Qin Mu smiled and placed the child into Helian Hao’s arms, and when Helian Hao took over, she didn’t forget to give Qin Mu a wink, to which Qin Mu knowingly returned a glance.
"Sit down! I’ll go get someone to prepare some food for you, you two chat!"
Qin Mu nodded slightly, and only when Mrs. Jing left did she feel free to let her guard down and breathed a sigh of relief: "Whenever I come to the Jing Family, I feel like my whole spirit is on edge."
"That’s probably because there are shadows! I’m also uncomfortable here, but this is the first time I’m in good relation with the Jing family."
Helian Hao couldn’t help but say, reaching out to touch her son’s little lips.
"Oh, right, the old master said your son is hungry, you should feed him."
Qin Mu looked at the place where her hands were and immediately remembered it.
"I didn’t expect he could even talk to you now, impressive!"
Qin Mu smiled helplessly and sat beside her, watching her feed the child: "Honestly, I found it weird too, it seemed like he was just trying to help me avoid awkwardness."
"Maybe since Jing Qing’s issue has passed, he has let it go too?"
Helian Hao nodded slightly, pondering seriously.
"Yeah! I hope so! By the way, the Mayor of Qin City sent a gift for you! Oh, no, maybe it’s for the Jing family grandson."
Qin Mu thought about Uncle Wang’s intention and told her.
"Thank him for me. Aren’t you willing to call him father yet?"
On hearing the word ’father’, Qin Mu’s heart ached: "Call him father? That sounds strange!"
She laughed unconsciously, her laughter unusually unconfident.
"Mumu, I sincerely hope you can reconcile! Although your aunt had a tough departure, your uncle has also had a tough time these years, and now it’s probably worse, living alone, and also burdened with the guilt towards you and your aunt after knowing the truth. He’s getting old too; I heard from our hospital’s leadership that he even went for a heart check-up a few days ago, if not reconciling now..."
Hearing the words ’heart check-up’, Qin Mu looked up anxiously: "What happened to him?"
Her heart seemed to have been lifted.
"It’s nothing! Just a routine check-up, but aren’t you scared at all? Don’t wait until it’s too late and regret not having spoken properly, as for filial piety... Mumu..."
"But how do you want me to talk to him? Just let go of how my mother died in vain? Just forgive him like that?"
Qin Mu gave a bitter laugh, her heart equally entangled with their father-daughter relationship, but what could she do?
She had already done all she felt she could do with that person.
After Helian Hao finished feeding the baby, she gently laid the little guy aside and then continued to talk with Qin Mu attentively.
"If I were you, I might not know what to do either, but now that I am me, as a bystander and as your best sister, I must remind you not to give yourself a chance to regret it, you know?"
Qin Mu’s gentle eyes lifted to look at the woman across from her, sparkling with a newfound sense of humor: "Alright, I get it!"
After chatting for a while, Mrs. Jing came back with some fruit for Qin Mu to eat, saying: "The old master hasn’t had someone to play chess with him for a long time, he’s currently asking Yichen to play with him."
Although Qin Mu was a bit puzzled, she felt very warm.
The chessboard was already filled with Go pieces, the old master said: "If it was our chess, then you would definitely lose, but you should win this, right?"
"Has it been a long time since you met an opponent?"
Mu Yichen pinched the chess piece and looked at the chess game on the board as he asked.
"Hmmph! Hurry up and bring your grandfather back, I wouldn’t have to be bored to this extent."
The elder Mr. Jing looked quite authoritative, and even more so when he spoke those words.
However, Mu Yichen just raised his eyebrows: "He’s not too keen on returning yet, he always says he might consider it when the hot summer comes."
"Really? Everything’s so inconvenient in the countryside, and he is still excited to stay there?"
"Actually, it’s not that inconvenient!"
Old Mr. Jing lifted his eyes, looking intrigued at Mu Yichen.
"If you want, a car could be sent to take you there to stay for a few days. I heard there are many of your comrades there, right?"
The old master thought to himself, having stayed in the city for so many years, he truly felt weary, so he entertained the idea of going to the countryside for a few days.
"Otherwise, shall I take you there?"
Mu Yichen thought for a moment, then suddenly looked up at the old master and asked.