Chapter 387 - 400: It’s Simply Taking Years Off His Life
The main thing is, they only locked her up without any physical harm, without any warnings or threats, so what exactly was their purpose?
The person who called her to the banquet hall was dressed as a servant from the Lin Family, and the Lin Family has guards. Someone who can move around the Lin Family like that and knows the layout well should be an insider.
Could it be Lin Ruonan? Thinking back to that time skiing, Lin Ruonan’s hostility towards her, she had thought it might be her, but then again, it didn’t seem like her style.
Lin Ruonan has a straightforward nature, not one for schemes. Even when she confronted her about Nan’an seeing Mu Xingfeng behind her back, what she said wasn’t untrue.
Mu Xingfeng said before that if he didn’t bring a girlfriend home during the Spring Festival, the Mu Family would make him get engaged to Lin Ruonan.
So it wasn’t wrong for Lin Ruonan to claim to be Mu Xingfeng’s fiancée.
If it wasn’t Lin Ruonan, then who could it be?
Mu Xingfeng looked into An Ran’s clear, untainted eyes, and didn’t know how to say what he wanted to. He reached out and held her in his arms, and after a while, said, "It was Old Mr. Lin who had people lock you up, Ranran. I’m sorry, I didn’t handle it well this time, and you’ve suffered."
An Ran understood as soon as she heard it was Old Mr. Lin.
A grandson-in-law as outstanding as Mu Xingfeng being taken by someone else, it would be surprising if he was okay with it.
But considering Mu Xingfeng’s temperament, this matter wouldn’t be handled easily.
An Ran gently pushed Mu Xingfeng away, raised her little head, and said in surprise, "So it was Old Mr. Lin, I was wondering who was so compassionate, only locking me up."
"An Ran..." Mu Xingfeng furrowed his brows, looking at the girl in his arms, not knowing what to say.
"I know, Instructor Mu, you’re worried about me, but don’t worry, I’m really okay. We were in the wrong today, if it wasn’t for the two million, I wouldn’t have gone."
Just think, Old Mr. Lin thought he’d get an outstanding grandson-in-law like you, but instead, he didn’t get a son-in-law and had me intruding his birthday celebration. We weren’t there to wish him well, it was practically a death curse. It was already giving the Mu Family face that he didn’t throw me out then."
An Ran pretended to be magnanimous, patting Mu Xingfeng’s shoulder, covering her mouth with a laugh. Seeing Mu Xingfeng still frowning, his eyes that could see through everything looking at her, An Ran sneakily moved closer to him, "But I must say, Instructor Mu, you’re really mean, knowing Old Mr. Lin wants you as his grandson-in-law, and you still brought me to his celebration. It’s like taking the fuel from under the pot. Seriously though, I won’t do such dangerous tasks again."
Saying this, An Ran pouted her little lips in grievance and rolled her eyes at him.
"You cheeky girl," Mu Xingfeng pulled her back into his arms. How could he not cherish such a girl?
"An Ran, give me some time. This won’t be the end of it. I won’t allow you to suffer this injustice."
An Ran wrapped her arms around his lean waist, listening to his strong heartbeat, and murmured, "Instructor Mu, I don’t feel this is an injustice. If you really think I’ve suffered, just consider it for you, I’m willing. Let’s leave it at that, okay?"
She knew all too well the complexity of the relationship between the Lin Family and the Mu Family. Their relationship even affected the peace of the Imperial City. Instructor Mu had already done enough for her; she couldn’t let him fall into more conflicts because of her.