Insufficient balance

  The road was a bit bumpy, causing the horse carriage to shake slightly. After several jolts, Mu Sheng finally woke up. Opening his eyes and taking a look, he saw Duan Yulan's face pale with anger, so he carefully said: "Sister, the banquet is over!"

  "Hmph!", Duan Yulan snorted softly and ignored Mu Sheng.

  This made Mu Sheng very anxious, so he coaxed: "Sister, I was wrong, isn't that enough? Forgive me this time! Sister, good sister." Mu Sheng pulled at Duan Yulan's sleeve, like a child throwing a tantrum.

  "Hehe", Duan Yulan's face changed, laughing with a radiant smile.

  Jian Yu Lan smiled and Mu Sheng said: "Sister, you're not angry with me anymore!"

  "You want me to forgive you? You'll have to bring something to appease me first." Duan Yulan stared at Mu Sheng and said.

  "Sister, aren't you making things difficult for me? I have nothing to give you except myself!" Mu Sheng said with a bitter melon face.

  Duan Yulan snorted and said: "Who wants you now?"

  "What do you want?" Mu Sheng asked curiously.

  "Little brother, can you get some electricity?" asked Duan Yulan.

  "What do you want to do with electricity?" Mu Sheng asked involuntarily.

  "You also know that when I fell down, I had an MP3 player with me, but now it's out of power and can't be used. Little brother, can you help me get some electricity?" Duan Yulan explained.

  Mei Sheng's eyes rolled and she said: "Sister, you want it so simple! Can't you just find a man?"

  "You stinky little brat, how dare you flirt with your sister!" As he spoke, he quickly grabbed Su Sheng's ear.

  "Sister, sister, I was wrong, I was wrong, let go quickly!" Mu Sheng begged.

  "I won't let go," Duan Yulan said stubbornly: "Who told you to flirt with me?"

  "Hey, sister, let go quickly, maybe I can really get electricity for you." Mu Sheng said.

  "Don't try to deceive me," Duan Yulan threatened.

  "How dare I cheat you! My sister." Mu Sheng said with a sad face.

  Upon hearing Mu Sheng's affirmative response, Duan Yulan finally let go and felt a small sense of pride in her heart. She looked at Mu Sheng and said: "Then when will you get it for me?"

  Musheng touched his ear, feeling a bit bigger, and thought to himself that this sister was really ruthless, but he didn't dare to retort. This was truly self-inflicted! However, Duan Yulan asked when they would start working on it, and Musheng adjusted his clothes and said: "Sister, let me be honest with you! I can indeed help you get the electricity out, but have you thought about it? The electricity I produce is not compatible with your MP3's input power, and we don't even have a charger. So, getting the electricity out is easy, but putting it back in is very difficult. Can you understand that?"

  After listening to Mu Sheng's words, Duan Yulan thought for a while and felt that what Mu Sheng said made some sense. She realized she had been thinking too simply about the matter, assuming that as long as electricity was generated, everything would be fine. So she said: "Forget it then, I'll just keep my MP3 player as a memento!"

  The two fell silent afterwards. Mu Sheng continued to lie down and sleep, while Duan Yulan seemed tired from quarreling with Mu Sheng and leaned against the wooden board.

  After returning to Duan's residence, Mochen went back to his room to rest. At dinner time that evening, Mochen asked, "Sister, I'll be heading back to Hunyuan City tomorrow, have you made up your mind?"

  Hearing Mu Sheng's words, Duan Yulan smiled and said: "Younger brother! I don't think it's possible for me not to go with you. The City Master's mansion will eventually make a move against me, so going with you isn't bad either. In Hunyuan City, at least there's someone who can speak up for me, unlike here where it's cold and deserted."

  "So you agree then!" Mu Sheng said happily.

  "Alright, but you have to take care of me when we get to Hunyuan City."

  "Don't worry, if I couldn't even support my own family, then I wouldn't be a man." Mu Sheng said with a heroic tone.

  "Haha, I didn't expect you to be so manly!" Duan Yulan said with a smile.

  "Sister, you've just realized now! It's too heartbreaking for me." Mu Sheng said with feigned sadness.

  "Hehe", this time not only did Duan Yulan laugh, but also Xiaoxue who was standing behind her couldn't stop giggling. Duan Yulan thought to herself, unexpectedly this silly-looking younger brother can be quite humorous when he speaks.

  Dinner passed happily like this, and since they would be setting off tomorrow, Duan Yulan began to settle things down at the Qingzhou government office. She handed over some matters and shops to the old servant of the Duan family who had been serving for many years, and packed up some necessary items in large boxes.

  Mo Sheng was idle and helped Duan Yulan sort out her belongings. Women's things were really numerous, especially clothes. Mo Sheng was amazed by the large boxes of clothes and thought to herself, "Can she wear them all in this lifetime?" After everything was sorted out, Mo Sheng returned to her room to rest.

  The next day, after breakfast, the big trunks were loaded onto the last carriage. This time to Hunyuan City, Duan Yulan only brought Xiaoxue with her, and the remaining servants and guards were dismissed by Duan Yulan, leaving only a few to take care of the house.

  Three people got on the horse cart, and the driver started driving the horses. Leaving the house where they had stayed for nearly half a year, Duan Yulan still felt a little reluctant to part with it. The atmosphere in the horse cart was relatively quiet, and Mu Sheng closed his eyes to rest.

