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Chapter 182

Chapter 182

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For the next week, the two of them ran back and forth between two places. After driving back to Songshan Forest to accompany Jiang Mu's parents, they would drive back to sleep. Jiang Mu's ankle had long since stopped swelling; although there was still a slight ache, her walking was no longer affected. When Wang Suxin first learned that Jiang Mu had sprained her ankle, she had fussed over her with concern for a while, only setting her mind at ease once she knew it was nothing serious. If life could just go on like this, it would actually be quite nice. However, over the weekend, Chu Xu received a call—from his old man. "Hey, son, what have you been busy with these past few months? How are things progressing with Director Jiang? You haven't even bothered to call your old man." Chu Xu rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Things are fine. What's up, Dad?" "Nothing much, just that I haven't seen you in ages... Come home for dinner tonight, and bring Director Jiang along with you," Chu Xiong said with a chuckle. Chu Xu obviously didn't believe that ghost story about not seeing him in ages. The old man definitely wanted to ask a favor of him, and as for telling him to bring Jiang Mu along as well... Chu Xu wasn't too keen on taking her. Although this genuinely counted as meeting the parents, the parents in his household weren't exactly the easiest people to deal with. If they took Jiang Mu there and things turned unpleasant, wouldn't they end up pleasing neither side?

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