My Lady, To Defeat Scumbags You Must Start Early

Chapter 686: Extra 099 Mu Cidian, Still Alive? (Grand Finale Part Two)

Xin Zaozao and the maternity nurse finally managed to lull Wanwan to sleep by nursing her.

However, Wanwan seemed to have a sense of insecurity. As soon as Zaozao removed her breast, she would fuss and sleep restlessly. Zaozao had to let her suckle again. She also tried to use a pacifier in between, but Wanwan directly rejected it, and would cry as soon as she spat it out.

So Xin Zaozao let her suckle while sleeping.

Only after she woke up would she unlatch, and it wouldn’t take long before she wanted to nurse again. After nursing, she would play for a while and when she’d become sleepy, she would start suckling again. Consequently, Wanwan spent practically the whole day clinging to Xin Zaozao, preventing her from doing anything else.

Seeing this, the maternity nurse couldn’t help but feel upset. She looked at Wanwan who always needed to nurse in order to sleep, and Zaozao, whose skin was getting red and swollen from being suckled for so long. She advised, “Madam, this cannot continue. Wanwan must learn to sleep on her own.”

“It’s okay, let it be for now,” Xin Zaozao said. “When she grows a bit older and has a stronger bond with us, she won’t do this anymore.”

“Babies’ habits are tough to change.”

“Hmm”, Xin Zaozao simply replied, seemingly unconcerned.

Left without any choice, the maternity nurse said, “If only the sir was around…”

“It’s late,” Zaozao cut her off. “You should go to sleep first.”

Glancing at the time, it was already past midnight. Wanwan had just fallen asleep and she couldn’t put her down.

She sighed, “Once Wanwan is asleep and no longer suckling, call me. I’ll bring her to my room to sleep.”

“Okay, you should go to sleep.”

The maternity nurse left.

Xin Zaozao kept watching the sleeping Wanwan in her arms, her little face closely pressed against her body, occasionally giving a couple of reflexive sucks, looking so adorable.

Her eyes turned red.

Her heart filled with a heavy gloom, the kind that prevented her from feeling a sense of light-heartedness.

Holding Wanwan and keeping her by her side after she properly fell asleep, Zaozao laid down next to her and drifted off.

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In the future, she would never dare to leave Wanwan again. Not even for half a step. She never thought of handing Wanwan over to the maternity nurse.

She slept very cautiously, afraid that she might suffocate Wanwan with her breast as she suckled. She could only prop up her hand and force herself to close her eyes, but didn’t dare to fall asleep.

The night deepened.

The world was tranquil.

There seemed to be some noise in the room.

Xin Zaozao suddenly opened her eyes.

At that moment, it seemed as if she had been frightened awake.

She immediately hugged Wanwan tightly, as if afraid of losing her again, her whole body was in a state of utter terror.

“You can sleep, I’ll take her.” A deep voice sounded in her ear.

Xin Zaozao was taken aback.

She turned to face Mu Cidian.

Looking at his tired face, seeming somewhat weak, but clearly it was Mu Cidian.

Wasn’t he…

…drowned at sea?

Is he still alive?

He’s alive?

She was obviously very shocked, staring at him without blinking.

Seeing her confusion, Mu Cidian explained, “After falling into the sea with Lei Qian, people arranged by Ji Baijian at the seabed rescued me. Lei Qian drowned.”

He spoke in a matter-of-fact tone, no ups and downs.

Not mentioning why only he was rescued from the sea, while Lei Qian drowned.

“Since Lei Qian drowned, I had to go to the police station and undergo a series of investigations. It took some time.” He seemed to be explaining why he had only come home just then.

Xin Zaozao’s throat convulsed.

She continued to stare straight at Mu Cidian, unable to react for a moment.

Mu Cidian didn’t elaborate further.

The things of the past were never spoken of again.

He took Wanwan from Xin Zaozao’s arms, “You rest well…”

“Give her back to me!” Xin Zaozao abruptly grabbed Mu Cidian.

It was as if she finally reacted, holding onto Mu Cidian tightly.

Mu Cidian turned back to look at her.

