Mr. Mu Proposed Again Today
Chapter 188 Another Hurt to Him_1

Chapter 188: Chapter 188 Another Hurt to Him_1

Mu Yingchen’s gaze seemed distant as he looked at her, his magnetic voice spilled out, "Then—are you willing to marry me?"

"Big brother!"

Mu Chuyang and Ji Hua exclaimed in unison!

Mu Yingchen acted as if he hadn’t heard their voices, continuing to fixate on the woman in front of him.

She suddenly felt as though she’d become the leading lady in a TV drama, indescribably thrilled.

Her face lit up with excitement, her heart blossoming with joy as she looked at the handsome and charming Mu Yingchen.

"Willing... I’m willing..."

Ji Hua and Mu Chuyang anxiously slapped their thighs on the side. Had their big brother been so deeply shaken that he wanted to marry any woman who came along...

Meanwhile, Mu Feng, upon hearing Mu Yingchen’s words, breathed a sigh of relief and then shook his head helplessly.

Mu Yingchen, upon hearing her response, suddenly furrowed his brows in distress, then without another glance at the woman, lifted the glass before him and downed it in one gulp.

The woman, with a puzzled face, couldn’t understand why there was no follow-up after she had agreed.

The other two women had originally looked on with envy and jealousy, but seeing Mu Yingchen like this, they immediately gazed at him with hopeful eyes, wishing for him to glance their way too.

Mu Yingchen set down his glass and slowly pulled out an exquisite box from his pocket.

The woman’s heart surged with anticipation again, as anyone with perception knew what was inside.

Under her expectant gaze, Mu Yingchen slowly opened the box, revealing a beautifully delicate diamond ring that glittered brilliantly before everyone’s eyes.

All three women’s mouths fell open. So beautiful, it clearly must be pricey!

Ji Hua and Mu Chuyang were almost suffocating from holding back, unable to comprehend what sort of act their big brother was putting on...

Mu Feng watched the melodramatic scene unfolding before him with great interest...

Mu Yingchen picked up the ring, and the woman was so excited she was about to jump up, truly believing she had encountered her Prince Charming from a fairy tale...

What she didn’t expect, however, was for Mu Yingchen to stare blankly at the glowing diamond, murmuring in utter despondence, "Why won’t she agree..."

As soon as he spoke, everyone immediately understood what he meant.

And the woman’s face turned the color of someone who’d just swallowed a fly, unable to swallow it down or spit it out.

After hearing this, Mu Chuyang and Ji Hua both breathed a sigh of relief, and then seeing the woman’s stunned expression and the slightly odd looks on the other two women’s faces, they burst into raucous laughter.

"Beauty, my big brother was just trying to figure out how to propose to my future sister-in-law. Don’t mind him..."

Mu Chuyang took a couple steps forward, grinning as he spoke to the woman.

Upon hearing his words, the woman, deeply wounded, covered her face and ran away, while the other two women took another lingering look at Mu Yingchen, reluctantly turning their heads three times as they also followed the first woman out.

"Big brother, we’ve also had quite a bit to drink. Shouldn’t we be heading back?" Ji Hua stepped forward, tentatively addressing Mu Yingchen.

Mu Yingchen stared intently at the ring in his hand. Hearing Ji Hua’s words, he remained silent, placed the ring back into the box, and began drinking from his glass once more.

Ji Hua looked helplessly at Mu Feng, who was sitting calmly beside him: "Feng, what do we do now? It’s no good for big brother to keep drinking like this. Think of something quick!"

Mu Feng spread his hands, "With him like this, none of us can persuade him—"

"So what do we do? Just let him keep drinking?"

"Unless—" Mu Feng hinted.

"Oh, I get it. We’ll call Wanxia. Once she comes, big brother will surely head back—" Mu Chuyang said gleefully.

"But will she come?" Ji Hua voiced his doubts. The two of them were at odds right now, and they all knew Wanxia’s stubborn nature.

"It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter. Big brother is so drunk, I’ll call her---" Mu Chuyang said as he pulled out his phone, swiftly scrolled through his contacts, and dialed Su Wanxia’s number.

Su Wanxia was sitting on the couch with a pillow in her arms, lost in thought—a pose that had become all too common for her these past few days.

Ever since she returned the ring to him two days ago, he hadn’t called her again, and it was as if they both tacitly accepted the current state of things.

No longer entangling with each other, not bothering each other, strangers from now on, each living their separate lives.

But her heart felt empty, as if it was missing a big chunk, no longer whole.

As she was thinking, her phone suddenly rang. When she turned her head to look at the screen, her brows furrowed in confusion.

Mu Chuyang?

Why was he calling her?

"Hello---"

"Wanxia, where are you? There’s a big problem!"

As soon as the connection was made, she heard Mu Chuyang’s frantic voice. There seemed to be a lot of noise on his end of the line.

But she didn’t bother to think too much about it—the phrase ’there’s a big problem’ from Mu Chuyang made her heart tighten spontaneously, and she had a feeling it had something to do with Mu Yingchen.

"What happened?" she asked anxiously.

"My big brother, he—" Mu Chuyang intentionally stammered.

"What about your big brother, spit it out," Su Wanxia urged, getting anxious.

"He said he was in a bad mood and wanted us to drink with him, but he almost vomited his stomach out and still insists on drinking. We can’t stop him, and there’s nothing we can do. Maybe you can come and persuade him—if he keeps drinking, it could kill him!"

Mu Chuyang exaggerated the situation on purpose, afraid that Su Wanxia wouldn’t come.

Ji Hua and Mu Feng listened with the corners of their mouths twitching—if Wanxia found out he was tricking her, she would literally kill him.

But Su Wanxia didn’t realize he was tricking her; she asked worriedly about their location. Mu Chuyang felt a rush of triumph and quickly reported the address. After hanging up, he flashed Ji Hua and Mu Feng an OK sign.

Meanwhile, Mu Yingchen continued to drink somberly, as if oblivious to everything around him.

Looking puzzled, Mu Chuyang asked Ji Hua and Mu Feng, "Is big brother sober? If he’s not drunk, Wanxia will surely come after me when she arrives!"

Ji Hua glanced at him with disdain, "When have you ever seen big brother drunk? But—this time might be different."

In fact, Mu Yingchen was genuinely drunk this time. His vision was starting to blur, and his mind was not as clear.

Eager to get drunk, he didn’t deliberately control himself, which made him drunker, faster. He just knew he had to keep drinking, as if the more he drank, the less pain he would feel.

When Su Wanxia arrived in a rush, what she saw was a scene that pained her heart.

In her memory, he had never indulged in drinking like this, nor had he ever come to such a noisy and chaotic place.

She had hurt him once again—

She moved closer step by step, and with each step, her heart contracted bit by bit.

"Wanxia! You’ve finally come—" Mu Chuyang, with sharp eyes, called out as soon as he spotted her.

And Mu Yingchen, who had been drinking nonstop, suddenly paused when he heard Mu Chuyang’s shout.

The name ’Su Wanxia’ was deeply engraved in his heart; whether he was sober or not, upon hearing her name, he instinctively looked up to search for that heart-wrenching figure.