Chapter 497


    Ziyue handed Zixi his bottle. Walking to the sofa opposite Yuchuan, she sat down with Zixi on herp.


    "Why were you gone for so long?" Yuchuan asked her.


    She realized he sounded neither warm nor cold when speaking to her. However, the way he spoke told


    her that he had never liked her since they first met in J Country all those years ago. In fact, his dislike


    might have deepened into disgust now.


    Yuchuan always wanted to control Muchen, but Muchen nearly had a great fallout with him because of


    her. Despite harboring some self-resentment after what Zixi went through, with Zixi back with them, he


    now felt absolved from his guilt.


    However, in the ce of his guilt was deep resentment toward Ziyue.


    "I met a friend – we were chatting."


    Yuchuan raised his eyebrow questioningly but decided not to pursue her response. Instead, he turned


    his attention back to Jingshu.


    Unfazed by Yuchuan''s disdain, Ziyue turned her attention to Zixi.


    Suddenly, somebody''s phone rang. Jingshu picked up the call and nodded a few times.


    "I''m sorry! I need to go home now – I''ll be back soon!" Jingshu chuckled.


    "Okay, go on! Young people need to mingle with other young people. Just leave old men like me be."


    Although Yuchuan may sound like he was cross, Ziyue knew he was not. In fact, she knew that he liked


    Jingshu.


    "Send him off, would you?" Yuchuan asked Ziyue, who nodded and got up to send their friend off.


    When they arrived at the door, Jingshu turned back to look at the room. Once he was sure that


    Yuchuan was not watching them, he leaned toward her and whispered, "I can''t help you anymore. The


    old man is very intelligent. He''d know that Muchen sent me here if I stayed any longer. I''ll go now – you


    go back in, okay?"


    Ziyue noted the concern on his face, but she was not worried. Instead, something else caught her


    attention. "Did Muchen send you?"


    "Ah, yes! Didn''t you know?"


    "Now I do. Go on. I''ll manage." Ziyue bade him goodbye.


    Ziyue stared at Jingshu as he left them, but a loud bang jolted her out of her daze. Terrified, she turned


    around and ran into the room her son was in.


    Yuchuan was standing near his tea set, towering over Zixi.


    Zixi stood next to the tea set, staring nkly to one side, as if unable toprehend what had


    happened.


    "What happened?" Ziyue felt her heart drop.


    "Did you not teach him how to behave?" Ziyue shouted at her, but Ziyue ignored him and turned to Zixi.


    "Mom…" Zixi whispered but immediately scrunched his lips together. Despite the tears in his eyes, he


    strained not to cry.


    Yuchuan was a stranger to Zixi, so Yuchuan''s loud outburst scared him. The child wanted to run into


    his mother''s arms, but he was too shocked to do anything.


    He may not know who the old man was, but he was sure that Ziyue respected him. It was that sense of


    seniority that paralyzed him.


    "What happened, Grandpa?" Ziyue asked the old man, and instead of calling him ''Mr. Qin'', she called


    him by the title Muchen addressed him.


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    Yuchuan scoffed when he heard her addressing him as ''Grandpa.'' "Did you not teach him how to


    behave? Why is he so bad-tempered? He was throwing things on the ground!"


    He turned to the ce Zixi was staring at. Following his gaze, Ziyue saw the shattered ss.


    "Did you break the ss, Zixi?"


    The boy looked up at Ziyue, then at Yuchuan, but remained silent.


    Ziyue walked carefully toward her son, got down to his eye level, and ced a hand on the child''s


    shoulder. "Did you break the ss, Zixi? You can tell me."


    Zixi nodded. He may be mature for a two-year-old, but he was not a cunning child.


    Ziyue hummed to signal that she understood before asking, "Why did you break the ss? That''s not a


    good thing to do."


    Before the child could answer, Yuchuan interjected. "Why is he learning bad habits at such a young


    age?"


    Ziyue felt her temper rise for a moment but quickly smothered it.


    She would not let anyone make snarky remarks about her child, but she would have to bear it since


    Yuchuan was Muchen''s grandfather.


    Ziyue thought he was a gentleman when she met him two years ago. Although he had some tricks up


    his sleeve to make her leave Muchen, she did not consider him to be underhanded.


    However, she now realized that he was a despicable man.


    Although Zixi admitted that he broke the ss, it did not mean he broke it on purpose. Why did he


    insist that Zixi picked up a bad habit? His remarks were full of disgust – it is a misced disgust for me


    that he has ced on my child!


    "Zixi is only two years old. He may not be mature yet, but he can be taught how to behave. You are a


    wise and open-minded man. Surely you would not harbor resentment toward a two-year-old, right?"


    Ziyue suggested but did not bother to look at the old man.


    Ziyue almost scoffed at Yuchuan''s exaggerated response. Why would you use a child to attack me?


    Yuchuan raised his brow questioningly. Women have a strong maternal instinct once they have


    children. I did not expect the child to admit that he broke the ss so quickly, and I did not expect the


    woman not to fight with me! She has matured so much after two years.


    A sneaky smile crossed his face for a second. "Well, since you offered, I don''t mind taking Zixi to


    Country J. He can stay with me. We''ll teach him how to behave."