Chapter 99 Preparations, Banquet

  Finally, Yang Zhongming left the villa, but when he walked away, he looked at Su Mo with a hint of surprise. After all, he had never seen her before, yet she was able to enter the villa with Huiqin, which made her identity worthy of speculation and suspicion.

  While listening to Mu Xinhua's words, Huiqin knew that her actions over the past few days had been noticed by her boss. She thought to herself that no matter where or when, her boss was still so clever and nothing could escape her attention.

  However, it's also clear that since the boss didn't stop her, it can only mean that the boss agreed with her approach. She glanced at Su Mo Ruo standing beside her and smiled slightly, "The boss hasn't been eating much these past few days, now that she's awake, she must be hungry. I'll go take a look and make something for the boss to eat." After speaking, she turned around and left the room.

  In the spacious room, emptiness made it feel desolate. On the large bed, Mu Xin Hua's face didn't look too good, but leaning against the headboard like this, his dignity remained undiminished. His eyes were slightly dull as he smiled at Su Mo Ruo, "It's hard for you to rush to Hong Kong."

  Upon hearing this, Su Mo'er felt a pang in her heart and furrowed her brow as she looked at Old Lady Mu Xin Hua, "Grandma, although I don't agree with you revealing my identity and putting the company's burden on me so early, if it's really about your health, couldn't you have just told me?"

  "I know you're a good person, but at Grandma's age, it's normal to have some physical discomfort. You don't have to be so tense, I'm already this old and I know how to take care of myself." Mu Xinhua smiled warmly as she looked at Su Moruo, who had come to visit her, which made her very happy.

  Su Mo looked around and found the water on the bedside table, walked over to grab a cup, poured some boiling water from the kettle beside it, then carried the cup over to the old lady.

  Looking at the quilt in front of her, Mu Xinhua's smile grew thicker. She had actually wanted to take a sip of water just now, but she hadn't had time. As soon as Yang Zhongming came over, he started discussing the matter of inheritance with her, making her furious. Now that Su Moruo was here, she didn't think about going to drink water anymore, but Su Moruo noticed this problem with his keen mind.

  He took a sip from the water cup and then handed it over to Su Mo Ruo, "Alright."

  "In the future, when your body is not well, you should take good care of yourself and not overexert. Mu Xinhua's life has been thoroughly investigated, and this woman's life is indeed admirable. From walking out of the war to achieving success today, a woman who has made her way through turbulent times, alone without children or a husband, yet able to hold up a vast sky, is truly worthy of respect. Now that her body is no longer well, she can't make excuses anymore."

  Muxinhua listened to this and felt comforted, but still said seriously: "I know the goodness of youth, and you are still very young now. As long as you are young, relax yourself well, don't make yourself so busy and tired every day. I was too free when I was young, so now I feel it's a regret." Thinking about his youthful days, Muxinhua's eyes became somewhat dim, and a sad atmosphere emanated from him.

  She knew that Muxinhua was a person with stories, from their first meeting, she knew that, facing Muxinhua with a slight smile, "What you can do, I can also do. Although youth can be used to experience the freedom of life, in my world, freedom is not what attracts me." In this life, she hopes to use her own strength to let the people around her who care about her live a worry-free and carefree life.

  Accompanying Muxinhua for a while, the door was opened again, and Huiqin pushed in a food cart. The plain white porridge emitted its faint aroma, accompanied by a small stir-fry of yellow and green vegetables, a dish of pickled vegetables, simple to the point of being austere, but this was the favorite of this famous Hong Kong female entrepreneur.

  Looking at the things prepared by Huiqin for herself, Muxinhua's face showed a thick smile. "Thank you, Huiqin. You've been exhausted these past few days too. If it's really not possible, just find someone to help me out."

  Huiqin listened, but shook her head without hesitation, "Boss, I'm not tired, I'm still young. Compared to what you did back then, I've only done this little bit, where can I be tired?"

  "Give me the porridge."

  "Good." Huaiqin smiled and handed the white rice porridge to Muxinhua, who would have thought that Muxinhua actually had a special fondness for stir-fried small yellow cucumbers? When she was free at home without any social engagements, she would personally cook this dish herself. And it was also during these years of eating with her boss that she slowly learned how to make it. Although it seemed simple, Muxinhua's skills in knife work and other aspects were impeccable, even comparable to those of a big hotel chef. Yet, over the years, she had only mastered about 70-80% of the dish.

