nycdaug Chapter 671 Dealing with Them
Chapter 671 Dealing with Them
Now that get out of class was finally over and she had returned to her room, Jiang Mubai immediately picked up the phone installed in the room and called Jiang An. Jiang Ping's matter had always made Jiang Mubai worried, so much so that she almost daydreamed about it during class this morning. Fortunately, she knew that worrying didn't stop her from thinking about random things, and she forced herself to focus on the class.
Now that he has the chance, Jiang Mubai will definitely find the other party to ask for clarification.
The call has been connected. Jiang Mubai did not directly ask about the matter between Jiang An and Jiang Ping. She planned to proceed step by step.
"Hello? Mu Bai? Why are you calling at this time?"
When Jiang An saw the incoming call, he thought something had happened to Jiang Mubai in the old house. After all, the two of them had just talked on the phone last night, so when Jiang An saw the phone, he was worried and picked up the phone immediately.
"I'm fine, don't worry. It's just that my uncle is sick and has been lying in bed resting. I wonder if you have heard about it?"
Jiang An was silent for a long time after hearing this, and finally decided to tell Jiang Mubai the truth: "I know about your uncle."
Jiang Mubai was still thinking that Jiang An would take the initiative to tell him, but Jiang An didn't say anything after that. Jiang Mubai was anxious so he couldn't help but ask.
"Did anything happen between you and your uncle?"
"Did you hear anything about Mu Bai?"
"This morning when I went to visit my uncle, my aunt and sister Jinglan also took care of him all night. From what they said, it seems that your illness is related to you, but they don't know what happened between you and my uncle, and my uncle doesn't want to tell us about these things, so I thought I would ask you first to see what is going on."
"Don't worry about what's going on between me and your uncle. Since your aunt and Sister Jinglan blame me for this, don't go there. It will be bad if they give you a cold shoulder."
"I'm not afraid. I wanted to find out more about the situation so I could help you if they wrongly accused you. But you didn't tell me anything. How can I help you?"
It was obvious that Jiang Mubai didn't believe what Jiang An said about nothing happening between her and Jiang Ping.
"If there's really nothing wrong, don't worry about it. Even if there is something wrong, it's between your uncle and I. Just don't ask and let the two of us handle it ourselves."
Seeing that Jiang An was determined not to tell the truth, Jiang Mubai had no choice but to do this.
"Okay, then be safe out there and take care of yourself."
"I know. It's the same in your old house. Don't go to your uncle's house and bother them if you don't have anything to do."
"Okay, uncle is still as nice to me as before, but aunt and sister Jinglan are a little bit bad. But don't worry, I won't take the initiative to get close to them during this period. I know they are worried about uncle's affairs and are in a bad mood. I won't be so inconsiderate."
"That's fine. It's almost time for lunch at the old house. I'll call the housekeeper and ask her to bring the food to your room so you can eat. This way you don't have to run into them when you go downstairs to eat."
"No, it's just a meal, there's no need to go through so much trouble. I don't want the room to be filled with the smell of food, I can't handle it. I'd better go downstairs and eat later. It's just a meal, it won't take too long."
"Okay, then you should be more careful when you are alone in the old house."
"I know, let's not talk about it now. I'm going downstairs to eat."
When Jiang Mubai went downstairs, Jiang Jinglan and Chen Qingyu were already eating in the restaurant. Under normal circumstances, Chen Qingyu would definitely ask others to wait for Jiang Mubai to come downstairs to eat. At the very least, she would ask someone to go up and call Jiang Mubai to come downstairs to eat.
But not today. Jiang Mubai knew that Chen Qingyu was also angry about Jiang Ping's matter, so when she saw this, she didn't say anything but understood why the other party did this.
Seeing Jiang Mubai sitting down to eat, Jiang Jinglan snorted coldly and turned away, not intending to look at Jiang Mubai, as if there was something dirty on Jiang Mubai. Chen Qingyu did the same as Jiang Jinglan, but not as excessive as her.
In order to maintain their superficial decency, Chen Qingyu still made some hypocritical excuses for them after seeing Jiang Mubai coming down.
"Mu Bai, I'm so sorry. Your sister and I took care of your uncle for the whole night and didn't have a good rest or meal. We were both so hungry that we couldn't stand it anymore. So I'm really sorry that we didn't have time to wait for you to eat."
Seeing that Chen Qingyu's attitude towards him had changed and was no longer the same as it was in the morning, Jiang Mubai took over the conversation and took the opportunity given by the other party. After all, Chen Qingyu had not torn her face with her and was willing to maintain a superficial relationship. Jiang Mubai would not take the initiative to destroy the relationship between the two families.
"What are you talking about, aunt? As a junior, I have no right to say that. Besides, you and Sister Jinglan are doing this because you are taking care of uncle. Although I can't help, I know that I shouldn't cause trouble for you at this time."
"Aunt and Sister Jinglan didn't sleep all night and they came downstairs to have dinner with me. How could I be so ungrateful? I just feel a little guilty. Aunt and Sister Jinglan, please don't do this again next time. You have worked so hard, so don't worry about me. It's okay for me to eat alone. You are so tired that you didn't rest all night and the whole morning. You should ask the housekeeper to bring the food upstairs for you to eat. How can you come downstairs to eat?"
Seeing that Jiang Mubai had pushed back his challenge, Chen Qingyu couldn't help but look up to Jiang Mubai in his heart.
Chen Qingyu also knew that the words she said to Jiang Mubai this morning had angered her and hurt his feelings. Now seeing Jiang Mubai fight back without hesitation, she knew that she was right.
"Although your sister Jinglan and I are tired, we are not that tired. We should still have some etiquette and manners when we go downstairs to eat."
"My aunt is really generous. I should learn more from you."
Wasn't it obvious that Jiang Mubai was criticizing Chen Qingyu just now? Now even Jiang Jinglan could hear that Jiang Mubai was mocking Chen Qingyu for being petty and angry in the morning.
Jiang Mubai had said this on purpose in her mind. She thought that it would be impossible for her to live in the old house without running into Chen Qingyu for the rest of her life. Since it was inevitable for both of them, they should just get along well and not interfere with each other.
But they just had to provoke him unconsciously. How could Jiang Mubai continue to swallow his anger? Of course, he would just refute them directly in person.
The reason why Jiang Mubai acted like this was because she was really hurt by what Chen Qingyu said in the morning. As far as she knew, Jiang Ping did not tell anyone what happened between him and Jiang An. Chen Qingyu just blamed everything on Jiang An without any reason and even took her anger out on Jiang Mubai. As Jiang An's daughter, how could Jiang Mubai bear to see him treat Jiang An and herself like this?