Chapter 73: Packages
Qin Muxuan turned off her Weibo with her face turning a bit pale. Then she heard Nanny Chen knocking on her door,
“Young Master, there are a few packages sent to Miss Qin. Should we receive them?”
Qin Muxuan didn’t think too much and asked Aunt Chen to bring those packages in the room. After Gu Zijin saw the gorgeous packaging, he frowned slightly. Before he could say anything to stop her, Qin Muxuan already took one package and opened it. Inside the package was a photo slashed by a knife, on the top of which was a dead mouse. What was more, the person in the photo was exactly Qin Muxuan!
Qin Muxuan was struck with panic and took a step back with her eyes filled with fear. Aunt Chen also got a scared look on her face. Gu Zijin then said in a cold voice,
“Aunt Chen, throw it away!”
Aunt Chen came back to her sense and then started to clean the things up obediently with her head lowered. As Gu Zijin tried to hug Qin Muxuan, he found the latter trembling all over. With Qin Muxuan’s eyes turning red, she said,
“I really just had a meal with Yin Youting that day. I never thought too much…”
Gu Zijin hugged her tightly while trying to comfort her,
“Don’t worry, I am here.”
Hearing that, Qin Muxuan bit her lips without saying anything. With tears falling down from her eyes, she grabbed Gu Zijin’s clothes tightly and buried her face in his shoulder to cry in a low voice. She couldn’t imagine what would happen to her if Gu Zijin left her. Right now, she regarded him as the only one she could rely on. Although she hated this feeling of getting more and more dependant on Gu Zijin, she still didn’t know what to do. It seemed that she would always lose her sanity when encountering things related to Gu Zijin.
Because Qin Muxuan had run into so much trouble these days, when she came downstairs to eat dinner, Elderly Lady Gu slammed her chopsticks and said,
“Zijin, you must kick Qin Muxuan out today! Do you know how the people outside are talking about our family? Although they don’t dare to say it aboveboard, they must be gossiping about this shameless and greedy woman in our family!”
“Grandma, this is between me and Qin Muxuan. I’ll deal with it, you don’t have to get involved.”
“Zijin, are you drugged by her? Why are you protecting her the whole time?! Not only has Qin Muxuan influenced Xiaobai’s reputation, she even affected Yuxiao. I can’t believe my stupid girl Yuxiao has even defended Qin Muxuan!”
Qin Muxuan ate the dishes with her head lowered, feeling her hand deadly cold. She really wanted to retort Elderly Lady Gu, but didn’t even know how to start because Elderly Lady Gu was only telling the the fact which she couldn’t argue over.
Seeing the tame look on Qin Muxuan’s face, Elder Lady Gu got even angrier. Then she just waited for Gu Zijin’s decision while thinking, ‘If Zijin still takes her side, I can only kick her out in my own way. If I still let her stay here, our family might be ruined by her!’
Before Qin Muxuan showed up, everything was perfectly fine in the Gu’s family. However, after she had arrived, many things happened in this family. Therefore, Elderly Lady Gu drew a conclusion that Qin Muxuan should be blamed for everything. ‘If Qin Muxuan didn’t meet that guy, Zijin wouldn’t have made that declaration.’ Thinking of that, Elderly Lady Gu got more furious and even coughed several times.
Mrs. Gu handed a cup of water to Elderly Lady Gu right away, but the latter pushed her away and said angrily,
“He just wants me to die in anger! Look how he has abandoned his grandma for a woman!”
Gu Zijin showed an icy cold look on his face and said,
“Grandma, I’m going to say this again. This is between Qin Muxuan and me. You don’t need to get involved.”
Elderly Lady Gu really couldn’t bear to see Gu Zijin protecting Qin Muxuan anymore. As she was about to lose her temper, Qin Muxuan put down her chopsticks all of a sudden. After that, she said that she was full and walked upstairs right away, ignoring everyone on the seat.
Mrs. Gu still felt some sympathy for Qin Muxuan, saying,
“Mother, please don’t talk like that. Someone has just sent Muxuan a threatening package, she was probably freaked out.
“Huh, if she doesn’t want others to know it, she’d better not do it. If she could have some self-respect, she wouldn’t stir up so much trouble!”
Mrs. Gu was speechless. She knew that putting in a good word for Qin Muxuan was no different from pouring oil on the fire right now.
It was gradually getting dark. Qin Xiaobai returned home very late because he had to shoot for the film, so he had no idea what had happened in the family. When he walked upstairs, he heard the sound of Elderly Lady Gu slamming the cup. The old lady was on the third floor, so Qin Xiaobai walked on the stairs to have a check. On the bright and clean corridor was a pool of ginseng tea. Nanny Chen was bending over to clean up the mess while Elderly Lady Gu stared at her and said sullenly,
“Contact the president of Shengtian Entertainment. I’ll declare that Qin Muxuan has nothing to do with our family!”
Nanny Chen showed a reluctant look on her face and said,
“My lady, perhaps it’s inappropriate to do so. Young Master already said that he doesn’t want you to interfere with this…”
Elderly Lady Gu snorted and said,
“Why should I do whatever he says? He’ll be tricked by that foxy woman sooner or later!”
After saying that, Elderly Lady Gu turned around and walked toward her room. At the same time, Nanny Chen glimpsed a small figure on the stairs. Then she shouted in shock,
“Little Master!”
The small figure of Qin Xiaobai stood there straightly. Elderly Lady Gu, after hearing Nanny Chen’s voice, was also startled by Qin Xiaobai’s appearance. Then Qin Xiaobai walked toward them from the stairs with an angry look in his black eyes, saying,
“Great-grandma, if you don’t like Dabai, I can take her away. I can make a living for the two of us.”
Elderly Lady Gu didn’t know what to say now. She really loved Qin Xiaobai, but this boy was gradually distancing himself from her because of Qin Muxuan. Nanny Chen said in a hurry,
“Little Master, it’s not like what you think, Elderly Lady Gu was just…”
Qin Xiaobai clenched his fists fiercely with a cruel look which shouldn’t be on the face of a boy at his age while saying in a chilling voice,
“I only know that I have to protect Dabai. She’s the most important person to me, no one is allowed to bully her.”NôvelDrama.Org © content.
Elderly Lady Gu inhaled slightly and tried to give a smile, saying,
“Xiaobai, it’s not like what you think. I like Dabai too. I was just making a joke with Nanny Chen.”
Qin Xiaobai didn’t want to listen to her explanation at all. With his eyes turning crimson red, he spitted the words slowly,
“Great-grandma, if you hurt Dabai, I would never forgive you.”
After he said that, he went downstairs right away. Seeing the firmness in the boy’s eyes, Elderly Lady Gu suddenly felt a bit cold. After she pondered for a long while, she told Nanny Chen not to contact Shengtian Entertainment because she knew that Qin Xiaobai was serious this time. Although she hated Qin Muxuan, she still cared about her great-grandson a lot. Therefore, Elderly Lady Gu knew exactly the best choice for her.
Qin Xiaobai walked downstairs and wanted to meet Qin Muxuan, but he assumed that she might have already fallen asleep.