  "Miss, would you like to have some too?" As she spoke, Huī Qín had already taken out a small white ceramic pot from the lower layer of the dining car and opened the lid, revealing that there was still half a pot of white rice porridge left inside.

  It's already early morning now, and this can be considered a midnight snack. I wasn't hungry to begin with, but looking at the stir-fried cucumber and seeing Mu Xinhua eating with eyes that were smiling so much they became narrow, I couldn't help but nod my head slightly.

  Huiqin watched Su Moruo's movements and smiled, quickly serving her a bowl of white rice porridge and handing it to her.

  Taking the bowl and chopsticks, I picked up a piece of small cucumber, and indeed it was very light and refreshing, a great dish, light, and also very suitable for Mu Xinhua who is currently ill.

  "Does grandma like this dish?" Su Mo asked after finishing eating.

  Muxinhua had already finished eating, and Huiqin cleared the table and pushed the dinner cart out of the room. Listening to Sumo's words, Muxinhua looked up with a smile, "In the past, life was not very good, running around everywhere, stir-fried cucumber is an ordinary dish, but I like its light flavor, and in those days, having this dish was already pretty good, this flavor, I will never forget it." After finishing speaking, he lowered his head, seemingly lost in thought, the atmosphere also became slightly awkward for a moment.

  "Uh, then I'll help you with cooking every day for the next few days." As for cooking, she can do it too, but previously she didn't have time and now doesn't have the opportunity. Now that Muxinhua likes it, anyway, coming over these few days is to take a look at Muxinhua and also to solve the Mu family's matters, so naturally taking care of Muxinhua's daily life is very normal.

  "You don't have to worry about me, I've got Huiqin taking care of me here. You can worry less about my affairs from now on." With a warm smile at Su Moruo, after saying this, she suddenly seemed to notice something and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, only to find that it was already past 5 o'clock in the morning. Time really flew by quickly! Thinking that Su Moruo must be tired from traveling, she pressed the button on her bedside table, and soon the door opened and Huiqin walked in from outside.

  "Boss, is there something?"

  "Xiao Ruo is definitely tired too, take her to the room to rest."

  Mu Xin Hua's words also reminded Su Mo Ruo and Hui Qin, Hui Qin hastily agreed, "Alright, boss, you rest first, I'll take the miss to her room to rest immediately."

  Su Mo didn't leave directly, but waited until Mu Xin Hua fell asleep before leaving her room and heading to the one he had prepared for himself.

  Arrived in Hong Kong, although it was an unfamiliar environment, I slept quite well. On the second day after getting up, it was already approaching noon at 12 o'clock. Without disturbing Miu Wah first by entering her room, everyone had a late rest yesterday. After taking a look around, I found that Wai Kam was holding files coming in and out of Miu Wah's room, so I knew Miu Wah must be awake. However, she was busy looking at these files, and now she is still seriously ill, but because of company matters, she has to work so hard. Indeed, as Wai Kam said, she lives too tiredly. At her age, many elderly women should enjoy their later years, but only Mrs. Miu Wah is different.

  "Miss woke up, slept well last night." Huaiqin had just taken the file out of Muronghua's room and turned around to see Sumo standing at the stairs, ready to go downstairs.

  "Uh-huh. You guys are busy, I'll go to the kitchen and cook." After saying that, she didn't even care if Huiqin had something to say behind her back, and quickly walked towards the kitchen.

  As soon as she entered the kitchen, Huiqin quickly followed up behind her, "Miss, if you're hungry, just tell me directly. I'm more familiar with the things in the kitchen. I'll make food for Miss right away."

  Wei Qin's politeness was probably also due to the habit of following Mu Xinhua, this boss, over the years. However, Su Mo Ruo was still half her age, and she was an elder, so from the bottom of her heart, she respected her even more, and hurriedly said: "No need, Grandma needs you now too, I can do these things."

  As for Su Mo's ability to cook, it was quite astonishing to Huiqin. Although she knew that Su Mo's family background seemed not very good, but just looking at Su Mo herself, there was no way to believe that she could actually cook.

  Looking at Huiqin's eyes, I guessed that the other party must be judging by appearance. "I can." Finally turned around, quickly opened the refrigerator, took a look inside, and soon assigned several dishes to be made, washed them clean, and the chopping sound of vegetables echoed rhythmically in the kitchen.

