Mr. Mu Proposed Again Today
Chapter 602 - 600: Clearly a Love Rival! _1

Chapter 602: Chapter 600: Clearly a Love Rival! _1

Xiaoxiao suddenly opened her eyes wide and took another detailed look at Pei Mojing, then turned to Mu Zixuan with surprise and said, "Shanshan... When did you get a boyfriend? Why didn’t you send me a message..."

Mu Zixuan’s expression was extremely conflicted; she stared blankly at Xiaoxiao and then looked over at Mu Zisu with questioning eyes, hoping he could provide an explanation.

Why did she feel something was very off about Xiaoxiao?

Why didn’t she recognize who Pei Mojing was?

Mu Zisu smiled without a change in demeanor and pulled Xiaoxiao aside.

"Let’s talk inside..."

Upon hearing this, Mu Zixuan and Pei Mojing suppressed their confusion and followed him and Xiaoxiao inside.

From the moment she entered the hotel lobby, Mu Zixuan couldn’t stop pondering over Xiaoxiao; no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t understand why Xiaoxiao recognized Yaoyao, recognized her, but just didn’t recognize Pei Mojing...

Thinking of this, she suddenly stopped in her tracks--

Hadn’t Xiaoxiao said they hadn’t met for many years?

Many years?

"What’s wrong?" Pei Mojing turned his head to look at Mu Zixuan, who had stopped in her place. Although he was puzzled, he thought the answer would be revealed soon.

The sound of Pei Mojing’s voice successfully made Mu Zisu and Xiaoxiao, who were walking up ahead, turn back.

"What’s wrong, Shanshan..." Xiaoxiao also asked.

"Oh, haha... Nothing... Let’s go..."

Only then did Xiaoxiao smile at her and continue to walk forward with Mu Zisu.

The four of them arrived at the teahouse on the upper floor and started to chat leisurely on the open-air balcony.

About the issue of Xiaoxiao not recognizing Pei Mojing, although Mu Zixuan and the others were puzzled, they didn’t dare to ask directly in front of Xiaoxiao without understanding what was going on.

Although Xiaoxiao wasn’t skilled at playing ball, she was quite adept at brewing tea.

She was very familiar with tea; she knew clearly how to make it taste good and the different methods of preparation, even more precisely than the tea masters here.

"How is it?" Xiaoxiao placed a cup in front of each of the three, waiting for their high praise.

Mu Zisu picked up his cup and lightly sniffed it, immediately raising his eyebrows.

"Very fragrant..." He did not disappoint Xiaoxiao’s expectations and gave two quick words of praise.

Xiaoxiao chuckled proudly, "I expected that, there’s nobody who’s drunk my prepared tea and hasn’t said it’s fragrant..."

Mu Zixuan, inwardly puzzled and with no mind to savor tea, still didn’t want to disappoint Xiaoxiao, so she forced out two words as well, "Very fragrant..."

Pei Mojing, by contrast, was much calmer. He gently lifted the cup to his nose, and his eyebrows lifted immediately, "Indeed very fragrant..." Brewing tea was indeed a technical matter, and that was no lie.

Xiaoxiao smiled with a sense of achievement, "Hurry up and try it..."

Mu Zisu couldn’t help but laugh, feeling like he was dealing with a child.

After taking a sip, a light fragrance lingered on his lips and teeth for a long time.

"Refreshing..." Mr. Mu gave a four-word assessment.

Xiaoxiao immediately squinted her eyes in delight.

It was only when she turned to look at Mu Zixuan and Pei Mojing that she expressed surprise, "Oh right... Why didn’t Qiqi come with you?" She had been so absorbed in checking out Shanshan’s boyfriend that she’d totally overlooked the issue of Qiqi’s absence.

Mu Zisu also looked at Mu Zixuan—they hadn’t had the chance to ask outside, but since she hadn’t come, it probably meant she was tied up by something and couldn’t make it; otherwise, considering Qiqi’s playful nature, she certainly would have come along.

