Mated at First Sight
Chapter 1053 - 705: Participating vs Falling Asleep (Part 1)

Chapter 1053: Chapter 705: Participating vs Falling Asleep (Part 1)

Mu Lin was brought directly to the elder by Zhan Zhong from the Zhang Family. By the time they arrived, Jing Chen was already there.

In the meeting room, besides Jing Chen, there were several other elders, but aside from the elder, the only one Mu Lin was familiar with was her own grandpa.

"Girl, you’re here." Upon seeing Mu Lin, the elder greeted her with a faint smile on his face, which eased the otherwise serious atmosphere considerably.

At the side, about four or five elders looked at Mu Mu with curiosity in their eyes.

There was no helping it; Mu Lin’s fame in B City was even more intriguing than Jing Chen’s. Some of the elders had seen her on the day of her wedding with Jing Chen, and for others, today was the first time.

However, even these elders had heard of the great reputation of the "Divine Doctor", who had snatched the young master of the Zhang Family from Death God’s grasp and even cured the old ailments that had plagued the elder for many decades. Such medical skill certainly lived up to the title of Divine Doctor.

Almost all of them envied the speed with which the elder of the Jing family and Jing Chen had acted.

This was their first time seeing Mu Lin up close, and they thought to themselves that indeed, she was worthy of being from that hidden aristocratic family; she and Jing Chen truly made a perfect match.

"Elder," Mu Lin glanced at the several elders and her grandpa, nodded to them, and then walked over to the elder’s side to look at him.

The elder nodded, "Now that you’re here, take a seat." He gestured for Mu Lin to sit beside Jing family’s elder and Jing Chen.

Mu Lin nodded, looked at the space between Jing family’s elder and Jing Chen, and sat down, while Zhan Zhong took a seat at the very end.

Once everyone was seated, the elder slowly began, "I think you might have already guessed why I am holding such a meeting with you here." People remained silent, and the elder continued, "You all know about the attack on Old Zhang a few days ago. Those hidden hands have started to make their move."

At this, a few elders glanced at each other, and Elder Xue said, "We have arranged people both in the open and in the shadows. Next time, we will make sure they won’t return." If someone dared to target them, they would have to see if the attackers truly had the capability to do so.

The elder nodded, "Although that is true, I hope that until this matter is over, it would be better if you don’t go out too often. Let the younger members of your households be aware as well. Wherever they go, they should always be accompanied by their personal protectors. After all, among our enemies is the presence of that Organization."

If the top assassins from that organization were lurking around, they would indeed be nearly impossible to guard against.

Upon the mention of "that Organization", the air once again grew cold in an instant.

Nobody spoke, but their frowns deepened; they were all very well aware of the Heaven Net Organization, and they had thorough information about its agents. In fact, many under their command had died at their hands.

Indeed, there was a blood debt between them.

Mu Lin sat quietly without speaking or voicing her opinion; after all, she was considered one of the juniors here.

Actually, Mu Lin wasn’t very clear why the elder had asked her to attend their meeting today, what the plan or purpose might be.

At that moment, the elder looked towards Mu Lin and suddenly asked, "Young Miss Mu, I heard you just came from Old Zhang’s place. His health, there are no serious issues, right?"

Mu Lin shook her head. "There are no major issues; it’s just that Old Zhang is aging, so his body functions recover more slowly. I have already provided him with the medicine for healing and the Pills for recuperating. In about four to five days, he should be fully recovered."

"That’s good. I can rest easy now that you’ve seen him." The elder nodded, aware of the recuperation Pills that Mu Lin mentioned, as he was actually taking them too for their remarkable healing properties.

Mu Lin nodded slightly and continued to be silent, her body leaning back lazily.

Right, continue to let her thoughts wander; contemplating various issues.

She couldn’t help it, as multitasking was something that Mu Lin did quite smoothly.

In the end, despite the prolonged discussion by the elders, it seemed that they didn’t come to any conclusion or solution. They pulled the conversation from one topic to another, never addressing the main point, which almost put Mu Lin to sleep as she listened.

