C180 Transverse Clade
"Mom, how much salt are you putting in here? Do we not need any of our salt?" Mu Xiaoyou resentfully glared at Su Cuiyu as she stood up to head to the kitchen to rinse her mouth.
Su Cuiyu's face changed slightly when she heard her words. It's over. Things are going to screw up.
"You made it?" Mu Anren asked with a calm tone.
Mu Yichen had already put away his homework when Mu Anren entered the restaurant. At this moment, he picked up his chopsticks and tasted the minced food.
"Yes, I went on a tour and heard my friends say that they would cook food for their children at home. I just want my family to eat with the beautiful ones at the same table." Su Cuiyu's eyes turned slightly red. In all these years, she had never cooked a few meals at home. She had never tried any of the dishes that were cooked when she rushed the ducks. She did not expect such an outcome.
Mu Yichen, who was going to complain, forced out a satisfied smile. "Mom, this dish is delicious. It's quite fragrant."
Su Cuiyu was stunned as she raised her head to look at Mu Yichen.
"The kind that lends a fragrance to the air." Mu Yichen chuckled and added a lot of rice paste into the bowl, leaving only the normal, emerald green macaroni on the plate.
Mu Anren wanted to ask Su Cuiyu where was the new babysitter? However, when he saw his son's forced smile, he suddenly felt a sense of home.
"Eat." Mu Anren sat down, picked up the chopsticks and picked up the dish on the plate, then put it into his mouth without saying anything.
To be honest, Su Cuiyu's culinary skills were so lousy that it couldn't even be displayed.
However, when he saw the family of three staring at his reaction, Mu Anren swallowed the disgusting dish without batting an eyelid.
"Dad, are you really eating?" Mu Xiaoyou had just finished washing her mouth when she looked at her father in admiration. The salt was too much for her to bear, so Mu Anren just ate it like nothing had happened.
"What are you talking about, it's already good enough for you to have something to eat." In the famine era of your grandfather and the others, having food was already very satisfying. "You're just too used to it." Mu Anren lectured Mu Xiaoyou in an amiable manner.
Su Cuiyu stared at Mu Anren across the table in a daze. She thought that this meal would once again become the trigger for her argument with him. In the end, not only did he not quarrel with her, he even calmly ate the very lousy dishes that he cooked.
Unbelievable.
"Forget it, don't eat it." Su Cuiyu tried a mouthful of the dish herself. She couldn't stand the taste and didn't know where Mu Yichen and Mu Anren got the courage to eat it.
Mu Anren watched as she poured away his stir-fried dishes, while his lips moved but he didn't say anything.
"Have you two finished your homework?" Mu Anren glanced at the homework book beside the table and asked Mu Yichen with concern.
"The Chinese Literature test is still lacking." Mu Xiaoyou answered first.
"I also have a Math book that I haven't done yet." Mu Yichen smiled in embarrassment.
"I'll cook some noodles for you two, and you two can do your homework well." Mu Anren patted Mu Yichen's head and said nonchalantly.
Boiled noodles? Or was it Mu Anren cooking?
This was probably the first time they heard Mu Anren personally say that he would cook noodles for them.
Shock was written all over their eyes. Su Cuiyu was standing in the kitchen with a greasy plate by her side, completely helpless.
Mu Anren rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, fished out a few eggs from the fridge in a proper manner, and started to fry them beside the stove.
It had been so many years since he had last cooked. The way Mu Anren broke eggs and quickly oiled them seemed to be something from his previous life.
Su Cuiyu stared at his back as he cooked, deep in thought.
A bowl of poached egg noodles was done. It was steaming hot and had a nice fragrance to it.
"Mu Xiaoyou swallowed all of her saliva, completely disregarding her image." "Delicious."
The bowl of noodles was cooked just right, and the taste was just right as well.
"Dad, when did you learn to cook? Why haven't I seen you cook before? " Mu Xiaoyou asked him innocently.
This sentence hit Mu Anren's sore spot. He stared at the egg noodles in front of him and lost his appetite.
By the time Su Cuiyu came back to her senses, it was already too late to stop Mu Xiaoyou.
"Eat, I'm going to the province tomorrow, you two siblings must be careful at home." Mu Anren changed the topic and stared at Mu Xiaoyou.
The two siblings nodded like chicks pecking at rice. Su Cuiyu restrained herself, but it wasn't good for her to say anything at the table.
After eating half a bowl of noodles, Mu Anren went upstairs with Su Cuiyu following closely behind.
"Anren, give me a chance. Xiaoyou and Yichen are still young. If we suddenly separate, what will happen to them?" After closing the door, Su Cuiyu hugged Mu Anren's waist tightly, refusing to let go.
"Let go." Mu Anren said coldly.
Su Cuiyu hesitated for two seconds before letting go.
"During this time, I will go to the provinces and warn you one last time not to do anything to the children. You can forget about the people I've sent for. " Mu Anren's tone was filled with dissatisfaction towards Su Cuiyu's withdrawal of his nanny.
