Mr. Mu Proposed Again Today
Chapter 280 - 278: Settle the score with him tonight!_1

Chapter 280: Chapter 278: Settle the score with him tonight!_1

Mu’s mother hadn’t expected Su Wanxia to respond that way, and looked at her with even greater guilt.

After all the harm she had done to her in the past, Su Wanxia had casually brushed it off with a single sentence. Indeed, her decision had been right!

All along, it was she who had been too stubborn...

"Wanxia... I’m so ashamed--" Mu’s mother shook her head, realizing that despite her many years of life, she couldn’t even match the magnanimity of a child.

Su Wanxia still felt somewhat uncomfortable with Mu’s mother acting like this, and she smiled lightly, "It’s all in the past, let’s not mention it anymore."

About her past deeds, she truly didn’t want to bring them up again, allowing those hurtful memories to dissipate with time into the long flow of history.

Mu’s mother gave her a grateful look, then turned her gaze to the walls around the room, where pictures not only documented Mu Yingchen’s growth but also held shadows of her younger self.

She moved her feet and came to one wall, raising her hand to press a button.

Su Wanxia had found it strange when she came in that the north wall had a large empty space in the middle. Seeing Mu’s mother’s action, she now nodded in understanding, realizing there was a hidden mechanism.

When the covered part of the wall was revealed, Su Wanxia stood shocked in place.

That was---

"This is..."

She stared at the photo on the wall, too surprised to speak.

It was a wedding photo, the man handsome, the woman beautiful.

But the smile at the man’s mouth was a bit stiff, while the woman’s lovely face bore a sweetly happy expression.

"This is the only photo of me and his father..." Mu’s mother’s voice was filled with boundless loss and sorrow.

"After he left, I destroyed all of his photos, but I couldn’t bear to part with this one, so I hung it here to look at from time to time..."

Hearing her words, a sense of bitterness crossed Su Wanxia’s heart. She had guarded this love for so many years, yet the man she loved did not love her back. Such sorrow would befall any woman...

Yet, she admired her courage, giving birth to Mu Yingchen, raising him alone, and managing the entire Mu Family. She truly was a strong woman! A good mother!

"You are a good mother..." Su Wanxia couldn’t help but blurt out these words.

Upon hearing this, Mu’s mother couldn’t help but shake her head with a wry smile, "I remember you saying I wasn’t a good mother..."

Su Wanxia immediately felt somewhat embarrassed, as if her agreement to Mu Yingchen being with her somehow made Mu’s mother a good mother, or not a good one otherwise.

"No, I was a bit out of control at the time, so--" Su Wanxia explained a bit hesitantly.

"Hmm, I know, as long as you think I am a good mother now, that’s all that matters to me..."

Su Wanxia laughed awkwardly and cheekily nodded her head.

After such a conversation, the awkwardness between them had almost vanished, merely unfamiliar with the sudden change in their relationship. She believed, with time, they would naturally get used to it.

Mu’s mother carefully explained the origin of each photo to Su Wanxia, like how this one was sneakily taken or how she had pushed Mu Yingchen to take that one, leaving Su Wanxia continuously astonished. Turns out, Mu’s mother really had her ways with Mu Yingchen.

Mu Yingchen and the Mu family patriarch were playing with Shanshan in the living room on the first floor, yet Mu Yingchen’s heart wasn’t in it. He was worried about the two people upstairs, wishing he could go up right away to see what they were doing, hoping they weren’t having an unpleasant confrontation like last time.

But no matter how much he waited, he simply couldn’t find the two of them. Glancing at the clock, he realized more than an hour had passed. Finally, his patience ran out, and he abruptly stood up from the sofa.

"Daddy, where are you going?" Shanshan watched as her dad suddenly got up, fixating on him intently.

"I’m going to see what Grandma and Mommy are up to..."

He gave Shanshan a look that told her to be good before heading upstairs.

He thought the two might be in the Tea Room on the second floor, but when he pushed the door open, it was completely empty. He furrowed his brow and moved on to the study, no one there, then the bedroom, still no one.

Now he was puzzled. If they weren’t on the second floor, could they be on the third?

Was there anything on the third floor?

He went up to the third floor with a hint of suspicion, and just as he reached the top of the stairs, he heard voices coming from the right.

Because the rooms were empty, the conversation between Mu’s mother and Su Wanxia could be partially overheard from outside.

Following the voices, Mu Yingchen came to an open door and stopped dead at the threshold, suddenly stunned.

Why didn’t he know there was a place like this on the third floor?

And it was filled with photographs!

He walked in, amazed, where Su Wanxia and Mu’s mother were engrossed in conversation by a photo, oblivious to his arrival.

Mu Yingchen’s gaze was fixed on a large wedding photo. He had seen this photo once when he was three, and after that, never again. His father had always been an indistinct shadow in his mind.

As he grew up, he had never seen a photo of his father again.

Seeing this photo today stirred a whirlwind of emotions inside him.

The two, who were deep in discussion, seemed to sense that something was off and turned around to see Mu Yingchen standing not too far away.

"Yingchen..." Mu’s mother couldn’t help but call out.

Mu Yingchen turned to her and looked steadily at his mother, then slowly walked over and hugged her tightly.

"Mom... thank you!"

Mu’s mother was deeply moved by her son’s gratitude, and she couldn’t help but pat Mu Yingchen’s broad back.

"Silly child, what are you thanking me for? I should be thanking you for giving me such an adorable little granddaughter."

Mu Yingchen released his mother, then glanced over at Su Wanxia, teasingly saying, "Then you’ve thanked the wrong person, the real hero is right here." As he spoke, he reached out and pulled Su Wanxia closer.

Su Wanxia’s face turned bright red in an instant. What could she say in front of his mother...

Mu’s mother laughed heartily: "Right, right, I should thank Wanxia for giving me such an adorable little granddaughter, but you two need to hurry and give me a few more little treasures, so I won’t be lonely and bored when I get old..."

Mu’s mother’s words were exactly what Mu Yingchen wanted to hear, and he immediately replied, "No problem, you won’t have to wait too long."

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Wanxia quickly reached from behind and pinched his waist.

Inwardly fuming and itching to give him a piece of her mind, this man had no shame, discussing having children with his mother, right in front of her. Didn’t he know she wasn’t as thick-skinned as he was? She’d settle the score with him later tonight!