Be Careful, Scum Dad! Mommy Is Back!-Chapter 171 - He Went Back to Yunqiao Village with

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: He Went Back to Yunqiao Village with Her

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: He Went Back to Yunqiao Village with Her

Lu Xining rested at the hotel for two days.

During that time, Ji Muye came to knock on her door multiple times, but he was always stopped by Fu Junhang, and all the meals were delivered directly to her room.

Luckily, Lu Xining herself knew a bit of medical knowledge.

With the combination of the special spray and her own massage, the condition of her ankle improved by the third day.

On the day the Redwood Resort plot was to be auctioned.

The land grantor invited all bidders to participate, and Lu Xining, Ji Muye, and Zhou Jiawang were seated together.

The bid evaluation panel reviewed the tender documents, and after several rounds of intense competition, the ultimate winner was the company backed by Lu Xining.

Both Ji Muye and Zhou Jiawang were surprised.

It wasn’t a matter of their modesty, but rather Lu Xining had genuinely won the bid on her own merits.

Once the follow-up contents were publicized, and the related documents and contracts signed, Lu Xining’s plan to cultivate medicinal herbs on the plot could be orderly laid out.

Her mood had clearly been very good for these two days.

Not only had she won the bid for the Redwood Resort plot, but the seeds sent to the ZN lab were also confirmed to be viable for cultivation.

After the bidding ended, people from other companies gradually left Fuxian.

Lu Xining wanted to visit Yunqiao Village again to pay homage to her grandmother.

Fu Junhang originally wanted to accompany her, but his adoptive father happened to encounter some issues abroad that he needed to attend to in person.

“Monkey, I’m fine.”

“I just want to go by myself to pay homage to grandma, you don’t have to worry, I won’t run into trouble.”

“Cheng Cang is still recovering in the hospital, you take care of your business with peace of mind, I’ll be heading back to Jingzhou tomorrow.”

Lu Xining wanted to drive back alone, but Fu Junhang, who was worried, arranged for bodyguards to accompany her back to Yunqiao Village.

Little did she know…

There were cars following behind her, one after another.

Before returning to Yunqiao Village, Zhou Jiawang came to say goodbye; he was heading back to Port City to personally ask his grandmother and mother why they did what they did to Lu Xining back then, why they forced her to leave.

“Ningning.”

He wanted to apologize to her but didn’t know how to start.

Perhaps the wounds of the past had already scabbed over, and if he were to suddenly apologize, wouldn’t that be tearing open her wounds again?

Zhou Jiawang always looked at her with a gentle gaze, his voice clear and mellow, the softest of all the voices Lu Xining had ever heard.

If an apology had a shape, it would probably look like Zhou Jiawang at that moment, and Lu Xining’s grip on the doorknob tightened.

“Have a safe journey.”

Zhou Jiawang nodded, “Take care of yourself, and call me whenever you need. My number is…”

He believed that given Lu Xining’s memory, she would effortlessly remember the number he reported, but whether she’d be willing to contact him was something Zhou Jiawang had no assurance of.

Silence spread between the two.

The air outside Lu Xining’s room door seemed to solidify into quietness.

Zhou Jiawang’s luggage was already packed, and his car was waiting downstairs; he could leave this remote town at any moment.

Yet, because she was here, his heart was entangled with an indescribable pull, and his feet did not move.

Lu Xining was acutely aware of Zhou Jiawang’s stubborn presence; she sighed inwardly, looked up, tugged at the corner of her mouth, and took the initiative to break the current deadlock.

“Alright, I’ve got it. I’ll contact you if I need to. It’s getting late, you should leave soon.”

Zhou Jiawang raised a smile as refreshing as a spring breeze, “I’ll wait for you.”

At that moment, Ji Muye across the hall opened his door, seeing the two of them share a knowing smile.

He watched Lu Xining with an expressionless face.

