"Are you kidding me? Are elementary schoolers this awesome now?" Lu Jinyan was stunned, gazing down at his smug little nephew.
Jiang Yukuo rolled his eyes at him and stated again, "Uncle, I told you, we're not elementary schoolers, we're geniuses. Everyone at our school is a genius. I have classmates who are 15, so age doesn't matter. As long as you reach a certain level, a twenty-year-old man can be your classmate. Uncle, this is the world of geniuses." He then looked meaningfully at Lu Jinyan.
Lu Jinyan had a clean-cut appearance, with a handsome face exuding a refined charm.
He heard Jiang Yukuo, in his childish voice, laboriously defending his genius status.
The smile on his handsome face gradually widened. Although it felt a bit like trying to please someone who wasn't interested, he was quite happy to see this other side of the kid.
"Got it, got it. Uncle has noted it. The little beauties chasing you are lined up around the entire playground. You need to be careful, don't end up with a playground full of troublesome romantic entanglements."
As Jiang Yukuo walked away, he suddenly felt that perhaps he and his uncle had been too careless in their collaboration. He wondered if it was too late to back out now.
This was completely the standard of an idiot. Could it be?
He was only six, and already being described as such a player. Who would dare marry him when he grew up?
As he was contemplating this, he heard his uncle utter words that shook heaven and earth: "Kuo Bao, do you have a little girl you like? Find one to be your partner!"
Jiang Yukuo's brow twitched involuntarily. He stopped, turned around, and looked at his expectant uncle. He grinned and asked, word by word, "Uncle, it seems more appropriate for me to go solo. No, Uncle, is it still too late for me to go back on this? We don't seem to be suitable for collaboration, we're only suitable as relatives."
Lu Jinyan took a step forward, feeling quite frustrated by the look of disdain on the little guy's face. The two stared at each other for a while, and then Lu Jinyan said, "Kid, you're starting to look down on me now. Hurry up and go!"
Mu Jiuchen returned to his room and changed into more comfortable clothes. He lay on the bed, exhausted, not wanting to move. Without seeing the person he loved, his mood grew more irritable with each passing day.
He stared at the ceiling with no emotion, his gaze deep and lifeless, evoking a sense of pity.
He lay still for a few minutes, and only when his phone rang did he slowly sit up.
"Hello!" his voice was hoarse and low.
Hearing the suppressed voice, Xiao Fan swallowed nervously. "Master, do you remember the girl you saved? She's been trying to find you these past two days, asking when you'll have time to meet her and thank you, Ninth Master!"
Mu Jiuchen had been overwhelmed by longing and negativity recently. He gently pressed his brow with his slender fingers to alleviate the discomfort, then said, "Bring her to see me, and then you go investigate her identity."
A woman who looked exactly like Nuannuan suddenly appearing before him, with ulterior motives.
"Master, I'll go investigate right away." Xiao Fan instantly understood Ninth Master's intentions.
"Yes! Ask her if she's willing to return to Jinshi Mu's Group. Give her a position of some importance, understand!" His deep, magnetic voice emanated a palpable killing intent.
Xiao Fan wished he could hang up the phone faster. "Okay, Ninth Master. Where should the meeting be arranged?"
Mu Jiuchen elegantly adjusted his posture and said gravely, "Let her decide, then you come pick me up."
After saying this, Mu Jiuchen hung up the phone and flopped back onto the bed, closing his eyes. Jiang Nuan's image of jumping into the sea filled his mind.
"Hoo..." Every time he thought of this, a suffocating pain would well up in his heart, making it difficult to breathe.
He opened his phone and looked at the girl on his lock screen, her smile as radiant as a flower. He gently tapped her forehead, his voice deep and tender, "Silly girl, I'm easy to bully, aren't I? Easy to trick, aren't I? You just left me like this, lying there all alone, ignoring me..." His murmuring voice eventually turned into a soft "Nuannuan, I miss you." again and again.
Mu Jiuchen spoke a great deal without realizing it. Only when the pent-up pain in his heart had eased considerably did he sit up. Seeing Xiao Fan's message, he prepared to go out.
After going downstairs to instruct Jin Yan to take care of their daughter, he left the house.
He stood by the door waiting for Xiao Fan to arrive and took the opportunity to send a message to Number One.
"How is Nuannuan? When can I go see Nuannuan?"
Number One, upon receiving the message, glanced at Old Man Yang beside him, then at Jiang Nuan lying on the hospital bed.
Jiang Nuan's face was pale and her skin looked translucent. She was so thin and frail that it seemed she could vanish at any moment.
Jiang Nuan's condition had suddenly worsened. Old Man Yang and various experts had performed emergency resuscitation overnight to save her life.
He couldn't guarantee that Jiang Nuan would truly wake up now.
Number One's face was pale and he looked helpless. He had also been awake for three days and three nights, feeling exhausted, his skin dull, his lips cracked, and his eyes vacant, feeling as lost as a soul.
"Old Man Yang, Mu Jiuchen has sent a message. What should I reply?"
Old Man Yang glanced at him, then slowly looked at Jiang Nuan and made a bold decision. He said, "Tell him not to wait for Jiang Nuan anymore. I'm going to send Jiang Nuan to Sea Sky Number One for treatment. This place isn't good enough."
"That's not possible." Number One rejected Old Man Yang's decision without a second thought. "Then what's the difference between her waking up and being a living dead person?"
Old Man Yang's bloodshot eyes gazed at him, and he asked sternly, "Then tell me, is there any other way to make her wake up? The people you've chosen are all extraordinary. They're not willing to die just like this. Going to Cape Number One will change her destiny and allow her to live. If she's lucky, she'll become stronger. If she's not lucky, at least she'll survive, and her family will have some comfort."
"But with Jiang Nuan's resilience, she won't perish, she'll only become stronger."
His aged but powerful voice made Number One's eyebrows lift.
Number One finally nodded. "Alright! As long as there's a sliver of hope, we won't give up. Jiang Nuan never gives up in her bones. As long as we don't give up on her, she won't give up on herself."
"Exactly." Old Man Yang nodded slightly.
"Tell Mu Jiuchen the truth. They have the right to know the truth."
Number One: "..." Why was he so timid?
He lowered his gaze and sent a message to Mu Jiuchen. He edited it back and forth several times, then deleted it back and forth several times, but ultimately couldn't bear to do it: "Don't worry, her recovery is going well."
Old Man Yang saw this and squinted at him. "Is this what you call telling the truth?"
Number One looked at him with a troubled expression. "I can't bear to hurt him."
Old Man Yang sneered, "Since when did you become so compassionate?"
Number One: "..."
Upon receiving the message, Mu Jiuchen's worried heart was instantly relieved. He murmured tenderly, "Nuannuan, we'll be meeting soon."
Xiao Fan's car arrived just then. After stopping, he got into the back seat, and Xiao Fan drove away.
At the Shengxia Club, Xiao Fan opened the door, and Mu Jiuchen's tall figure slowly walked into the private room.