Chapter Seventy-Nine: Naive Creature

  So, Shen Huan spent the night at Mu Siyao's house, and for half of the night, she lay awake staring at the ceiling, her mind feeling both empty and heavy at the same time. She couldn't even clarify what she was thinking about herself, but just felt that... things seemed to be getting more and more out of her control, yet she didn't realize that from start to finish, she hadn't been able to control her emotions or the development of events.

  On this side, Shen Han was tossing and turning, while on the other side, Mu Siyao sat in front of the two elderly members of the Mu family with a serious and solemn expression. Mu Baiyu still had an unreadable expression, but Mrs. Mu's face showed some worry as she looked at Mu Siyao with concern.

  "Dad, Mom, I know what you're worried about. If you ask me what's good about her, I really don't know what it is about her that attracts me, but the fact is, my heart has skipped a beat."

  "But Yao'er, you also said she was..."

  "She is still someone else's wife after all, so I haven't directly told her about my feelings either. I'll wait until she has taken care of everything..."

  "After she has taken care of everything for you, you still go pick up other people's discarded old shoes? My family can't afford to lose a person like that."

  Mu Siyao's words were cut off by Mu Baiyou, who had been silent the whole time. His face looked very displeased. Mu Siyao looked up at his father in surprise, not daring to retort or complain, but feeling a bit puzzled: "Father, you've never cared about what others think before, so why are you being so petty now?"

  Muyi didn't take his father's opposition to heart, he knew his father's character and was certain that he wasn't the kind of person who would say such things without a reason. Moreover, when he returned from Shen Huan's room, his mother's expression remained as calm as ever, it wasn't hard to see that both parents liked her very much. Muyi wasn't worried about this, all he needed to do was wait and see what his father had in mind.

  "You think you understand me so well? You're so sure I won't oppose you?"

  "If you were against me and Shen Huan, Mother wouldn't be smiling so happily now."

  Upon hearing this, Mu Baiyou and his father simultaneously looked at Mrs. Mu, seeing that she didn't care about their conversation at all, simply peeling grapes to eat, Mu Baiyou couldn't help but finally reveal a hint of a smile: "Looks like I need to take good care of you, wife, or else I'll always be losing face in front of my son."

  Madam Mu smiled and turned her head to look at her husband: "What business is it of mine? When have you father and son ever been peaceful? But the problem now seems not to be with us, but with that young lady, whether she is willing to marry your precious son or not."

  Mrs. Mu's words were like a sharp needle, immediately hitting Mu Siyao's sore spot. Shen Huan's attitude towards him was traceable, but still subtly revealed her resistance. Although they got along well in daily life and seemed to be able to talk about anything, whenever the topic of emotions came up, she would unconsciously dodge and close herself off.

  "I'll just keep trying then."

  "If the girl doesn't want to, we can't force her, you know?"

  "I understand."

  Mu Siyao didn't worry about bringing Shen Huan back home at all, otherwise she wouldn't have brought her back so openly. She could have just found an inn and booked a room on the upper floor, living next to Shen Huan without any issues. Since she brought Shen Huan back home, it must be because she wanted to give her parents an impression first, letting them see what kind of woman Mu Siyao had set her heart on.

  Her parents didn't mind her identity anymore, let alone Shen Han being a clean and innocent person.

  The child went back to his room first, and his father and mother also rested early.

  "Go..."

  Watching Mu Siyao leave, Madam Mu couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion. She turned her head to look at the old man in their house, and ultimately still felt some reluctance: "The child has grown up, they have their own thoughts and ideas about starting a family... Alas, after raising them for so long, they still have to leave..."

  "I'm telling you, old lady, we're raising a son, not a daughter. Where can he fly to? If you're so worried and sentimental about our son getting married, think about those families with daughters who are getting married off!"

  "Haven't you heard of the saying 'once you have a wife, you forget your mother'? Now that I have a daughter-in-law to take care of me, do I still need my own mother?"

  Upon hearing this, Mu Baiyu's face, which had finally shown some change, couldn't help but break into a smile. She gently patted Mrs. Mu's shoulder and shook her head in exasperation: "I said what's going on here? It turns out it was just a matter of taste."

  Mei Bo Yu still had a mood to make fun of it, and Mrs. Mei immediately became dissatisfied and scolded: "What's so funny?"

  "It's his fault, it's his fault..."

  As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help but glance at the door where Mu Siyao was leaving, a faint smile playing on his lips.

  Shen Han, who had slept a night in a daze, naturally didn't know about the conversation between Mu Siyao and her parents. After having breakfast at the Mu's house, she was preparing to head back home when Mu Siyao called out to her, saying she wanted to accompany her. Shen felt surprised: "Don't you need to attend court?"

  Before, Mu Siyao had mostly been in Qingfeng Town and Fule Town, which were 108,000 miles away from the capital. It was definitely impossible to attend court sessions. But now that he's back in the capital, at this early hour, shouldn't he be going to attend the morning court session with his father?

  "Pffft, I'm not even an official, what's the point of attending court? Do you think a low-ranking officer like me can attend court and meet the emperor?"

  "Then my little uncle... won't be, right? Your official position is not higher than my little uncle's?"

  Moyao slightly narrowed his eyes, he didn't care what others said about his official position, or rather, he quite liked the current leisurely and easy-going position that didn't require him to fight with people, it's just that sometimes he couldn't help but get caught in between, but he had already gotten used to it. Besides, the crown prince's position was long settled, so being a reader for the crown prince wouldn't be too difficult either.

  "What? You think I'm inferior to your younger uncle?"

  As soon as Shen Huan saw Mu Siyao's furious gaze, he knew something was off and didn't dare to continue entangling himself in this topic. He immediately shook his head like a rattle drum: "No, no, official positions are just fleeting clouds, true influence is the royal way. If we're talking about future potential, who can compare to you? You're someone by the crown prince's side, after all."

  Shen Han said with a mischievous raise of her eyebrows, with a somewhat flattering tone, which made Mu Siyao very satisfied. She immediately became a bit complacent and couldn't help but feel proud: "That's right, doesn't anyone know who I, Mu Siyao, am?"

  Some were speechless, staring at the Mu Siyao in front of them who was like a child. Shen Huan dryly smiled and turned to leave, but couldn't help muttering: Men are childish creatures.