Bringing the Little Crown Prince on a Parenting Reality Show — I'm Cleared of All Scandals!-Chapter 136: Didn’t Lie

Chu Xijin received a call from his aunt and quickly told his friends to shut up: "My aunt is calling me."

All four kids fell silent simultaneously.

"Hello, Auntie, what’s up?"

"I’m at your new place, I don’t know the password. Can you open the door for me?"

"Oh, sure." Chu Xijin ended the call and asked them not to mention his aunt’s husband in front of his aunt later.

The four kids didn’t understand but they agreed.

Only then did Chu Xijin go to open the door with peace of mind.

Mu Ran looked at the child in front of her, her emotions became complex, and her expression varied. Ultimately, she placed her palm on the child’s head and gently rubbed his hair: "Did you have fun?"

"Yeah, Auntie, come quickly, Xiao Miao and Brother Xiangxiang are all here." Chu Xijin drew his aunt inside.

All four of the children had argued online on Mu Ran’s behalf before, so to see her again now made them feel sympathetic towards her.

The sister went up to hug Mu Ran’s leg, looking up at her with eyes full of concern: "Sister Mu Ran, are you okay?"

Mu Ran picked up the sister, "I’m fine. I heard from Xiao Jin that you argued back against those people for me, thank you."

"No need to thank me." Lin Yuxian shook her head: "Sister Mu Ran, you’re amazing, a fantastic director."

"Thank you for the compliment." Mu Ran chuckled softly.

Lin Yuxian also flashed a smile as sweet as candy: "No problem~"

Mu Ran thanked the other three kids one by one and placed Lin Yuxian back on the ground before she bent down to speak with Xiao Jin: "I have to go to work, you need to take good care of yourself recently. Call me if anything comes up, okay?"

"Mm!" Chu Xijin nodded obediently, "Auntie, don’t work too hard, take care of yourself."

"I know, with the chef you arranged for me, I’m in great shape now." As Mu Ran looked at how considerate Xiao Jin was, she got more upset at Xiao Yu’an.

Once she went out, she called Xiao Yu’an.

Coincidentally, the police station notified her to come over, so Mu Ran had to temporarily put this matter aside, planning to have a good chat with Xiao Yu’an in the waiting lounge later.

Chu Xijin watched his aunt as she was about to head to the police station.

Only then did he feel at ease.

Then he called Mu Dixin: "Uncle, are you busy?"

"Not too much, is there something up, or is something happening with your aunt?" Mu Dixin’s tone turned nervous. He heard that Xiao Ran’s new film was changing its producer and leading actor, added to being massively attacked online just the day before, he was genuinely worried about that stubborn girl’s mental state.

"Auntie is quite fine, it’s just that I seem to have made a mistake." Chu Xijin murmured quietly.

If Mu Dixin hadn’t listened carefully, he would’ve almost missed it: "You made a mistake? What mistake?"

"I just said bad things about Auntie’s boyfriend, and Auntie came in. I’m afraid Auntie might get angry with her boyfriend. Can you help me contact Auntie’s boyfriend and ask him not to be mad at me?" Chu Xijin’s voice, already low, became even quieter towards the end.

Mu Dixin had to hold the speakerphone close to his ear to hear clearly.

"Your Aunt’s boyfriend? What bad things did you say about him?"

"Nothing, he didn’t do anything, I’m just a bit jealous of him. I said bad things about him to the other kids, am I a bad child? Will Auntie not like me anymore?" Chu Xijin’s voice turned choked.

Mu Dixin, hearing his tone and thinking of his usual composed way of handling things, couldn’t help but burst into laughter: "It’s okay, your Aunt won’t stop liking you. I’ll talk to her boyfriend."

"Thank you, can... can you not tell Auntie?" Chu Xijin pleaded softly.

"Sure."

Childcare experts say it’s quite normal for kids to make mistakes.

This is especially true when the child is one who can make amends; Mu Dixin almost finds himself liking him.

After hanging up the call, he proceeded to call Xiao Yu’an.

Chu Xijin looked at his smartwatch phone, slightly curling his lips. Though he did feel a bit guilty towards his uncle deep down, it wasn’t much.

He would be relieved once they broke up.

He was actually helping them; if they knew each other’s identities, wouldn’t that be so terrifying?

And he didn’t lie.

*

Airport.

Mu Ran finally had time to call Xiao Yu’an.

Xiao Yu’an had been awakened by Mu Dixin and had been listening to Mu Dixin emphasize how important Xiao Jin was to Mu Ran, advising him to treat Xiao Jin well later.

He didn’t need that reminder; he was Xiao Jin’s real uncle.

Since then, he hadn’t been able to fall back asleep. When receiving Mu Ran’s call now, he was quite happy, but didn’t expect her first words to be.

"Can you accept all my family?"

"Of course I can!"

Xiao Yu’an answered without hesitation.

Mu Ran was silent.

Suddenly she felt he was somewhat hypocritical; Xiao Jin’s words to the kids were certainly true.

He despised Xiao Jin for not being hardworking enough, thinking Xiao Jin couldn’t protect her. Wasn’t that implying that Xiao Jin was redundant?

He said such words to the kids, yet now could affirmatively say he could accept her family. Mu Ran realized she still didn’t quite understand Xiao Yu’an.

"What’s wrong?" Xiao Yu’an asked.

"Nothing, are you busy lately?"

"A bit. I’m currently developing tools beneficial for the elderly and even started over a dozen nursing homes." Xiao Yu’an replied, his grandfather was surprised upon hearing his research results and praised him for his business acumen, progressing quickly.

Xiao Yu’an refuted that.

He earned more money through illegitimate means than one-tenth of what he did in business.

But it wasn’t suitable to say that to his grandfather, nor could he disclose to Mu Ran about his research on some underworld activities while assembling his "underworld forces."

"Well then, you keep busy, I’m about to board, goodbye for now." Mu Ran ended the call with a somewhat scattered mind.

Previously, Xiao Yu’an kept telling her how much he liked Xiao Jin, asking for Xiao Jin’s WeChat several times over.

How did he change so fast now?

Could it truly be as mentioned online, that human hearts change easily?

Mu Ran scratched her head, her mind usually adept at sorting out emotions, now slowed, feeling like rusted scrap iron.

She pondered this from before boarding the plane all the way to her shooting destination, unable to make heads or tails, ultimately asking the assistant director to bring Li Shusen over so they could explore Li Shusen’s possibilities together.

Li Shusen, after being notified to meet the director, was a mess: "Director Chen, tell me, am I done for, going to be kicked out of the crew?"

"Hahaha, what are you thinking of, don’t worry, it’s not something bad this time. Also don’t think of the director as a terrifying beast, Director Mu is fine." Assistant Director Chen patted his back, "You’re a big guy, buck up."

Li Shusen swallowed hard.

He wanted to, indeed.

But he was also caught up in the rumors recently, that Director Mu was extraordinarily powerful, that the controversy online had such a huge backing and even official support behind, her background surely was far from simple.

Lin Wen Yu even exposed that no one in the circle dared to mess with Director Mu.

With layers of halo accumulated, Li Shusen genuinely could only feel scared!!!