Mr. Mu Proposed Again Today
Chapter 182: This is Our Engagement_1

Chapter 182: Chapter 182: This is Our Engagement_1

Mu Yingchen’s mother didn’t expect that Mu Yingchen would actually know what she had done, and immediately changed from anger to a somewhat guilty look, "Yingchen, what do you know?"

"I know everything..."

Mu Yingchen’s mother was startled again, then her eyes flickered as if she thought of something, and she suddenly angrily pointed at Su Wanxia, who was also shocked, "Did she tell you?"

Mu Yingchen sighed in utter helplessness, "Mom, she didn’t tell me anything. I felt something was wrong and had someone look into it."

"You’re still defending her! You didn’t investigate her disappearance for 6 years, so why did you find out everything as soon as I asked her to leave?" Mu Yingchen’s mother blurted out furiously, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she realized she had misspoke and guiltily shifted her gaze away from Mu Yingchen.

Mu Yingchen heaved a heavy sigh, "Butler Zhou, take my mother back..."

Having said that, he turned to leave without concerning himself with his mother’s angry expression, weakly pulling Su Wanxia along.

Behind them, Mu Yingchen’s mother’s extremely angry shouts could be heard, but Mu Yingchen, as if he hadn’t heard a thing, silently pulled the equally silent Su Wanxia back the way they came.

"I’m sorry..."

It wasn’t until they reached the parking lot that Su Wanxia stopped in her tracks, murmuring to the tall figure of Mu Yingchen ahead of her.

The reason she hadn’t told him was that she feared seeing the scene unfold as it had today. She knew he came from a single-parent family, and she also knew how much he respected his mother; she didn’t want to create a rift between him and his mother.

Besides, she was the one who had given up on him in the first place!

Mu Yingchen paused, then turned around, "I’m the one who should be saying sorry..."

He lifted his hand to gently touch Su Wanxia’s shoulder, "Wanwan, I’m sorry, she is my mother, so I—I—"

The usually decisive Mu Yingchen, for once, didn’t know how to explain himself to her.

"I know, I understand everything, I don’t blame you—"

That he could do so much for her already satisfied her, and she didn’t want him to argue with his mother on her behalf, since it would distress him.

From the beginning, she knew that despite his cold exterior, he deeply cared for his mother and grandfather. Having lacked a father’s love since childhood, he treasured this precious family love even more.

Even towards Mu Feng and Ji Hua, he always treated them as his real brothers. How could someone like him truly blame his mother?

He would only take his mother’s blame upon himself, and similarly, if she made a mistake that upset his mother, she believed that he would take her faults upon himself as well.

Such a person, he made her heart ache, yet he was all the more worth her love!

"Wanwan, let’s get married..." Mu Yingchen suddenly proposed to her.

"Achen—let’s wait on the marriage, okay?" Su Wanxia said unnaturally, confirming that he was unaware of the contract she had signed with his mother.

He only discovered the process of what happened, but he didn’t know the main reason for everything that happened was the contract, just like her parents were unaware of the contract’s existence.

When Mu Yingchen heard her say this, a forlorn look flashed across his eyes.

"Don’t get me wrong, I just want to discuss it with my parents first. Besides, Mu’s mother is your mother; you want her to bless us, right?"

Su Wanxia tactfully expressed the current situation, and Mu Yingchen could clearly understand her meaning.

"Don’t worry, I will discuss it properly with her when I return."

"Okay, then I—will head back first."

"Alright, be safe on the road."

"Mm, you too."

Just as Su Wanxia turned to leave, Mu Yingchen suddenly called out to her again, "Wanwan!"

She turned around—

He stepped forward—

"Don’t forget, this is our engagement..." he said softly, taking her right hand and gazing at the elegant and beautiful diamond ring.

"Mm..."

He bowed his head and, like a dragonfly skimming the water, pressed a kiss to her fair fingers before releasing her. "Go back."

"Okay."

The moment she started the car and surged past him, leaving him in the dust, she suddenly had an illusion—it was an illusion that she was getting farther and farther away from him.

Happiness seemed so within reach, yet she was always unable to truly grasp it.

A marriage contract?

As long as that contract existed, her engagement to him would forever be just between the two of them...

After Su Wanxia had left, Mu Yingchen drove straight to the Mu Family residence.

Since moving to the East Suburb Villa, he rarely came back here—

When he entered the main living room, he indeed found Mu’s mother sitting on the sofa with an angry face.

Bai Yudie sat on the other side of the sofa, not daring to make a sound.

The butler, Zhou, stood behind Mu’s mother, sighing repeatedly.

Hearing the noise, all three turned to look in his direction.

"Young Master!"

"Brother Chen!"

"Hmph!"

Both the butler and Bai Yudie called out with joy.

Seeing him, Mu’s mother huffed angrily, turning her face away, unwilling to look at him.

"You all go back and rest now," said Mu Yingchen to the butler standing by his side, glancing at Bai Yudie as well.

"Yes, Young Master," the butler nodded in agreement.

Bai Yudie looked reluctant.

But just as they were walking past him, Mu Yingchen suddenly spoke, "Butler Zhou—"

Zhou turned around: "Young Master—"

"Just call me Yingchen from now on."

The butler smiled uneasily, "He he, okay, okay."

Mu Yingchen nodded at him—

With a smiling face, the butler turned and left. Bai Yudie, unwilling to accept being ignored by Mu Yingchen, had no choice but to bite her lip and leave.

The vast hall instantly fell silent. Mu Yingchen looked at his mother, who was sitting on the sofa and brooding, let out a helpless sigh, and walked over to her.

"Mom..."

"You still know I’m your mom. I thought that Su Wanxia was all you ever had in your mind every day!"

Mu Yingchen rubbed his forehead and massaged his temples.

"Mom, haven’t you always hoped I’d get married? Now I finally want to get married, why don’t you agree? Do you, like Grandfather, hope that my marriage is just an alliance between families? What’s the point of a marriage without love? If that’s the case, then I might as well not get married at all..."

A flicker of inscrutable emotion passed through Mu’s mother’s eyes, but the anger on her face ebbed somewhat.

"Yingchen, you’re my only son. Of course, I hope you can find someone you like, but—out of so many good families’ daughters, why did you set your sights on her?" Mu’s mother was clearly conflicted.

"What’s good about her? Aside from being a little prettier than other girls, what about her is worth your affection? In the end, she’s just a woman who loves vanity!" Mu’s mother’s anger flared up again as she spoke.

Mu Yingchen raised a skeptical eyebrow, "Mom, why do I feel like you have some special prejudice against Wanwan?"

Mu’s mother’s anger on her face subsided a bit, and she said calmly, "What prejudice could I have against her? She’s just not worthy of you, and don’t think I don’t know why you’ve come back today. If it’s about marrying her, there’s no room for discussion!"