Chapter 27: Chapter 27: Defending Him
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Several men had been drinking until midnight.
Yanxi had drunk so much he ended up sprawled across the table, and Gu Siting wasn’t much better off. Mu Chengjin, due to health reasons, drank less and was somewhat more alert.
Yanxi and Mu Chengjin’s drivers came over to pick them up.
After Yanxi got into the car, Ming Yao helped Mu Chengjin walk out of the villa.
Mu Chengjin looked up at Ming Yao and said in a clear voice, “Please take care of Fourth Brother tonight for me.”
“Young Master Mu, rest assured, I will take care of Fourth Master.”
The weather slowly turned cooler, especially at night, when the air carried a hint of chill.
Once Mu Chengjin was exposed to the cold wind, he couldn’t help but start coughing uncontrollably.
Ming Yao glanced at Mu Chengjin’s complexion.
She took out a medicine bottle from her pocket and handed it to him before he got into the car, “Young Master Mu, this medicine pill is quite effective for a cough. Take one each day when you get back.”
The medicine was a traditional Chinese medicine pill she had made during her spare time. It could treat a cough and nourish the body. She had planned to give it to Old Madam Gu after she returned to Li City.
Mu Chengjin, upon seeing the medicine bottle offered by Ming Yao, which bore no name or manufacturer’s label, appeared like an unbranded product.
But due to his good upbringing, Mu Chengjin did not reject Ming Yao’s kind gesture.
“Thank you.”
“Remember to take it, Young Master Mu. Your cough should get better within half a month.”
Seeing Ming Yao so certain, Mu Chengjin couldn’t help but smile.
Li City’s best doctors could not cure the chronic cough that had plagued him. Yet, this young girl was so boldly confident.
After nodding at Ming Yao, Mu Chengjin closed the car window.
When he returned to the Mu Family, he was greeted by Father Mu’s roars of anger.
“When he became disabled, I told you to give me another son. Now what? You’re too old to bear children!”
“We’re the Mu Family’s main branch, yet we only have a disabled son. The second and third branches are all looking to take power. What do we have to compete with them?”
Mother Mu sobbed, “Our Chengjin might still have a chance to stand again. Hasn’t Fourth Master promised to help our Chengjin?”
“All he does is talk. How many years has it been? Has Chengjin stood up? Since it’s not his own disability, of course, he won’t take it to heart!”
A harshness flickered across Mu Chengjin’s usually calm and gentle face, “Dad, Fourth Brother isn’t the kind of person you’re describing.”
He knew that Fourth Brother had spent a lot of connections, money, and effort to find “fox.”
But “fox” was too elusive, very hard to track down.
Upon seeing Mu Chengjin, Father Mu’s expression turned even uglier, “Did you go to see Gu Siting tonight? Did he agree to cooperate with our Mu Family on that piece of land in West City?”
Since Mu Chengjin’s accident, the Mu Family had already gained many benefits from Gu Siting.
“Dad, in the future, I don’t want to rely on Fourth Brother’s connections to help the Mu Family anymore. For the West City land, everyone bids. If the Mu Family has the capability, they can also participate in the bidding—”
Mu Chengjin hadn’t finished speaking when Father Mu grabbed an ashtray from the coffee table and, unable to contain his anger, hurled it at him.
Mu Chengjin didn’t dodge, and the ashtray gashed his forehead, causing blood to gush out.
Upon seeing this, Mother Mu screamed and tried to run to Mu Chengjin, but Father Mu grabbed her.
“He ruined your legs, and you’re still protecting him? Even if he offered up the entire Gu Family, it would still be what he owes us!”
Mu Chengjin lifted his gaze, his usually gentle eyes now filled with an intense fierceness, “Fourth Brother doesn’t owe our family anything. On the contrary, our Mu Family is like a vampire, constantly sucking Fourth Brother’s blood!”
“The audacity! I told you not to hang out with Gu Siting and to socialize more with his brothers, but you didn’t listen. And now look, you’ve crippled yourself and ruined your hand while saving him! Gu Siting was born unlucky, with neither parent’s love—a jinx that no one associated with will end well!”
“Enough! If you dare to speak ill of Fourth Brother again, I will sever ties with you as father and son!”