Chapter 526

Lin Ning anxiously explained: 【Of course not!! Baby, you're the most important in my heart, other women stand aside, even my sister has to come second!】

Mu Youyu knew she was speaking sincerely; when they were young, Lin Ning's sister indeed hadn't spent as much time accompanying Lin Ning as she had.

Although Lin Ning often went out to play when she was young, every time she came back, the first person she looked for was always her.

Lin Ning's message came again: 【By the way, Xingnan said that ring of yours was designed by Jiang Liangjin himself—is that true?】

Mu Youyu tapped her fingertip: 【Yes】

Lin Ning was shocked: 【??? I thought you were joking, he actually designs this stuff?】

Mu Youyu: 【We took an elective in jewelry design in middle school; he learned a bit, you forgot?】

Lin Ning fell silent for a moment, sent a long string of ellipses, then added: 【I just remembered, my elective wasn't like this either. Is this the difference between a top student and a slacker?】

Mu Youyu felt this was hard to respond to, so she replied with a cute Expression.

Ningning: 【Hmph, perfunctory, I'm going to eat】

「……」

When Jiang Liangjin returned, two people followed behind him.

Yu Ci flopped onto the sofa as soon as he entered, his whole body sinking into the cushions, his long legs casually resting on the edge of the coffee table, posture relaxed, "Youbao, good morning!"

Gu Xingnan walked in behind him, sat down beside him, and casually pushed his leg that was resting on the coffee table down.

Yu Ci reluctantly drew his leg back, muttering "Mind your own business," but he sat up straight anyway.

Jiang Liangjin sat down beside Mu Youyu, "Is the matter settled?"

"Done." Yu Ci pulled out his phone from his pocket, lowered his head and swiped a few times, "Did you take those things to give to that uncle?"

"Mm."

Mu Youyu was baffled, curiously leaning toward Jiang Liangjin and lowering her voice: "What did you go do? So mysterious."

Jiang Liangjin tilted his head, his lips almost touching her cheek: "Just a small thing; I'll tell you later."

Yu Ci looked up at the sight of the two leaning together, deliberately clicked his tongue, "Finally, lovers become a couple—your engagement banquet isn't far off, huh. Xingnan, look, don't they look like a married couple?"

Gu Xingnan: "Yes, they do."

Yu Ci flattered, "Exactly, a match made in heaven!"

Jiang Liangjin: "Do you need to say that?"

"Don't say that." Mu Youyu, feeling a bit embarrassed by their back-and-forth, reached for a pillow to hold in front of her face, "What are you guys doing here?"

Gu Xingnan answered succinctly: "Eating."

Yu Ci added with a grin, "I'm here to join you."

Mu Youyu and Jiang Liangjin's expressions were subtle.

Yu Ci felt guilty under their gazes, quickly waved his hands, "Haha, just joking, just joking."

The four had barely been playing in the office when they heard a knock at the door.

Jiang Yuan pushed the door open, glanced at the four young people crowded on the sofa playing cards, raised an eyebrow, "Oh, holding a meeting? Or a gambling convention."

Yu Ci saw everyone's eyes on the doorway, quickly tossed the useless three of hearts from his hand onto the pile, then even hid it a bit more.

Immediately, he was the first to spring up from the sofa, "Uncle Jiang Yuan, hello!"

Gu Xingnan followed, standing up and politely calling out.

Jiang Liangjin calmly picked up the card Yu Ci had thrown in, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly upward.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand, "Sit, sit, sit, don't be so formal, even in your own home."

He again smiled and said, "Ah Youyu, why do you have time today to come inspect the company?"

Noticing Jiang Liangjin's sneaky card‑hiding move, Mu Youyu held back her laugh, "Uncle, I'm just keeping A Jin company while we sit here."

Jiang Yuan meaningfully said, "Sitting is good, sitting is good—unlike some people who come here just to order me around."

Jiang Liangjin's expression unchanged, he leisurely sorted the cards, "Thank you for your trouble, Uncle."

Jiang Yuan choked on that perfunctory thanks, shook his head, holding his thermos as he walked away, but before reaching the door he added, "I've had lunch sent over for you—don't go out to eat, it's crowded outside."

"Oh."

"……Then I'll keep working, goodbye."

Jiang Yuan came, Jiang Yuan left.

Yu Ci flopped back onto the sofa, played a pair, "Uncle Jiang Yuan is really nice, he even provides meals."

Jiang Liangjin laid down four cards, "Three bombs, I win."

Yu Ci stared at the four cards on the table, eyes wide, "No way, where'd you get three bombs?"

Mu Youyu placed her unfinished cards on the table, blinked, "Weren't those the cards Xingnan dealt?"

Yu Ci choked, turned to look at the dealer Gu Xingnan, who also remembered that just moments ago Jiang Liangjin clearly had only three cards in hand.

But recalling the childhood friend's habit of cheating, he still said nothing.

Jiang Liangjin spread his hands, utterly innocent, "You wanna welsh? You're the landlord—how can you bully the peasants?"

Yu Ci, the landlord, admitting fault, transferred 100,000 to Jiang Liangjin, "I'm truly convinced—I'll win it back next round."

"Liangjin won at cards, yay."

Jiang Liangjin lifted his chin, "All thanks to Baby."

Having lost 100,000, Yu Ci found it annoying, grabbed Gu Xingnan's arm and pulled it in front of himself as a shield.

Gu Xingnan was pulled off‑balance, braced his hand on the sofa to steady himself, and glanced down at him.

"Don't move, let me hide." Yu Ci sighed, "My pocket money these past two days…"

Gu Xingnan: "……What are you hiding from?"

"Hiding from the sour smell of love—I can't stand it." Yu Ci said, then exaggeratedly covered his mouth and gagged.

Jiang Liangjin was speechless, wiped the smile from his face, picked up a candy from the coffee table and threw it over, "Who was the loudest screaming down there yesterday?"

Yu Ci caught the candy, peeled the wrapper and shoved it into his mouth, "I was just wishing you all well, does the atmosphere team not get it? Just like Youbao's two friends in A City before, they enliven the atmosphere."

Liu Wanwan and the childhood friend she brought were indeed quite lively; Mu Youyu couldn't refute.

Jiang Liangjin snorted, too lazy to deal with him.

Gu Xingnan coughed lightly beside him, and Yu Ci immediately put away that punch‑deserving Expression, speaking solemnly: "Uncle Jiang Yuan is really nice, he even provides meals."

The topic was thus awkwardly dragged back to lunch.

During the following days of vacation, Jiang Liangjin still showed up at the Mu Family's doorstep every morning on time, rain or shine.

Their way of getting along was said to have not changed much, yet everywhere it showed a difference.

At first the brothers were still uneasy, but the elders were more open‑minded than they were.

Later, the brothers seemed to realize that the brother‑in‑law was someone they had acknowledged themselves.

More importantly, from the New Year onward, no one from the Mu and Song families objected anymore; before the two had confirmed their relationship, they hadn't said anything about their way of getting along.

Gradually, they learned to selectively overlook the two's intimate interactions.