Heartstrings Resonance: The Beloved Princess of the Female Power

Mu Yunxi originally grew up in a small village in G City. Her father, Mu Yuanyou, was 26 years old and a mama's boy. Her mother, Li Xiu, was 28 years old and a bit of a softie. Because Li Xiu was two years older than Mu Yuanyou, she feared being disliked and so always deferred to him. But both of them were good-looking, and Mu Yunxi's appearance was a result of their combined strengths.

But their good looks don't affect the fact that they are parents who favor boys over girls.

This has cultivated Mu Yunxi's inferiority complex yet independent character.

Ever since she could remember, she'd had endless work to do, and she'd had to take care of her two younger brothers. They hadn't given her the name Mu Yunxi, but it was the head nurse at the hospital. Mu Yuanyou didn't like the fact that she was born a girl, and Li Xiu was disappointed. Everyone in the village wanted a boy, because when she got old and passed away, someone would throw a pot over her.

So, understandably, they both disliked the girl. When the nurse came to remind them to prepare a name for the child so they could use it when applying for the birth certificate, neither of them said anything.

The next morning, when the head nurse was leading the nurses on their ward rounds, they saw them packing up their belongings, as if they were getting ready to be discharged. Puzzled, she asked, "Are you getting ready to be discharged?"

Mu Yuan said impatiently, "It's just a girl, and it was a natural birth, what's the point of living here?" Li Xiu stood silently by the side with her head down and said nothing. The child was placed casually in the crib in the hospital without crying.

The head nurse glanced at the couple, then at the baby sleeping in the crib, and said with a smile: "Your child is so cute. It's rare for a baby to be so cute right after birth. He's so pink and tender. Have you named him yet? You live far from the hospital, so you can get a birth certificate to save running back and forth." Then she added with a serious expression: "Also, your wife gave birth just two days ago. Our hospital usually requires three days of observation for normal deliveries." She added casually: "You still want a son? Then you have to get your wife into good health so that she can give birth to you a son!" After speaking, she smiled at the couple.

After hearing what the head nurse said, Mu Yuanyou said in a softer tone, "We have a daughter, so just pick any one."

Looking at the couple's attitude, I feel a little sorry for the child.

"Eh! How can that be!" the head nurse looked at him jokingly. "Since you haven't picked one, I'll pick one for you. Don't think I'm being nosy. But it's up to you whether you use it or not," the head nurse said calmly.

Then the head nurse pondered for a moment, looked up at the clouds floating in the sky and the sun that had just risen, and said, "Yunxi!" Then she pointed at the clouds and the sun outside the window and motioned them to look.

She smiled and asked Mu Yuanyou: "Is it okay?"

"Yeah." Mu Yuan answered unnaturally.

She took out a pen from the left pocket on her chest, and then took out a small notebook from the lower right side bag of her clothes. She turned to a blank page, wrote the two words "Yun Xi" on it, then tore it off and handed it to Mu Yuanyou, who took it embarrassedly.

Then he looked at the couple and said with a smile, "Let's go. You'll be discharged tomorrow. Everything will be reimbursed now." After saying that, he glanced at Mu Yunxi, whose blanket was scattered in the crib.

She smiled and nodded to the two women in the next bed before taking the nurses to the next ward. She was just the head nurse and couldn't interfere in other people's family affairs!

Thus, she was born on March 14, , and was given the name Mu Yunxi. Mu Yuanyou didn't want to use it at first, but seeing how cute and well-behaved Mu Yunxi was, he decided to use it, a bit of fatherly love, but not too much.

At this time, a woman in her fifties walked into the ward carrying a basin with a towel in it. This person was Mu Yuanyou's mother, Chen Xiaoxing. It seemed that she had just come back from washing her face. She said to Mu Yuanyou with a stern face, "Are you ready?" She glanced at Li Xiu and snorted coldly.

Mu Yuan said with a lack of confidence: "I will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow."

Afraid that his mother would be angry, he quickly said, "The head nurse said that Li Xiu needs to take good care of herself before she can give birth to a son."

Chen Xiaoxing was angry when she heard this, but she held it in when she thought about having a grandson. She looked at Li Xiu and snorted. She only had this one son and an older daughter, who was married off when she was a teenager.

Because Mu Yunxi was pretty and well-behaved, she received the rare love and care from her parents before her brother was born. Three years later, when Li Xiu gave birth to twin sons, this situation gradually changed.

When she was three years old, her grandmother took her and taught her to do various housework. If she didn't do it well, she would be beaten with bamboo branches. When she was only six years old, she was quite fluent in cutting grass for pigs, so she was praised by the aunts in the village for her ability!

She, now in school, would come home every day to work and watch over her younger brothers. However, if one of her brothers fell, he would hit her, blaming her for not watching over him. If her brothers fought, they would hit her, blaming her for not watching over them. In short, it was all her fault. Over time, she became numb to it.

She once longed for her parents' love, but they ignored her except when they called her to work. She also tried to please them, but in return, she was beaten and scolded. Although she was still young, she understood after a few times.

Nine years of compulsory education is a salvation for her. Without this regulation, she might not have been able to go to school.

Mu Yunxi goes to school in the town, about 6 kilometers away from their village. The school has elementary school to junior high school. She needs to get up early and walk for 40 minutes every day to get to school. It has been like this since the first grade. Parents of children in the village will send their children because their children are young, but she has never done so. Although she did once, it was during the registration period. When she was leaving for the first grade, Mu Yuanyou asked her to remember the way well and not get lost. Fortunately, she didn't encounter human traffickers in these years. In the first and second grades, because the school was too far away, she was always late and had to go home for lunch. How did she, a six or seven-year-old, get through it? But she didn't complain. She didn't understand. She just felt that she had to study and study well.

