Chapter 108: Call Her Mom
“Mom, that’s enough now.”
Seeing his mother playing with Lin Muxi for so long and still unwilling to stop, Mo Ziyang sighed and tried to persuade her.
He really couldn’t understand. She was almost forty, yet sometimes acted like a little girl.
But even so, Xu Lanyi still stayed right next to Lin Muxi, staring at her again and again, showing no sign of leaving.
After all, at first, both she and Mo Hongjun had never believed such a strange thing could happen, that Lin Muxi could really turn into a girl. But since it was true, of course they couldn’t help being curious.
“Auntie… that’s enough, right…”
Hearing her good bro’s voice, Lin Muxi, who had already given up struggling, finally begged Mo Ziyang’s mother.
Her little face was almost numb from being rubbed. If this kept going, she felt she might lose her face completely!
But instead of stopping, Xu Lanyi’s eyebrows tightened the moment she heard Lin Muxi call her “auntie.” She immediately pinched Lin Muxi’s ear.
“Ahhhh—ouch, ouch, it hurts! Mo Ziyang, help me!”
The sudden pain made her scream. She quickly looked at her good bro with pitiful eyes, asking for help.
But Mo Ziyang’s mother gave him a sharp look, so he could only stand helplessly at the side.
“Didn’t Mo’er teach you how to call me?”
Xu Lanyi let go of Lin Muxi’s ear and stared at her with clear dissatisfaction.
Really, calling her “auntie”? Did she look that old?
But the problem was, Mo Ziyang had never told Lin Muxi anything about this! So when faced with the question, Lin Muxi just covered her ear and shook her head in confusion.
“From now on, call me Mom. Do you hear me?”
Xu Lanyi gently patted Lin Muxi’s cute little head, then turned and gave her son a glare, as if blaming him for not teaching his future wife properly.
Hearing this, Lin Muxi’s eyes went wide. She was completely lost and didn’t know what to say.
Meanwhile, Mo Ziyang looked as if he had suffered a great blow. Even his own mother had been “won over”?
Seeing his mother and Lin Muxi getting along so well, Mo Ziyang felt depressed. First it was his grandpa, and now even his mom.
Did this mean that in the future, Lin Muxi’s place in the family would be way higher than his own?
No way. He couldn’t let that happen.
“Dad, aren’t you going to say something to Mom?”
Mo Ziyang quickly walked over to his father, Mo Hongjun, and pointed at his mother, who was still chatting with Lin Muxi.
But instead of support, what he got was criticism.
“Why is a grown man like you meddling in girls’ matters?”
“That’s right. Look at how obedient Lin Muxi is. Then look at yourself.”
Grandpa Mo Chengling also naturally stood by his son’s side, joining in to scold Mo Ziyang.
Mo Ziyang: speechless.
Who was the real biological child here? They were making him doubt his whole life.
With his scalp tingling from frustration, he could only turn his eyes back to the silly girl still caught by his mother.
“Come on, don’t be shy. Call me Mom, let me hear it.”
“No… wait… isn’t this way too fast?”
“It’s fine. This just means we accept you.”
Lin Muxi shook her head hard, refusing.
Who meets someone for the first time and is told to call them “Mom”? This was way too weird.
If this went on, wouldn’t she have to call someone “Dad” next??
Just as she was trying to find an excuse to escape, she noticed her good bro giving her meaningful looks from the side.
Great—her savior!
To her, Mo Ziyang’s gaze was like a lifeline. She quickly turned to his mother with an apologetic smile.
“Um… Mo Ziyang’s mom, Mo Ziyang is calling me. I’ll go over there now.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Muxi ran to her good bro’s side without stopping for a second. She grabbed his hand tightly and refused to let go.
“Is your whole family like this? How come I never noticed before…”
Hearing the small, panicked voice beside him, Mo Ziyang turned his head and saw Lin Muxi’s worried little face. For a moment, he almost laughed.
But it was clear, Lin Muxi was really nervous and scared. Her small hand was trembling as it held onto his.
He pulled the silly girl into his arms and gently rubbed her head with affection, comforting her.
“This just means my parents already see you as family.”
Seeing the two so close, Xu Lanyi, who felt like she had just been “fed dog food”, couldn’t help but walk over to her husband Mo Hongjun and softly hold his arm.
It reminded her of the time when she and her husband had been young and in love. It looked exactly like Mo Ziyang and Lin Muxi now.
“I really envy them…” she said with a sigh.
“You’re already so old, and you’re still envious?” her husband replied without much thought, completely ruining the romantic mood.
At once, Xu Lanyi frowned in displeasure.
“You blockhead, hopeless, better just bury you.”
“….”
Hearing his wife’s teasing words, Mo Hongjun could only sigh helplessly. In his heart, he admitted, young people really do live more freely.
After some chatting, everyone finally got on the car leaving the airport, heading to Mo Ziyang’s home.
Before leaving, Lin Muxi, sitting in the front passenger seat, kept looking regretfully at the small private jet parked behind them.
“Don’t worry. Didn’t we say we’d go traveling during the holidays? You’ll have your chance.”
Seeing how unwilling she was to look away, Mo Ziyang held her hand tightly, then stepped on the gas to catch up with the convoy.
When they arrived at his home, Lin Muxi, who had stayed quiet the whole ride, turned her head before getting out of the car and asked nervously.
“Do I have to stay here tonight?”
“Mm… it’s up to you. If you really don’t want to, I’ll take you back.”
After thinking for a while, Mo Ziyang rubbed her head and gave his answer.
After the last experience, he already knew that Lin Muxi didn’t really like coming to his house. So he didn’t want to make things hard for his silly girl.
But what he couldn’t understand was, living in such a huge mansion was many people’s dream. Why didn’t it work on this silly girl?
It even reminded him how Lin Muxi once complained that his sports car attracted too much attention, yet when he gave her a luxury watch last time, she was very happy.
“Sigh… really hard to understand.” He shook his head as he turned off the car.
“What’s hard to understand?” Lin Muxi asked curiously while opening the door.
“Nothing. Come on, let’s go.”
Holding her good bro’s hand, Lin Muxi followed behind his family. Together they crossed the big garden, heading to the dining room for lunch.
And since Lin Muxi was a foodie, she had already smelled the delicious fragrance from far away on the way there.
Although she had always said she preferred tasty food from street stalls, that didn’t stop her from wanting to try these fancy dishes. After all, she had no choice now.
As they entered the dining room, Mo Ziyang’s mother was already sitting at the table, warmly inviting the new guest.
“Come here, Lin Muxi. Sit next to Mom.”
Seeing Lin Muxi standing there a little dazed, Xu Lanyi waved her slim hand, asking her to come over.
Even Mo Hongjun, who had barely spoken, gave a small apologetic smile and added.
“Sit anywhere, make yourself at home. We came back too suddenly today, so we didn’t prepare anything special to welcome you.”
But the table was already full of dishes, chicken soup, roast goose, steak, and many others Lin Muxi couldn’t even name.
So this was “nothing special”? …
Clearly, her poor-girl imagination had been too limited.
But after what happened earlier, Lin Muxi didn’t dare go sit beside Mo Ziyang’s mother again. Instead, she clung tightly to her good bro, refusing to let go.
Especially when it came to Xu Lanyi. Today, no matter what, she would not sit next to her.
Seeing his silly girl gripping his arm so tightly, Mo Ziyang felt a bit embarrassed in front of his parents and grandpa. He could only pull her quickly to sit beside him.
And realizing that she had just shown that kind of behavior in front of three elders, Lin Muxi’s cheeks turned slightly red as she sat down.