Fu Yan Ting's face turned extremely ugly at the thought.
Mu Qing Xiang knew that no matter what she said now, Fu Yan Ting wouldn't listen.
She had told Fu Yan Ting everything she had seen and knew. As for what he would choose, that was up to him.
Yan Xi was inside the ward, and Fu Yan Ting was outside. The distance between them was less than ten steps, but to Yan Xi, it felt as if they were thousands of miles apart.
Yan Xi's heart sank to the bottom as Fu Yan Ting left without looking back.
Yan Xi knew very well that this was truly the end for her and Fu Yan Ting.
Even though Yan Xi was extremely unwilling, she had to face reality.
After Fu Yan Ting left, Mu Jing Chen looked at Yan Xi. Seeing her crestfallen, Mu Jing Chen was unfazed. His objective had been achieved; he wanted Fu Yan Ting to see firsthand how Yan Xi took care of him.
Everything was pre-arranged by Mu Jing Chen.
When Yan Xi called for an ambulance, it was the ambulance from the hospital where Fu Yan Ting was admitted that picked him up.
After bandaging his wounds, Mu Jing Chen had also instructed the doctors and nurses to place him in the room next to Fu Yan Ting's.
Mu Jing Chen's intention was clear: he wanted Fu Yan Ting to retreat.
He deliberately wanted Fu Yan Ting to witness the scene and make him understand whose woman Yan Xi was.
Mu Jing Chen turned his head, a slight smile playing on his lips where Yan Xi couldn't see.
When Fu Yan Ting was discharged, he didn't say goodbye to Yan Xi. Yan Xi only found out he was discharged the next day. She wanted to go to Fu Yan Ting's room to explain her relationship with Mu Jing Chen.
But when she entered Fu Yan Ting's room, she found that the bed was empty and the covers were neatly folded.
Yan Xi ran to the nurses' station to inquire and learned that Fu Yan Ting had already been discharged.
Yan Xi knew that Fu Yan Ting was angry with her, which was why he hadn't even said goodbye when he was discharged.
On the sixth day of Mu Jing Chen's hospitalization, Yan Xi received a call from an unknown number.
It was Mu Jing Chen's mother. Although Yan Xi didn't understand why Mu Jing Chen's mother would call her, she went to the meeting out of politeness.
At the coffee shop.
Yan Xi looked at the woman sitting opposite her, who carried an air of arrogance. She knew this woman was Mu Jing Chen's biological mother.
Thinking about her previous attitude towards Mu Jing Chen, Yan Xi's demeanor towards her also cooled down.
Mu Jing Chen's mother, however, didn't seem to care. She glanced coldly at Yan Xi and said, "Miss Yan, name your price."
Yan Xi was stunned by her abrupt statement, not understanding what she meant.
Seeing that Yan Xi remained silent, Mu Jing Chen's mother assumed she was playing dumb. She had seen many such women, and these tactics were beneath her.
Mu Jing Chen's mother didn't mince words. She said, "I know you're divorced, Miss Yan, and widowed. As a remarried woman, and a widow, what right do you have to marry my son? My son will be the sole heir of the Mu family, and you will only drag him down."
Yan Xi could accept being called remarried, as it was the truth.
But being called a widow, Yan Xi was not pleased.
Fu Yan Ting wasn't dead yet.
How could she be a widow?
Even if Fu Yan Ting were dead.
She had divorced Fu Yan Ting five years ago. The word "widow" didn't apply to her at all.
Originally, out of respect for this woman being Mu Jing Chen's biological mother, and for Mu Jing Chen's sake, Yan Xi didn't want to make things too unpleasant.
However, since this woman didn't care, Yan Xi didn't mind either.
After all, this woman had always used Mu Jing Chen to achieve her own goals. She saw Mu Jing Chen merely as a tool to smoothly enter the Mu family and become a young madam of a wealthy family, not truly loving him.
"Miss Yan, I know my son is very outstanding. It's understandable that you want to marry him to climb the social ladder. But please, look in the mirror. Do you really think you deserve my son?"
"Since Madam Mu…" Yan Xi paused, then added with an apologetic tone, "I'm sorry, I misspoke. You are just the mistress who gave birth to an heir for the Mu family, not Madam Mu. It was my mistake to speak incorrectly. I apologize."
Yan Xi wasn't incapable of intentionally hitting a sore spot, she just preferred not to.
Now that this woman was clearly hostile, Yan Xi naturally wouldn't let her off the hook.
Indeed, when Mu Jing Chen's mother heard Yan Xi's words, she instantly felt her pride wounded. Her gaze towards Yan Xi was filled with intense hatred.
This woman had charmed her son, and now she was here insulting her.
Before, her relationship with Mu Jing Chen had been very good. It was only because of this woman's appearance that Mu Jing Chen had started to rebel against her.
Yan Xi could clearly see that Mu Jing Chen's mother's expression had turned extremely ugly. Yan Xi also understood very well why she was so angry.
However, Yan Xi didn't regret what she did. This woman had brought it upon herself.
Yan Xi looked triumphantly at Mu Jing Chen's mother and said, "Whether I deserve Jing Chen or not is up to him to decide, don't you think? Even if you don't want me to marry him, go tell him to call off the wedding and stop bothering me."
"Miss Yan, don't push your luck. I know you. You're a jinx. When Fu Yan Ting was with you, he was either injured or sick. After he got together with you, he went to the hospital more often than he went to the company."
Yan Xi couldn't refute this.
Perhaps thinking of how Fu Yan Ting had left the hospital without informing Yan Xi, making her feel sad, Yan Xi didn't react strongly to Mu Jing Chen's mother's words at this moment.
Mu Jing Chen's mother snorted disdainfully and continued, "My son rarely got sick before, almost never hospitalized. But after he got together with you, he was admitted to the hospital. Miss Yan, I'm curious, are you a top salesperson for the hospital?"
"Mu Jing Chen's injury has nothing to do with me. If you truly don't want Mu Jing Chen to be with me, as I said, go persuade him. Persuade him to call off the wedding and stop pestering me."
"Don't worry, I will..."
"Who gave you permission to come to Kyoto? Who gave you permission to talk to Xi Xi and tell her all this nonsense?"
Mu Jing Chen's mother's words were cut short by a cold voice from behind her.