Chapter 261: Extra: Ancient Times (Part 14)
Mu Hong, however, looked pale.
He was drenched in sweat from head to toe as if he had just been pulled out of the water.
Seeing his scumbag father in such a miserable state, Rong Xingyu couldn’t help but become even more curious about what they had just talked about.
"Please, just tell me!"
But Ding Yixin merely stroked Rong Xingyu’s hair and smiled without saying a word.
Rong Xingyu: "Hmph."
Meanwhile, Mu Hong who had just been warned by Ding Yixin lifted his teacup with trembling fingers.
Only after taking a sip of tea did he barely manage to steady his emotions.
Thinking of Ding Yixin’s expression before leaving, along with all the subtle hints, Ding Yixin clearly already knew about their scheme of deceiving everyone and swapping the person who married into the General’s residence.
This was equivalent to having their weakness firmly held in Ding Yixin’s hands.
Mu Hong suddenly slammed the table, feeling a wave of irritation surge in his heart.
Just as Mu Hong was feeling vexed, Mu Yao who is lacking any sense of the situation came forward again.
Ever since she saw Ding Yixin’s breathtaking appearance, Mu Yao had been obsessing day and night about going to the General’s residence and replacing the "imposter" Mu Lin.
So today she came to find Mu Hong again.
At first, Mu Yao was half-kneeling on the ground and slowly massaging Mu Hong’s legs.
She looked simply like a child full of filial affection toward her father.
Until Mu Yao brought up, in a coquettish tone, her wish to go to the General’s residence.
"Father, just let me switch with that useless person, hasn’t he always listened to you?"
If it were the Mu Hong from before, he might have considered Mu Yao’s idea.
But having just been personally warned by Ding Yixin, he naturally no longer dared to entertain any thoughts in that regard.
Mu Hong was already somewhat irritated and now Mu Yao brought it up again.
He impatiently flicked his hand away.
Mu Yao nearly lost her balance and fell to the ground because of that motion.
"Father!" Mu Yao couldn’t help feeling wronged.
Her father had always doted on her; he had never even spoken harshly to her before.
But today his attitude was far too strange.
Suppressing her confusion, Mu Yao continued to plead with Mu Hong about going to the General’s residence.
But seeing that Mu Hong still did not nod, Mu Yao couldn’t help growing anxious.
She grabbed Mu Hong’s hand and raised her voice.
"I am the real Mu Yao!! The one who married into the General’s residence should have been me!!! Why should that useless Mu Lin occupy my identity? I..."
"—Smack!"
Mu Yao’s words were interrupted by a crisp sound.
She covered the side of her face that had been struck and turned to the side; on the part not covered, a bright red handprint was clearly visible.
Mu Yao widened her eyes and staring at Mu Hong in disbelief.
He suddenly felt unfamiliar to her.
Tears quickly began to well up in her eyes.
The father who had doted on her since childhood had actually raised his hand to hit her.
But Mu Hong looked at the aggrieved Mu Yao and said sternly, enunciating each word:
"From now on, the one in the General’s residence is the one called Mu Yao. Do you understand?"
...
"Hahaha, this is just too interesting."
As soon as Rong Xingyu got into the carriage, he clutched his stomach and laughed so hard that he collapsed against Ding Yixin.
Even though he was still wearing women’s clothing, the movement was very unrestrained.
If others had been present and seen this scene, they might have sighed, what a bold and uninhibited "young lady."
Ding Yixin quickly reached out to catch him, afraid that Rong Xingyu might lose his balance and fall because of his large movements.
Rong Xingyu naturally leaned closer into Ding Yixin’s arms and nestling against him affectionately.
Thinking of the livid faces of that scumbag father and the others from the Mu residence just now especially that Mu Yao, Rong Xingyu felt that her complexion had probably turned darker than the bottom of a pot that had gathered years of kitchen soot.
Rong Xingyu could not help but want to laugh.
So this was what it felt like to "bully others by relying on power", sometimes it really could feel this satisfying!
Ding Yixin watched Rong Xingyu’s animated expression and smiled indulgently.
He raised his hand to tidy the hair Rong Xingyu had almost messed up earlier and asked softly, "Satisfied now?"
Rong Xingyu nodded with smiling eyes.
He tilted his head up and kissed Ding Yixin on the chin. "Very satisfied."
Rong Xingyu had not expected Ding Yixin to cooperate so well.
"Then in the future..." Ding Yixin’s hand seemed to fall casually onto Rong Xingyu’s back.
Rong Xingyu thought for a moment and then he finally shook his head and said, "Forget it. As long as those people don’t jump around in front of me, they can stay wherever it’s cool."
The real Mu Lin had already left and when all was said and done, Rong Xingyu had no need to continue entangling himself with Mu Lin’s so-called family on his behalf.
He also did not want these matters to take up the time he spent with Ding Yixin.
Rong Xingyu placed his hand over his chest.
He did not know whether reincarnation was real, but if it was, he hoped that Mu Lin would be happy in his next life.
Then Rong Xingyu held Ding Yixin’s hand again and while looking into Ding Yixin’s eyes, he said seriously, "From now on, I won’t worry about these things anymore. I just want to be with you properly."
Ding Yixin seemed not to have expected Rong Xingyu to say this, so he raised his brows and clasped Rong Xingyu’s hand in return.
"Alright," Ding Yixin said in a low voice.
