Muchuan And Xiang Wan

"Mom…"

They met each other"s gaze. When Tan Yunchun saw her daughter, her cheeks were soon streaked with tears.

The nurse was beside them, and when she saw that, she quickly reminded them gently.

Her mom should not experience drastic mood swings in view of her condition. She had to maintain a steady, stable mood.

Xiang Wan also remembered what the doctor had told them as well. "Mom," she quickly showed a smile, "you"ve become a kid now that you woke up? You"re even crying."

She held onto her mom"s hands and smiled where she revealed two rows of white teeth. It was as though she had not experienced this painful period of hards.h.i.+p. "Mom, no more crying! Otherwise, I"m gonna laugh at you for the rest of my life."

Her mom could not speak for now. She could only nod her head slightly.

"Do close your eyes and rest for a little while. I"ll call up Youngest aunt. She"s really worried about you."

Her mom sniffled and nodded her head.

"Good!"

Xiang Wan stuck out her tongue playfully before calling her Youngest aunt, and then Fang Yuanyuan as well as her Eldest aunt to tell them about the good news.

Next, she hesitated a little before sending Bai Muchuan about this.

"It"s your turn to congratulate me now! My mom has awakened."

When they messaged each other for the past few days, Bai Muchuan would also ask how her mom was doing. Xiang Wan knew he was always worried about her.

Sure enough, when Bai Muchuan received the good news, he immediately replied.

"That"s great news! Little Xiang Wan, congratulations."

"Thank you, Bai Muchuan!"

"There you go again! Try being so polite again?"

"Okay, I won"t be so polite then. You… are you alright? Earlier on, I feel that you don"t seem to be in a good mood?"

"I"m alright. Just miss you a lot, little pumpkin."

"I miss you too, big pumpkin!"

"… Naughty!"

The two of them bantered with each other and ended the conversation.

Xiang Wan waited for Youngest aunt, Fang Yuanyuan, and Eldest aunt to arrive so as to celebrate her mom"s awakening.

At the Capital.

The sky was cloudy as though a storm might be coming soon.

Bai Muchuan was sitting alone in his office. Then he put down his mobile phone and looked silently at the personnel appointment letters on the desk.

On the list of appointments of the civil police officers was a name—Cheng Xin.

Gender: Female

Age: 26 years old

Graduated from Police Academy specializing in Criminal Investigation Studies with a Master"s degree.

Impressive resume, pretty face—she was a working partner he had to accept by crook or by hook.

However, there was another name in the list of appointments that could offer him some comfort.

SWAT/Operations Team Captain: Quan Shaoteng.

Under his persistence, between Quan Shaoteng and Bai Muxuan, Quan Shaoteng was finally chosen for the transfer.

…

Organizational relations.h.i.+ps have always been intertwined.

Somehow, he felt a little irritated. He got up and walked over to the window.

Outside the window, he saw some yellowish golden leaves falling due to a gust of wind, and the yellowish golden hue added some color to the scenery.

He pushed the window open and lit a cigarette.

…

When his mobile phone rang, his cigarette had burned about half of its length.

Bai Muchuan turned for a look at the mobile phone on the table.

He snuffed out the cigarette unhurriedly, sat down at his seat, and picked up the call. "h.e.l.lo!

The one who called him was Cheng Weiji.

"Cheng Xin will be reporting for work tomorrow. She just started work and has little work experience. You need to take care of her and guide her along…"

"How do you want me to guide her?" Bai Muchuan sneered, "Hand-holding?"

His counter-question left Cheng Weiji speechless.

After a while, he puffed a sigh. "Chuanzi, I know you resent me…"

"You are my boss," interrupted Bai Muchuan, "if it"s about work, of course, I will guide her along. If it"s about private matters, I"m sorry I don"t have so much energy to take care of female comrades…"

"Chuanzi…"

"If there"s nothing else, I"ll hang up now."

"That"s what your father wanted. You are not young anymore. Little Xin is a good girl, I"ve watched her grown up…"

"I have a girlfriend already."

When Bai Muchuan said that, he suddenly licked his gums—a wicked laugh appeared on his face.

