When we finished eating, Mu Zehai's mother, Liao Yuning, also arrived.
Seeing Mu Nancheng standing alive in front of her, her surprise was no less than Mu Zehai's.
During the meal, the disgust for Mu Nancheng in her beautiful eyes was impossible to hide.
She asked Mu Nancheng if he wanted to go back to her house in the city with her.
Mu Nancheng naturally refused.
He had already made up his mind to follow Mu Guokang from now on, as that would be the safest option.
Liao Yuning's expression turned even uglier when he refused.
But she quickly changed the subject, saying, "Nancheng, if I remember correctly, you'll be taking the advanced test this June."
But you've been missing for more than half a year. When you come back, will you still be able to keep up with everyone else?
"Many people are watching the Mu family's children. If you don't do well on the exam, you'll bring shame to the Mu family."
Mu Nancheng disappeared last October while on vacation, and now he's back with less than four months left before the advanced test. For an ordinary person, this would be incredibly difficult to achieve a good result.
Liao Yuning said this intentionally for Mu Guokang's benefit, intending to give Mu Nancheng a warning.
Mu Nancheng paused slightly as he picked up some food, looked up at the woman, smiled, and said, "Auntie, don't worry. During the six months I was missing, I lived in a teacher's house. The teacher kindly took me in and patiently taught me a lot of knowledge."
Therefore, I am fully confident that I can give Grandpa a satisfactory answer in this test.
Liao Yuning's show of force was neutralized by Mu Nancheng, causing his brows to furrow even more.
He replied perfunctorily, "Oh, you're really lucky. Remember to thank your teacher when you get back."
Mu Nancheng smiled: "Of course, you don't need to tell me, I can do these things myself."
Chapter 27
Died for the villain for the eighth time (27)
An hour later, the words of thanks took on a different meaning.
The door was locked tightly, and Mu Nancheng had his arm around Yu Tang's waist.
It steals the man's breath.
It took a long time before we parted.
Mu Nancheng leaned against Yu Tang's shoulder, panting.
It's heavy and hot.
He nuzzled against Yu Tang's neck, his voice low and hoarse, filled with grievance: "Tang Tang, I'm still not reconciled."
A question mark slowly appeared above his head. Yu Tang asked him, "What are you unwilling to accept?"
"I'm not willing to accept that I don't have the memory of that day."
“Even though I did all of it, I still have this feeling that someone else got what you were back then.”
He looked up at Yu Tang with a longing gaze: "So, Tang Tang, please say yes to me one more time?"
Ever since he learned on the first day of the Lunar New Year that doing that kind of thing would hurt Yu Tang, Mu Nancheng had been very restrained, even though he was unwilling to lose the memory of that day.
However, he still dared not easily make this request to Yu Tang.
But even with all his restraint, he still felt incredibly upset.
Therefore, unable to bear it any longer, he had no choice but to confess to Yu Tang.
Yu Tang and Mu Nancheng looked at each other, both of them struggling to suppress their laughter.
At first, he felt helpless and at a loss when the other person acted jealous of himself, but after getting used to it, he found the villain's pitiful appearance quite adorable.
And it's quite easy to handle.
Instead of answering directly, he reached out and gently stroked Mu Nancheng's reddened ear, asking, "Do you really think so?"
Mu Nancheng grabbed Yu Tang's hand: "I want to possess your memories..."
"What if I said I wanted you too?" Yu Tang, his playful side awakened, asked, "Then would you be willing to suffer for me?"
Mu Nancheng realized the meaning behind his words, his eyes widened suddenly, and he felt a little short of breath.
Looking into his eyes like that, he felt completely bewitched by the man before him.
He began, "I'm willing..."
Thump thump thump—
There was a sudden knock on the door, and Yu Tang was startled, immediately jumping out of bed.
Mu Nancheng quickly calmed down and sat up.
"Young Master, Master says you need to go to the study."
The butler's voice came from outside the door. Mu Nancheng answered and looked up at the wall clock, realizing it was already nine o'clock at night.
He didn't know what Mu Guokang wanted to see him about.
The impulse subsided after being interrupted by the housekeeper.
Mu Nancheng remembered what he was about to say, and when he saw Yu Tang's face, he was instantly extremely embarrassed.
"Well, well, I'll go to the study first."
