After a long while, three words that were obviously squeezed out through gritted teeth came over the phone, "Don't you dare!"
Xu WanZhi giggled, "Alright, alright. Then I will have the chauffeur go pick you up. How's that?"
The other end went silent for a little bit then, even through the phone, she could feel the anger coming all the way from Europe. She quickly added, "I will have the chauffeur take me there. Will that work?"
Mu ZhenYu didn't respond but just hung up the phone. It has been over ten days. Didn't she miss him at all?
The filming of part 1 of "Blossoming Us" had already entered into the final stage of reviewing and checking for anything that was missed. Xu WanZhi took half a day off with the filming crew to go pick up Mu ZhenYu.
She has had some popularity before so she dared not be too ostentatious about it. She peeked out behind a pillar and had Xiao Yuan waited on the outside.
From afar, Mu ZhenYu looked even more sharp than he was before. Xu WanZhi spotted him as soon as he had walked out.
He still stood out in a crowd.
Over on his side, with the exception of a small white paper bag in his hand, Mu ZhenYu didn't even have a suitcase with him. He looked around the place with his eagle-sharp eyes and his gaze landed on Xiao Yuan, who was waving frantically at him.
Immediately after that, he spotted a cutely sneaky silhouette – Xu WanZhi who was mostly hidden behind a pillar but showing just half of her rounded eye and blinking frantically at him.
He walked over to her quickly and stood in front of her.
"Long time no see, Mr. Mu!" She raised her brows and smiled delicately. "Was Italy fun?"
"No." He said coldly but was betrayed by his slightly happy look. "You haven't seen me in a while, but I have been seeing you daily. On Weibo, on the news… you have been quite active lately."
Xu WanZhi felt a sense of danger and said shyly. "Not really."
He didn't seem particular interested in continuing with that subject but thrusted the bag in his hand into hers. "This is for you."
Her eyes beamed immediately and couldn't wait but to pull open the bag and looked inside. "Is it a gift?"
He reached out his long arm and wrapped it around her waist. "Look at it after we get inside the car."
The gift that Mu ZhenYu had brought her was a more casual, everyday dress. It was an European style dress in pastel color. Its satin belt gave it a classy feel. Around the sleeve area was the signature of Italy's top designer RominaA's signature.
"This is so beautiful…" Xu WanZhi held the dress in her hand and looked at it like she was looking at a treasure.
It has a retro design with collar and sleeves. Its length was just down to her knee, very fitting for Mu ZhenYu's preference for her outfits.
"This is not free." Mu ZhenYu leaned against the back of the seat and one of his hand laying against the window with a cigarette between his slender and long fingers. "My grandmother is coming back from New Zealand next week. She wanted to host a banquet at home and she wanted to meet you."
She had inadvertently heard about the Old Madam in his conversation with Bai FeiChen a couple of days ago and had already been prepared. For someone who was as good as her in acting, meeting the parents was nothing but a walk in the park. She nodded happily and said, "Not a problem. I will play my role perfectly."
He remained silent for a little bit and then turned and looked at her.
"Mu XiYuan will be returning too."
He wanted to accurately capture every little change in emotions on her face. He wanted to see what kind of unspoken secrets there were between her and that wonderful brother of his.
Nevertheless, she showed no signs at all. She merely nodded nonchalantly and said, "Oh."
Feeling reassured, his lips curved upward and he said, "My mother died the year I turned 14. My dad's still alive and kicking. As for the generation above that, there are my grandmother and Aunt Hu, who had taken care of grandmother since she was a child. Well, we say "taking care of", but Aunt Hu is not young anymore. She mainly stays there to keep my grandmother company now. I also have two aunties, both of them married. My second aunty is the one who stays with my grandmother a lot. Her daughter stays oversea with her entire family and my uncle is always busy with work, so you will see her a lot when you go over to the Mu's. Because of Liang ZhiQuan, my family doesn't like you much and probably won't be too nice to you this time when you go over either."
After his brief introduction of his family situation, he held her hand with his large hand and said, "But, don't worry about a thing. I will be there and won't let them go too far."
The situation with his family was exactly the same as it was described in the book.
Xu WanZhi nodded at him, gesturing that she understood everything that he had just told her. "My family… I have an older sister. She's still single. My mom passed away early and my father, too, is alive and kicking. I don't have a lot of contact with him anymore. He only remembers me when he needs money so I blocked him a while back."
"It seems we are quite alike in that perspective, would you say?"
Mu ZhenYu leaned closer to her. "I only told you all that to prep you for the Mu's family banquet. Why did you tell me about yourself? Do you think we are matchmaking right now?"
The man seemed to have become even more attractive after she hadn't seen him in a while…
Xu WanZhi blushed a little and said, "I was… reporting the situation to my employer."
He chuckled and put out his cigarette.
On the night of the banquet, Xu WanZhi changed into the dress that Mu ZhenYu had gotten for her early in time and headed with him over to the Mu's mansion.
Although, even though it was a "house banquet", but the entire living room on the first floor was completely empty. Not even an aunty was there to wait on them.
The Mu's seemed to want to give the "fox demon" Xu WanZhi a wake up call by ignoring her.*
Xu WanZhi exercised her usual principle of performing the job that she was paid to do and didn't let this bother her. She picked the couch that looked the most comfortable, took a seat, and waited for the old madam to "summon" her.
After a while, an old lady with a gold and silver jewelries on her walked into the living room. As soon as she walked inside, she looked Xu WanZhi up and down with a look of contempt. The You-Are-Nothing-If-Not-For-Mu ZhenYu look was all over her face.
Judging from her temperament, this was not the old madam of the Mu's, this was Aunt Hu whom Mu ZhenYu had told her about earlier in time.
While sizing Xu WanZhi up and down, she walked slowly over to Mu ZhenYu. "Hi, ZhenYu, you are back eh? Why don't you go over to the old madam first? She really misses you."
"Mmm." Mu ZhenYu put his hand on Xu WanZhi's shoulder and said, "I will only be gone for a little while. You wait for me here. Call me if anyone gives you a hard time."
That was obviously meant for Aunt Hu and Aunt Hu got it as well. She bobbed her head unhappily and made another snide remark. "A girl who was so good at kissing up to someone of power, who'd…"
She didn't get to finish her sentence before she was stopped by a piercing look from Mu ZhenYu. She quickly turned around and took Mu ZhenYu to the old madam.
Xu WanZhi, having nothing better to do, sat there and eavesdropped on what was going on.