After his wife and daughter died tragically, the scumbag prince's hair turned white overnight

Chapter 196 Why doesn’t Mother like Uncle Gu?

Gu Xiaoxiao felt that something was wrong with her mother these days.

I feel like there’s something wrong with Uncle Jing too.

Uncle Jing clearly liked to come and see my mother before.

Now he doesn’t come.

She wanted to go secretly to find Uncle Jing, but her mother said that Uncle Jing was busy.

But...

Uncle Jing was also very busy before, but he still had time to accompany her, right?

Not right.

Something is very wrong.

She wanted to ask her mother, but she didn't dare.

He could only look at Hongdou pitifully.

"Hongdou, does mother no longer like Uncle Jing?"

When she asked this question, Hongdou was almost sent away.

"My dear, please don't ask these questions casually in the future."

Gu Xiaoxiao pursed her lips aggrievedly, "Xiaoxiao, there's no one left to ask. Even you won't answer my questions, so who should I ask?"

Hongdou couldn't bear it anymore and suggested, "How about you go ask the young lady, and I'll be there to cheer you up and support you?"

Luoluo had just picked up the clothes that Gu Xiaoxiao had washed from the laundry. When she came back, she heard Hongdou making some bad suggestions. She couldn't help but laugh and scold, "The young lady has been in a bad mood these past few days. Please don't make things worse."

"I know, I know. I just said that and the young lady didn't listen at all, don't you think?" Hongdou winked at Gu Xiaoxiao teasingly.

Gu Xiaoxiao said yes, but she had already taken Hongdou's bad idea into consideration.

The next day.

She went specifically to have lunch with Shen Muxi.

Shen Muxi was just about to ask Xia Chan why she hadn't seen Gu Xiaoxiao come in the past few days.

I didn't expect you to come today.

She was delighted and asked the kitchen to prepare a few more of her favorite side dishes.

"Minced meat tofu and three-color meatballs are your favorites. You are still growing, so you should eat more."

She kept chattering while picking up some food for Gu Xiaoxiao.

"Mom, don't just pick up food for Xiaoxiao, you should eat too."

Gu Xiaoxiao picked up the largest three-color meatball and gave it to Shen Muxi.

The lunch was eaten up with the loving mother and filial son.

After lunch, Shen Muxi and Gu Xiaoxiao rinsed their mouths together.

Watching the little guy carefully put the teacup for rinsing his mouth back on the maid's tray.

She had a bit of the style of a lady from a noble family, and Shen Muxi couldn't help but smile.

"Xiaoxiao, why did you suddenly think of having dinner with mother today?"

The past few days, every time it was time to eat, he would rush off, saying he had ordered red beans for the kitchen to make, and no matter how hard he tried to keep him, he would not come back...

For this reason, she has been sighing to Xia Chan many times these past few days: My daughter has really grown up.

"Xiaoxiao misses her mother." She pouted and hugged Shen Muxi's arm, snorting twice, "Uncle Jing is a bad guy. He said before that he would come to see Xiaoxiao and mother, but in the past few days, he only came to see Xiaoxiao and didn't look for mother. Xiaoxiao wants to go find him."

"Xiao Xiao."

Shen Muxi grabbed Gu Xiaoxiao.

"Uncle Jing is very busy, let's not keep disturbing him."

Looking down, she saw Gu Xiaoxiao's watery eyes blinking at her, with a serious expression on her face. The smile on Shen Muxi's lips froze, "Why do you keep looking at mother like this?"

"Does mother dislike Uncle Jing anymore?"

Gu Xiaoxiao frowned.

"Uncle Jing likes mother, shouldn't mother like Uncle Jing?"

The world of children is very simple.

It's like the forces are acting equally.

For children, liking something should be equal to be meaningful.

But...

"Xiaoxiao, not everyone's love can be reciprocated."

The smile on Shen Muxi's lips disappeared completely.

Start talking nonsense seriously.

“It’s like, you like eating fish, but are you sure the fish likes to be fed to you?”

"Yu is not stupid, he definitely doesn't like it." Gu Xiaoxiao shook her head. Before Shen Muxi could speak, she hugged Shen Muxi's neck and said, "But, mother, Xiaoxiao can see that Uncle Gu really likes you, very much, very much. Is this not okay?"

