Mu Jinyu, unable to wait for his mother to come and pick him up, finally gave up in despair and was admitted to an orphanage.
Within his understanding, his mother had left him and his father for money, and his father had also died due to lack of money to treat his illness, leaving him as well!
With his mentality distorted, he gave up hope in the entire world and was filled with hatred and resentment!
If he hadn't eventually met Xiang Mantang and been taken in by its master, his resentment and hatred might never have been dissolved by love.
Su Zijin really couldn't imagine what kind of person the grown-up Mu Jinyu would be now!
As a mother, she truly had failed!
At the time when Mu Jinyu needed her the most, she just failed to return.
No wonder Mu Jinyu refused to recognize her or forgive her!
And what reason did she have for blaming Mu Jinyu for treating her so cruelly, for Mu Jinyu to forgive her?
Because of her difficulties? Because she was helpless?!
"Sob...sob..."
Su Zijin gazed blankly at the door as the large truck drove away, laughed a few times, and finally, tears slowly began to slide down from her eyes.
The Old Dragon King watched this scene, his expression also very complex.
He had also just been hoping that Mu Jinyu and Su Zijin could recognize each other as mother and son, and then that Mu Jinyu would call him grandpa as well.
But even Su Zijin had failed, and although he, too, wished to speak with his grandson, Mu Jinyu, he couldn't bring himself to do so.
"Ah…"
With a long sigh, the Old Dragon King stood up, lightly rubbed his back a few times, and then let Uncle Fu, the butler who had been with him for decades, help him back.
This mess would be left for someone else to clean up!
The other Sub-hall Masters of Dragon King Hall who had come to attend the betrothal of the Saintess watched Shen Cangsheng, who had fainted and lay in the coffin, with expressions that displayed neither pity nor mockery.
Instead, they were deep in thought.
The young man just now was the Saintess Si Zijin's own son, the Old Dragon King's grandson, and his strength was terrifying enough to defeat Shen Cangsheng with a single move!
Such a person...
They instantly understood what Xiang Mantang had told them that day, that the Tiance True Dragon had already been chosen, and it was not them but someone else who would make them unable to raise their heads, and to whom they would have to submit...
It turned out there truly was such a person!
Wu Shisan lowered his head, his expression gloomy. Although Shen Cangsheng was not his match, defeating Shen Cangsheng would require him at least thirty moves. Thus, it seemed that Mu Jinyu might not need many moves to defeat him!
It seemed he really was not the Tiance True Dragon!
Di Yin, Qin Qiaochu, and Mu Hongchen also harbored varying thoughts.
Su Zijin was lying at the doorway, sobbing softly, and soon her maid came to help her up.
At that moment, Su Zijin, with sharp eyes, spotted a small medicine bottle on the lintel of their quadrangle!
Her sobbing gradually ceased, and her eyes eagerly fixed on that small medicine bottle.
Her expression slowly turned to one of surprise and joy.
She knew that the small medicine bottle must have been left by Mu Jinyu.
Because she had just jumped down from the stage and twisted her foot...
At this moment, Su Zijin remembered what Xiang Mantang had told her about Mu Jinyu:
"He's just like that, always appearing indifferent in his words and actions, but only when you get to know him do you understand the warmth in his heart. He is kinder than anyone else who appears outwardly kind!"
Su Zijin hurriedly stumbled over and picked up the small medicine bottle from the door frame, clutching it tightly in her hand.
...
Mei Yinxue drove the truck slowly away from the street that was generally restricted to the public. She turned to look at Mu Jinyu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, his expression somewhat gloomy, and spoke:
"Hey, I think I just saw you drop something when you were leaving. Was it important? Should we go back and pick it up?"
Upon hearing Mei Yinxue's words, Mu Jinyu's expression faltered, and the gloom in his eyes dispersed, replaced by a touch of embarrassment.
He hadn't expected that his small action had been noticed by Mei Yinxue.
Fortunately, she didn't know what it was, so it wasn't too embarrassing.
Mu Jinyu, with a cold face, shook his head and said, "No need, it's nothing valuable."
Mei Yinxue said, "Do you not want to go back? Then shall I go and pick it up?"
Mu Jinyu's breath hitched, his expression showing impatience as he said in a deep voice, "No need!"
"Oh."
Mei Yinxue replied, sounding a bit aggrieved.
In her heart, she was secretly chuckling.
She knew what Mu Jinyu had brought, an assortment of medicines effective for treating external and internal injuries. The bottle that had just dropped was very effective for treating external wounds.
When applied to a wound, it first creates a searing sensation, followed by a cool feeling, and finally forms a crust. Once peeled off, cuts and such are healed, without leaving any scars.
When Su Zijin had jumped down earlier and apparently twisted her ankle, Mu Jinyu, initially with his back to her, didn't see it, but as he pushed her to the ground, seeing the pain in her eyes and the abnormality at her ankle, he knew she was injured...
Despite how tough and decisive his words were, he still secretly dropped a bottle of healing medicine down there and pretended not to know.
And after being called out on it, he got embarrassingly angry!
So adorable!
In the beginning, when Mei Yinxue first interacted with Mu Jinyu, she also thought he was very indifferent and difficult to approach.
But after a few more encounters, she understood that Mu Jinyu was actually someone cold on the outside but warm on the inside, tough in words but soft in heart.
Like the rules he often proclaimed about his medical practice, charging a million for treatment and ten million for saving lives, but in reality, those rules were only meant to fleece the rich people he disliked.
If he truly adhered strictly to those rules, being all about money, when she was nearly killed in a car accident orchestrated by Huang Qiuhua's people, would he have treated her?
Even though he asked her for a hundred million in consultation fees, she once asked him about it afterward, and he honestly replied that he had been joking, never expecting her to pay...
But the ginseng she ended up giving him, he chewed up in frustration, regretting it for a while!
Since then, Mei Yinxue finally understood Mu Jinyu's character, and she grew to like this adorable young man even more.
Pretending to be aggrieved, Mei Yinxue, recalling the helpless sobs of Su Zijin earlier, felt a pang of compassion and didn't want to watch them mother and son be estranged any longer, so she said:
"Can you really not go back?"
Mu Jinyu, upon hearing this, fell silent for a while, and did not get angry with Mei Yinxue for bringing up the topic.
After thinking for a moment, he slowly shook his head and said, "I can't go back."
Bitterly smiling, Mu Jinyu spoke again, as if to solidify his resolve with his words, "If I can't go back, then so be it. After all, a lifetime isn't all that long."
In his mind, however, he thought of his father, who had died young, only in his thirties!