In the swanky Jaguar, Zhao Anan was sitting on the passenger’s seat, expressionlessly. But she was not as calm inside the heart as she looked on the outside.
She was feeling both bitter and moved by what had just happened.
Mu Qing had taken her to his parents and grandpa to make a declaration of his intention to marry her.
Zhao Anan felt that she had got the most fearless man and his unconditional love and she could now go away feeling satisfied.
Mu Qing had no idea what Zhao Anan was thinking, so he turned to her and said, “You are impressed, aren’t you? Well, I am not an ordinary man. I brought you home for a sudden attack. They will have no time to plan anything. We will be done by then.”
Zhao Anan had also done something similar before. She was not a very obedient girl and had always done whatever that popped into her head, especially when it was against her mother.
But right now, she couldn’t allow Mu Qing to do this.
His family seemed to be against his idea of marrying her. She didn’t want Mu Qing to have a bad relationship with his family, because he had always been a filial man with a strong sense of responsibility. It must have been the first time for him to argue with his family.
She didn’t say a thing after hearing what Mu Qing said. In one month, Shangguan Ning was going to hold her wedding. One more month, she was going to leave and never return.
Mu Qing kept talking. “I will force them to send the proposal to your home. We will get engaged formally when they send the proposal. Then we will get married. At that time, we will invite as many people as possible so that they all get to know that I am not single any more.”
In the evening, Mu Qing went back to Family Mu alone.
In the large study full of medical books, Mu Wensheng was seated on the chair and spoke calmly. He didn’t look like someone who was going to scold anyone. “Are you sure?”
In a determined tone, his grandson replied, “I am sure.”
“No regrets?”
“No regrets.”
“Have you forgotten about me now that you have got a girl? You don’t care about what I think anymore?”
“Grandpa, I …” Words got stuck in Mu Qing’s throat.
He had a deep regard for his grandpa, much more than what he had for his parents. Grandpa was the man whom he had admired since he was young. He believed everything he said and followed whatever he asked him to do. For him, grandpa was a man who could look into the future and make the wisest decision.
But this time, he was going to disappoint his grandpa.
“Grandpa, I have checked Anan many times and I have felt her pulse. I can’t guarantee that Anan would be fertile, but I am 70% certain that she will be able to live on. I don’t care about being childless, but my heart will be completely hollow if I don’t have Anan in my life. I won’t be happy if I marry someone else and have children. Grandpa, I don’t want to live a life like that. I have to do whatever I want this time, alright?”
Mu Wensheng sprang up from the chair and hit hard on the back of Mu Qing’s head.
“You little bastard, are you crazy? Why didn’t you inform us first before bringing her in and then leaving after saying just a few words? Am I still alive for you? I better die right now instead!”
Mu Wensheng scolded him fiercely, “What do you think the girl would think of me? Should I separate you two by force? Are you so stupid as to make it look like as if you were trying to cut off ties with us. It seems that I have taught you in vain for thirty years. Why haven’t you grown up a bit?”
“Jing Tianyuan was laughing at me today. Oh grandson, you better earn some pride! You are not as smart as his grandson, and your wife is not as healthy as his granddaughter-in-law!”
“What do you mean that you are 70% certain about her health? Even I dare not be so boastful. Don’t you know that you mustn’t brag and be careless while talking about offspring? I better hit you to death, little bastard, for wanting to do whatever you want. You should thank me for giving birth to three sons when I was young, otherwise the bloodline of Family Mu would have been finished if I only had your father!”
He hit him again, this time on his butt.
Mu Qing ran around in the study with hands over his head as he shouted in pain, “I know I am wrong, Grandpa, please! I will definitely bow to you and kowtow to you next time. No more hitting! My butt is ruined. I am your grandson, you can’t punish me in this way!”
…
Jing Tianyuan caught sight of Jing Yichen and Jing Yiran standing against each other in the living room when he returned to Family Jing.
He shook his head and went straight in as if he had seen nothing.
Neither of them would die, anyway. So they could fight however much they wanted.
Jing Tianyuan didn’t care much about the issue of Shen Lingbing’s death. He had a son and a grandson who could deal with everything. He didn’t need to get involved at all.
“Jingsheng is not yours only. I have shares too and I will get more. Do you think you can stop me from going there just because of this stupid reason? You are too conceited, Jing Yichen!”
Jing Yiran smiled wickedly. He looked like his usual self as if Shen Lingbing’s death hadn’t affected him at all.
Jing Yichen stared at him coldly. He spoke heartlessly, “Jingsheng is mine, always has been and I have the right to decide everything. It doesn’t matter how many shares you have, because you, a bastard, will never get even a tiny bit of Family Jing’s properties. I am just here to inform you, not to discuss with you. There is no room for any bargaining.”
“Hahahaha…”
Jing Yiran laughed wildly as he pointed at Jing Yichen’s nose. “You are scared, aren’t you? You are scared that I would get hold of Jingsheng and take over. That is why you don’t want me to go there anymore. Haha, you are nothing more than a paper tiger. Well, I will…”
Before he finished the words, Jing Yichen gave him a sudden kick so that he was thrown away far in the distance.
With a loud banging sound, Jing Yiran landed against the hard wall. The crash made him bleed and his handsome face was full of agony.
“Ran!”
Mo Lan screamed. Her heart almost bled seeing that Jing Yiran was hurt so badly.
When she heard that the two brothers were fighting again, she had come running there, fearing that Jing Yiran would lose. But she was too late yet again!
