Marry Me Quick

Chapter 497

Chapter 497

Ziyue handed Zixi his bottle. Walking to the sofa opposite Yuchuan, she sat down with Zixi on her lap.

"Why were you gone for so long?" Yuchuan asked her.

She realized he sounded neither warm nor cold when speaking to her. However, the way he spoke told her that he had never liked her since they first met in J Country all those years ago. In fact, his dislike might have deepened into disgust now.

Yuchuan always wanted to control Muchen, but Muchen nearly had a great fallout with him because of her. Despite harboring some self-resentment after what Zixi went through, with Zixi back with them, he now felt absolved from his guilt.

However, in the place of his guilt was deep resentment toward Ziyue.

"I met a friend – we were chatting."

Yuchuan raised his eyebrow questioningly but decided not to pursue her response. Instead, he turned his attention back to Jingshu.

Unfazed by Yuchuan's disdain, Ziyue turned her attention to Zixi.

Suddenly, somebody's phone rang. Jingshu picked up the call and nodded a few times.

"I'm sorry! I need to go home now – I'll be back soon!" Jingshu chuckled.

"Okay, go on! Young people need to mingle with other young people. Just leave old men like me be."

Although Yuchuan may sound like he was cross, Ziyue knew he was not. In fact, she knew that he liked Jingshu.

"Send him off, would you?" Yuchuan asked Ziyue, who nodded and got up to send their friend off.

When they arrived at the door, Jingshu turned back to look at the room. Once he was sure that Yuchuan was not watching them, he leaned toward her and whispered, "I can't help you anymore. The old man is very intelligent. He'd know that Muchen sent me here if I stayed any longer. I'll go now – you go back in, okay?"

Ziyue noted the concern on his face, but she was not worried. Instead, something else caught her attention. "Did Muchen send you?"

"Ah, yes! Didn't you know?"

"Now I do. Go on. I'll manage." Ziyue bade him goodbye.

Ziyue stared at Jingshu as he left them, but a loud bang jolted her out of her daze. Terrified, she turned around and ran into the room her son was in.

Yuchuan was standing near his tea set, towering over Zixi.

Zixi stood next to the tea set, staring blankly to one side, as if unable to comprehend what had happened.

"What happened?" Ziyue felt her heart drop.

"Did you not teach him how to behave?" Ziyue shouted at her, but Ziyue ignored him and turned to Zixi.

"Mom…" Zixi whispered but immediately scrunched his lips together. Despite the tears in his eyes, he strained not to cry.

Yuchuan was a stranger to Zixi, so Yuchuan's loud outburst scared him. The child wanted to run into his mother's arms, but he was too shocked to do anything.

He may not know who the old man was, but he was sure that Ziyue respected him. It was that sense of seniority that paralyzed him.

"What happened, Grandpa?" Ziyue asked the old man, and instead of calling him 'Mr. Qin', she called him by the title Muchen addressed him.

Yuchuan scoffed when he heard her addressing him as 'Grandpa.' "Did you not teach him how to behave? Why is he so bad-tempered? He was throwing things on the ground!"

He turned to the place Zixi was staring at. Following his gaze, Ziyue saw the shattered glass.

"Did you break the glass, Zixi?"

The boy looked up at Ziyue, then at Yuchuan, but remained silent.
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