Chapter 432: Chapter 432
"Yuhua, you don’t need to try and cheer me up. You’re holding everything in your hands; how could you not be leaving?"
Mr. Mu simply didn’t believe Bai Yuhua’s words. He was old, but not blind. He could feel and see Mu Siwu’s unwelcoming attitude towards him.
Now, with everything packed up, it would be strange if they weren’t leaving.
"Grandpa, you really misunderstood. Mom and Dad are just moving next door; they’re really not leaving," Jiang Xue explained once again, "Their house is right next door. If you don’t believe me, I can take you to see it."
"Really?" Mr. Mu was half in doubt.
"Really!" Jiang Xue nodded seriously and led the way out, taking out a key to unlock the room next door.
Mr. Mu walked over with a suspicious look, seeing that the setup inside was similar to Jiang Xue’s home, he started to believe about eighty percent of it.
At this moment, Mu Siwu and Bai Yuhua carried their belongings directly into the room.
Seeing the doubt still lingering in Mr. Mu’s eyes, Jiang Xue had to tell him about initially buying three houses together.
"So that’s how it is. It’s good that they aren’t leaving," Mr. Mu let out a sigh of relief and, after circling around the house once, returned with Jiang Xue to her home next door.
Back home, Little Reunion was awake. So, Mr. Mu put the previous unpleasantness behind him and focused on playing with Little Reunion.
After Mu Siwu returned to his house, he didn’t come out again. However, Bai Yuhua came over to help Jiang Xue and Mrs. Jiang prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.
At five in the evening, the three of them finally laid out the New Year’s Eve dinner on the table. Jiang Xue then went to invite Mu Siwu over, and the family gathered together to celebrate the New Year.
While eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, the family couldn’t help but think of the absent Mu Qiancheng.
"Xue’er, will Qiancheng come back tonight?" Mr. Mu looked at Jiang Xue and asked. He knew that Mu Qiancheng often had unavoidable duties. But being so close now, after having a reunion meal with his troop, he should be able to come back.
"Qiancheng is not coming back, he’s on a mission," Jiang Xue replied to Mr. Mu with a smile. She had called Mu Qiancheng the previous day and knew he wouldn’t be back.
Although Jiang Xue felt regret, she understood. After all, Mu Qiancheng’s identity was special.
Upon hearing that Mu Qiancheng was on a mission, Mr. Mu didn’t bring it up again.
At the same time, in the deep mountain camp, Mu Qiancheng and his colleagues were also having their New Year’s Eve dinner. The kitchen staff made a lot of dumplings, and everyone gathered, drinking and eating dumplings while watching the performances, and they were quite happy.
However, this didn’t include Mu Qiancheng. He felt a little lost, missing his wife and child.
In previous years, he hadn’t felt this way. But this year, for some reason, he felt like there was an emptiness in his heart.
While Mu Qiancheng was lost in thought, he didn’t even notice someone sitting across from him until the person spoke, snapping him back to reality.
"Comrade Mu, why are you sitting here alone, not joining everyone?" A female soldier stood in front of Mu Qiancheng, looking at him with a cheerful smile.
Her name was Lu Ling, an actress from the unit’s art troupe, and one of the performers who came to offer their greetings this time. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢•𝓷𝓮𝓽
"Comrade Lu, is there something you need?" Mu Qiancheng didn’t like being disturbed and asked with a cold expression. Although Lu Ling was beautiful, he felt no interest at all.
Even though his colleagues teased him, saying Lu Ling came all the way to this remote mountain specifically to perform the greetings because of him.
"Why, can’t I come and chat with Comrade Mu if there’s nothing else?" Lu Ling playfully looked at Mu Qiancheng, blinking at him.