And then, she really did doze off.

The elder looked at Mu Lin with a helpless yet indulgently fond expression that he did not bother to conceal.

However, besides that look, there were actually quite a few other expressions as well; curiosity, investigation, indulgence, helplessness, indifference, almost every emotion was represented.

Everyone felt that only Mu Lin dared to sleep in their meeting room, yet no one felt the slightest bit angry, some even felt envious; truly as they say, the Divine Doctor Mu lives freely and ostentatiously, as expected.

However, it was at this moment that a pair of eyes, slightly masked in their probing, caught Mu Lin’s attention with their deep and intense meaning within.

With a "whoosh", he opened his tightly shut eyes and quickly met the eyes that had yet to cover themselves, Mu Lin’s indifferent gaze slightly lifted, and the other, discovered by Mu Lin, showed only a flash of surprise initially and no panic thereafter.

Meeting Mu Lin’s eyes, the other person gave a slight smile, and of course, Mu Lin smiled back, then withdrew his gaze.

Under the table, Jing Chen’s large hand clasped Mu Lin’s smaller one, his fingertip moved slightly, Mu Lin looked at him and nodded almost imperceptibly.

Turned out, he was that elder from the Jian Family, the same one whose granddaughter Jiang Yan took it upon herself to cause trouble previously.

That time, the elder originally wanted to apologize to him in person; later, it indeed could be considered an apology; however, the method of this apology... was through the most convenient human contact nowadays, a phone call.

Afterwards, Mu Lin also received quite a few gifts, of course including fruits and desserts; when people apologize, it’s common to send baskets of fruit, but this elder, having wealth, directly sent her wholesale several dozen boxes.

Then, Mu Lin asked Jing Chen to sort it out, and sent it all to the military base to feed Ying Sun’s hungry wolves, hearing that it was all consumed in less than a day.

Mu Lin: Truly ravenous wolves!

In reality, Mu Lin never really intended to demand an apology from that Miss Jiang, after all, an apology wouldn’t heal her wounds; of course, she wasn’t particularly interested in that elder from the Jian family either, so let it be.

Mu Lin expressed: It wouldn’t be because of the last incident that she had incurred the elder’s grudge, right? He’s an elder, after all, is it necessary for him to hold a grudge against her?

A sigh, truly troublesome.

Doesn’t he know she hates trouble the most!

In the end, the discussion was summarized according to Mu Lin’s thoughts, which truly was just a discussion, and its purpose was to make sure the elders pay attention to safety, and they would also arrange for soldiers to covertly protect them; other than that, there really wasn’t much of use.

After that, Zhan Zhong arranged for some people to safely escort the elders home, but Jing Elder and Xue, along with Mu Lin and Jing Chen, were kept back.

The few moved to the drawing room that the elder usually used to receive guests.

The atmosphere at this time was much more relaxed than before.

Xue Elder looked at the elder and asked directly, "Is there something else you need to discuss with us privately?" In Xue Elder’s mind, he and Jing Elder were not the same as the other elders; other elders would preach reason with their mouths, only good for talking, while they used their fists.

Jing Elder indicated that he’s better at reasoning than him! And then received a bored eye roll from Xue Elder.

In fact, aside from Jing Chen, Jing Tian, and Jing Youlan had taken quite a few hits from the Foshan shadowless fists and sticks, and all these were from none other than—Jing Elder.

...

Hearing Xue Elder’s words, Jing Elder also looked at the elder, who nodded, paused for a long while, and finally began slowly, "I think you should know, the things the Jian Family has been doing behind the scenes all this time, right."

This was an affirmative statement.

The two elders looked at each other and nodded.

The elder continued, "That’s also one of the reasons I gathered you all here; the others don’t know anything, and some matters, I can’t disclose openly to them."

"You might be their main target," he speculated, this being only the elder’s own conjecture.

However, after hearing this, the two elders slowly shook their heads, "No, we think their main target is likely you."