Reborn?
Just like a phoenix rising from the ashes.
"You... Why are you crying!"
Mu Junze frowned tightly, his words tinged with a barely detectable impatience.
If it were in the past, Meng Nianchu would never have noticed. Choking back sobs, she looked up and traced Mu Junze's face bit by bit with her eyes.
She had always known Mu Junze's charm to women. In Binhai, he was the object of desire for all unmarried women. With his sharp and handsome features and his tall, slender build, leading the Mu Group only added to his allure.
As a result, this unattainable flower was plucked by her, Meng Nianchu. One could only imagine how many women secretly gnashed their teeth in envy, wishing they could take her place.
Meng Rong was just one of them.
"I'm fine."
Meng Nianchu lowered her head to hide her excitement.
Her evasive attitude only deepened the annoyance in Mu Junze's eyes. He was well aware of the strange state of Meng Nianchu's body last night and knew for sure that she had been set up by someone. But he just couldn't stop himself from being mean to her.
After each outburst, he only got angrier.
"Do whatever you want!"
With that, Mu Junze left her sight.
As soon as he was gone, Meng Nianchu slumped onto the bed, pulling the quilt over her head.
Sobs came from under the quilt. Meng Nianchu no longer held back and cried to her heart's content.
After crying out all her pent - up emotions, she got up from the bed but almost couldn't get out of it because of the soreness all over her body.
Meng Nianchu's eyes were filled with complex emotions. In her previous life, after being set up by Meng Rong and misunderstood by Mu Junze, their newly - wedded life had immediately entered a cold - war period.
Right, Meng Rong would come today!
Gritting her teeth, Meng Nianchu managed to get dressed neatly and walked downstairs from the bedroom. Her eyes were filled with intense hatred. She just wanted to beat Meng Rong to the ground right away!
Halfway down the stairs, she could already hear Meng Rong's uniquely soft and tender voice.
Looking slightly to the side, she saw Meng Rong following Mu Junze shyly, her eyes practically glued to him.
Meng Nianchu scoffed inwardly and deliberately made noise on the stairs as she walked step by step towards the living room on the first floor.
Hearing her, Meng Rong seemed to just remember her younger sister. She looked up and smiled at her, saying, "Nianchu, you're up? Come and have breakfast."
It was as if she, Meng Rong, was the mistress of the Mu family.
Meng Nianchu pinched her palm hard and forced a faint smile. "Sorry, I got up late. Make yourself at home. Don't be polite."
Well, anyone could say such words.
Sure enough, the smile on Meng Rong's face froze. Her big, moist eyes turned to Mu Junze, as if accusing Meng Nianchu.
Idiot!
Meng Nianchu thought to herself. Did Meng Rong really think someone like Mu Junze would deal with such a trivial problem? He simply ignored it!
On the long dining table in the dining room, the servants were serving various kinds of breakfast one after another. Meng Nianchu ignored Meng Rong and pulled out a chair to sit down on her own.
Mu Junze glanced at her and then sat down on one side.
Meng Rong was left standing awkwardly in the living room. But she had a thick skin and soon sat down as well.
Among the three of them, it was probably only Meng Nianchu who was really there for breakfast. After all, she had been exhausted last night and her stomach was empty.
There were Western sandwiches, toasted bread, bacon rolls, vegetable salads, etc., and Chinese red - date millet porridge, steamed buns, shaomai, wontons, etc. Meng Nianchu's hand first reached for the millet porridge.
After eating five steamed buns, a bowl of wontons, and a bowl of red - date millet porridge, Meng Nianchu wiped her mouth contentedly.
She gracefully put down the napkin and looked up to meet Meng Rong's confused gaze.
"Sister, why aren't you eating? It's so early for you to come here. You've worked hard. But do you have something to talk to me about?"
Of course, Meng Rong wasn't not hungry. She just wanted to maintain her image in front of Mu Junze. Hearing this, she blurted out, "I'm not here to see you..."
As soon as the words came out, she thought it was bad. She had blurted out her true thoughts. So she quickly tried to make up for it. "I'm worried about you. Hehe, just worried about you."
Meng Nianchu knew exactly what her real purpose was. First, she wanted to check on the situation between her and Mu Junze. Second, she probably wanted to get close to Mu Junze.
The spiked water was actually meant to make her make a fool of herself at the wedding so that Mu Junze would cancel it.
Taking a sip of the freshly squeezed orange juice brought by the servant, Meng Nianchu casually pulled her collar to the side, making sure the fresh hickey on her collarbone was visible.
Out of the corner of her eye, she watched Meng Rong. Sure enough, Meng Rong quickly noticed the hickey on her body. Her face instantly showed a twisted expression.
Having hit back at her, Meng Nianchu felt a little better. The orange juice in her mouth tasted especially sweet.
Throughout the whole process, Mu Junze, like a robot, expressionlessly put down his tableware, left a sentence "I'm going to the company," and then left the villa.
This Shangting Villa on Queen's Road was a wedding gift from the Mu family to the two of them. It was also the place where they lost their lives in the previous life.
Meng Nianchu didn't rush to explain her feelings. Instead, she calmly sat there and watched Meng Rong's act of missing Mu Junze.
She acted so well. She looked more like Mrs. Mu than Meng Nianchu herself.
When Mu Junze was out of sight, Meng Rong sighed, turned around, and was startled by Meng Nianchu's direct gaze. She inexplicably felt a little guilty, so she asked, "Junze is really not gentle with you. It's only the second day of your marriage, and he just leaves you at home and goes to the company. People who don't know might think something's wrong with you two."
In the previous life, Meng Rong always sowed discord in her ears. Meng Nianchu believed those words because of Mu Junze's cold attitude towards her.
However, in that big fire in the previous life, she finally knew that Mu Junze loved her. He proved it with his life.
So, Meng Nianchu was completely immune to Meng Rong's words and even found them funny.
She actually laughed out loud.
"You... Why are you laughing... Am I wrong..."
Meng Rong looked strange. She didn't understand why Meng Nianchu seemed to have changed overnight. Wasn't she always sensitive and suspicious?
"Sister, if Junze doesn't finish his work during the day, how can he come back to accompany me at night?"
Meng Nianchu deliberately made the words ambiguous, easily making Meng Rong think of Mu Junze's tall and strong build.
She immediately felt a breath stuck in her throat. Unable to hold it in, she then thought of something else. Suppressing her annoyance, she forced a smile. "Nianchu, how about that thing I told you last time? Have you thought it over?"
"Oh? What thing?"
Meng Nianchu put down her glass and asked casually.
What an attitude!
Meng Rong swallowed another breath of anger. "Star 100%. It'll be so boring for me to go alone. Please accompany me~~"
Meng Nianchu looked at her, her eyes filled with complex emotions. Only after a few seconds did she lower her eyes. "Oh, that. I'll think about it."
Such a casual answer naturally dissatisfied Meng Rong. She suddenly felt that the delicious food in front of her had lost all its appeal. To be exact, with one person missing from the villa, Meng Rong couldn't stay any longer.
She didn't get the answer she wanted and didn't want to see Meng Nianchu looking so lovesick. After saying a few words hastily, she left.