Mated at First Sight
Chapter 765 - 509

Chapter 765: 509

The birthday banquet was approaching, and with a restless heart, Tang Qian did something that inadvertently paved the way for Gong Muxue’s complete return.

The night before the banquet, the Gong Family was thrown into chaos, with lights shining brightly everywhere. Everyone, including the old master, had hardly slept that night.

Why?

Gong Muxue... had disappeared.

After dinner, Mu Lin treated Gong Muxue and then returned to her own room. At this time, Gong Muxue was sleeping soundly on her bed.

Autumn Auntie sat by the bed and looked at Gong Muxue on the bed with a gentle smile.

In the past few days, she felt that the young miss had genuinely improved a lot. Although she still clung to Mu Lin, she was no longer as aggressive towards others as she had been initially.

At first, even when the old master approached her, she would react aggressively, which left the old master both helpless and relieved.

He was relieved to see that the young miss was much more active now, at least she wasn’t as before, sitting in the courtyard for the whole day.

The young miss now knew what she wanted and what she intended to do; she also knew that she needed to protect everything she had.

And Miss Mu Lin is something she possesses.

She would protect her, and even Mr. Jing Chen, Miss Mu Lin’s husband, couldn’t approach her. Every time she saw such a scene, she felt it was full of love.

It was like... they were a family.

However, this was the second time it had happened.

The first time she left for a bit, the young miss’ child went missing. This time, Aunt Autumn had never anticipated that Gong Muxue herself would disappear so suddenly.

"Miss!" As she looked at the now empty bed, Aunt Autumn dropped the basin she was holding, turned without hesitation, and ran out. But even after she had checked all the places where Gong Muxue could be, she still couldn’t find any trace of her.

News of her disappearance spread through the entire Gong family in just a few minutes.

"What happened?" The old master rushed into the hall, seeing the teary-eyed Autumn Auntie, with a stern expression on his face.

Aunt Autumn repeated everything that had happened. Turning around to look at Mu Lin and Jing Chen who had just arrived, confusion was evident in her eyes.

This incident had happened once more under her watch. She felt guilt-ridden.

"Tell everything that happened again." Mu Lin instructed, and Aunt Autumn complied. Mu Lin’s expression was cold as she exchanged glances with Jing Chen.

At the same time, one person came to both their minds.

Tang Qian.

If anything happened to her mother, she would tear him to pieces!

Mu Lin emanated an intense chill. Jing Chen held her hand, "Nothing will happen."

"Hmm." Mu Lin nodded.

Initially, her interest and care for Gong Muxue had been born out of curiosity and because of Mu Jue. After spending these few days with her, Mu Lin felt differently about this woman, though only her mother in name.

She had accepted her as her mother, even if she was not back to normal yet.

But Mu Lin had faith in her medical skills. However...

"Linlin, don’t worry." The old master walked to Mu Lin’s side and comforted her. While he was the most concerned of all, he had noticed how Mu Lin had been treating Gong Muxue these days.

"Hmm." Mu Lin nodded, without saying much. Just then, a figure rushed in from outside, looking extremely anxious, "Father, what happened?"

Tang Qian was panting heavily as he stood before the old master, evident worry and fear in his eyes.

"What else could have happened?" With Gong Muxue’s disappearance, the old master’s mood and tone were not good.

"It’s Xuexue, she just barged into the Bewildering Forest."

Upon hearing this, the old master was visibly shaken, and his tall figure nearly collapsed on the spot. It was thanks to the quick reflexes of Gong He and Jing Chen that he did not end up on the floor.

"Auntie!" Gong Yu cried so much that her voice almost broke; she couldn’t understand why this was happening, when things seemed to be improving.

That forest, that forest, wasn’t it said that once you enter, you never leave? What would her auntie do then?

Subconsciously, Gong Yu turned her eyes towards Mu Lin.

In her eyes, Mu Lin seemed capable of doing anything, especially after spending these last few days together; Gong Yu truly believed that Mu Lin might not be human.

"Say that again." Before anyone else could react, Mu Lin had grabbed Tang Qian by the collar, her eyes cold.

"Being angry at me won’t do you any good, I already tried to persuade her, tried to stop her, but she simply wouldn’t listen to me." Mu Lin’s anger didn’t shake Tang Qian at all; he simply looked back at her calmly, a sarcastic smile on his face, "And besides, this whole thing, it’s all your fault."

"What do you mean by that, what does this have to do with Mu Lin?" As Mu Lin’s number one fan, Gong Yu would never let anyone speak ill of her. Infuriated, she was completely dissatisfied with Tang Qian now. If she had not been held back by her mother and father, she would have probably stormed over and torn his face apart.

"What does it have to do with her?" Tang Qian sneered and glanced at her, then turned back to Mu Lin, "If you hadn’t meddled and cured Xuexue, she wouldn’t have lost her mind."

Upon hearing these words, everyone was stunned.

Cured, what does that mean?

"You’re saying, Miss Gong has recovered?" Mu Lin looked at him indifferently, her words flat.

"Exactly, she has recovered. The Poison Doctor’s medical skill truly is remarkable." Though his words sounded like praise, he was clearly mocking.

"I don’t need you to remind me of that." Mu Lin let go of his collar, the corners of her mouth twitching. She shoved him away, and Tang Qian fell to the ground in shock. Gong Ning hurriedly went up to help him up, glaring at Mu Lin angrily.

Her eyes were filled with intense hatred of Mu Lin.

Unfortunately, her hateful gaze failed to catch even a sliver of Mu Lin’s attention.

Now, Mu Lin simply didn’t care about such fake father-daughter pair; from Tang Qian’s words, she could confirm that Gong Muxue didn’t voluntarily go into the mystic forest, but instead was related to him.

However, for now, she would leave this matter and other grievances until everything was resolved. Then, she would definitely confront him.

Mu Lin walked up to the elder Gong, "Since I am the one who caused this problem, I’ll be the one to solve it." Only she could fix it.

However, this time Jing Chen didn’t seem to agree with her, "Linlin, you’re pregnant. I’ll go in place instead." Jing Chen knew what Mu Lin was planning to do next, which was why he didn’t agree.

It was too risky.

Even these prominent family people didn’t dare step foot into that place, so how could he entrust Mu Lin to go.

Especially now that she was pregnant.

The elder Gong looked surprised, "Girl, this isn’t your fault; it’s ours for not being prepared." How could they blame Mu Lin for this?

Furthermore, it was clear to him what Mu Lin intended to do from her words. No matter how dangerous, even if she wasn’t pregnant, he would never allow her to do so.

However, Mu Lin simply turned around and met Jing Chen’s worried eyes, "Trust me." Just three calm words were enough to leave Jing Chen at a loss of what to say.

Mu Lin’s gaze told him of her determination.

If that’s the case.

"I’m coming with you." These three words equally conveyed his resolute decision; in life or death, he would accompany her. He wouldn’t say anything else.

"Alright." Mu Lin answered with a small smile, her eyes were calm and bright.

"I want to go too." Gong Yu seemed to have realized something at this time; unfortunately, Mu Lin simply shook her head at her bluntly, "If you go, you would only drag Chen and I down." Gong Yu’s face instantly fell.

Because what Mu Lin said, was the truth.

Looking at Gong Yu in such a state, Mu Lin simply raised her lips slightly, then turned to the elder Gong.

"I’ve made up my mind." Mu Lin said, "It’s my responsibility, I’ll bear it." Her words carried unwavering determination.

Without waiting for the elder Gong’s approval, Mu Lin had already walked over to Tang Qian again, her eyes cold as ice, "You, lead the way."