"Besides, your son"s still single. Why don"t you ask him to take care of her?"

"You…" Cheng Weiji certainly sounded angered, but at the next moment, he softened. "How can you talk in this way? They"re like siblings."

After letting out a sneer, Bai Muchuan decided to end the call. "If there"s nothing else," he said indifferently, "I"m hanging up."

"Alright, do work hard," sighed Cheng Weiji. "The leaders valued the establishment of Serious Crime Division One. That was why they negotiated with the military to transfer a team from Red Thorn…"

"Isn"t that just a word of approval from Bai Zhenhua?"

"… You… that"s your father."

"Is it? Alright," Bai Muchuan spoke indifferently, "hanging up now."

…

He hung his head low as he sat there for half an hour.

Bai Muchuan left his office and drove back to the Bai Residence.

After standing at the entrance for a moment, he composed himself and pushed the door.

"Ah, Young Master Bai is back?"

Nanny Li was alone in the living room. When she saw him, she welcomed him with a big smile.

"Madam has been talking about you the whole day. I"ll go let her know that you"re back. She"ll be elated."

When Nanny Li was very young, she was employed to serve Grandma Bai who was still the young Mrs. Bai at that point in time. Hence, sometimes, due to habit, she would use the form of address "Madam" on Grandma Bai. The "Madam" she referred to was, most of the time, Grandma Bai and not Bai Zhenhua"s wife—Zhu Xueyan[Mrs. Bai].

Bai Muchuan stopped her.

"Nanny Li, let"s go up together."

"Yes, sure. I"m too happy for Madam. Young Master Bai, after you."

Bai Muchuan nodded his head and walked in front. "How"s grandma"s health for the past few days?"

Nanny Li rubbed her hands. "Well… quite alright."

Bai Muchuan"s expression seemed to sink. "I want the truth."

Nanny Li was a little afraid of him. Her shoulders seemed to shrink a little when she heard that. "Her condition has been stable recently. Just that, she couldn"t remember people and things…" As she said so, she took a peek at Bai Muchuan. "She may have forgotten a lot of people, but she never forgot you even once."

Grandma Bai was very old after all, her body functions were deteriorating, and she would fall sick every two to three days. Her legs were also getting weaker as well. A few years ago, she contracted Alzheimer"s disease, commonly known as Senile Dementia. Her memory started to fail horribly and could not even remember her own kid.

However, the strange thing was, she always remembered Bai Muchuan.

If she did not see him for a period of time, she would nag about wanting to see him.

Bai Muchuan had been very busy recently. He usually stayed in his own apartment in the downtown area and seldom came back to the Bai Residence.

After hearing Nanny Li"s words, he felt his footsteps heavier.

Grandma Bai just woke up from her afternoon nap. "Nanny Li, Nanny Li…"

Nanny Li had been serving her for decades. She was also someone Grandma Bai trusted and was very familiar with. She would always think of Nanny Li whenever she woke up.

"Yes, I"m right here." Nanny Li made a quick dash to open the door with a smile. "Madam, look who"s here?"

Grandma Bai looked up slowly and was delighted to see Bai Muchuan.

"Aiyo, my grandson is back."

Bai Muchuan"s heavy heart relaxed at that moment. "Grandma, I"m back."

"Good, good! My grandson is filial to me."

Grandma Bai laughed and stretched herself to see if there was anyone behind him. "Where"s your girlfriend? Why isn"t she together with you?"

Bai Muchuan remained silent. "…"

He didn"t know why Grandma Bai asked about this and didn"t know what to say for a moment.

"I heard from your dad yesterday that they found you a girlfriend!" Grandma Bai looked at Bai Muchuan, perplexed. "I"ve been waiting for a day, why didn"t you bring her back to let Grandma have a look?"

Found him a girlfriend?

Bai Muchuan"s heart sank and he held onto Grandma Bai"s hands.

"Grandma, my girlfriend is still in Jin City… She might not be able to come to the Capital for a period of time."

He paused for a moment to look at Nanny Li, wearing a cool smile. "Didn"t Nanny Li tell you about it the last time?"

"She told me before? Oh, looks like… I forgot again," murmured Grandma Bai, "I think I"m muddled-headed lately. I can"t remember a lot of things… am I sick again?"

