CHAPTER 488: CHAPTER 488: ARE YOU REALLY NOT DECEIVING ME?

When Mu Huaner finished reading Shu Meng’s diary, she was shocked.

Because Mu Chen had never mentioned that Mu Feng had taken medication before falling from the rooftop.

It was then that she believed what Yan Qianyi had said.

The diary had turned yellow; if Shu Meng wanted to hide her medical accident, she could have said nothing at all, there was no need to write such a diary.

So, she went home to find Mu Chen.

At that time, Mu Chen was watering the flowers in the garden.

Mu Huaner directly asked him, "Why didn’t you tell us that Third Brother had taken blood-activating medication before falling from the rooftop?"

Mu Chen’s hand, holding the watering can, suddenly began to tremble.

He dropped the watering can and covered his ears with both hands, "Huaner, don’t ask me, I... I feel awful, my head hurts..."

Every time Mu Feng was brought up, Mu Chen reacted like this.

Previously, Mu Huaner would have felt sympathy for him, but now, after reading Shu Meng’s diary, she desperately wanted to know the truth.

She stepped forward and grabbed Mu Chen’s hand, "Second Brother, answer me! Your behavior makes me think you are avoiding the issue!"

Mu Chen looked up at her with a frightened gaze, his voice trembling, "I know I’m responsible for not stopping Third Brother, these years I’ve suffered immense guilt, what else do you want from me?"

"It’s not about that, I..." Mu Huaner stomped her foot in frustration, "I just want to know, why did you hide the fact that Third Brother had taken medication!"

"He didn’t let me tell..." Mu Chen appeared extremely terrified, his speech becoming disjointed.

"He begged me on the rooftop to let him leave quietly, not to try to save him... I... I only learned afterward, he had already prepared to die before he jumped, it’s my fault... all my fault... I couldn’t hold him back, I rushed over, but he had already jumped, right before my eyes..."

Watching Mu Chen’s breakdown, Mu Huaner tearfully became distressed.

For years, everyone thought that Second Brother had changed like this because of his guilt for not being able to save Third Brother.

But after reading Shu Meng’s diary, she began to doubt whether Second Brother was really sick?

Mu Huaner asked, "What about the hush money you gave to the hospital?"

"We couldn’t affect Mu’s stock market, Third Brother had already passed away, that was the only thing I could do, Dad always said I wasn’t as smart and capable as Third Brother, but in this matter, I saved the corporation, it’s my fault... I couldn’t save Third Brother, it’s all my fault..."

"Second Brother..." Mu Huaner asked choked up, "Is that really true? You’re not lying to me, are you?"

"It’s my fault, all my fault, I couldn’t save Third Brother... I should die, it’s all my fault..."

Mu Chen’s eyes darted frantically, his whole demeanor becoming delirious, endlessly blaming himself.

Suddenly, he widened his eyes and grabbed Mu Huaner’s shoulders, "How did you know?! Who told you? Third Brother is already dead, who wants to harm our family? Who?!"

Mu Huaner was frightened by Mu Chen’s demeanor.

Mu Chen shook her shoulders forcefully, persistently demanding, "Tell me! Who told you? Who exactly?"

"Second Brother, it doesn’t matter who told me, I just hope that everything you’re saying now is true, you’re not lying to me, right?"

"Answer me! Who told you?"

Mu Chen became increasingly agitated, completely unable to communicate, just shaking Mu Huaner’s shoulders incessantly.

"What’s going on here?" Wen Shurou heard the commotion and walked over.

Suddenly, Mu Chen let go of Mu Huaner’s shoulders and collapsed on the ground, his body convulsing uncontrollably, his eyes rolling back in agony.

Wen Shurou was terrified and yelled into the house, "Quick, call a doctor!"

Then she threw herself beside Mu Chen, frantically soothing him, "Husband, it’s okay, relax, don’t get excited, take a deep breath!"

Mu Huaner stood by, at a loss.

Wen Shurou looked up at her and demanded, "Did you go to your second brother again to ask about your third brother? It’s been so many years since the incident, and your third brother has long been laid to rest. Why do you still incessantly torment your second brother?"

Mu Huaner opened her mouth dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

"Three years ago, when his condition was at its worst, it was you who came to ask him!" Wen Shurou screamed in despair, "Do you have to drive him insane before you’re satisfied? He loves you so much, is this how you treat him?"

Three years ago, after Mu Huaner found out about the medical incident from back then, she had come to ask Mu Chen if he knew about it.

Mu Chen had reacted in the same way, with a severe episode.

"You leave! From now on, don’t come asking about your third brother! Otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude!" Wen Shurou forcefully pushed Mu Huaner away.

Mu Huaner glanced at Mu Chen, then left heartbroken...

...

Recalling that day’s events, tears once again streamed from Mu Huaner’s eyes.

The scalding tears fell drop by drop onto the diary.

She set down the diary, poured another glass of wine, and drank it in one gulp.

She hadn’t told anyone about this.

She feared that revealing the diary would plunge the entire Mu family into chaos.

Now, she really didn’t know what to do...

From childhood, the siblings had always been close.

Her brothers had always cherished her.

She shouldn’t have doubted her second brother; his explanation that day had been completely reasonable.

Yet, she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.

Mu Huaner painfully raked her fingers through her hair.

Just then, the voice of a waiter came through.

"Miss, you can’t enter without a reservation; please stop."

"I’ve been here before, your boss Mu Huaner is my little aunt; I want to see her, don’t stop me."

"Sorry, I haven’t seen you before; please wait a moment while I check."

Recognizing the other voice as Yan Qianyi, Mu Huaner quickly stowed away the diary and wiped her tears, looking up.

She saw Yan Qianyi walking over briskly; the waiter couldn’t stop her.

A moment later, Yan Qianyi stood in front of Mu Huaner.

The waiter looked troubled, "Miss Mu, I couldn’t stop her; she said she’s your relative."

"It’s okay, go on," Mu Huaner waved weakly at the waiter.

Then she picked up a new wine glass, poured some wine, "Since you’re here, have a drink then."

Just as she was about to hand the wine glass to Yan Qianyi, she suddenly remembered that Yan Qianyi was pregnant and laughed, "Sorry, I forgot, you can’t drink right now."

Yan Qianyi’s gaze was ice-cold as she stared at Mu Huaner, "You know why I’m here."

Mu Huaner looked helpless, "Are you here for Ah Lie? He’s really not here with me this time. I heard from the Duke that you were in the Morris Empire, you just got back? How come as soon as you returned, he disappeared?"