Chapter 1079 Affection and Loyalty 4
While they looked eye to eye, the stifled air seemed to experience another faint sliver of warmth.
Moments after that, he silently lowered his gaze. His dim eyes looked out of the window, and when Xi Xiaye followed his gaze, he realized that the night sky outside was a little gloomy. Over the vast and still horizon hung a very dull moon.
Xi Xiaye waited for a long while, but he did not say anything. She was stunned for a moment. Then, she looked up and fixed her eyes on him. After a while, he looked at her again and said in a low voice, “What should I do then?”
When she heard that, the pain from the bottom of her heart was even more intense. She sat down close to him and put an arm over him.
Mu Yuchen paused but did not reject her as he laid down with his head on her thigh. “I’ll be fine after a while. Grandmother used to love me the most. A lot of my thoughts from over the years were influenced by her. She’s not just a grandmother to me.” His tone sounded very gloomy and wrought with sadness.
“Grandmother was really good to me. Apart from Grandpa, she’s the second elder who cared the most about me. I’m shakened and saddened by her sudden departure. Perhaps this is just the will of Heaven. Maybe she was rushing to find an answer too, so she went to look for Aunt. Alright, let’s not talk about it anymore. You look tired. Just get a good night’s sleep. All will be better when you wake up.”
Mu Yuchen did not answer after that and just silently shut his eyes.
Xi Xiaye supported him up with all her might and let him sleep comfortably in her arms as she pulled a thin blanket from the side to cover him with.
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“Master Qi, big news!”
Inside Qi Lei’s villa in the Grand Lake Villa area, Qi Lei had just kept away all the doc.u.ments and was about to fall asleep when Yang Sheng suddenly rushed over anxiously.
“What is it? You look disorderly.” Qi Lei’s head was still heavy right now. Dongfang Liuyun was just marvelous! How could a woman’s tolerance for drinks be so high?!
Yang Sheng took a few deep breaths and walked up in huge strides. His expression looked solemn as he said in a lowered voice, “Master Qi, something happened on Master Mu’s end! Elder Madam Mu has pa.s.sed away!”
“What did you say? Who pa.s.sed away?” Qi Lei immediately frowned as he looked at Yang Sheng in shock, thinking that he had heard wrongly.
“Elder Madam Mu! Master Mu and Miss Xiaye’s grandmother! She suddenly pa.s.sed away this afternoon!” Yang Sheng repeated.
A momentary blankness flashed in Qi Lei’s head and he was in a daze for a long while before he sat down on the sofa behind him in bewilderment. Soon, he looked up at Yang Sheng. “What happened? Is this true?”
Yang Sheng quickly nodded. “It’s true. It definitely is, Master Qi! Elder Madam Mu had a sudden heart attack this afternoon. When she was sent to the hospital, it was already too late and they couldn’t save her. Master Mu already informed Li Si and the rest to lock down this news for now to avoid unnecessary panic. It was when Li Si called me earlier that I found out about it. In fact, even Su Chen and Zhou Zimo rushed over to the Maple Residence in the evening, so it must be true!”
When Qi Lei heard that, his expression darkened. “How did that happen? How come it happened so suddenly? How did she suddenly get a heart attack? Hasn’t Elder Madam Mu always been quite healthy?”
Yang Sheng shook his head. “I’m not too sure about it either, but I think that the people at the Mu family must be heartbroken. I heard that Elder Chairman Mu fell. The Sus and the Zhous rushed over too I think by tomorrow, news about this will leak, so Li Si is busy making the funeral arrangements.”
Qi Lei fell quiet for a long while. Finally, he breathed in and then nodded. “Got it. I’ll go to visit Maple Residence tomorrow. You go over and help out. See if there’s anything Li Si needs.”
Life was impermanent. Who would have thought that the healthy and talkative w.a.n.g Hui would leave them that day?
Qi Lei still found it hard to wrap his head around it. His mind seemed to blank out. He wanted to call Mu Yuchen to confirm it, but when he picked up his phone to take a look, he realized that it was already late at night. In fact, it might not be a good time to call him then, so he could only wait until tomorrow morning when he went over a visit.
Yang Sheng thought about it, then continued to tell Qi Lei, “Alright, Master Qi! Oh, right, a few hours ago we received news that Miss Gu’s mother, Doris, has come to City Z. Miss Gu and Master Feng went to fetch her themselves. CEO Qi even prepared dinner at home, but Doris rejected it and went back straight to the old mansion with her bodyguards without giving Qi Feng any face.”
“Doris?” Qi Lei muttered softly. He nodded. “She should be back already. After all, it’s going to be Qi Feng and Lingsha’s wedding soon. As Lingsha’s mother, she should be attending, but why wasn’t it Gu Qiwu who picked her up?”
Qi Lei knew that Gu Qiwu had been staying in City Z. Sometimes, he would also help Qi Feng and Gu Lingsha with the wedding. Since it was a huge occasion for the Qis and the Gus to be connected by marriage, it would probably cause quite a stir in City Z. Were they not getting Xi Xinyi to do some high-profile promotion of their wedding? Even the guest list consisted mostly of big shots, so you could tell that Qi Qiming had really gone all in this time.
“Gu Qiwu seems to have returned to City B two days ago, probably to handle some company matters.”
“Mmm, get someone to watch out for them. Go home first. Tomorrow we’ll go and see how things are like on Li Si’s end.” Qi Lei then got up a little wearily.
“Alright. Well, Master Qi, get some rest too,” Yang Sheng said before leaving.
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The next morning, Mu Yuchen woke up on Xi Xiaye’s lap, his head feeling like a ton of bricks. After a while, he relaxed, then carried Xi Xiaye, who was still asleep, back to the room and onto their bed before he washed up.
When he went downstairs, Ah Mo and Zhou Zimo were there. Su Chen and Ji Zitong were at the old Mu residence instead.
“Bro!”
“Chen!”
When they saw Mu Yuchen’s figure appearing at the top of the staircase, the two of them immediately got up and looked worriedly at him.
Mu Yuchen picked up his steps and walked over as he pointed to the sofa. “Have a seat. Why are you two here so early?” As he spoke, he was already at the bottom of the stairs and walking over to the sofa.
“Bro, are you okay?” Ah Mo and Zhou Zimo exchanged a look and asked worriedly.
Mu Yuchen sat down slowly on the sofa. Behind him, Sis w.a.n.g was bringing over freshly steeped tea.