Chapter 17: This Doesn’t Make Sense
“I really can’t tell you about this…”
Lin Muxi looked helplessly at Mo Chengling. After all, no one would believe that a person could suddenly change their personality for no reason. This was something even the most advanced medical technology couldn’t do.
“Even if I tell him, you still can’t tell me?”
“No, I can’t. I already said I’m Lin Muxi, and there’s nothing more I can tell you.”
Looking at the little maid in front of him, Mo Chengling showed a hint of surprise and approval. He clearly didn’t expect her to be unafraid of his threats.
“Alright, if you are who you say you are, then if you have Lin Muxi’s jade pendant, I’ll believe you.”
The atmosphere once again fell into awkward silence.
How could she possibly take it out?! It had already been broken by his grandson!
Lin Muxi was fuming. She wanted nothing more than to drag Mo Ziyang over right now and scold him.
Sigh… With a helpless sigh, she still decided to answer honestly, even though it wouldn’t help much.
“Mine… was broken by Mo Ziyang. If you don’t believe me, you can ask him, his is broken too.”
But instead of hearing the old man’s expected questioning, she saw him frown.
“You mean… both jade pendants broke on the same day?”
As if confirming something, Mo Chengling repeated the question to her in a doubtful tone.
When Lin Muxi nodded blankly, Mo Chengling let out a sigh of relief and patted her shoulder.
“I think I understand now. If you want to go home, you can go. I’ll make sure to give him a good lesson today.”
“Huh?”
Mo Chengling’s sudden 180-degree change in attitude left Lin Muxi completely confused.
“Don’t worry. I’ll give you an explanation for this matter later.”
Seeing that Lin Muxi was still standing there without moving, Mo Chengling assumed she still had complaints.
“It’s not that… Grandpa Mo, you’re just going to believe me like this?”
Lin Muxi widened her eyes, staring at the old man who had suddenly become so kind.
“Yes, I believe you.”
“Then… can you not tell him about this?”
“I can.”
Seeing the old man agree to everything so easily and suddenly stop pursuing her identity, Lin Muxi was completely puzzled…
It all seemed to happen too suddenly…
But thinking about the missing jade pendant, combined with what happened this morning, she couldn’t help but suspect. Did this pendant have some kind of magic?
Looking at Mo Ziyang’s grandfather, who seemed to know something, Lin Muxi asked curiously.
“This jade pendant… what’s special about it?”
Right away, she saw hesitation appear on the old man’s face.
Seeing this, Lin Muxi quickly realized the reason she turned into a girl must have something to do with her jade pendant, and it was also connected to Mo Ziyang.
“This is ridiculous. It’s completely unscientific.”
Unfortunately, Mo Chengling ignored her complaint and simply looked at her with a faint smile.
“As for that matter, I’ll tell you when there’s a chance in the future. It’s almost dinner time now, go home.”
Since Mo Ziyang’s grandfather didn’t want to say anything, there was no point in asking. Lin Muxi decided to go home first and think about it later.
“Alright, I’ll head home then…”
“Do you need me to call a car for you?”
“No need, I can go back on my own.”
After saying goodbye to the old man, Lin Muxi walked out of the Mo family’s large estate alone. The moment she stepped out the door, she finally felt the weight in her heart lift.
Sigh… It was like escaping death, so exhausting. But why did her heart still feel so empty?
Lin Muxi walked to the roadside to get a taxi home, but she kept feeling like she had forgotten something. She just couldn’t remember what it was for the moment.
Soon, she stopped a taxi, opened the door, got in, told the driver the address, and leaned back in the seat with her eyes closed to rest.
Thinking back to everything that happened today at the comic convention, she felt nothing but tired. Right now, she just wanted to hurry home and rest… Wait—
Oh no! Her 10,000 yuan!
Like a sick person suddenly sitting up before death, she realized she had played herself! How could she forget something like that?
That was her food money for five months!
In a panic, Lin Muxi pulled out her phone to message Mo Ziyang, but when she unlocked the screen, she saw only messages from Xiao Luyu.
[Xiao Luyu: Lin Muxi, do you have a younger sister named Lin Muyu?]
[Xiao Luyu: Do you? If yes, give me her contact info.]
[Xiao Luyu: What are you doing? Reply, okay? I saw your sister with Mo Ziyang at the comic convention today.]
[Xiao Luyu: Hello? Are you there?]
[Xiao Luyu: Be careful these days, Gu Jiusheng might cause you trouble.]
[Xiao Luyu: Hey, hey, hey! You’re making me look awkward here.]
…Seriously, what was going on in this guy’s head?
Desperate to get her money back, Lin Muxi ignored Xiao Luyu’s messages and opened her chat with Mo Ziyang instead, typing quickly.
[Lin Muxi: Hey, when are you going to give me my 10,000 yuan?]
One minute passed… No reply.
[Lin Muxi: Pay me back!]
Still no reply.
This made Lin Muxi annoyed, weren’t they having dinner at his house? How could he not be checking his phone?
Fine! She would definitely find Mo Ziyang at school on Monday and ask him face to face.
Meanwhile, in the Mo family dining room, Mo Ziyang, who had just been kicked out by his grandpa earlier, was eating while replying to Xiao Luyu.
[Xiao Luyu: Bro, Gu Jiusheng keeps bothering me for your QQ number.]
[Mo Ziyang: Then just don’t give it to her.]
[Xiao Luyu: You don’t get it. Ever since this comic convention, she hasn’t stopped bugging me.]
[Xiao Luyu: She also recognized that it was Lin Muxi’s sister, and just now she was asking me about Lin Muxi.]
At that, Mo Ziyang’s fingers stopped typing, and his brows furrowed.
He suddenly felt that Gu Jiusheng was the type who wouldn’t stop until she got what she wanted.
It was annoying, he hadn’t provoked anyone, so why did so many girls keep coming after him? It was tiring. At first, he rejected them all, but there were too many to deal with, so he just gave up. And then one of them even made news about wanting to jump off a building.
And now there was this Gu Jiusheng, acting like a clown, going around school talking nonsense… He had never agreed to anything with her.
Sigh. So exhausting. Mo Ziyang was more and more fed up with the girls at school. But since Gu Jiusheng might cause trouble for Lin Muxi, he could only give in.
[Mo Ziyang: Forget it, just give it to her.]
[Xiao Luyu: Huh? Really, bro? You already have one and now another?]
[Mo Ziyang: Do you know how to spell the word “death”?]
[Xiao Luyu: Sending it now, sending it now.]
Right after a red “1” appeared on his friend requests list, Mo Ziyang’s grandpa appeared at the door, holding a leather belt.
“Grandpa?”
Seeing the pressure coming from his grandpa, Mo Ziyang instinctively knew something bad was about to happen.
For example, today, either his butt would be ruined… or both he and his butt would be ruined together.
“You, come here.”
Mo Chengling waved for him to follow into the room.
Game over. Mo Ziyang tossed his phone onto the dining table and obediently followed his grandpa inside.
All afternoon, the house echoed with someone’s screams.