"Why are you holding my hand?"
"My good-for-nothing son, he doesn't usually interact with people. Tell me," the woman leaned closer to Mu Anxiao, "how did you get him to talk to you?"
"Why should I tell you?" Mu Anxiao looked directly into the woman's expectant eyes and asked.
"Tell Auntie." The woman winked gently at Mu Anxiao.
Before meeting Feng Qishi's mother, she had always lamented how disappointing Feng Qishi was. Now, seeing the woman before her, she understood why Shen Yan had become this way in this life.
"Mom, parking is not allowed here." Feng Qishi looked at his mother's demeanor and reminded her helplessly.
The woman glared at Feng Qishi for reminding her and continued to smile, staring at Mu Anxiao, "Let's talk in the car."
"I'm not getting in your carriage." Mu Anxiao glanced at the car parked by the roadside and shook her head.
Hearing Mu Anxiao's words and looking at the woman who still maintained her smile, Feng Qishi said, "Mom... she likes watching ancient costume dramas and has been a bit obsessed lately. Please don't mind her."
Mu Anxiao looked at the woman's tightly clasped hand and thought of Feng Qishi's rogue behavior, deciding to reconsider.
"I'm going home."
"Auntie will call your parents. Tonight, you'll come with Auntie for dinner." The woman showed no intention of giving up.
"This..." Mu Anxiao was speechless.
"Let's go," the woman said, opening the rear car door with one hand and pushing Mu Anxiao inside.
Just like that, she was on a pirate ship.
"What's your name?" the woman asked while driving.
Mu Anxiao, feeling uncomfortable, glanced at Feng Qishi who was giving her a look of suggestion, and said, "My name is Mu Anxiao."
"What does your family do?"
Mu Anxiao didn't expect the woman to ask such a private question and fell silent.
"Auntie is talking to you?" The woman tilted her face.
"My grandfather is a park management staff member. I just arrived here yesterday."
"Oh, where do you go to school?"
"I don't go to school." Mu Anxiao answered honestly.
Feng Qishi's expression froze with Mu Anxiao's reply.
"What?" the woman exclaimed, hastily turning the steering wheel to park the car by the roadside, "You don't go to school."
"Uh-huh, I came out of the mountains. I met your son by chance today, that's all." Mu Anxiao said, suddenly sensing movement from the round disk in her pocket.
"Is that so? Then you can get out."
Mu Anxiao did not reply. She opened the car door as Feng Qishi had told her when they first got in, got out, closed the door, and walked onto the sidewalk.
"Mom, this is too much." Feng Qishi said. Just as he was about to open the door, the woman locked all the doors.
"You are not allowed to get out," the woman said angrily, then looked at Mu Anxiao on the sidewalk and drove off.
As the car moved, Feng Qishi's eyes widened.
"Mom..."
"You are not allowed to call me 'Mom', call me 'Mama'." The woman said sternly while driving.
Feng Qishi turned and looked at the receding Mu Anxiao through the car window, then turned back and said, "You can dislike me, but you can't treat my friend like this."
"That's a friend? She's just a country bumpkin. You can tell she's never been to school, and her family background is clearly poor. Being with someone like that will only bring you down," the woman said angrily.
"If I remember correctly, you were once a country bumpkin yourself." Feng Qishi said coldly.