Mr. Mu Proposed Again Today
Chapter 428 - 426: Can’t You Take the Initiative Normally?_1

Chapter 428: Chapter 426: Can’t You Take the Initiative Normally?_1

Xiaoxiao’s heart had numbed, and to the words of comfort from Zixuan, she could only muster a stiff twitch of the lips before slightly shaking her head, "Hehe... No..."

Actually, she had gotten used to it, used to secretly watching him from a corner, used to silently missing him every deep night, and even more used to his cold and heartless treatment of her...

She knew he was very annoyed by those women who harbored ulterior motives towards him, especially those who blatantly ogled him...

So, having been by his side for 5 years, she had never shown any sign of adoring him in his presence, for if he discovered she harbored such feelings towards him, he would definitely not let her stay by his side...

Because he disliked trouble, and to him, women and love were nothing but trouble...

Sometimes, she was truly envious of Shanshan and Qiqi. As their brother, he was truly competent, always getting exasperated by the two of them to the point of frowning, yet his doting affection for them remained as enviable as ever...

And in his eyes, she was nothing more than an obedient, docile, and capable personal assistant--

Mu Zisu gave a cursory glance at Xiaoxiao who was standing by herself, watching her face with an indifferent and fearless expression, then stood up without saying a word.

Then he swept a glance over everyone, "Let’s go..."

At his command, everyone who was lying or sitting immediately stood up and followed him towards the center of the banquet...

Xiaoxiao trailed at the very end of the group, somewhat distracted. The mood that was originally not too bad had turned particularly awful upon hearing Mu Zisu’s words just now.

"Xiaoxiao... Are you... okay?" Zixuan came up to her and asked softly.

"Hmm... I’m fine..." Xiaoxiao looked up at her with a slight smile on her lips.

Zixuan sighed softly, "Why don’t you ever take the initiative? With his blockheadedness, how would he know you like him if you don’t say it?"

Upon hearing Zixuan say this, Xiaoxiao immediately looked anxious and glanced at the tall figure in the front, as if afraid he might overhear.

"Shanshan... keep your voice down..."

"Oi, he can’t hear us from this far away..." Zixuan pouted.

"Forget it... Let’s not talk about this. We haven’t seen each other in a long time, let’s have a couple of drinks..." Xiaoxiao let out a long sigh, looking somewhat dejectedly at Zixuan.

Zixuan blinked her big eyes at her a couple of times and tilted her head, "Okay..."

Ziqing was chatting and laughing with Tianyi and a few others up front when she turned around and didn’t see Zixuan and Xiaoxiao. She immediately hummed softly in a mournful tone, "They must have left me behind to drink again... So annoying!" These two, whenever they got together, went drinking, and the worst part was they didn’t even let her drink!

But what she couldn’t understand was what was so good about that alcohol?

"What’s the matter, little Qiqing?" Mu Tianyi looked at her troubled expression and couldn’t help asking.

Ziqing glared at him with sudden fury, "Call me Sister! I’m a whole year older than you!"

"......"

Zixuan and Xiaoxiao found a small round table and sat down.

"Xiaoxiao... after spending so much time with Yaoyao, tell me you haven’t touched even a single finger of his?" Zixuan’s eyes widened in surprise as she looked at her.

Na Xiaoxiao smiled awkwardly and then nodded at her.

Although she had been by his side for 5 years, she grew up in the Na Family village, where matters of men and women were not as open as they were here.

"Are you so silly from staying in the deep mountains for too long? What era is this, and why are you still sticking to those silly rules?" Mu Zixuan was always fiery and spoke her mind.

"Shanshan... don’t say that..." Na Xiaoxiao became embarrassed. She was from the Na Family village and had to follow its rules. Moreover, before she left the village, her father had instructed her not to get too close to men.

If her father and mother knew her intention to leave was to meet Mu Zisu, they definitely would not have agreed to let her go.

"How else should I say it, huh? If you don’t act fast and someday a woman appears out of nowhere and snatches him away, you will only have yourself to cry to... then, neither daddy nor mommy will be able to help you..." Mu Zixuan said as if stating a fact.

Na Xiaoxiao’s brow furrowed in confusion, so what should she do?

She looked at Mu Zixuan, puzzled--

Mu Zixuan chuckled, "Let me tell you... don’t think Yaoyao is always straight-faced like a block of ice; if you managed to knock him over, I guarantee, he’ll be as good to you as my daddy is to my mommy..."

Na Xiaoxiao looked at her skeptically. Have Mu Zisu treat her like Uncle Achen treated Aunt Xia?

Was that even possible?

For her, it was utterly fantastical!

Mu Zixuan, seeing her incredulous face, was suddenly annoyed, "Don’t doubt what I say... with men... sometimes falling for a woman happens in just an instant! Get it?"

Na Xiaoxiao gave her a dry laugh, "I don’t get it..."

Mu Zixuan sighed helplessly... this girl was beyond help... After all that, she really was the most clueless blockhead...

"So, how did you know you liked Yaoyao?"

Her question caught Na Xiaoxiao off guard, and her thoughts drifted to a time long ago...

She remembered the year she turned 14—

Back then, she was still a wild girl living in the Na Family village, clueless about the outside world and unaware what it felt like to fancy someone.

Until the season when the cherry blossoms bloomed, Uncle Achen and Aunt Xia once again took Shanshan and Qiqi to visit the Na Family village.

A group of them went to the lakeside pavilion, where Uncle Achen and her father seriously played chess while she, Shanshan, and Qiqi propped themselves up at a nearby table doodling. Aunt Xia and her mother chatted about their children, and suddenly, Aunt Xia took out what she called her scenic camera with a smile and said to her mother, "Madam... let me show you my cool and handsome boy..."

She was drawing intently when she heard Aunt Xia say this, and immediately put down her pen to take a closer look—

Handsome guys, she had seen them in the Na Family village, but a cool and handsome boy was something she’d never heard of. She became curious to see just what a cool and handsome boy looked like...

Sometimes, she wondered if she hadn’t given in to that curiosity then, perhaps she would now be just like the other village girls, receiving a man’s affections at a bonfire party, getting married, having children, and living contentedly forever in that corner of the world...

But it was that single curious glance that engraved that face, that person, so deeply into her mind...