Chapter 1663 - 1658: Old Mrs. Mu Learns Mu Dashan Has Arrived in the County
Mu Shuangshuang stood at the doorway, and in just a moment, the shopkeeper of Jiu Si Xuan came to greet her.
Seeing Mu Shuangshuang, he was first quite excited, then respectfully said to Mu Shuangshuang, "Miss Shuangshuang, a private room on the third floor, I’ll take you there!"
"Dad, Mom, Little Zhi, let’s go!"
The people of the Third Branch of the Mu Family followed the shopkeeper of Jiu Si Xuan upstairs.
No one had any intention of inviting Mu Dade to eat with them.
Mu Dade looked embarrassed, his face very unpleasant.
The assistant nearby noticed the abandoned Mu Dade and approached him.
"Guest, please come inside, we still have seats in the main hall!"
"Why the main hall? Aren’t there private rooms?" Mu Dade frowned.
"Sorry, the last private room was given to Miss Shuangshuang!"
The assistant called Mu Shuangshuang’s name very intimately.
Compared to how he called Mu Dade’s name, the closeness was immediately evident.
Mu Dade’s brows furrowed tightly, Mu Shuangshuang again!
How is he inferior to that troublesome girl?
In the Old Mu Family, she ruined his good affairs, and outside, she even took his private room!
In the future, will she ride on his head to crap?
The more he thought, the more Mu Dade resented Mu Shuangshuang, to the extent that he lost his appetite.
He brushed his sleeve, just about to turn and leave.
At that moment, a well-dressed gentleman entered the tavern and immediately asked, "Assistant, arrange a private room!"
Mu Dade heard this and originally thought the assistant would refuse this man just as he refused him, but unexpectedly, he did not!
The assistant amiably said to the man, "Sure, please head to the second floor!"
"Assistant, didn’t you just say there were no private rooms?" Mu Dade asked the assistant angrily.
"Sorry, sir, a private room just became available. Since you were leaving, of course, I’ll give the room to this gentleman!" The assistant replied with a broad smile.
"You..."
Mu Dade saw through it; this assistant was clearly targeting him intentionally.
Is he that troublesome girl’s person?
Or actually, is this county’s largest tavern, Jiu Si Xuan, her property?
Mu Dade started to become nervous.
The shopkeeper of Jiu Si Xuan had always been very mysterious, and no one knew who the owner was.
If it really was that troublesome girl, could all the times he and Ruan Xiao Jiao met here have been discovered?
But soon, Mu Dade denied this notion.
Impossible, when he passed by the county taking the scholar’s exam, Jiu Si Xuan was already here.
Back then, that troublesome girl should have had nothing.
Perhaps that girl just happened to know this shopkeeper.
After all, that troublesome girl herself also runs a tavern, knowing others who run taverns is not strange.
After understanding this, Mu Dade felt relieved.
At the same time, he thought to himself that he couldn’t meet Ruan Xiao Jiao at Jiu Si Xuan anymore.
Initially, they chose Jiu Si Xuan because it was high-end and extravagant; neither his presence at the tavern nor Ruan Xiao Jiao’s would arouse suspicion.
Whenever they made plans to meet, they would book two adjacent private rooms.
Once the dishes were served by the assistant, one of them would go to the other’s private room. This way, even if they met, it would not arouse anyone’s suspicion.
This method was thorough enough that even after so long, not even the County Magistrate suspected Ruan Xiao Jiao.
The people in the Mu Family also never suspected him!
Forget it, it’s best to endure it for now!
Mu Dade left Jiu Si Xuan and went straight back to the Old Mu Family.
As soon as he got back, the first thing he did was to find Old Mrs. Mu who was chatting in the main room with Mr. Mu.
Mu Dade looked at Old Mrs. Mu and said, "Mom, do you know who I saw today?"
"Who?"
"Old Three!"
"What? Old Three?" Old Mrs. Mu didn’t speak, but Mr. Mu was surprised.
"Where is he? Why didn’t he come to see us? Does he not know we’ve moved?" Mr. Mu asked Mu Dade excitedly.
Unlike in the past, Mr. Mu occasionally still mentioned the third branch.
Especially after the Old Mu Family moved into a new big house.
He even said the third branch could move in together since there were rooms in the new big house.
Each time, however, Mu Dade remained silent, never responding to this suggestion!
"Old Three was at Jiu Si Xuan, having a meal with Si Niang and Shuangshuang! Oh, and Little Zhi too!" Mu Dade said.
Mr. Mu grew even happier, "Even Little Zhi came, why didn’t you invite them to come stay with us?"
Completely opposite to Mr. Mu’s excitement, Old Mrs. Mu was not happy at all.
She picked up some sunflower seeds from the table, cracked a few open, then huffed, "So what if they came? She’s just a little money-loser after all, destined to be married off someday!"
"Stop it! Old Three coming is a good thing. Why are you speaking nonsense here?" Mr. Mu scolded Old Mrs. Mu.
"A good thing? Nonsense! He’s clearly heard that the Old Mu Family has prospered and wants a share of the pie.
I’m telling you, not a chance! I won’t let the third branch move in and contaminate my new house. They can roll as far away as possible!" Old Mrs. Mu declared loudly.
"You..." Mr. Mu was so angry from Old Mrs. Mu’s words that his face turned pale.
Just as he was about to reprimand Old Mrs. Mu, Mu Dade said, "Dad, Mom, stop arguing. Old Three bought a house in the county, and it seems like they’re going to live in the county from now on!"
"Bought a house in the county? Why, that’s wonderful!" Mr. Mu beamed with laughter.
"Great, Old Three has also come to the county! Now, our entire Old Mu Family has shed the mud leg identity, we’re all city people!"
"Dad, I’m not done yet! Old Three’s wife and Little Zhi both wore big golden hairpins on their heads. It seems Shuangshuang really struck it rich!
However, they don’t want to come back here, it seems like they’re afraid we’d take their money!" Mu Dade said.
Mu Dade vented all his resentment for Mu Shuangshuang by slandering the third branch.
Isn’t Mu Shuangshuang smug?
Doesn’t she pretend in front of him?
𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
He’ll let his mom create trouble for the third branch, leaving them in chaos!
"They got rich? Since they got rich, why not come to our Old Mu Family? Even if I haven’t asked for money from the third branch yet, shouldn’t they give it?
Old Three is my son, I raised him, isn’t it right they should honor me as their mother?" Old Mrs. Mu said sourly.
"Indeed, taking care of parents is a responsibility every child must bear. Old Three has it easy, earning so much money, yet never sharing it with Dad and Mom. I’m afraid when they’re old, they wouldn’t even part with the money for a coffin!" Mu Dade fanned the flames.
"How dare he! I don’t believe that wretch would truly ignore me and his father!" Old Mrs. Mu cursed immediately.
"Enough, we still don’t know what’s really going on! You haven’t even seen Old Three, who knows, maybe we’ve misunderstood him?"