Jiang Taihe is a very gentleman and polite man. Since Mu Qian said that he wanted to talk to Rong Qingzi alone, even though Rong Qingzi was reluctant, he still persuaded Rong Qingzi and sent her and Mu Qian to the restaurant.
Then he left alone.
Mu Qian looked at Jiang Taihe's leaving figure and couldn't help but think that if his final destination was such a man, he would be very happy.
Rong Qingzi obviously had no intention of guessing what Mu Qian was thinking. She just sat back in the sofa chair and looked at Mu Qian coldly, "If you have anything to say, please say it quickly. After you finish speaking, leave. You know I
Don’t want to see you.”
Hearing her words, Mu Qian lowered her eyes slightly. After a moment, she just smiled softly and said three words: "I'm sorry."
"What exactly do you want to say?" Rong Qingzi obviously had no patience for her.
Mu Qian took the gift bag beside her, took out the piece of jade she had just chosen in the jewelry store, opened the box, and handed it to Rong Qingzi.
"I heard from grandpa that you are planning to marry Uncle Jiang." Mu Qian said, "I just saw this piece of jade in the jewelry store and thought it suited you very well, so... consider it a congratulatory gift from me."
Rong Qingzi glanced at the piece of jade, and when her eyes fell on the two side-by-side peonies on the jade, her eyes suddenly froze, but the next moment, she looked away.
She didn't refuse, but she didn't reach out to take it either. She just said lightly: "Is it just for this? Okay, I thank you for the gift, you can go."
Mu Qian sat without moving, just looked at her quietly for a moment, and then called out again: "Mom..."
"If you don't leave, I will." Rong Qingzi stood up quickly and prepared to leave.
Mu Qian closed her eyes slightly before finally speaking again: "Mom, I'm sorry."
Rong Qingzi paused slightly, but still just looked at her coldly.
Mu Qian raised his eyes to look at her, smiled softly, and said: "If I had known earlier that my existence made you so painful and sad, then I would not have appeared in front of you again after I was ten years old.
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Rong Qingzi originally just waited indifferently, waiting for her to finish what she wanted to say without any disturbance, but after Mu Qian finished speaking, her lazy and misty eyes suddenly condensed and fell on Mu Qian's face.
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"What did you say?" From the moment he sat down, he responded coldly and passively to Mu Qian's appearance, and finally took the initiative to say a word to her.
"I said I'm sorry." Mu Qian still smiled slightly, but her eyes were lowered, "I didn't know before, so I did a lot of things to torture you, but now I know..."
"What do you know?" Rong Qingzi interrupted her suddenly, her voice becoming sharper.
Mu Qian pursed her lips, took another deep breath, and finally looked up at her, "I understand... you are not actually my mother."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a "pop" sound, and Rong Qingzi accidentally slapped her in the face.
After the fight, Mu Qian was very calm, but Rong Qingzi was stunned.
She didn't even understand why she did it.
Even if she had abandoned Mu Qian a long time ago, even if she wanted to sever the relationship between mother and daughter...
But when she heard Mu Qian say those words, her hand still waved over involuntarily.
Because she always remembered that person's instructions before his death.
He said to her, take good care of our daughter.
At that time, she agreed.
So now, even though she had already despaired, had given up, and had shown disgust and hatred for Mu Qian, she still panicked for a moment when she heard Mu Qian say those words.
Because Mu Qian said these words, it meant that she had not done what she promised. She had betrayed his dying instructions and the agreement between them.
Even what Mu Qian said... is simply the truth.
It was dinner time, and many diners in the restaurant were startled by the noise and looked over.
A waiter walked up quickly and asked their needs in a low voice.
"It's okay." Mu Qian smiled lightly, stood up, and spoke to the waiter for a few words, then stretched out his hand to support Rong Qingzi, "Mom, sit down and let's talk."
As soon as she put her hand on Rong Qingzi, Rong Qingzi suddenly grabbed her wrist tightly.
He didn't know where such a thin person could get such strength, which made Mu Qian's grip painful.
Mu Qian finally helped her sit down, but she still held on to her.
Mu Qian sat down next to her, looked down at the hand she was holding on to her, smiled softly, and then said in a low voice: "Mom, why do you have to endure such a sad thing by yourself?"
Where are you?"
"Who told you?" When Rong Qingzi spoke again, her voice was urgent and sharp, with a hint of trembling, "Who told you?"
Mu Qian did not answer, lowered her eyes for a moment, and when she spoke again, her voice was still calm: "You are not my mother, that's why you abandoned me in Tongcheng, to the Huo family. You don't want to see me, I did it for you
You are unwilling to accept everything... I didn't understand it before, but today, I finally understand the reason for all this."
"Who told you!" Rong Qingzi just stubbornly repeated that sentence, her eyes were bloodshot and her canthus was about to burst.
"No one told me." Mu Qian said, "You hid this matter so well that even grandpa didn't know about it. You endured everything by yourself, even though you disliked me to the extreme, you still didn't say anything..."
Rong Qingzi's eyelashes were filled with tears, but they just hung in her eyes and did not fall for a long time.
She just looked at Mu Qian stiffly, motionless.
To others, her eyes looked scary and sharp, but Mu Qian knew that she was just trying to hold on.
The secrets she had kept buried in her heart for many years were unearthed, and she was on the verge of collapse.
But she has her own dignity, and she can't collapse, especially... she can't collapse in front of Mu Qian.
Mu Qian knew all her thoughts, and she even fully understood her mood at this moment. It was precisely because of this that Mu Qian had to force herself to stay calm.
She couldn't cry. If she cried, Rong Qingzi's emotions would completely collapse.
In fact, it has always been like this. Rong Qingzi has always been held in the palm of everyone's hands. She is crystal clear, proud and indulgent. She is like a princess in an ivory tower, never knowing the pain in the world.
But it was such a person who buried such huge grievances and secrets deep in his heart, and never said a word to anyone even though it was extremely painful.
"I once thought you didn't love me." Mu Qian said, "But... you have sacrificed so much for me, how could you not love me?"
Rong Qingzi's hand suddenly retracted.
This time, it was Mu Qian who held her hand.
"You love me because you love dad." Mu Qian said slowly, "You hate me because you hate dad -"
Hearing her mention Mu Huaian, Rong Qingzi's tears suddenly fell down. The next moment, she broke away from Mu Qian's hand, gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "Shut up!"
Mu Qian didn't listen to her.
"Dad is really hateful, isn't he?" Mu Qian continued, "How could he be so selfish, bringing back another woman's daughter from outside and asking you to raise and love him as your own daughter--"
Rong Qingzi gritted her teeth and did not make a sound, but her tears rolled down uncontrollably.
"When I guessed this, I also thought he was so hateful..." Mu Qian said, "I also thought you should hate him, you should hate him forever... But mom, you hate the wrong person... You blame the wrong person