“Give her back to me!” Xin Zaozao was very determined, “From now on, she can only be with me, only with me!”

Mu Cidian remained silent.

Xin Zaozao stood up from the bed, without waiting for Mu Cidian’s response, she reached over and took the soundly sleeping Wanwan back into her arms.

Mu Cidian’s hand was left empty.

He just looked at Wanwan, watched as Wanwan was tightly held in Xin Zaozao’s arms.

She said, “You get out!”

Mu Cidian looked at her.

“You get out!” Xin Zaozao said one word at a time.

Mu Cidian’s throat moved slightly.

He turned around and left.

After leaving, he gently closed the door behind him.

Xin Zaozao looked in the direction of the door, then at Wanwan cradled in her arms.

She didn’t understand why it hurt so much in her heart when she saw Mu Cidian again. She only knew that she now trusted no one in this world other than herself, absolutely no one!

The next day.

As Xin Zaozao, holding Wanwan after her morning feed, walked out of the room, she could hear the maternity nurse’s excited voice chattering, “You’re finally back, sir. You have no idea how much Wanwan has missed you. Neither Madam nor I could soothe her. Now that you’re back, all is well.”

Mu Cidian didn’t say anything.

Sitting in the house’s relaxation area, he seemed to be working on his computer.

The maternity nurse chatted a bit more, turned her head and saw Xin Zaozao walking out with Wanwan. She said enthusiastically, “Madam, you’re awake. The Sir is back, he’s finally back.”

Xin Zaozao didn’t react.

The maternity nurse was left feeling awkward.

She laughed uncomfortably to ease the awkwardness and suggested, “Let’s have breakfast.”

Xin Zaozao nodded.

The home nutritionist had already prepared a hearty breakfast.

The maternity nurse called out to Mu Cidian, “Sir, it’s time for breakfast.”

“Hmm,” Mu Cidian responded and closed his computer.

He walked over.

Xin Zaozao, now holding Wanwan, also went to sit down.

The maternity quickly nurse bent down and said to Xin Zaozao, “Madam, you two eat first, I can take care of Wanwan.”

“No need, I’ll hold her while eating.”

“Madam…”

“You should eat while sitting.” Xin Zaozao said frankly.

The nanny glanced at Mu Cidian.

Mu Cidian slightly nodded.

The nanny had no choice but to sit on the side.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was oppressive.

They usually didn’t talk much during meals, but the atmosphere was nowhere near as it was now, as if the air itself had become thin.

The nanny did not know what had happened to them. After Wanwan’s incident, the two seemed to have become strangers to each other, especially Madam, who was obviously distanced from Mister.

After breakfast,

Mu Cidian went back to sit in front of his computer.

Xin Zaozao carried Wanwan in her arms without letting her out of her grasp.

In the afternoon,

Mu Cidian changed into another set of clothes and went out.

The nanny was surprised, “Is Mister going out?”

At this time, Xin Zaozao was sitting on the couch, holding Wanwan and trying to entertain her.

Wanwan seemed to have gradually warmed up to her mother, started to learn to interact and smile with her.

Hearing the nanny’s voice, Xin Zaozao did not even lift her head.

“Hmm.”

“When will you be back? Should we wait for you to have dinner?” the nanny asked.

“No need to wait.”

“Are you going to be away for a long time?” the nanny couldn’t help but ask again.

It seemed as if the nanny was Mu Cidian’s “wife”, as she was quite reluctant to see him leave.

In fact, the nanny just felt that the relationship between the couple was not good, didn’t it mean that Mr. should spend more time at home to cultivate feelings with Madam?

Mu Cidian said, “Hmm.”

After saying that, he left.

The nanny watched Mu Cidian’s departing figure, turned to Xin Zaozao and seeing her lack of concern, she as a servant, didn’t think it was appropriate to say more.

Her main responsibility was to look after the baby.

Now that she didn’t have to do much for the baby, and since she was being paid, she started tidying up the house, at least so she wouldn’t earn her wages for nothing.

She began to tidy up Mu Cidian’s computer.

Mu Cidian’s computer wasn’t turned off, and she didn’t dare to touch it.

She just glanced at the screen and saw the words “divorce agreement”, she was taken aback at once.