Although one was sick, one would also know what was happening.

Bai Muchuan sighed quietly inside his head. "It"s alright," he nodded, "you"ll recover in no time."

Grandma Bai simply doted on this grandson of hers. She would be glad just to see him and did not bother much about her illness. Her face was full of smiling wrinkles, and she recalled something again.

"Chuanchuan ah, you got to hurry and bring back your girlfriend. Let grandma have a good look at her."

"Hm." Bai Muchuan nodded his head.

"Chuanchuan ah, you must hurry up!" In Grandma Bai"s cloudy eyes, there was sadness. "I"ve been dreaming about your late grandpa… He told me he"s lonely and wanted me to hurry up and accompany him… Chuanchuan ah, grandma"s worried if I"m gone, I won"t be able to see you get married."

"Grandma, what are you talking about? Didn"t you tell me before you wanted to help take care of my kid in the future?"

"You"re right." Grandma Bai thought for a moment. "Hmm… maybe you help to burn more pretty girls[joss paper] for your late grandpa?"

"…"

"Let them accompany your grandpa for the time being. I"ll also tell him not to bother me as I still want to wait for the day I can carry my great-grandchildren…"

"…"

Bai Muchuan"s lips twitched. He was suppressing his laughter and did not laugh as Grandma Bai did not seem to be joking. He could only calm down and ask Nanny Li a question.

"Earlier on, Grandma talked about that. What happened?"

Nanny Li was a little awkward.

By right, she should not interfere in matters relating to her employer.

"Erm… Mr. Bai talked to Madam about this last night. He mentioned about getting related to the Cheng Family via marriage and told Madam that Miss Cheng"s not bad…"

Hmph! It"s really him.

All these years, the Bai Family never cared about him and let him do whatever he wanted. Why the sudden meddling in his marriage?

Bai Muchuan"s eyebrows squished together in an agonized frown and looked toward Grandma Bai, heaving a helpless sigh.

"Grandma, someone is bullying your grandson…"

What! This is serious! Grandma Bai"s face immediately turned dark the moment she heard that.

"Who"s the one with such monstrous audacity? Tell grandma about it, I"ll help you!"

Bai Muchuan raised an eyebrow and said in a tone as though he had suffered injustice. "It"s Bai Zhenhua, your son… He refused to let me bring my girlfriend to see you and wanted to find another woman for me… But grandma, you"ve taught me before that men shouldn"t be fickle in one"s affection, s.h.i.+lly-shally, capricious, and forsake after dallying… right?"

"Ah?!" Grandma Bai was a little confused. "Chuanchuan ah, just now you said dally?"

This is not the main point!

Bai Muchuan looked at her with a guilty look. "Not far from it."

"Hmph! Your dad"s such a fool." Grandma Bai"s really angry now. She spoke in a grave and earnest manner as her hands squeezed the wheelchair. "Your late grandpa was so manly and righteous. That was why he managed to marry a beautiful woman like me… and gave birth to Bai Zhenhua that monkey."

"…"

"This is so unexpected, I never expect that… this Bai Zhenhua will forget all these core values. When he comes back, Grandma will help you teach him a lesson."

"Grandma, I know you love me the most." Bai Muchuan held Grandma Bai"s hands and had a look of grat.i.tude. "I"ll leave the matter to your hands then. I need to go now."

"Go? Your home is here, where are you going?"

"I still have work in the afternoon. Besides…" Bai Muchuan lowered his head. "If Bai Zhenhua sees me, he"ll get angry and shout at me again. I don"t want to stay here."

"What!?" Grandma was a little taken aback. "Chuanchuan ah, does he still hit you?"

"…"

Bai Muchuan"s eyes darkened.

"No. Grandma, I need to get going now. I"ll come to see you again."

He let go of Grandma Bai"s hands and told Nanny Li to take good care of her and left in a haste.

Grandma Bai looked at the back of her grandson with a lot of heartache and bitterness.

"… Hurry up, call that Bai Zhenhua to come see me right now! He dare bully my grandson?"

Nanny Li sighed with unease. "…"