Upon receiving Liu Hen's call, Xin Yu's gloomy mood vanished instantly.
In fact, she was filled with excitement and joy!
"Henhen, is what you're saying true?" If she weren't wearing five-centimeter heels, Xin Yu would have jumped up long ago. "That's great!"
"Yes! Xin Yu, I didn't expect our first event to be such a success!" Liu Hen also said excitedly, "My brother just checked our financial statements. Our sales not only reached seven figures, but also—"
"What? Henhen, please stop keeping me in suspense!"
"And, we attracted another investment, twenty million!"
"Really?"
"Xin Yu, why would I lie to you! You can ask my brother if you don't believe me!" With that, Liu Hen handed the phone to Liu Shuihan. Xin Yu paused, still somewhat embarrassed. "Brother Shui... Brother Shui Han."
"Ayu, are you feeling better?"
"I'm... I'm alright." Xin Yu tried to keep her tone even. "Brother Shui Han, is the investment Henhen mentioned earlier true?"
She felt that talking about work would help them connect more.
"Yes, a client is impressed with your ideas." Liu Shui Han paused, then said sincerely, "I also think Ayu's design and Henhen's technology are quite good."
"So, Brother Shui Han, do you think it's okay to secure this investment and expand the second phase?" For some reason, Xin Yu felt uneasy.
"Securing investment doesn't necessarily mean expanding the scale—" Liu Shui Han hadn't finished speaking when Xin Yu on the other end of the phone gasped, "Ayu..."
Beep beep beep.
The call ended.
Xin Yu watched as Mu Yichuan took her phone and hung up. She didn't dare to be angry, yet she couldn't help but feel furious.
"Brother Shui Han?" His dark eyes flashed with intense displeasure. How could this woman be addressed so intimately by another man!
"Is there a problem?" Xin Yu retorted. In truth, she wasn't comfortable with that address either; it felt strange and awkward.
"You think there's no problem?" Mu Yichuan stepped closer to Xin Yu and grasped her waist.
Hiss—
Xin Yu was in so much pain that she broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't even speak.
Her body trembled uncontrollably, and she could only grit her teeth and lean against Mu Yichuan's chest to calm herself.
He quickly released her, a flicker of regret crossing his mind. How could she have forgotten that her waist was injured! "Damn it!" Zhang Wan, who was standing behind them, witnessed this loving scene and gritted her teeth in hatred. "Xin Yu, how dare you seduce Mu Yichuan like that! I'll never forgive you!"
As she spoke, she stomped over in her ten-centimeter heels, feigning surprise. "Xin Xin, what's wrong?"
Mu Yichuan didn't even glance at Zhang Wan, carefully helping Xin Yu to the sofa.
"Call Qiu Zhi over."
Xin Yu wiped the sweat from her brow, coldly scrutinizing Zhang Wan's expression. She really knew how to act!
If she hadn't seen Zhang Wan's fierce demeanor earlier, Xin Yu would have been completely won over by her concerned expression.
"Calling me won't help. A broken bone takes a hundred days to heal," a spoiled young man's voice rang out. "Even a minor injury will probably take fifty days."
"With this kind of theory, you think you can be a top doctor and run a hospital?!" Xin Yu, enduring the pain, questioned, "Isn't anyone going to cause trouble?" "Do you have any pain relief patches?" Mu Yichuan disliked their bickering. He reached out and smoothed Xin Yu's stray hairs, his cool fingertips tracing her cheek, conveying displeasure and a warning.
Xin Yu tilted her head, just in time to see Cheng Yao beside Qiu Zhi…
He's here too? Why is he still looking at her like that?
Is he still holding a grudge about taking the little one to Baimu Mountain last time?
"No pain relief patches? In my opinion, let her walk around with you, Ninth Brother, in high heels a couple of times, and her back won't hurt anymore."
But she'd only been concerned about her foot pain!
Xin Yu glared fiercely at Qiu Zhi. How dare he tease her like that!
"A-Zhi." Mu Yichuan's brows furrowed into a deep frown; the simple two words conveyed a powerful aura.
Qiu Zhi rubbed his nose. "Alright, I'll go find him."
Just as he left, Mu Jian approached, whispering, "Ninth Master, the First Master is here."
"Hmm." Mu Yichuan stood up, looking down at Xin Yu. She still had her eyes lowered and brows furrowed, but beads of sweat still clung to her forehead. "Wait until Qiu Zhi arrives before you come over."
Xin Yu nodded hastily, surprised that he still had some humanity.
But his next sentence plunged her heart into cold water.
Mu Yichuan pointed at Zhang Wan. "You, come with me."
Xin Yu watched the two walk away, and Mu Yichuan never looked back at her again.
"Then why are you looking at Ninth Brother?" Cheng Yao's voice suddenly rang out, each word deliberate. "Honestly, do you think you're worthy of Ninth Brother?"
...!
Xin Yu stared at Cheng Yao in shock, never expecting him to question her like that!
Was she worthy of Mu Yichuan? "In the world of love, there is no such thing as being worthy or unworthy." Xin Yu thought for a long time, so long that she almost dredged up all her thoughts before daring to say these words again.
"Ha." This only earned her a sneer from Cheng Yao.
Was he laughing at her naiveté?
Did he think that for wealthy people like them, love simply didn't exist?
