Chapter 6: Is Someone Reluctant for Mu Wanwan to Go to the Countryside?

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Fang Yinnian’s eyes flickered, as if some thought crossed his mind, and his expression gradually grew more composed. He pressed his lips tightly, truly not uttering another word.

The vast living room fell into silence.

“As long as nothing happens, that’s fine. In the future, if those people come over, you don’t need to pay them any mind. Since they’ve found a way out, I’ll just go along with their wishes this time,” Fang Xun said coldly, his stern, wrinkled old face clouded with gloom.

Fang Yinnian sensed something and suddenly looked at Fang Xun. “Grandfather, you—”

Fang Xun raised his hand to stop him. “Last time, they threatened me. If I didn’t sever ties with you, they would turn around and report me, cutting off our father-son and grandfather-grandson relationship.”

“I saw how foolish they were, and since they share half my blood, I planned to save them one last time,” Fang Xun sneered, first glancing at his worried wife, reassuring her silently with his eyes, then finally looking at his proudest grandson.

“They shouldn’t have targeted you.”

“They think I’m old and haven’t been active outside these past two years, so they believe I’m useless.”

“Given that, I’ll just do as they wish.”

“Our Fang family has no weaklings who betray their own blood.”

“They don’t even deserve to be sons of the Fang family.”

“But if that’s the case, they’ll report you...” Fang Yinnian tried to dissuade him, unwilling to see his grandfather’s reputation tarnished in his old age.

“Let them report if they want,” Fang Xun remained unmoved. “The honor I’ve earned with my blood and sweat can’t be shaken by petty people. Even if...” Fang Xun looked at Fang Yinnian.

Fang Yinnian was his most cherished and proud grandson.

Although he hadn’t followed the path he had laid out like his father and elder brother, instead becoming a researcher, as long as he contributed to the country—whether as a soldier or a scientist—he was a true patriot.

A true patriot should never be hindered.

But because he failed to properly guide that so-called eldest son, his grandson suffered being reported.

If not for that, his little grandson wouldn’t have had to hide away in a remote mountain region to avoid those people.

He should have been shining brightly in his own field.

“It’s Grandfather who caused you harm,” Fang Xun’s eyes grew moist.

“Grandfather, please don’t say that,” Fang Yinnian stepped forward and helped Fang Xun sit in the main seat. “Even without them, I probably would have left for a while. The research institute over there is chaotic now.”

“Don’t worry, I will take good care of myself, I—”

“I will take good care of him. Grandfather, please rest assured!” Mu Wanwan blinked, seizing the moment to continue the previous topic.

Her words were so abrupt; the atmosphere, full of reluctance and sadness, was broken by her coquettish voice, causing the air to strangely stagnate for a moment.

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Fang Yinnian habitually felt a headache coming on.

Suppressing the urge to press his temples, he glanced helplessly at Mu Wanwan. “Stop messing around.”

“Who’s messing around? I’m serious.” To prove her sincerity, Mu Wanwan moved past Fang Yinnian, grabbed Fang Xun’s cane, and crouched beside him.

She looked up at Fang Xun. “Grandfather, I really am serious. After careful thought, I truly want to move to the countryside with Fang Yinnian.”

Fang Xun frowned. “But Wanwan, moving to the countryside means hardship. We never intended for you to go.”

Did they really not?

Then why did the original owner cause such a fuss?

The thought flashed by but was quickly discarded by Mu Wanwan.

She was Mu Wanwan now; the past was just fleeting clouds.

“I’m not afraid of hardship. Besides, Grandfather, have you considered that I’m Fang Yinnian’s wife now...” — though Mu Wanwan was reluctant to admit it.

“If I stay in the capital, I’ll only bring trouble to the family again.”

“Father, mother, and elder brother are all away; only you and Grandma are left. If I cause those people to come knocking frequently, even if you and Grandma are safe for now, what about the long term?”

“You and Grandma are both old; you can’t endure such turmoil.”

Mu Wanwan pulled out the nonsense she used to fool her marshal father—no, her filial piety—to persuade him.

