Chapter 84: Mu Mu no longer has a home.
Mu Mu thought his face was tear-stained, making facial recognition impossible. He quickly wiped his face, cleaning away the tear stains, then looked at the video intercom again.
“Identification error, not registered in the system, please enter the password.”
Mu Mu didn’t believe it, and tried again, only to receive the same message. He pouted and tapped the numbers one by one.
“Incorrect password, please verify and re-enter.”
Mu Mu slowly typed a question mark. The password was 09261021. He and Yan Gui Xing changed it not long after he moved in; his birthday plus Yan Gui Xing’s birthday, it was correct.
Did he press the wrong number? Did he accidentally enter An An’s password?
Mu Mu puffed out his cheeks, focusing intently on the nine-grid numbers, pressing each digit slowly.
“Incorrect password, please verify and re-enter.”
After several more attempts, Mu Mu still got the wrong password.
His expression panicked, and after helplessly stomping his foot, he finally remembered what Yan Gui Xing had said: the small robot icon on the video intercom was connected to Xiao Ting, and pressing it would allow him to directly talk to Xiao Ting.
He hurriedly looked at the video intercom, found the small robot icon in the lower right corner, and pressed it.
After a long “drip,” instead of Xiao Ting’s voice, the machine voice sounded again: “The housekeeper robot is in sleep mode. Please wait for the housekeeper robot to restart.”
Mu Mu looked at the video intercom, stepped to the side, standing in front of the iron gate with a hollow peach heart design, looking at the familiar milky white villa not far away.
After a moment, he hung his head, walked back to the wall, leaned against the uneven wall, and squatted down, hugging the painting.
Time slipped away in the long wait, from bright sunshine to sunset glow, then to the high moon rising and streetlights illuminating. Mu Mu finally waited for Yan Gui Xing.
The hum of a car approached, the glaring headlights shining on the small figure by the wall.
Achi, the driver, recognized the small figure immediately, his heart trembled, and he subconsciously looked at Yan Gui Xing in the rearview mirror.
Achi could recognize him, and Yan Gui Xing had naturally recognized him long ago. His heart also trembled violently, followed by a stabbing pain. He had made all the arrangements, so why was the person still here?
Yan Gui Xing didn’t order him to stop, Achi dared not stop. He didn’t know what Yan Gui Xing’s plan was, but considering Mi Ya in the car, he still increased his speed.
But Mi Ya still saw the small figure squatting by the wall. She frowned and ordered, “Stop the car!”
Achi looked up at Yan Gui Xing, Yan Gui Xing took a deep breath and said coldly, “Achi, stop the car.”
The shiny black antique car stopped in front of Mu Mu, the harsh screech of brakes causing him to subconsciously raise his head.
The bright, dazzling headlights made his eyes unable to open, so he could only squint and raise his hand to shield his eyes. Through the gap, he saw Yan Gui Xing and Mi Ya get out of the car.
Mu Mu slowly stood up, but because he had been squatting for too long, his legs were numb, and when he stood up, his legs gave way, almost causing him to kneel on the ground.
He thought Yan Gui Xing would support him as before, but he didn’t. Yan Gui Xing stood in the darkness not far away, beside Mi Ya, motionless, watching him as if he were a stranger.
Mu Mu’s nose soured, hugging the painting, and stumbled towards Yan Gui Xing. When he reached Yan Gui Xing, he held out the painting with both hands, saying with grievance:
“Gui Gui, something’s wrong with the door at home; it won’t let Mu Mu in. Mu Mu can’t get in, so I can only wait outside. Mu Mu is so hungry and tired, will you hug Mu Mu?”
Yan Gui Xing lowered his eyes, his gaze falling on the trembling paper roll in Mu Mu’s hands. Just as he was about to take it, a slender jade hand intervened.
“What’s this?” Mi Ya snatched the painting from Mu Mu’s hands and opened it directly. The portrait became wrinkled like the paper itself, the wet paint smudged across the face and white clothes, looking like a mess at first glance.
