Chapter 1088: Scheming (2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When they were both sizing each other up, Doris silently walked up to the couple and examined them, but she did not stop walking and only slowed down.
Xi Xiaye quickly snapped back to her senses. When she turned to look at Mu Yuchen, she realized that there was a dim light in his eyes. He averted his gaze without batting an eyelid and looked at the gravestone.
Soon, Doris reached Wang Hui’s gravestone. As the cold wind reached them, Xi Xiaye seemed to be able to detect the faint fragrance of perfume in the air as Doris’s aura faintly came through.
When the older woman stopped, Mu Yuchen subconsciously moved Xi Xiaye to hold her on the other side of his body. There was a shifting light in his eyes as he silently watched this scene before him.
Doris did not immediately say anything. She just put the bouquet in her hand down on Wang Hui’s gravestone with a solemn and respectful expression, and she took off the white flower on her chest to put onto the gravestone too. The flames that were freshly lit instantly swallowed the bunch of white flowers.
She took three dignified bows before the gravestone, then straightened up to stare at Wang Hui’s photo for a long while before she turned to Mu Yuchen who had kept quiet throughout the whole process.
“The last time I met Elder Madam Mu, it was six years ago on the day before your wedding with Lingsha. Six years later, I thought that I could visit her this time, and we could all meet again. Unfortunately, humans are fortune’s fools. Now that we are separated into two worlds, I feel regretful and sad.”
Doris’s gentle and slightly gloomy voice came through, sounding very soothing. Especially with the faint sadness in between her brows, she looked melancholic and sincere.
Of course, these words were directed at Mu Yuchen because her eyes were only fixed on him as if she did not see Xi Xiaye beside him.
Mu Yuchen’s arm that held Xi Xiaye slid down, then he held her hand. With their fingers interlocked, his gaze met with Doris’s eyes, but he did not answer her.
Upon seeing that Mu Yuchen did not answer, Doris was not angry. She just smiled and asked, “Is Elder Mister Mu still healthy and well?”
“Very well,” Mu Yuchen answered calmly. He held Xi Xiaye and was about to turn and leave, but Doris’s gentle chuckle stopped him. “Ah Chen, six years ago, you weren’t this cold and courteous to me. You should know that I’ve always favored you like my own son.”
Her gentle voice contained faint helplessness. When Xi Xiaye studied her, she saw that Doris’s eyes were fixated on Mu Yuchen, as if there was some warmth in them. Xi Xiaye could not see any darkness. However, she could feel the coldness that radiated from the man beside her.
“Then, I can only thank you for looking after me, Aunt Gu,” he said calmly, instantly storing away all of his emotions.
“Are you still feeling guilty and blaming yourself for what happened to Lingtian, or are you angry?” Doris asked in concern. The light flickered in her blue eyes as they silently watched Mu Yuchen’s handsome face.
“Aunt Gu, haven’t you always disliked it when others bring up the past?” he asked her instead.
Upon hearing that, she only pursed her lips and smiled, and then sighed, “The dead have departed. Indeed, there’s no need to talk about this anymore. As for Elder Madam Mu’s passing, I feel saddened and regretful about it. My condolences.
“I’ve always felt very regretful about what happened six years ago. To me, you and Shasha were the best match. Sadly, Shasha didn’t know how to appreciate it herself and ruined such a good marriage. You know that I did my best to bring the two of you together. Now, Shasha and Qi Feng have settled down with each other. I find it very regretful. The two of you had a destiny but no fate. Nevertheless, in my heart, you’ll always be the best son-in-law for the Gu family.”
When Doris said this, her blue eyes could not help but darken while her face was filled with sorrow and regret.
“That’s funny, Aunt Gu. Fate isn’t so easy,” Mu Yuchen responded coldly as his hand squeezed Xi Xiaye’s hand even tighter to the point that she could feel the pain crawling up from between her fingers.
“Oh? Is it not fate?” Doris looked meaningfully at Mu Yuchen. She laughed as she shook her head. “No, you and Shasha are fated. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have come so close to being a married couple, and that’s the truth, Ah Chen! That’s fate!”
Mu Yuchen suddenly looked annoyed. His long eyelashes flickered for a bit, hiding the gloominess.
“I’ve never quite believed in fate, but if I had to believe it just one time, then—” he said then suddenly paused. A sharpness flashed in his eyes and his gaze went straight for Doris’s eyes. Taken aback by his sudden gaze too, she looked up silently at him.
“It definitely wouldn’t have been with Gu Lingsha either,” he concluded coldly and turned around to leave with Xi Xiaye in hand.
Doris did not go after him. She just watched the two of them leave as her elegant and beautiful face flashed with a bitter sneer.
Mu Yuchen and Xi Xiaye walked all the way down the stairs. When they reached below, Li Si had already been waiting in the car for a long time. The second he saw Mu Yuchen and Xi Xiaye’s figures, he immediately went up to them.
“Master, Missus!”
Mu Yuchen handed the umbrella to him and pulled the door open for Xi Xiaye.
Xi Xiaye got in without a word, not looking very pleased. When Mu Yuchen got in as well, she was already looking out of the window gloomily.
“What’s wrong? Why did your mood suddenly change?”
Mu Yuchen was a sensitive person, so he could immediately see that she was unhappy. Right now, it was beyond obvious. After they left Wang Hui’s gravestone, she had not said a single word to him.
It was reasonable to say that being the kind of person she was, she would have said a few things to console him or find a way to probe him about what Doris had said earlier, but she did not say anything at all. This was abnormal of her!
Xi Xiaye did not respond and just sighed.
From the front, Li Si had already gotten seated and turned as he asked softly, “Master, are we returning to the old Mu residence?”
“Mmm,” Mu Yuchen calmly replied, but his gaze remained focused on the side of Xi Xiaye’s bright little face.