He straightened his clothes and strode towards the door: "We'll continue our discussion later."
Yu Tang was amused by his panicked and disorganized manner. After seeing him out, she lay down on the bed and rolled around in the quilt.
As expected, the rich are different. This bed is much more comfortable than the earthen kang in Sanyu Village.
The Mu family is the richest family in D City, which is the second richest city in the world after the capital, which shows just how wealthy the Mu family is.
Moreover, even though Mu Nancheng was not well-liked by the Mu family, the bedroom that Mu Guokang arranged for him here was ridiculously large.
It even comes with a separate computer, standing on a solid wood desk; that setup looks incredibly expensive.
The only drawback is that this home lacks a sense of human warmth.
No one considered Mu Nancheng a true family member.
But from another perspective, Mu Nancheng's identity is indeed illegitimate, so it's normal that these people don't like him.
It's simply a matter of differing perspectives; there's no way to judge who's right and who's wrong.
It seems the world has really given him a tough challenge this time.
Perhaps because the mattress was too soft and comfortable, Yu Tang fell asleep before Mu Nancheng returned.
When he woke up again, he was surrounded by darkness. Only one place emitted a faint light.
He looked over and discovered that the light was coming from the computer screen.
Mu Nancheng sat in front of the computer, wearing headphones, seemingly engrossed in something.
Yu Tang also needed to use the restroom, so she got out of bed and said as she walked, "When did you get back? Why didn't you wake me up?"
"It's so late, what are you still looking at..."
Before he could finish speaking, his body stiffened.
Because he could clearly see the image playing on the computer screen.
Two men, four arms, six legs.
Sleepiness vanished instantly. Yu Tang snatched Mu Nancheng's headphones away and asked with a twitch of her lips, "Why are you watching this stuff in the middle of the night?"
Caught red-handed, Mu Nancheng blushed but felt no guilt. He simply answered Yu Tang in a low voice, "Because I wanted to know..."
"The one who 'suffers,' as you said... needs to do something."
Chapter 28
He died for the villain for the eighth time (28)
"Wow! He's so cute!" Xiao Jin exclaimed in shock, then said to Yu Tang, "[Host, if you don't do something about this, I'll look down on you!]"
Yu Tang was also stunned.
He had just been in the mood and made a joke with Mu Nancheng, but after waking up, he had almost forgotten about it.
I never expected Mu Nancheng to take it seriously, and he even used his computer to watch the video and study it carefully.
This, in turn, made him feel embarrassed.
“I only realized how much you had suffered after seeing it,” Mu Nancheng said. “Although I don’t remember what happened last time, judging from your subsequent behavior, I think I may have really hurt you. So I’ve thought about it and decided that I should be the one to suffer from now on.”
Seeing the boy speak so sincerely, Yu Tang panicked.
He was just joking, why did Mu Nancheng take it seriously?
And to be honest, he didn't really want to resist.
Based on past experience, villains have to be mindful of his feelings in these situations.
Afterwards, I had to bathe him, clean the house when he woke up, apologize to him, and cook for him. I was practically a maid, working myself to the bone...
"Actually, I'm not that persistent." The more she thought about it, the more troublesome it seemed. Yu Tang scratched her head and said, "Besides, I lied to you before. I wasn't actually hurt that time; I was just teasing you..."
"Huh?" Mu Nancheng was taken aback. Recalling how he had been busy taking care of Yu Tang before, it was because he felt guilty for doing something wrong. He blinked and asked again, "You mean, all that pain you were looking like was an act?"
Yu Tang felt a little guilty, but still nodded: "Yes, it was an act."
He thought Mu Nancheng would get angry next, but the boy just pondered for a while and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness it was a lie." Mu Nancheng looked up at Yu Tang and smiled. "When I watched these videos, I kept thinking about whether I hadn't done these preliminary steps well."
That's why I hurt you, and the more I think about it, the more guilty I feel.
"But now that you've said that, I can rest assured."
Yu Tang was surprised that he would say that.
Before he could even feel touched, Mu Nancheng shut down the computer, turned on the small light in the room, took Yu Tang's hand, sat him on the bed, and asked him, "You just woke up, you should be very energetic now, right?"
Yu Tang was puzzled, but still answered, "Yes, I'm not sleepy for now."