From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 874 - 870: Blushing with Shyness (Third Update)
Mu Shuangshuang approached full of momentum, and Mrs. Lin quickly retreated, seeming somewhat afraid of Mu Shuangshuang.
After a few interactions, Mrs. Lin somewhat understood Mu Shuangshuang’s temper, knowing she couldn’t confront Mu Shuangshuang head-on; if she accidentally angered her, she might end up getting beaten here.
Mrs. Lin squeezed out a particularly unpleasant smile and said to Mu Shuangshuang, "Shuang, please don’t look at me like that. After all, I’m your second aunt.
Just... you... for the sake of us being family, please don’t get involved in this matter."
Mrs. Lin tried to appear as someone easy to negotiate with, but those constantly twirling fox-like eyes betrayed her.
Mu Shuangshuang slightly pursed the corners of her mouth and said, "It seems I didn’t hear the second aunt say that just now. The second aunt seemed to say we were kicked out by the Old Mu Family—worthless trash!"
Mrs. Lin jerked her body, chuckled awkwardly, "I was just joking around, besides, I was just disciplining my own daughter. Whose family matters would they be willing for others to interfere in?"
Her words carried a hint of resentment towards Mu Dashan meddling.
Receiving this message, Mu Dashan’s face blushed slightly, feeling a bit embarrassed himself.
But upon reconsidering, Mu Qingqing is his niece; if he were to ignore seeing his niece get beaten, he couldn’t justify himself as the third uncle.
"Second aunt, don’t act like others enjoy intervening, would my dad have stepped in to stop you if you hadn’t beaten someone on the street?
If you’re not concerned about your reputation, our unmarried girls in the Old Mu Family still need to maintain theirs.
If others find out you beat Qingqing sister publicly, those who don’t know might think Qingqing sister has poor character. And as this spreads further, what would others think of the Old Mu Family’s other members?"
Mu Shuangshuang’s words seemed somewhat tenuous; Mrs. Lin could discipline anyone freely, as long as it wasn’t someone from the third branch.
If it weren’t for Mu Dashan stepping in today, she wouldn’t have jumped off the ox cart to meddle in this matter.
Her actions were merely to prevent Mu Dashan from being bullied.
"If you don’t want to see me discipline this little brat, then I won’t!" Mrs. Lin mumbled a few words reluctantly.
But in her heart, she plans to make Mu Qingqing kneel and apologize when they return to the Old Mu Family.
Seeing that it’s enough, Mu Shuangshuang helped Mu Dashan onto the ox cart.
Seeing this, Mrs. Lin quickly said, "Shuang, give me a ride, will you? My old back has been walking all day; it hurts a lot!"
"Second aunt, the cart is full, you should walk back." Mu Shuangshuang lifted her eyelids, directly refusing.
She was unwilling to give a ride to a backstabber who constantly plotted behind her.
"Come on, as a senior, with so many juniors on your ox cart, you could have someone walk back for me, it’s not like it will hurt."
Mrs. Lin insisted, while her eyes fixed on the place where Xiao Han and Yuanbao sat, preparing to shove the two little kids onto the ground.
Mu Shuangshuang noticed Mrs. Lin’s intention, waved her hand in disdain, just in time to hit Mrs. Lin’s hand reaching towards Yuanbao and Xiao Han, and shouted to Lu Yuanfeng:
"Fengzi, let’s go!"
Lu Yuanfeng waved the whip in his hand, and the ox moved again.
As the ox cart wheels moved, it kicked up dust from the ground.
The flying dust swept towards Mrs. Lin’s face, causing her to cough until tears nearly fell out, and by the time she cleaned her eyes, the people from the third branch were nowhere to be seen.
"Well, Mu Shuangshuang, you little bitch! Don’t let me see you again, or I’ll beat you to death!"
Mrs. Lin cursed at the entrance of the town for the duration of a stick of incense.
Mu Qingqing found that those who were with her had left.
She walked out of the town with a cold face.
The injuries on her body and hands reminded Mu Qingqing that this issue between her and her mother was far from over!
Mrs. Lin caught up to Mu Qingqing, cursing incessantly, but unlike before, Mu Qingqing didn’t stop at all.
She walked forward alone.
After a while, a carriage passed by from behind, and Mrs. Lin recognized it as Mu Dade’s carriage; she waved her hand at the people inside the carriage, shouting, "Big brother, stop, it’s Xiao Zao!"
Having waved for ages, all she encountered was dust, nothing else.
Inside the carriage, Ruan Xiao Jiao heard Mrs. Lin’s voice and couldn’t help but ask seeing Mu Dade not stopping the carriage, "Brother Dade, why didn’t you give Gou Dan’s mother a ride back? She’s chasing our carriage, and I saw Qing too."
Mu Dade opened his eyes, lifted the curtain, and saw the people still chasing after his carriage, scoffing.
"Old second’s wife likes to take advantage of others, and she’s cunning. I don’t want her polluting your eyes.
In the future, when you see her, pretend as if you didn’t. Even if she comes to our home, don’t acknowledge her."
Mu Dade was basically giving Ruan Xiao Jiao a heads up with these words.
Ruan Xiao Jiao listened and blushed.
She buried her head into Mu Dade’s chest.
"Brother Dade, I knew you were good to me. It wasn’t wasted that I told the County Magistrate there was a death in my family requiring me to come back to mourn!"
At this point, only Mu Dade and Ruan Xiao Jiao were in the carriage; in the village, they had to be discreet, but outside the village, they could do whatever they pleased.
Mu Dade’s hand grew increasingly inappropriate, gently pressing on Ruan Xiao Jiao’s chest, full of infatuation.
In Mu Dade’s eyes, as long as he’s with Ruan Xiao Jiao, he felt an inexplicable thrill.
Ruan Xiao Jiao’s husband was the highest official in the county—the County Magistrate.
In front of outsiders, he had to be deferential to the County Magistrate, but secretly, he could treat the Magistrate’s woman however he wanted.
Mu Dade was basking in pleasure, exceedingly delighted.
His actions grew even more unrestrained.
After a while, sounds distinct from any other could be heard from the carriage, making even bones tingle with weakness.
Listening to the sounds from inside, the carriage driver got goosebumps all over.
He was almost tempted to lift the curtain for a peek.
Afterwards, Ruan Xiao Jiao lay in Mu Dade’s arms, with Mu Dade’s face full of satisfaction.
He said, "Jiaojiao, during New Year’s Eve dinner, just come and have it at our place! I don’t want to be apart from you."
"No way, during such an important occasion, if I go, it would raise suspicions." Ruan Xiao Jiao shook her head.
"No worries, just have your parents go to your grandfather and grandmother’s house, with no one at your home. Coming to my place for New Year’s is totally reasonable, right?" Mu Dade explained.
Ruan Xiao Jiao agreed.
The two lingered for a while, finally arriving at Er Gui Village.
Mrs. Jin was joyfully waiting at the courtyard gate for Mu Dade, but instead saw the bashful Ruan Xiao Jiao stepping out of the carriage.
Following her womanly intuition, Mrs. Jin felt there was something unspeakable going on between her husband and Ruan Xiao Jiao!
