"Mm!"
Mu Zihao said as he carried his granddaughter over to the sofa to sit down. He first glanced at the chessboard and then looked at his father, "Dad, you’re going to lose this one!"
"Shut up!"
The old master looked up and said unhappily.
Mu Zihao imdiately refrained from comnting further and instead said to the girl who was clinging to her toy box, "How about Grandpa helps you open it?"
"Mm!"
Huanhuan nodded imdiately and started to open the box facing Grandpa.
"Is Old Zhao staying at AM now?"
Feng Fanghua asked.
"Yeah! He refuses to co stay with us no matter what!"
Mu Zihao replied, continuing to help his granddaughter unwrap the box.
"Is he asking you for sothing? He brought so much stuff this ti."
"His wife got a terminal disease, and our family runs a pharmaceutical factory, right?"
This remark drew the attention of the whole family, who all looked towards him.
"There’s no cure!"
Mu Zihao said, seeing everyone looking at him, and added another line.
However, Mu Yichen’s expression was clearly troubled upon hearing this.
As the owner of a pharmaceutical company, Mu Yichen also hoped he could produce life-saving dicine, but despite ongoing research, a breakthrough for so cancer drugs remained elusive.
Upon hearing this, Mu Yichen got up and left.
Qin Mu was still looking down at the chessboard until she heard soone behind her, "Mrs. Mu, co upstairs with ."
Qin Mu turned around and saw that Mu Yichen was already at the stairwell.
"I..."
"Go on!"
The old master was still looking at the chessboard, but he let her go anyway.
"I’ve got this! We’ll definitely win this round, just you and I!"
Mu Zihao tried to sound casual, encouraging Qin Mu to accompany Mu Yichen.
After Qin Mu followed him upstairs and closed the door, she asked, "What’s wrong? You seem to be in such a bad mood all of a sudden."
"It’s nothing! I just wanted to spend so ti alone with you!"
Always the sa cheesy love talk!
But seeing his expression that day, Qin Mu couldn’t help but to step forward and gently wrap her hands around his waist, "What’s the matter? Is it about the pharmaceutical company?"
Qin Mu asked.
"Yes! The company has been searching for a breakthrough these past years, but that day has yet to co!"
He felt like a failure.
"Then we’ll just keep trying harder!"
Qin Mu didn’t dare to joke with him and could only skirt around the subject to encourage him.
"Do you know how grandma passed away?"
"You told before, leukemia!"
Qin Mu rembered.
"Yes! Your parents started the pharmaceutical factory because of grandma’s illness, but it’s been so many years."
Mu Yichen was just lightly holding her, but as he talked, he held her even tighter in his arms.
Qin Mu’s face pressed against his chest, feeling the warmth that was different from every other day.
He was seldom this dejected!
Late into the night, in the vast living room where only the grandfather and son remained seated on the sofa, the old master asked Mu Zihao, "Also leukemia?"
"Yes! It was already at an advanced stage when diagnosed!"
Mu Zihao confird.
"Sigh! Even deities are powerless in such cases! That kid is taking it so hard!"
The old master felt a twinge of sympathy for his grandson.
"These past few years, it might seem like he hasn’t been managing the pharmaceutical company much, but he has always been sending people around the world looking for a cure for terminal illnesses."
Mu Zihao responded.
"Yeah! I understand my own grandson! When you gave up on your dreams back then and quit, he took over the pharmaceutical company and picked up those dreams for you."
The old master said slowly, reminiscing about the early years when the Mu Family rose to success.
"Dad! It’s my incompetence as well."
"Your mother has been gone for so many years now! Moreover, with so many pharmaceutical companies in the world, which one has developed a cure for terminal illnesses at an advanced stage? I’ve co to terms with it, why are you two still questioning yourselves?"
To the old master, these mories were just fleeting monts with his wife that had long passed, and he had long since allowed himself to let go of the things he couldn’t change.
Mu Yichen went downstairs to get so food for his pregnant wife, and he heard the conversation between the grandfather and son.
So, another voice joined the quiet in the living room.
"Why are you not asleep yet?"
Mu Yichen, with his hands in his pajama pockets, spoke while already heading towards the kitchen.
Watching the young man walk away, the grandfather and son in the living room muttered, "When did he co down?"
"No idea!"
Mu Zihao frowned slightly, wondering if their conversation had been overheard by the young man.
But it was probably for the best if he heard it.
"Go to sleep early!"
As he went back upstairs, he reminded them again, his voice lacking warmth but resonating with the pair sitting in the distant sofa.
Mu Yichen returned to the bedroom, handed Qin Mu the warm milk, placed the snacks on the bedside table, and then spoke after getting into bed, "That father and son were having a heart-to-heart!"
Qin Mu turned to look at him, took a small sip of milk, cradling the cup, and asked, "Dad and Grandpa?"
"Yeah!"
Mu Yichen also leaned against the headboard, his hands behind his head, "I didn’t expect Grandpa to have such a sentintal side!"
Qin Mu...
Mu Yichen suddenly laughed, then his peach blossom eyes turned towards the woman beside him, "How about doing sothing else after you finish drinking?"
"Hm?"
Qin Mu reflexively looked at him, while her mind had already conjured up the romantic scenario he was suggesting.
"I need to relax now! You are the best dicine!"
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