Chapter 20
Tang Moling had come to Great Eastern Village to look for Mu Xue again.
He had driven his jeep there. The condition of the village roads was such that only jeeps could drive inside.
This was the first time the villagers had seen a car up close, so all of them came to look at it.
Knowing that he was the person that Mu Xue had saved previously and that he had come to thank her, everyone looked at Mu Xue enviously.
Old Madam Mu was proud. She knew that her granddaughter was a promising person.
In the past, many people from the village had come to ask for Mu Xue’s hand in marriage, but she had rejected them all because she knew that her granddaughter would amount to great things. Mu Xue had also been unwilling, and as a result, people were gossiping that Mu Xue was a spinster and saying other things like that.
Let’s see who would still dare to gossip about her.
Although Mu Xue and Tang Moling hadn’t officially confirmed their relationship, anyone could tell that it was only a matter of time.
As Mu Jingzhe was preparing to start her business, the Mu Family was bustling with activity for two days because of Tang Moling.
Li Zhaodi had been busy cooking steamed buns, so she didn’t have the time to play any tricks.
When she’d brought the buns back, she’d remembered Mu Jingzhe mentioning that Tang Moling had helped her before, so she’d reluctantly given Tang Moling one.
Tang Moling had eaten all sorts of good food before, so he had just nonchalantly eaten it.
Unexpectedly, it had been quite delicious.
Knowing Mu Jingzhe and Li Zhaodi were the ones making the buns, he halted in his tracks when he bumped into Mu Jingzhe that day.
Mu Jingzhe would avoid the male and female leads as much as she could, but Tang Moling had helped her before, so she couldn’t pretend that she hadn’t seen him. She could only greet him and thank him again.
“If you really want to thank me, then show some sincerity. Do so with actions, not just with words.”
Mu Jingzhe thought about it for a long time. In the end, she couldn’t think of anything she could offer, so she just gave Tang Moling a pair of hair ornaments.
“That’s all I have.”
Tang Moling frowned, almost tossing the ornaments away. “What can I do with these?”
“You can give them to Mu Xue. She—”
“If I wanted to give them to her, why wouldn’t I buy some myself?” Tang Moling thought to himself that it would be absurd if he gave Mu Xue what Mu Jingzhe had given him.
“My bad.” Mu Jingzhe misunderstood. She thought that he didn’t like what she’d made and quickly took the ornaments back. “I don’t have anything I can thank you with right now. I only made some buns…”
“Steamed buns then. Make some for me as a thank-you gift.”
Tang Moling interrupted Mu Jingzhe. It wasn’t that he had to get a gift. He was just a little hungry.
Mu Jingzhe: “Okay.”
It would be best if she could thank him with some buns.
Mu Jingzhe steamed ten buns for Tang Moling. “There are white sugar buns, mushroom buns, and pickled cabbage buns.”
“Okay.”
The bun Tang Moling had eaten previously had been a mushroom bun. He’d never really liked mushrooms in the past, but the mushrooms in that bun had been especially aromatic, though he didn’t know how the mushroom filling was prepared. He was satisfied with what he heard.
Just as he was about to say something, Mu Jingzhe left in a hurry. He frowned and was about to call out to her when he heard Mu Xue’s voice.
“Xiao Xue.” Upon seeing Mu Xue, Tang Moling forgot all about Mu Jingzhe. “Eat some buns.”
Mu Xue’s countenance looked a tad terrible. “Tang Moling, was that Jingzhe?”
“That’s right.”
“Why did she give you these buns?”
Mu Xue couldn’t help but recall the days when Li Zhaodi and Mu Jingzhe had tried to steal her things. The incident with Shao Qihai was still fresh in her mind. She hadn’t expected that this time, Tang Moling would be the target.
Tang Moling had actually accepted the buns.
He used to detest Mu Jingzhe and had even said he wanted to avenge Mu Xue. It had only been a few days, yet everything had changed?
Was Tang Moling going to be snatched away by Mu Jingzhe too?
