Muchuan and Xiang Wan - Chapter 458
Chapter 458: Hoodwinking Grandma
Xiang Wan felt like covering her face…
Did she look like a guy or something?
“… Granny, he didn’t lie to you. I’m really a girl!”
“I can tell, can tell!” Grandma Bai had been observing her. “I’m a little worried that after I woke up tomorrow, my granddaughter-in-law might fly away.”
“…” Xiang Wan was speechless.
Bai Muchuan puffed a sigh then he crouched to coax his grandma like he was coaxing a child.
“She won’t fly away, Grandma. She’s seriously your granddaughter-in-law. Cross my heart…”
“Orh…” Grandma Bai then asked a question in a low tone. “Chuanchuan ah, do you mean that you have not serious ones outside?”
… Pffft!
Xiang Wan was like an outsider when she sat on the bed. She looked at the silver-haired Grandma Bai, who was acting like a child, and saw how her questions made Bai Muchuan speechless. She thought that his reaction was really interesting to see.
“Chuanchuan ah, when you have a girlfriend, you must not let her down. Do you understand? Don’t copy your dad…”
“… Yes, Grandma.” Bai Muchuan was always “submissive” before his grandma, for he never talked back to her.
After all, there was no use talking back to her.
She only cared about what she wanted to say.
Thus, she talked continuously for a long time, then she furrowed her eyebrows when she saw Xiang Wan sitting on the bed, and was listening to them the whole time.
“You better cover yourself properly with the quilt. Don’t catch a cold, hurry, hurry.”
“Thank you, Grandma!” Xiang Wan said while clasping onto the hem of the quilt. Thinking of how she probably would have looked, she felt really ashamed to have met Grandma Bai like this.
“Grandma’s off now, I won’t disturb you anymore…”
Grandma Bai really did not seem to mind at all. The wheelchair rolled back two steps, and she beckoned to Bai Muchuan. “You, come out!”
Immediately after Bai Muchuan went out of the room, his grandma interrogated him.
“Tell Grandma the truth, did you… sleep with her already?”
Bai Muchuan did not know what to say. “…”
Grandma Bai raised a hand to hit him. “Out with it!”
Bai Muchuan was helpless against his doting grandma. “Yeah!”
Grandma Bai heaved a sigh. “Aiyo, you little rascal! How can you do this kind of thing…? Haven’t I taught you before? When you’re in primary school, secondary school and college, I’ve said multiple times that you shouldn’t sleep with girls recklessly. If you did that, you have to be responsible for her…”
Bai Muchuan replied solemnly, “Grandma, I’ll be responsible for her… I’ve said that before. I’m serious, and I’m preparing to marry her!”
“Get married?” Grandma Bai looked stunned for a moment as she scrutinized him. Next, she reached to pinch his ear. “You little rascal, aren’t you just a sophomore in college this year? How can you get married at this time? Your dad will not agree with this…”
Bai Muchuan had his mouth agape when he heard that. “…”
He looked at Nanny Li; the latter gave a quiet sigh.
Grandma Bai’s memory was failing again!
Sometimes she’s all good, but the next moment, she would forget a lot of things.
Every day was like a whole new world to her.
Bai Muchuan propped his hand on his forehead for a moment. “That’s precisely why I’m here to seek your help, Grandma…”
Grandma Bai let out an unhappy snort. “You little rascal who doesn’t listen to your Grandma!”
Bai Muchuan replied with a smile, “You’ve seen it; what’s done is done. I can’t be… I can’t be a jerk and dump her, right? Grandma hates this type of men the most, right?”
The old lady just stared at him without a word.
Bai Muchuan shook her arm. “Grandma…”
Grandma Bai snorted then chortled as she pointed at him.
“I’ll teach you a lesson later! Now, you need to go back to your room and sleep with her a few more times!”
Bai Muchuan was stunned. “…”
Grandma Bai suddenly had a longing look. “Hurry and give me my great-grandchild! Only then would Grandma be happy!”
That was too abrupt.
Totally unexpected!
Nanny Li and Bai Muchuan looked at each other with a smile.
Bai Muchuan chuckled, “Alright, Grandma, I’ll go back to sleep. When it’s dinnertime, I’ll bring your granddaughter-in-law to see you again… I’ll leave the rest to you!”
Grandma Bai puffed a sigh. “Fine, then… for the sake of my great-grandchild, I’ll let you off!”
Full marks for her imagination.
She just met Xiang Wan, and she was thinking of having a great-grandchild already.
Bai Muchuan held her hand gently; his tone was full of gratitude.
“It’s a deal! So, Grandma, I’m off to help you create your great-grandchild now.”
When he said so, he went into his room and closed the door without waiting for the old lady to say anything more.
…
“Hahaha~!”
He couldn’t stop laughing.
Xiang Wan was sulking. She quickly got out of bed and hit him with a pillow.
