That night, everyone went to sleep late. Mu Lan spent some time with her parents before going to her bedroom. There she saw that her rice balls were waiting for her wearing colorful pajamas. Since she showed a scary face to the third rice ball, she wanted to sleep with them tonight and so, Mu Liang prepared them.
Both Mu Liang and Mu Lan laid down on both sides of the bed and let the babies stay in between them. The third rice ball hugged his mother's nightgown. Mu Lan kissed his small forehead and hugged him closer.
Mu Liang saw his wife and son hugging each other and his eyes narrowed. He had been enduring it whenever his sons went closer to his wife and his wife momentarily forgot that she got a husband. He knew from his own experience that a child needed a mother's love the most. That's why he worked hard to control his jealousy and cared for his children dearly so that they could become close to him rather than their mother but the children still looked up to their mother. And the king of the vinegar jar also failed to endure his envy.
He looked down and saw his fourth son was trying to reach his mother. Mu Liang held onto him and hugged him so that he wouldn't go to his mother as well. Mu Liang thought, 'How dare you to go to her when I cannot touch her! Stay by my side and leave her alone.'
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Three weeks had passed after the family reunion. Jonah and several Cobra members left the island to finish their remaining work. They had to free their schedule just to attend the birthday party of the four boys. Others worked together to decorate the castle. Outside the castle, they built a small tree house and a large tea house. They also created flower and vegetable gardens. As a result, there was no trace of the disaster that happened on the island three weeks ago.
Everyone started to come back after completing their remaining missions. The castle was hustling bustling again. The rice balls were over the moon since there were so many people gathered and playing with them.
Four days before the birthday party, the Mu Family came to join them. Mu Feng recently bought a warship and he thought of sailing it. He used submarines to move his family members from ship to the island. It secretly entered the submarine base of the castle. If he took the warship to the China border, it would raise a political issue.
Mu Feng came out first and the first thing he did was hugging Mu Lan. "Sister Lan Lan, I missed you so much."
Mu Lan indeed missed his cheerful mood. "I missed you all too." She smiled. She raised her hands to hug his back, however, before she could, Mu Liang's ram grabbed Mu Feng's collar and threw him aside.
Mu Feng was ready for it and his reflex saved him from rolling on the stony, cold floor. "Big brother, I missed you too."
Mu Liang cared less about him. Mu Lan shook her head helplessly and helped Qi Ying to come out of the submarine. Qi Ying grasped her hands in excitement. She tried to control her emotions while saying, "It has been a while, Xiao Lan."
"It has been, hasn't it?" Mu Lan hugged her slightly.
After that, Lu Feng came out and then he grabbed his little girl and pulled her up. After he put her down, he took her to meet the Mu couple.
"Oh my! Meixian has grown up a lot!" Mu Lan praised Yan Su and Lu Feng's daughter who was six months older than the rice balls.
Though the Mu couple was away from Europe, they kept contacting the Mu Family whenever they wished. They were able to do it because Shintaro and Mu Lan together created a program to communicate with Mu Feng, Qi Ying, and Yan Su without being noticed by Chinese Intelligence and Italian Intelligence. No one was able to discover that Mu Lan and Mu Liang were contacting Mu Feng and others.
Through video chat, the Mu Family got to see the rice balls. The rice balls were excited to see their relatives (only number two and number three). Mu Lan got to know that Yan Su gave birth to her daughter. Her daughter Meixian loved her mother's friend Mu Lan.
"Lan auntie!" Little Meixian recognized Mu Lan and ran towards her to hug her.
Mu Lan instantly swooped her up and said, "Meixian is so cute. Are you obediently listening to your mama and papa?"
Meixian nodded. "I carefully listen to whatever they say. But I do whatever I feel like doing."
Mu Lan burst into laughter. Yan Su came out and said, "She is definitely like me."
"She is." Mu Lan agreed.
Jing Sheng and Noel came out as well. Jing Sheng hugged her son and daughter-in-law. "I'm so glad that you are alright. I was so worried that you couldn't come to us, neither could we."
Mu Lan planned long ago to finish off her enemy when she would enter China. That's why she fell on Li Sheng's trap knowingly. If she knew that she would be pregnant, she wouldn't have done that.
However, she was pregnant and since her enemy was out there, she didn't leave China after she gave birth to her four rice balls. That's also a reason why she secretly contacted Mu Feng and others.
Now that her main enemy was dead, there wasn't any reason not to let the Mu Family come here. She also promised Ru Xin that she would hold the birthday party here and she didn't want to back down from it. It would be fun for everyone.
The host for whom she was going to hold the party here, still hadn't finished his mission. Yet, Mu Lan hoped that her big brother Xin would come to the party after completing his work.