Chapter 18: Thanks

  Mu Yu Xing entered Tian Nuan Yu's room, closed the door behind her, and leaned against it with her hands clasped behind her back. She gazed at Tian Nuan Yu with a slanted glance, her eyes falling on the tray in Tian Nuan Yu's hand.

  "I made some pastries and thought of bringing them over to you," Tian Nuanyu handed the tray to Mu Yuxin.

  Mu Yu Xin didn't reach out to take it, but only glanced at the cake on the tray and raised an eyebrow: "Why do you want to make this?"

  Tian Nuoyu smiled lightly, and indeed, she was a true daughter of her father. Both of them thought she had an ulterior motive.

  "I saw you didn't eat much for dinner, was worried that you'd be hungry at night, so I made some snacks."

  "Really?" Mu Yu Xing gazed at Tian Nuan Yu's face full of doubt.

  "A chef who can't make her guests full will feel very failed, and she'll always think of some way to make up for her failure," Tian Nuoyu said with a faint smile as she looked at Mu Yuxin.

  Mu Yu Xing studied antiques and stared at Tian Nuan Yu without speaking, as if carefully considering what Tian Nuan Yu had just said.

  Tian Nuoyu quietly smiled and looked at her without saying another word. She knew that Mu Yu Xing's true reason for finding her had not been revealed yet.

  As expected, Mu Yu Xing stared at Tian Nuan for a full half minute before suddenly speaking up: "What were you doing in my dad's study?"

  Originally, Mu Yu Xin saw her enter Mu Ao Yun's study room. Tian Nuan Yu looked at Mu Yu Xin with a calm expression and said: "Delivering pastries, the same as yours."

  "Why did you go give some pastries to my dad?"

  "For the same reason I came to see you off."

  "Really?" Mu Yu Xing's doubt was even stronger than before.

  "What else can you think of?" Tian Nuanyu's tone was even calmer than her expression.

  Tian Nuoyu's heart suddenly felt uncomfortable, she simply thought that the father and daughter had eaten too little for dinner and made some snacks with a guilty conscience. However, when she handed them over to the two of them, no one showed any delight at her kind intentions, but instead questioned her motives and purposes, and a chill slowly rose from the bottom of her heart.

  Mù Yǔ Xīn gazed at Tián Nuǎn Yù, her tone suddenly very stern: "Wēng Wēng, I'm telling you, don't even think about messing with my dad!"

  "What?" Tian Nuoyu suddenly didn't understand her meaning.

  "There are many women who have their eyes on my dad, but they're all overestimating themselves," Mu Yu Xin said with disdain.

  Tian Nuanyu finally understood what Mu Yu Xin was saying, and the expression on Mu Yu Xin's face suddenly made her feel a thread of anger. She replied in a flat tone: "Am I also one of those 'them' who don't know their own strength?"

  However, in her heart, she was shocked - did Mu Ao Yun just think that she had this intention too?

  "Hmph!" Mu Yu Xing didn't answer directly, but her expression had already given a response.

  Tian Nuoyu's tone became even more indifferent: "Then what are you still worried about?"

  Mu Yu Xin was taken aback for a moment, but then she raised her head and her tone was full of pride: "I'm not worried at all, I just reminded you!"

  "Are you worried about being close for a long time and developing feelings?" Tian Nuanyu's face remained calm.

  "You're dreaming!" Mu Yu Xin's tone was arrogant, her eyes full of disdain.

  "Yes, even if I had such an idea, I would have to be able to climb up to it, wouldn't I? You say that even if you burn a small dragonfly into a black peppercorn flavor, it can't become a phoenix, right?" Tian Nuoyu's tone was full of self-mockery, but her face turned cold.

  Mu Yu Xin let out a "heh" and burst into laughter, but immediately put on a serious face again, staring at Tian Nuan Yu with her mouth slightly pursed.

  Her facial expression changed suddenly, and Tian Nuoyu couldn't help but laugh lightly. Tian Nuoyu understood that Mu Yuexin wasn't intentionally targeting her. In Mu Yuexin's heart, no woman other than herself was allowed to get close to his father. For Mu Yuexin, the only family she had was Mu Ao Yun, and he was the most precious treasure in her heart. She wouldn't allow anyone to take away her treasure.

  Tian Nuoyu smiled, and Mu Yuexin suddenly felt unnatural. She stared at Tian Nuoyu, her two hands behind her back suddenly stretched out, one hand snatched the tray from Tian Nuoyu's hand, and the other quickly stuffed something into Tian Nuoyu's hand.

  Tian Nuoyu lowered her head to take a look, it was a colorless transparent jewelry box, the size of a matchbox, inside which was a pair of hair clips, each hair clip had a pale purple dragonfly inlaid on it, the dragonfly's eyes and the tail wings were inlaid with some pink diamonds, the two dragonflies were lined up side by side, sparkling and shining as if they were about to fly.

  She tied her hair into a ponytail with a black hair tie, which was Tian Nuoyu's unchanged hairstyle for so long. Perhaps she didn't have time to take care of her own hair, and over time, she lost interest in thinking about it. She had never paid attention to those colorful hair accessories either.

  Now she saw this pair of hairpins and thought they were very beautiful. She raised her head, looking at Mu Yu Xing with a puzzled expression.

  "I bought it before, thought it looked good when I bought it, but then didn't feel like wearing it after buying it, and it's been thrown in the drawer. Just saw it unintentionally now," Mu Yu Xing said with one hand holding a tray and the other hand picking up a small spoon to eat cake.

  "Is it for me?"

  "What I put in your hand didn't go into the trash can," Mu Yu Xin's cake was not fully swallowed, and her words were a bit unclear.

  "But I cannot receive a salary for nothing!" Tian Nuanyu said softly.

  Tian Nuoyu now knew that Mu Yuexin must have thought that after dinner, Tian Nuoyu had kept Mu Ao Yun in the living room with her for a long time, so she specially brought this thing to give to her, but happened to see her coming out of Mu Ao Yun's study.

  Mu Yu Xin's face suddenly showed a hint of embarrassment, she stared at Tian Nuan Yu and abruptly said "It's the same as your name, do you want it or not!" After finishing, she turned around, opened the door and walked out, then "bang" closed the door.

  "Is there still cake?" The door was suddenly opened again, and Mu Yu Xing asked with half of her body leaning in.

  "There's still some in the kitchen, I'll help you get it."

  "No need, I'll go myself. You stay in the room," Mu Yu Xing said and closed the door again, but before it was fully closed, it was opened once more. Mu Yu Xing poked her head back in, her eyes scanning the room: "You've had a hard day today, get some rest early!"

  Mu Yu Xin's voice had barely fallen when the door was closed again, followed by a series of footsteps going downstairs.

  Tian Nuoyu lowered her head and looked at the hair clip in her hand, a smile spreading across her face.

  What a quirky kid! But he's really cute! Tian Nuoyu's heart, which had been chilled, gradually warmed up.

  She suddenly remembered the scene in the study earlier, Tian Nuoyu couldn't help but let out a light sigh, it's really no wonder that father and daughter are so similar in their style of doing things!

  Tian Nuanyu walked to the wardrobe, opened the door and took out the handbag with the Lanc?me perfume that Mu Yuexin had given her last time. She put the hair clip box in it, then put the handbag back in its original place and closed the wardrobe door.

  These things seem like they can only be used as gifts and she doesn't have any opportunity to use them.