Although Xu Yun had a driver's license, he rarely drove, so his skills were naturally lacking.
Therefore, he was extremely cautious the entire way, driving Su Mu's BMW 5 Series. He finally managed to make it to the company parking garage.
Just as he got out of the car, he ran into a colleague from his company.
The colleague watched Xu Yun get out of Su Mu's car and gave him a strange look.
Xu Yun quickly smiled and explained, "Manager Su's car broke down yesterday, and the repair shop happened to be near my place, so she asked me to drive it back for her this morning."
Fortunately, Su Mu wasn't in the car. They only saw Xu Yun by himself, so they believed him.
Otherwise, gossip about the two of them would have immediately spread throughout the entire company.
After all, that kind of gossip was prime material for idle chatter.
Arriving at the office, Xu Yun took the car key and went straight to Su Mu's office.
"Manager Su, I parked your car in the garage downstairs."
Xu Yun held the key out to her and said calmly, "Here's your car key."
"Thank you." Su Mu reached out to take it, acting just as naturally.
It was as if they had both forgotten what happened last night, as if it had never happened at all.
But just as Su Mu's hand touched the key, Xu Yun took the opportunity to grasp her hand firmly.
"..." Su Mu.
She looked at Xu Yun, puzzled, and whispered, "Xu Yun, what are you doing?"
"What do you think?"
After last night's events, Xu Yun had grown much bolder, much more audacious.
Li Jinshu was right. Su Mu must have some feelings for him; otherwise, she wouldn't have been so forward with her teasing last night.
Although she had pulled away in time and hadn't let him get his way.
But that was a good sign.
So, while he couldn't force himself on a woman, learning from her and teasing her back a little should be fine.
'Fortune favors the bold, and the timid starve.'
'Besides, I have premium legal services now. If something goes wrong, I can at least argue my case.'
'A kiss, no matter how intense, can't get me sent to jail, right?'
Xu Yun yanked Su Mu forward, pinning her firmly against the desk with his body. He threatened, "To finish what we didn't finish last night, of course."
"Xu Yun, are you crazy?"
Su Mu started to panic. She whispered, mortified and angry, "This is the office."
She wanted to resist, but her body wouldn't obey.
After two years of being divorced, her body had become unusually sensitive.
Now, being treated this way by Xu Yun, feeling this long-absent intimacy, all the strength drained from her body.
Xu Yun said, "What's there to be afraid of? No one outside can see this spot anyway!"
Su Mu: "That's still not okay."
Xu Yun feigned a wronged tone. "You were the one who started flirting with me last night. You're the one who started this fire."
"That was because I had too much to drink last night."
Su Mu suddenly felt a pang of guilt. She said, "Xu Yun, you don't actually think I'm interested in you, do you?"
"I don't care."
Xu Yun said, "I can't just let you get away with teasing me for nothing, can I?"
"Then what do you want?"
Xu Yun answered directly, "I want to watch the sunrise with you tomorrow!"
"Impossible," Su Mu refused flatly.
"Fine, we don't have to watch the sunrise. But I can at least collect some interest first, right?"
Su Mu: "..."
Before she could even process what kind of interest Xu Yun was talking about, he had already lowered his head.
His other hand started to wander.
Her tightly sealed lips were finally pried open by him.
After a passionate struggle of lips and tongues, Su Mu forcefully pushed Xu Yun away.
Catching her breath, she looked at Xu Yun with shame and anger, straightened the front of her clothes, and whispered, "Alright, are you satisfied now?"
"Not satisfied."
Having succeeded in his strike, Xu Yun gave a wicked smile.
"Don't push your luck! You get an inch, and you want to take a mile!"
Su Mu couldn't help but glare at him. "This is the only time. Don't even think about anything like this ever again."
"I don't believe you."
Undeterred, Xu Yun prepared to strike again.
"..."
Faced with the shameless Xu Yun, Su Mu could only pretend to be angry. "Xu Yun, you really aren't afraid of me getting serious, are you?"
"Alright, alright, I'm scared of you. I'll go."
Xu Yun also knew their relationship had only progressed a tiny bit, and he couldn't be too hasty.
Today's outcome was already pretty good. He should be content.
After Xu Yun left, Su Mu straightened her slightly messy bangs, then looked in the mirror to touch up her smeared lipstick, afraid someone would notice something was off.