She, even without looking at Ji Muye, could feel the coldness emanating from him and his gaze that lingered on her face.

Lu Xining resolutely refrained from looking his way and immediately closed the door after saying goodbye to Zhou Jiawang.

And Ji Muye did not come over to knock.

Inside the house, her luggage was almost packed, and Lu Xining finished the last of her tidying up before she left the hotel.

She drove alone towards Yunqiao Village.

A little over two hours later.

Lu Xining returned to her house, which she hadn’t seen in several months, where the sofa and carpet in the living room had all been replaced.

When she left last time, Fu Junhang had purposely left two people to clean and to ensure the house didn’t look unoccupied, deterring anyone in the village from getting ideas.

“Miss Lu, the rooms have been cleaned daily, you can go upstairs to rest first, I’ll start preparing dinner now.”

Lu Xining nodded, “Thank you for your hard work.”

She went back to the study upstairs where Ji Chao’s and Ji Ze’s toys were still scattered. Picking up a toy car from the desk, she was deep in thought.

Although it had only been a few short months, Lu Xining felt as if ages had passed. Her relationship with the two children had warmed and grown much closer, and their dependence on her had increased.

Her cellphone vibrated, a video call invitation from Jing Zheng.

Lu Xining didn’t hesitate to answer immediately.

As soon as the video connected, she was greeted by three smiling faces crowding in front of the camera. The siblings called out “Mommy” the moment they saw her.

In the background, Jing Zheng was lounging on the sofa with his legs crossed, cracking sunflower seeds, while Little Dumpling’s favorite cartoons played on the TV.

“Mommy, mommy.”

Lu Nuonuo called out to her like a repeater.

Lu Xining’s heart softened, “Mommy’s here, Nuonuo, what did you play with brother today?”

Little Dumpling immediately picked up a newly opened blind box from the coffee table and held it up to the phone for Lu Xining to see, “Unboxing dolls~”

Ji Chao added, “Mommy, brother and I got sister some blind boxes, with lots of little dolls inside. We’ve unboxed half of them already, and each one is different. Sister really likes them.”

“You guys are awesome,” Lu Xining praised them with a smile.

The phone was left propped against the back of a chair on the sofa, and the three kids climbed onto the sofa, chattering and demonstrating how to unbox the blind boxes.

“Wow! It’s the secret version!”

Ji Ze couldn’t contain his excitement and jumped up.

Little Dumpling didn’t understand what a secret version was but seeing it was a different new doll, she happily hugged Ji Ze, rubbing her cheek against his clothes, “Brother is awesome!”

Ji Ze immediately hugged her back, promising earnestly, “Nuonuo, brother will unbox a new one for you, I will complete the whole set for you!”

As they opened each blind box, they showed it to Lu Xining, until all the boxes were unboxed.

Ji Chao and Ji Ze were a bit disappointed as they were three models short of a complete set, but Little Dumpling kissed each of them on the cheek.

“Brother is super amazing!”

“Awesome～”

“Give brother candy, uncle bought it～”

The signs of disappointment vanished from the brothers’ faces with Little Dumpling’s lavish praise and coddling.

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Ji Chao smiled bashfully, saying, “Nuonuo, brother will buy you more tomorrow.”

Little Dumpling cutely nodded, “Okay, I’ll wait for brother.”

As Lu Xining chatted with the three children, she went to draw the curtains. The clear blue sky from just before was now covered with dark clouds.

Large raindrops began pattering against the windowpane.

She had just tugged the curtains aside when a casual glance outside revealed a black Maybach parked not far from the house.

The car was familiar.

It looked a lot like the one Ji Muye drove.

Lu Xining opened the curtains wider to get a better look, but the car was parked too far away to see the license plate from the study.

She went to the master bedroom, where she could clearly see the license plate and also the man sitting in the driver’s seat.

…It was indeed Ji Muye.

Lu Xining was perplexed; what was he doing in Yunqiao Village?