Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 776 Awareness of Provocation (1)_1

Chapter 776: Chapter 776 Awareness of Provocation (1)_1

Looking at the pained, bewildered Mrs. Du, Mo Qingze sighed. He couldn’t quite pinpoint his feelings towards this woman. As a young couple, to say there had been no affection would be a lie; when she eloped with someone else, he had felt hatred; but after the hatred, he started to reflect and realized that he bore an inescapable responsibility for everything that had happened, and his animosity towards Mrs. Du slowly faded away...

However, the moment she fabricated the lie about Yanyan being Chen Ji’s daughter, just to save Chen Ji, Mo Qingze lost all hope in this woman. He would not let his child be harmed, nor would he ever allow his children to acknowledge such a mother.

Seeing that her father only felt annoyance towards Mrs. Du and held no affection, Mo Yan breathed a sigh of relief. The gloom that Mrs. Du brought had finally lifted somewhat. She no longer looked at Mrs. Du and said to her father, "Dad, we still have guests at home, let’s go back!"

Mo Qingze had the same idea. He looked deeply at Mrs. Du, wanted to say something, but then felt it was unnecessary. In the end, he didn’t say a word and turned to leave with Mo Yan.

Mrs. Du watched helplessly as the father and daughter of the Mo Family turned the corner and disappeared from her sight. The next moment, the sound of the door closing rang out, but she no longer had the courage to step forward and knock on the door that separated all.

The snow kept falling heavier, gradually covering the shallow footprints of the two, big and small, until no trace was visible anymore.

Mrs. Du stood motionless in her spot for a long while, the dense snowflakes falling on her head and shoulders, melting into water from her body heat and soaking her already thin clothes.

Once certain that the father and daughter of the Mo Family would not reappear, a figure that had been hiding on the other side of the courtyard wall for some time emerged behind Mrs. Du. He raised his hand making a strange gesture towards the void, then concealed his form and vanished from the spot, leaving only two footprints not yet covered by the snow.

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The father and daughter of the Mo Family returned to the dining room with smiles to continue entertaining their guests, showing no sign of what they had just experienced.

Liu Tinglan, sitting next to Mo Yan, asked softly, "Yanyan, you were gone for so long, did something happen?"

Mo Yan served Liu Tinglan a chopstick-full of her favorite dish and said indifferently, "It’s nothing, it’s already been resolved."

"Well, that’s good," Liu Tinglan didn’t press further and used the serving chopsticks to pick up Mo Yan’s favorite dish. "By the way, did you see Sir Xiao on your way back? He left shortly after you did and hasn’t come back yet!"

Mo Yan paused, turned her head to look at Xiao Ruiyuan’s seat, and indeed, the chair was empty! Just as she was about to inquire further, a tall figure carrying a somber chill appeared at the door. Who else could it be but Xiao Ruiyuan, who had left earlier?

As soon as Mo Yan looked up, her eyes met Xiao Ruiyuan’s deep ones, and she easily saw the distress in them—she understood everything in that moment.

Caught unexpectedly by Mo Yan’s gaze, Xiao Ruiyuan was a bit taken aback and subconsciously averted his eyes, feeling guilty for the first time in his life.

Everything that happened outside in the courtyard, Yanyan surely wouldn’t want a fourth person to know. How should he explain to Yanyan?

Seeing Xiao Ruiyuan’s expression, Mo Yan guessed what he was thinking. She felt a twinge of heartache, yet found it somewhat amusing. Although it was unexpected for him to have heard, she believed it wasn’t intentional. If this caused him to doubt her origins and harbor any disdain, then she had truly misjudged him.

Seeing no displeasure on Mo Yan’s face, Xiao Ruiyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He sat back in his seat as if nothing had happened, ignoring the probing gaze of Chu Heng beside him. He used the serving chopsticks to pick up a lot of the dishes Chu Heng liked, piling up a full bowl in no time.