Then she simply stared into space.
Su Mu never, ever thought a day like this would come.
'In my own office, no less.'
'He's just too audacious.'
She suddenly felt a little regretful.
'I shouldn't have been so impulsive last night, giving him a taste and a sliver of hope.'
'Now I'm in such a passive position!'
But when she thought about what he had just done to her, right there in her own office, a strange feeling stirred inside Su Mu, and she unconsciously crossed her left leg over her right.
Her feelings toward Xu Yun were now a mess of contradictions. She had no idea how she was supposed to interact with him at the company from now on.
On one hand, she wanted to reject him; on the other, she felt a faint sense of anticipation.
She felt ashamed of herself for feeling this way.
And yet, she also felt a thrill and a pleasure she had never experienced before.
...
Xu Yun came out of the office and had just sat down at his workstation when the system's reward arrived.
[Faced with his beautiful female manager, the Host Chose to Do as You Please, experiencing a new kind of pleasure for the first time. Reward: 500,000 in cash!]
Current Account Balance: 1,820,000!
'No way, this gives a reward too?!'
'And it's so much!'
Xu Yun was pleasantly surprised. This was way more satisfying than farming small gold coins from Manager Li.
At the same time, he began to ponder his relationship with Su Mu.
After the events of last night and this morning, the relationship between him and Su Mu had definitely undergone a fundamental change.
But he didn't know how to describe their current relationship.
If you called it platonic, like siblings, they had already crossed that line.
If you called it a romantic relationship, she wouldn't admit it at all, and they hadn't gone all the way physically. They had only kissed.
When it came to Su Mu, he still didn't dare go too far.
'What if I push her too hard and she really blows up at me?'
'She's not like other women. She doesn't need money, so she's not someone I can win over with cash!'
'I have to take this one step at a time.'
'The road is long and winding, and I must search high and low.'
In any case, the woman who had once seemed so unattainable in his eyes had just been thoroughly "bullied" by him.
Just thinking about it made him happy.
Just as he was contemplating how to handle things with Su Mu, his phone rang. It was the staff member from the auto show.
He sent a message saying that the car Xu Yun had ordered had arrived. If he had time today, he could go to the dealership to pick it up.
Xu Yun replied with an "Okay."
He planned to ask for the afternoon off to go pick up the first car of his life.
At that moment, Manager Li Xiaoguang walked over.
Seeing him, Xu Yun thought he'd have another chance to farm some small gold coins, but to his surprise, the man wasn't looking for trouble at all.
He said to Xu Yun, "There's something I need you to take care of."
Xu Yun asked, "What is it?"
"There's a commercial event at Guotai Commerce City this afternoon, but they aren't happy with our proposed plan and want to make some last-minute changes."
Manager Li said, "You were the one who made that event proposal. Go over there this morning and handle it."
'Manager Li, where's your arrogance?!'
Xu Yun was quite disappointed that Li Xiaoguang hadn't come looking for a fight.
It wasn't that he didn't care about anything now that he had money.
Since he was still working, he should at least maintain a basic level of professional ethics.
'Perfect. This way, I won't have to ask for the afternoon off. I'll just go pick up the car after I'm done with this!'
"Okay."
Xu Yun stood up and agreed, then asked, "After I'm done handling it over there, I don't have to come back to the company today, right?"
"Don't ask me about that."
Manager Li said irritably, "You have to ask Manager Su. She's the one in charge of HR and attendance."
"Fine."
Xu Yun had no choice but to go back to Su Mu's office.
Seeing Xu Yun return, Su Mu stared at him warily and whispered, "You're back again?"
"I have to go to Guotai Commerce City this morning to revise an event proposal. It'll probably take some time."
Xu Yun explained, "I was just wondering, after I'm done, I don't have to come back to the office, right?"
"..."
Only then did Su Mu relax. "That's something you should talk to your Manager Li about."
"As long as you don't have any objections."
As he was about to leave, Xu Yun turned back and asked, "Want to get dinner and drinks tonight to celebrate? I bought a car."
"No, I'm not falling for that."
Su Mu rolled her eyes at him but smiled. "If you want to celebrate, go find someone else to celebrate with!"
Xu Yun: "..."
'Tsk, tsk, tsk, her guard is way too strong!'
'Am I really that kind of person?'