“Goodness! What kind of garbage is this painting?!” Mi Ya exclaimed, throwing it away in disgust, as if discarding a piece of repulsive trash.
In Mi Ya’s eyes, it was indeed repulsive trash.
Seeing his gift to Yan Gui Xing thrown away by Mi Ya, Mu Mu rushed over with red eyes to pick it up, “This is a gift for Gui Gui! How could you throw it away!”
Seeing Mu Mu charging over like a small cannonball, Yan Gui Xing frowned, raised his hand, and stood between Mu Mu and Mi Ya.
Mu Mu stopped abruptly, looking at Yan Gui Xing in astonishment, as if he didn’t understand why he didn’t pick up the painting and why he was stopping him from picking it up.
Mi Ya looked at Yan Gui Xing sideways and asked coldly, “Didn’t you tell me to deal with him? Why is he still here? Why does he say this is his home? Yan Gui Xing, do you still remember how we talked?”
Yan Gui Xing was angered by Mi Ya’s arrogant attitude, but this was not the time to get angry with Mi Ya.
He suppressed his anger, making his expression even colder and gloomier. He looked at Mu Mu with this expression and said coldly.
“The reason you can’t come in is because this is not your home, it’s my home, Yan Gui Xing’s home.”
Mu Mu looked up at Yan Gui Xing in astonishment, tears sliding down his cheeks. He seemed to hear something break.
“But, but Gui Gui, didn’t you say you liked me? Didn’t you say that your home is Mu Mu’s home? Why?”
Half of Yan Gui Xing’s face was hidden in the darkness, making it impossible to see the expression in his eyes. Only the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a mocking smile, “Just kidding. If I didn’t say I liked you, would you, this little fool, obediently be my pet?”
“Pet?” Mu Mu widened his eyes at Yan Gui Xing, as if he didn’t understand what he was saying.
Seeing Mu Mu’s hurt expression, Yan Gui Xing felt heartache and reluctance, but with Mi Ya standing beside him, he steeled his heart, his words becoming even colder.
“Yes. A pet. A cat, a dog, a doll, anything is fine, as long as it’s an obedient pet.”
“Ah.” Mu Mu blinked, his words choked in his throat. He simply said nothing more, turning his head to look at the villa bathed in warm light.
Yan Gui Xing’s words were like knives cutting his heart, simultaneously shattering all the sweet and happy memories of the past.
After a few breaths, Mu Mu lowered his head and laughed self-deprecatingly.
Really, he was just a little slow, not really stupid. He knew how ill-suited he was to this magnificent villa and to General Yan Gui Xing.
Fortunately, it’s over. Mu Mu doesn’t have to be sad anymore.
It’s just, just that Mu Mu doesn’t have a home again.
Looking at the child who bowed his head, Yan Gui Xing felt the sadness emanating from him from head to toe, and his heart felt like it was being squeezed into a ball by a large hand.
He wanted to hug Mu Mu in his arms right now, tell him it was all false, that he was deceiving Mi Ya. But he couldn’t; things had come to this point, with the general election approaching; he couldn’t ruin everything.
It’s okay. Yan Gui Xing comforted himself. Mu Mu is soft-hearted and has a soft temper, very easy to coax. He can coax him back quickly.
He closed his eyes and said cruelly, “Achi, take the stray dog away; don’t let it be an eyesore here.”
Achi walked to Mu Mu, who was bowing his head. The words “little madam” were on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them down. Just as he was about to use a different term, he saw Mu Mu raise his head and look directly at Yan Gui Xing.
Those eyes were as clear and clean as ever, but they contained something that made Yan Gui Xing uneasy.
The image of the child squatting by the wall flashed in his mind. A few days ago, he had been squatting in the garden in the same posture.
At that time, they looked at each other across a glass window, and he saw understanding in Mu Mu’s eyes.
An absurd thought popped into Yan Gui Xing’s mind: Perhaps at that time, Mu Mu already knew something.
【Author’s Note】: Yan no longer has a wife! It’s time to chase his wife~ But Yan, this kind of gloomy person, will definitely not chase his wife properly…
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