Chapter 1530 - 1525: Easy to Invite, Hard to Send Away

Sun Dali watched the people chasing after Mu Xiangxiang for a long time before he finally nodded.

"Mom, I get it. I won’t let Zhenzhen down!"

Mu Zhenzhen caught up with Mu Xiangxiang and deliberately checked to make sure no one was around.

She picked up a stone from the ground and slammed it hard into Mu Xiangxiang’s head. At once, a hole appeared on Mu Xiangxiang’s head.

Mu Xiangxiang turned around in pain and saw Mu Zhenzhen behind her.

"You..."

"Bitch, just now I only gave in to you. You ripped my ear off, I pay you back with a rock—call it even. But there are a few things I need to spell out for you!

I never liked Sun Dali to begin with. Do you know why I insisted on sticking to the Sun Family? Because Sun Dali is just like Zhuangzi, both of them are fat!

I suffered a huge loss with Zhuangzi, so I swore that in this life I’d definitely find someone who wouldn’t dare fight back against me.

Luckily, I found one! If you hadn’t brought this on yourself, I wouldn’t even have had the chance to slip in and take advantage.

Relax, however good Da Li was to you before, from now on all that goodness is going to be mine! Mu Xiangxiang, in this lifetime, you don’t even qualify to go up against me!"

Throwing down that last line, Mu Zhenzhen turned and left.

She left behind Mu Xiangxiang, whose face was full of bewilderment.

Mu Xiangxiang stared at Mu Zhenzhen’s departing back, and for some reason she felt a stabbing pain in her chest.

She picked up the luggage Mu Zhenzhen had thrown on the ground and suddenly burst into loud sobs.

Mu Xiangxiang cried her heart out, tears and snot all over her face.

Only at this moment did Mu Xiangxiang truly understand what despair meant.

Her home was gone, and her man had been snatched away.

The one who stole her man was her own older sister.

Mu Xiangxiang cried until she was almost out of breath. In that state, she was seen by the villagers, and somehow the news traveled to Mu Dashan’s ears.

Mu Dashan went soft-hearted once again.

But he was embarrassed to bring it up to Yu Si Niang.

He still remembered the last incident clearly: Si Niang kindly called Xiangxiang over to the house and made her breakfast.

Xiangxiang, rude as she was, not only demanded several eggs at once, she even threw a fit at Si Niang.

She said Si Niang didn’t take care of her as well as her own mother did, and that Si Niang’s cooking wasn’t as good as her mother’s.

If he called her over again and it turned into the same scene, what was he supposed to do?

Mu Dashan was so uneasy he couldn’t sit still, feeling completely uncomfortable.

Yu Si Niang knew her man well; seeing him this conflicted, she knew he must be struggling inside.

"Go on then! It’s Little New Year today, bring her back and let her have dumplings. As for where she’ll stay, our house is big enough. Giving her an empty room isn’t any big problem!" Yu Si Niang said.

Her being so understanding actually made Mu Dashan feel even more awkward.

"Better not call her. You know what Xiangxiang’s temper is like!" Mu Dashan shook his head.

"It’s exactly because I know Xiangxiang’s temper that I’m telling you to call her. When have you ever seen her cry before? This time she might really be heartbroken!

Go on, don’t let your anger make you ignore your own little sister! Our family’s doing better now; it’s not like we can’t afford a few dumplings!"

Yu Si Niang spoke half-jokingly.

Half reluctant and half persuaded, Mu Dashan left the main room, then the yard, and went off to look for Mu Xiangxiang.

When he arrived, Mu Xiangxiang had stopped crying; she just sat there blankly, staring at the ground.

Mu Dashan called out several times, but she didn’t respond at all.

"Xiangxiang, snap out of it, look at me, I’m your third brother!" Mu Dashan called again.

Only then did Mu Xiangxiang come to herself. Seeing Mu Dashan, she suddenly bawled again.

Mu Dashan felt a deep ache in his heart. "Don’t cry anymore; it’s over now! You and Da Li just weren’t meant to be. Take good care of yourself, you’ll definitely find someone who suits you better!"