  Duan Yulan glanced at Mosheng, thinking that this younger brother was indeed very calm and seemed to have stayed up late cleaning things the day before. Duan Yulan leaned against the wooden board and fell asleep unintentionally. Xiaoxue lay on Duan Yulan's leg, her two small eyes still secretly looking at Mosheng from time to time. Although Young Master didn't look very handsome, he had a kind of familiarity, and he was very honest, not like those hypocritical young masters. The more Xiaoxue looked at Mosheng, the more comfortable she felt, and the little girl also fell asleep unintentionally.

  After several days of rushing, Mu Sheng and his party finally arrived home. He pushed open the big gate at the entrance of the alley, and first helped the carters to unload the trunks and move them into the house.

  Duan Yulan and Xiaoxue also got off the car, the lobby was empty, Mushi moved the luggage in, the driver left, and Mushi closed the door.

  "Brother, why haven't you seen anyone?" Duan Yulan asked at this time.

  "Oh, they might be in the backyard, let's go take a look." After finishing speaking, the three of them headed towards the backyard. Upon arriving at the backyard, they indeed saw a group of people gathered inside the pavilion. Mu Sheng fixed his eyes and found that both Da Jie and Xiao Die were also there.

  They saw someone coming, and upon seeing it was Mu Sheng and the two girls, the elder sister felt a bit sour in her heart when she saw that one of the girls was Miss. Xiang Ling saw Mu Sheng return and ran over with her skirt held up, shouting "Husband, you're back!"

  He hugged Xiangling and said: "Linger, let's go to the pavilion first, and I'll introduce you to our guests later."

  "Uh-huh", Xiang Ling replied obediently.

  Upon entering the pavilion, Mu Sheng spoke up: "This is a sworn sister I met in Qingzhou City, named Duan Yulan."

  Then he turned to Duan Yulan and said: "These are Grandfather, Uncle Sima, Grandma..."

  Listening to Mu Sheng's introduction, Duan Yulan paid her respects one by one. When she saw Xiang Ling, she said: "I didn't expect my younger sister-in-law to be so beautiful, it seems that this younger brother of mine is quite fortunate."

  Xiang Ling's face turned red as she said: "Sister is joking, being able to marry Master is the greatest fortune of my life."

  Duan Yulan walked over to the eldest sister's side, holding her hand and saying: "Little sister is not only beautiful, but also capable, I admire you so much!"

  The young lady was pulled by Duan Yulan, feeling that this sister who is a few years older than herself was affectionate, the sour taste at the beginning had disappeared, and when she heard Duan Yulan's words, the young lady said: "Sister is too kind to me".

  Musheng also walked over and said: "Xin Ya, sister is also my partner I brought back from Qingzhou City. From now on, you two can discuss the specifics."

  The older sister said: "I know this, but let's discuss the cooperation at night. How about you come to my place to stay? I'm alone at home and you can keep me company."

  "Alright then, I'll listen to you, little sister." Duan Yulan said with a smile.

  "Little Butterfly, go and get a few servants to move Miss Duan's luggage over, and also tidy up the two side rooms." Big Sister said to Little Butterfly.

  "Got it, miss." Xiaodie responded and left.

  "Xue Er, you go too and help out while you're at it." Duan Yulan said to Xiao Xue.

  After hearing Duan Yulan's words, Xiaoxue also followed and ran a few steps to catch up with Xiaodie.

  Next, the three girls, Dàjiě, Duàn Yùlán and Xiāng Líng, chattered non-stop together. Mù Shēng saw that Grandfather and Sīmǎ Yéye were playing Go downstairs, so he went over to watch.

  The old lady looked at Mu Sheng and said: "Mu Sheng, what did you gain from this trip to Qingzhou?"

  "Returning to you, this time apart from inviting sister over, I went to the city master's mansion to probe a bit, I estimate they should have some action after a while." Mu Sheng said slowly.

  "Hmm, hearing you say that, it seems we should hurry up." The old lady muttered.

  "I don't know if Auntie recognizes a black-robed man named Hu Lao in the Chamber of Commerce." Mu Sheng spoke out his doubts.

  "A black-robed man with the surname Hu, I haven't heard of that before, but if I were to see him, I think I would recognize him." The old lady said slowly. At this time, Zhang Lao and Sima Chengfeng's chess game had reached its final stage. Seeing the two of them laughing loudly, the old lady couldn't help but ask: "Old man, what are you so happy about?"

  Simachen Feng said: "Unexpectedly! Unexpectedly, this game I actually ended up in a draw with Brother Zhang."

  "Isn't there something fishy?" Murong Sheng asked involuntarily.

  Zhang Lao said: "It's not that I'm dissatisfied, it's just that after playing with Sima for half a day, we ended up in a draw. Isn't that laughable?"

  At dinner time, Mù Shēng found it strange that Xiāng Líng wasn't cooking, and then everyone arrived at a large pavilion. This seemed to be new! How come the wall between their house and the Zhào estate was gone? Only then did Mù Shēng realize that the wall that had previously separated them from the Zhào estate had vanished without a trace. What on earth was going on? It looked like he would have to ask Líng tonight when they returned to their room.

  In the spacious pavilion, three old men and Muzhen, Dajie and the others sat down in their seats. With so many people eating together, Muzhen felt a bit uneasy, but they were not outsiders after all. After a while, he relaxed a lot. This meal was really lively, it seemed that having more people was better!

  Duan Yulan's mood was also very good at this time, with many people eating together, she had a feeling of returning home. At this moment, she felt as if she had merged into the world, and "home" seemed to be much closer to her.