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Chapter 165: Does She Deserve It?

"Hey, Grandpa, what's wrong?"

On the third floor, Mu Qingcheng was holding Xiao Qi, sitting on the sofa and answering the phone.

Next to them, Qin Chuyu and Qin Yao were playing mahjong. Seeing Mu Qingcheng making a phone call, Qin Chuyu snapped his fingers and an invisible barrier covered the place where she was.

In an instant, the originally noisy environment suddenly became quiet.

Mu Qingcheng first looked around in surprise, then glanced at Qin Chuyu who was holding Xiao Ming and playing mahjong. Her eyes moved slightly, as if she understood something.

I finally put my slightly anxious heart at ease and made the call with peace of mind.

A kind and gentle voice came from the other end of the phone: "Qingcheng, today is Mid-Autumn Festival, will you come back for dinner? We are all at the old house, your parents are here, your brothers and sisters are here too, the only one missing is you."

Mu Qingcheng gently kneaded Xiao Qi's tender and chubby little hands and said, "No, I still have things to deal with. I guess I can't go back today. Let Big Brother and Little Brother accompany you. I'll go back to see you when I have time."

"Huh? That's it..."

The old man's voice suddenly became low: "You haven't come back for Mid-Autumn Festival for several years, and the same is true for Chinese New Year. You only come back for a day or two. Grandpa really misses you! No matter how important your work is, don't forget your family! Grandpa has always told you that family is the most important."

"Grandpa is old now, and I won't be able to see you many times anymore..."

Listening to the old man's story, especially the last sentence which sounded very lonely, Mu Qingcheng pursed her red lips and said nothing.

Ever since Mu Qingcheng's experience five years ago, she has deeply realized that only if she has enough power can she protect her things and her children.

Being in such a big family, without strong enough power, she can't protect anyone. Even her lifelong affairs may not be decided by her...

So in the past few years, she has been working like crazy, setting traps for those good-for-nothings, and looking for Xianyu and the others.

Not to mention the old house, she rarely goes back home.

Besides this reason, there was another reason why she was unwilling to go home and return to her old house.

That is, she didn't want to face those dirty, so-called relatives.

No matter how distant a relative is, as long as they have even a little bit of Mu family blood on their bodies, they will want to devour the Mu family and the Mu Group, a towering tree that is already shaky.

Those so-called relatives smiled on the surface and said they were doing it for your own good, but deep down they were planning to drink every last drop of blood from the Mu family.

Everyone rushed to get the blood, fearing that it would be their turn before they ran out of blood to drink.

As long as there is a little benefit, they can sell out the family without mercy.

Mu Qingcheng has fallen into countless troubles over the years because of these so-called relatives. If it weren't for the damn clan rules that bound her, she would have driven out these pests long ago.

In Mu Qingcheng's heart, the only people who were truly her relatives were probably the people from their lineage and the other two branches...

And those two balls.

"Okay, grandpa, I will go back to see you in a few days." Mu Qingcheng comforted.

The old man smiled and said, "Well, don't blame me for being long-winded. I'm old, and all old people are like this, always nagging. I'm just afraid that I won't see you little guys again..."

"Grandpa, you are saying these unlucky words again!"

Mu Qingcheng said angrily, "Grandpa, you are over a hundred years old! But you promised me that you would wait until the day when we all get married and have our own careers, and see our children with your own eyes. You also said that your greatest wish is to have four generations living under one roof!"

"You haven't even seen my child yet, what about your great-granddaughter? You say you'll never see her again..."

As soon as these words came out, Mu Qingcheng realized that she had spoken out of desperation.

Fortunately, the old man did not doubt her, but just happily followed her words: "Okay, okay, okay, grandpa will keep his promise. I will not leave until I see you little guys get married, start a family, and live happily. Before I see your children, grandpa will not leave."

"But you little ones should hurry up and stop putting off getting married one after another."

"No, grandpa, don't worry."

"Okay, go ahead and get busy. Remember to take good care of yourself and come back more often when you have time."

"Okay, bye, Grandpa."

"Goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Mu Qingcheng let out a long sigh and wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead with her hand.

When she let the cat out of the bag just now, her heart stopped for a moment, for fear that the old man might hear something.

But fortunately, it seems that my grandfather didn't find anything...

Looking at Xiao Qi who was leaning on her arms and playing with her mobile phone, a complex look flashed in the depths of Mu Qingcheng's eyes.

The phone call from her grandfather just now reminded her that her grandfather was getting older and older, and the old man's last wish might be to see her own children.

Although she already has her own children, but...

Ugh……

hold on……

It will be fine after a while...

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Guangcheng, the old house of the Mu family.

Because today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, according to the custom of the Mu family, all members of the Mu family must reunite together in the old house on this day.

Due to ancestral rules, anyone with Mu family blood, no matter how distant the relationship is, even if it's only a little bit, is a member of the Mu family, and must return to the Mu family's old house for a reunion on this day.

This also leads to the Mu family's old house being particularly lively on this day and during the Chinese New Year every year, with thousands of people gathering together for reunion.

Of course, beneath this lively surface, most of the people who come here actually have their own ulterior motives, and they all want to take advantage of this rare opportunity to build connections and seize opportunities for themselves.

Therefore, in this Mu family old house you can see a true microcosm of this society.

People who have no ability and no money will frantically curry favor with those who have ability, power and money.

Rich, capable and powerful people will try to curry favor with those who are even richer, more capable and more powerful.

Those who are at the pinnacle of power in the Mu family are the Mu family head, the old patriarch and several elders of very high seniority.

Although they appeared to have retreated behind the scenes and no longer interfered in the affairs of the Mu family, they had actually cultivated their own power long ago.

After decades of development, their influence has spread throughout the entire Mu family and is deeply rooted, making it difficult for anyone to shake it.

Although they have retreated behind the scenes, they still have the ability to command the attention of hundreds of people.

They still have huge resources and terrifying connections at their disposal.

In fact, they are the real backbone of the Mu family, the tumbler.

Naturally, they became the objects of everyone's flattery.

At the main table, except for Mu Zhan, the current patriarch, no other family heads are qualified to sit at the main table.

Even Mu Zhan, the current clan leader, could only sit at the last seat.

At the main seat, Mr. Mu, Mu Xiaotian, hung up the phone with a little regret. An old man beside him couldn't help but ask, "Brother, what's wrong? Qingcheng is not coming back again?"

"Yes, this girl is busy. She said she won't come back for Mid-Autumn Festival this year." Mu Xiaotian said with a long sigh.

The old man consoled her, "Qingcheng has been working hard for the Mu family and has made the Mu Group flourish and become better day by day. All of this is earned through her hard work. Don't blame her, brother."

"That's right! I didn't misjudge Qingcheng! She's very capable!"

"In my opinion, if things continue like this, with Qingcheng's ability, she will definitely be able to become the next clan leader. Brother, your lineage is getting stronger with each generation!"

"Oh, yes, yes! Big brother is so blessed! His son, granddaughter, and grandson are all so amazing. We old guys are so envious!"

Just when the elders were unsure whether to give a sincere compliment or not, a very inappropriate voice suddenly sounded:

"Hmph! What a shitty ability! He only targets his own family! In order to seize power, he even resorted to trickery to take back the shares that my uncle gave to the other seven clans, thus cutting off the retreat of his own family!

"You have no trust in your own family, and no mercy at all!"

"I would rather trust outsiders than my own family, and I would rather eat too much than share a bite with my own family!"

"It caused a family that was once united to become divided!"

"Is such a person really worthy of being the patriarch and the helmsman of the Mu Group?"