Mu Zixuan gave a resigned smile to the two of them and shrugged helplessly, "She just happens to have an art exhibition these next two days, so she couldn’t come..."

Mu Zisu nodded in understanding--

Xiaoxiao was astonished, "An art exhibition? Did Qiqi really become an artist?"

Mu Zixuan’s brow furrowed once again. She remembered when Qiqi got into British University, but now she had even forgotten that Qiqi pursued a career as an artist...

Could it be that she forgot everything that happened after they left the Na Family village...

Originally, Mu Zixuan was just anxiously grasping at straws, but as the thought crossed her mind, she was suddenly taken aback!

From Xiaoxiao’s behavior, it seemed like she had indeed forgotten everything after leaving the village. Otherwise, why would she know about her and Qiqi but not about Pei Mojing?

No, that’s not right, then she shouldn’t know Yaoyao either, right?

The more Mu Zixuan thought about it, the more entangled she became, and it was clearly reflected on her face--

"Shanshan... what’s wrong?" Xiaoxiao had been watching Mu Zixuan, noticing her expressions change every second, and she couldn’t help but ask softly.

"Xiaoxiao..." Mu Zixuan murmured as she looked at her.

"Hmm?" Xiaoxiao asked, confused.

"Um... have you ever heard of Su Yanqin?" Mu Zixuan stared at her with wide eyes.

Xiaoxiao furrowed her brows and rolled her eyes as she repeated in a low voice, "Su Yanqin..."

"Yeah..." Mu Zixuan nodded gently.

Without any hesitation, Xiaoxiao shook her head at her straight away, "I don’t know him... Who is he?"

Hearing Xiaoxiao’s words, Mu Zixuan became even more certain of the thought in her mind.

"Do you know Zhuo Shaoqing?" Mu Zixuan asked again.

As soon as Mu Zisu heard Mu Zixuan mention the name Zhuo Shaoqing, his face suddenly darkened.

Xiaoxiao wouldn’t notice his expression; she just looked at Mu Zixuan and shook her head again.

The fog in Mu Zixuan’s mind cleared all at once—it seemed her guess was right.

"Oh haha... it’s okay if you don’t know them. They are all Yaoyao’s good friends. I thought Yaoyao might have mentioned them to you..."

As soon as she finished speaking, both Mu Zisu and Pei Mojing immediately turned their gazes toward her.

Mu Zisu’s mouth twitched. Yanqin was his friend, no doubt, but Zhuo Shaoqing? How did they become friends? Clearly, they were rivals in love!

Pei Mojing looked at Mu Zixuan as if he wanted to laugh, saying that Shaoqing was Zisu’s good friend, she really had some nerve.

He then turned to look at Mu Zisu and indeed, the expression was anything but cheery.

Understanding Mu Zixuan’s words, Xiaoxiao finally nodded knowingly, "Oh... I don’t know. He didn’t tell me anything about that..."

"It’s okay, I’ll tell you when we have time..." Mu Zixuan chuckled at her.

"Haha, no need to bother. I don’t even know them. We can always talk about it when we meet someday." Xiaoxiao said with a smile as she gestured with her hands.

Mu Zisu’s complexion finally began to ease up. He was glad that she still remembered who he was...

"Yeah, alright... there will always be a chance to meet..."

"Yeah."

When Xiaoxiao and Mu Zixuan went to the washroom together, Pei Mojing finally couldn’t hold back his curiosity and asked,

"Zisu... what’s wrong with Xiaoxiao? Why did she become like this?"

A bitter taste welled up in Mu Zisu’s heart once again, but the situation was too complicated, not something he could explain in a few words. And if he went into too much detail, Mojing would definitely feel guilty, so it was better not to tell him the whole story.

"She’s forgotten everything from the time she was 16, following me, up until she turned 21... these five years."