  A lunch, tomato scrambled eggs, stir-fried small yellow cucumber, vegetarian lotus root, and bok choy tofu soup. Everything is fast food, three dishes and one soup are simple but not lacking in highlights. The overall color matching of the three dishes and one soup is appetizing, and even the color configuration of a single dish is also tempting.

  After finishing the meal, Huiqin and Muxinhua didn't say a word, but from their eyes, Sumo still felt that they were amazed by the meal she had made. However, she wasn't good at talking or explaining, and although she didn't know if the dishes suited their taste, at least they hadn't said anything bad, which made her think it was probably quite suitable.

  In the afternoon, because Muxinhua had been physically weak due to injections for the past few days and still had to force herself to read files, she hadn't had time to take a walk. Today, Sumo took the initiative and directly took away the files, then pushed Muxinhua out of the villa, taking her outside for a stroll and some fresh air.

  The weather wasn't particularly hot, and with Sumo always pushing Mu Xinhua on the shaded path, it felt like a gentle breeze all along the way, which was quite comfortable.

  When they arrived at a pavilion, Su Mo Ruo took Mu Xin Hua over to rest for a while.

  Huiqin, who was following the two, quickly took out the water she had prepared and put it on the stone table in the pavilion, pouring a cup for each of them.

  "Come on, Auntie Hui, have a drink too." As for Huiqin's status, it wasn't low at all. Even the general manager of the Mu Corporation showed great respect to her. Having followed Mu Xinhua for many years, she was considered one of the company's veterans. Suomoruo thought that in more situations, Huiqin shouldn't lower herself like this. Of course, as a leader, it was necessary to make subordinates feel the authority and dignity that wouldn't be violated. However, respect and humility were still essential. As for how to make subordinates obey willingly and devotedly, it depended on whether the company's leader had enough charisma and ability.

  Huiqin didn't bother being polite to Sumo anymore, and the only reason was because of Muxinhua's eye signal.

  Three people sat in the pavilion, inevitably chatting idly about nothing in particular.

  "Boss, Miss will also have to take over the company's affairs in the future. With your current physical condition... shouldn't you start handing over some of the company's matters to Miss and let her learn how to handle them gradually?" Huaiqin asked tentatively after finishing a glass of water.

  Mu Xinhua listened to this and subconsciously cast her gaze on Su Moruo, but quickly shifted her line of sight, giving a faint smile to Huiqin. "It's still early days for that, this little girl is still so young, she should be given the freedom she deserves. Although I'm older now, don't underestimate me, I can still handle things at the company just fine."

  Muxinhua, who has always been strong and is nearing the end of her life in this world, seems to have never had a moment to consider herself, always putting others first.

  "......Grandma, I can try to handle the company's affairs now." With some emotion in her heart, Mu Xinhua still remembered the promise they made back then and was unwilling to break it.

  "Have you really made up your mind?" She had heard Su Mo Ruo mention it once yesterday, but Mu Xin Hua only thought that Su Mo Ruo was being softhearted towards her own body. But now that she brought it up again, it could only mean that she had started to slowly accept it.

  For Mu Xinhua, Su Moye being able to slowly accept the company and start taking initiative to handle some things on her own was already the most delightful thing.

  Facing Mu Xin Hua's serious eyes, Su Mo Ruo nodded solemnly, "I will do my best to develop the Mu family well."

  "Good...good...with your words, I can rest assured. No matter what happens to the Mu Corporation in the future, I'll always be grateful to you for taking it over." Mu Xinhua looked at Su Moruo with a relieved expression, nodding repeatedly.

  If someone else heard this, they would probably be shocked.

  The mighty Mu Group has actually arrived at Mu Xinhua's place, and listening to her tone, it seems as if the Mu Group is something that can be casually discarded, and whoever takes over this company is doing it a great honor.

  In this pavilion, Sumo made a solemn promise to take on this matter. From now on, the Mochizuki Group would be closely related to her life, and she could no longer be as carefree as before. Although the financial company in Country M had Kiroku keeping an eye on things, Mochizuki still required her personal supervision.

  "If you're busy sometimes, just give me a call and I'll take care of the company occasionally. I'm still fine with that. And there's Huiqin, who has been following me for so many years. If you can't handle it, some things can be handed over to her to do, she is also capable."

  "Boss, tomorrow night is the company's banquet. At that time, you can announce Miss's identity in front of all the high-level executives." Thinking that the busy boss can finally rest, Huaiqin felt a lump in her throat, her nose was stuffy, and her eyes were sore, as if she would burst into tears at any moment.