Mu Wanwan really couldn’t stay in the capital any longer; if she didn’t maintain her supernatural abilities now, they would truly fade away.

She couldn’t lose her powers.

She had to get to the mountains with abundant vegetation as soon as possible.

And she remembered that the male protagonist Fang Yinnian was assigned to such a mountainous area.

Fang Xun still hadn’t agreed, but Mu Wanwan was clever enough to notice his expression soften.

She blinked, suddenly lowering her gaze, hiding the lively sparkle in her eyes as well as a hint of cunning.

Mu Wanwan decided to go all out. “Besides, Fang Wenbin has set his sights on me. With Fang Yinnian around, he even dared to pressure me to marry him. If Fang Yinnian isn’t here...”

“He wouldn’t dare!”

“He would,” Mu Wanwan said tearfully, looking pitifully at Fang Xun. “Grandfather, if I don’t leave, I’m afraid...”

“Don’t cry, don’t cry.” Fang Xun hated seeing delicate little girls cry. “Let Grandfather think it over, let Grandfather think it over.”

And so he thought all night.

The next day, while the Fang family was still undecided about allowing Mu Wanwan to move to the countryside, Fang Wenbin, who had been tormented all night, was released and stormed off angrily to confront Fang Yinnian.

The midday sun was scorching as Fang Wenbin left in a fury.

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He did not see that right after he left in anger, two figures emerged from the Revolutionary Committee’s main gate—

It was Dylan Ying and her scheming strategist, Diao Hong.

Diao Hong glanced in Fang Wenbin’s departing direction and asked, “Lan Ying, aren’t we going after him?”

“After what?” Dylan Ying was unfazed, recalling Fang Wenbin’s coaxing words before leaving; he said he would marry her soon.

Dylan Ying blushed, gazing fondly at Fang Wenbin’s retreating figure. “He’s going to do something big, to show that Fang Yinnian a thing or two.”

Thinking about how Fang Yinnian had collaborated with Pan Yongdang right before her eyes last night, she snorted fiercely, “I don’t know why Grandfather likes that Fang Yinnian so much. He doesn’t even come close to Brother Wenbin.”

“The Fang family should be proud of Brother Wenbin, not that traitor who associates with foreign elements.”

Diao Hong’s eyes flickered. She glanced stealthily at Dylan Ying, then quickly lowered her gaze. “But when Comrade Fang Wenbin went to see Fang Yinnian, didn’t he encounter someone surnamed Mu again?”

“Lan Ying, I’m just saying, someone surnamed Mu really shouldn’t stay in the capital.”

“I have no intention of letting her stay,” Dylan Ying said through gritted teeth, her tone vicious. “I plan to send her to the countryside, register her for the frontier.”

This was no longer the early days of the countryside youth movement.

Diao Hong looked up and glanced at Dylan Ying again. “But just sending her to the countryside—isn’t that too lenient?”

“Lenient?”

“Yes, Comrade Fang Wenbin is your fiancé, your future husband. That shameless woman seducing Comrade Fang Wenbin deserves worse than just rural labor.”

“What else can you do?”

“I heard Fang Yinnian is going to the countryside too.”

Speaking of Fang Yinnian’s move to the countryside, Dylan Ying smiled. Their Di family was involved in this.

Dylan Ying: “That’s right. If he hadn’t been quick to hide, it wouldn’t have been just a simple countryside assignment to evade trouble.”

“Once he’s in the countryside, someone will still cause him trouble, right? So why not put them together, or even send the couple to the countryside?”

Diao Hong looked genuinely concerned for Dylan Ying. “This way, Mu Wanwan will be sent away from the capital forever. Also, she will face heavy workloads daily, plus countless entanglements...”

Diao Hong didn’t finish, but Dylan Ying understood.

Because although Fang Yinnian had narrowly escaped disaster this time, those who wanted him sent down had no intention of letting him off.

As long as they didn’t let him be, Fang Yinnian would face endless troubles.

And if Mu Wanwan went along with him...

Dylan Ying was immediately excited, grabbing Diao Hong and running off. “Let’s go to the Youth Office to see my uncle.”