Chapter 16 First Meeting with Grandma Mu_1

As soon as he spoke those words, Xiaoxun could clearly feel the air around Mu Jingyan grow colder.

It was common knowledge that the Tong Family relied on marital alliances to develop their own clan, seen as a minor and insignificant family in Huaicheng, let alone in the eyes of the prestigious families in the Imperial Capital.

Mu Jingyan did not mind marrying Tong Tong, but he could not disregard the fact that she belonged to Mu Xiangdian.

Mu Xiangdian had used every means possible to bring down Mu Jingyan; if Tong Tong truly belonged to Mu Xiangdian...

Then everything she did in the Mu Family was nothing but an act.

And he, had actually believed it.

Mu Jingyan's expression gradually grew grimmer.

In his life, what he detested the most was deception.

Elsewhere, Tong Tong changed out of her gown in the room, thinking about Mu Jingyan's hasty departure just before, and for some reason, she didn't feel scared anymore, she even found it somewhat endearing.