“Why did you do this to me? You couldn’t even wait for me to get changed and opened the door. Look at me, I don’t even dare to get out of bed earlier. I feel so ashamed…”
“Isn’t that good?” Bai Muchuan couldn’t resist laughing when he thought about what Grandma Bai had said to him privately earlier. “You’ve secured the position of Grandma’s granddaughter-in-law just because you slept on my bed. Our Grandma will help us block all obstacles now…”
Xiang Wan did not understand what he was talking about.
She looked at herself in the mirror and realized that there were some faint sleeping marks on her face.
“… This is so embarrassing. My first impression in her gets ruined just like this.”
“No, no.” Bai Muchuan hugged her from behind and squeezed her little face. “Didn’t Grandma say that you’re good-looking like a little fairy…?”
“Your Grandma is nice. She’s being polite…” Xiang Wan gave a snort. “Otherwise, she wouldn’t say you have a peculiar taste.”
“Hahaha… I guarantee you that she had meant quirky taste instead…”
“Gosh!” Xiang Wan rolled her eyes. “As if I’ll believe you.”
Bai Muchuan pecked her face. “Just believe me. I’ve told Grandma already that I want to marry you, and she agreed!”
Xiang Wan was speechless at what she heard. “…”
In the short contact with the old lady, Xiang Wan could tell that Grandma Bai’s brain wasn’t in a good condition.
Thus, would her opinion matter in this household?
What would the rest of the Bai Family, who tried to push her away, do?
…
Her thoughts were a little chaotic.
While waiting for dinner to be ready, Xiang Wan turned on her laptop. It was time to write her story.
No matter what happened, she had to keep updating at least a chapter every day…
It was the norm for most web novelists.
Sometimes when one gave it a thought, by persisting on doing something every day, wouldn’t it fit best if one treated this perseverance as a form of cultivation?
…
She and Bai Muchuan sat beside one another.
However, she did not know what Bai Muchuan was doing.
Gradually, she calmed down, for she wanted to write her chapter. Her plot went in the opposite direction with reality after the closure of the 121 case.
Maybe in her heart, she had some ineffable feelings towards Meng Chi’s crimes or perhaps she had some compassion for his difficult childhood and experiences. In that day’s chapter, Xiang Wan wrote the ending of the story arc and did a summary too.
Then, when she wrote the plot outline for her new story arc, she began to twist the plot completely—
…
It was wrong!
Whatever that happened was not the truth.
Rather, there were other truths hidden within the truth.
When she was writing her plot outline, her brain felt like there was electricity flickering within her when it got switched on; one by one, ideas kept showing up in her head…
Her plot outline thrilled her!
It was beyond expectations yet reasonable.
Xiang Wan felt that the keyboard on her hand had turned into a friendly spirit, which made the twists in her story suddenly become more vivid and alive…
Ding! Ding! Messages came in from QQ.
Xiang Wan took a glance at the lower right corner of her laptop screen and opened QQ.
It was Xuan Yue. “Xiang Gongzi, are you there?”
Xiang Wan’s eyebrows furrowed for a moment. “Yup, what’s up?”
Xuan Yue replied, “I’ve been reading your novel for the past two days and I’m feeling scared…”
Xiang Wan didn’t reply other than looking at her message for a while. “…”
What should she say?
With a pause, she messaged back, “My novel is not really that frightening, right?”
Xuan Yue replied, “I don’t mean that. I don’t know how to express it in words. I just feel creeped out and scared. After I read through the few cases… that feeling got stronger. Xiang Gongzi, I feel that someone is after me; I feel that someone wanted to kill me…”
Xiang Wan heaved a sigh. “…”
The first time when Xuan Yue messaged her, Xiang Wan felt that the death of Du Landuo must have affected her.
Once again, Xuan Yue’s hair-raising tone in her messages spooked Xiang Wan a little.
Xiang Wan calmed herself down. “Have you given a thought about why you felt this way?”
Xuan Yue responded thereafter, “I did… I started getting this feeling when Du Landuo died.”
Xiang Wan replied with a rather concerned tone. “That incident must have affected you.”
Xuan Yue replied, “I’m really terrified. The feeling never went away ever since then. I’ve gone to the police, but it’s no use… I don’t know what to do anymore… Xiang Gongzi, can you please help me?”
Of course, it would be no use if she went to the police.
She only had groundless speculation and couldn’t pinpoint any suspicious people. Who else could help her?
Xiang Wan sighed. “Maybe you should consult a psychiatrist?”
Xuan Yue responded swiftly, “No, no, no. I can’t. If I did that, people will see me as a nutcase.”
Xiang Wan responded with her usual calm demeanor. “Consulting a psychiatrist does not mean that you’re a mental patient. It’s just to relieve stress and find out what is troubling you.”
Xuan Yue seemed to ignore her earlier message. “Why won’t you help me?”
Xiang Wan sighed once again. “… I don’t know how to help you.”
Xuan Yue replied quickly, “You help me look for Second Young Master Mu; he will find a way. He’s a police officer! I’ve heard that he’s a great detective… Xiang Gongzi, believe me, someone is really out to get me… Tell this to Second Young Master Mu, please? Help me ask him to save me, please…”