"You're just a kid, how can you have so many likes and dislikes?" Shen Muxi smiled and scratched Gu Xiaoxiao's nose.

Then he put her down on the ground.

Obviously, he didn't want to talk about this topic with her anymore.

Gu Xiaoxiao grabbed Shen Muxi's sleeve unwillingly, "But mother, Xiaoxiao doesn't want Uncle Jing to quarrel with mother."

In her opinion, if two people suddenly lost contact, it must have been a fight.

My daughter has been persisting.

Shen Muxi suddenly felt a little powerless.

"Xiaoxiao," she raised her hand to touch her daughter's face and emphasized to her daughter, "We didn't quarrel."

But Gu Xiaoxiao covered her mouth and ran away, "I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen. Anyway, mother doesn't like Uncle Jing, and Xiaoxiao doesn't like mother either."

Shen Muxi sighed helplessly.

Hongdou wanted to catch up with Gu Xiaoxiao, but turned around and saw Shen Muxi with a distraught look on his face.

He quickly turned around and said, "Miss, the young lady is still young..."

"Xiaoxiao has lacked fatherly love since she was a child. It's rare for her to meet someone who treats her well. It's understandable that she cherishes him."

Shen Muxi can understand her daughter's mood and her temper.

She owes her daughter something.

If she hadn't misjudged people and caused her daughter to lack fatherly love, the current situation wouldn't have happened.

"Go and take good care of her."

"I will persuade the young lady well." Hongdou made a promise to Shen Muxi and left quickly.

The two figures, one big and one small, quickly disappeared from Shen Muxi's sight.

Shen Muxi sighed and sat down.

Xia Chan brought her a cup of tea and looked at Shen Muxi, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

"Ask whatever you want. This little thing is no longer a secret."

Soon, it will become a thing of the past.

Shen Muxi muttered to himself.

With Shen Muxi's permission, Xia Chan said without hiding anything, "Your Highness is deeply in love with me, why do you..."

Shen Muxi took a sip of tea and shook his head. "There aren't so many whys in this world. People's hearts are fickle. I just don't dare to gamble with my future anymore."

Xia Chan moved her lips, but could only sigh, "Miss, you just haven't thought it through yet. Why don't you calm down first?"

"No need." Shen Muxi shook his head, "I know what I'm doing."

Standing up, she told Xia Chan, "I want to go out and relax. You don't have to follow me. Go and do your own thing."

"Yes."

...

Shen Muxi quietly returned to the County Lord's Mansion.

At that time, she did not carry the jade pendant that Murong Jingyan gave her with her, but secretly asked Hongdou to put it back to the county lord's mansion.

Buried under the pear tree in the yard where Shen Xi once lived.

He held the glass dragon pendant in his hand again.

The warm glass dragon pendant inexplicably made Shen Muxi feel a surge of bitterness in his heart.

I originally thought that Murong Jingyan had no feelings for her and the jade pendant could be exchanged for other conditions.

"I didn't expect," she smiled bitterly, "that you and I would end up like this."

His tone was filled with disappointment.

...

Gu Xiaoxiao jogged all the way.

Don't stop until you are tired.

Hongdou followed slowly.

She didn't move forward until Gu Xiaoxiao stopped.

The little body was sobbing.

Hongdou’s heart was twisted by seeing this.

"Little Miss, please stop crying. If you keep crying you'll become a clown and won't be pretty anymore."

"Wow, Red Bean..."

Gu Xiaoxiao hiccuped and cried, "Why doesn't mother like Uncle Jing? Uncle Jing is a good person. Xiaoxiao likes Uncle Jing."

"But..."

Hongdou gently hugged Gu Xiaoxiao, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be the Emperor of Nanyuan in the future. He will have many wives and children..."

Her voice was very soft.

Logically, Gu Xiaoxiao's ears were injured and she could only hear words at normal volume.

But this time, she heard Hongdou's words clearly.

"Now he only has your mother and you, so he's naturally very good to you. But what if he gets a new wife and new children?"