"I heard that Mu Yuze recently accepted an invitation from one of the elders and is going to visit their place. He's likely to have a private date with their daughter then," she said, her eyes fixed on Lu Xue's face, not missing any hint of change in her expression.
But Lu Xue ate her meal with poise, even scooping up a couple more spoonfuls of tofu. She seemed completely oblivious to the information in Ding Muyun's words.
Ding Muyun tried to provoke Lu Xue a bit more, but Lu Xue remained unfazed.
On the contrary, Mu Ziyue was greatly provoked. She slapped the table and stood up, shouting,
"I'm going to talk to those people and get this straight!!"
Ding Muyun quickly stood up to calm Mu Ziyue down. "I just heard about it. The news may not be true. You'd better ask your brother later to avoid any misunderstandings."
Mu Ziyue reluctantly sat down, glaring at Ding Muyun unhappily.
"If it's not true, don't say it. Come and tell me after you've confirmed the truth. You've made me so angry for nothing."
The conversation ended on a sour note. None of the three said a word after that. Lu Xue enjoyed her meal the most, while Mu Ziyue and Ding Muyun were both preoccupied.
After the conversation, Ding Muyun left, but Mu Ziyue was in a bad mood the whole night. She tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep, with Ding Muyun's words echoing in her mind.
Her brother was indeed a much - sought - after bachelor in the eyes of the family elders. Knowing that he had been single for so many years, they were all eager to find a suitable partner for him.
They claimed to be looking for a good match, but in fact, they were just coveting the position of Mrs. Mu.
But in her heart, the most suitable candidate was Lu Xue. She wished Lu Xue could marry her brother right away.
However, Lu Xue was not ambitious enough, showing no sign of competitiveness.
Her brother was also extremely slow - paced. He still hadn't made any moves to pursue the girl. At this rate, when would they finally get together?
Thinking of this, Mu Ziyue felt even more aggrieved. Neither of them seemed to be in a hurry, while she, an outsider, was extremely anxious, worrying so much about their relationship.
Mu Ziyue decided that she must speed up their relationship. At the very least, they should confirm their relationship first!
Once their relationship was confirmed and her brother was taken, those elders outside would stop trying to set him up.
Without delay, Mu Ziyue got out of bed in the middle of the night, turned on the bedside reading lamp, and quickly started writing down her plan on a piece of paper.
From the next day on, Lu Xue felt that everything in her life seemed to be a bit spooky.
First, when she opened the door in the morning, yawning and rubbing her neck as usual, about to go downstairs for breakfast, she saw a bunch of red roses lying on the floor in front of her room.
She retracted her just - stepped - out foot and stared at the roses in confusion for a while. She couldn't figure out how they had ended up in front of her room.
All the roses were in the yard. They wouldn't come here on their own if they weren't picked. Who had put these flowers here, and what did it mean?
Filled with such doubts, she picked up the roses and carried them into her room. She casually put the roses on the table and then left for downstairs.
At breakfast, she was surprised to find that only she and Mu Yuze were in the dining room.
Lu Xue sat down and asked, "Where's Mu Ziyue?"
Mu Yuze shook his head but didn't answer.
This time, even Aunt Chen and the other butlers were absent. The whole dining room was eerily quiet.
Lu Xue finished her breakfast with a sense of unease, her mind filled with questions.
When she was about to go out, she picked up her coat from the hanger by the door. As she put it on and felt in the pocket, she suddenly took out a note. There was a scribbled line on it:
"Remember to take good care of yourself today!"
At the end of the note, there was an incredibly ugly heart drawn. Lu Xue stared at the note for a long time, feeling goosebumps all over her back.
Who had written this? Could it be Aunt Chen? Or one of the butlers? Maybe one of the unknown bodyguards?
It couldn't possibly be Mu Yuze!
Lu Xue looked up at Mu Yuze's back as he strode away and was about to start the car. She immediately ruled out Mu Yuze as a suspect.
Even if the kittens or puppies at the door had somehow become magical and left the note for her, it couldn't be Mu Yuze. He had nothing to do with this!
After that, Lu Xue felt that her life was filled with spooky details.
For example, there were suddenly small gifts in front of her room, and little notes were mysteriously slipped under the door.
The white bread toast she usually ate suddenly became double - fried egg toast, and Aunt Chen was completely unaware of it, saying that the toast had never passed through her hands.
One spooky detail after another emerged in Lu Xue's life. She even began to suspect that there was an invisible person following her.