It’s nothing, what happened to you? Your eyes are all swollen from crying."
"Tell me about you first, did something happen at home?" Ning Nuan urgently asked, feeling a bad premonition.
Mom was usually cheerful and rarely cried, particularly alone, hidden in her room.