Cheng Yao looked into Xin Yu's clear, bright eyes, now filled with confusion, and felt a pang of pity. However, remembering what happened at Bai Mushan, he had to be wary.
"Do you think that because you're living in Qiu Zhi's house, you've become Qiu Feng?"
Qiu Feng?!
Xin Yu froze, her head spinning as if struck by lightning, utterly disoriented and throbbing with pain!
She had never thought of it that way!
What did Cheng Yao mean? Did he mean she wanted to be Qiu Feng's substitute?
Or did he mean everyone saw her as Qiu Feng's substitute? "Impossible..."
"You—"
"Cheng Yao, shut up!" Xin Yu stood up abruptly, looking at Cheng Yao with sorrowful eyes. She wouldn't allow him to say another word!
Whether it was a reminder or an insult, he had no right to do so!
Xin Yu turned and left. She had no direction; she just wanted to find a well-ventilated place to clear her head.
Just as she stood by the window in the side corridor, she sensed someone standing behind her.
A woman.
She didn't want to turn around.
She didn't have the strength to turn around.
"Aren't you afraid I'll ambush you and kill you?" A cool, rebellious tone.
Mu Yi'ai.
The she-devil.
"Why bother talking if you want to kill me?!"
A wisp of smoke, not too pungent, came from behind her. Even without turning around, Xin Yu could imagine Mu Yi'ai leaning lazily against the wall, smoking. "Don't tell me you're like this because Mu Yichuan dumped you?"
"I know from your expression that Nan Yu dumped you."
Mu Yi'ai angrily threw her cigarette at Xin Yu's feet, who gently lifted it and stomped it out.
"You didn't come here to apologize, did you?" Xin Yu was surprised by her action. In the past, she probably would have attacked.
But tonight, she didn't.
"Apologize?" Mu Yi'ai lit another cigarette, walked up to Xin Yu, and slowly exhaled a ring of smoke. "After being with Mu Yichuan for so long, don't you know that Mu Yichuan never knows what an apology is?"
Xin Yu glanced sideways at Mu Yi'ai's stunningly beautiful and sexy demeanor. Sometimes, she seemed even more arrogant than Mu Yichuan.
At least, that's how she was in front of her!
"Then we have nothing to say to each other." Xin Yu turned to leave.
Mu Yi'ai reached out to stop her.
"You help me."
Ha.
Xin Yu couldn't help but laugh. Mu Yi'ai asked her for help?!
"What are you laughing at?" Mu Yi'ai rolled her cat-like eyes.
"The first time we met, you crashed my car because of speed. The second time, you dragged me to a restaurant for drinks and called a waiter for me to play a trick on me. The third time, you drugged me and took me racing. The fourth time, you drugged me again and even had someone humiliate me."
Xin Yu listed her crimes one by one.
Mu Yi'ai looked at Xin Yu fearlessly.
"Tell me, why should I help you?!"
Indeed, she had the nerve to offer help?
"Is it that you people surnamed Mu don't even know what a face is?"
Xin Yu reached out and pressed Mu Yi'ai's arm down, about to walk over.
She lifted it again.
"I'm your boss, you help me."
"When did you become my boss?"
"I invested 20 million in your website before, and just now I invested another 100 million to buy you out."
"..." Xin Yu coldly stared at this arrogant female devil. "I'm not selling."
She turned to the other side, walking past Mu Yi'ai towards the stairs.
But Mu Yi'ai's soft voice came from behind, making her pause.
"You plan to rely on Mu Yichuan for the rest of your life?"
"Even if Mu Yichuan loves you, is willing to pamper you, give you money, fame, anything you want, do you think the rest of the Mu family are pushovers! Do you think they'll allow you to just reach out and take like that?"
"I thought you were an independent and strong woman, that you wouldn't want to be a burden to Mu Yichuan."
Xin Yu slowly turned around, staring into Mu Yi'ai's cat-like eyes. "You're also a member of the Mu family."
"That's why I understand what the Mu family is thinking!" She leaned against the wall, a hint of resentment flashing in her eyes.
The two stared at each other until footsteps sounded in the distance. Mu Yi'ai stood up alertly.
"Are you going to help or not?"
"No." Xin Yu replied coldly.
Seeing Mu Yi'ai's foot about to kick, Xin Yu added calmly, "I'll trade."
"Damn it!" Mu Yi'ai cursed.
She dragged Xin Yu towards the stairs. Just as Mu Yi'ai shoved Xin Yu into the car, Mu Jian blocked the way.
"Eighth Miss, let Xin Yu out of the car."
"What if I don't?" Mu Yi'ai's cat-like eyes flashed, and she quickly started the car.
"Eighth Miss, you know Mr. Ninth's temper."
"You all know my temper too." Without another word, Mu Yi'ai slammed on the gas.
The car shot off like an arrow.
Xin Yu felt a pang of pity and was about to take out her phone to call Mu Yichuan.
The phone rang. "Hello..."
"Give the phone to Mu Yi'ai." Mu Yichuan's icy voice could freeze a person. "I...I'm fine." This time it was her own choice.
"Ayu, have you forgotten your identity again?"
Her identity? Mu Yichuan's wife?
Did he consider her identity when he asked Zhang Wan to go with him to see the Master?
"Then...do you remember?"
"Never forgotten."