Time flies, and Mu Yunxi is in junior high school. Her class has a very responsible teacher who often tells her students: "If you want to leave this small place and see the outside world, you must study hard and get into high school and then college."

These words deeply touched Mu Yunxi's heart, making her realize that only through her own efforts could she change her fate. So, she began studying diligently, devoting most of her energy to her studies. Although she still had a lot of chores to do after school, these tasks were already easy for the 12-year-old. Her excellent grades and numerous awards made her even her quiet grandfather take notice.

Her parents paid less and less attention to her, and as she became more sensible, she no longer asked for their love. Instead, it made her more determined to go out and see the world.

Therefore, she firmly believed that as long as she could get into high school and then college, she could realize her dream. When she was about to graduate from the third year of junior high school, she went to find her grandfather, Mu Dajun. Because Mu Yunxi knew that in this family, her grandfather still had the final say.

When she came home from school, she saw Mu Dajun weaving a winnowing basket under the eaves. The old man, who was in his sixties, had a hunched back. Putting her thoughts aside, she walked over and said, "Grandpa,"

Mu Dajun looked up at her and replied, "Yeah, I'm back." Then he lowered his head and continued to make up stories. Looking at the figure who had not moved, he raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Mu Yunxi hesitated whether to say it or not. After thinking for a while, she said, "I want to take the high school entrance exam. What do you think?" After saying that, she picked her hands and didn't dare to look at Mu Dajun.

Mu Dajun looked at his granddaughter who was becoming more and more beautiful and easy to take care of. He thought about her grades. She could get several certificates of honor every semester. He thought she would be able to pass the exam. Mu Yuanyou and his wife worked in the town and earned several thousand yuan a month. He also had some savings.

Thinking of this, he said, "You go and take the exam first. I'll go to the village chief's house and ask his grandson, who passed the exam last year, how much money he needs to go to high school?" Then he put down the work in his hands, stood up, patted the bamboo shavings on his body and prepared to go out.

"Okay, thank you grandpa!" Mu Yunxi said with a happy heart but calm face.

"Okay, I'm going." Mu Dajun said nonchalantly, shaking his hand. After that, he walked out with his hands behind his back.

Finally, Mu Yunxi got into high school as she wished. However, when her grandmother found out, she scolded her and forbade her to go to school. She also had a quarrel with her grandfather.

Even Mu Yuanyou said, "What's there for a girl to study for?" He shut up only after being glared at by Mu Dajun.

Then she heard her grandmother Chen Xiaoxing say, "That's right, even after you finish your studies, you'll still be someone else's." She glared at Mu Yunxi,

But Mu Yunxi was already numb. She just stood there, neither crying nor making a fuss, with no expression on her face. Everyone seemed to be used to her being like this.

Finally, Mu Dajun said he would pay the money before he would stop. Although Chen Xiaoxing disagreed, she could not do anything to Mu Dajun, so she took it out on Mu Yunxi, scolding and pinching her. Mu Yunxi was helpless, she could not fight back against Chen Xiaoxing, so she could only hide from her.

There was a reason why Mu Dajun was willing to let her go to high school. Mu Yuanyou used to be a gangster outside, and Chen Xiaoxing was always quarreling with the old women in the village, so his family had a bad reputation in the village. That was why he was willing to let Mu Yunxi go to high school. As for his two grandsons, they only scored a dozen or twenty points in every exam, and he saw no hope for them.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for high school to start. Looking at the school gate, she believed that one day, she would leave the place that bound her and move towards a broader world.

She performed normally as always and was admitted to a top ten university in China. She knew that her grandfather, Mu Dajun, would no longer support her education, and neither would Mu Yuanyou and his wife, so she went to her homeroom teacher early to learn about the situation. She learned that the government could provide loans for her studies, work-study programs, and even scholarships.

Who should she find as a guarantor for the loan? It was impossible for Mu Yuan to have a husband and wife. "Should I still find grandpa? Will grandpa agree?" Mu Yunxi thought upsetly, but if she didn't find Mu Dajun, who else could she find?

What she didn't expect was that Mu Dajun agreed. She looked at Mu Dajun in surprise and confusion, as if she didn't expect Mu Dajun to agree.

Mu Dajun looked at his granddaughter who had a long-term expressionless face and now had a rich expression. He smiled and said, "Grandpa is old and can't help you. You are a promising person. Grandpa believes that you will pay it back." Mu Yunxi would be lying if she said she was not moved. Although it was just a signature, she had to take responsibility. The money was not given by Mu Dajun, but her "hope" was!

The grandfather and grandson didn't discuss the matter with their family, as they all knew it was pointless, so they just did it themselves. When Chen Xiaoxing found out later, she threw a tantrum. She had been thinking that after high school, he would let her work for two years to pay back her grandfather's pension and then marry her off for the bride price! Instead, she went to study at a prestigious university in H City.

"She's so successful! What's the point of reading so many books!" Chen Xiaoxing said angrily.

He then looked at Mu Yuanyou and his wife and yelled, "You can't even take care of your own daughter, what use are you two?"

Mu Yuan wanted to say something but she lowered her head when she thought of her mother who was angry. Li Xiu, as always, would not confront her mother-in-law. She thought to herself that since he had two sons, she was not afraid.

As for Mu Yunxi's two younger brothers, Mu Xuan and Mu Yu, they were thrilled that their sister had gotten into a prestigious university! They could brag to their friends again. Their poor grades had prevented them from getting into high school, so they ended up attending an ordinary vocational school. They had originally wanted to stop, but Mu Dajun said they were still young and worried they might end up like their father, a gangster. So, they decided to send them to study a professional course.