Chapter 515: Chapter 515: Completely Letting Go
After she finished speaking, Xiao Jiyan threw a few fierce punches at Bao Tingting’s retreating back before skipping away.
What she didn’t know was that Mu Ziquan had heard everything she did and every word she said.
It was because of her words today that she would find happiness and fulfillment in the future.
Mu Ziquan was now engaged, but he was mentally and physically exhausted. He just wanted to go home and rest, so he didn’t offer to take his fiancée home first.
Because he didn’t care that much about his fiancée, he naturally wasn’t concerned with such details.
But when he got home, he wasn’t the least bit sleepy, nor was he in a hurry to do his rehabilitation exercises.
He could already walk slowly, though he still couldn’t run or jump.
She had said that haste makes waste, and he had taken her words to heart. He trained step by step, and though the process was tiring and arduous, he embraced it willingly.
He knew that not only was her acupuncture technique superb, but the medicine she developed was also the best.
He wasn’t sure if it was because of the medicine or the acupuncture, but his hearing had become sharper than before.
In any case, his hearing was more acute, and his injuries were healing much faster than the average person’s.
’She is my light, my hope, and my salvation. But she is also a wound I can never touch. In truth, I just want to watch over her quietly, but that man of hers is just too petty. He’s always guarding against me getting close to her, as if I were a thief. He even went out of his way to set me up with the girl from the Xiao family. Why does a grown man have to be so narrow-minded? If it had just been that man’s idea, I might have ignored it. But she also tried her best to set me up with that girl. I could tell she really liked the Xiao family’s girl, so I agreed to it.’
He had agreed to get engaged to the girl from the Xiao family just so he could openly eat and hang out with Gu Jiaojiao and her husband.
His grandfather said he never would have dreamed that he would so muddle-headedly agree to an engagement.
In reality, he had given it careful thought. After all, that girl had been trailing after him since they were kids.
Whenever she saw him, she would blush furiously and become so timid she couldn’t speak. Such a quiet wife was exactly what he needed.
Who would have thought that as he stood on his balcony today, lost in thought, he would see a side of the girl he never knew existed.
The girl was so vibrant and fiery, and she’d even said that marrying him was her ultimate goal. It shook him to the core.
It was the first time he had ever seen this side of Xiao Jiyan. This version of her seemed to draw his gaze as if by magic.
His eyes roamed over the girl. She was wearing a red woolen coat.
Because she was about to fight, she had unbuttoned her coat, revealing a turtleneck sweater and black bell-bottoms underneath.
She was actually very beautiful. He didn’t know if it was because she always kept her head down in front of him, or for some other reason.
Before, she never really had much of a presence in his eyes; she just gave him the impression of being frail and delicate.
But now, she exuded a wild and passionate aura, as if at any moment she could burn his own lingering resentment to ashes.
It made him want to get to know her, made him feel an uncontrollable urge to protect her, and made him think about spending the rest of his life with her.
Mu Ziquan swore a silent oath to himself. From now on, he would cherish her and never betray her sincere heart and passionate love.
’I need to rearrange my heart and make more room for my girl.’
’Putting Great-Aunt in the spot for an elder is the most fitting. It just so happens I don’t have a grandmother, or even parents. There’s more than enough room for her there.’
As Mu Ziquan considered all this, he suddenly felt a sense of enlightened clarity, as if he’d had an epiphany.
In that instant, he felt the shackles on his heart and body dissolve into thin air, leaving him feeling lighter than ever before.
Mu Ziquan turned and went downstairs to call Gu Jiaojiao. Now that those other feelings were gone, he felt much more open and at ease.
The call connected quickly, and a crisp, pleasant voice came from the other end. "This is Gu Jiaojiao. Are you looking for Shu Ci or for me?"
"Great-Aunt, it’s Mu Ziquan. Have you eaten yet?" Mu Ziquan’s cheerful voice was tinged with excitement.
"Ziquan! Just from your voice, I can feel your good mood all the way through the phone line.
Your Great-Aunt is happy for you, too. Is it because you two got engaged today? That’s why you’re so excited, right?
On the way home, your Great-Uncle and I were still worried about you, because you didn’t seem very happy.
But I could see that Little Yanzi was so happy she was practically bubbling over with sweetness. That girl only has eyes for you.
Did her happiness rub off on you? I just have a feeling that you two will be very happy after you get married.
Your Great-Uncle is making dinner right now, and I was wiping the table, which is why I was able to answer your call so quickly.
Have you guys eaten? Is Little Yanzi at your place or did she go home? You know, you should ask her out to eat more often before you get married."
Hearing the excitement in Mu Ziquan’s voice over the phone, Gu Jiaojiao felt genuinely happy for him.
So she chattered on for a bit. As someone who had lived two lives, she was, of course, well aware of Mu Ziquan’s emotional dependency on her.
"Great-Aunt, you just asked so many questions at once! Which one should I answer first?"
Her crisp, pleasant voice, which had once haunted his dreams and left him flustered, was now something he could tease about calmly.
"Haha... Your Great-Aunt is just happy for you! Just say whatever you want, anything is fine."
"We haven’t eaten yet either. I was tired today, so I didn’t take Little Yanzi home. Just now, I saw her from the second floor fighting with that girl from the Bao family. She was so fierce..."
Mu Ziquan rambled on, not even realizing that he was like a child sharing his feelings with his parents.
"Haha... that girl from the Bao family deserved it! I wanted to beat her up last time, but as your Great-Aunt, it wouldn’t have been appropriate for me to do it."
"Hehe, you should be happy then, Great-Aunt. Little Yanzi beat her black and blue today before her grandmother dragged her away."
"Haha... I wish you had taken a picture for me with a camera! But I can just imagine the scene. Your description painted such a vivid picture."
Hearing her cheerful voice on the other end of the line, Mu Ziquan could picture her beaming with delight.
At this moment, he felt none of the ripples from his previous secret crush, a realization that made him even more joyful.
He even heard that man’s voice on the other end, but he no longer felt so irritated by it.
"Honey, who’s on the phone? What’s making you laugh so happily?"
"It’s Ziquan. He’s telling me all about how Little Yanzi was a total badass when she fought that girl from the Bao family."
"Hmph. Good thing he came to his senses when he did. That girl is worthy of him. Tell him to cherish her. And hang up, we need to eat."
"Okay, I’ll tell him right now."
"Great-Aunt, I heard that. You two go ahead and eat. I’m hanging up now."
"Ziquan..." Before Gu Jiaojiao could tell him to call Little Yanzi, the line went dead with a BEEP BEEP BEEP.
