Mu Ziyue let out a soft “ah” and averted her eyes guiltily, avoiding Mu Yuze's gaze.
On the way here, she had been praying that her brother wouldn't find out about the prank she had pulled.
But as soon as they met, Mu Yuze mercilessly exposed her.
With her brother's high IQ, he must have guessed long ago that this wasn't just a coincidence.
Mu Ziyue hesitated for a long time before stammering, “Brother, I was wrong. But I had good intentions. I just wanted to matchmake you and sister - in - law...”
Mu Yuze shot her a cold look, and Mu Ziyue quickly changed her words.
“I just wanted to matchmake you and Lu Xue, but I ended up making a mess of things with good intentions!”
Mu Ziyue felt extremely guilty as she said this, and her voice grew softer and softer.
After locking the two of them outside, she had gone off to have fun on her own and completely forgotten about it. Now that both of them were hospitalized and the situation had gotten out of hand, she didn't know how to deal with it.
Just as Mu Ziyue was lowering her head, enduring her brother's sharp gaze, footsteps sounded outside.
A moment later, there was a knock on the door, and Lu Xue asked politely, “May I come in?”
At that moment, Mu Ziyue felt as if she had found a savior. She said cheerfully, “Sure! Come in quickly! My brother really needs someone to visit him now!”
Saying this, Mu Ziyue didn't care about the look in Mu Yuze's eyes behind her. She happily ran towards the door, opened it eagerly, and even made a gesture to invite Lu Xue in.
As Lu Xue stepped into the room, she sensitively sensed that the atmosphere inside seemed a bit off.
She looked at Mu Yuze and found his cold gaze fixed on Mu Ziyue. So she asked carefully, “What are you talking about?”
Mu Yuze withdrew his gaze, turned his head away, and his ears turned slightly red.
“Nothing.”
Mu Ziyue also waved her hand quickly and said, “It's nothing. I just came to visit my brother. But I came too late, and my brother is a bit unhappy, so he's scolding me!”
Lu Xue let out an “oh” and didn't say anything else. She walked over and sat down beside Mu Yuze's hospital bed.
Seeing Mu Yuze's pale face, Lu Xue's guilt deepened. She asked softly, “Do you feel better now?”
Mu Yuze replied, “Much better. How about you?”
Mu Ziyue saw that the two of them were alone, and there was tenderness in their eyes when they looked at each other. She felt it would be inappropriate for her to stay here as a third wheel.
She quickly found an excuse and quietly slipped away. She even closed the door of the hospital ward for them.
After she walked out of the door, she heaved a sigh of relief and slapped her forehead.
She still had to continue the job of helping them fall in love, but she couldn't be so stupid this time!
After doing this, she had forgotten all about it and forced the two of them into such a situation.
She walked out of the hospital gate and let out a long breath.
Suddenly, she felt a bit helpless. In fact, she couldn't be blamed for this! She had good intentions, but unfortunately, it had rained!
...
The next day, the two were discharged from the hospital. Their physical conditions had improved, and their fevers had subsided.
They were transferred from the hospital ward back home. Aunt Chen was very concerned about them. She asked about their well - being and never left their side, for fear that they would suddenly disappear again like last time.
Lu Xue recalled what had happened that day and asked Aunt Chen, “Aunt Chen, how did you find us in the attic?”
When Aunt Chen talked about this, she felt deeply guilty.
“Alas, didn't Miss Mu Ziyue instruct us to go outside to mow the lawn that day? So we didn't know how long you had been locked in the attic. Then it started to rain, and we couldn't mow the lawn anymore, so everyone ran back in the rain.”
“After we got back, we couldn't find you anywhere in the house. We thought you had gone out, so we first searched outside. When we couldn't find you, someone took a chance and looked into the attic. Who would have thought we'd see you outside!”
Lu Xue frowned and caught the key point in this story.
They had been instructed by Mu Ziyue to go outside to mow the lawn. It was such a coincidence that just when they were locked on the rooftop, everyone in the house was gone.
Lu Xue seriously thought about whether there was any connection between these two things, but she couldn't figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it.
That afternoon, Mu Yuze went back to the company to work as usual.
Although Aunt Chen had tried to persuade him for a long time to rest at home for a while.
But Mu Yuze just said, “Don't worry. My physical condition is fine. I'm fully capable of handling the company's work.”
The aunts couldn't persuade him, so they had to let Mu Yuze go to the company.
Lu Xue originally wanted to go to the company with Mu Yuze and catch a ride with him.
Just as she was about to reach the door, Mu Yuze stopped her. He sized her up and down and finally calmly came to a conclusion.