Chapter 244: Chapter 244 Much Better Behaved Than Your Dad_1 Chapter 244: Chapter 244 Much Better Behaved Than Your Dad_1 “Mom—let go of everything from the past, let go of the hatred in your heart, and you’ll see life isn’t as bad as you think. You still have me, Grandpa, and Shanshan…”

Mu Yingchen supported his mother as she collapsed toward the floor, his tone filled with sorrow.

Mu’s mother had been so agitated by Mu Yingchen’s earlier actions that she couldn’t utter a word. Her eyes were fixed, stunned, on the white fragments of paper scattered on the ground, and her emotions suddenly flared up again.

“I don’t want to let go. Why should I let go! Can letting go bring your father back to life? Can it heal the injuries I’ve suffered? I hate them, I hate them!!”

Mu Yingchen held his mother’s out-of-control body tightly, and his eyes couldn’t help but redden.

It seemed that, for the moment, she was still unable to untie the knots in her heart.

“Mom, why do you have to make yourself like this?” Why was she so different from the woman he remembered?

It was his fault, his failure as a son to share her inner anguish promptly, allowing her deep-seated hatred to grow, day by day, until it became uncontrollable.

Mu’s mother struggled in his arms, and her shoulders began to convulse uncontrollably.

Mu Yingchen was startled, quickly checking her face, and upon seeing it, he was horrified—her asthma was acting up!!

Without a second thought, he picked her up, flung open the door, and ran downstairs.

“Uncle Zhou, Uncle Zhou, come quick, my mom’s having an asthma attack!” He shouted uncontrollably as he carried his mother down the stairs toward the butler in the living room.

There had been laughter and conversation in the living room, but at his cry of alarm, everyone immediately stood up in a panic.

Shanshan, a bit confused, saw her great-grandfather and the butler, both wearing looks of great concern, and quickly stood up to look toward her daddy’s direction.

“Hurry! Take her to the nursing room!”

The nursing room was the same infirmary where Mu Yingchen had recovered after his surgery, an off-limits building kept under lock and key, essentially a private hospital for the Mu Family.

Mu’s mother had asthma, and without the renowned physician Butler Zhou continuously regulating her health, her attacks would have been far more frequent.

Outside the sickroom, Old Master Mu looked at the crestfallen Mu Yingchen with frustration.

“You tell me, how could you let a discussion with your mom lead to an attack? You! What am I to do with you?”

Mu Yingchen felt even worse, realizing that he had gone too far in destroying that contract in front of her and provoking her.

Yet, he really hadn’t realized how deep the hatred she harbored in her heart was—

“You young rascal, once your mother wakes up, you better apologize immediately. If you can’t cheer her up, don’t even think about stepping out of the Mu Family!”

This time, Old Master Mu was genuinely angry. His grandson had always been sensible, always measured in his actions, but he kept making mistakes when it came to Su Wanxia.

The old man had been turning a blind eye to their affairs, but who would have thought this youngster could upset his mother to this point? If he didn’t teach him a lesson now, people would say he’d forgotten his mother after getting a wife. He could neglect him, the old man, but he absolutely had to be filial to his mother!

Over the years, his mother indeed had been wronged. There was no denying that she had been a good daughter-in-law to the Mu Family!

“Grandpa, don’t scold Daddy anymore, he’s also very sad—” Shanshan tugged at Old Master Mu’s sleeve, speaking softly.

Even though she didn’t know why her grandmother had fallen ill, she could tell that her daddy was heartbroken and distressed.

Hearing Shanshan’s words, Old Master Mu’s expression softened significantly, and with a smile, he said, “My little great-granddaughter is well-behaved. Shanshan, you’re much better behaved than your father—”

Shanshan smiled sweetly, then asked the old man with a hint of worry, “Great-grandfather, what’s really wrong with Grandma?”

Old Master Mu gently touched Shanshan’s little head, his voice filled with emotion as he spoke, “Don’t worry, Shanshan, your grandma, she’s alright. She just needs to rest. Afterward, she’ll be able to play with you.”

“Really?”

“Really–”

No sooner had the grandfather and grandchild finished speaking, the door to the nurse’s room opened from the inside, and Butler Zhou, dressed in white, came out. “Master, the Mistress is fine. She just suffered from an episode of acute stress due to excessive emotions, which triggered her old ailment. She just needs to rest, and she will be fine.”

“Oh, that’s good, that’s good.” Old Master Mu visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

It was only then that Mu Yingchen’s heart returned to its place. If anything had happened to his mother, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

“Uncle Zhou, my mother–is she awake now?”

“She’s already awake, but she specifically asked to be left alone for a bit.”

Mu Yingchen had wanted to go in and see his mother, but he dismissed the idea upon hearing Uncle Zhou’s words.

“Okay then, I’ll go see her later.”

“When you go in later, you must apologize to your mother. Otherwise, I won’t let you off the hook!” Old Master Mu glared at Mu Yingchen menacingly.

Mu Yingchen smiled wryly: “Understood, Grandpa.”

“Hmph! That’s more like it.” Then the old man’s expression softened as he turned to Shanshan, “Shanshan, how about Grandpa takes you on a tour around our Mu Family estate?”

At this, Shanshan’s eyes instantly lit up, “Good–”

Old Master Mu took Shanshan on a tour of the entire Mu Family estate, while Mu Yingchen sat on the sofa outside the door, sighing deeply.

The situation was more complex than he had imagined. After this incident, getting his mother to accept Wanwan would not be so easy–

He lowered his head in defeat, rubbing his not-so-long hair with both hands, his heart filled with incessant sighs.

Suddenly, the phone rang.

He took out his phone, and the sense of defeat and loss he carried faded by half.

“Have you found her?”

“Mr. Mu, we’ve found her. Miss Su is in room 802 of the Jiajie Hotel in the East District–”

Mu Yingchen’s heart eased again, “Mhm, keep a close watch, I’ll contact you when it’s time to go.”

“Yes.”

After hanging up the phone, he felt much more relaxed. It was good that they had found her.

If they had continued to be unable to find her, it would have made him feel unsettled. He had wanted to go to that woman as soon as there was news, but now that his mother was unwilling to see him, he thought it best to wait a little longer–

On the other hand, if he left now, he might just infuriate his grandfather too–

Mu Yingchen rose from the sofa, walked slowly to the door of the nurse’s room, and through its glass window, he could see his mother lying on the hospital bed, her face pale and her eyes blankly staring at the ceiling, lost in thought.

He sighed softly. If she could come to understand, that would be the best possible outcome.