A year older, the third master of Beijing circle kissed her to tears

“It’s just a little bit, I wouldn’t dare to do anything too big on myself,” Mu Ning said, leaning closer to Zhuang Shijue and quickly pointing outside. She whispered, “If your brother finds out, I’m dead.”

"Haha, you're afraid of my brother?" Zhuang Shijue laughed, turning to look at her. "Not bad."

"Really?" Mu Ning asked happily. "Don't you think I still need to lose a little more weight? Losing another 15 pounds would be just right."

When she was pregnant with Zhuang Muxue, she gained much less weight than other pregnant women. Even at her heaviest, she didn't weigh more than 200 pounds. Moreover, even when she was five months pregnant with Zhuang Muxue, the weight gain wasn't very noticeable. Well, of course, that's because she was already overweight to begin with.

So, right after giving birth, she weighed the same as before pregnancy, and the weight loss after the postpartum period was incredibly effective.

But since all the women around her are so thin and beautiful, how can she not be stricter with herself? Zhuang Shiyuan has so many banquets to attend, yet he insists on dragging her along every time. With her figure, would she even look presentable in a formal dress?

She dreamed of being like Seventeen, slim where she should be and curvy where she should be. But for her, that was just a dream. Back when she was a young girl, she was slim, but compared to the curvaceous figure of a young lady, she was still lacking.

"Don't be like that, what feel can you get from a bunch of bones?" Zhuang Shijue shook his head.

Mu Ning pouted, "You can't trust a man's words. Why don't you find a fat girl?"

"It's just that I haven't met any chubby girls I like yet," Zhuang Shijue laughed heartily, patted Mu Ning on the shoulder, and left.

Mu Ning smiled as she watched Zhuang Shijue's retreating figure. He was still the same as ever. Even though it had been so long since they last met, the sense of familiarity remained.

However, although he continued to talk and laugh as usual, Mu Ning could sense that Master Zhuang had become more restrained in his words, probably because he was carefully avoiding certain things.

She still felt a pang of emotion, hoping that the Second Master could remain arrogant, haughty, and unrestrained from beginning to end.

When Bai Xin'ai was around, Zhuang Shijue was constantly in the news for his scandals. But after their divorce, Zhuang Shijue went to Kyoto, and he never appeared on the cover of any gossip magazines. Instead, he was featured on the cover of weekly magazines time and time again. The success of his career was evident from those business magazine covers.

Mu Ning was busy making pastries inside. Today was her daughter's second birthday, and many children had come over, so each pastry was carefully crafted, with lifelike animal shapes such as rabbits and piglets. Mu Ning was arranging the pastries on plates, preparing to serve them out soon.

Kou Quan and Shiqi walked in. Shiqi was holding Paopao's hand, while Kou Quan was holding his son, who was almost a year old.

"You want to do it yourself? Just leave it to the cake decorator," Seventeen said with a smile as she walked in.

Mu Ning smiled and shook her head, "I feel more at ease if I come in person. Every child is a treasure in the family, and we can't be careless about what they eat."

"What is this? Is there a filling inside?" Seventeen held a rabbit cake in her hand and examined it repeatedly.

Mu Ning looked up and nodded to confirm, "Yes, it contains both chocolate and jam. To prevent the chocolate from being too sweet, I added crushed hazelnuts. Try it, it tastes pretty good."

"Um……"

Seventeen put down the rabbit she was holding and was about to get a little pig for Bubble when Mu Ning slapped her hand away. Seventeen looked at her in confusion.

"Miss, even if you're too lazy to wash your hands, you should at least wear clean gloves," Mu Ning said helplessly.

Seventeen remained silent for a moment, then said, "It's okay."

Mu Ning smiled and put down the plate in her hand, leaning slightly forward to ask Bubble, "Which one do you like? Your aunt will get it for you."

“Little piggy,” Bubble said, pointing to the pink piggy above.

"Go wash your hands first, Auntie will get them for you." Mu Ning took a transparent plastic plate, placed the little pig on it, and turned her head to look. Her seventeenth brother-in-law was putting gloves on the young lady with one hand.

Mu Ning quickly looked away. Well, this is what they're trying to irritate her eyes. They're always showing off their love in front of others. Don't they know that showing off your love will lead to a quick death?

Seventeen put on gloves to help Mu Ning prepare, and Mu Ning bumped into Seventeen, saying, "Thanks, Miss Zhuang who never lifts a finger."

"You're acting innocent after getting a good deal, aren't you?" Seventeen mimicked Mu Ning's sly glances at her.

"You guys are busy, I'll go out and help my parents greet the guests." Kou Quan felt bored standing to the side, so he simply left.

"it is good."

Seventeen only responded lazily after everyone had left. Mu Ning's eyes were full of envy, jealousy, and hatred. How could people's lives be so different?

Kou Quan returned shortly after leaving, but he wasn't alone.

"Auntie is here," Kou Quan announced from the doorway. He didn't intend to go into the kitchen; he just stood there and let the people behind him go in directly.

"If you don't welcome us, we'll leave after delivering our gifts."

The one who spoke upon entering was the eldest daughter-in-law, Shen Yuan. Because of what her mother-in-law had done, she was truly ashamed to come here again. But these days, children's birthdays are much more important than adults'. Basically, adults' birthdays are celebrated simply, while the focus is on celebrating children's birthdays. They all live in a large garden in the Zhuang family, so how could they pretend not to know?

While her father-in-law was talking to Third Master outside, Shen Yuan accompanied her mother-in-law inside to meet some of her friends. The purpose was clear: to ease the tension between them and avoid an awkward situation.

"What are you saying, Sister Yuan? How could we not welcome you? I was thinking that if you hadn't arrived yet, I would have gone over to invite Uncle and Aunt after I finished my work." Mu Ning smiled good-naturedly.

During her years with the Zhuang family, they really mellowed Mu Xiaoniu's temper. She also became a mother and took good care of her husband and child. She is truly a role model of a virtuous wife and loving mother.

Shen Yuan walked in and looked at Paopao, who was sitting obediently to one side. She immediately praised, "Paopao really looks like Qiqi. The little girl is so cute."

"Hehe." Seventeen forced a smile, but it was to save face for his uncle and the birthday boy, and he didn't want to make things unpleasant today.

Uncle Zhuang brought his first wife over, telling Third Master to do whatever he wanted with her, without worrying about seniority or social hierarchy. But in the end, Third Master and his wife chose to forgive. They were all family, and there was no hatred that couldn't be forgiven. Besides, the two children in the family had a good relationship, and even though they had been hurt, they had both recovered.

The younger generation disagreed with letting him off easily; at the very least, he should be sent to the police station. However, the first wife was already old, and the third wife couldn't bear to do it. She said, "Your father and I are also getting old. Let's just consider this as accumulating good fortune for our later years. Let's leave it at that."

Nothing makes elders want to see their younger generations get along better. If they grow old and hatred develops, the family business will fall apart.