Chapter 650 Older Than You!

Chapter 650 Older Than You!　　"Aunt, do you realize that your eyes sparkle whenever you speak about Raelle?" asked Xiang Weimin.

Mu Chenyan chuckled, "Really?" Of course, she won't be able to see how she looked but she could imagine it. "You both are very dear to me. You're my favorite niece and nephew in the whole world."

"Raelle isn't your favorite?" asked Xiang Weimin.

"She is," answered Mu Chenyan. "However, I have never looked at her as my niece. Maybe I did once upon a time, but now, I can't look at her as just my niece. She is my everything. She is my family, my sunshine, my dose of bitter medicine to keep me sober, she is my warmth."

"And she is your daughter?" added Xiang Wai with a raise of her brow.

Mu Chenyan shook her head immediately, "Nah! Our roles are hard to define clearly. After all, who is the one acting like a mother and who is the one acting like a daughter is difficult to understand between us. That relationship is blurry. I often get schooled by her like she is my mother but I have never really looked at her like she is my daughter. Heck! I don't even know how to be a mother."

"You're being very modest," commented Xiang Weimin.

*Bang!*

The three of them became alert to that loud noise but relaxed when they noticed that it was only Yue Yue who slapped her hand on the table. She tried to raise her head and with her eyes, she tried to use her hands to make hand signs to say something but got frustrated when she couldn't coordinate her hands well in her drunken state. So, she mouthed something. 

Since only Mu Chenyan was close to her, only she understood what she said.

"What is she saying?" asked Xiang Wai.

Mu Chenyan cleared her throat before telling her, "She said, 'Mu Chenyan is anything but modest. When it comes to boasting off, she'll make you blush.'" Mu Chenyan shrugged after saying that, not at all feeling embarrassed, "My bestie isn't wrong at all. That's me. I still don't know what modesty is. I still get on people's nerves. Can't help it."

"Question!" Xiang Wai raised her hand to ask the question. "Aunt, how come Aunt Yue is your best friend?"

"What do you mean?" asked Mu Chenyan in confusion.

"What Wai means is that, she doesn't seem like someone who would fit into your life," added Xiang Weimin. "She is elegant, sweet, kind, beautiful, and all the best things in life. But the same isn't true for you. So, how do you two even get along with each other?"

"Don't you think my Yue Yue is cute?" asked Mu Chenyan as she pinched Yue Yue's face and placed her face close to hers. Her fingers were poking Yue Yue's flushed face while she tried to swat away her hands but failed miserably. 

This picture...

Xiang Wai felt like she was looking at a bad wolf bullying the adorable and weak rabbit. She didn't have to mention who was the bad wolf and who was the rabbit in this case. It was just too obvious.

Yue Yue forced herself to open her eyes and glared at Mu Chenyan who found her even cuter and squished her cheeks before rubbing her head. "Okay, okay. Go to sleep." Saying that she even put Yue Yue's head on her shoulder and allowed her to find a comfortable place to lie down. 

Anyone could see that Mu Chenyan was quite doting toward this best friend of hers. What a sight!

"When did you fall for cute things?" asked Xiang Weimin.

"I never did," answered Mu Chenyan. "It's just that this best friend of mine is very fragile. From the moment I laid my eyes on her, I had the urge to hide her under my wings and protect her from every single dark thing in the world."

"And that's what you have been doing?" asked Xiang Wai.

Mu Chenyan nodded, "I'm trying my best. I wish I could take her pain away and feel the loneliness in her heart but I can't do that. I'm not all that great after all." She pushed Yue Yue's hair away from her face as she said, "I heard she had a beautiful voice. I wish I had met her earlier. I would have done everything to protect her and the voice that she so loved. If nothing else, my little Fai would have been able to hear his name from his mother's mouth."

"She wasn't always like this?" this question came from Xiang Wai who had been quite interested in Yue Yue from the moment she learned of her connection with Zhai Yanjun and how that man behaved like a baby around her. He never opened up to anyone like he had been doing around this aunt of his.

"No," answered Mu Chenyan. "She wasn't born this way."

"Then what happened?" asked Xiang Wai.

"Unfortunately, I don't know what really happened," said Mu Chenyan. "I have a few conjectures but she isn't willing to talk about it and clear my doubts. And I can't bring myself to push her for answers either."

"You really love her, eh?"

Mu Chenyan smiled brightly, "Of course, she is my sister from another mother. How can I not love her? If I had such a sweet and pretty younger sister, I'd have smothered her with my love and brought the whole world to her feet!"

"I'd definitely expect something like that from you," said Xiang Weimin. 

"So what? My Ge used to always give in to me. He used to say, it's the job of elder brothers/sisters to protect and cherish their younger siblings. But at that time, I was the youngest one. So I only knew how to receive whatever he offered."

"Ah!"

Mu Chenyan held her cheek that Yue Yue slapped in her stupor and tilted her head to mouth at Mu Chenyan, 'I'm older than you!'