Chapter 451: Chapter 451
Fortunately, Elder Mu fell ill unexpectedly and was unable to attend the wedding. Mama Zhang stayed at the Mu Mansion to take care of him. Before the wedding, Song Qiao and Lu Jingchen had visited the mansion and said that they would pay respects to Elder Mu with tea at the mansion later. Although Mu Shinian did attend, he was now at an age of understanding and had not gone back to the Mu Mansion, waiting to accompany Ning Wan to visit her cousin.
So far, Elder Mu and the others don’t know about the incidents that occurred at the wedding, but there’s no guarantee that someone won’t tell Elder Mu about them later on.
Mama Chen also attended the wedding. Even though she was a servant hired by Lu Jingchen and Song Qiao, they never truly treated her as just a servant, but more like an aunt, so naturally, she was invited to the wedding as well.
She knew all about what happened at the wedding, including the truths later revealed by Murong Rui. So, after Lu Jingchen carried Song Qiao away, she went straight back to the villa, knowing that her employer had to go back to the hotel to deal with matters and couldn’t stay with his wife all the time.
She was rather fond of her mistress, for the mistress was easy to talk to, had a good temper, and treated her well. Sometimes when the mistress went shopping, she would bring back little gifts for her or share some of the presents she received with her.
Having served as a maidservant for decades, starting in her early twenties, the Lu Family was not the first family she worked for, thus she was long accustomed to the warmth and coldness of human relations and had never before encountered such kind masters.
Moreover, the girl had said that it was the mistress’s parents, not the mistress herself who was at fault. In the end, the mistress was innocent.
When Ning Wan arrived with Mu Shinian, Mama Chen was downstairs, unsure of what to do since she knew Song Qiao had not eaten anything at the wedding, or more precisely, she hadn’t eaten at all since the morning. Chen had prepared food for Song Qiao, but when she knocked on the door for a long time, her mistress only said she was too tired and asked not to be disturbed.
Skipping one meal was already hunger-inducing, but having not eaten all day, how could that be alright?
The doorbell rang, and Mama Chen walked straight to the door to open it. She saw Ning Wan and Mu Shinian standing outside and stepped aside to let them in, "Miss Ning, you’ve arrived."
Mu Shinian had been here before, but Mama Chen wasn’t present at the time, so she hadn’t met Mu Shinian and didn’t know who this child was, assuming she was some relative of Ning Wan.
Ning Wan hummed in acknowledgment and walked in asking, "Where’s Qiaoqiao?"
Seeing Ning Wan’s arrival relieved Mama Chen instantly. She said, "The mistress is in the bedroom. She hasn’t come out since the master brought her back from the wedding at noon."
Since Ning Wan and the mistress were close friends, if Miss Ning tried to persuade her, it would probably work. Chen quickly added, "The mistress hasn’t come down for food since she returned, not having taken a grain of rice since the morning. I’ve already prepared dinner. Miss Ning, please go up and persuade the mistress to come down and eat something."
Ning Wan hummed in response, "Mama Chen, you wait here for a bit. I’ll go up and persuade her to come down for dinner."
With that, she led Mu Shinian upstairs, her complexion and shoes not looking very nice, but still better than her pale face at the wedding ceremony. Mu Shinian was tight-lipped, looking a bit pale as well.
Having been here several times, Ning Wan found Song Qiao’s bedroom with no mistake. Standing at the door trying to turn the handle, as expected, the door was locked from inside.
After knocking several times without a response, Ning Wan called out, "Qiaoqiao, it’s me. Can you open the door, please? Shinian and I came together, we are worried about you. Mama Chen said you haven’t eaten anything, no matter how bad your mood is, you shouldn’t take it out on your own health..."
Ning Wan had barely finished speaking when there were footsteps inside, and she immediately knew that Song Qiao was coming to open the door for her.
And indeed, just as her hand fell away, the door in front of her was opened from inside. Song Qiao appeared before them with a pale, almost sickly face, her voice warm yet seemingly breathless, "Why have you come?"
Mu Shinian, seeing her cousin, immediately felt a lump in her throat and called out, "Cousin."
Ning Wan, seeing Song Qiao’s current state, and remembering the stunning bride from the morning that even she couldn’t help but envy, felt a pang in her heart, but still calmly said, "If we didn’t come, would you plan to stay inside, not coming out and not eating?"
Song Qiao, taken aback, didn’t directly answer the question, instead, she stepped aside from the door and said, "Come in and sit." Updates are released by novel⟡fire.net
Ning Wan didn’t continue to question her and entered the bedroom together with Mu Shinian.
The bedroom floor was littered with many red dates and peanuts, the sheets were messy, likely from the scattering of those dates and peanuts, and on the wall hung the wedding portraits, beautifully stunning, almost magazine cover-worthy. Even on the floor-to-ceiling windows and wardrobe were pasted with big red ’double happiness’ characters.
Entering the bedroom, Song Qiao went straight to the sofa and sat down, gesturing for Ning Wan and Mu Shinian to sit as well.
No one spoke for quite a while until Song Qiao finally said faintly, "Wanwan, I want to go back to the Mu family to stay for a few days, and visit grandfather while I’m at it." Her eyes dimmed as she continued, "Besides, with this issue between me and Lu Jingchen, we need to think about whether we should get a divorce."