No matter how slow-witted Tang Moling was, he could sense that something was wrong. He quickly explained, “Xiao Xue, don’t get the wrong idea. She was just thanking me. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have accepted them.”
“Thanking you for what?”
“Wasn’t Mu Jingzhe looking for that little girl from the Shao Family a while ago? I just lent her my car.”
Unexpectedly, after Tang Moling’s explanation, not only did Mu Xue’s countenance not improve, but it actually looked even worse.
“You even lent her your car?”
“I didn’t lend it for her sake. I lent it because of Little Bei. Aren’t you fond of that child?”
Mu Xue was still a little unhappy and inevitably felt a bit jealous.
“I didn’t know you had a car until yesterday.”
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Tang Moling looked at her expression and tried not to laugh. “Are you jealous?”
Mu Xue blushed. “Don’t talk nonsense.”
“Okay, I won’t talk nonsense, but that’s where my charm lies. Several people from your village talked to me today…”
He wanted to hint that she should grab this opportunity, but upon seeing that Mu Xue was about to run away, Tang Moling quickly took her hand.
“Okay, okay. I won’t joke around anymore. I won’t talk to them, nor will I talk to Mu Jingzhe. I only asked her to make the steamed buns because I wanted you to have them.”
The two of them ate the buns in Mu Xue’s office.
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The buns Mu Jingzhe had made were truly quite delicious.
Mu Jingzhe had just returned home when Shao Dong and his siblings returned from school.
Just as they were about to eat, Li Zhaodi arrived.
“Jingzhe, let’s go home.”
“Mom, have you eaten? Let’s eat first.”
“Forget about eating. Come with me. Someone has come to propose to you—”
Li Zhaodi spoke excitedly. When she saw Shao Dong and the rest looking at her, she quickly stopped talking and smiled. “You guys eat first. I have something to tell Jingzhe.”
As she spoke, she pulled Mu Jingzhe away.
“Mom, what did you just say? A marriage proposal?”
“Right. The man’s a driver. He’s from the city and he is very eligible…”
Li Zhaodi tried to suppress her voice, but because she was so agitated, her voice became louder without her realizing it.
Shao Dong and the others in the room also heard it.
They were eating buns happily at first, but when they heard this, their movements slowed down.
None of the children spoke, and the atmosphere was completely tense.
Mu Jingzhe was very surprised by the proposal. She had never expected such a thing to happen.
She had thought that if she stayed with the Shao Family, everyone would know that she had no intention of remarrying for the time being. She hadn’t expected that someone would actually propose marriage.
Li Zhaodi was quick with words, so she explained the situation fast.
The person who had come to ask for her hand in marriage was a train driver. He was the young man with the crew cut Mu Jingzhe had asked questions at the bus station.
He knew that Mu Jingzhe had been looking for her daughter and had happened to see her driving.
On the way back, Mu Jingzhe had driven alongside him for a while and had soon overtaken him. She had driven steadily and quickly, leaving a deep impression on the young man.
In short, he had been mesmerized by the way she drove.
There were very few female drivers these days. The young man had asked around and found out about her living situation. He didn’t mind that she had married once and felt that she was a good woman. Since she was so devoted even to the children left behind by her ex-husband, he couldn’t go wrong by marrying her.
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The young man was good-looking and sincere. He even said that after Mu Jingzhe married him, she could start out by selling shuttle bus tickets, working alongside him. In the future, he would definitely find an opportunity to let her drive.
The hot-blooded young man had taken many things into account for their future. He had even thought about how many children he wanted to have.
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His father was a driver, and his mother was a worker. They had two houses in the city. Mu Jingzhe would have a good life after marrying into their family.
“Such an eligible man has many girls to pick from even in the city, yet he has taken a fancy to you. It’ll be just the two of you living together in the future, and you won’t have to live with your mother-in-law every day. That’s fantastic, Jingzhe. Listen to me. You must marry this man.”
Li Zhaodi was over the moon.