Was the Mister going to divorce Madam?

She quickly turned to look at Xin Zaozao.

Seeing Xin Zaozao still playing with the baby, who seemed to have no abnormalities.

After thinking for a moment, she couldn’t help but walk over and ask, “Madam, did something happen between you and Mister?”

While Xin Zaozao was playing with Wanwan, she paused for a moment and said, “Nothing.”

“If nothing happened, why is Mister writing a divorce agreement?”

A sudden pain hit Xin Zaozao’s heart.

“There’s a divorce agreement on the computer. It was written by Mister this morning.” the nanny said, “Madam, would you like to take a look?”

“No need.”

He could write whatever he wanted.

She had no objections.

“Madam, what exactly is going on between you and Mister? I feel that Mister really loves you. Why does he want a divorce? This incident with Wanwan has nothing to do with Mister. When he found out that Wanwan was missing, I had never seen Mister so panicked.” The nanny couldn’t help but say, “Mister loves Wanwan so much, he was actually more upset than anyone when she had an accident.”

It appeared Xin Zaozao didn’t want to listen anymore, she picked Wanwan up, ready to return to her room.

“Madam, Wanwan’s incident has nothing to do with Mister. You can’t blame Mister.” Seems like the nanny had guessed the reason for their problem, “I think you two should be loving each other even more now, giving Wanwan warmth, giving Wanwan happiness, instead of choosing to divorce after this incident. Divorce hurts children a lot. Although Wanwan is too young to understand now, she will understand when she grows up.”

“Thank you for your concern.” Xin Zaozao said to the nanny, “But regarding me and him, I hope you won’t talk about it anymore.”

“But Madam…” the nanny looked at Xin Zaozao.

Xin Zaozao had already closed the door of her room.

The nanny murmured helplessly in front of the closed door, “Mister loves you so much, can’t you feel it?”

…

It was getting late, and Mu Cidian returned home.

The house was void of any sound.

He moved as quietly as possible, trying not to disturb anyone.

He sat tiredly on the sofa, thinking of finding some rest before washing up.

Due to Lei Qian’s death, he was indeed quite mentally exhausted.

The phone rang.

He quickly answered it, “Yin Qin.”

“Lei Qian’s death is indeed quite troublesome.” Yin Qin said.

Yin Qin had been with Mu Cidian to handle the aftermath of Lei Qian’s death ever since the incident happened.

Because of Ji Baijian’s status, he could only assist in secret.

They had spent the whole afternoon discussing this lawsuit with lawyers.

It was hard to define Lei Qian’s death as accidental, and the police were now conducting an investigation.

“Just now I discussed with Ji Baijian again, originally an accidental drowning could have been justified, but Lei Qian’s completely disfigured face, in addition to an award certificate for third place in a city-wide swimming competition, forced the police to suspect it was a homicide! Lei Qian’s parents are insisting a heated argument took place between you and Lei Qian at that time, making it even more plausible for the police to suspect that you purposefully took fatal revenge on her after she fell into the water!”

Mu Cidian was leaning on the sofa and remained silent.

“I don’t understand, just let Lei Qian die! What’s the point of disfiguring her face! Couldn’t you have just let her enjoy herself in the Underworld with the face of Xin Zaozao?!” Yin Qin said exasperatedly.

“Let’s talk about it tomorrow, I’m a bit tired right now.”

“Mu Cidian, don’t treat this matter lightly. Do you want to end up in prison again? I’m telling you, things that even Ji Baijian finds difficult to handle are truly difficult!” Yin Qin was a bit excited, really infuriated by Mu Cidian’s seemingly uncaring attitude.

“I know.” Mu Cidian responded calmly, “But I really am quite tired now, let’s talk tomorrow.”

“I really don’t know what you’re thinking!” Yin Qin muttered, “You could have sought legal redress, instead you took matters into your own hands! Okay, go to bed early. See you tomorrow.”

“Hmm.”

Mu Cidian hung up the phone.

As he hung up, he saw Xin Zaozao’s door open.

A beam of light shined on him, and in such backlight, he inexplicably seemed, incredibly lonely.