Chapter 53: Lin Muxi Wants to See Herself Clearly
“Mr. Mo, how was your shopping experience today? Were you satisfied with the service?”
As soon as they walked out of the mall, a manager quickly came up with a big smile on his face.
He respectfully asked about the short shopping experience.
“It was great. Keep up the good work.”
Thinking back to when he slapped those people’s faces in the luxury watch store, Mo Ziyang felt very satisfied inside. That’s why he gave such a positive answer.
But Lin Muxi, standing next to him, didn’t feel the same way.
‘The service attitude was nice, but I won’t come again.’ — That was the most honest comment she could think of at this moment.
Not just “next time,” she didn’t want to ever come back to this place that had embarrassed her so much.
“Haha, thank you, Mr. Mo, for the praise. Please take care on your way.”
The manager followed them to the car, opened the door for them, and then stood there watching them leave.
“Hey… Mo Ziyang…”
Inside the car, Lin Muxi looked at the scenery rushing past the window. Feeling a little restless, she called her good bro’s name.
“What is it?”
“It’s about… this watch…”
Lin Muxi raised her slender hand, looking at the rose gold watch worth 200,000 yuan on her wrist. She fell into deep thought.
It was impossible to say she didn’t like it. After all, she really had been looking at it in the store.
But no matter what, her brother’s money was not her own money. And this was such a huge amount. The gift was too heavy for her to accept. So Lin Muxi carefully took the watch off her wrist.
“You keep it. It’s for you.”
“This… is too, too expensive… I can’t accept it.”
Seeing that Mo Ziyang was still focused on driving and didn’t even glance at her, Lin Muxi felt a little unhappy. She raised her voice a bit on the last few words, as if she wanted him to pay attention.
“But if I keep it, I have nowhere to put it. Just take it.”
“Can’t you give it to your mom instead?” Lin Muxi asked, confused.
“Let me ask you, how much is this watch?”
“Two… two hundred thousand…”
“A watch that’s only two hundred thousand, if I gave that to my mom, I’d probably get scolded.”
“What? But isn't this... a child's kind gesture? How could she react like that?”
Hearing his answer, Lin Muxi suddenly raised her head full of question marks and stared at her good bro in disbelief.
Could it be that even parents judged their child’s gifts based on family wealth?
“No, it’s not that. It’s just that this 200,000 watch is too cheap. My mom would probably feel embarrassed to wear it.”
“What??”
Lin Muxi’s confused look instantly turned into big wide eyes.
Excuse me? Could someone please explain to her what “a 200,000 watch is too cheap” means?
Was it really because she was too poor that her imagination couldn’t keep up?
When she first heard in the store that this watch cost 200,000, she was already shocked. Now her good bro was actually telling her it was too cheap?
At that moment, Lin Muxi felt crushed by the harsh truth of reality. A famous saying came to her mind, ‘The joys and sorrows of people are never truly connected. I only find it noisy.’
Looking at Lin Muxi slumped in the passenger seat as if she had been dealt a fatal blow, Mo Ziyang only sighed softly.
‘She was the one who asked the question. Why did my answer turn into my problem?’
But since this silly girl was the one he liked, he couldn’t bear to let her feel wronged.
So at the last red light, Mo Ziyang stopped the car, gently picked up the watch Lin Muxi had taken off, and carefully put it back onto her fair, slender wrist.
The sudden warmth made her panic a little.
But when Lin Muxi looked at Mo Ziyang’s serious face, she couldn’t help but feel touched.
If one day… the same movement happened again, but instead of a watch, her good bro was holding a ring…
What would she do then?
“I… I can’t accept it, Mo Ziyang.”
In the end, her reason won over her feelings. She quickly shook her head and tried to take off the watch again to give it back to him.
“Yes, I know. Don’t take it.”
Mo Ziyang gently held her little hand that was trying to remove the watch. Then he spoke softly.
“But just treat it as helping me keep it safe for now, okay, Lin Muxi?”
Facing his honest and caring eyes, Lin Muxi froze.
It was the first time she saw Mo Ziyang show such deep feelings toward her, and it made her heart move a little.
“But… but…”
She couldn’t handle his gaze. Nervous, she lowered her head to avoid looking at him, her lips slightly open, trying to find another excuse.
Then Mo Ziyang’s hand reached out and gently patted her head, softly stroking her hair.
“Just treat it as keeping my feelings safe for me, alright?”
As the green light turned on, he had to put his hand back on the wheel and focus on driving again.
After a while, Lin Muxi finally woke up from thinking about his words.
She turned to her good bro who was driving, and in a soft, tiny voice said,
“You really leave me no choice… just this once.”
Even though she might not have fully understood the true meaning behind his words, Mo Ziyang smiled from his heart when he heard this. He was as happy as a child who had just gotten a new toy.
The sudden change in him made Lin Muxi wonder if something strange had happened to him.
She thought his excitement would fade after a while, but all the way until they arrived at her home, he kept smiling brightly.
Finally, she couldn’t stand it and asked her good bro.
“What are you thinking about that makes you so happy?”
“What, I can’t just be happy?”
Mo Ziyang raised his eyebrows and didn’t answer directly. It seemed like he was relieved that Lin Muxi hadn’t noticed anything, and he simply followed her inside.
“You sit for a bit… I’ll go tidy up first.”
After pouring him a glass of water, Lin Muxi quickly ran into her room with the underwear she had bought at the mall.
“This silly girl…”
Watching her clumsy figure, Mo Ziyang smiled helplessly. It seemed his life was already tied to her.
From that moment in the car, he had finally understood clearly what he wanted with Lin Muxi.
The answer was simple, he must find a way to marry this stubborn girl who only acted tough with her words.
But inside the room, Lin Muxi was thinking very differently.
Although she liked Mo Ziyang a lot, and her heart was already slowly opening up to him, her mouth was still stubborn.
At the very least, she would never admit in front of him that she liked him. If she said it out loud, wouldn’t that make her a joke?
She had sworn to him that he shouldn’t have any ideas about her. If she confessed to him the very next day, she might as well move to Mars and change her name.
“Sigh… I really don’t know what Mo Ziyang is thinking.”
She took out the four sets of underwear from the bag and put them in the closet, planning to wash them later when she took a bath.
That way she wouldn’t have to wear uncomfortable clothes every day anymore.
But after tidying up, Mo Ziyang’s words in the car echoed again in her mind.
Feeling annoyed, Lin Muxi sighed softly and covered her face, more and more aware that she was starting to act like a real girl.
She wasn’t stupid. From his words, she could already guess that her good bro probably liked her.
But she wasn’t ready yet. Or maybe she just couldn’t fully accept it.
“Ugh… my head is such a mess…”
Her thoughts were too many. Lin Muxi shook her head to push away the confusion, then walked out to stand beside Mo Ziyang.
This time… she wanted to look at herself clearly through her good bro.