  "Ah, it's necessary now." Hearing this, Mu Xinhua smiled and nodded slightly, saying a few words in a light tone.

  ……

  The next day, Su Mo woke up early to exercise and then went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for Mu Xinhua and Huiqin. After breakfast, he brought over some documents and contracts that needed to be reviewed by Mu Corporation, as well as several design drafts for their new autumn clothing line. Every quarter, Mu Corporation would select a few key pieces of clothing to focus on based on consumer trends, and this time was no exception. In the past, these matters had always been personally overseen by Mu Xinhua, but this time he wanted Su Mo to learn something new and gain some experience, so he handed over full authority to Su Mo to handle these tasks.

  After all this was done, it was already past twelve o'clock. The study door was knocked on, and after a "come in", Huiqin's head poked into the study, smiling at Su Moruo, "Lunch is ready, miss."

  Dinner was in the living room on the first floor, and Old Lady Mu Xin Hua also asked Su Mo Ruo to push her down to eat together. The dishes on the table looked appetizing, and Huiqin's culinary skills seemed to be quite impressive.

  After lunch, because of Mr. Mu's dinner party in the evening, Huiqin took Sumo to an image store in the afternoon to design a new hairstyle, apply makeup, and change clothes, giving people a refreshing feeling at first sight.

  A pair of eyes that are exceptionally cold and clear, a face as beautiful as an ice mountain snow lotus, with a pointed chin and a standard melon seed-shaped face, skin as smooth as condensed milk, making people feel delighted and pleased to the eye, a born beauty, with just a bit of embellishment, she becomes so beautiful that once one's gaze falls on her, it can't be moved away.

  The dinner party was held at the luxurious villa on the mountain top bought by Mu Xinhua. As the current head of the Mu family, Mu Xinhua had to attend. Fortunately, Su Moruo came over these past two days, and Mu Xinhua's mood improved, work was shared with Su Moruo, and his body wasn't as weak. Attending a dinner party was manageable.

  After Su Mo had finished dressing up, Huiqin drove to the hospital to pick up Murong Xinhua and headed to the villa together. By this time, it was already past 7 o'clock in the evening.

  It's always been the master here, so naturally Mu Xin Hua had to arrive early. From here, it takes more than half an hour by car to get there, and the time isn't too late after all.

  The villa at the top of the mountain has already stopped a number of luxury cars at the gate, because tonight is not only a dinner party for the Mu family. Tonight, Mu Xinhua will also bring out the future successor of the Mu family to meet everyone, so he has also invited some well-known figures from Hong Kong's political and business circles, as well as some mainland politicians and businessmen who are close to Mu Xinhua. Therefore, tonight's dinner party is quite grand.

  It's not time for Su Mo Ruo and others to appear yet, so Hui Qin directly drove the car into the villa from the back door. After Su Mo Ruo got out of the car, she pushed Mu Xin Hua onto the elevator, and they went up to the rest area on the third floor of the villa.

  "Have you really made up your mind? If your identity is exposed later, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to live a peaceful life from then on." Mu Xinhua looked at Su Moruo one last time and gave her a final reminder.

  Mu Xinhua's repeated words did not bring Su Moruo's impatience, but instead, the warmth in her heart grew stronger. This old man was really concerned about herself, so he would repeatedly ask if she wanted to change this decision.

  "Don't worry, Grandma, I will never turn back." Su Mo said, looking at Mu Xin Hua with firm eyes.

  She nodded, and the unease in her heart was finally put to rest. Her original hesitation had also become firm. She said to Huiqin at the door: "Huiqin, go down and greet the guests. When almost everyone has arrived, come up and call us."

  "Good boss." Huaiqin smiled and glanced at Su Mo Ruo, then turned around and left, heading to the large hall on the first floor.

  In the rest room, Mu Xinhua briefed Su Moruo on some of the main characters attending today's banquet, which ones needed special attention, and which ones just needed to be polite. The company's internal structure, high-level personnel, and personalities were all roughly explained to her. She could also guess that Su Moruo must have investigated the company's affairs, so when speaking, he didn't introduce the non-Mu family members attending today's dinner in such detail.

  Digression

  Sweat, there is no network at home, so I have to come to the company to send it. The landlord came to our house early today to repair things, so I've been worried until now, sorry everyone.