Chapter 1105 - Banquet (1)
It was getting cold at night. Ah Mo and Mu Lingshi were at the lounge area inside their room in the Mu residence.
Ah Mo made sure Mu Lingshi drank the tocolytic tonic because she had been acting anxiously for the past few days. The doctor reminded them to be careful, or else, it might affect the baby. Shocked, Ah Mo was being very careful right now.
“I think there’s a need for you to take a look at what’s inside this thumb drive. Everyone might find out about this tonight. Have a look.”
Ah Mo handed a thumb drive to Mu Lingshi when he took back the mug from her. He had copied the file from Li Si.
“What’s this?” Mu Lingshi was puzzled.
“It’s about your parents…” Ah Mo lowered his head.
Mu Lingshi’s eyes darkened, but she did not take it. Apparently, she did not want to know what was inside.
“Please take a look. You might feel better once you know what happened. You can’t always stay ignorant and not know anything about their past,” he tried to convince her.
Mu Lingshi went quiet for a while before taking the thumb drive from Ah Mo who led her to sit on a sofa before getting a laptop and placing it on the coffee table in front of her. She put the thumb drive in and opened the video file.
Mu Zi’s face appeared before her eyes.
Mu Lingshi sat there and watched the video, but she closed it halfway and could not continue.
“At times, you look at me. At times, you look at the clouds. I think that it’s far when you look at me, and it’s near when you look at the clouds…”
Mu Lingshi sighed and repeated the poem that appeared in the video. Sadness overflowed from her as she felt a pain in her chest. She took several deep breaths before turning towards Ah Mo who gave her a grim look as well.
“She’s one unfortunate woman. Sure, she’s pitiful, but I don’t really feel anything else other than that,” Mu Lingshi said.
“Why didn’t they think of Lingtian and I, even just a little? If they didn’t plan to be together, why did they still have us? Do they know that their irresponsible actions brought upon great inconvenience to Father, Mother, and Brother? And even killed Grandmother…The dead will never understand the pain of the living…”
Mu Lingshi put on a bitter smile. “I feel like my tears have already dried up. I can’t cry anymore…I feel so sad for having such selfish parents. Grandmother really died for a bad cause.”
“Lingshi!”
Ah Mo was very worried. He wrapped his arms around her and tried to comfort her, “Alright, Lingshi! It’ll pass soon! Things will be fine very soon. Brother will do something about it.”
“I don’t need it! Sometimes I just wonder why they didn’t die instead. Why did it have to be Grandmother? What else do they do apart from bringing us pain?”
“Ah Shi, Mother has her own reasons. She still loves you and Lingtian, or else, she wouldn’t have risked her career to give birth to the both of you!” Ah Mo said quietly.
Mu Lingshi did not seem convinced. “Maybe you’re right. She might actually love us, but she still prioritized her relationship more. Lingtian and I couldn’t even compare to scum!”
“She isn’t my mother. I don’t have a mother like her. My mother is Zhuang Shurong forever and ever! That woman has no right to be my mother!” Mu Lingshi shook her head and pushed Ah Mo away. Then, she got up and went outside.
In shock, Ah Mo quickly got up and followed her. “Lingshi, what are you doing?! Be careful!”
Mu Lingshi ignored him completely and vanished out of the doorway.
Thump! Thump!
Mu Lingshi was rushing downstairs.
“What’s the matter? Where are you going this late at night?” Mu Yinan’s voice reached Mu Lingshi as she just got downstairs.
She stopped and raised her head, then she saw Mu Yinan’s exhausted expression before her.
Mu Yinan looked like he had aged much more ever since Wang Hui left. His gray hair had turned all white, and he looked like a host without a soul. He had been staying in the study room these past few days as he stared into Wang Hui’s photos. He forbade anyone from disturbing him until he was too tired and went to bed.
“Grandfather…”
Mu Lingshi felt heartbroken seeing her grandfather like this, so her eyes clouded over.
“Grandfather, I’m sorry…I didn’t know that things would turn out this way. I thought it’d be fine if I just ignored it! I didn’t expect Grandmother to…It’s all my fault. I killed her…”
Mu Yinan began to tear up when he heard Mu Lingshi blame herself. He patted her shoulder and said, “It’s already in the past now. We should face the facts and move on. You children aren’t guilty. How is that your fault? Your mother’s matter has always been a huge concern for your grandmother, so we couldn’t bring it up all these years. We were afraid that she might not be able to take it, but we couldn’t escape that fate after all…”
Mu Lingshi nodded and hugged him. “Yes, she couldn’t run away from it, so we have to face it head-on. Brother has been burdened with so much. Grandfather, please let us work together to get through this hurdle.”