Chapter 30: Even Tv Dramas Don’t Go This Far
[Mo Ziyang: Transferred 100 yuan]
Sitting in the sports car, Lin Muxi was still sulking at Mo Ziyang when her phone suddenly vibrated. She took it out and saw that Mo Ziyang had transferred her 100 yuan.
???
This was about her pride as a man, how could it be solved with just 100 yuan? How could money solve this at all?
Feeling insulted, Lin Muxi angrily typed a reply.
[Lin Muxi: That’s it? You really think giving me money can solve anything, huh?]
Before she could finish typing the next sentence, Mo Ziyang sent another transfer.
[Mo Ziyang: Transferred 500 yuan]
Seeing this “huge” amount of 600 yuan in total, Lin Muxi, who had been pouting just a second ago, froze. Then, feeling a little awkward, she turned her head toward Mo Ziyang, who was still driving, and asked softly,
“All… all of this is for me?”
“If you don’t want it, you can give it back,” Mo Ziyang said casually, raising an eyebrow as he drove.
Seeing that her good bro looked so calm, Lin Muxi breathed a sigh of relief. She quickly accepted the 600 yuan and put on a fake angry look, muttering,
“Just this once… next time I won’t forgive you.”
This guy was way too easy to deal with… Honestly, if money doesn’t solve the problem, it’s only because you didn’t give enough.
Mo Ziyang smiled faintly while driving, feeling relieved. At least now he didn’t have to worry about her secretly telling on him and getting him whipped with a belt again.
Glancing at the time on his phone, Mo Ziyang pressed down on the gas and sped toward his home.
At that moment, in the Mo family’s big mansion, Grandpa Mo was enjoying hot tea and reading a book at the dining table.
Suddenly, a maid ran in and said hurriedly, “Sir, the young master’s car is back. Should we go greet him?”
“That little rascal finally came back. Let’s go.”
Putting down his book, Mo Chengling slowly stood up. Two women from the dining room accompanied him toward the front gate.
“Grandpa, I brought Lin Muxi back,” Mo Ziyang shouted as soon as he parked and got out of the car.
Lin Muxi also stepped out. Seeing the kind expression on Grandpa Mo’s face, she quickly showed a sweet and well-behaved smile and greeted him.
“Hello, Grandpa Mo…”
“Good, good, good… come inside and sit. Let the maid park the car.”
Waving for Lin Muxi to come in, the old man, who had always been ruthless in the financial world, now had a face full of smiles, looking warmly at the cute girl before him.
“Hey… wait for me,” Mo Ziyang called out, stunned by this scene. Who was the real grandchild here? Why did his grandpa completely ignore him and walk off with Lin Muxi?
“What are you waiting for? Don’t you have legs? Walk yourself.”
“……”
Instead of getting care, all he got was dislike. He was completely speechless.
The sight made Lin Muxi giggle nonstop. Watching her good bro get roasted like this was just too much fun, especially seeing such a contrast from his usual self.
Mo Ziyang shot her an annoyed look but could only follow behind them into the dining room.
And so, at the dining table, Mo Ziyang sat alone like an orphan, eating by himself, while his grandpa kept putting food on Lin Muxi’s plate and asking her all sorts of caring questions.
“Come, come, this roast duck is delicious. Eat more. Look how skinny you are.”
“Eat more vegetables too, they’re good for your health. Look at this, these are special, organic ones, very good.”
“Grandpa Mo… no, I can’t, it’s too much…”
“You’re still growing, how can you not eat more? Come, try this, bluefin tuna sashimi. I specially ordered it when I heard you were coming.”
Lin Muxi looked at her rice bowl, now piled high with food she couldn’t possibly finish, and at all these fancy dishes that sounded ridiculously expensive just from their names. Her head hurt.
Why was Grandpa Mo never this warm and friendly when she came to Mo Ziyang’s house before?
Thinking about it, her “female intuition” told her that something here wasn’t as simple as it looked. After all, there’s a saying, ‘if someone is unusually nice for no reason, they probably want something.’
But the kindly old man in front of her was the head of a wealthy family. He didn’t seem like someone who would target her. So Lin Muxi carefully put down her chopsticks, lowered her head, and prepared to speak.
“What’s wrong? You don’t like the food? I can have them make something else for you.”
Seeing her lower her head and not eat, Mo Chengling thought she didn’t have an appetite, so he immediately showed concern. Meanwhile, Mo Ziyang, watching from the side, wanted to bang his head against the table in frustration.
“No… it’s not that. It’s just… why did you ask me here? What exactly do you want to say…”
Leaning back slightly to put a little distance between herself and the old man, Lin Muxi finally lifted her head and looked straight into Mo Chengling’s eyes, awkwardly voicing her question.
“Haha… so that’s it. I was planning to tell you after the meal, but since you asked, I’ll just say it now.”
Mo Chengling smiled calmly, as if he had expected this, and signaled for Mo Ziyang to come sit closer and listen too.
“So Grandpa Mo, what’s really going on?”
“Yes, especially about that jade pendant.”
Looking at the two curious youngsters in front of him, Mo Chengling began to speak slowly.
“First, you need to know, besides the world you see now, there are many things science cannot explain. These are what people call supernatural phenomena. And they are real.”
“Huh? There’s really such a thing? Isn’t that just a scam…” Lin Muxi looked confused at the serious-faced Grandpa Mo.
She was a firm believer in science, so hearing about supernatural things out of nowhere was hard to accept.
“Of course it’s not a scam. And haven’t you already experienced it?” the old man said with a smile.
“Oh… right…”
Lin Muxi thought back to when she woke up one day and had turned into a girl. That really was magical, and she couldn’t think of any technology that could make that happen.
“That’s why it’s related to the jade pendants you two have. I don’t know where you got yours, but it’s clearly not ordinary.”
At this, both Mo Ziyang and Mo Chengling looked at Lin Muxi, as if waiting for her answer.
“I… I don’t know either. Ever since I can remember, I’ve had it. Later, I gave one of them to Mo Ziyang.”
After thinking for a while, Lin Muxi shook her head helplessly. She couldn’t remember anything about the pendant, not even a single memory related to it, just a complete blank.
Since she remembered nothing, Mo Chengling continued.
“Once, an old Taoist priest from a temple saw Mo Ziyang’s pendant. He told me it was very powerful. It could protect the wearer and the person chosen by the wearer, bring them good luck, and even give them strange abilities. He offered a high price to buy it.”
Mo Chengling closed his eyes slightly, as if recalling the past.
“I thought he was lying, until the Mo family faced a crisis. Desperate, I made a wish to Mo Ziyang’s pendant…
“At that time, our business wasn’t huge but it wasn’t small either. Then, one day, a new company with strong capital entered the market and almost took over, causing us heavy losses. But after I made my wish, their source of funding suddenly collapsed, and the company went bankrupt.”
“From that day on, I believed the Taoist’s words, that this pendant holds something beyond science. Later, I tested it many times, and without exception, the wishes came true.”
“…Even TV dramas don’t go this far.”
Hearing Grandpa Mo’s story, Lin Muxi felt dizzy. This was so absurd it was beyond absurd. If she had known this earlier, she wouldn’t have had to suffer so much.