"No, Anren, I just want to learn to be a good mother." It was rare for her to admit her mistakes, so she followed Mu Anren's old-fashioned way of thinking, looking as if she knew her mistake and would change it no matter what.
"No matter what your reason is, tomorrow, that nanny must be on duty. If you continue to act so arrogantly, don't blame me for sending you to the Mu Mansion using the name of separation." It would be better than harming the children of Mu Family again.
"Alright, I won't do that anymore." She had to admit that Mu Anren giving her a chance was the biggest step back for her.
As usual, he slept on the floor while she lay on the bed. It was no different from living apart. These past ten years had passed like this as well.
After Mu Anren closed his eyes, he fell asleep. He still had to drive tomorrow, so he had to rest well.
Su Cuiyu lay awake. For her children? The wound on her hand was deliberately cut, and Mu Anren threatened her without even asking.
One day, he would pay the price.
That bowl of noodles was a thorn in her heart. In the past ten odd years, every single day she had entered the Mu Family, he had never cooked a single meal for her. However, he doted on Su Cuiyun to the point that he treated her like a baby. She had even seen Mu Anren feed Su Cuiyun, spoonful after spoonful, with her own eyes.
If he wasn't forced to, Mu Anren might not have cooked this meal.
Jealousy, hatred?
What was the point of competing with a woman who had been dead for more than ten years?
Su Cuiyu couldn't find a way out of her jealousy. Was there even a need for her to fight with the dead?
However, Mu Anren still couldn't forget that she had been dead for more than ten years.
In the dark of the night, she clenched her fists and gritted her teeth in hatred. She really wanted to kill Mu Anren.
This hateful man had dominated her youth for over ten years, but never once had he placed his heart on her. Even his heart did not belong to her.
If she hadn't seen him rise up again and become a tree that could be used to wave money, she wouldn't have come back to receive training!
Early in the morning, she got up and boiled an egg according to the distillers grains Mu Qingqing had made for Mu Anren. However, the egg shells were also floating in the distillers grains, which was miles away from the ones Mu Qingqing cooked.
Mu Anren tried two bites, but there was no displeasure on his face. He ate two bites and then left.
Staring at his disappearing figure, Su Cuiyu's eyes dimmed as a plan flashed through her mind.
After searching all day, Mu Anren's new nanny still entered the house. Su Cuiyu had already locked the valuables inside the safe. Aunt Qiong had stayed in the Mu Family for more than ten years, so she was naturally not the type of person who had dirty hands and feet.0
"From today onwards, I'll leave the cleaning and cooking of the house to you. I'll pay for the vegetables for one month at a time." Su Cuiyu was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed. Her arms were crossed over her chest as she looked at the new nanny with disdain.
"Alright." Xiaojie was Aunt Qiong's niece, and since this time she was looking for a job to support herself, she came to Mu Family in high spirits. He was very young, only in his early twenties. His looks were average, and his character was decent.
When she felt Su Cuiyu's questioning gaze, she lowered her head even more. She knew that in the eyes of a rich person like Su Cuiyu, she didn't think highly of them, who came from a peasant family.
"I'll do my best." Xiaojie whispered.
Su Cuiyu didn't say anything. Since this person had already entered the house, she couldn't go against Mu Anren's wishes anymore. Fine, I can let her do it. It's fine if she does it better than me, it's not bad for Mu Yichen and Mu Xiaoyou.
No. 3 High School held a sports meeting, and some of the best students in the class went to participate in the school competition. Mu Qingqing held her pen in a daze as her form teacher suddenly called out her name.
"Mu Qingqing, you'll be participating in the female team's 800-meter relay race." The head teacher asked her to go by name.
"Yes." Mu Qingqing replied in a low voice.
"Teacher, I'll go too!" Xiao Huali immediately raised her hand. With Mu Qingqing as a partner, she wouldn't feel bored from this match.
Unexpectedly, the homeroom teacher glanced at her disappointedly, "Xiao Huali, your results aren't on the line at the right time. You're quite active when it comes to entertainment projects like this."
Xiao Huali's expression stiffened. The left hand she raised up slowly slid down. She was called out and criticized by the form teacher.
"Teacher, I'm not going." Mu Qingqing's voice suddenly rang out clearly, but it did not get the approval of the class teacher.
"Lu Siqi, you and Mu Qingqing will be in a team. You have to work hard in the relay race to bring glory to our class." When the homeroom teacher glanced at Lu Siqi, her tone slightly changed.
Xiao Huali couldn't help but hold a ball of fire in her heart when she heard this. It's her again! She was everywhere!
Mu Qingqing also felt embarrassed. She felt that it wasn't a bad thing that Xiao Huali liked to play around with her. Besides, it was just a school sports event and not an important competition, so she suggested that she not go and let Xiao Huali play.
Unexpectedly, the homeroom teacher changed the subject and let Lu Siqi be her partner.
Truly, enemies don't get together.
Sigh …
Zhou Guangjie, who was sitting at the front of the table, slightly raised his eyebrows. After feeling the frustration from Xiao Huali, his heart slightly trembled.
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