Publishedat 11th of October 2019 05:41:32 AMChapter 714
"If I wanted to harm you, you would long cease existing in this world . "
What did he mean by that?!
She understood a few points .
First, this man was so powerful he could crush her effortlessly .
Second, this man held the door to her destiny – enough to be capable of ordering her death .
Third, this man, at least for now, was not her enemy . As for whether he was a friend or foe, that was something to be decided later .
Her restless heart calmed down a little . She sat on the sofa and carefully observed him and his every move in secret .
By the time the man finished his cup of tea, fifteen minutes had already pa.s.sed, yet he was still in no hurry to talk .
It was unknown if he was purposely keeping her in suspense, but he proceeded to pour himself another cup of tea and sample it unhurriedly .
Advertis.e.m.e.nt Even after drinking three cups of tea in succession, he did not say a word to break the silence .
In this suffocating silence, she was practically sitting on pins and needles . Seeing that he had drunk his third cup of tea and was about to pour his fourth, she lost her patience and carefully opened her mouth . “You are…”
“Young people are really impatient . It took you only three cups of tea to lose your patience . ”
The middle-aged man snorted, apparently dissatisfied with her impatience .
“You… Were you the sender of that mail?” She carefully worded her words politely .
Inside, she was a little in awe of this man .
He smiled faintly and opened his mouth to remind her . “In accordance to seniority, you should be calling me "fourth uncle"!”
“Fourth uncle?”
She was nonplussed . Suddenly, she jerked on her seat .
Fourth uncle?
Was that…
Mu Lianjue?!
Her grandpa had a third wife . In this rank, Mu Liancheng was second and the third wife"s son, Mu Lianjue, was fourth .
It was just that Old Mu had always put emphasis on legitimacy .
This man was a b*stard; thus, he, together with his mother, lived in the Mu residence in the south of the capital .
Speaking of the Mu residence, there were five mansions in total .
The main residence of the Mu was, of course, located at the heart of the capital while the rest were in the north, south, east, west respectively . The four branch mansions housed the four b*stards and other collateral relatives of the Mu .
Only the direct descendants were qualified to live in the main residence .
Fourth uncle . Could this man be Mu Lianjue?
She pondered on this for a moment before she tentatively voiced out his name . “Mu… Lianjue?”
“Impudent!” His face changed as he shoved the cup of tea on the table . With a bang , the tea splashed everywhere, startling her .
His eagle eyes pierced into her . With a livid face, he berated, “Are you qualified to call me by my name directly? You don"t know any courtesy!”
She promptly bowed her head in guilt . “I apologize! I don"t know any etiquette . Fourth uncle… H-h.e.l.lo, fourth uncle!”
This man was definitely Mu Lianjue .
She suddenly recalled seeing him in the Mu family portrait . In it, this man was standing to the left of her grandfather .
At the time the portrait was made, this man"s face was still young; hence, she failed to recognize him for a moment .
The anger in his face had yet to ebb . “Unseemly . ”
“I was in the wrong, fourth uncle . This is my first time meeting you in person . Your presence overwhelmed me, so I was accidentally discourteous . Please forgive me!” She offered her sincere apology and put forth the good etiquette she had learned as a member of the Mu family .
She had heard that Mu Lianjue was a vicious character .
She did not dare to offend him so easily .