"But I just want him!" Mu Xiangxiang sobbed and sniveled.

Mu Dashan let out a sigh.

He thought of that time when Da Li came into his yard to beg Xiangxiang for reconciliation.

Xiangxiang not only refused to make peace, she even joined her mother in jeering at him.

In the end, they beat Da Li so badly his head was bleeding.

To be honest, Mu Dashan felt that it was better for Da Li and Xiangxiang to part ways.

At least now he could live like a human being.

"Come on, let’s go to Third Brother’s place. Your third sister-in-law and Sister Taohua have made dumplings. You can celebrate Little New Year at our house today!"

Mu Xiangxiang didn’t refuse and followed Mu Dashan’s steps to his new house.

The third branch’s new house was even a bit bigger than the Old Mu Family’s main house.

It wasn’t that there were more buildings, but that originally there were two patches of wasteland on this plot. Mu Dashan reclaimed them, then when he built the yard he included those two patches of land inside.

It was the first time Mu Xiangxiang had seen Mu Dashan’s yard, and all her attention was drawn to the house.

Even her heartbreak was set aside for the moment.

Mu Xiangxiang asked, "Third Brother, this place is so nice. Can I live here too?"

Mu Dashan nodded. "Of course you can. But you need to treat your third sister-in-law a bit better! She’s had it really hard. Back in the Old Mu Family she never had a single good day, only now just..."

Before Mu Dashan finished speaking, Mu Xiangxiang was already pulling a face of impatience.

"Didn’t you say there were dumplings? I’m hungry, I want dumplings!" Mu Xiangxiang said.

"I’ll take you there!" said Mu Dashan.

He led Mu Xiangxiang through the yard and finally into the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Yu Si Niang had just finished boiling a pot of dumplings.

One bowl for Taohua, one bowl each for several kids.

When they saw Mu Xiangxiang, the kids all tacitly turned their heads away; none of them acknowledged her.

Mu Xiangxiang couldn’t care less. She went straight up and picked out the biggest bowl, muttering, "Third Sister-in-law, five eggs, I want them fried!"

Mu Dashan’s face fell in an instant.

"Xiangxiang, I just told you, don’t make things hard for your third sister-in-law, you..."

"Eating a few eggs counts as making things hard? Then Third Sister-in-law must be really easy to make things hard for!" Mu Xiangxiang smacked her lips, her tone none too pleasant.

Mu Xiangxiang’s behavior gave Mu Dashan a vivid lesson.

A white-eyed wolf is still a white-eyed wolf, even after she’s suffered and turned vulnerable.

Once you pull her out of the environment where she’s getting the short end of the stick, she immediately turns around and bites you.

"Shuangshuang’s father, don’t say any more. It’s a holiday today, I’ll make them," Yu Si Niang tried to smooth things over.

But Mu Xiangxiang didn’t see it that way.

"Third Sister-in-law, who are you pretending for, forcing yourself like that? Once Third Brother sees it he’ll say I’m bullying you again! Forget it, forget it, just a few eggs; I won’t eat them today!"

"Ugly woman, don’t talk like it’s nothing. A few eggs, then take out a few eggs and show us!" Yuanbao rolled his eyes heavily.

"You damn brat, what kind of talk is that? I’m eating my third brother’s eggs, not yours. You’re just some tagalong from outside—what right do you have to eat and drink here for free?"

"Xiangxiang..."

"Little Aunt..."

Two rebukes rang out at the same time, one from Mu Dashan, one from Xiao Han.

Mu Dashan’s expression was ugly; he glared at Mu Xiangxiang, regretting his soft-heartedness to his core.

Why was he so quick to go soft?

As they say, it’s easy to invite a god but hard to send one away. Seeing this new house of the third branch, Mu Xiangxiang suddenly felt that she ought to move in, with food and drink served to her every day.

"Enough, stop ganging up on me, one after another. I just want five eggs. If you don’t want to give them, fine, I’ll just eat dumplings!"